Bharat Rakshak

aharam

It has been a while, and this is not an occasion I can miss. Farewell to the old bird - it is genuinely the end of an era that was maintained by upgrades to ensure survivability in modern battlefields. She was the last of the maneuverable pilot, flown aircraft, where as the pilot, you had the least ...

aharam

@aharam ji and @Rakesh ji, Please take a look at this report. Since it is not directly related to this thread, I am posting a pointer to the post I made in another thread on BRF. https://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?p=2537082#p2537082 If Russia and US are working together even after the ...

aharam

Sir, the fundamental issue here is that you think the west will stop at China and Russia. To many others, its but a, matter of time before the west turns its eyes on India, as the next competitor of threat and attempts to take it down or cut it down to size. Its a feature, not a bug. No amount of d...

aharam

I agree that physically invading a country crosses a line and changes the debate. And sometimes, but not always, it breaks a universal principle. Emphasis on the “universal.” Also agree that, for Western Europe + US (WEUS), one of them invading another of their own, or an outsider invading a WEUS c...

aharam

Seems that the main point in your last post is that the current situation belongs to what you are labeling a “second class” of decisions which require that values trump interests. That seems like a theoretical view, with the theory being mentioned by name “second class” but not really stated and sp...

aharam

The tracking point I was making is not a strawman argument.Cheers Aharam What tracking point and what strawman argument? I don't understand this tracking point . What does it meenu, saar? aahaaram is food??? Cheers Vayutuvan Hi, That part was about sub sea asset tracking information on Chinese vess...

aharam

Russia is no position to provide those coordinates because they have no interest in tracking Chinese naval vessels in the South China Sea. Why would I go to Moscow for pav-bhaji and vada pav....when I can go to my local Mumbai road stall and get it? This is a strawman argument. The tracking point I...

aharam

Aharam Ji, I too have lived in the 'West' for almost 40 yrs. None of these people or countries are milk-white and pure of thought or ideology. It is very much driven by self-interest. People's perceptions regardless of level of education are based on what the media and the government tell them - we...

aharam

A complete monopoly of super power is bad for all smaller countries. Imagine a world where Russia no more exists and the US has its way. From this consideration alone, it is necessary for Russia to survive and thrive and balance the US. The whole outrage reeks of racism when no one opened their mou...

aharam

.... Apologies for the italics - I don’t know how to quote in between text. That was my point. Russia would be in no position to get us coordinates, whereas the US with commonality in the P8 platform can easily pass track information with plausible deniability. Much as we hate it, US EU tracking te...

aharam

..... Hi Rakesh, I have read a lot of your posts in detail and have a huge body of respect for it. The point I was making was today was an opportunity for Indian diplomacy to change the basic ball game with the US and eliminate the transactional behavior. This behavior does not exist in its relatio...

aharam

Does that include letting Americans run our foreign policy and setting up american bases on mainland India? Canadian/Australian/scandinavian model is indeed great but there are no free lunches in life. There is no American largesse without bending over. That's a great point you raise. The American ...

aharam

Not going into why british left and all that stuff - recall seeing a photo of a letter from britshit pm - from General Bakshi's book Indians better than what exactly? Indiana need to be dharmics. What is that exactly? To have the resolve to stand up for our interests, fight our own battles. I too h...

aharam

I have a serious objection to calling any post 2014 US backed coup Ukrainian government as independent or even democratic. They have been US Stooges through and through. I have to beg to differ here, I have employed 100s of people in both Kyiv and St. Petersburg since before 2014 - 2006 to be exact...

aharam

Sorry Ahram Saar, no point in getting into a debate with you. Either you are too naive to see through the geopolitical fog, or you are trying to make us drink the western neo-colonial Kool-aid into a delusion. Come on - really seriously. We are Indians, and better than this. We argue without ad hom...

aharam

AHRAM I agree with your conclusion, but not with all the logic. Indian strategic thinkers must ask the simple question; Does India want to be like China/Russia or EU/USA. We want a free society, democracy etc etc. India tilted towards the Russians, because India did not know which direction was bes...

aharam

Sir, could you give some examples where keeping moral high ground improved someone's security? Because tranactional behavior has quite a few. Come on, I have seen your posts. You can do better than this. My example is Ukraine. Useless transactionally. Currently has a UNSC resolution condemning a Ru...

aharam

Sorry Sir ^^^^^ to burst your balloon of optimism about the western "goodwill". You are mixing up between "goodwill" toward individual desis and their western guv's diplomatic support to GoI. The former has ZERO effect of the latter. That is exactly what I am talking about. You ...

aharam

^^ US has forsaken its long time munnas like sauds what makes you think they will come to our overt help? Maybe intelligence sharing and some military hardware none of which will suffice. The lesson to learn is that India needs to become atam nirbhar and not buy from any desert cult country. This g...

aharam

Hi, Forgive me at the outset, for I am going to post a controversial opposer - I will attempt to argue honestly. I believe India lost a strategic opportunity today. Forget the ups and downs of a game theoretic argument - we have to look out only for our own interests exercise - for a moment. Russia'...

