Bharat Rakshak

Haridas

This is why it is essential that we recoup the investment made with the first 36 Rafales, by ordering another 3 - 4 squadrons more. To purchase anything else is downright foolish.. Being not foolish and ordering 4 sqn of Rafale is good, waiting 6-7 year for delivery is downright foolish IMHO Catch 22

Haridas

I hope they order a few c295 based assets as well.. flight hour might be whole lot cheaper for peace time surveillance. That is the declared intention (by the vendor sponsored info-advertisements by YouTUBE channels). Need to cross the bridge when it comes, and we have a plant ready to ship C295 (t...

Haridas

Did the new order of Phalcons actually take place? Hasn't it taken for ever for those birds to show up? Maybe the order was never placed. It makes sense to continue with the A3XX line for all future AEW needs. The increased uptime and crew comfort and ease of maintenance is worth its weight in gold...

Haridas

@Haridas, From a psyops point of view, but with technical validity, could it be argued that the need for a lighter ICBM is because this will enable a long-second strike against traditional adversary (China-Pak) from a distant submarine location in the Atlantic or the far Pacific? Not clear your que...

Haridas

Firstly America s or Europe are not Bharat's adversary. ChinCom China, TSP-Pakistan and their chamcha's who have actively helped these two, are Bharat's adversary (E.g. Turki, Jordan, Indonesia, Malaysia ...) Secondly Indians can sleep in peace not worrying about Bharatiya H bum atop its astra. It w...

Haridas

There's this technical discussion of how increased deployment of Indian weapons is problematic at the moment for safety reasons. technical sounding bla bla bla . Tallis is trying to mix technical sounding facts with mental psy op propositions to allow the PsyOp Virus enter the minds of the impressi...

Haridas

ks_sachin wrote:Well, he is making a claim. And since something like this cannot be corroborated, then a claim, it will remain.

Sir, in fact I am with her, I said that in jest to tease those fossiled ones who would rise in chorus asking for published source

Haridas

The ex ACM's speech, the public chatter on long range bombers are a calibrated message across the bow to the enemy in the north. Needless to say who intended this, but let me assure you the thought process comes very much from the top. The substance of the message is very deliberate and is intended...

Haridas

If Air HQ has the belief that a flight of Tu-160s can reach Central China and back, then they are confident that the Chinese AD network is not that threatening. They obviously have Military Intelligence inputs that the aam junta does not have access to. So they are basing their assessment on some f...

Haridas

Make In India sanction proof turbojet, is the underline fundamental framework of Indian military aviation, that is emerging reality.

Haridas

Sirji what I meant was that we are thinking of developing something bigger when we have not achieved competency in the basic Kaveri. Pls see this fm last page Added later : Tejas Mk2/MWF: metal cutting already done using F414. Re-engined version could possibly require inlet and or CG/ subsystem pro...

Haridas

ks_sachin wrote:Sirji what I meant was that we are thinking of developing something bigger when we have not achieved competency in the basic Kaveri.

Yes, with French/RR joint development of new engine with unrestrained IP rights. Not doubt it will be done.

Haridas

But first an engine that could fit into the LCA MK1 yes? Nope it's about bigger MWF/Tejas mk2, AMCA, TEDBF, ORCA that are not yet design finalized. Tejas mk 1A stay put on F404. Added later : Tejas Mk2/MWF: metal cutting already done using F414. Re-engined version could possibly require inlet and o...

Haridas

Consider : M88.2. 75KN @900 Kg mass , OPR 24.5 F404 79KN. @1000 Kg , OPR 26 F414 98KN @1100 Kg , OPR 30 RD33 81KN @1050Kg, OPR 21 AL31 123KN @1500 kg, OPR 23 AL41 137KN @1600 kg So an engine weighing 1250 Kg and OPR 26 to 30 appears tempting with evolutionary options for 110 to 130KN

Haridas

It might do wonders to it - that might be true - but was trying to understand if the new higher thrust engine is part of the base specification or a good to have. Air Force and make in india at inflection point , hence all options kept open wrt engine independence wrt needs of MWF, AMCA, TEDBF &...

Haridas

V_Raman wrote:Since when did Mk2 need a new engine - I thought it was being designed with F414-GE-INS6 as the engine. Is that not correct?

Since when did you last look at weight and T/W ratio of MWF ?

What would 120KN do to it compared to 98KN of F414

Haridas

Jai Bharat
Bharat Maata ki Jai

Haridas

The PMO will give the broad guidelines, but the technical nitty gritty will have to dealt by the respected service HQ (in this case, Air HQ). PMO is not qualified to have technical discussions on military platforms with any of the three services. It is just not their domain. So the term "Air H...

Haridas

^^
Its my time wasted in naive response to speculation only., and then other people built on it.
No wish to argue with you. Please ignore me.

Can some one tell me how to use BRF to use "ignore: feature"?

Or may be there is no use visiting BRF anyway for intelligent discussion.

Haridas

1) How do you know, if a domestic design effort is made to meet this requirement. It will be capped at 12 aircrafts only. Last I heard was idea of meeting SFC requirement by getting 4 to 6. Now if roos can spare more perhaps twice that i.e 12. Clearly IAF has not made a case for it, it is fighting ...

Haridas

On the TU-160 performance note that the 12,000 km range is for subsonic cruise at ~0.9 Mach (which is same as cruise speed of Boing 747).

