Bharat Rakshak

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... I wonder if democracy, freedom of speech is now in danger in Oz. Took only 2 stabbings for Australia to get to censorship. Needs to be hammered in their racist faces everytime they get a bit uppity. As a bare minimum need some small city association like the 'Jhumri Talaiyya Worldwide Freedom o...

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Gondola capsizes after chinese tourists refuse to stop taking selfies

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Military Digest | 40 years of Operation Meghdoot: The unsung foot soldier who marched to top but has no gallantry award https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/military-digest-40-years-of-operation-meghdoot-the-unsung-foot-soldier-who-marched-to-to-top-but-has-no-gallantry-award-9269204...

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Extend protection to Indian commerce in the following way. 1) Any ship, originating from anywhere in the world to any port in India. 2) Any ship, originating from any port in India to anywhere in the world. 3) Any ship owned/ operated/ chartered by an Indian company. +1 Yesterday read a news post a...

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ritesh wrote: ↑15 Apr 2024 16:59Don't they rely heavily on Boeing, and also given stake?

Their jets mostly use GE, P&W, Rolls Royce engines..

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bala wrote: ↑15 Apr 2024 07:27 ...When the Chinese initiate the Taiwan plan, India will walk right into Tibet and free it from the clutches of the PLA...

Has GoI given any indication about a change in our position about Tibet being a part of China?

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srai wrote: ↑14 Apr 2024 17:47 ^^^
Slow moving drones are really only useful as saturation decoys. Exhaust SAM batteries.

Which is very useful indeed.

Every SAM they tempt and draw fire towards themselves is a SAM less to be faced by the manned (or unmanned) Aircraft performing SEAD/DEAD...

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Astra being certified on both russian origin and western origin fighters also gives us a good opportunity to export it and earn USD

Both sides are going to need it... Just like they need artillery shells now...

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.. Impact on India: -ve: Disturbed Gulf trade route - highly likely. Oil prices spike - very likely. Exodus of NRIs from Gulf - likely. atleast from some states like Kuwait/Iraq that would be on the frontlines. Destruction of our Chabhar-Armenia investment and trade route - very likely. +ve: Flight...

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Rakesh wrote: ↑ ....
How many Derby-ERs and R-77s are we planning to buy to arm 400+ birds? Astronomical vs Astra

Nicely put and quite true. Now our netas and babus can be very creative where it suits them, but this looks like it will happen. So here's to looking forward to thousands of Tejastras.

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A glorious entry for the series: 'Expectation - Reality, Pakistan edition'

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... The IAF will be very leery of putting all its aircraft engines in a very sanction prone bucket 220 Tejas Mk1/Mk1A + 100-200 Tejas Mk2 + 40 AMCA Mk1 is a ton of high utilization 'dal-chawal' fighters at risk of being grounded by US sanctions ... That's half or more of the Airforce at risk. A ver...

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https://idrw.org/towed-vs-mounted-guns-indian-army-doubles-down-on-towed-artillery/ IDRW, is posting that the Indian army is in favour of towed arty, over other varieties of arty. Because of concealment and lower logistical footprint. We need all kinds since all weapon systems are compromises. Towe...

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Every word above is music to a jingo's ears. That last line makes we want to cry :) I would humbly caution you, Admiral sir, to hold your happy tears until actual orders are placed. The ghostly image of Humphrey Appleby appears - Government policy is almost always drafted in language which gives a ...

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sanman wrote: ↑10 Apr 2024 23:41 ...Are we incorporating glide-bombs into our capabilities?
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Short answer - yes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRDO_Glide_Bombs

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Pratyush wrote: ↑11 Apr 2024 10:34 https://idrw.org/drdo-prepares-for-fmbt ... e-horizon/

IDRW is reporting that DRDO is developing a 125 mm smooth bore for the FMBT.

Same caliber as the Armata.. smart

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... All this means that a community which mostly flew under the radar in the US is now sometimes being targeted as well. 4. There are a lot of videos on youtube, from MSM/Social media channels as well as 'influencers' about Indian diaspora being the wealthiest, and also less likely to be armed. Als...

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... Next year when the next PM of Pakistan makes his "maiden" foreign visit to Saudi, the headline will read "Pak, KSA agree to expedite the previous agreement to expedite $2.5 billion investment in Pakistan" I don't understand why you all are making fun of the brotherly brother...

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Rejoice maulaners, it's that time of the year in al-bakistan - science din

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.. G2G deals of C-17, Apaches, P-8Is, engines for Tejas, SiG 716s are not equated with a military alliance. A US-led military alliance is a whole other cup of tea and comes with a geopolitical baggage that India does not need at all, especially during her metoric rise. India's rise must be managed ...

