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Probe by CBI, CVC sought against L&T Defence for Indian Navy warship project RNEL's complaint reportedly mentions Vice Admiral D. Deshpande who, it has alleged, is acting virtually as "an agent" of L&T and is passing on vital information pertaining to the sensitive defence project...

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Posting with caveat that the story is by Manu Pubby: L&T opposes plan to give submarine project to Mazagon Dock New Delhi: With the government considering a proposal to move a Rs 60,000-crore project to build submarines to the public sector on a nomination basis, India’s top shipbuilder Larsen a...

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What does all this mean? Are they going to give the order for P75i to the Private Sector or not?

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/drdo-to-deliver-advanced-pinaka-rocket-version-by-2020/articleshow/64533918.cms DRDO to deliver advanced Pinaka rocket version by 2020 2 lakh rockets needed! So, are they going to wait for the advanced version to be ready, or will they continue ordering...

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While I am happy about the progress in testing UTTAM, I hope this does not result in further delays in selecting an AESA radar for Mk1A, which is much delayed already.

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The development trials showed barrel gets worn out around 3000 rounds. So these guns are in first quartile. OFB needs to make spare barrels for future. Thats all. ramanaji Was your assessmen conveyed to he power that be? If they do not replace barrels in time, the guns will fail again after a coupl...

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India's Rich and Powerful can't swing coups anymore Only five years ago, the possibility of questioning people like Bhasin or searching a blue-blooded law firm would have been highly unlikely — at the slightest hint of trouble afoot, a call would have been made to someone influential and the case w...

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Since rupees are not sanctioned why can't the rupee be exchanged to dollar or euro in some country that has free capital convertibility. But ofcourse it will have some limitations such as volume, but it could be done if no other option is available. Which third country/ entity will accept Rupees an...

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Iran will likely buy lots of rice, wheat, sugar, medicines, cars, trucks, and consumer goods from India from the Rupees it gets from India in payment for its oil. Even then, they will probably be left with a lot of surplus Rupees that will eventually have to be exchanged against dollars or Euros.

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During the Soviet era, Russia used to accept payment in Rupees for the arms it sold to India. They would then use these Rupees to buy all kinds of consumer goods from India. Even then, they accumulated a huge surplus of Rupees which, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, India had to eventually bu...

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How will India pay Russia for the S400? Rupee payment won’t work because there isn’t much that Russia wants to buy from India

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Station half of them in the Andamans and use them to hit enemy shipping in Malacca Straits round the clock.

Station other half on the western seaboard and use them to enforce the blockade on Pakiland.

80+ is not too many for us.

Or maybe it is just my flight of fancy.

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What if the re-engined and re-equipped Jaguars are dedicated exclusively for maritime strike role, thus freeing up the MKIs and Rafales for strikes over heavily defended Pakistani and Chinese airspace?

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The Ajai Shukla story says that Honeywell will take 3 years to start supplying the new engines. So, given our procurement process, these refurbished Jags will not join before 2022. Is the IAF confident that these re-engined Jags will be useful for them for 10-20 years after 2022? If so, then they mi...

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I’ve been itching to ask. What are stereotypical Pakistani looks? Is it the body habitus, facial hair or the actual physiognomy? Some say it’s actual ‘cruelty’ writ in the expression. It is the look of anger, at being arrested by Kafirs under Kafir laws that no Paki Mard should be forced to follow.

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Another potential acquisition (VSHORAD) in trouble? Rs 27,000-crore anti-aircraft missile deal hits hurdle NEW DELHI: A mega deal to procure shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles for the Indian Army has hit controversy after competitors alleged that a Russian system was qualified even though it fail...

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A familiar story (of corruption) is repeated, and another procurement, this time for the Coast Guard, is in jeopardy: :( Airbus whistleblower's graft leak scuppered chopper deal? The Economic Times on Friday reported that Airbus Group has informed the Defence Ministry of an internal investigation in...

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Indranil wrote:The squadron is growing in strength, both in planes and personnel and you will soon hear more good news.

Aap ke munh mein ghee shakkar, aur saath mein gaajar ka halwa.

