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Who is to blame HAL or the Israelis for the radar...whose job is to integrate the missile? Good question. Its HAL's job to integrate the radar and the missile as the system integrator. However there was an assumption that 2052 and Astra integration is a cinch as it was already test fired from Mk1 w...

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We need to be clear what he calls a drone and a UAV? Yes a full spectrum of assets is needed which is what he is saying. As far as drones in IAF is concerned mostly the gold braid ones are the prominent ones What RAF personnel call scrambled eggs for all the gold braids they carry. ACM Chaudhry was ...

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‘Can’t really win you wars’: What IAF chief said on drones, manned aircraft & Op Sindoor https://theprint.in/defence/cant-really-win-you-wars-what-iaf-chief-said-on-drones-manned-aircraft-ops-sindoor/2776909/ 04 Nov 2025 At defence conclave, Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh says conflict needs all ...

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Locking the thread finally.

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Steel Wind: Colonel Georg Bruchmuller And The Birth Of Modern Artillery (the Military Profession) David T. Zabecki; Foreword By J.b.a. Bailey Steel Wind is a piece of historical detective work that explains how Colonel Georg Bruchmuller, an obscure German artillery officer recalled from retirement,...

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Delivery from assy line is now assured.
Whats remains is the weapons testing. Hopefully soon will be done.
You all need to learn to understand what is said and unsaid.

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A Gupta posted this in the other thread.

After quite some search, I found this PDF on egazette.gov.in.

https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/2025/266654.pdf

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For starters please upload copies of the citations of the awards. Thanks for the cooperation.

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BBC report on 4th Plenum themes. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wv8q5evvqo Short answers: - Purges are larger than expected - Corruption drive continues - Emphasis on self-sufficient China - Measures to boost Chinese domestic consumption as export markets Fizzle. I think these measures will tra...

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uddu, thanks for clarification on the Mk1A radar versions.

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^^ Ah yes Look at the full Saga https://swarajyamag.com/defence/indian-armys-rifle-crisis-is-a-mess-of-its-own-making-2#:~:text=Indian%20Army's%20Rifle%20Crisis%20Is%20A%20Mess%20Of%20Its%20Own%20Making from the above article In 2019, the army contracted for 72,000 SIG716 rifles from USA’s Sig Saue...

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ramana wrote: ↑20 Oct 2025 23:12 Off the two, Hu Chunwa will be good for China.
Wang Yang is old dog.

YouTube video on Hu Chunwa!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YL--uU6SRyA

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Off the two, Hu Chunwa will be good for China.
Wang Yang is old dog.

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A deep dive on the Pathankot airbase terror attack in 2016.

https://x.com/akki_bauer22_/status/1831 ... Sha_g&s=35

In retrospect the NIA order to retrieve the back dying the terrorist was wrong.
It cost the life of the brave officer.

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Should revive this thread after recent flareup between both countries.

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ricky, I don't think Chen Jining will succeed. He is too westernized for China.

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China 4th Plenum is underway. Follow the headlines here
https://mktnews.com/index.html

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I agree, keep it at 18 for the first squadron and later swap them out.
ELAT 2052 is turning out ot be an erroneous choice.
Persisting with it is the Bridge of River Kwai syndrome.

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ASTRA integration ets are teething issue and would happen over time. Most important thing is engine supply by GE and ramp up production by HAL. What is the exact issue in the ELTA 2052 radar and Astra integration? This article says in its own fashion. https://idrw.org/tejas-mk1as-software-symphony-...

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The Uttam for Tejas MK2 prototype is in production. The Uttam for Mk1A production is missing. Uttam GaN-Based AESA Radar for Tejas Mk2 Enters Production, Offering Over 900 T/R Modules and 25% Better Range in Complex Electronic Warfare https://defence.in/threads/uttam-gan-based-aesa-radar-for-tejas-...

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Well, this is a surprise. Have always been reading that Kaveri has a FADEC, not realizing that it was not a true FADEC as used in other engines. It has never come up in the various reports or discussions around Kaveri, so kudos to the reporter for digging this up. vera_k, What exactly is the differ...

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Links Hanuman the range keeps increasing!

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Link to article in Foreign Affairs on How Russia Recovered

https://x.com/MassDara/status/197587035 ... p8A4A&s=19

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Circa 2022 Org Chart of China leadership structures.

https://chinese-leaders.org/chinese-leadership-chart/

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Another video on Artillery in Kargil

https://youtu.be/HE_QmKAm7Kg?si=5htSGnzAqv0Xnea5

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The Wars for Asia, 1911-1949 S C M Paine; American Council Of Learned Societies The Wars For Asia, 1911-1949 Shows That The Western Treatment Of World War Ii, The Second Sino-japanese War, And The Chinese Civil War As Separate Events Misrepresents Their Overlapping Connections And Causes. The Long ...

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Another video. Don't know if it's already posted here.

https://youtu.be/WeL6XO2hFuI?si=rsQaia-10TMB48S6

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We need to bring back focus and study the new generation of leaders rising in China.

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AmberG and vayutuan. Can you please ignore each other and stop bickering like lower KG kids.
You both are PhDs.
Time to move on.

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Also this test says it marks a significaat milestone for Mk1A?
How so?
https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage ... ID=2111068
The IAF is not happy with the integration test?
Was this a EL//M 2032 or Uttam radar?
Why do press releases omit important information!

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xxxx Even I am not an expert. Just taking the bits from what's available online and the failure of Astra test that need software update. This surely is about integrating the ELM-2052 with Astra. The Chairman mentioned about every other aspects of the test completed meaning the its mostly about the ...

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I am not a radar integration experrt. What exactly is the problem in integrating the Elta radar->Mission Computer-> Astra? I don't like the idea that Astra was tweaked. I hope they don't cause Mk1A specific Astras in the inventory. Is the Uttam Radar for Mk1A ready and will it work with the mission ...

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Burma: The Forgotten War Latimer, Jon Through festering jungle and across burning plains to high mountains and lazy rivers, the Burma campaign of the Second World War involved the longest retreat in British history, and the longest advance; long-range penetration miles behind enemy lines, vicious h...

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Shattered Lands: A STUNNING NEW HISTORY OF FIVE PARTITIONS AND THE RESHAPING OF MODERN ASIA by Sam Dalrymple The history of modern South Asia is told through five partitions that reshaped it. As recently as 1928, a vast swathe of Asia – India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, Bhutan, Yemen, Oman...

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krisna very good summary.

I am disappointed that people let their personal affiliations cloud their values.

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Wronged by Empire: Post-Imperial Ideology and Foreign Policy in India and China (Studies in Asian Security) Manjari Chatterjee Miller Although India and China have very different experiences of colonialism, they respond to that history in a similar way—by treating it as a collective trauma. As a re...

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AdityaG has listed on X about 90 targets were hit. Will link the post here.

LINK: https://x.com/Aditya_G_Social/status/19 ... 0201632152

Table posted there:

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Cultural and Civilisational Links between India and Southeast Asia (Historical and Contemporary Dimensions) Shyam Saran; Research And Information System For Developing Countries. Asean-India Centre,; Indian Council For Cultural Research,; India. Ministry Of External Affairs,; India Habitat Centre &...

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Whatever the Pakis are planning... another thing they have planned is to have more US personnel - either military or civilian, to be stationed in Pakistan so that the next time they attack us THEY (Pakistan+ US) will threaten us that if we retaliate, US citizens will be harmed. THAT is the next bla...

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