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So much for the imported Apache for IAF https://x.com/AVE_603/status/1973376260102312073 ---> IAF recently has been having a lot of emergency landings with Apaches. In 2025, June alone 2 mishaps happened on 6th and 13th. In 2024, an airframe was lost in Ladakh. https://x.com/officialTatya_1/status/...

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https://x.com/sajaniaf/status/1971927185977233429 ---> Here’s @ajaysuraTOI breaking down the numbers on MiG-21 safety record.

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India Revives Medium Transport Aircraft Program as IAF Faces Acute Airlift Gap https://bharatshakti.in/india-revives-medium-transport-aircraft-program-as-iaf-faces-acute-airlift-gap/#google_vignette 29 Sept 2025 Ageing Transport Fleet To Become IAF’s Next Big Concern? The Ministry of Defence is set...

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I know the sentiment Admiral sir but here am being quite serious and genuinely curious. Training would have happened right. So in training these limiting parameters would be covered... These are no ordinary aircraft and the terrain is extra-ordinary to say the least Training "should" have...

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Khalsa wrote: ↑02 Oct 2025 17:03 The MTA is heating up Dear Admiral. Thoughts?

Logically, Airbus should win because of the TASL-Airbus consortium with the C-295 assembly. But logic never works at the MoD.

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Manish_P wrote: ↑02 Oct 2025 19:40 Didn't we test the birds before buying them?

Even if we didn't surely the aircraft come with stringent and clear manuals specifying never exceed parameters.

Sir, please reserve these questions only for desi maal.

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ACM RKS Bhadauria On The IAF’s Tryst With The MiG-21 Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria (Retd) has had an impressive flying record. The former IAF chief has flown 43 different aircraft and has 4,300 flying hours under his belt. ACM Bhadauria first flew the MiG-21 with the 23 Squadron, the same unit wh...

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https://x.com/officialTatya_1/status/19 ... 4408616093 ---> Just for the record, this project still hasn’t been sanctioned.

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Engine Delivery By General Electric For Tejas Picks Up HAL has received four GE F404-IN20 engines under a 2021 contract for 99 units to power 83 Tejas Mk1A fighters. Supply chain delays have slowed deliveries, grounding 10 completed jets. HAL’s Nashik line is ready, but engine shortages hinder roll...

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https://x.com/officialTatya_1/status/19 ... 7423713769 ---> Made in India "H125" is expected in early 2027.

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I don't trust a word that IDRW says, so if someone can find an alternate source to the news below...please post it. I will delete this post thereafter. Reportedly the news is coming from the ADA Chief himself. GTRE Safran 120 kN engine seamlessly fits AMCA: ADA Chief Confirms https://idrw.org/gtre-s...

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https://x.com/NetramDefence/status/1973625727846338629 ---> UPDATE: Future Zorawar light tanks to get indigenous 800 hp engine. DRDO-CVRDE and Ashok Leyland-made engines will replace US Cummins engines, ending foreign dependency for critical tank components. 300 - 400 tanks planned by 2027.

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https://x.com/tataadvanced/status/1973420307667947619 ---> Tata Advanced Systems Limited is taking Indian aerospace to the next level. In partnership with Airbus Helicopters, we are establishing India’s first private sector helicopter Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Karnataka. The iconic H125 helicopte...

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So much for the imported Apache for IAF https://x.com/AVE_603/status/1973376260102312073 ---> IAF recently has been having a lot of emergency landings with Apaches. In 2025, June alone 2 mishaps happened on 6th and 13th. In 2024, an airframe was lost in Ladakh. https://x.com/officialTatya_1/status/...

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https://x.com/NetramDefence/status/1973641230467866634 ---> UPDATE: HAL successfully tested Tejas Mk-1A with Astra BVR and ASRAAM missiles, proving it can handle short and long-range combat. It’s moving closer to deployment, paving the way for more advanced missiles. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G2PI...

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Licensed Production Is a Scam. India Has Spent 40 Years Proving It. Time to Stop. https://sharpbyswarajya.substack.com/p/licensed-production-is-a-scam-india 01 Oct 2025 This article is based on an interview with Dr. Kota Harinarayana, programme director and chief designer of India’s Light Combat Ai...

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https://x.com/JA_Maolankar/status/1973620618940784738 ---> The problem is that you have not seen the gross double standards at play. LCA Navy used to be criticized in every Navy week press release, but not a peep out of anyone re the MiG. Also do research, the ‘concessions’ accepted for the Rafale b...

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Interesting admission from a Pak source! https://x.com/JaidevJamwal/status/1973628058637836612 ---> Seems like Pakis lost at least two aircraft while trying to destroy S-400 during Operation Sindoor. Who sends valued pilots and expensive aircraft on suicide missions to defend muslim terrorists? Who ...

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I agree, a knee jerk reaction symptomatic of the F-16 vs Mig29/MiG23/M2K will happen again once the J35 arrives in Pindi My only gripe is .... wish we could purchase the closed box F35 over the closed box Su57. The F-35 cannot be acquired, due to India operating the S-400 and discussing for more + ...

