Bharat Rakshak

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China's model of growth has nothing to do with their stupid leadership hoarding forex. If they were smart that money would have been with the people of China in the form of land and asset ownership. Instead what they have is an 'I Owe you' slip from the US. +1 Export as much as you want. Just stop ...

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^^^ Don't your posts contradict each other? One of them can be a plant?

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@ Septimus, think airfield, not airport or airbase. Biiiig difference. 5 Bramhos M is 1 tonne of charge . Its surplus to take out the control tower and destroy the runways. Leave the SAM system alone. With 300km Bramhos range, the MKI's dont need to be anywhere near the airfield to fear their SAM's...

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https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/dassault-expects-india-rafale-deal-173746886.html It is worth $15B to Dassault probably and doesn't include the weaponry to go with it, the value of offsets and all that. The net *cost* to GoI would probably be little over $20B, approaching $200M per plane.[/quote]...

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Funding for a production line has already been sanctioned (and is adequate for producing 40 Mk1s). As has funding for the Mk2. That doesn't change the fact that its receiving a raw deal vis a vis the Rafale, despite being far more cost effective. To get the numbers we all think LCA should have we p...

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NRao wrote:Round that 45 to a cool 100 and the IAF would love it.

The Ugly Truth .... for lack of better description

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There's a very crucial difference - ballistic missile technology is stagnant by the standards of the aviation industry. The latest generation of ICBMs aren't very different from ones from the '80s. In contrast, fighter aircraft technology advances by a generation approximately every twenty years. Y...

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Raveen wrote:High altitude terrain means LCA should be a nuke capable plane even though the IAF never asked for such a thing? Great logic...go on son put those fingers on that keyboard and remove all doubt.

No thanks ... I would rather spend time on replies whose posters have some gray cells.

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1. Yes, very much!!! The LCA can do everything that the Mirage did in Kargil. Name a thing it cannot do. LGBs, air defence? I have a question for nuclear bombing. Which Indian nuclear ordinance/missile does the IAF Mirages carry? Mirage 2000 was originally concieved by French for nuclear delivery, ...

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Before this spills out into arguments, let me spell it out my point clearly LCA Mk1 from a product perspective is where Prithvi-1 was in 1988. The experiences gained from using Prithvi-1 allowed development of Agni/Prahaar/Pragati/K-series and has also contributed in developing systems like Nirbhay....

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^^^ I am not questioning the capabilities of LCA the way you think I am. It is obviously a great aircraft. But its abilities have not been actually tested beyond the facilities of HAL/ADA. Once IAF gets its hands on the SP version, only then will it mature into an aircraft with actual capabilities. ...

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1. When did Mirage do that? Why would you want a plane to do that when you have missiles - it also can't do judo and karate, go ahead and hold that against the LCA as well 2. So burn the 55% Indian maal? how about the economies of scale when more LCAs are ordered? Its been openly stated that % will...

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The situation fairly simple. 1. IAF is grapling with shortage of planes and is incredibly top-heavy (by IAF's own admission). 2. LCA Mk1 is not everything that was desired out of the LCA, but is almost there. It beats the Mig-21s, Mirage 2000 and Mig-27s which are really long in the tooth. 3. LCA M...

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Do you mean as an auxiliary battery? The only instance where a nuclear battery was suggested for such was by the Canadians. Not sure if it was ever implemented ....

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For powering special forces dinghy's?

Arihant needs 80MW ....

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Great post Rohit ... IMHO the below point is critical and I think this was not coming up much in previous LCA discussions here or in other threads Long story short - induction of Tejas is as much a test of the aircraft as it is of the entire ecosystem to ensure a certain serviceability rate. And thi...

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George wrote:Which is why my target for the rupee in 2019 is 40 to a dollar.

Good, provided real estate values and non essential commodities cost also reduce by the same margin, else this will cause major hurt to IT services and ability to Offshore effectively.

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koti wrote:They can. There is a procedure for that. Just like Saab sells Gripen

Its a big maybe ... but we are anyway at least a decade away from starting to utilize export potential of LCA even without Kaveri

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koti wrote:Interesting view on the DCNS Sub
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/is-thi ... 1652659060

Good, but since its french it will probably cost more than a nuke boat

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vinod wrote:Why can't we sell LCA MK1 to friendly countries who might be interested? I'm sure there would be some countries who might be interested in a cheap light aircraft.

HAL won't be able to sell LCA to anyone till they master Kaveri ....

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SH was my favorite option when MMRCA started and it was a good shout if MMRCA deal had been signed in last decade itself. That would have also been lesser Su30 numbers, and the engine commonality with Tejas also helps.
We are way too much down the line to go for SH now ....