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Strictly speaking this would be non-military, but then it is relevant.. How India Almost Gave Away Parts Of J&K To Pakistan India agreed to give up the Poonch salient as well as Uri. To the north India also proposed to give up land in the Gurez sector giving the entire Neelam/Kinshanganga valley...

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wasn't there a QUAD thing already? All the Anglos are desperate to make India a Ukraine against China So that the Anglos can sell their wares to India. Then the MUTUs (aka Brown Sahibs) are brought on board to sell those wares to India. ... We are buying their wares already aren't we... C17s, Apach...

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..why the surprise saar.... aage se parveen, peeche se pervez works for these desert types :mrgreen: ... Surprised bcos of the assignment of female gender, Chetak Sir. Since SDREs have proved them to be napunsaks in the past... But theek hai, pakis are more flexible with their gender than even the ...

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https://www.dawn.com/news/1826502/pm-shehbaz-crown-prince-salman-agree-to-expedite-5bn-saudi-investment-in-pakistan The move, according to the Saudi Press Agency, confirmed Saudi Arabia’s position on supporting the economy of Pakistan and its “sisterly people” .... Hain... the Arabs have made bakis...

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I think IAF should refrain Apache's from High Altitude operations but use Rudra / LCH instead and restrict Apache's to plains and desert terrain. The IAF is known to push the boundaries during peace time so that they bleed less during war time. They will be flogging the machines hard to know the li...

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wasn't there a QUAD thing already?

All the Anglos are desperate to make India a Ukraine against China

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Jindal Defence (Taurus-T9) has been declared as the L-1 in 550 𝟵𝘅𝟭𝟵𝗺𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗹 tender (different) of the Indian Army. Taurus T-9 will be manufactured in India via ToT. The contract value is ₹4,25,97,500 .. Did we have the Italian berreta CX4 in this category earlier? Remember seeing it with t...

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sanman wrote: ↑07 Apr 2024 12:14
Their weapon has 1-km range, which is a lot more than a grenade-launcher

Please check out the US Mk 19 automatic grenade launcher.

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It boils down to priorities. In a country that has countless Yojanas, Schemes and Missions for the population, national security ranks very low. It does not affect a large section of the population directly or daily, so this is not an issue that is on the forefront of people's mind.... There is no ...

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According to the video, the main use case of this weapon is against us in Himalayas, as well as against Taiwan (beach bunkers). I think India makes "Vidwansak" which heavily resembles Denel NTW-20 anti-materiel rifle from South Africa. Yes. Those might be primary use cases. Doesn't mean t...

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What is this thing that China has? Does have a useful use case? How come nobody else has it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvz8WrlE5a8 One use case - urban warfare, putting grenades in through windows from long range. The Chinese are 'rumoured' to have these trialled these on Somalia pirate craft...

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^ why is this dude Bermuda-shivering? As the USN Admiral said, they need just 48 hrs to toast the PLAN.

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Guardian claims it has proof of RAA involvement in 72 hoor ops in Bakistan. The names of the authors itself is enough to trust the investigation is for real :rotfl: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/04/indian-government-assassination-allegations-pakistan-intelligence-officials The ISI shou...

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There were recent reports of AH-64s issues in the US leading to grounding of the fleet (IIRC it was the national guard and not the regular frontline Army). It will be interesting to know if the issues are similar or of a different nature entirely. Edit - read an article. The US ANG incidents seem to...

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...But if we are hoping to match what the Chinese have in terms of numbers, then that will not work... I agree. I didn't say that. ... So there has to be a balance between what is required and what the budget can realistically afford... We have grown over the past few decades, our opponents have gr...

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... 1) Scary? First of all, stop dhoti shivering. ... Admiral sir, doesn't seem like 'dhoti-shivering' per se on part of the posters. Some clearly mention about factoring in the propaganda multiplier parameter. A continually updated honest assessment about what we are facing and how to counter it i...

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Do we have plans to have such a highly automated factory for mass production of artillery shells at least?

We could export them across the world, even maybe to the US and Russia both

And we could have regular quality testing across our Western border

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https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/04/u-s-navy-submarine-first-in-world-fitted-with-silent-caterpillar-drive/ American submarines will further extend their advantage in the undersea domain. In the first of a kind, the U.S. Navy has fitted a new form of propulsion, magnetohydrodynamic drive (...

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Looks like Sultan Turdogan is history... In the local elections for the moment.

How correlated are they to the national elections?

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One option would be escort and protection of only Indian owned merchant ships. Then again Indian nationals are part of the crew of a lot of international merchant marine.

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