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....If a case is to be made, then the case should be that we should have continued for longer and taken our more assets. But the decision taken by the politico-military establishment, IMHO, was the absolutely appropriate thing to do in context, exactly at the point where they capitulated by asking ...

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bala wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025 10:31 There are reports that during 9th - 10 th may India actually fired something into Skardu. Thereafter the news was suppressed. ...

We have very little info on these 4 targets:

- PAF Rafiqui
- Sialkot Cantonment Airport Sialkot
- Qadri Air Base Skardu
- Malir Cantt Karachi

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https://x.com/avs_IND/status/1929069976830218545?t=ic_zGup5_Tp-y1vQI9CaJQ&s=19 The below photo is from the above link. So if photo is real then officially we hadn't done any surgical strike before the year 2016. The context is Congress claiming six surgical strike during their rule. We have bee...

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India, France to sign Rafale marine fighters deal, likely during French defence minister’s April visit https://theprint.in/defence/india-france-to-sign-rafale-marine-fighters-deal-likely-during-french-defence-ministers-april-visit/2478407/ 04 Feb 2025 India also developing 87 Twin Engine Deck Based...

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I *REALLY* and *SINCERELY* hope the TKMS acquisition fails spectacularly in the price negotiation stage. That program needs to crash and burn just like the 65K IAC-2 super carrier program. The PMO needs to step in and put an end to the Navy's fantasy. MDL and L&T are capable and proven to devel...

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Did not notice any awards conferred to the MARCOS party yet.

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Chakra-II had a lot of maintainability problems, with was making it operationally very costly to manage. Cheaper to just lease a new submarine. Chakra-III is reportedly coming in with a number of Indian sub-systems on-board. So like a test bed for the first pair of Project 75/77 SSNs. I don't know ...

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Navy surface fleet is now at a constant rate of renewal with new classes of vessels being ordered. Project 17 Bravo is the next tranches of ships in the works. Next Gen Frigate and Next Gen Destroyer come next. exciting times. I feel light at the end of the submarine acq. tunnel may be upon us with ...

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Mods,

Please approve Picdelamirand-oil as referral

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Do we have enough Zorya GTs for the 2 ships to be built by GSL? Do we know, if the 4 on order have VLS? The 4 on order should have VLS Shtil, the 2 built in Russia already have it installed. The status of the two at GSL is currently unclear. Laid in January and June 2021, the delivery is expected so...

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How many navy ships are out there ? Every other day a new target is intercepted by INS. 12 IN ships are deployed. 250 vessels have been investigated 40 boarded Ref discussion on previous page- It is a full fledged naval deployment on at the moment with capital warships, MQ-9Bs and Neptunes in sky. ...

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Assuming default is imminent or latest by June 2023, what are the practical fallouts of same?

There is no news of cancellation of foreign arms purchases for example. Is that going to happen with default?

Aditya G

A bit unsure What are the weapons used on our Kilo class submarines, HDW Type 1500 submarines and Scorpene / Kalvari class submarines ? Kilo Class: 1). Klub missiles 2). type 65 Russian HWT. Plus mines HDW Type 209-1500 1). Upgraded with Harpoon Missiles 2). SUT German torpedoes Kalvari Class: 1). ...

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rajkumar wrote:Slightly off topic for this thread but it might be instructive to watch this report on the US Light Tank and the doctrine change within the US Army that this will require.

Wasn't stryker supposed to provide firepower to brigade combat teams?

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https://twitter.com/livefist/status/1592455132725547008?s=20&t=2_GklCgbVPbUdUPXjl4phQ ---> JUST IN: HAL hands over 16th Dhruv Mk III to @IndiaCoastGuard (completes order), receives letter of intent for 9 more. https://twitter.com/HALHQBLR/status/1592453194957090816?s=20&t=2_GklCgbVPbUdUPXjl...

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https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/pakistan-to-receive-2-additional-minehunters-from-netherlands-by-october-end/ar-AA12N0wL?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=dcf45344b1604283a29e5d2ac1132eec The Pakistanis have bought two old mine hunter vessels from Netherlands. Similar to the French Eridan class that they...

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@Aditya Wonder why the ICGS Saksham is commissioned without the Medak factory CRN-91? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FN-FmozaIAQ2KCA?format=jpg&name=medium Are we facing any collateral damage from Roos sanctions? The gun must be BFE (Buyer Furnished Equipment). Thats not an excuse to not have the ...

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Missile launch was accidental but the strike was accurate. Tie it with many things in march like the Karachi furniture dealer demise etc. Accidental terminology is to give room for TSP as it's FATF time. They can't admit who got killed by a missile. It is all good. * samajhne wale samajh gaye hai, ...

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MeshaVishwas wrote:Yenjaay!

Thanks, ICG seems to be following IN's lead in issuing slick films every year. Although a lot of the footage has been seen in the last release.

