Bharat Rakshak

Barath

This is likely for follow on tranches. Remember SDR means Software Defined. That *should* mean SDRs of two different firms can talk to each other. Also, given the scale of requirement, won't be surprised if 2 different vendors, different sets of systems enter our menagerie. I don't get it. SDR is a...

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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/india-to-embark-on-rs-10000-cr-project-to-replace-mi-17-copters/articleshow/70529680.cms The idea : An indigenous development of IMRH (Indian Multi Role helicopter) in 12 ton class to replace Mi8/Mi17 both globally and in India. ( 550 indian helicopt...

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The Shornet has the best chance to get into the Indian CBG setup - 1. Boeing seems to have found a work around the small elevator size . CM ji, the last solution I heard was to tilt the plane in the elevator or detachable wings (I don't remember which one was for which plane). . If I recall correct...

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Yes, you are right, I had the F35 block 4 link for elbit. [also less relevant legacy F16 HUD back end upgrades etc], but skipped posting it; figuring F16V, F18 etc may actually be more relevant. I guess I was thinking that the CPD would be common between the F16V new/upgrades and F16IN Block 70 aka ...

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Jay, This is a side discussion but specific impulse is a unit of efficiency of fuel utilization in a propulsion system. ..... Nothing beats air breathing engines since they don’t carry oxidizer or at least not all of it. So that is the rocket propulsion 101 that I know. . Can I suggest a small amen...

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^^Well, may be he was a Matheswaran clone. Who knows? But the fact is that the buttons on the glass of F-35 moved back to the old tactile buttons on the panel at the same convenient location for left hand operation as in F-16 when it is adapted to F-21. The F-21 cockpit has evolved via multiple ite...

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^ note also that the s400, like it's predecessors will see periodic upgrades rendering it viable in the long term. The s300s for example have seen constant upgrades and are not the same as what was used in the 70s. I have less faith in the Indian defense procurement system providing predictable and...

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"F18E/F Superhornet is not the F18 Hornet" Arguably worse aerodynamics (infamous wing fences) though a much larger aircraft with all its attendant advantages/disadvantages. True. Wing drop problem in development, and canted pylons are reminders that design isn't straightforward. https://w...

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@Haridas. Quite Possible. Still, the point should be stated by *someone* that the F18E/F Superhornet is not the F18 Hornet. And it is the former, newer plane that is on offer and not the older one,or the YF17.. with reasonable speculation on getting a Growler offer, too. An possible analogy would be...

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UK needs an India reconnect under new PM Boris Johnson https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/uk-needs-an-india-reconnect-under-new-pm-boris-johnson/articleshow/70413075.cms https://m.economictimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/india-not-first-tier-country-for-post-brex...

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Here's Air Force magazine's coverage on the AIM-260 JATM - Air Force Developing AMRAAM Replacement to Counter China Some folks believe that this is different/distinct from another long range weapon that came out of shadows during development.. LREW https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/new-lon...

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As a newish multi-role it was good enough to replace the F14 of Top Gun fame and a couple of others. If all that wasn't there or in the pipeline, and if the threat were still as severe..the F/A-18E/F would not have replaced the F-14. The Naval ATF (F-22N) would have. The Navy fought tooth and nail ...

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The other fear is that .. Algeria rejected 34 Mig 29 SMT in 2007 and returned them to Russia .Some because of manufacturing quality, other because their supposed new parts actually dated back to the 1990s. https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2009/01/15/Russia-to-fly-34-MiG-29s-that-Algeria-rejected/735...

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I'm unclear as to service/airframe life of the mig 29 under offer. Early mig 29 had quite a short design life (4000 hours in this example, after upgrade, even earlier ones and engines may have been less), but it was increased later. The mig 35 I think has 6000 hours design, similar to early f-18s th...

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Fire damages Kilo class submarine INS Sindhukesari at Mumbai yard in March, will delay release from refit to duty https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/fire-damages-submarine-at-mumbai-yard/articleshow/69819050.cms After a Russian upgrade/life extension, the refit at mumbai was needed to...

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[ Technology F-18 is a 1970s plane with lipstick on it. its the loser of the F-16 light weight fighter and was called F-17. The USN decided they will take it and navalize it. And became the F-18. Ramana, some corrections to factual inaccuracies. The current 'F18' aka superhornet is a 2001 plane. Gr...

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The reason I mention the TU-142 is that it is effectively the same aircraft as the TU95 bomber. Capable of having additional/strengthened hard points and a massive range, it out-ranges both the TU-160 and the B1. With a un-refueled range of ~12500 kms, it can show up from the South China sea off Ch...

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Well if wishes were courses why not a 737 based Bomber, Awacs, Mid Air refueller, common platform with our LRMP no. Why not a fighter? :wink: Jtull, you only thought you were joking. There is a concept of an arsenal plane. After all, it is the missile that delivers the hurt. And a big plane can car...

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Why TU-142? We can go for TU-160. Supersonic, long range bomb truck. 40+ Tonnes of munitions. In a sense, you can think of Tu 160 not as a bomber but as a cruise missile carrier. It carries long range standoff cruise missiles (strategic ones) rather than acting as penetrating strike bomber. In that...

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Any confirmation yesterday Brahmos test a failure, not mentioned in many media reports https://zeenews.india.com/india/supersonic-cruise-missile-brahmos-test-fired-2209123.html http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2019/jun/05/brahmos-fails-fresh-trial-1986254.html Not more than what was al...

