Bharat Rakshak

Bart S

The only 24-hour CAP they can afford is Zaid Hamid's lal topi :mrgreen: But on a more serious note, it looks like they have internalized/believed their own fake propaganda and genuinely believe that we are scared/wary of PAF after Feb 27th. They are probably only setting themselves up for a severe b...

Bart S

Anmol, whatever spin we might want to give, the hyphen between India and TSP in US eyes is alive and kicking. Just read that transcript. The question was about his meeting with Indian PM. And Trump brings in TSP. And no words about India US relations which is what the Indian side is focused. No dou...

Bart S

I am sad to see the same appeasement policy as before with Modi ji saying, we need to hug every Kashmiri.. Even the ones who were cheering murders and ethnic cleansings?? Announcing 'especial NAFED' procurement for apples, moar jobs.. moar teachers.. Already, the teacher student ratio in Kashmir is...

Bart S

He is entitled to his opinion, just like everyone else is. Merits and demerits can be debated but there is no need for that kind of unsightly friendly fire with two jingos taking cheap shots at each other in public. I think that neither of them are either 100% right nor 100% wrong. MWF is very much ...

Bart S

^They will get nowhere with that, but the increased scrutiny on POK and Pakistan's atrocities there is welcome.

Bart S

the articles in NYT and other newspapers are doing of the PR firm hired by Napakis. Not sure if you read the article before commenting, but this is not the Paki POV. Unless it is some kind of sly strategy to boost the credibility of the NYT's anti-India articles. However, there are some pro-Paki st...

Bart S

In Pakistan-Held Kashmir, Growing Calls for Independence

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/worl ... dence.html
Important data points for reference. Surprising that the NYT published it, but their usual pro-Paki reputation makes it all the more useful.

Bart S

In Pakistan-Held Kashmir, Growing Calls for Independence

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/worl ... dence.html
Important data points for reference. Surprising that the NYT published it, but their usual pro-Paki reputation makes it all the more useful.

Bart S

https://twitter.com/nailainayat/status/ ... 6363624450

Laal Topi finally gets the recognition that he deserves

Bart S

I hope there is some clear strategy behind India repeatedly (first for President, now for PM) asking for clearance for VVIP use of Pakistani airspace. Both have been turned down, publicly asked by India and publicly turned down by Pakistan. If there is no strategy, it is just unnecessary equal-equal...

Bart S

darshan wrote:Handling of Houston, TX meet may tell the tale.

Isn't Houston one of those places in the US that are infested by Pakis? If so they will try to raise a stink with the usual protests etc.

Bart S

Even if you are not a connoisseur of Paxtan's national anthems/songs, please please click this link and play the version in that tweet :rotfl: https://twitter.com/TahaSSiddiqui/status/1173658024478724096 And if someone knows to download videos off of twitter please download and save it before it dis...

Bart S

Absolutely no doubt in my mind that it was a "shot across the bow" as mentioned by Nikhil ( and the video seems to indicate the same) . No way will 4 H-4 PGM miss their targets however bad/antiquated we may say they are IIRC< they didn't dare do the actual attack since they knew that the ...

Bart S

^Target being an oil refinery, they probably don't need much of an explosive payload either.

Bart S

How will it be a straight fix? The EMB 145 is a two sided array whereas the C-295 is a triangular one. To avoid a costly single vendor situation with A330 for MRTT and AWACS, GOI should look at the 767 family as well, which could work out to be cheaper as it is already mil-optimized and has economi...

Bart S

This is HUGE. Remember the reports when the Paki AEW airplane crashed into a Pindi residential area? There were lot of speculation, including in BRF, as to why that whole area was cordoned off and was there any high value person / asset that was lost. This also means that the Americans have caught ...

Bart S

How will it be a straight fix? The EMB 145 is a two sided array whereas the C-295 is a triangular one. To avoid a costly single vendor situation with A330 for MRTT and AWACS, GOI should look at the 767 family as well, which could work out to be cheaper as it is already mil-optimized and has economie...

Bart S

^ That discussion centered around the share holding of their company, which is slightly tangential and allows him to bypass the real question: Did they copy/import the design from somewhere or did they put in genuine hard work into local R&D to come up with it in-house? As with most Indian auto-...

Bart S

So is IA interested in adopting their products? Also, who are these guys? I will try to look them up, when time permits. Are these folks ex-OFB/ARDE/IA guys? Of course, only info which can be shared on open forum... https://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4016&p=2301461#p2301...

Bart S

So is IA interested in adopting their products? Also, who are these guys? I will try to look them up, when time permits. Are these folks ex-OFB/ARDE/IA guys? Of course, only info which can be shared on open forum... Start by reading the previous posts in the thread about the news that was already p...

Bart S

Sorry, but that news article and claim of being indigenous is total BS. The company itself is well known in the auto components space. Their tie up with LMT is a few years old and they had a display at the last Defexpo as well. LMT makes some excellent stuff, and kudos to SSS if they can pull off hi...

