Bharat Rakshak

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AoN granted in 2020 RM Rajnath Singh presents SAAW to the then AIr Chief in Dec 2021 They are *thinking* about inductions after Pahalgam/Sindoor happens ..... in 2025 All this while busily importing Crystal Maze, Rampage, Spice, Sambar powder etc while SAAW, Rudram, G-series are all languishing Don...

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Recent events have again highlighted the need of having an Indian airbase close to ME, Mediterranean. After all our FM, recently said that we are family there. Major Indian investments are being threatened in Iran-Israel conflict. Time to start taking steps towards permanent military presence in tha...

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“The Nashik production line will roll out four to five Mk-1A fighters this year, followed by eight annually next year onwards. It will help us make up for the delay in deliveries due to factors including US firm GE Aerospace’s inability to supply F404- IN20 engines on time and some pending certific...

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Bhailog... would America or any other western country would have needed to such petulant request? Why wasn't matching order given to britshit pilot? What would we even gain from forcing the pilot to move? nothing more can be learnt from a few hours of looking around that we won't learn from LM dire...

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Cain Marko wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025 09:24
saip wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025 06:25 Israel has launched attacks on Iran. Now we know why USA is sucking up to Pakistan.
Exactly. It'll discard Pakistan as soon as it's objectives in Iran are achieved.

that's why no condemnation of their condom nation.

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Thanks for the replies to DP. Any guesses to the teeth part?

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On another note - some great news coming soon on the missile systems. Our Rudra/Prachand will soon have sharper bite and better range of attack. An old workhorse DP aircraft is also going to have more teeth. Ground systems tests you will hear soon, esp. in the mobile armour space with the excellent...

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The QR-SAM's purpose is well known. However with all that, I still can't figure out the price tag. For another comparison, the order for 83 Tejas Mk1As was for 48,000 crores. I guess we are also including cost of setting up the new line for QRSAM, and other associated one time costs, which might no...

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Ernest Ji, here are some counter-tech points I would like to make. Op Sindoor proved that the Chinese HQ-9 radar did not perform well. This means that whatever Russian RADAR design these guys copied is of poor quality. Now, the stealth AC you design is based on RCS calculations made by your best RA...

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As much as dhoti shivering I am noticing with regards to J-35 especially on reddit among fellow deshwasis, I am more or less sure that there is only one country that has really managed to get a 5th gen fighter working. If ruskis haven't got it working, there is no way in hell the chicoms do. The ch...

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Rekha Gupta should turn the congested Delhi markets like Sadar Bazar, Karol Bagh, Chadni Chowk, etc into vertical shopping areas. Will clear up the mess around these markets and free up land for other development projects. May be easier to convince traders instead of shifting them to outlying areas...

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This is an interview with a Russian drone developer. He makes very interesting comments regarding U.S. drones (7:00) and Chinese weapons (11:08). some of his description of Russian private def-tech industry struggles to work with military apply well to India. Also, how small UAVs have been largely ...

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We seem to have found our bearings with missiles/munitions, radars, software, and integrations. What is stopping us from creating products with these skills as a dominant feature and use them to our advantage? Focus on creating a family of UCAV's with Kaveri as the engine, and use them for all the ...

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Based on the above posts, and timelines by Rakesh-If I was in the IN team working on requirements for aircraft, I would also consider the following along with TEDBF: 1. A single or twin Kaveri engine RPSA/Ghatak variant with suitable naval modifications. Go with afterburners if required. It won't ha...

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Construction-ready, but full-scale deployment has been conservative due to regulatory and geopolitical caution. construction ready, really? We really need to become energy independent. Do not understand why we are waiting, when China is blowing its trumpet on Thorium Just for fun - Can you answer t...

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Looks like we hit a big munitions storage leading to destruction of large cache of the most advanced weapons of PAF at Murid (I am ruling out nukes). Guessing ALCMs / GLCMs, which were nowhere to be seen. Our weapon penetrated the underground weapons storage leading to a cook off. https://x.com/Arya...

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Impressive! That's a complex missile - not likely to be cheap. Is there any comparable public information about Pralay, and what countermeasures does it employ? Thanks

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CAT's Warrior has BVR armed externally, not good for stealth. SAAWs are in the internal weapon bays though. yes, that's why we need to accelerate the larger versions powered by Al-55I/HTFE-25. It is already planned. That said, it will still be able to get pretty close to opponent fighters, or force...

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With the hulla around fizzleya getting J-35s, fast-tracking CATS Warrior is the easiest (aircraft) counter we can implement. Given the distances involved in air combat over pakistani territory, Warrior should suffice in keeping J-35s away from our aerial assets. We would be able to counter those exp...

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https://x.com/writetake/status/1924680954666483828 ---> SWiFT-K kamikaze warming up as India accelerates strike drone program By Anantha Krishnan Muralidharan Nair ... India’s defence research ecosystem is preparing to flight-test a new scaled-down variant of its stealth drone platform SWiFT (Steal...