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We should join a dedicated bomber program. Indranil ji. Understand your first point (it's not as easy to modify - edit: see also A330MRTT for example of delays in modifying existing airliner.). Don't understand your second point. What makes a bomber survivable for the long range penetrative high pa...

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Karan, that is wishful thinking on part of the development organisation as it pitched to get approval and more importantly funding for the program. In the corporate world, such statements are called “thought leadership” with the primary intention of getting funding :D NGARM would be a much more man...

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[quote="RKumar"]on arjun tanks[/Rkumar] Rkumar, there's nothing raw about what you said, so nothing to be sorry about. What I am sorry to say, is that none of these arguments are new to me. But logistics is a numbers game. It is not tick present or absent. Where the difference is in degree...

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Latest reports of purchase of 464 T-90 MS tanks is really bad. Some decision of MoD are outside of my apprehension, on one side GoI want to promote Made In India and on another side rejecting a superior local product. If some lighter tank is required on Chinese border than move the damn existing on...

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Barath excellent points , I won't be surprised if our gold plated imports will have to be babied with their own ammo supply ; aise chootiyape ke liye hi hum jane jate hain (we are known for such things) . I didn't mean it with prejudice. After all, those guns were designed for NATO standard rounds....

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With induction of 114 Dhanush replacing older fh-77 and then induction of further 400 Dhanush replacing piece by piece the older 105 mm field guns in arty units combined with induction of OFB mounted gun system which inself is based on Dhanush 155/45 all arty guns systems across IA will be standard...

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Check the link posted above [re Kuznetsov repair] Austin thanks for the links. - Just to point out : my russian link is newer than any of your links (4 April 2019/5 days ago). You may have to google translate on it. I think these are ultimately from a Russian Military source telling the Izvestiya t...

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Isn't that their old strategy since Soviet days? To target CVNs using backfires, bears, blackjacks and supersonic AShM. Wonder why did they even bother to build carriers, given their huge number of submarines as well. Soviet Naval Officer Maxim Tokarev gave a very interesting perspective "Kami...

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As per Montreux Convention carriers are not allowed to cross the straits and renaming to Air Capable Cruiser by SU. But now Kuz Misssile is being removed to make extra space for Aircraft in Hanger and they will use it the same way that IN uses for fleet AD and ASW cover for Ships and Submarines. Yo...

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@ Karan M, @negi If you had to standardize artillery for improved logistics/flexibility/training/cost efficiencies, what would you propose ? Obviously under pressure of lack of artillery procurement movement, one had to abandon standardization...but now that procurement is moving one can perhaps dre...

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Rupee-Ruble trade is a very positive thing not just limited to Defence purchase but even for general trade. We used to have Rupee-Ruble trade back then with SU and our two way trade was very high. Using USD or for that matter any intermediate currency is a big bottle neck considering India and Russ...

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India is still treating this issue as a terrorist thing, different from a military issue. Hence the MEA. It doesn't make sense to. While Pakistan has launched remote sensing satellites on Chinese rockets, the justification for satellites tends to be a far cry from the local terror sensing informati...

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Why is the foreign ministry putting out FAQs? Shouldn't this be Defence Ministry (security) putting it out ? Or PMO ? (The Department of Space is under PM's office) Is the foreign ministry involvement part of a bigger diplomatic push/outreach ? Is it a pointer that any foreign pushback envisaged ? N...

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Pardon my ignorance, but I thought satellites, if they are launched at multiple orbits, would be launched at increasing altitudes. But per the report above, the highest altitude launch happens first and the 3rd orbit is the lowest one. I think it depends. PSLV 4th stage can be restarted and maneouv...

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A 1000lb bomb doesn't have a 1000lbs of explosives Quite aware of that. However, This was a 2000lb bomb = 1000 kg bomb. And we were talking about thermobaric bombs, And thermobaric weapons are not heavily armored, no have thick casings (it prevents them from working as designed), nor are they meant...

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We would rather lease or build Yasen class SSN with VLS capability India already requested that and Russian navy already rejected it. They do not have sufficient capacity or a number of Yasens for themselves., especially once all those soviet era subs come due for scrap or deep modernization. Russi...

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BTW out of sheer curiosity, what would be the feasibility of trying to get something like this as a Vishaal? Just wondering? Lease it perhaps? Buy 60 super hornets and ensure local production of the 414? The US if our new Chum esp for the Navy it seems... https://www.google.com/amp/s/taskandpurpose...

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[ 3) India is one of a few nations that have thermobaric weapons. Such weapons suck the surrounding air/oxygen and occupants die of collapsed organs - mostly the lungs. They may or may not do damage to surrounding structures . Mr Rao, given that thermobaric weapons have higher blast effect than reg...

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Why are we paying $3 billion dollars for a ten year lease of a nuke sub? We should be buying it not leasing for that kind of money. I suspect our own 6 SSN program is based on this one. There could be a simultaneous equipping of the incomplete hull in Russia and probably a brand new one here. I hop...

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>>The work requires a complete build-up and activation of the nuclear reactor that powers it and the fitment of a large number of unspecified Indian original systems for communication and domain area awareness. This means we find our stuff on our KILOs to be better than what we got from the Russkie...

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