The narration script was a bit strange in this one though.

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Weather 350 or 0 jehadis got killed does not really mater. FWIW this fellow (the PAF pilot) is not saying that 350 jihadis were killed in Balakot, he is claiming that the PAF strike on Feb. 27 caused 350 Indian Army deaths. Of course his claim is bullcr@p. Let me assume their stated mission on face...

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One of the reasons the IN may be less enamoured of the Scorpene may be because a lot of its details got leaked by a French contractor. We can always ask for a modified design which is sufficiently different yet not as hard to procure and build as a completely new design. PLAN operates Kilo class SS...

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We should track real TOT we have ever gotten with the supplier country. Below is the confirmed list - what else? Bofors - Sweden Shishumar - Germany Dornier - Germany Marut - Germany I dont know of any other TOTs Brahmos, Barak (?), AK203 A good start is to look at ships with a high component in fi...

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India’s new Maritime Security Coordinator is 22 years too late. But it ticks many boxes. In what is clearly a step in the right direction, the Narendra Modi government on Wednesday appointed former Indian Navy vice chief Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar as the country’s first National Maritime Security C...

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ICG has done a great job of expanding force levels dramatically, while also modernizing at the same time. Probably made easier as it is relatively low-tech, but credit is due. ICG is claiming that it is on track to achieve its intended capacity target (200 ships, helicopters, coastal radar network e...

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5 OPVs in ~5 years.

OPVs are the easiest way for IN to build up fleet strength - simple, versatile and low cost.

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Rakesh wrote:...However the quality of materials used was subpar, as evident from the boilers that failed...

The failure was due to a new, non-absestos lining insisted by IN. Post incident the lining was replaced by conventional absestos and issue was rectified.

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What mission will such a ship achieve? Hypothetically travel out say 500km to sea and then what? Effectively a missile armed barge which cannot maneuver to an area or chase/persecute an enemy ship. What will you do with 30 Brahmos? Our ASuW is on a solid path. 8 cell Brahmos VLS is more than enough ...

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Small missile FACs are essentially a A2/AD type platform. They worked for us in an unexpected offensive role '71 due to relative proximity of the enemy. Even so the boats had to be towed to the target area. Aside from a small complement of such boats, we do not really have a need for such class of s...

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Small missile FACs are essentially a A2/AD type platform. They worked for us in an unexpected offensive role '71 due to relative proximity of the enemy. Even so the boats had to be towed to the target area. Aside from a small complement of such boats, we do not really have a need for such class of s...

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This has probably been asked already, but is there a space for IJT within IAF's training syllabus - between prop trainer and AJT?

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At least its confirmed that the jet will be painted in Pakistan.

Rakesh wrote:Please drag & drop picture into new window to read the captions in the photograph.

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Please visit the Indian Naval Aviation thread to view the article on the Indian Navy's MPA. https://twitter.com/ReviewVayu/status/1465939756903137291?s=20 ---> A nice look at Maritime Patrol Aircraft progress and acquisitions between Indian and Pakistan navies...from our upcoming Indian Navy Specia...

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The history of air strikes by IAF is essentially history of the IAF itself. Its a rich history right from Wapitis to 47/48 to 2019. From an aircraft perspective: - it is in large portion history of the Canberra jet bomber in service with us. Absolutely legendary strikes including raid on Badin radar...

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arshyam wrote:Hopefully this has become like ISRO's satellite launching news, mostly yawn... I was initially surprised to see no mention of this development.

On the contrary the induction of Project 15 Bravos marks end of a 5 year period where Navy has had very few inductions in capital warships.

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PAF came out in positive light on two aspects: 1. Ability to orchestrate large force engagement on short notice - obviously a war gamed and planned operation. 2. Showcase ability to plan for counter attack to a IAF strike operation on terror camps - they correctly predicted it was going to happen o...

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PAF came out in positive light on two aspects: 1. Ability to orchestrate large force engagement on short notice - obviously a war gamed and planned operation. 2. Showcase ability to plan for counter attack to a IAF strike operation on terror camps - they correctly predicted it was going to happen on...

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While Gen Rawat was at work, many felt his additional responsibilities as the secretary of the Department of Military affairs were affecting his speed. It is indeed ironic that the opinion piece has been written by someone who was trained and also practiced all his working life to divert, distort, ...

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Small Arms in the Indian Coast Guard (ICG)

https://twitter.com/Aditya_G_Social/sta ... 27969?s=20

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Human minds are unfortunately unable to comprehend the size of an object without relative visual comparison. INS Jyoti is actually one of INs Top-3 ships by displacement. Anyhow, a more pertinent question is whether ships can take up multiple roles in this era of tight budgets? Or are multi-role shi...

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Looks like the deck has not been surfaced yet. Also, looks like an elevator for weapons.

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