I made a point. Obviously you and few others don't agree with that. It is ok.
I am not getting into any specifics, word-play or debate over it, as it will not add any value to the thread. You can take it or leave it.
Lets move past it.
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- 12 Jul 2022 20:49
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
- Replies: 1010
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- 12 Jul 2022 20:27
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
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Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
The gap lies in your understanding. Think about that for a moment. India is not playing a game of catch up with anyone. Get that notion out of your head. We are acquiring capabilities that we believe will be valuable for us in the long term. We are not interested in childish games of my-sandbox-is-...
- 12 Jul 2022 19:25
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
- Replies: 1010
- Views: 4562390
Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
The gap is exactly the reason that they offer us F-21(a second generation system) not F-35/F-22. India has procured the S-400 and the US is completely against exporting its aircraft to a country that has the same. Next, the F-22 is out of production. Right now they have the NGAD program, and they a...
- 12 Jul 2022 19:04
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
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- Views: 4562390
Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
And then Ramana-ji the calls will begin. Since America is 45 years ahead of India in terms of aviation design and know-how, we should shut down our aviation industry and buy American. Rakesh-Ji, I am still in Jai Shri Ram mode not Assalam alaikum mode. :rotfl: What I said was not to diss our effort...
- 10 Jul 2022 19:00
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
- Replies: 1010
- Views: 4562390
Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Nobody in the US for instance would be as sanguine for instance about how ahead their technological lead is. Much of what they used for their systems two generation back is now available in the open market as commercial off the shelf units, which they spent billions on, as being first developers. T...
- 10 Jul 2022 18:36
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
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Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Man-hours of implementing and testing the FBW can't be leapfrogged without investing money and giving time to our scientists. What is in the lab doesn't matter much in projecting your strength, what matters is what is fielded. The gap lies in a fieldable system and owning it. If I said gap of 45 yea...
- 10 Jul 2022 17:47
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
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Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
What is actually foolish IMHO is to claim a random 45 year figure without even looking into the details. Take your above comparison now, at least you are starting to get into some detail - of something 33 years back. Is the FBW something India can't do today? Is it's IR suppression or RAM as it was...
- 10 Jul 2022 16:44
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
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- Views: 4562390
Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
B2 flew 1989, Swift flew 2022. Gap 33 years. It will be foolish for us to think that for 32 years USA was sitting and twiddling its thumbs. B2 was in service in 1997. A completely developed stealth platform with a competent fly-by-wire, RAM Coatings, IR-Suppression, Contrail management system and mu...
- 10 Jul 2022 16:34
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
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- Views: 4562390
Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
We may not be at the bleeding edge, but we have certainly approached the cutting edge in several areas, despite a very frugal budget. You have nailed it - "frugal budget". There is no substitute for that, if we ever wish to leapfrog. The difference between US wrt others is that they have ...
- 10 Jul 2022 16:30
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
- Replies: 1010
- Views: 4562390
Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
I just did a quick comparison on two parameters. We can think of it as airy fairy, as data is not presented and just a number is cited out of thin air. I am sure the gap is in double digits. But is it half a century?...we need a detailed analysis. I feel this area is more appropriate for the governm...
- 10 Jul 2022 15:48
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
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Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
I did a quick simple arithmetic yesterday just for the sake of it, as I was too bored and work was getting too monotonous.Barath wrote:India is not at the cutting edge, let's be honest.
I concluded that India is behind by minimum 45 years than USA when it comes to aerospace. Take FWIF.
- 09 Jul 2022 20:06
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
- Replies: 2716
- Views: 684949
Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
:lol: https://twitter.com/TheLegateIN/status/1545730492326383617?s=20&t=DiFwv7aLayBWuUjdchoY1g ---> Report: US Consulate General in Mumbai writes letter to Mumbai Port Authority to not allow Russian vessels to call at the port because of US sanctions against Russia. Shipping ministry has forwar...
- 05 Jul 2022 00:28
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech
- Replies: 2937
- Views: 1045989
Re: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech
I have the same idea. I am surprised that the vertical stabilizer was always in the plan. It negates LO to some extent. Then why go for LO at all and make all those compromises. Seems like a case of code reuse. They have already developed a pretty good UAV flight control system with Rustom. It make...
- 04 Jul 2022 21:54
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech
- Replies: 2937
- Views: 1045989
Re: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech
then why not have two canted vertical stabilizer. The canting angle helps in further LO. Maybe the effort is to realize a true flying wing without vertical stabilizer. If this is the goal, why to waste time & effort in canted angle stabilizers? Maybe once they are satisfied with the authority o...