aharam

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :cry: I have no idea if this is sarcasm or not, but this is beyond the pale I say. Bright blue IR AA at wing tips against gray surely catches ones eye in a dogfight where that AA is in any way usable. And the green example with the star on it, in flight is rather eye catchin...

aharam

Watching the situation, I am not convinced that China is going to intercede in Af for national H&D or to show they have arrived. They are not so stupid, although, my own devil's advocate argument argues otherwise. I fail to see what they wanted to accomplish with Galwan, because it was a complet...

aharam

Many sources claim that F-16 hurtles straight down like a lawn dart. 1st plane crash looks a lot like it's described. Edit: If Mig-21 wreckage looked like it was shown in pictures release by, then the plane shot down first can't be Mig-21 for sure. 1st crash is definitely F-16 and 2nd Mig-21. In 2n...

aharam

It's good to have Retired IAF fighter pilots with real world experience to comment. If I am correct you sir have flown the Mig 21 including the Bis variant before Bison upgrade. Hi Aditya, I was indeed before the Bison upgrade, which was a substantial improvement over the Bis. In the role in which ...

aharam

So if the Mig-21 had had a RWR, he would have had the chance to evade the incoming amraam and come back unscathed. This is what you are not getting. Abhi had RWR indication. He knew there were Vipers. He chose to go ahead nonetheless. This is what has rattled the Pakis. The presence of a BARCAP alo...

aharam

The acknowledgment of this strike is highly interesting. It is intended as a political message and choice of target, its separation from collateral damage and sheer execution is excellent. This is when one wishes one was there :-) To all those that were there, my heartfelt congratulations on a miss...

aharam

The acknowledgment of this strike is highly interesting. It is intended as a political message and choice of target, its separation from collateral damage and sheer execution is excellent. This is when one wishes one was there :-) To all those that were there, my heartfelt congratulations on a missi...

aharam

Responding to many comments in the thread including Marten. Haven't quite figured out how to thread a complex response. And please believe me when I say, I am not looking to start a flame war - just some observations from having been a consumer of HAL. I am not questioning HAL's design capability. T...

aharam

I am responding to some comments from a few pages ago and observations by Shiv. I will start by saying that I haven't flown the LCA and any comments here of mine are from an educated armchair perspective. From the specs and flying videos I have seen, the LCA has the potential to be a superb 4+ gen f...

aharam

Hi, It's been a while since I posted. The discussion over the last few pages has been very enlightening, so I figured my 2 cents may be added. Looking at force structure, IAF's goal should be to get to what USAF operated in the early to mid 2000s, barring the high end of envelope, i.e. F22s. Essenti...

aharam

I discovered the old "SOTE _ salt of the earth" video is entirely on youtube. those older than 35 might remember it...rest of you were not even born in the mid 80s. lot of archival and important footage including of the secretive Trisonics where even the most junior pilot was a squadron l...

aharam

I can understand your point of view if India was trying to start jet engine research now. At this point through the Kaveri engine, GTRE and associated labs have accumulated around 30 years of R&D experience on building a jet engine. This is not something to let go to waste. I agree. However, th...

aharam

Good point srai. The core of a jet engine are the compressor stages, and that does take time and experimentation to achieve the desired thrust to weight in modern fighters. IAF will always compare GTRE and DRDO efforts to the best available and they had decades to perfect their art. My point though ...

aharam

Just saw the IOC II clearance of the LCA and started going through the project history in detail. The plane is really promising. Clean design with the large delta. Should have superb lift and very good sub sonic, trans sonic and early supersonic performance. Drag will increase in higher supersonic r...

aharam

LCA was designed as a replacement for Mig-21 and was envisioned to fit into the same hangars, now Chabua which was hosting Mig-21 squads so far is being upgraded to handle the much larger MKIs, so was there ever a real need to limit the size of the LCA? Usually the sequence here goes as follows: mi...

aharam

LCA was designed as a replacement for Mig-21 and was envisioned to fit into the same hangars, now Chabua which was hosting Mig-21 squads so far is being upgraded to handle the much larger MKIs, so was there ever a real need to limit the size of the LCA? The main reason for limiting the size is to b...

aharam

Blog on NYTimes re: MIG 21's - BR gets a mention... The MIG-21, which marked 50 years of service with the Indian Air Force in April this year, has been the backbone of the air force’s fleet. The aircraft has participated in every major conflict involving India since 1963, and still forms the bedrock...

aharam

But will IAF accept such a plane. It did not accept the converted Grob. That is exactly the problem. The IAF seems to be moving away from the "jugaad" mentality that served it well from the 50s onwards to asking for the best available. "jugaad" is commonly confused with "ch...

aharam

Hi, It has been interesting following the thread on the HTT-40 go back and forth. Thought I'd inject some technical capability details to ahem liven it up. I don't really have an agenda or any particular opinion on public vs private sector. To be somewhat precise, a basic trainer is actually quite b...

aharam

I have always wanted to ask this. when poised for takeoff run how does a pilot ensure that he is exactly down the centerline - is there some kind of "gunsight" for him to align with the white stripes down the center? I figure even with a 5' deviation, over course of a long takeoff run, he...

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