Chinese maal scares only the MUTUs on BRF
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- 24 Apr 2024 02:07
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
- Replies: 669
- Views: 318680
- 24 Apr 2024 02:00
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
- Replies: 557
- Views: 153184
Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
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https://x.com/RealBababanaras/status/17 ... 6109538598 ---> Kharge, who went to explain the Congress manifesto to Prime Minister Modi, joins the Bharatiya Janata Party!
https://x.com/RealBababanaras/status/17 ... 6109538598 ---> Kharge, who went to explain the Congress manifesto to Prime Minister Modi, joins the Bharatiya Janata Party!
- 23 Apr 2024 21:50
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
- Replies: 2260
- Views: 857691
Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
https://x.com/alpha_defense/status/1782788426313638240 ---> Crystal Maze II is already in IAF service. Going to be Manufactured in India under MAKE-III category. Qty 100 missile *will be* procured.
- 23 Apr 2024 21:41
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
- Replies: 2260
- Views: 857691
Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
https://x.com/AdithyaKM_/status/1782785716113789241 ---> IAF tests ROCKS ALBM from Su-30MKI in A&N, range >250 km. IAF is now planning to get lsraeli missiles in large numbers through Make in India as it gives a unique capability. Role: Strike high-value stationary & relocatable targets. htt...
- 23 Apr 2024 21:39
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
- Replies: 2260
- Views: 857691
Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Isreal hit Ishfan with Rampage. IAF procured them too. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/israel-hit-iran-with-half-ton-rampage-supersonic-missile-report-2024-4%3famp India successfully tests new 250 km strike range air-launched ballistic missile in Andamans https://www.aninews.in...
- 23 Apr 2024 19:58
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
- Replies: 1181
- Views: 715033
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
https://x.com/alpha_defense/status/1782773508751450184 ---> A successful launch of the new variant of a Medium-Range Ballistic Missile was carried out under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command on April 23, 2024. The user launch has proven the operational capability of the Command and validated...
- 23 Apr 2024 19:03
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
- Replies: 2260
- Views: 857691
Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Decoding Present-Day Air Combat and How Air-to-Air Missiles are Gamechangers
- 22 Apr 2024 21:21
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
- Replies: 669
- Views: 318680
Re: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Everyone has to blame for this mess. Air HQ does take a huge chunk of the blame. But successive Govts have been equally complicit. But that still does not takeaway from the fact that we don't have our own turbofan. And that is not an IAF issue, but a Govt issue. When SSBNs (ATV program) were require...
- 22 Apr 2024 20:47
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
- Replies: 669
- Views: 318680
Re: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
First Indian produced F414 will roll out in three years, once contract is signed. HAL and GE are still negotiating. Assuming a contract is signed tomorrow, the earliest we are looking at is 2027. What will be the annual production schedule for these 99 turbofans? Any discussion on another 99 more fo...
- 22 Apr 2024 20:40
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
- Replies: 669
- Views: 318680
Re: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Purely on GDP PPP basis & 2028 horizon (next 4 years - for a likely war by 2028 or before), we should be making 80 per year , to match & cover the backlog of 450+ planes. This will leave us with exactly half of chinese inventory. But china would have also added a lot more J20 and we would h...
- 22 Apr 2024 00:02
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Siachen News & Discussion
- Replies: 3050
- Views: 500520
Re: Siachen News & Discussion
Siachen saga: Forty years since PM Indira Gandhi captured it, the glacier remains a military priority https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/features/siachen-saga-forty-years-since-pm-indira-gandhi-captured-it-the-glacier-remains-a-military-priority-612928 21 April 2024 https://x.com/ajaynewsman/status/...
- 22 Apr 2024 00:00
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Siachen News & Discussion
- Replies: 3050
- Views: 500520
Re: Siachen News & Discussion
Siachen world’s only nuclear triangle https://www.newindianexpress.com/explainers/2024/Apr/21/siachen-worlds-only-nuclear-triangle 21 April 2024 Guns kept blazing every day from that day till 2003 when India and Pakistan agreed on a truce. Significantly, Siachen sits on the nuclear tri-junction of ...
- 21 Apr 2024 23:59
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 5265
- Views: 1792452
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Click on link below for pictures... https://x.com/NatureDesai/status/1782016953567330461 ---> In a significant development, Chinese road has breached the border at Aghil Pass (4805 meter) and entered the lower Shaksgam valley of Kashmir, India with the road-head now less than 30 miles from Siachen. ...
- 21 Apr 2024 23:45
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Military Multimedia - Indian Armed Forces
- Replies: 2239
- Views: 601596
Re: Military Multimedia - Indian Armed Forces
Video from Digital Combat Simulator (DCS) World...
VIDEO: https://x.com/raavan_47/status/1782045465955180602 ---> LCA Tejas firing Astra BVR and Python 5 CCM.
