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Chinmay

Rafale file inches forward...

Defence Ministry receives IAF's proposal for buying 114 'Made in India' Rafale fighter jets
https://aninews.in/news/national/genera ... 912193232/
12 Sept 2025

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Let me try to answer your question with some of mine: Will an Iranian F-14 not show up as a threat to USAF/USN? Or the F-4s? Or the Chinese Su-27/30 clones to S-400 systems? Just for reference, the USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air 655 because it mistook that airline as a hostile F-14. This was when...

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Agree. No need to touch the Ospreys. E2Ds will be nice though. Keep them shore based until or if we get a flattop. India lacks AEW aircraft in numbers anyway

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If it is, it is a head scratching decision. The UK planned to order only F-35Bs and they could have just ordered more. Why A models, which are RAF only?

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Just 12 F-35s to deliver gravity bombs to the heart of Moscow? They will need Unkil's tankers since their own cannot refuel the A-models. Plus, it will be a suicidal mission

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https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/bharat-forge-turgis-gaillard-aarok-male-uav-india-defence-125061701072_1.html Bharat Forge signs MoU with France’s Turgis Gaillard to locally produce AAROK drones for the Indian Armed Forces — Long-endurance UAVs set to ENHANCE surveillance & STR...

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Manish_P wrote: ↑14 Jan 2025 21:44
Rakesh wrote: ↑14 Jan 2025 07:25 White House: Next Two Aircraft Carriers Named for Bill Clinton, George W. Bush
https://news.usni.org/2025/01/13/white- ... rge-w-bush
13 Jan 2025
The sub underneath can be the USN Lewinsky

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There are too many targets for just Bramhos to take care off, Bramhos will be part of the equation, yes, but we need to hit soo many things to make thier airforce, Coast guard, electricity grid, railways, telecom, fuel and transport inoperative. Another way would be to increase range of the Prahaar...

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Looks like the Pakis were gifted a SIGINT ship The ship looks to be dimensionally comparable to Norway’s intelligence gathering vessels Eger and Marjata, Sweden’s Artemis, or Germany’s Oste class, he added. But Koh doubts Rizwan “has the onboard power capacity for telemetry missile tracking, like th...

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More Rafales coming!

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The best solution would be to get 24-36 C-130J pure cargo format planes and replace the balance AN-32s with C-295s. The C-130Js would fulfill the requirement of higher cargo carrying capacity, whenever required, as well for high altitude operations. Remember the C-130s can take off and land at DBO,...

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Aussies competing with India in having a worse submarine procurement program Defence is facing a capability gap as the existing Collins-class fleet retires and hopes fade of getting a new submarine under the Aukus deal before 2040. Under the Aukus deal, Australia will buy at least eight submarines ...

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Im happy as long as either ALH or LUH gets selected

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IN tells us they need 123 NMRH in Sea King/MH-60R class then go and order just 24. With DBMRH/IMRH not even sanctioned by the GoI yet it’s surely inevitable they order more because their Sea King fleet is already hilariously outdated Yet another master stoke in planning I do hope this happens. With...

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Boeing has a video of the F-18 taking off from INS Hansa

https://twitter.com/Boeing_In/status/15 ... 9786651648

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https://twitter.com/lca_tejas_/status/1528379198511120384?s=20&t=JD4Fe7hKC-hxlMe9FmUGTQ ---> Indian Navy's P8I armed with? https://twitter.com/DFI_Sancho/status/1528457813743259649?s=20&t=JD4Fe7hKC-hxlMe9FmUGTQ ---> Quickstrike mines. Oh Fantastic! If the Quickstrike has been integrated the...

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The original cost of the Shortfin Barracuda project was about US$35B in 2016. By 2021 it had risen beyond US$90B but was being promoted as "the future of attack submarines". The fact that the Aus Navy has not operated nuclear subs does not come into it. One has to begin sometime, and they...

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AFAIK, JDAMs arent qualified on the P-8 yet. There were/are plans to do so, but hasn't happened. In case Unkil is planning to take care of the weapons qualifying cost, this would be a good weapon to have, especially the new Quicksink mod

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Does the SU-30 have the Elbit HMD? Or did they get the Samtel HMD? Either way, neither HMDs are Russian and can be used to cue the ASRAAM without relying on the Russian radar wouldn't they? MBDA states that the missile can accept targeting information either from the radar or via HMD cueing. Also i...

