Bharat Rakshak

souravB

1. I am slightly disappointed with only 4 internal hard points. Could we not fatten the air intake area and accomodate hard points ( similar to silent eagle solution) as a last ditch effort so as to increase the overall payload in pure stealth mode ? Would it affect the RCS significantly? # of hard...

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Manish_P wrote: Edit -Are you referring to rim-driven (thereby shaft-less) thrusters?

Yes. Thank you Manish ji. This is what I meant. One piece of the puzzle.
This paper is one of the studies done by USN of different enabling technologies towards achieving this. It lists the constraints.

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Dictatorships are bad for India because that is typically when deals that are bad for our national interest are made with Pakistan by our government. At least when civvies are in power the army sabotages all such efforts. After reading this, I laughed for a few minutes. Then my inside cried a littl...

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I hope IN also pushes DRDO to develop cutting edge sonars, countermeasures, combat systems for this class, given we have a decade before they enter the water. An Integrated Electric Propulsion where the reactor produce electricity for the permanent magnet motor in the pumpjet for propulsion would b...

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Rakesh wrote:

Thank you saar for the detailed reply.

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But we don't want to announce launch/commissioning dates of our N-subs. Its a good idea to even leave the number of N-subs ambiguous if we can pull it off. Still its not making sense to me. How can we announce we have deterrence without announcing the induction? OTOH if we do not announce then the ...

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Rakesh wrote: Considering the neighbourhood India lives in, it is best to leave her second strike capability ambiguous.

Saar, wouldn't it make more sense to announce the induction since second strike capability is more of a deterrent rather than option?

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A very short chat with Dr Ghosh, PD AMCA Prasad, as usual, great interview. Dr. Ghosh reminded me of the quintessential Bengali uncle who'd become defensive while keeping a secret. I started laughing when he was stopping himself from mentioning Radar absorbing composites :rotfl: So all in all we ca...

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chetak wrote: and the amerikis have agreed to let us freely export their engines and also spare engines to the buyers and guarantee spares as well

Just for shits & giggles, I'd like for GoI to try and sell a few LCA LIFT to Russia.

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Even IAF could use TEDBF in escort jamming role, unless the they want to create their own based on Su30MKI or MWF perhaps (no point in waiting for TEDBF for this really). IMO if it happens, it might(should) be a joint project of IAF and IN. Also MWF might be underpowered for the role. And Su30MKI w...

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Wait!! Escort Jamming?

Is my wet dream coming true?

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Pakis do Paki Lord Ahmed expelled from the House :rotfl: The report details how Tahira Zaman, a member of the public “was put in contact with Lord Ahmed to help her make a complaint to the Metropolitan Police about a faith healer”. After offering to help, Lord Ahmed was found to have used his positi...

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Sumeet wrote:We may be able to beat it's aerodynamic performance and perhaps frontal RCS in a newly designed TEDBF but getting on par with Block 3 avionics will be a tough challenge.

Saar, would like to know what would said avionics have that would be hard to follow for a 25T aircraft?

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Anyways messing up a kalashnikov copy requires a special kind of incompetence which is probably beyond even OFB. There are miriad of ways AK clones can be messed up. Some of which are not outside the ambit of OFB. It could be overweight, rattling due to poor form-fitting, highly particular bullet f...

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Wasn't there an EoI issued approx 2 years ago from ADA for private entities interested in forming a consortium along with the manufacture of full scale model? AFAIK there was also a rumor/casually issued statement of receiving good response from ADA chief in an interview.

souravB · Re: Terroristan - November 11, 2019 ^^Secularism with Paki characteristics.

^^Secularism with Paki characteristics.

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Was JVPC tested with other calibres? AFAIK no. But one thing I realized while watching the Sandeep Unnithan video of JVPC a few days back, the BEL sight on it is along the right direction. They integrated a laser into the sight. For the next iterations, I'd like them to make it a bit bigger, put a ...

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Doesn't direct impingement lead to more heating and require more cleaning for fouling? Both cases are frequent in sustained combat. Tsarkar ji, The effects of gunk accumulating on the BCG(Bolt carrier group) due to its direct exposure to the gas is somewhat mitigated in the modern rifles by coating...

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^^Also 7.62x39 P72 is a long stroke piston system like AK with bells and whistles.

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Thakur_B wrote: Their 7.62x51 sniper has a threaded ~~barrel~~ muzzle.

Thanks. I somehow must have missed that from the pictures that are on the internet.
The pictures even zoomed seemed like it only had BUIS on the barrel and no threads.