- 01 Jul 2022 17:16
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech
- Replies: 2937
- Views: 1045989
Re: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech
Has swift suddenly sprouted a vertical stabilizer? A little weird for a flying wing test-bed.ashishvikas wrote:First Flight of India's SWiFT unmanned combat aerial vehicle(UCAV) demonstrator]
There was none in the HSTT trial:
I have put it side by side for gurus to comment.
- 06 Jun 2022 17:03
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3034353
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Admins can we have a page for academic discussion on why a Hindu sides with the enemy against his own? In the wake of Nupur Sharma suspension, No action on Bengal violence, Delhi Riots, Kashmir genocide and many such incidents, the pertinent questions are: 1. Most of our politicians are Hindu, yet 9...
- 14 May 2022 19:04
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
- Replies: 5960
- Views: 2332713
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Most of the information you have referenced is about getting the missile to a point where the active seeker can take over. The hard part in targeting and hitting a manouvering target comes after that. Is it really so hard when the relative velocity of the target wrt incoming missile makes the targe...
- 12 May 2022 13:44
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
- Replies: 2731
- Views: 1118216
Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Another factor which will result in WVR contact is the terrain. In the mountainous regions across LoC and LAC, a low-flying fighter can appear out of nowhere and take the enemy by surprise. Even AWACS won't be of much help Like 27-Feb-19, with numerical Advantage, lots of AEW - a 100 plus million d...
- 11 May 2022 19:51
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
- Replies: 5242
- Views: 1534049
Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
PS: If there are very specific military indigenisation questions, they might be willing to ask those as well [but I cannot promise this, though I will try]. Let's try to raise following points: 1. Why did we never commissioned any flying testbed for a project of this nature? Now with 4 Boeing dereg...
- 02 May 2022 18:56
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
- Replies: 6378
- Views: 2073976
Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Conclude Jet engine talks with France in a month: Defence Ministry to officials https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/conclude-jet-engine-talks-with-france-in-a-month-defence-ministry-to-officials/articleshow/91241791.cms 02 May 2022 "The talks had hit a deadlock after it emerged i...
- 01 May 2022 18:49
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Naval Aviation
- Replies: 2818
- Views: 887189
Re: Indian Naval Aviation
Some points a naval fighter differs from an AF one out of many: 1. A different wing geometry --- lift and sink requirements are different 2. Different fastening and anchor points and system in airframe structure --- to have a decent life of airframe and damp excessive vibrations inside 3. A differen...
- 30 Apr 2022 11:43
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3034353
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
The foreign policy matters are center's right and states have no say in it. This childish and idiotic drama by DMK should be best left as ignored by the center without even issuing a statement. BIF media may ask questions from relevant Central authorities and they must ignore it too as of no importa...
- 28 Apr 2022 21:51
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft: News & Discussion - 30 August 2019
- Replies: 861
- Views: 454253
Re: Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft: News & Discussion - 30 August 2019
Constrained Internal weapon carrying volume and weight capacity. First attempt Sirjee. Follow on variants (AMCA Mk2) will have increased internal capacity + increased internal weapon volume and hopefully a certified indigenous 110kN turbofan. Even in this avatar with GE-414 AMCA will be a very inte...
- 28 Apr 2022 21:34
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft: News & Discussion - 30 August 2019
- Replies: 861
- Views: 454253
Re: Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft: News & Discussion - 30 August 2019
Comments like that make no sense. How much payload can th Tejas MK1 carry in its internal bays? What’s it range and Payload in a high-low-low profile? This is a completely different mission. If it were executing the Tejas missions it would sling external payload and fuel and would out range and out...
- 28 Apr 2022 20:57
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft: News & Discussion - 30 August 2019
- Replies: 861
- Views: 454253
Re: Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft: News & Discussion - 30 August 2019
https://twitter.com/FighterPiloting/status/1519343460620242944?s=20&t=DLsBqny4Vm52a3r-sPK-qw ---> This neat graphic shows the capabilities of AMCA. Seems quite similar to the heavier-weight stealth fighters. Is there any advantage of being in the heavy-weight category that AMCA is losing out on...
- 27 Apr 2022 15:33
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3034353
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
This is the problem of Hindus. Can't a counter case be filed against against the peaceful neighbors, the erring police officers and the state government too?
- 25 Apr 2022 21:41
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
- Replies: 562
- Views: 296579
Re: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
might be suited more for strat thread...so mods please feel free to move 1. demilitarization of indian society: india has been systematically demilitarized, with the trend being accelerated since 80s when other jobs were available in large no.s., to the extent that there is a trivialization of war ...
