Bharat Rakshak

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1. He wants MMRCA scrapped, and F-35s ordered instead . To be fair, he is not alone is believing that. Many here feel that it is lifafa journalism. I don't. Because, otherwise I will have to disclose my lifafas first from SAAB. and then Dassault. 2. He is not asking us to forget the buy-and-make-In...

Bharat is on many export control lists. This is explicitly contrary to what the US government, has stated.Most "dual use" items, including mundane items such as pens and screwdrivers are off limits. That article is from Dec, 2010 !!!!!!! The rules have changed, Of course it does not mean ...

In fact as I've often said,even APJAK was fooled into believing of its progress by the DRDO,GTRE,etc. ,and made his statement in 2003 that "by 2010,200 LCAs will have been built".2014 has arrived and the first batch of 20 MK1s have yet to be handed over to the IAF. I sincerely hope that w...

Just a revealing snippet about the "no skin off their nose stuff".. sadly this sort of commentary is all too common from many on the service side who think they have a lock down on patriotism or that "the other side" doesn't give a darn. But its completely mistaken. ++++++++1. I...

^ flower vehicle? no idea who that is. I joined a day back sir ji, following the forum since long, but got chance tobe member just now & scored a warning too.

what makes you think 20b$ deal is funding Laboratories in France? do you have a breakdown of how money is being spent? MMRCA and LCA are mutually exclusive so its not Dassault's fault if LCA doesn't make the cut. 1. First one doesn't make sense. Is France here to serve bharat maa? 2. I never blame ...

I think LD is talking about "production"(assembling ready-made, small imported parts into one plane), not the D(Development) of R&D. For example, DRDO holds technology for LCA but HAL will manufacture it. So, HAL won't have any "design a plane" capability. This transport proj...

^^^ There you go. Press the quote button on this post and you will get the code for image between img tags. Paste that in your post. That "Rafale vs. Tejas" Chart is misleading because it doesn't count the investment and time efforts which went into Parent project lines before Rafale star...

That's true for Private sector firms. In a state owned company it's taxpayers money that is ploughed into technology development. IAF should not be expected to amortize development costs with it's limited budget. Same old colonial argument - "I have 20 billion dollars for funding FRANCE's labo...

Seeing "squadron strength" in isolation of larger, long-term interests is what has always kept IAF dependent on foreign suppliers.("Our squadron strength is low. We need planes RIGHT NOW. We can't wait for HAL to upgrade Marut ") Keeping sentiments aside, do you realize the cris...

Ganesh_S, my comment was in context of bigger picture, not squadron-strength or LCA. Seeing "squadron strength" in isolation of larger, long-term interests is what has always kept IAF dependent on foreign suppliers.("Our squadron strength is low. We need planes RIGHT NOW. We can't wai...

The quote from the MD of HAL makes clear that HAL is the one refusing to indigenize and claiming there is no local source of supply for these materials. The reality is that all aerospace materials have a local supplier in Bharat. I listed all the materials, metallic and not metallic and linked to t...

IMO, the IAF is gambling on the fact that LCA MK II will not take too long to happen. Which is why they are only planning to equip two sqns with the MK I and the rest with the more capable MK IIs. Their calculation probably is that by the time these 40 Mk I's are delivered the Mk II will be ready f...

^The question should goto Jaitley or Ministry of Defence. They are the decision makers in this aspect. Whether HAL should make Raw-materials at home or import it cheaply from developed nations, is a decision taken by Babus(who love meddling into PSU affairs) and also Ministers(not even Graduates). P...