VIDEO: https://x.com/raavan_47/status/1782045465955180602 ---> LCA Tejas firing Astra BVR and Python 5 CCM.
- 21 Apr 2024 23:43
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Prachand LCH: News & Discussion: 03 October 2022
- Replies: 177
- Views: 211401
- 19 Apr 2024 19:40
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
- Replies: 6378
- Views: 2065294
Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
VIDEO : https://x.com/sidhant/status/1780826183397179637 ---> US defence secretary Lloyd Austin says co-producing jet engine, armoured vehicles with India; terms it revolutionary. https://x.com/rv_srivatsa/status/1781013415575851142 ---> Someone get the Kaveri rolling ASAP. These guys are feeding u...
- 19 Apr 2024 19:38
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Iran-Israel Conflict: News & Discussions: 14 April 2024
- Replies: 70
- Views: 18676
Re: Iran-Israel Conflict: News & Discussions: 14 April 2024
https://x.com/spectatorindex/status/1781215615291941145 ---> BREAKING: Iranian official tells Reuters there are no plans for retaliating against Israeli strike.
- 19 Apr 2024 19:27
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
- Replies: 1008
- Views: 4276803
Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
https://x.com/alpha_defense/status/1781314812565426203 ---> DRDO hands over first batch of indigenous Leading Edge Actuators and Airbrake Control Modules to HAL for the 83 LCA Tejas Mk1A order.
- 19 Apr 2024 16:59
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
- Replies: 669
- Views: 318680
Re: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
China’s High-Altitude WZ-7 Drone Has Appeared Near The Philippines https://www.twz.com/air/chinas-high-altitude-wz-7-drone-has-appeared-near-the-philippines 18 April 2024 This looks to be the first time a WZ-7 has been seen near the Philippines and follows the deployment of a new U.S. Army missile ...
- 19 Apr 2024 02:46
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
- Replies: 1008
- Views: 4276803
- 19 Apr 2024 00:41
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
- Replies: 1695
- Views: 771848
Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
https://x.com/alpha_defense/status/1781029247957471537 ---> Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi appointed as the next Chief of the Naval Staff. He takes over after the retirement of incumbent Admiral R Hari Kumar.
- 18 Apr 2024 22:21
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
- Replies: 1181
- Views: 715033
- 18 Apr 2024 22:18
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Military/Defence Exports
- Replies: 300
- Views: 158279
Re: Indian Military/Defence Exports
https://x.com/ritu86sharma/status/1780933532409557007 ---> An IAF C-17 and an IAF IL-76 will take off tomorrow towards the South China Sea with an important cargo that will be balancing China's increasing might in the region. An official - condition of anonymity - confirmed to the EurAsian Times, th...
- 18 Apr 2024 19:54
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
- Replies: 1008
- Views: 4276803
Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
How anyone call the Mk1A a marginal improvement over the Tejas Mk1 behooves logic! * EL/M-2052 or Uttam AESA radar on Tejas Mk1A versus the EL/M-2032 radar on the Tejas Mk1. AESA versus Doppler i.e. Optical Zoom versus Digital Zoom. AESA radars are inherently more reliable than pulse Doppler radars....
- 18 Apr 2024 19:31
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
- Replies: 1181
- Views: 715033
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
https://x.com/dperi84/status/1780906847886787037 ---> DRDO conducted a successful flight-test of an “Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile” off the Odisha coast. The missile followed the desired path using way point navigation and demonstrated very low altitude sea-skimming flight. The missile is als...
- 18 Apr 2024 19:25
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
- Replies: 1181
- Views: 715033
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
VIDEO : https://x.com/livefist/status/1780904648414474543 ---> And here's a video of today's Nirbhay ITCM test, powered by Indian turbofan engine Manik. https://x.com/ShivAroor/status/1780906739837329521 ---> THIS IS BIG! India tests Nirbhay cruise missile — for the first time with an Indian propul...
- 18 Apr 2024 19:16
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
- Replies: 1008
- Views: 4276803
Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
His opinions are essentially a bus driver's criticism of how TATA buses are noisy and have poor AC etc. His criticisms are relevant, but only as feedback for iterations...it should not alter TATA's long term vision of manufacturing and selling buses globally. That is a top-down vision. All the pilo...
- 18 Apr 2024 01:25
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018
- Replies: 2809
- Views: 1434583
Re: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018
AI Is Now Dogfighting With Fighter Pilots In The Air
https://www.twz.com/air/ai-is-now-dogfi ... in-the-air
17 April 2024
https://www.twz.com/air/ai-is-now-dogfi ... in-the-air
17 April 2024
The breakthrough in autonomous aerial combat made by the X-62 test jet is set to have far-reaching impacts well beyond dogfighting.
- 18 Apr 2024 00:11
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: The Red Menace
- Replies: 3761
- Views: 580789
Re: The Red Menace
Vote Wisely. Vote BJP.