The 2,200 kmph speed is dash speed on afterburner, that cant be sustained for long and its fuel guzzling impact.

Haridas

Don't believe that any one is available for sale. Which is why my first post on this particular topic was for an indigenous design utilising 4 dry Kaveri engines and an un refueled combat range of 3000 kms and a payload of 9 tons. Ingenious idea to make indigenous 4 dry Kaveri engine bomber to meet...

Haridas

6 pieces of TU-160 is just 1 flight (not even a unit, much less a squadron) even if availabelity is a super 70%. Who will ever be shit scared of such token toys ? After 5 years risk of been hanger queen, at best airshow king. Don't think the bombers fly alone for any mission :D .. they would be esc...

Haridas

6 pieces of TU-160 is just 1 flight (not even a unit, much less a squadron) even if availabelity is a super 70%.

Who will ever be shit scared of such token toys ?

After 5 years risk of been hanger queen, at best airshow king.

Haridas

Failure of Apogee Boost motor with 50kg liquid fuel, to be fired at apogee to circularize the orbit. Looks like some software bug and it shutdown during startup. With the elliptic orbits peregee of 76km (within atmosphere) it would have re entered and burnt (due to re entry stress) within few tens o...

Haridas

Circa 2002 when Air Cdr Mateshwaran was writing the ASR for 126 MRCA, in 2008 the budgeted value was an astronomical $7 Billion (55,000 Cr). Later after 2 yrs the price tag was IIRC $11 bn, then the price tag kept increasing to 12, 15, 17, 22 Bn.... eventually the price tag rouse to "Unobtainiu...

Haridas

How can HAL start ramping up production to 24/year for 83 units? So they produce all their orders within 3.5 years? Can IAF absorb 24/year? You understand that India is at war last 18 months ! In war like mission mode IAF can't absorb 24 planes/year would speaks laurels about the airshow champions ...

Haridas

That is addressing Half the problem: that of capital equipment. Trueblue IAF is organized in true-blue Britsh aerobatic air fauj , till date. So the other half of the problem is cost of owning & operating the manpower of current 30 odd fighter sqns + the 10 odd "number plated sqns " wh...

Haridas

The irony is that the Mk2 is an IAF creation. IAF is incompetent of even that. Tejas Mk2 is actually Indian Navy creation (thanks to Commodore Mavlankar). INavy worked with HAL/ADA to define adaptation to NLCA for NLCA Mk2 with canard, stretched fuselage, internal fuel capacity, trans-sonic shaping...

Haridas

Decreased Intellectual Acumen The higher staff is no longer of the calibre of MAF Arjan Singh who reacted in less than an hour at Chamb compared to three weeks at Kargil despite being the COSC and just finished Fleet exercise in April 1999. Or ACM SK Mehra or ACM S Krishnaswamy. This seniority rubr...

Haridas

To be fair to VKS, he did a lot more good than this claim. Objectivity requires separate /independent assessment of different things/tasks a person does. It is not a sum game. Even in Bharatiya sabhyata/darshan the principal of "karma phal(fal)" is == time in enjoyment of Swarg for all pu...

Haridas

one thing which caught my attention is this article is - The cockpit will be designed such that the ground control would be able to take over the controls of the aircraft in case the pilot becomes unconscious, after being alerted by a sensor in the helmet of the pilot. Not sure above tech is being ...

Haridas

And it’s equally pathetic that the civilian leadership isn’t there demanding a plan. I have lost faith in the current Raksha Mantri to do anything. I don't believe he is able to grasp or understand the danger Air HQ is putting the country in. After the recent brouhaha over the Air Chief's comments,...

Haridas

Salutation to you for stating it concisely. The last two paragraphs should be read 10 times by all. Decreased Intellectual Acumen The higher staff is no longer of the calibre of MAF Arjan Singh who reacted in less than an hour at Chamb compared to three weeks at Kargil despite being the COSC and jus...

Haridas

Not so queer after all. ;) Among these would be a programme to integrate technologies developed as part of India's Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft [AMCA] programme into the Light Combat Aircraft [LCA], Tejas. This variant would be identified as Mark III. "Many of these technologies could also ...

Haridas

Not so queer after all. ;) Among these would be a programme to integrate technologies developed as part of India's Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft [AMCA] programme into the Light Combat Aircraft [LCA], Tejas. This variant would be identified as Mark III. "Many of these technologies could also ...

Haridas

It this is their plan IAF is living in an alternate reality, they’ve been trying to get 126 MMRCA for over 2 decades now and this has only translated into 36 birds. 200+ of them going forward and we are looking well into the 2050s before such fantasies would ever be fulfilled Air Fauj brass is club...

Haridas

Haridas Ji, That is what has me stumped. Because you see the Turkish munitions have a range of 8 km and 15 km. Whereas we are seeing a range of 1 km written on Indian munition. If it was a smart shoulder fired missile. I could understand the application. But for this range of UAV . I don't understa...

Haridas

Will now start digging into the history of the 42 squadrons requirement. AM Anil Chopra one of the finest IAF Officers and now in charge of the IAF think tank writes: He goes on to describe the threat of a two-front war with Pakistan and China. At the current pace of acquisitions and indigenous dev...

Haridas

The IAF is nothing more than a glorified end user. Product development is not something they are interested in entertaining. Problem w/IAF is totally lack of technology vision combined with innovation. One who can't envision, can't obviously specify feasible weapon systems within acceptable balance...

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