Bharat Rakshak

John

Austin wrote:I am told S400 is a big deal in numbers deal of century for SAM walas the 5 regiment would be more than 6000 SAM missile with reloads

IAF will likely break down into squadron and deploy it into multiple locations

It's 5 squadrons which is about 10 Batteries which is around 600 not 6000 missiles.

John

no.. These are strategic acquisitions --- Does China have something similar ?? They will copy it anyways How will they copy the algorithms/software part? They are never reverse engineered as claimed by Russia, lot of tech was handed to China under the table for lots of $$ (some reports have it is t...

John

perhaps the track2 sino russian cloning deal has a clause against exporting such clones even to client states. Could be the case but I suspect russia would love to see such sales since it would equal more Indian orders of S-400. I suspect price and also fear of Pakistan leaking data to western Inte...

John

News now coming of India inserting a Rider clause in the S400 deal and Russia accepting of never supplying S400 or other derivative class system to Pakistan. Not that Shitistan will be able to afford it for any time soon. Why they can get Chinese clones in couple years lot cheaper? Considering Chin...

John

X Posted from the India-Russia thread. Russian media outfit Sputnik on the deal for 5 squadrons of S400 Triumf quoting Kremlin Spokesman Dmitriy Peskov and Rosoboronexport Director-General Alexander Mikheev. Deliveries to begin in October 2020: India, Russia Formally Ink $5.4 billion S-400 Air Defe...

John

AC-130 primarily operated in the night in previous engagement mainly due to threat MANPADs. Added: As noted above i doubt it will be ever be offered so its moot point discussing it in Helicopters thread.

John

Simple, it is an Indian design. So the upgrade path is relatively clear for the ship. All the ships built in Indian yard, with Indian materials will result in most or the spend in India. But with this deal 2 ships are ready made and 2 will be Indian made. Best case only 50 %of the expenditure will ...

John

Ofcourse if another country like Malaysia comes up and hands wade of cash for Sub launched Brahmos, Brahmos corp is not going to turn it down but with no interest from IN it has been shelved. Also i would take marketing brochure in defexpo with grain of salt even after it was confirmed that only mod...

John

Don't have original article anymore only idrw article which restates that Brahmos-ng will arm Project-75 and all nuclear submarines for Indian navy.

John

I am not going speak about South Korea KSS-3 since it is still under development and many proponents want they move nuclear platform. That's catch-22 if you can build SSN it makes no sense to build heavy SSK with land attack missiles. Because when they launch missile payload they will be detected. B...

John

^ Yes it exists it was heavily advertised and was tested , but was dropped by Brahmos Corp in favor of Brahmos-ng due to lack of platforms. I know we want to fit brahmos on every damn platform there is, but fitting in 8 Vls module in 2000 ton SSK makes absolutely no sense except for Russia who are g...

John

Why keep mentioning Brahmos then just say Kalibr, there is no Vls Brahmos for Sub launch it has been dropped.

Also Brahmos-m/Brahmos-ng can be fired from standard tubes.

John

Philip for 100th time there is no VLS sub launched Brahmos it was dropped by Brahmos Corp there is only plans for torpedo tube launched Brahmos-m.

John

The il22 was 30km out over the sea when lost Its unlikely a wayward sam would home in so far away This has been the trend while Russian SAM seem to have great advertising brochure they fail quite spectacularly in real world. Even if you discount friendly fire the fact Pantsir which has been adverti...

John

:rotfl: :rotfl: but on a serious note, do you think the Chinese will leave the sattelites, afterall they have tested the ASAT. :evil: :-? No one will keep quiet if space based assets are attacked. The raison d'etre with such assets is that everyone knows and accepts that they are there. Taking one ...

John

sarabpal.s wrote:So Bhim can make a comeback?

While i am fan of Bhim, K-9 is lighter while both seems to quiet evenly matched specs wise (Bhim has an advantage of burst mode). At this point i would be happen to simply purchase more K-9s and standardize around that.

John

Amur is not SSN. It is a SSK. Right? Yes More or less failed design, Russian admiral openly went on media and criticized the domestic version-Lada. Forcing a redesign, as a result the new redesigned Lada is still stuck in development purgatory. Amur single-hulled, Kilos double-hulled.Amurs will mos...

John

That information is highly incorrect, Yakhont is export version of Oniks I may have got the version incorrect, however the joint development company was one way to get around MTCR, because we wanted the tech as well. The range is software limited, by restricting the height it can fly. The russians ...

John

MTCR is not a technology sharing treaty, it is a denial regime. It is a group of countries who voluntarily agree not to sell missile above 300km to anyone. This is why even Yakhnot is technically not sold to us. It is a joint venture of a missile named "Brahmos" under 300km and India &quo...

John

Nirbhay was extended till June 30th i have not heard anything about another extension so i am not sure it has been put in the back burner. Given the slow phase of program just meager 5 tests over 5 years, cannot fault them for looking at alternatives.

