Bharat Rakshak

Cybaru

Where is the joint work for Kaveri and the flying test bed? Werent we buying expensive planes to solve that problem? where is my cry emoji

Cybaru

Maybe the reason IAF is wary of Su-57 especially russian the charlatans' radar & avionics: https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/indian-navy-mig-29k-radar-failure-russia-deception-exposed-qx331u6z A recent report by Defence Security Asia, an online defence news platform, pulls back the cur...

Cybaru

So my guess is we should have the first Mk1A squad ready by IAF day (Oct 8th). Delayed but not dead :D HAL is slowly becoming screwdrivergiri only company. Neither software nor hardware for critical stuff is easy... I wish we had done this with uttam as that will take tuning and refining too...

Cybaru

It will take 10 years to get it working like what we did for MKI... Not easy to integrate, unless the Super30 and that is built with the same setup in mind and done together... really only reason would be to get it as we dont have our own engines... AMCA due to size weight will be 80% range of MKI w...

Cybaru

Good API set makes more sense. The source code ask was probably not even on the table, or maybe IAF tried and failed. That should be table stakes when trying to sell any platforms to India. The cost of APIs should be zero. The platform comes with it. The upgrades from version f4 to f5 will be expens...

Cybaru

If Super Sukhoi platform is going to be so amazing - why not add another 50 of it and upgrade every available airframe? How does our raffy purchases look like given the slowing economy and lower forex reserves?

Cybaru

All said and done the real capacity is how many IA is willing to deploy - if we get a 100-200 kg variant and IA agrees to buy 1000-3000 of them, then thats supply chain at forward / high altitude bases that cannot be matched. Thats the key. Converting old Cheetah / cheetaks for supply line use as au...

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India, US reach ‘agreement’ on first-ever jet engine tech transfer https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/india-us-reach-agreement-on-first-ever-jet-engine-tech-transfer/ 13 April 2026 Almost 80 per cent of F-414 engine technology, IP rights to be transferred to India. I doubt it, but we will see....

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India is now seeking access to the Rafale's Interface Control Document (ICD) due to difficulties in obtaining source code https://www-indomiliter-com.translate.goog/sulit-dapatkan-source-code-india-kini-incar-akses-interface-control-document-icd-rafale/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en...

Cybaru

Homegrown == home fixed!!

Glad to see they got to the bottom of this issue!

Cybaru

Unfortunately you are correct - thats been the story for last 20 years.

Cybaru

I find it odd that GTRE is opting for a Su 30 MKI platform. Using a modified Il-76 would cost less than USD 50 million, provide a huge margin of safety with quadruple engine redundancy, allow for real time data storage and long endurance monitoring by technicians on board. Is it a signal that all b...

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GTRE Plans To Convert Two Su-30MKI Fighters As Flying Testbeds To Accelerate Indigenous Aero Engine Certification https://defence.in/threads/gtre-plans-to-convert-two-su-30mki-fighters-as-flying-testbeds-to-accelerate-indigenous-aero-engine-certification.17348/ Date:2-4-26 Could have had 18 testbed...

Cybaru

Yes - everyones favorite chatengine is now how the larger world sees AI.

Cybaru

https://x.com/Kunal_Biswas707/status/2038665373307007166?s=20 ---> The BrahMos-MA (Brahmos NG) is expected in 2026 and will progressively go on the Su-57 and Tejas MK1A squadrons in time. Also, it's 'likely' the MiG-29 squadrons will get the first initial batches of Su-57s. There are reasons to bel...

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First full squadron of Tejas Mk1As (18 airframes) are ready, but only eight airframes are fitted with turbofans :roll: In the picture below, five airframes - with turbofans - are in the first row from bottom. In the middle row, the aircraft on either end have turbofans fitted. And in the top row, t...

Cybaru

gotta have those 10-100KW lasers and small canister launched anti drone systems in 100s on board now. Hope the new destroyers and frigates are designed with that in mind.

Cybaru

Rakesh wrote: ↑04 Apr 2026 06:55 https://x.com/Aryan_warlord/status/2037 ... 45478?s=20 --->

LOL - AI driven! Sheesh - So much over use of word AI everywhere... Too much AI in this marketing fluufff...

Cybaru

Just build one that has a big enough lift, whatever size 50K, 60k, who cares. Fortify A&D and Lakshadweep islands - those are real carriers. Get landing/refueling rights on the far side of Sri lanka for P8I to land refuel and rehit even further out.. Invest in far more satellites over long rang...

Cybaru

You guys get into the This or That argument, which is really absurd. Carriers are Carriers and Islands are Islands. One cannot replace the other. Nor can Submarines replace the AC's nor can AC's replace the submarines. All has advantages and disadvantages. Having one will not make you win across th...