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^^The threaded muzzle is a dead giveaway. Hell would freeze over and thaw again before OFB would even begin to think to make modular muzzle devices.

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Hello Ramana garu, I'd like to add two questions to the fray Is Integrated Electric Propulsion(IEP) in work for naval application of nuclear propulsion? The Technology Developemnt Fund document shows an electric motor in the schematic, is it a permanent magnet motor? Are we moving to DAS like system...

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nam wrote:Aren't FOC trainers being delivered between FoC & MK1A production start? The production gap b/w FOC & MK1A was meant to be filled up by the trainers.

bingo. hence 73 Mk1A from 2023-2028.

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nam wrote:6 years to delivery 83 73

10 will be FOC variant trainers. so 5 years for 73 fighters. It's a long way off still and probably could be expedited if there is an urgency to procure Mk2 and sufficient cash is pumped to the vendors.

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ks_sachin wrote: Hmmm quite similar to the cz 805/6 Bren..
What do you think?

Sirji, as I said, there's very little technical info out to make a guess even. outside similarities are superficial.

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Any tech details? No Sirji. This is why I usually refrain from commenting on SSS since we do not even have the specs. I had even asked them that during their #AMA on Twitter but no response. AFAMI the assaults are still going through development (maybe at a high TRL) and not yet ready to be user te...

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According to Vivek Krishnan, the executive of SSS defense, they were regularly going to US for testing of the rifles. Now, I wouldn't be surprised if they used some US consultant(s) to actually design the rifle and productionize them.

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A blood boiling read on how Holland let Photuchor get away with all the data and components and Unkil didn't lift a finger.
How Holland helped Pak get it's atim bum

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mody wrote:The caracal carbine is more expensive then the Sig-716!! Opt for the indigenous carbine only.

I do not know if it was sarcasm or not but caracal is SS piston operated and 716i is DI. Hence the price difference.

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Why would MoD order helmets with Level 3A for handgun protection despite knowing jihadis have AK-47s since 1988? Ramana garu, weight of the helmet is a factor. It becomes too heavy to be kept on for a long duration. Gives a good alternative to DI SiGs. Only if the mags are compatible. AFAIK it does...

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As Thakur_B said, it is an old procurement plan and in the work for quite some time. News courtesy: MeshaVishwas US SOF adopted and discarded SCAR for reasons not fully explained. AFAIR in one of the gun channel video of a retd. SF guy, he said his unit guys didn't like the reciprocating charging ha...

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Indranil wrote:....

These are excellent photos. Highlighting excellent build quality for 4th gen bird. Certainly comparable to solah-50s. Specifically for NP1, as a TD too, it is definitely at par with eighteen.

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Re-upping an older post of mine about INSAS. Not so much about the rifle deficiency but about the bullet that came with it.

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Is TVC a part of the AMCA design? No. I haven't seen that anywhere. Saar, ADA has been talking about super-maneuverability since I've came to know about the program. Also this is one report I found at hand where the graphics says it. I'll try to find an interview with timestamp once I get to my lap...

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Quite exceptionally explained (for green thumbs in Aero/any fluid dynamics like me) F22 moves during Singapore air show. bOExezovz2A One thing that is evident from this video is if we want to have TVC on AMCA, the engines need to generate enough military thrust to overcome the limitations and put th...

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Don't we have any drones with thermal cameras? Wouldn't help much for persistent drones loitering at 10-20k ft. Resolution would be unusable. Also if the tangos were hiding, they would of course have taken the necessary camouflage to also reduce thermal along with visual sig. As we suspect they wer...

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https://pakobserver.net/japan-initiates-for-importing-skilled-manpower-from-pakistan/ And this nugget!!! :D Wonder want the Japs want 'the skilled labour' from Napak for!!! :eek: Japan is notorious for NOT importing pious people. As a matter of fact they are notorious for NOT importing anybody. Per...

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^^ The short answer is, Yes. Long answer is, there are always trade-offs, even with a upper nose mounted solution. Data is scarce so it cannot be effectively gauged how effective it might be as an IRST solution.

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I am going to ask a very obvious question which will sound very stupid. If anybody can help me understand why IAF doesn't outsource logistics? not the whole thing but the bread and butter stuff and progressively, with clearly formulated SOPs, some critical stuff too. IAF can then maintain it's trans...

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I would hazard a guess and say this export of LCA might be of the SPORT version. If it is presented as a LIFT, Unkil might give it a pass since it doesn't have a product specific for the category. It also might be the export version with a few tweaks since HAL is already working on the variant. For ...

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