Bharat Rakshak

Rakesh

US offers F-18 fighters to India for Naval requirement https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/us-offers-f-18-fighters-to-india-for-naval-requirement20201028120316/ 28 October 2020 HVT Sir's tweets in response to the above article.... https://twitter.com/hvtiaf/status/1321481779304255488?...

Rakesh

The upgrade plan is moving ahead. I will leave it at that.

Rakesh

Saar, why are you taking takleef over an article that is riddled with errors? Why? :) Because that is what I am hearing from all chaiwallahs and pan wallahs. Please take this in the right spirit. Your chaiwallahs and pan wallahs are playing with your mind. If you act despondent in person, in the ma...

Rakesh

India will only get silver bullets for foreign fighters from now on - what is that one? We have Rafale as the spear silver buller. What is our DPSA silver bullet? Su-30MKI armed with BrahMos or Rafale armed with SCALP for high value targets. There is nothing else in the IAF inventory that can do wh...

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The advantage of US fighters is that in case of war with China and heavy attrition of IAF fighters take place then in service US fighters can be transferred to India which IAF pilots are trained to operate. In practice we will be in US camp. Saar, I have heard that argument before. All three US con...

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BECA done, fighters and armed drones next as India turns US positive https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-us-china/story-m0lDncNIZ8biYci35G6O6K.html 27 October 2020 An Indian official said New Delhi had been earlier offered F-16 and F-18 fighters, but India was looking at Boeing’s F-15EX...

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Here we go again. LCA is headed for the Marut and Arjun fates. It seems that the MK1A will not even come and 114 Rafales will be ordered. IAF will come up with a flaw in the LCA and ask it to fix that in the next three years. Three years later, IAF will reject obsolete LCA and go in for F-35s. BTW ...

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https://twitter.com/hvtiaf/status/1320862010800627713?s=20 ---> LCA-SPORT program renamed LCA-LIFT (Lead-In Fighter-Trainer) in keeping with international conventions. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ElWL8GoVkAALRwg?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ElWL8V_UcAIT7Gh?format=jpg&...

Rakesh

Vivek K wrote:There seem to be 3 ALH-WSI (Rudras). How many are delivered thus far?

In the picture, I think I can see a fourth ALH-WSI. Parked on the right of an Army ALH (in green camo).

Sankum's reply to your query makes the jingo in me khush

Not sure what is causing the delay in delivery.

Rakesh

You are correct. That is the one.

Rakesh

Apologies for the late reply.... I appreciate inputs from Rakesh Sir as well, however since the Scorpene data leaks I am not a big fan of current design not sure how confident a sub captain would be knowing that major data is out with the adversaries on what frequencies the sub collects intelligence...

Rakesh

Arrival of brochuritis :) https://twitter.com/ReviewVayu/status/1320654770265178112?s=20 ---> Neat and slick!!! Naval Group, builders of the Scorpene submarine, reveals the SMX 31E, its 2020 concept ship. Stealthier thanks to her biomimetic covering, the ship also benefits from an "unmatched el...

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https://twitter.com/singhshwetabh71/sta ... 92675?s=20 ---> An old picture of ALH WSI before delivery.

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Spanish Company Navantia displays S-80 its latest generation of submarine https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/naval-exhibitions/euronaval-2020-exhibitors-visitors-information/euronaval-2020-news/9176-euronaval-online-2020-spanish-company-navantia-displays-s-80-its-latest-generation-of-su...

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Click on link below to read the twitter thread...

https://twitter.com/Maverickmusafir/sta ... 02016?s=20 ---> Field Marshal KM Cariappa, the man who told Pakistan not to release his captured son.

Rakesh · Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018

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I have posted this video before. Watch the whole thing. Not very long. Around 8 minutes onlee.

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krishna_krishna wrote:I appreciate inputs from Rakesh Sir as well ...

Will reply to your post soon. Just a request. Please do not call me Sir

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https://twitter.com/strategic_front/status/1319481226286256131?s=20 ---> CVRDE has developed the MUNTRA family of UGVs using the BMP-II as a base vehicle. The project is meant to be a tech demonstrator for future UGVs. CVRDE plans to make an unmanned version of the NAMICA, which is also based on the...

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https://twitter.com/strategic_front/status/1319511378512744448?s=20 ---> Dhruvastra is a ~10 km ranged IIR guided air-launched ATGM meant to be fired off from the HAL Rudra, the weaponised version of the ALH Dhruv helicopter. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ek_YmxqXgAA0RAn?format=jpg&name=large http...

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I believe one of the LSPs are being converted into a Mk1A test bed. Someone kindly confirm.

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Watch the video and click on link below for article....