- 23 Apr 2022 18:49
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech
- Replies: 2937
- Views: 1045989
Re: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech
While blaming ADE for delays, lets also ask two pertinent questions: 1. Rustom -1 was ready long ago, which is comparable to what Turkish people achieved much later. Why did not the armed forces believe in it and did not value its utility? It was they who wasted the time, till TB-2 became a rage. Th...
- 22 Apr 2022 15:15
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
- Replies: 1899
- Views: 519904
Re: Social Media Watch Thread
Pandits can't go home, till example is made out of their tormentors and the ecosystem. This starts with imposing unacceptable cost upon the leadership. Terrorists are just the tools, actual perpetrators are Abdullas, Muftis, Congressis, with connivance of media personalities, police officers and com...
- 22 Apr 2022 14:59
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3034353
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
To be fair, I have sweet memories of Bihar and Bengal from my childhood till school days. The main problem is that most of the people have lost hope and courage in front of the ecosystem and have embraced it for their survival. The worst part of this strategy is that survivors find it easier and thu...
- 22 Apr 2022 13:44
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
- Replies: 1899
- Views: 519904
Re: Social Media Watch Thread
This is not a good or even relevant vector of discussion about the supreme court. However, satisfying it might be emotionally. The case of milk man would have been followed right from the trial court to the high court and then on to the supreme court. The supreme court is only upholding the verdict...
- 22 Apr 2022 12:25
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3034353
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Ambarji Nothing you can do about Bengal and the 'Emancipated/Educated/Socially conscious/Woken Bengalis. The BJP in Bengal is fumbling due to the leadership foisted by the HQ; their Bengal leaders like Supriyo (erstwhile) and Dilip were absent when TMC terrorists killed village level karyakartas. C...
- 21 Apr 2022 20:40
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
- Replies: 1695
- Views: 782914
Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
Second country after USA in CHAFF technology...what was the reporter smoking? Now these guys are fast approaching Global Times standard.
- 21 Apr 2022 11:21
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3034353
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
There is a deluge of Bengalis looking for a job outside Bengal. They are desperate for it. Every time I advertise for a job in my company in Delhi, 8 resumes out of the 10 I receive are from Bengalis, many of them applying directly from Kolkata. Same situation my colleagues tell me in Mumbai and Be...
- 21 Apr 2022 06:55
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
- Replies: 5960
- Views: 2332713
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
FWIW the significance: 1. The rather large reflectors are not meant for Brahmos RADAR homing/navigation at long range. 2. It simulates ship with large superstructure. 3. It is used to validate radar seeker algorithm to ensure it hits the middle of the ship well below deck line and not at the large ...
- 20 Apr 2022 22:00
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3034353
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Not a good week for BJP politically speaking. In Bihar, NDA 4. Ambarji Nothing you can do about Bengal and the 'Emancipated/Educated/Socially conscious/Woken Bengalis. But BJP should give serious thinking to Bihar and Maharashtra. Who can they project as CM candidate in Bihar?? But they have to dit...
- 20 Apr 2022 21:47
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3034353
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
https://twitter.com/prasannavishy/status/1516780584663613445?t=lUIoxCb8dNrQBUE9Kz6jog&s=19 “Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future” Supreme Court quotes Oscar Wilde as it commutes death sentence awarded to Firoz Khan for rape and murder of 4 year girl child In Seoni, Madhya Prades...
- 20 Apr 2022 18:51
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
- Replies: 5960
- Views: 2332713
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
It looks like those triangles are used for tracking the features in video footage. I am wondering what kind of post-analysis requires feature tracking?
Or are those for some other purpose?
Or are those for some other purpose?
- 19 Apr 2022 11:49
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 6211
- Views: 1798856
Re: Internal Security Watch
https://www.devex.com/news/uk-to-fund-rwanda-economic-development-alongside-migrant-deportation-103049 Let us also have an agreement with Rwanda to deport illegal Muslims to start with. Looks like a very good deterrent and a viable solution. Lets frame our agreement in such a way that it bypasses ou...
- 19 Apr 2022 11:46
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3034353
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
https://www.devex.com/news/uk-to-fund-rwanda-economic-development-alongside-migrant-deportation-103049 Let us also have an agreement with Rwanda to deport illegal Muslims to start with. Looks like a very good deterrent and a viable solution. Lets frame our agreement in such a way that it bypasses ou...