Bart S

How about using uav that can be airborne for 24 hours, or even ucav- to squat occasional confirmed infiltration. Lot cheaper, better and we are making few of them. Cheaper how? The US and Israeli prices for them are eye watering. Plus there is no reason that both can coexist. Anyways, it needs to b...

Bart S

I don't understand how HTT 40 will be better than attack helicopters for CAS. Other than top speed, what features does it have that would make it better ? Not for CAS but for surveillance. Can very cheaply (compared with larger planes) do low level surveillance of land and coastal areas with a sens...

Bart S

Snehashis wrote:I believe we ordered some 4 odd EMB-145 for VIP transport. We can modify them with the help of OEM without purchasing a new one.

Or have some private co buy it and lease it to DRDO who can sublease it to services. Might sound far fetched, but still better than doing nothing.

Bart S

We have enough on our hands right now. Nevertheless the POK statements are nice to keep the Pakis on edge and paranoid.

Actual recovery of POK can happen at a time of our choosing, after a gradual tightening of the screws over time. Slowly slowly catchee Paki!

Bart S

If the Sonia family was involved in corruption, why should the nation pay the price? Govt should co-opt Embraer to give evidence and build a case with the understanding that they will pay a small fine and be reinstated.

Bart S

^OK, so:
1> Is the lower ceiling a severe disadvantage for the AWACS/AEW application?
2> Can a turboprop (let's say C295) generate enough spare power to not be at a disadvantage vs a small jet (say Gulfstream 600 or EMB145)?

Bart S

^FWIW, C295 has the IFR option, at least Airbus was testing it.

Bart S

Is there any disadvantage to AEW/AWACS on a turboprop platform vs a regional jet or bizjet? The latter can fly faster and higher and get to it's destination sooner. Is there a decisive advantage to flying higher for such a platform? Do turboprops generate as much or more power compared with jets?

Bart S

I'm not sure if people are noticing or if this is still flying under the radar, but a new axis seems to be forming between China-Iran-Bakistan If this materialises then there are a lot of repercussions for the region, one which Bakis will aim to take full advantage of. It will for sure pit them aga...

Bart S

Can't we jam them? This used to be SOP throughout the cold war.

BTW, BBC also mentioned that they are increasing AM transmissions in the region, in the context of the restrictions in Kashmir. They are up to no good as usual and we should block them too.

Bart S

It's cockroach bait...check out:
https://twitter.com/haiderwrites/status ... 7456308225

Bart S

Why would anyone want to operate F-15's when you already have Su-30's and are getting Rafales? What is the huge advantage could you get from it that offsets the problems of adding yet another type to the zoo? Well, if there is talk of buying Mig 29/35s and/or F16/F18, this might be a viable buy ins...

Bart S

Excellent article by Hussain Haqqani https://theprint.in/opinion/trump-has-avoided-a-bad-deal-with-taliban-that-was-unlikely-to-bring-peace-to-afghanistan/289341/ The Taliban would now have to end or substantially reduce violence for talks to resume though it is clear that the Taliban representative...

Bart S

Japan is apparently looking to offload many of it's F-15J to fund F-35 purchases. What are the chances and feasibility of India buying them (with some kind of refurbishment and modern avionics upgrades) to fill in gaps in squadron strength? The F-15 is an amazing platform and even older ones can be ...

Bart S

GOI need to get their act together on facilitating lobbying and activism along with govt backed PR effort instead of sitting aloof and leaving it to community individuals (unlike Pakis, NRIs typically are gainfully employed and have less time on their hands) and IAS babus to communicate and organize.

Bart S

Important data point to bust the oft-repeated Paki propaganda that the Taliban controls 70% of Afghanistan and Ghani is the 'mayor of Kabul' etc https://mobile.twitter.com/FDD/status/1171173936035520512 FDD @FDD · 14h "The #Taliban controls 66 of the country’s 397 districts, most of them in rur...

Bart S

Next HAL should make a fully armed version of HTT 40 like Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano. CRPF can use it for anti-Naxal operations. Coastguards can use it to patrol against pirates. Basically, can be used anywhere where they do not strong air defense. I bet it will have a huge export potential too. ...

Bart S

Ignore that it is Praveen Swami for a moment and do read. Pretty worrying scenario, hope MAD has this already wargamed and is ready to deal with it https://www.firstpost.com/india/four-weeks-after-abrogation-of-article-370-in-jammu-and-kashmir-islamists-threaten-to-seize-political-high-ground-730773...

Bart S

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/08/world/asia/afghanistan-trump-camp-david-taliban.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur In an interview on Sunday, Mr. Graham said he shared Mr. Trump’s desire “to end the war in Afghanistan between the Taliban and the Afghan people.” But he added that no deal could inc...

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