Bharat Rakshak

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Going to a PSU. No private player. This is what happens when you play musical chairs with an important ministry like defence. Every time a defence minister changes , the new one takes a year to understand the ropes and then decides to change everything. Where does it leave the country? As far as de...

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If you trust Uncle Sam then you don’t have your head screwed on straight. They have always been sanction happy and always will be. It would be daft to buy critical equipment like fighter equipment from the US. The Europeans are much better partners. At least the French have an independent foreign po...

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ADA had a lot of freedom to operate. Now, everything need to go through the eprocure process and L1. Not sure if the concept of "L2 being offered half of the job if price can be met" is still around. Maybe not. We haven't seen that with any of the DRDO entities we deal with. Exact reason ...

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Future shock: Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicle still seems a distant dream You mean T 14 Armata family has not yet completed all the trials ? As well as a another example of just paying lip service to indigenisation and not walking the talk. All plans up in the air as they say.Funding indigenous ...

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CM: One bogey is this TOT thing. We need to be clear on what TOT is. It is the transfer of production technology. The ability to use "local" resources to produce items, even from a component level. There is NO ONE else who has offered us this opportunity like the Russians have. In many ca...

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Time shipyards like L&T are given orders for major combatants. The IN needs to boost its destroyer and frigate count besides submarines to be able to compete with the Chinese.

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Is the BrahMos 2 on hold? Are the Russians playing hardball? India really needs to get its hypersonic R&D going and quick.

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The problem is not India moving away from Russia , the problem is Russia. The Russians expect India to be a captive cash cow and expect India not to react when they go against Indian interests. It’s not India that’s forgotten Russian friendship but Russia who has forgotten who kept their MIC afloat ...

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hnair wrote:Time to give some firm pre-production orders to Kalyani-sir and see what other doors are condescendingly opened up for the native

Expect the IA to say that’s it’s heavier than the M777 by 5 kg and hence not suitable

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This is gr8 news. But what needs to be kept in mind is that the IAF worked towards this exercise . Wars will not be fought according to a pre planned schedule. Keeping up a 90% availibility rate throught is going to be a tough ask. The IAF definately needs more numbers and hope the LCA helps in a bi...

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^^ Right. F135 gives about 125kN dry thrust while 2xF414 would give ~115kN. AMCA is lighter by about ~1.5T empty weight. Given F35 cannot supercruise in a practical sense, AMCA is also unlikely to do so. But with 115-120kN class engine, things will become interesting for AMCA. I have not found any ...

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I think a lot is going to depend on whether the French are going to help out on the SSN project and with what level of tech. It’s going to have a direct bearing on which way the P75I is going to swing. Cost wise there’s nothing to beat the Russian subs but the Amur has been no shining success. If it...

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Boeing has really played a master stroke by tying up with both HAL and Mahindra. Having said that it wouldnt be the worst outcome if the Superhornet Blk 3 is choosen. More Rafales would be ideal but since cost is a major factor the Superhornet Blk 3 wouldnt be such a bad idea if costs can be kept do...

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I would rather the ADA goes with the naval proposal and develops the AMCA for the navy first. They navy are more supportive than the IAF. With the IAF, requirements will change every month

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Maybe something is happening on the barracuda tech for the ssn’s after Marcons visit.

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Very nice article. Long ago IDSA had a paper by R. Phadke which stated 65 squadrons for 2 front war. That looks like a more realistic number for a two front war. Especially keeping in mind that one of the opponents will be China.That number can never be met unless the major part of the IAF fleet is...

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Very nice article. Long ago IDSA had a paper by R. Phadke which stated 65 squadrons for 2 front war. That looks like a more realistic number for a two front war. Especially keeping in mind that one of the opponents will be China.That number can never be met unless the major part of the IAF fleet in...

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Once again, on seeing new postings under "Indian Nuclear News..." I thought I was going to read "PFBR, Kalpakkam fully commissioned" ! Alas, no. Any update on the PFBR's completion? Been waiting and waiting and waiting for this one. It has missed many deadlines. Also no sign of ...

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I don’t see what the fuss is about? The issue here is the lack of privacy practiced by entities like FB and google. It’s they that should be taken to task. If data is available freely anyone can use it for analytics. I don’t see the point in people complaining about the Congress starting to use tech...

