Search found 106 matches

by gpurewal
29 Oct 2022 04:40
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Transport Aircraft for IAF
Replies: 4067
Views: 761424

Re: Transport Aircraft for IAF

Regrading the IL-76 fleet, is there any plans to modernize it or perform mid-life refits? If not, I'm thinking the JV between Tata and Airbus would make the A-400M an excellent contender for any future bids to replace the IL-76.
by gpurewal
20 Jul 2022 00:27
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
Replies: 1688
Views: 706247

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021

Stealth frigate INS Dunagiri set for launch into Hooghly https://www.ajaishukla.com/2022/07/stealth-frigate-ins-dunagiri-set-for.html 15 July 2022 Rakesh, It looks like the website is flagged as a serious risk. My corporate firewall blocked it, and the URL is being flagged as malicious. https://www...
by gpurewal
19 Apr 2022 01:14
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Russian / Ukranian Combat Tactics
Replies: 1204
Views: 395577

Re: Russian / Ukranian Combat Tactics

So Google just did this: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/18/google-maps-removes-blurring-for-russias-military-sites-a77397 On my spare time, I like surfing on Google Maps and I'm usually looking at the volcanoes in Kamchatka, so I tend to browse into Petropavlovsk. I can clearly make out the ...
by gpurewal
15 Apr 2022 11:46
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Russian / Ukranian Combat Tactics
Replies: 1204
Views: 395577

Re: Russian / Ukranian Combat Tactics

It is not SAM launcher it is Top dome radar notice where it is placed there is reason Kirov class has two of them. From what I can find on Wikipedia, Pyotr Veliky only has 1 x Top Dome and it's located in the aft like on the Slavas. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_battlecruiser_Pyotr_Velikiy
by gpurewal
15 Apr 2022 00:44
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Russian / Ukranian Combat Tactics
Replies: 1204
Views: 395577

Re: Russian / Ukranian Combat Tactics

I feel like the same Russian MIL equipments would fare better in Indian scenarios due to perhaps better training, co-ordination & tactics etc. I read, or heard somewhere that when the IAF first sent its pilots to the USSR for training on the Mig-21, the IAF pilots were shocked to hear that the ...
by gpurewal
19 Mar 2022 06:46
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Multimedia - Indian Armed Forces
Replies: 2238
Views: 579685

Re: Military Multimedia - Indian Armed Forces

A couple of videos that I came across, which I think have not been posted on BRF. The first video is a DCS re-enactment of the PAF raid on Jamnager AFB on Dec 13, 1971, where a IAF Mig-21 shot down a F-104 Starfighter. lVQF2pbP0MQ The following two videos are about the Mig-21. The second video goes ...
by gpurewal
24 Sep 2021 02:04
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
Replies: 2336
Views: 797461

Re: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion

Cyrano wrote:How i'd like to get one!
I wonder if models could be made by Indian toy manufacturers for the general public? Cheap ones for the toddlers to complex model kits for enthusiasts.
by gpurewal
06 Aug 2021 00:07
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: INS Vikrant: News and Discussion
Replies: 3269
Views: 796344

Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion

The infrastructure to support refueling, plus the storage/disposal of nuclear fuel for a single ship could be cost prohibitive as well. Whereas the infrastructure to support the future SSN and SSBNs are in the works, I have not seen such for a nuclear powered surface fleet. Given that Vikky retires...
by gpurewal
05 Aug 2021 05:17
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: INS Vikrant: News and Discussion
Replies: 3269
Views: 796344

Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion

Disadvantages 1) Sharing the reactor tech with India 2) Sharing the aircraft carrier tech with India 3) Assuming 1 & 2 passes, our MoD Babus will get asthma attack when they see the astronomical cost the French will charge for this. Drop the nuclear reactor & substitute for conventional pow...
by gpurewal
04 Jun 2021 23:06
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Christianity, Evangelism & its geopolitical impact
Replies: 1237
Views: 388556

Re: Christianity, Evangelism & its geopolitical impact

May I respectfully ask whether the Canadian residential school findings are being reported in India? Is it being honestly reported that the accusations include rape by Christian priests of aboriginal children and discarding the ensuing progeny in the furnace? Let us examine the standards of the Ind...
by gpurewal
31 May 2021 01:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1869
Views: 414788

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

One must be careful not to blame the victim. I live a safe, privileged lifestyle in Canada, I have not been denied too many opportunities notwithstanding my ethnicity, being non-Christian, etc. Five kilometers away, crime, assault and murder rates are approaching inner city America levels. Yes most...
by gpurewal
31 May 2021 00:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1869
Views: 414788

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

I know this is a false comparison, but I can't resist. After horrific crimes like the 215 children found on the grounds of a residential school, Canada didn't suffer so much as a scratch from any vengeful ,enraged aboriginals. Not a thing. India took action against murderous terrorists in the Golde...
by gpurewal
30 May 2021 11:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1869
Views: 414788