This F-22 Raptor Wing Tank Storage Facility Looks Like A Science Fiction Movie Set
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/3 ... -movie-set
22 Oct 2020

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First batch of 3 women pilots to fly Dornier operationalised at SNC Kochi https://www.onmanorama.com/lifestyle/women/2020/10/22/first-batch-of-three-women-pilots-to-fly-dornier-snc-kochi.html From left to right - Lieutenant Shivangi, Lieutenant Shubhangi Swaroop, and Lieutenant Divya Sharma https:/...

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Recalling the Pain of 1962 Indo-China War: Lessons Forgotten, Truth Buried http://www.indiandefencereview.com/spotlights/recalling-the-pain-of-1962-indo-china-war-lessons-forgotten-truth-buried/#.X5EE6LXuyao.twitter By Commodore C Uday Bhaskar (Retd), 22 October 2020 http://www.indiandefencereview....

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Don't focus on the ship, but read the tweet. The khan is surreal. 215 consecutive days at sea...that is 7+ months at sea, without a single port call! https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1318994212239609857?s=20 ---> Have you ever wondered what 215 consecutive days at sea does to a ship? After ...

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Twitter thread on Captain MN Mulla....

https://twitter.com/Maverickmusafir/sta ... 11104?s=20 ---> “His last cigarette"

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https://twitter.com/Kuntal__biswas/status/1314807052363988992?s=20 ---> We must admire the beauty that DRDO has produced. The Balakot hero Netra AEW&CS. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej8iB0xXgAEVfuv?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej8iCIHXYAAIUFZ?format=jpg&name=large htt...

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https://twitter.com/VinodDX9/status/1315532851354296322?s=20 ---> Possibly rarest of rare, last year managed to find out a good quality photo of the legend. Courtesy to owner, at this moment I really can't remember. The photo which inspired the famous portrait of Second Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal. ht...

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https://twitter.com/strategic_front/status/1315525130160869376?s=20 ---> The Nilgiri Class use modular construction. The hull blocks are separately built & ferried to MDL. The blocks shown in green are outsourced to Shoft, Chowgule, Titagargh, etc. The blocks in blue contain sensitive equipment ...

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https://twitter.com/strategic_front/status/1318031634415996929?s=20 ---> Varunastra torpedo's 250KW AgO-Zn battery is being upgraded to 300KW (Pic 1). A fibre optic guidance based Ring Laser gyro Inertial Navigation System has been developed (Pic 2). These are meant for Takshak heavyweight torpedo, ...

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https://twitter.com/ragarwal/status/1318378332338016256?s=20 ---> 2nd Lt Arun Khetrapal was the SCC (Squadron Cadet Captain) of Foxtrot squadron when in NDA - to which I also belong. He wrote this letter to his senior from the Sqn. It shows his fierce loyalty and spirit for the Sqn. https://pbs.twim...

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Bird Strike - Indian Air Force Documentary | Hindi documentary 1982

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Must read twitter thread. Men like him are rare today...

https://twitter.com/Maverickmusafir/sta ... 23904?s=20 ---> MANEKSHAW vs SARIN

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https://twitter.com/strategic_front/status/1319149664025923584?s=20 ---> The Su-30MKI will receive an update on electronics in the near future. In pic(from near to far) DRDO High band jammer pod, DRDO SIVA targeting pod MAWS integrated weapons pylon. All 3 of them are meant for the Su-30MKI. https:/...

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Video of the same event below ---> https://twitter.com/SandeepUnnithan/status/1319298949031706624?s=20 https://twitter.com/VishnuNDTV/status/1319272497959727110?s=20 ---> The Naval Chief in the Ops Centre of the guided missile destroyer INS Chennai today. Haven't seen a picture of the ops centre rel...

Rakesh

Unless there is design and structural changes the improved Kilo class will have a well-known acoustic profile. Precisely the reason why Soryu class evolved to larger Taigei class with structural changes to reduce hydrodynamic noise further. Added to the fact that the new Taigei class will be entire...

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Oh look what a cursory google search found.... :rotfl: https://www.au.emb-japan.go.jp/files/000147414.pdf This letter is from the website of the Japanese Embassy in Australia (https://www.au.emb-japan.go.jp/itprtop_ja/index.html). This is an *OFFICIAL* letter from the then-Japanese Ambassador to Aus...

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I say again, Japan has made the decision to NOT participate in the P75I contest. You have to learn to play with the cards you have been dealt. No Soryu Class or Taigei Class is coming, unless Japan changes her mind. You cannot force a country to join a contest. I am puzzled as to why you keep bringi...

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V_Raman wrote:Vietnam has 6 of the new 636 Kilos - WOW!

And all for a mere $2 billion.

Rakesh

And from keel laying to commissioning, the Type 636.3 is now averaging two years. It started out at four years. Compare that to my post above on the Scorpene from keel laying to commissioning. Cancel the Ka-226 order and give Putin order for the Type 636.3 boat. Even quicker can be a couple being b...

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