Bharat Rakshak

AkshaySG

I mean we have been the last major operator of several fighters ( Mig 21-23-27) Harriers etc so one would think that keeping an old jet airworthy is in our MRO playbook. That being said fighter plane maintenance & associated complexity like all other mechanical and electrical systems in applicat...

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https://x.com/ShiroBarks/status/1908918491618455772 ---> Jeez. :eek: :shock: That's a very comprehensive suite. Multi band radars AND optical sensors. Full TVC, great internal fuel capacity, mad twr. full frontal stealth. When it comes with those suppressed engine nozzles and the izd 30,, it'll be ...

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There is a hesitancy in giving Ukraine their chops when deserved, It seems every bungle up is by Kiev and Zelensky whereas every success is due to American and British support. In the current climate neither US nor Brits are going to risk using their special forces on the ground for any such attack,...

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French are being quite self-flagellating for no reason. https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250514-chinese-weapons-pass-combat-test-in-india-pakistan-clash-%E2%80%93-with-flying-colours France 24 publishing hogwash about "Chinese weapons passing with flying colors" and claiming &quo...

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RCase wrote: ↑15 May 2025 02:40

Especially Rafale BS 001(weren't the serial numbers starting with RB, after ACM RKS Bhadauria?) with nimboo and mirchi and swastika tilak!

Initial batch had BS #s after BS Dhanoa

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If indeed it was that the Americans got spooked by the strike on Pak nuclear facilities and pressed us for a ceasefire I wish we could have gotten some public concession from them and Pak They wouldn't admit to losing F-16s but I would have hoped for stronger condemnations of Pak actions and at leas...

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Every time this thread becomes active again Pak re-ignites hostilities lol

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Seems to me at this point, India is not at all sure that the ceasefire will hold, and so is still not releasing complete information. Also, Air DGMO confirmed that all pilots are safe, and that is what is truly important. Equipment can be replaced. have we lost any aircraft [ not drones of course ]...

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Cain Marko wrote: ↑11 May 2025 04:01 So what happened after cease fire violation? Are we back to wiping out bases or new ceasefire?

Currently it seems like we did some retaliation with a few drone and missile strikes but will not take it much further.

I think daylight will result in more de escalation measures being implemented.

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American think tanks aren't shying away from their old Pro Pak stance https://x.com/TheNatlInterest/status/1921211186256793745 National Interest :The recent battle between Pakistani and Indian forces ended in an unambiguous victory for Pakistan. CNN journalists saying India went running to US for a...

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It is clear to everyone involved that Pak violated the terms of the "pause/ceasefire" but will anyone come out and admit it ? The US won't as it will leave egg on the face of the dear leaders,The rest will follow their example and call it " continuous engagement by both sides of some ...

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American think tanks aren't shying away from their old Pro Pak stance https://x.com/TheNatlInterest/status/1921211186256793745 National Interest :The recent battle between Pakistani and Indian forces ended in an unambiguous victory for Pakistan. CNN journalists saying India went running to US for a ...

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What changes from the post Uri and post Balakot terror scenarios ? In both Uri and Pulwama they learned that a bigger attack 15+ casualties invited military engagement and strong response so they spent the next few years ambushing groups of 4-5 soldiers or patrols or smaller skirmishes till they got...

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Don't think there should be much confusion as to why we would agree to/be open for a ceasefire India's messaging from Day 1 has been these are retailiatory attacks for Pahalgham and all future attacks will also be responses. Each of the 3 nights strikes were also in response to Pak attacks Usually i...

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Let the analysis and worry take a backseat for a few minutes boys and just let the magnitude of what India is doing soak in ...This is unprecedented stuff How many thousands of forum pages have been spent hoping for such such responses and whining about our passiveness in the last 30 years How many ...

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More measured reporting tonight (SM and TV)

Maybe some course correction after last night or maybe there genuinely isn't much going on besides drone probing and being shot out of the sky

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Was there a confirmation of Awacs shootdown or any naval action at all? No, But they did confirm that Tandev ji is okay to take his flight into Mumbai . In all seriousness I think Pak is just looking for 1 PR /H&D win such as a confirmed IAF downing. That's enough for them to stop and rest thei...

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Pretty standard briefing so far : They tried attacking,We successfully defended . Few casualties in "Ceasefire Violations and Cross Border shelling" Followed by " Pak is terrorist sympathizer, using civilian flights as cover , trying to attack religious sites to increase communal tens...

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A large section of online Indians have been "oneshotted" by AI search https://x.com/GabbbarSingh/status/1920749139156955325 Every single tweet (ours, Pakistani ,Western or anon) has hundreds of "Grok is this true " "Perplexity is this true" responses While it's good to ...

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Sidhant Sibal says no Indian navy Action at Karachi
https://x.com/sidhant/status/1920567461826445755

Shiv Aroor still has tweets up hinting at IN action
https://x.com/ShivAroor/status/1920553732984447017

Pick your poison

AkshaySG

Maybe we need to start maintaining a tier list of sources based on reputation. (Tier 1 for official spox/handles, Tier 2 for trusted journalists, ANI etc , Tier 3 for Anon Twitter handles that have previously been accurate , Tier 4 for everything else) So many claims made around 11-11:30 PM have qui...