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Whichever Galil model fits the RFP. I can barely tell one end of a rifle from another. :wink: In the Defexpo video by Danvir Singh, the ex-IA Colonel at the IWI Stall said they are submitting a Tavor and a Galil model against the RFP. I think that Galil model is the front runner. Once again it is ju...

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^^ Both RFI and RFT are offering AKMs independent of each other and both have got decent orders for the same. RFI has orders from CRPF for ghatak and RFT has orders from police forces for TAR. Edit: It is my guesstimate, but RFK might be behind the AK 103 push to keep their assembly lines working. ...

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ramana wrote:CRPF comment on the Ghatak wrt Ak 47, about plastic and looks tacky etc.

Similar comments were made about INSAS also. As long as the plastic holds up, and does not crack, under the extreme weather conditions in India, it should not be a problem.

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Arjun story being repeated with ATAGS

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The last attempt at getting one in place via Walmart type retailers fell flat on its face Has the GoI allowed foreign multi-brand retailers like WalMart to set up shop in India yet? If not, then how can we call it a failure? Grain silos, warehouses, cold storages etc at the back-end would need dema...

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If the Amur is not satisfactory, then why not just let L&T build new Kilos with Russian collaboration?

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ramana wrote:https://twitter.com/IndianDefenceRA/status/988768043835604992?s=19

This was the original intent of the P75 when it was first mooted years ago - 6 Russian subs by L&T, and 6 Western subs by MDL.

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Read Deen Dayal Upadhyay's writings, if you want to understand Modinomics.

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https://twitter.com/livefist/status/985166046263959552 The IAF’s BAE-HAL Hawk jet trainers flying too at Exercise Gagan Shakti. The IAF is looking to weaponise them with @byMBDA Brimstones & ASRAAMs. There's our CAS aircraft.. as I had anticipated Dumb question: Is this the same asraam that has...

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In my opinion, the only benefit to India from being in the Commonwealth is being able to win several medals in the Commonwealth Games. If they screw us by cutting our favorite sports in the CWG also, then India should get out of the Commonwealth. Save on unnecessary expenditure and allocate whatever...

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The numbers quted in the press reports today on this latest RFI do not make sense to me: $20 billion defence project: India kicks off process to procure 110 fighter jets for IAF IAF on Friday issued a preliminary global tender or RFI (request for information) to acquire 110 fighter jets, of which 85...

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So, if the other rifle that is selected for the 'frontline troops' is of calibre 7.62x51, then their aammunition will not be interchangeable?

If so, that will complicate logistics for the army.

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I think they are in the middle of deleveraging Tata Power.

Isn't TASL a Public company?

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Tata Power sells defence business to Tata Sons' subsidiary for Rs 22.30 bn SED is a non-core defence electronics division of the company, engaged in business of indigenous design, development, production, integration, supply and life cycle support of mission critical defence systems. The key produc...

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Shouldn’t such stress testing be done away from a crowded urban area like Bangalore?

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The story is important in that it reports that the RFP has been issued. So, another checkpoint in tracking procurement.

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Army inches closer to getting advanced assault rifles, carbines, machine guns NEW DELHI: The procurement of more than 70,000 advanced assault rifles, around 90,000 carbines and a large quantity of Light Machine Guns mainly for the army on a fast track basis has moved a step forward with the defence...

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Personally, burdening the little LCA originally meant to be a MIG-21 replacement at low cost, with M2K capabilities has hampered the programme and delayed its induction.The MK-1 should've been a simple clean interceptor/ air combat fighter, with a limited CS/GA role and payload. MK-1A an improvemen...

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^^True LIC, being a long-term investor, and often a good market timer, usually ends up getting good returns for its policyholders on their holdings in PSU stocks. They are the defacto market-makers for the PSU stocks. One should track them when selling PSU stocks. All the same, I was hoping for more...

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3,000 crores from LIC alone. The issue was bailed out by LIC

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So what is left for FOC to be completed now?

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Khalsa wrote:There would you consider re-engining Mk1A or leave it for the Mk2 to resolve that mismatch of engine & fuel tank vs body

The whole idea behind Mk1A was to have an interim upgrade without an engine change

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