Bharat Rakshak

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My biggest concern is that Rafale won't be too relevant 20 years from now. By that calculation neither will be Tejas, but we are still going for it. Doesn't it depends upon the capability of our neighborhood? I don't see any scenario where TSPians will be able to buy or operate a 5th gen aircraft. ...

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I see a trend here. US makes the best subs and has the best knowledge bank. their subs have survived huge head on collisions on underwater rocks that totalled the composite sonar dome area but the bulkheads held firm and sub recovered under own power. they must be really good as people who are supp...

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But our guys are still going from Airforce to Navy Worth a revisit on the topic: Event Approx YR for LCA Approx YR for AMCA Concept 1980 2000 IAF Version 1990 ASR + funds around 2010 IN Version 2000 Funds around 2010, no idea what they were for So, what exactly is the "still" for? As far ...

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CM-400 is a load of tripe

Suppossed to be 400kg missile (of which 150kg is warhead), which can go for 250 km including a hypersonic terminal phase and sink a 4000 ton ship in a single hit.
Brahmos is 3-ton ... 300km supersonic with a 300kg warhead

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^^^ Yes ... agree

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^^^^ Solar street lights are already being used to limited extent in Guj and Raj?

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We need 18-24 conventional subs to control 3 seas & we need 10-12 nuclear subs to counter any threat from Chinese and 7-8 boomers to hit back. Don't forget 1. We have large maritime boundary to control & protect 2. We need to protect our commercial sea lanes, we are most dependent on Oil im...

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any weight increase will surely affect the top speed. but i am not too sure how survivable AIP subs will be in the shallow waters near Cheen as the avg depth is supposed to 75-100m only. a SSN has a clear 10knot advantage in submerged speed if it needs to escape or chase targets. +1 Any sub carryin...

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IMO, an ideal path would be something like this: 6 x P-75 Scorpene SSK w/ TOT 6 x follow on P-75 indigenised Scorpene w/ large percentage of 'Made in India / Designed in India' components 6 x P-75I SSK w/ TOT 6 x follow on P-75I indigenised version w/ technologies from both P-75 and P-75I and 'Made...

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In north there is plenty of useless land in Rajastan. The area is near to Delhi, Mumbai, Ahemedabad and Punjab. Perhaps some of the heavy industry could be clustered here. India should try to avoid expanding industrial belts arround fertile areas. In stead go for low yield crop land. +1 Also indust...

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SSN can shut off propellers and remain very quiet. The main disadvantage of SSK is range. SSK works for littoral combat, they will be extremely effective in block PLAN entry at the mouth of Malacca Straits or blockade of TSPN.
SSN range/endurance cannot be matched by any SSK.

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^^^ why go for C-Boat VLS, tube launched stuff like Klub works just as fine and I am sure our guys can come up with a compact variant of Nirbhay. N-boat is a better option for your mentioned weapon load. I don't think there is any precedence for a C-Boat with anything coming close to such a load out.

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12 or so SSKs are sufficient for our Navy to operate in these areas. Going by original plan we still need another 12 SSKs. IMHO we should continue production of Scorpenes at Mazagaon even as we pursue Project-75I. Why should we make the same mistake as we did with the u-boats? We still have require...

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Why should India sell any missiles to Vietnam when they can make their own? Next year Vietnam, which can't even develop motorcycles locally, may suddenly test a locally-developed, 1,500 km range cruise missile and put it into service immediately after the one test. It will be called "Dung Cam&...

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Developing Naval jet first and then making an airforce variant from the naval base jet seems to be a better way for development. But our guys are still going from Airforce to Navy.

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Hate to sound like a broken record, Diesel submarines are effective when cheap and mass produced they can make up for their slow submereged speed and limited payload with numbers and lower noise generation. It makes no sense to purchase them at costs that approach nuclear vessels. Fact that we have...

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HAL has also partially indigenised the Su-30MKI's giant AL-31FP engines, which are built in Koraput, Odisha. Fifty-three per cent of the engine by cost has been indigenised, with the remaining 47 per cent consisting of high-tech composites and special alloys - proprietary secrets that Russia will n...

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Prahaar and variants will likely be available for that role. CMs are expensive, thx to engine, seeker. Prahaar and variants would mainly serve as CAS replacement during actual fighting, freeing up IAF for air superirority Brahmos, Nirbhay and anything in between would mainly be for high value targe...