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Ridiculous judgement and I fear that the govt would go along with it as they don't want to pick a fight w SC rn

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Trump moving Mike Waltz to UN from being a NSA Rubio to be interim NSA Just a routine post 100-day change or is there more it!! I get a strange feeling that Mike Waltz is being moved to UN for a specific reason Things that can go south on the Geo-political scene: 1.Rus Pukraine war : Puktaine proba...

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Chinese have 4 in the top 20, US has 3. Actually mainland China has 5 (China Eastern, China Southern ,Air China, Hainan and Spring Airlines) and Cathay Pacific (HK) makes it 6 overall US has 4 in the top 20 (Delta,United, American & Southwest) with Alaska at #21 In general both countries have 4...

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Yesterday's market downturn in the West has resulted in Indigo (briefly) being the biggest airline in the world by Market Cap. https://x.com/arzisxam/status/1909885339885314177 https://companiesmarketcap.com/airlines/largest-airlines-by-market-cap/ Of course this can course correct in the next few d...

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The Oil Ministry with Hardeep Puri somehow very frequently manages to bungle up news releases and their timing is atrocious. While there is never a good time to raise oil and gas prices doing so a day or two after global prices come crashing down is just giving opponents fodder. Then like a lot of o...

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chetak wrote: ↑03 Apr 2025 17:41
Depending on the outcome, the affected pilots, at times, get moved to transport aircraft.

The thought of going from 50 year old fighters with ejection seats to 50 yr old transporters with no ejection seats doesn't give me too much comfort

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Sir, it is jaziya payment from our side. Why can't our Jaziya payments be for useful stuff .. Would have happily paid a pretty penny for 10 more C-17s when it was available. Even today more MH-60, P8s,Chinooks, Extra GE engines etc etc are far more better value for money than the gold plated reaper...

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Detailed article in Swarajya about a potential coup on BD Army Chief and how it was designed by ISI and eventually foiled with India's help. https://swarajyamag.com/world/india-helped-bangladesh-army-chief-thwart-a-coup-attempt-by-pro-pak-islamist-generals-full-story-here Impressive stuff from RAW a...

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Seems Q4 2024 was the first $1 Trillion GDP Quarter... Great stuff
Afaik we crossed 1$Trillion Year in 2007 so around 18 years to 4x this

Next target is $1 Trillion/ month which based on current rates should be somewhere around 2039-40.

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Some baffling stuff from Trump and this white house really with the 51st State talk and the push to try and remove Canada from 5 Eyes.

One would think a conservative Canadian govt would play ball with their anti immigration efforts much more and allow Trump & go to get more done.

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DOGE has a very powerful mandate and the chance to genuinely cut wasteful spending but they seem to be rushing at a such a breakneck speed that it's causing major mistakes https://x.com/electricfutures/status/1891898336208105676 They recently released a report of how Doge has achieved 55 Billion $ i...

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There was a MOU signed last year between Indian Govt and USAID for making Railways net zero carbon emissions https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1993367 You can try to paint every involvement of these agencies as some hidden/secret foreign "interference" but the fact is tha...

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srai wrote: ↑18 Feb 2025 02:31 ^^^

Interesting… Around 30% extra reserve ejection seats per airframe

83 airframes consist of 10 twin seaters so essentially 93 " in use " ejection seats + 15 reserve

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FaaS - Fighters as a Service.

Make a IAF- Lockheed Martin teams chat and share login codes for every day ... we can get TCS and Infosys involved to do operational work on the F-35 software systems and troubleshoot.

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The India's got latent blowback now reaching ridiculous proportions https://x.com/ANI/status/1891470637123932533 FIRs against every cast member who was in any of shows they have done till date is, 42 cast members ,100s of FIRs for a crass statement all the while peddlers of actual hate, scammers, co...

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15 dead till now in New Delhi Railway Station stampede. Ashwini Vaishnav's position is becoming pretty untenable. Understand that a lot of these accidents are due to strain on a system being pulled to its limits but after a certain # of incidents the leader has to takes responsibility and step away...

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15 dead till now in New Delhi Railway Station stampede.

Ashwini Vaishnav's position is becoming pretty untenable. Understand that a lot of these accidents are due to strain on a system being pulled to its limits but after a certain # of incidents the leader has to takes responsibility and step away.

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Overheard in Aero India: IAF chief AP Singh says ‘not confident of HAL, it’s not in mission mode’ https://theprint.in/defence/overheard-in-aero-india-iaf-chief-ap-singh-says-not-confident-of-hal-its-not-in-mission-mode/2489682/ 11 Feb 2025 There is no point getting excited about any of HALs chances...

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What will be interesting is the upcoming battle between Judiciary and executive as several of the Executive Orders and purges start being blocked by Federal judges. A major (supposed) reason for the Republican purge of the beurocracy is that they feel Govt agencies have overreached and lot of their ...

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