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Canada mourns as remains of 215 children found at indigenous school Small correction Lisa. The schools are called "Residential Schools" and not "Indigenous Schools" because the native children were forcibly taken from their families and put into those schools, which were governm...
by gpurewal
30 May 2021 11:41
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
Replies: 2336
Views: 797461

Re: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion

. Driver looks right, the turret turns right, etc, with the trigger on the driving wheel/stick. The commander/gunner can operate the main gun, and the coax, and the situational awareness is shared between the two crewmembers. That being said, there are huge downsides to removing an crewmember, like...
by gpurewal
22 May 2021 04:34
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2221
Views: 778276

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

The recently deceased ex-VCoAS,AM Ramachandran told me personally how APJAK was deceived by the GTRE promising Kaveri "in a few months " decades ago.Despite his warning to him that the GTRE were bluffing,.APJAK believed them. . Just a few follow up questions Philip. Was it a single person...
by gpurewal
15 May 2021 03:38
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
Replies: 2336
Views: 797461

Re: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion

Why not an ~40T vehicle with the protection profile of 60T vehicle? One of the way to reduce weight is to make the vehicle smaller. So why not have space for only two crews? A 3rd crew can be used to offload workload during wartime who'll necessarily not have to sit in the tank but use the sensors ...
by gpurewal
23 Apr 2021 23:25
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: VayuSena Rafale: News and Discussions - 17 Oct 2016
Replies: 4657
Views: 1463514

Re: VayuSena Rafale: News and Discussions - 17 Oct 2016

^Maybe there is a special allowance/exception for him. We don't have any information as to why he is wearing them, but I trust the IAF has allowed for it, since he is wearing this in front of the CAS.
by gpurewal
01 Mar 2021 15:20
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: INS Arihant: News & Discussion
Replies: 462
Views: 237530

Re: INS Arihant: News & Discussion

The rudder profile is extremely intriguing. Could this be a SSN?
by gpurewal
18 Feb 2021 03:17
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: VayuSena Rafale: News and Discussions - 17 Oct 2016
Replies: 4657
Views: 1463514

Re: VayuSena Rafale: News and Discussions - 17 Oct 2016

The aircrafts registered with tail number BSXXX are the fighter versions which will fly with the tail sign initials of BS after the previous chief, Birender Singh Dhanoa.. Hi Rakesh, Is this a new trend, or has this been done before, where the tail sign's have the initials of a certain Chief of Air...
by gpurewal
13 Feb 2021 15:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1869
Views: 414788

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Regarding the lack of punishment against the perpetrators of that, most vile and dastardly bombing of Air India, the Canadian Justice System dropped the ball, big time. Not the government, but the justice system, as it is a completely independent body in our system of government. I may be wrong but...
by gpurewal
13 Feb 2021 15:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1869
Views: 414788

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

I agree with your points Cyrano. The Khalistani Terrorists are behaving like baboons with rabies. If anyone calls them out, they immediately put a target on them (Tara Singh Hair as an example), and god forbid if a fellow Sikh says no to the idea of Khalistan (Ujjal Dosanjh) and they will get ostrac...
by gpurewal
13 Feb 2021 13:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1869
Views: 414788

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

disha wrote:
This is the last from me on this.
:D
by gpurewal
13 Feb 2021 11:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1869
Views: 414788

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Greetings Disha, My posts are about the present incidents, and from what I am seeing regarding the Khalistani movement in Canada at present. You brought up incidents from the past, in what I believe an attempt to illicit an emotional response from me, from the way you have written your post. My firs...
by gpurewal
13 Feb 2021 07:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1869
Views: 414788

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Greetings Chetak, Regarding your question on what the Khalistanis want, I have some answers. The Khalistanis are clinging to an idea of the long past Sikh Empire, and they desire nothing short of the lands that encompassed those borders. I'm talking everything between Kandahar to Kashmir, to the out...
by gpurewal
13 Feb 2021 06:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1869
Views: 414788

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Rudradev-ji, You have a valid stance and I respect it. It is indeed impossible to prove nefarious actions by private individuals are being conducted by central governments. I certainly hope that it is not the case, as India alone stands a beacon of democracy and stability, not only in the IOR, but i...
by gpurewal
13 Feb 2021 05:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1869
Views: 414788

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Salutations Rudradev, To tell you the truth, the news media here (BC, Canada) is staying quiet about the "protests", and it is getting the immigrant Punjabi's riled up. I do agree with the landowner assessment as they have a lot of land in Punjab, my old man included. And it those people t...
by gpurewal
13 Feb 2021 04:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1869
Views: 414788