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https://x.com/greatbong/status/1923925823108829419 ---> ...But until that happens, don’t expect any help from your super-rich NRI uncles and aunties. That one hits the nail on its head. Most Indian Americans, in senior positions in American companies have been bending over the back to accomodate an...

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VIDEO : https://x.com/ShivAroor/status/1924191297423683824 ---> Interesting—Indian Army video out a few hours ago suggests Pakistan used Shaheen ballistic missiles & Chinese A-100 & Fatah I/II MLRS, while India deployed its Smerch MLRS in rocket counter-assaults. Also possibly 1st official ...

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It is 2025 which is when the unmanned CAV with Kaveri dry engine prototype is expected to roll out. Has there been news about the Kaveri dry engine being integrated with the prototype? In previous posts on the forum, it has been mentioned that the project ( full scale stealth UCAV ) is not yet sanc...

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srai wrote: ↑15 May 2025 16:49 Good details on Robo Attack Dogs being used by Ukraine

A flamethrower equipped robodog will be very interesting for COIN operations in India. We already have similar systems ready.

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For me, Pralay and Nirbhay will be the top priorities for acquisition. more affordable than Brahmos, which we anyway are producing in large quantities. We have tested more Brahmos (~100) than there are cruise missiles in paki inventory

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^^^ Math Question: Lalmonirhat complex has about 40 building. If it took the IAF 25 min to hit 9 targets in different locations in Pakistan over a 120 km range, how many seconds will it take to flatten Lalmonirhat complex? :D Hint: Hashimara airbase (home of the Rafale) is about 100 km from Lalmoni...

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Next time Turkey faces a crisis, there should be no help from India...sounds callous but let their "brothers" help them out...just like Turkey did this time. Behind the scenes, Russia may have supplied some emergency weapons...but publicly, Russia stance was not overly pro-India. I feel R...

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@Mods: Can we please start a thread on information only on Pakistan losses, - as credible as possible - without any other aspect of the operation on it. We need a credible list with details somewhere and a moderated forum like BRF is the best place to do it? second that. Also Saurav Jha has started...

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I guess after this press briefing by DGMO, the rona dhona on information warfare / propaganda failure will stop.

We hit them all over, brought all their airbases to their knees, and are now showing those images in the press conference. With no loss of pilots.
Complete dominance

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Thanks, drnayar ji. That is critical during both peacetime and wartime. Please keep adding more As to the logic with Armenia hosting our next international base: - US and Russia have both been largely ok with our engagement with Armenia in the military domain, a rare convergence - They are our best ...

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Why do we need a base in Armenia? Thanks for the questions. Let's think what are some good possibilities for all of these, starting with this. Not an expert in anyway, so feel free to correct me: What purpose does a military base here serve? - there will be wartime functions, and peacetime function...

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In the aftermath of Op Sindoor, I believe it behooves India to start exploring a military base in Armenia. Armenia will also welcome this, given the Russian bases are not proving enough. Would lead to greater cooperation and enhance regional security in face of rogue power games in the region. A goo...

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We hit their airbases and there would be sattelite images, from not just our sattelites but others too. They cannot claim just some trees were hit. I think GOI will release them at an appropriate time. It is already visible in the public satellite images https://x.com/detresfa_/status/1921140857488...

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Some SAM activity is being reported in Punjab on twitter by reliable Indian defence handles. I will refrain from posting them, or the videos until more clarity emerges. We can say that the border is going to remain hot for a while.

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https://x.com/NewsIADN/status/1916832385112436969 ---> IAF Su-30MKI Aka "Mini-Bomber" For a much better mini bomber version, what if these FABs are replaced by SAAW ?.. How many SAAWs can be carried in total.. ?. 16 easily (4 each on 4 hardpoints), and more. I remember seeing some mockup ...

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https://x.com/worqas/status/1919891177748230455 The full video shows a Black radome initially. Let's just pray it's not our own! black radome like this https://imgs.search.brave.com/OWRvcNmg3mjEna-LdNklceZ1zZQuT2_zghEi64jl4kY/rs:fit:860:0:0:0/g:ce/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4u/amV0cGhvdG9zLmNv/bS80MDAvNi82Njky/...

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Pakistan has a very level of irrigation water use for its farming. A lion's share of Indus water is used for that purpose. In some dry years the usage is so extreme that Indus water does not reach sea. https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3...

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Are we forgetting about the US involvement in Afghanistan in 2002, and the extreme dependence on Pakistan for accessing Af? That was the major reason why we could not go to conventional war. That said, Op Parakram did inflict massive damage to terrorists and their infrastructure in J&K including...

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Thanks to the efforts by a small group of people, India has moved quickly in adopting assistive technologies for the blind. India was the first nation to ratify Marrakesh Treaty. A ton of books were made available to the visually challenged in the past decades. Hope smart-eyeglasses tech is also ado...

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Maybe, this will also open exports of Rudram series to friendly Rafale operating countries. Not sure if French will allow the integration related changes for them.

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