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Navy To Induct Next-Gen Submarine Killer The Indian Navy will commission its second Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, Androth, at Visakhapatnam on October 6, under Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar. Built by GRSE with over 80% indigenous content, the vessel reflects India’s Aatmanirbharta dr...

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From Operation Sindoor to Future-Ready Forces: Rajnath Singh Calls Jointness a ‘Matter of Survival’
https://bharatshakti.in/from-operation- ... -survival/
30 Sept 2025

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India, Australia to Elevate Strategic Cooperation During Rajnath Singh’s Canberra Visit
https://bharatshakti.in/india-australia ... rra-visit/
30 Sept 2025

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VIDEO: https://x.com/Neetivaan/status/1972936971262779408 ---> "Never make a mistake of buying (importing) one more fighter aircraft," says Dr. Kota Harinarayana.

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Amidst Heightened IAF Resistance To ‘Theatres’, Defence Minister Reframes Jointness
https://www.livefistdefence.com/amidst- ... jointness/
30 Sept 2025

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Apt thread to post this.... VIDEO : https://x.com/ANI/status/1972953399306911875 ---> On Atmanirbhar Bharat, Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti says, " We are looking at self-reliance. While indigenisation is the way forward because we are never able to indigenize 100% in one go, you start with ...

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• Rafale first flight with a pair of GE F404 turbofans: 04 July 1986 • Rafale first flight with one M88 turbofan and one GE F404 turbofan: 27 Feb 1990 But there is more to this story, than just an approx 4 year time span. From Wiki Chacha... The M88 program was officially launched in 1986. It was de...

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India looks to procure more S-400/S-500 air defence systems from Russia https://theprint.in/defence/india-looks-to-procure-more-s-400-s-500-air-defence-systems-from-russia/2753103/ 29 Sept 2025 The 2018 contract with Russia for 5 S-400 systems had a follow-on clause for 5 more. S-400 was described ...

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HAL को चौथे GE404 इंजन का इंतजार... अक्टूबर में नासिक से उड़ेगा पहला तेजस Mk-1A फाइटर
https://www.aajtak.in/defence-news/stor ... 2025-09-29
29 Sept 2025

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Two events will occur in the near future, that will trigger CAATSA sanctions against India; 1) Purchase of additional S-400 units (on top of the five regiments from the first contract) and/or the purchase of the S-500. Check out this link ---> https://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?p=266131...

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BM Simply Put: Supersonic sunset: Farewell MiG-21
https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/ ... 202711.cms
29 Sept 2025

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Our turn comes next.... US Blocks Engine Exports for Turkey’s KAAN Fighter Jet: NATO Rift Deepens https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/us-blocks-engines-turkey-kaan-fighter-jet-nato-tensions/#google_vignette 28 Sept 2025 Turkey to seek alternatives if US fails to lift CAATSA sanctions, Fidan says http...

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Why the name Indra has "political overtones"? Hindutva/Vedic/Brahmanism? The Jaguar was inducted into the IAF on 27 July 1979. It was over 2.4 years since the end of the emergency in India, imposed by Indira Gandhi. Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh was profoundly astute in changing the nam...

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Tata, Kalyani not likely to tie up with HAL for Amca race; L&T picks BEL
https://www.business-standard.com/exter ... 494_1.html
25 Sept 2025

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https://x.com/clashreport/status/1971277933210959909 ---> CLAIM: Clear photo of China’s 6th generation fighter J-50 has been leaked. https://x.com/OSPSF/status/1971291479889834223 ---> New picture is out from Chinese social media of a Shenyang J-50/J-XDS 6th-Generation Stealth Fighter taxiing. The p...

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Theaterisation reform is stuck on ranks and roles — India’s military needs clarity https://theprint.in/opinion/theaterisation-reform-is-stuck-on-ranks-and-roles-india-military/2750307/ 25 Sept 2025 On paper, the idea of theaterisation is elegant. In practice, it is paralysed by ambiguities of rank ...

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https://x.com/officialTatya_1/status/19 ... 5619767386 ---> This is how DARIN upgrades step in. #Jaguars #IAF

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https://x.com/arunp2810/status/1970313845983031546 ---> Nothing Quixotic about STOBAR; it was Hobson’s choice. Catapults - earlier steam, now EMALS - were available only from US. Hence at least 15 ski-jump carriers were built by UK, Italy, Spain, China, India & Russia. Chinese scientists success...

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India, Morocco Seal Defence Pact, Launch First Indian Defence Facility in Africa https://bharatshakti.in/india-morocco-seal-defence-pact-launch-first-indian-defence-facility-in-africa/#google_vignette 22 Sept 2025 https://x.com/KOMARMIES/status/1970104600398094375 ---> Raksha Mantri Shri @rajnathsi...

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https://x.com/NewsIADN/status/1968667099858898986 ---> The Indian Navy's Albatross Squadron (INAS 312) has completed 50,000 hours of flying P-8I aircraft, first of it's kind in Indian Naval Aviation history.

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Europe’s New Strategic Vision: EU-India Cooperation in Defence, and Emerging Domains
https://bharatshakti.in/europes-new-str ... g-domains/
18 Sept 2025

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