Bharat Rakshak

rajanb

Whoever says, by knocking the F-16 / 18 out is a setback to "strategice relations" needs to define that term! Utter rubbish and balderdash. Obviously the word "strategic" means different to us and the US of A. What is strategic for them may not be strategic for us. I am glad we a...

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We now have our eggs in different baskets and the Russians are earthy enough to realise that.

I appreciate them for that. In any case we are contributing to their future aircraft.

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Wow, you guys are in super-cruise mode the way this thread is moving. At times serious, at times humorous and at times I notice anger! But, nonetheless illuminating. I at least am glad that the process of selection or de-selection seems to have been carried out in a very professional manner. One can...

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^^ Only problem i forsee with the Europeans making it is that MoF will as usual put a spanner and start pointing at the costs and need for re-bid/re-quote etc since the Frenchies wont come cheap...

Unless some other derailing takes place it will have to be the cheaper of the two!

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Bravo! One step forward and hopefully no two steps backward. It was clear to me that when St. Antony refused to meet at the pearly Gates, the Unkils were in trouble! Shivji, on HT a few moments, back mentioned that the other vendors would be given details of why they lost? Having worked as a salesma...

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There seems to be a lot of LCA activity in Bangalore this week, starting Monday. I have sighted the LCA at least two times a day if not more. So maybe the LSP7 & 8 are undergoing flight testing before release to the IAF.

Cheers.

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Jamwalji,

This is indeed food for the soul. Thanks and keep it up.

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Humour on Terrorism TERROR THREATS IN 2011 EUROPE: BY JOHN CLEESE The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have therefore raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved." Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to "Irr...

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@manum and @rakesh First @manum We should get Mirage's upgraded by Israel and screw these french...We are getting Mirage's upgrade by expensive French only to keep things on line...but if they resort to dirty tricks, why not we get our options laid to them. I do not think it is greed. Business can a...

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I think we are being naive if we think purchase of Unkil's goods are cheap via the Gov to Gov route. All it does for us is to get the goods faster.

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All thumbs. no fingers. Hence poor spelling! Apologies

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Thanks Jamwal. It ROCKS!

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In the meanwhile, the LCA flies day and night,
Increasing daily our enemies fright,
With a roar of thunder and a radiant release of wares,
A suandron will soon form so enemies beware!

Poor attempt at poetry.

rajanb

Can any guru please oblige by telling me if the Mig35 is a SU30MKI+ machine?

Trying to get this place back on track inspite of such lucid posts and arguments, some steamy

In the meanwhile, Wikileaks has put paid to the solah and the SH!

Two down and four to go!

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@Victor

It is S.W.A.K. indeed. Sealed With A Kill!

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@viv

He is in the Merchant Navy now and works out of LA. And I am in touch with him. But while at sea his internet is limited. Will connect with him when he is back in station.

Cheers

rajanb

The only drawings we would have are the assembly and production drawings. The actual design drawings with the associated databases of other factors , such as load bearing, wind tunnel, mechanical stress etc would not be available to us. Everytime we have maufactured an aircraft, it has been ToP (Tra...

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Hears the LCA last night and saw the trainer? landing forenoon today. Everything seems to be under wraps.

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Phew! This is becoming a political discussion. So the MRCA thread is about politics and not about air superiority? We need to do what is right for our country. PAF may have free F16s but look at the state of their country? Was it worth it? Our fate is in our hands and I hope the establishment, the g...

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There is another funny incident, this time about the Paki & Irani navies. After our Western Command had shagged Karachi, in 1971, the Shah of Iran sent a couple of his destroyers to Karachi as a show of solidarity. And much to their utter surprise, the Pakis fired on both of them, damaging them!...

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@Ajit_tr

Thanks mate. My memory isn't all that bad!

rajanb

Do you know how the first Pakistani F 16 crashed?

I read it in Aviation Week, years back (early 80's). The wingman fired his Sidewinder only to watch in utter horror as it killed his leader!

Tried finding it on the net, but couldn't.

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@Anujan

Pathetic. Did Americans pay for the ad?

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IAF officer involved in air show scam New Delhi: The air force has ordered a court of inquiry (CoI) against an officer accused of taking a bribe from a French arms company to better position its aircraft in the static display section of Aero-India held in Bangalore last month. Wing Commander A K Th...

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@Nikhil

Rather naive, aren't I?

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If they suffer from a NMH (Not Made Here) syndrome, they're criticized as being fools for developing and manufacturing every single part in-house. If they don't they're criticized for not caring about developing an indigenous supply chain (which is BS, they have a lot of desi private and PSU suppli...

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The only way we will get to know how true the Brahmos/SU30 spat is if an MP brings this up with AK in parliament? Would be nice to have an MP on our side and BR can pump questions through him/her? (Note the gender equality)

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W. Selvamurthy, Chief Controller, Life Sciences, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), said there could be a good export market for Tejas, the country's first indigenously built supersonic fighter aircraft, if the Centre okayed it. Speaking to The Hindu recently, he said the DRDO ha...

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If we have been under the illusion that anyone is our ally, then we have been fooling ourselves. After the end of the cold war, the rather firm boundaries that existed then, are now liquid. "It is every country for themselves and we will ally with you but we want our kilo (not pound) of flesh&q...

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@NR

That's why I say go for the Rafale and use the MIG 35 as a price bargainer!

We then have a least risk option politically/sanction wise/ all eggs not in one basket

Just my two bits.

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Who is going to debunk an earlier post which mentioned "Arjun cannot fire when stationary?"!!!!!!

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Thanks Karan. A very balanced and unbiased article. Having been a supplier of systems to ADA, HAL, NAL and ISRO, I had the pleasure of being associated with a lot of individuals whom I found to be very determined, dedicated in their goal to succeed regardless of the pittance they were being paid. Al...

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@tsarkar

well wow indeed ! was RWR even a part of ASR-1985 ?? tranquil/tarang was just being introduced back then. what % of IAF fleet had operational RWR at the time ? heck, what % of its frontline fighters had RWR at that time ? zero ?

FYI, the MIG -21 that I sat in 1982 had RWR!

Cheers

rajanb

My apologies if this has been posted earlier. 178 BFATs produced for the IA, to primarily transport Arjun tanks. http://mod.nic.in/samachar/july1-06/h5.htm At a modest but impressive ceremony, Chief of the Army Staff, Gen JJ Singh flagged off 29 newly manufactured Bogie Flat Arjun Tank (bfat) wagons...

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Thanks Jamwal. Keep it up! Tis great.

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Wish he would tell us he is completing it in a book. Then we could salivate till it is published and buy it!

meanwhile Jamwal has attacked again.

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Vivek, I hope all is well with you. You have vanished? At least drop the BRites a line saying you are fine?

De best fer ye.

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@malli did we dare to change the Mig 21 to make it better on our own. Have you ever sat in a cockpit of a MIG21? I did so in 1982 and was :shock: and was surprised that at the amount of western gear they had! And BTW, they had Russians from MIG working there too! Obviously, the intent to change to w...

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Here we go again: http://idrw.org/?p=2861 US pushes deal, secrecy hitch on IAF screen The US wants the deal and yet want to shackle it. I for one, don't understand why we just didn't buy another 123 MKIs Be that as it may, the safest option seems to be The Rafale and the Mig-35! Assuming that both m...

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Thanks Shiv. Now I know what wake is. Lovely example which illustrates perfectly.

Cheers

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