Cybaru

should have been 40-50 super30 config... 12 is a scam when you have half the fleet obsolete.

Cybaru

Manish_Sharma wrote: ↑04 Apr 2026 15:29 https://x.com/vkthakur/status/2040227864407392411?s=20
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if you want source code, you have to write it yourself. NO two ways around it.

Cybaru

Just build one that has a big enough lift, whatever size 50K, 60k, who cares. Fortify A&D and Lakshadweep islands - those are real carriers. Get landing/refueling rights on the far side of Sri lanka for P8I to land refuel and rehit even further out.. Invest in far more satellites over long range...

Cybaru

The old world order is dead. Veto power in UN is useless. We should oppose things we dont like vehemently and ensure that it sticks outside the UN structure. FCAS is too far out, good to focus, but lets not lose sight of whats important - engines for AMCA. Everything else we can workaround. - get te...

Cybaru

This is turning into a colossal disaster!

Cybaru

S_Madhukar wrote: ↑20 Feb 2026 06:02 What’s the point of loading K15 when K4 is available… I thought the option was there as they are proportionate in size as 2:1 …so K4 or 2X as many K15?

sound less threatening in press to everyone. Load outs are always dependent on mission.

Cybaru

I firmly believe that even a Safran/RR core(15%) and Indian cold engine (85%) will go a long way of getting us independent in the 90KN, 100KN and 120KN category. As long as we have the test infrastructure to make this successful. No one will give us tech for core, that needs to be a separate project...

Cybaru

7 minutes on station at 900 KMS is pretty awesome! I doubt it wants to hang around and patrol 900 kms from launch base! Thats pretty solid performance numbers. I am not catching what the negative press is? Its a flex designed as negative press i think.

Cybaru

IMO, I don’t think TEDBF or ORCA have much chance right now. All major design teams are occupied with Mk1A, Mk2, and AMCA, and that’s the correct priority. Inducting 12–18 LCA Navy aircraft would at least generate valuable operational data for whatever the next iteration turns out to be. Once Mk2 ma...

Cybaru

The point being they should never have to retort to "Horn Ok Please" model. Hard floor is higher than the hard ceiling on these birds in our neck of the woods/stone/mountains... Leave them in Rajasthan and hope the fine sand doesn't clog them engines.

Cybaru

IAF to have free hand to integrate weapons on 114 new Rafales: Sources https://www.business-standard.com/external-affairs-defence-security/news/iaf-to-have-free-hand-to-integrate-weapons-on-114-new-rafales-sources-126020601903_1.html 06 Feb 2026 Ha! Only if that free hand has lots of money! They wi...

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Rakesh wrote: ↑28 Jan 2026 20:50 https://x.com/gujarat_plus_/status/2016 ... 07455?s=20 ---> India’s First 'Made in Vadodara' Military Aircraft Is Coming.

I think another 100 show up when its time to retire AN-32s.

Cybaru

chetak wrote: ↑29 Jan 2026 23:38
no matter who operates the Apache, the basic roles remain the same and are, by and large, likely to be deployed on broadly similar mission profiles

Fly to Himalayas - hitch a ride back on scenic roadways with Horn OK please stuck on the back?

Cybaru

They already have an old MOU and $250 million in the bank, if they are serious, they show up with 2 prototypes at HAL Nashik and say lets go!

Cybaru

It takes 10 years to integrate and make a product - see LCAMK1A. It is non trivial exercise. Unless the Super30MKI is done on both MKI and Su57 at the same time. This wont work.

Cybaru

Induction/onboarding/familiarization for the new crew takes time, this should not stop IAF from inducting a platform that already exists in its stables.

Cybaru

Khalsa wrote: ↑29 Jan 2026 15:52 I agree we should have never purchased them for the army.
But since we did 6 is the most stupidest of the number.
Full Squadron at 12 or 16

Oh no, glad its only a billion down the drain and not 4 billion. That would have killed the 156 LCH program.

Cybaru

Came across this excellent thread on twitter that explores Kaveri first vs purchase. Worth engaging in.. https://x.com/BharatRakshak13/status/2014053925159112777 I think that twitter handle belongs to one amongst us from the forum. Ah ok - but they make excellent points all across - especially abou...

Cybaru

What a waste of billion dollars! The dumbest purchase in Indian defence purchases. Not to forget the multiple unplanned emergency landings in farm fields all over.

Cybaru

Came across this excellent thread on twitter that explores Kaveri first vs purchase. Worth engaging in.. https://x.com/BharatRakshak13/status/2014053925159112777 1/14 The Rafale vs Tejas debate misses the point entirely. The question isn't which fighter we buy. It's which engine we can build. Acquis...

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