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

May I request that posters please refrain from name calling the PM of my country. I do not expect you to like him or to worship him, and heck, I do not like some of his policies as well but, please refrain from childish name calling. Call out his policies and yes you have the right to angry about hi...
by gpurewal
10 Feb 2021 23:37
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF): News & Discussion
Replies: 769
Views: 337349

Re: Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF): News & Discussion

There's a picture posted by Rakesh in the previous page (a Mirage variant I believe), where the intakes are highlighted as 3D. I'm seeing bulges going into the intakes on that Mirage like variant and the same in TEDBF models. Could someone enlighten me on what it means to have "3D" intakes...
by gpurewal
02 Feb 2021 00:17
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF): News & Discussion
Replies: 769
Views: 337349

Re: Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF): News & Discussion

Prithwiraj wrote:More like a desi Typhoon
It looks way better and sleeker in my eyes against the Typhoon. I'm not a fan with the Typhoon's engine nacelle placement, and I feel it destroys the aesthetics.

Hopefully, we can see this beauty fly within this decade.
by gpurewal
27 Jan 2021 00:06
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7930
Views: 2126918

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

manjgu wrote:that will lead to lot of inflation ! ?
Deja-vu; it will be like the Deutsche Mark during the Weimar Republic's
by gpurewal
17 Jan 2021 04:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1896
Views: 476124

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

Most of reddit is leftist to ultra leftist type. Majority of India related sub-reddits are controlled by muslims, extreme leftists and in some cases extremely racist foreigners. /r/India - is worst and people get banned for writing anything pro-India or pro-Hindu. /r/worldnews - pro-India news is e...
by gpurewal
15 Jan 2021 00:44
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014
Replies: 4118
Views: 1187636

Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014

Those stunts are for air combat not just air shows. They show the tremendous agility for a heavy aircraft and give an idea of energy. i think they help improve pilot skills/ confidence in his machine. surely it gives an idea of energy. the question is how useful is it in actual combat? with all mis...
by gpurewal
13 Jan 2021 01:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1896
Views: 476124

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

The storming of the Capitol was the tipping moment that I believe forced the hands of the companies. If the so called "protestors" just exhaled their mephitic oratory outside the Capitol steps, then the tech companies would have done pretty much nothing. That being said, if one believes t...
by gpurewal
13 Jan 2021 01:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1896
Views: 476124

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

^ Addressing the part about how and where regulations be enforced. Wire tap, encryption and media laws exist already with plenty of precedent. Social media has operated by claiming that the data plane is different and therefore invulnerable to wire tap (remember Blackberry?) or otherwise not amenab...
by gpurewal
13 Jan 2021 00:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1896
Views: 476124

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

False. BigTech doesnt own the internet. DNS servers and their owners public & private do. The rest like apple & Google are ecosystems, they are indeed oligarchies at present. I have no ideology here, these oligarchies are vulnerable to future competition and Govt intervention. I was merely ...
by gpurewal
01 Jan 2021 16:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7930
Views: 2126918

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Some border states might want to reclaim territories before the partition like Punjab (Sikhs will push for it), Rajasthan, and Gujarat. Heck, annexing Azad Kashmir into Kashmir will probably be desired as well. Personally, I say leave it, since it's all toxic assets now. The more pressing concern w...
by gpurewal
01 Jan 2021 01:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7930
Views: 2126918

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

https://youtu.be/b4OQUnrIbt8 Hajam Sethi is painting a pretty bleak picture If the state breaks into seven parts (for arguments sake) should we absorb any of them or none at all! Some border states might want to reclaim territories before the partition like Punjab (Sikhs will push for it), Rajastha...
by gpurewal
31 Dec 2020 03:19
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: INS Vikrant: News and Discussion
Replies: 3269
Views: 796344

Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion

Yes! The flight deck looks closer to ready! Finally, actual news about the Vikrant in the Vikrant thread :lol: https://mobile.twitter.com/Amitraaz/status/1344282118961041411 Green top? I do not think that any navy ship wants to stand out in a vast ocean. I have been on American Heli carrier and saw...
by gpurewal
31 Dec 2020 03:15
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3201
Views: 1755595

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

@darshan ...100% true. plus many other perks of importing...phoren trips, phoren .... etc etc These are some excellent artillery systems, and it's really sad that they are being glossed over because they are not "phoren". So I was thinking, why don't the companies that make these excellen...
by gpurewal
17 Dec 2020 02:28
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Airborne Early Warning & Control: News & Discussion
Replies: 3965
Views: 1168560

Re: Airborne Early Warning & Control: News & Discussion

Question, Why are second hand planes being used? Wouldn't it be better to acquire a new aircraft, since it will last longer, and probably have lower maintenance expenditures at the start? I understand that there is a lower cost upfront to purchase used aircraft, but if one factors in maintenance and...