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One option for us it to build the Dhanuskodi canal route and make it capable of handling 60000 ton ships and develop a port at its BoB head.

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What do you mean by funding problem? The aircraft's already developed. Its gotten its IOC and will receive its FOC next year. Funding for production, Mk2 etc ... More important question is, what is the objective of the LCA program. Many folks see it merely a prestige program - fly it on Republic Da...

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Sir, if the government doesn't have the money, then the aircraft will not be acquired. The IAF started asking for the AJT in the mid-1980s and received it in 2008! Did pilot training suffer: you can certainly bet your life on it! No point pretending otherwise. IAF is part and parcel of the governme...

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Also according to public domain sources, DRDL has not yet started on working. Army has already project a need for 7000+ vehicle mounted Nag. I am sure they will jump on a MANPO once its developed, it will procure those in 10K plus numbers to replace the plethora of MANPO it has today.

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In any case, I do feel that the MRCA cost should be driven down, either by buying a cheaper bird (MKI) or reducing numbers or both. By the time the MRCA starts creeping in, the LCA 2.0 should be ready, and if not a highly developed version of the mk1 will be. We will have 300 MKI before end of deca...

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I am sure that the IAF will buy as many LCAs,Mk-1 and 2 if available.The problem seems to be that HAL somewhere along the line forgot about production and realised this only recently in the LCA's developmental timeframe.With a measly 8/yr. increased to 16 later on,as I've said many a time,we would ...

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We are not going to go to war against China with only 'PLAAF-centric' equipment. The Mirages and MiG-29s will most certainly see action as well. Acquisition and deployments are being confused with actual usage in war. Koti has replied to your comment below. I am saying the same thing what he is The...

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With the legacy MIG-21s on oxygen,the task at hand, top priority for the LCA programme is to get the first 40 MK-1s ordered asap in sqd. service.The Mk-1 will be more capable than legacy MIG-21s and enough to deal with JF-17s.Those modest but affrodable and capable fighters are being produced stead...

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Can anyone give a breakdown of the Nirbhay missile as to what is indigenous and what is imported. It's fairly certain that the second stage engine is imported. But what about the casing/tankage for that engine, as well as the fuel and oxidiser combination? Software, avionics, control, stage separat...

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We don't have the luxury of dedicating specific aircraft to either front. In wartime, you'll find the bulk of the fleet being employed against whichever adversary we're at war with. Yes, but you plan deployments against adversaries on basis of their tech, which is my point. 6/13 MKI squadrons (curr...

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OT alert:
I don't think we can compare ISIS to VHP/BD. But surely elements who bash up couples enjoying a walk on Valentine's Day have no place in a tolerant society.
Unfortunately pseudo-seculars have twisted secularism from something good to appeasement.

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Indians Muslims by and large do not see themselves as Pakistani or feel hurt when Pakistani Islamic actions are criticized. But don't take my word for it - everyone is free to judge for himself. I am simply stating a personal observation, right or wrong. Having said that, there is a small subset of...

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ToT since we are comparing Rafale/MMRCA and Tejas

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The PLAAF certainly will field stealth fighters, and fairly soon. I am not denying that, please read my first post. 20 years down the line MMRCA/LCA will be Paki centric and FGFA/AMCA PLAAF centric. The Rafale is available at $80M for France who developed it. For us, it could well be $100M+. And si...

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nik wrote:Not have even remotely come across any SSK used for carrying around nuclear missiles.

Golf Class submarine was probably the only one, retired 25 years ago. One in use today as SLBM test bed (PLAN)

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Not my quote but by someone in social media: "If Facebook can spend $17 billion in buying watsaap, I think we can afford $20 billion over a period of 10yrs to buy Rafael." FB paid mostly in stock. The analogy by that someone is not a good one. IMHO, the reason for long delay is not money ...

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Talking about the Frenchies being reliable: "President François Hollande’s government on Thursday disputed a Russian claim that France was preparing to hand over the first of two Mistral-class warships to Moscow in mid-November. “The conditions have not today been met for delivering the Mistra...

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Read my post fully. At the rate we are buying Tejas, even if its fully service life is just 20 years, it won't be money down the drain. The point is how much would you pay for a platform that wouldn't be able to hold its own in a significant way 20 years from now ? If Rafale is $50M, i"d say g...

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It's too expensive, the French aircraft. I would much rather spend the money building up research facilities for GaN and GaAs chips and fabs inside India, ultimately making the radar, than buying them outright. Can we start a campaign, online, or otherwise, on social media, that encourages the 20 b...

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