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So do I.The problem is one,the main ingredient for all 3 services, lack of desi "engines". Since the inception of BRF I've been asking why we haven't set up a dedicate aero-engine (at least) design and dev. centre for all types of aero-engines,both rotary and fixed wing.The GTRE has in al...

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There is expansion of runways happening now in the A&N islands. The plan is to have a 3+Km runway station long range Maritime partol aircraft there, along with MKI type planes. MKIs are already on rotating deployment to Car Nicobar. Port Blair has little space, but there is need for larger capi...

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Looks like the country is making progress with seekers. Great news that the Brahmos was tested with an indigenous seeker. Time now to indigenize the engine. India really needs to ramp up its R&D in hypersonic missiles , if not we will be left behind specially with the new hypersonic regime being...

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Opportunities have been lost in the past no doubt but it all has to be taken with a pinch of salt. China with its economic might can out spend India and gain a toe hold where it really wants to. No one, let alone India can stop all these attempts of Chinese expansion in the IOR. What India can do, i...

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Anyone taking bets that we will still be discussing this topic in 2025

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Wonder if Marcon's visit will bring in some French Tech for the SSN program. There were reports that the IN is very interested in the French submarine reactors. Whether the French share the tech is the question.

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Mk1 was 58 tons ..add a plough to it..becomes 60 tons. usable .use 4-5 of them with say 40 MK2 without the ploughs in each regiment..which frees them if needless weight n helps meet the new army demand of I believe 65 tonnes weight..ur earlier mk1 become usable too..everybody is happy ..a mk1 with ...

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4. AMCA will see another run of 200-300 machines. So total imports as things stand currently are only 36-44 planes. Rest all may change to a lower number as we get more confidence in ourselves. From here onwards, I think IAF won't want 3rd/4th gen planes. We won't import anymore of those. I do wish...

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It’s time India invested in full fledged testing facilities for jet engines rather than being dependent on countries like Russia for the same. Hope the JV’s include a flying testbed in India with the associated ground facilities.

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^^^ why is there a disconnect between the maturity of this platform and the number of orders and the requirements of IAF. someone please break it down to me in simple terms please. (I understand that it not a proper AWACS like the Indian A-50) Because the IAF always wants shiny new phoren maal .Emb...

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https://twitter.com/manupubby/status/968145421813145600 --> Strangely, defence purchases from foreign vendors being processed much faster over schemes meant for Indian companies - MoD Report. How long did it take the geniuses in the MOD to figure that out. Why is action not being taken against thos...

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The Japanese are not going to allow us anywhere near their top line tech. Soryu being a point incase. The Japanese psyche is still reeling under the WW2 atomic attacks. It will take another generation of Japanese to come out of their self imposed isolation militarily. Believe me the Chinese fear a m...

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If the French are investing 1 Bn of their own money think there is something bigger in the pipeline. Probably a joint development of an engine for the AMCA.

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Looks like the trails were a definate success. Thats why the sudden realisation from the import lobby that theres a weight issue.

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The obvious solution cheapest too, is more 29/35s or MKIs.Even an SU-35, single pilot could cut down operating/ manpower costs, but there are too many vested,"west-ed" interests and the IAF want fancy western " sports cars" to play with. Philip ji. Please................ no more...

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http://idrw.org/atags-bang-for-the-buck/#more-163348 Was wondering how the army hadn't voiced its reservations on a non strategic indigenous project yet . Well as they say some will never disappointment. :twisted: As expected its the "weight" issue a la Arjun. If the ATAGS is 20 tonnes the...

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Well as per reports the Prithvi's are going to be replaced by the shorter ranged Agni's and other missiles. Guess they are just expending the existing stocks and putting them to best use for testing and training.

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Make in India for Defence was never destined to work. It cannot work. That was a red herring. There are other options available to improve the unemployment rate in India, other than building phoren fighters. Just buy silver bullets off the shelf in small numbers (2 - 4 squadrons) to do unique tasks...

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Well there's a feeling that the IAF dosent want the F-16 . I had mentioned that SAAB had shot itself in the foot by tying up with Adani. With the opposition going all out to make a stink about Ambani and the Rafale deal the govt cannot afford to be seen as favouring Adani by going in for the Gripen...

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Well there's a feeling that the IAF dosent want the F-16 . I had mentioned that SAAB had shot itself in the foot by tying up with Adani. With the opposition going all out to make a stink about Ambani and the Rafale deal the govt cannot afford to be seen as favouring Adani by going in for the Gripen ...

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