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The shale gas and fracking industry is a big hype and psy ops According to many I spoke here, there are very strong environmental lobbies in current US govt. and Democrats in general which are stifling exploration of oil and development of efficient technologies to better extract oil shale and oil ...

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Philip, both L&T and Pipavav have the capacity to build Frigates and are starved of orders... Building a follow-on to P-17 Shivalik class frigates could be farmed out to these two... Private yards can build thesuperstructure and Hulls, fitment may be done by MDL..? This way we build capability ...

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According to U.S. military sources, the Indian and U.S. leaders also set up military cooperation projects, such as the use of U.S. technology by India to build an aircraft carrier as well as India's licensed production of U.S. weapons, although the two countries refrained from announcing these agre...

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^^^ Thanks for the link.
Any info anti-smuggling ops by BSF in Raj, Guj or WB border? The later two are notoriously tough to patrol.

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Containing and eliminating naxal issue is doable with a combination of inclusive development and diligent strategy and strong action against top leaders. Indira Gandhi nearly killed naxalism in India, but after her passing it has gained ground. I am confident Modi sarkar will get the job done. +1 B...

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Aditya G wrote:Pak Rangers should prepare a dossier of these facts and fire it off GoI asap.

Yes, we need to know how they counted the shells

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SanjayC wrote: "Vela" means idle. Special forces under this regime are no longer sitting idle -- they are actively conducting operations (perhaps in neighboring countries).

Hopefully some spooks are also doing Sarfarosh style operations ...

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... wouldn't the Army version be easier to induct first, given that today's tested version was ground launched and can be fitted on to a truck relatively easily? I would expect the Naval and Air Force versions to require more work, given space and weight constraints on-board ships/planes. also, thi...

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Desi long range missile steered by Desi GPS

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China threat requires an Asian NATO China's increasing belligerence in the East and South China seas, and toward India, has fundamentally destabilized the security dynamics of Asia. Japan is seeking a closer alliance with India and is likely seeking advanced offensive weapons from the U.S. Vietnam ...

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^^^ agreed
Only that keeps the availability high. Rafale and Sukhoi both have availability of 40% which shows how much the actual value of phoren maal is

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were, till 2014 elections. And you are delusional if you think you can predict terrorists from an armchair, so please useless analysis to yourself Oh god, what are you even blabbering about? Terrorists have been wiped out from Kashmir and if it wasn't for aman ki ayesha of congis and dhoti shiverin...

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Comparing short conventional wars with a nuclear war is like comparing Korean conflict destruction with that of WW2. pakistan doesn't has the balls to go on a nuclear war. You are delusional if you really believe pakis will wage nuclear war. Even if they do, India will be well protected, do your re...

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The point is a single nuke hitting a place like Mumbai does more long term damage to us than 200 of our nukes hitting TSP What have they as a nation to lose? Nothing, they have no existence outside their drug trade and anti-India stance. The stock in not much different on the other side, still cont...

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Of course everyone knows that TSP will be destroyed if they fire a single nuke, that's hardly rocket science. The same will happen if they fight a 65 or 72 type war with us. We are much more stronger. The point is a single nuke hitting a place like Mumbai does more long term damage to us than 200 o...

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^^^Kind of missing my point completely. I was initially responding to a post suggesting shelling Lahore and other civilian areas in TSP as a response to current LOC confrontation. I had read your previous posts as well. They kill our civilians we kill theirs, plain and simple. If they bring bigger ...

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What have they as a nation to lose? Nothing, they have no existence outside their drug trade and anti-India stance. I was going to comment on this exact point earlier but forgot. To answer that question we first have to understand their motivation. Their prime objective is to prevent the rise of In...

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Are we going to escalate the situation till their army has not much left to lose? That's the kind of thing which pushes a fanatic into doing something stupid ... I don't think IG will do it. We didn't do it in 99, we won't do it now. We won 99 and we won the latest round of confrontation as well. S...

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^^^^
Heard a big splash on French heads

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I highly doubt this as a reason. If we use artillery to target Lahore, they will probably respond with nukes. They don't have a defined threshold. We should not assume them to portray the kind of restraint shown by other countries. if Pakistan ever uses a nuke, then they are finished. Retaliation w...

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Dilbu wrote:India should let everyone know that we don't care a rat's a$$ about UNMOGIP and such $shit. Pakis can go and complain wherever they want.

Hasn't the PM already done that?

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^^^Doesn't IN already have an SRSAM in Barak1? IA and IN are already inducting Akash in favour of Maitri.

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