John

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UboMbcyluvg Tor mkm on a Tata truck. Was there a rfp for this system? The acceleration on the missile is phenomenal. Orginally Talwar class (at the time proposal was called Delta class FFG not to be confused Singapore Formidable class) was supposed to have Sa-n-9 but R...

John

If we can get some 2000 tonne corvette with these they can provide numbers for platforms Problem is that what starts out a simple missile or ASW corvette quickly balloons in size as more reqs are added i.e: hanger, speed, endurance, reduction to radar cross section. And we end with heavy corvette (...

John

It will likely be Vl-MICA. All depends on whether Make in India or Made in India for the 10 units. If Indian design and developed then wont be the Mica. If its merely to be assembled here.. err.. made here, then VL Mica it could be for the whole deal. I strongly believe it is Vl Mica I am not a fan...

John

Karan M wrote:QRSAM derivative unless it is VL launched in which case a new missile.

It will likely be Vl-MICA.

John

Speaking of Brimstone how does Brimstone 2 achieve 40+ km range from Ah-64? Can we expect something similar down the road with SANT.

John

^ IN was never on verge of getting Tu-22m, russia threw them in various deals like Amur as sweeteners and that was only way IN would have ever gotten it, tsarkar or someone can correct me on that. P-8I have a range of around 7500 km and 1350 mile combat radius with 4 hour on Station sure that is les...

John

Yes, after retirement of Tu 142 we don't have any long range military aircraft. Unless of course, rumors of Tu 22 being with IAF were true. What is your qualification long range military AC or you talking about a long range bomber? As for Tu-22m it was never in service with Navy nor was it ever con...

John

Roosi Corvettes are armed with long-range cruise missiles as they cannot have land based ones due to treaty, our usecase is more like the US (or I at least I wish) with the main carriers being destroyers/crusiers which prowl the oceans half way round the world. Any thing in the immediate neighborho...

John

The Scorpene is a scam, with 50% cost overrun, 14 years late and 28% localization. If the NDA is looking for a UPA scam, this is it. How is "Mazagaon Procured Items" imported from France ever equal to indigenous capability? As of now, the Hull welding line is a French import, with steel a...

John

ramana: All in all, a good time to get old. The deterrence calculations with these HGVs etc are so messed-up compared to those with slow, predictable strategic bombers and ballistic missiles. I guess the first nuke-armed sub-launched cruise missile really ushered in the era of total instability, bu...

John

Hindsight is 20/20 back when P-8 was being considered A319 showed a lot of promise and P-8 was also highly risky (no orders, low altitude performance, lower endurance compared P-3, lower visibility compared to P-3, cost) Not just hindsight. Boeing had a development contract awarded from the USN bac...

John

This could have been the only worthwhile competitor to the P-8. I don't know if it was seriously considered. The A319 MPA is vapourware. Not a single prototype is flying even today. Hindsight is 20/20 back when P-8 was being considered A319 showed a lot of promise and P-8 was also highly risky (no ...

John

Russia can't afford T14 Armata https://twitter.com/YusufDFI/status/1025194662011650048?s=19 So what ? India will help them. Remember USMC scrapped EH 101 as it was too expensive for USA. But it is not too expensive for India for its politicians Off topic but Russia is banking on China to fund if th...

John

tsarkar wrote:
John wrote:I am only seeing one Ak-630? Do a need a better resolution to confirm it, your thoughts?

All four there, the pollution haze combined with paint scheme blurring the outlines.

Oh alright thanks for confirming.

John

tsarkar wrote:A photo I took of Kolkata class destroyer with Seaking. Probably the first published photo with Seaking Mk42B onboard https://flic.kr/p/Lae2Ye

I am only seeing one Ak-630? Do a need a better resolution to confirm it, your thoughts?

John

They had nearly 30 goddam years since the first test landing on the Kuznetsov to develop a better undercarriage and navalize the aircraft. There is a high possibility that what we are seeing now is intrinsic to the design. It won’t be getting any better. That is the reason for the RFI. As much I lo...

John

Instead of even thinking of Brahmos as a AAM how about Barak & Barak 8 as AAMs for HHV targets ? Barak won't have any better range than even Derby even Land based Derby have longer SAM range than Barak. IMO air launched Barak-8 will essentially be similar to Derby ER, which is essentially an en...

John

sell the 29Ks to the iaf and buy rafales. Pay dassault to do some folding wings, or a removable part in the outer wing. :-( Boeing is the only one that offered to certify their AC for STOBAR where as Dassault has never come out and said that and any modifications and certification for STOBAR will r...

John

SAM have much higher terminal speed than Brahmos is Mach2-2.5 where Barak-8 was close to Mach4-5 during tests . Brahmos can’t pull high Gs but it’s more than maneuverable to take out Tankers and larger ACs. However I am afraid it’s not designed for that purpose because it would need datalink and mi...

John

Not just cost, a SAM is usually slower and more maneuverable than a missile like brahmos. Brahmos will bleed too much energy in trying to strike a nimble fighter jet(dunno how nimble tankers or awacs are) which means not as effective as a SAM. SAM have much higher terminal speed than Brahmos is Mac...

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