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With the performance of Russian forces in Ukraine, I doubt they will have any more opposition to this. And if we swap out the Bars for a scaled-up Uttam AESA, I doubt the Russians would have anything to say. From the above article, I believe their main opposition lies in the Bars radar being able t...

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Something doesnt look right. It took 24 hrs for the Pakis to declare a launch, and more for us to issue a statement. If it was a technical malfunction, a statement should have been released immediately. Also, no warhead on Brahmos? I thought they were all canisterized with a warhead. Why do you have...

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Rudradev wrote:They must have told him, in marathi: Tuci Ayci G*nd.

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Twitter link

Indonesia orders 42 Rafales

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This is an estimate. Actual deal should be much lower, given that they havent asked for a lot of spares and weapons

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Link to ANI tweet

In an unfortunate incident today at Naval Dockyard Mumbai, 3 naval personnel lost their lives in an explosion in an internal compartment onboard INS Ranvir. Responding immediately, the ship's crew brought the situation under control. There is no major material damage.

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Noob pooch: why are the nose cones differently coloured on the Kh-35s?

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Even if that were the case, I dont understand the rationale behind adding a new platform with all its associated infrastructure, when an existing fighter serves its purpose. Unless something is really wrong with the Gripen, Thailand should be adding more of those to rationalize cost. Sweden will als...

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Thailand wants to buy F-35s The Royal Thai Air Force is eyeing the procurement of eight US-made F-35 stealth jets, the world's most advanced warplane, to strengthen national defence, said its commander-in-chief ACM Napadej Dhupatemiya. The F-35 jets, manufactured by US defence giant Lockheed Martin...

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Indonesia gives up on Russian aircraft purchase, instead turning to US and French options Indonesia has admitted defeat in its attempt to buy Russian fighter jets and will now decide between the Boeing F-15EX Eagle II and the Dassault Rafale, according to the country’s Air Force chief of staff. Pra...

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I'm still unsure about how this weapon will be deployed. 1) How will it discriminate between Indian, hostile, and non-Indian friendly or neutral subs operating in an area? 2) A P8 or MH60 acting as sensors can deploy its own weapons to kill target. So why would you send coordinates for a kill from s...

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Supersonic Missile Assisted Torpedo tested

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Many subjects which are best handled by the civilian side could have been separated and retained with the defence secretary who currently has much less work . What is very interesting is that the IAS clearly would like to reduce the role/powers of the CDS/DMA. History would suggest that the IAS nor...

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Om Shanti. May their souls attain Sadgati and may they attain Moksha.

What an unbelievably dark day for the Indian Armed Forces

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13 declared dead

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Rakesh wrote:...

Meanwhile, our MRFA/MMRCA deal is still nowhere. Even an additional order of 36 is yet to be seen. Now we cant even book production slots in the near term

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IAF boosts LCA Tejas capabilities with French HAMMER missiles under emergency powers https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/iaf-boosts-lca-tejas-capabilities-with-french-hammer-missiles-under-emergency-powers20211116093745#.YZMw_ryPMBg.twitter So much mirchi and chutney for one samosa!! ...

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https://twitter.com/Firezstarter1/status/1445480518707941377?s=20 ---> Marketing bonanza for the contenders. On a serious note, IAF Chief makes absolute sense. We should look at the longest range/LO oriented radar/IRST, state of the art EW suites, network connectivity, weapons packages as discrimin...

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X-post from Tejas thread Some spectacular images of the Tejas! https://twitter.com/IAF_MCC/status/1438395942311378949 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_Y0qAoVIAENvtH?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_Y0t93UYAMH-Yw?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_Y0w7...

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Some spectacular images of the Tejas! https://twitter.com/IAF_MCC/status/1438395942311378949 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_Y0qAoVIAENvtH?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_Y0t93UYAMH-Yw?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_Y0w70UYAQhA89?format=jpg&...

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The current discussions are about the RAN getting either the Virginias or the Astute. Either way, it is a good deal financially for them. However, the earlier French deal included TOT to Aussie shipyards, which has been put into question. The other big problem is the lack of nuclear know-how in Aust...

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