VIDEO: https://x.com/MeghUpdates/status/1780551554585546773 ---> Congress top leader Supriya Shrinate demands probe of Naxal encounter in Chattisgarh, calls naxalites killed in encounter as martyr (Shaheed) and extends sympathies to them
VIDEO: https://x.com/MeghUpdates/status/1780551554585546773 ---> Congress top leader Supriya Shrinate demands probe of Naxal encounter in Chattisgarh, calls naxalites killed in encounter as martyr (Shaheed) and extends sympathies to them
- 17 Apr 2024 18:51
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
- Replies: 1181
- Views: 715033
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
VIDEO: https://x.com/Kuntal__biswas/status/1476862589443342337 ---> Hitting 2x2 meter target at 87 km! Astra for life.
VIDEO: https://x.com/Kuntal__biswas/status/1780555974425927865 ---> From the horse's mouth. Astra Mk-2 @ 160 KM.
VIDEO: https://x.com/Kuntal__biswas/status/1780555974425927865 ---> From the horse's mouth. Astra Mk-2 @ 160 KM.
- 17 Apr 2024 03:18
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
- Replies: 822
- Views: 623959
Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
https://x.com/NewsIADN/status/1779869123658522847 ---> IAF remains in 'Operational Ready Format' along the LAC, even four years after the 2020 Galwan clashes, which means fighter aircraft can be airborne (fully-loaded) in 5-7 minutes to meet any contingencies. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLNdiQGboAA...
- 17 Apr 2024 03:15
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
- Replies: 1008
- Views: 4276803
Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
https://x.com/VinodDX9/status/1780083728540471425 --->
83 Mk1A - ₹48,000 crore
97 Mk1A - ₹65,000 crore
83 Mk1A - ₹48,000 crore
97 Mk1A - ₹65,000 crore
- 17 Apr 2024 03:11
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3218
- Views: 2012706
Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
https://x.com/alpha_defense/status/1780115070380585083 ---> JUST IN: Ordnance Factory, Ambajhari has successfully fielded trials of 155mm HE Bourrelet Shells jointly developed in association with ARDE. Trials conducted in PXE, Balasore from 155x52 calibre ATAGS . Range & accuracy are very encour...
- 17 Apr 2024 03:07
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
- Replies: 1008
- Views: 4276803
Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
https://x.com/FighterPiloting/status/17 ... 4247981180 ---> Same location, different time. Tejas Mk1A hanger, earlier. Reminding the who's who that 24 aircraft per year has been achieved many times. Rise.
- 17 Apr 2024 02:59
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Army History Thread
- Replies: 1020
- Views: 516426
Re: Indian Army History Thread
https://x.com/JhalaZalimSingh/status/1780170581742346381 ---> During Operation Falcon (or just after) 19 Jat had a confrontation with the Chinese. Not too clear on the rules of engagement, a JCO slapped a Chinese forcing them to withdraw. Disciplinary action was initiated against him but he was save...
- 17 Apr 2024 02:57
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: The IAF History Thread
- Replies: 1174
- Views: 326788
Re: The IAF History Thread
https://x.com/AnchitGupta9/status/1780076621392908546 ---> In a grand gesture - the past and current Chief of Air Staff of the IAF assembled for a picture with late Sqn Ldr Majithia sometime back.
- 17 Apr 2024 02:56
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: The IAF History Thread
- Replies: 1174
- Views: 326788
Re: The IAF History Thread
^^^ https://x.com/narendramodi/status/1780283985580474774 ---> Squadron Leader Dalip Singh Majithia Ji’s exemplary career and valour exemplify the highest ideals of service and dedication to our country. His passing away is a profound loss to the Indian Air Force. His contribution will forever be a ...
- 16 Apr 2024 20:05
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
- Replies: 669
- Views: 318680
Re: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
How long depends upon what the aggressor's motive are = China's motives. If it is to decisively destroy India's industrial capacity or disarm India. In either cases, It can be a long campaign unless India capitulates. So how long will India hold. I believe as long as it takes. So it will become a w...
- 16 Apr 2024 19:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8795
- Views: 2457176
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Somebody - outside of BRF - finally spoke the quiet part aloud. Don't wake up the MUTUs on BRF :) "If Chinese Threat Disappears, Then US And India Would Not Be Friendly": Political Scientist Mearsheimer Opens Up On Geopolitical Issues https://swarajyamag.com/news-brief/if-chinese-threat-di...
- 16 Apr 2024 19:29
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: The IAF History Thread
- Replies: 1174
- Views: 326788
Re: The IAF History Thread
He has truly touched the sky with Glory! Jai Hind Sir! https://twitter.com/ShivAroor/status/1287744893142564865?s=20 ---> India’s oldest fighter pilot Squadron Leader Dalip Singh Majithia, turns 100 today! He retired from the Indian Air Force in August 1947, just as India was gaining independence. ...