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Rakesh

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...

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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...

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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...

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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/...

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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 ...

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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. ...

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Video from Digital Combat Simulator (DCS) World...

VIDEO: https://x.com/raavan_47/status/1782045465955180602 ---> LCA Tejas firing Astra BVR and Python 5 CCM.

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VIDEO: https://x.com/hvtiaf_bharat/status/1782092992129778124 ---> Sizzling Hot

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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...

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https://x.com/spectatorindex/status/1781215615291941145 ---> BREAKING: Iranian official tells Reuters there are no plans for retaliating against Israeli strike.

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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.

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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 ...

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srai wrote: ↑19 Apr 2024 02:32 ^^^
Rakesh wrote: ↑18 Apr 2024 19:54 * Missile Approach Warning Systems (MAWS) on Tejas Mk1A ...
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Are we sure about this bit?

Saar, that was my bad. I have edited my post.

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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.

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https://x.com/GODOFPARADOXES/status/1780970984159203596 ---> DRDO ITCM from today's test fire.

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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...

Rakesh

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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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

The breakthrough in autonomous aerial combat made by the X-62 test jet is set to have far-reaching impacts well beyond dogfighting.

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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

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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.

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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...

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https://x.com/VinodDX9/status/1780083728540471425 --->

83 Mk1A - ₹48,000 crore
97 Mk1A - ₹65,000 crore

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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.

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^^^ 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 ...

Rakesh

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...

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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...

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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. ...

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Military Digest | 40 years of Operation Meghdoot: The unsung foot soldier who marched to top but has no gallantry award https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/military-digest-40-years-of-operation-meghdoot-the-unsung-foot-soldier-who-marched-to-to-top-but-has-no-gallantry-award-9269204...

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https://x.com/Mishra__Deepak1/status/1779441856377692377 ---> Indian Navy Dornier Do-228 with an unusual hump aft of the upper fuselage. Looks like some sort of SATCOM. Does anybody have any ideas? https://x.com/FighterPiloting/status/1779545133169729686 ---> Rukmini https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLI...

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The Air Force is looking for a buyer for 18 Mirages https://www.kathimerini.gr/politics/562869589/i-polemiki-aeroporia-anazita-agorasti-gia-18-mirage/ The leadership is investigating the possibility of selling them to India, a proposal about which both the Ministry of National Defense and the Maxim...

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https://x.com/arunp2810/status/1778648770810413451 ---> A&N islands - India’s strategic eastern outpost. History & thoughts in today’s Indian Express.

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VIDEO : https://x.com/AirbusDefence/status/1779796481005810091 ---> The first A-400M for the Republic of Kazakhstan has rolled out of the Airbus paint shop. Thttps://x.com/GarethJennings3/status/1779798484457083051 ---> No, not a prop for the latest movie where they couldn't source an actual Soviet...

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https://x.com/Mishra__Deepak1/status/17 ... 6377692377 ---> Indian Navy Dornier Do-228 with an unusual hump aft of the upper fuselage. Looks like some sort of SATCOM. Does anybody have any ideas?

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https://x.com/AdithyaKM_/status/1779389129283002525 ---> HAL CMD on LCA AF Mk2: Certain parts being manufactured. HAL expects first prototype to roll out by the end of 2025. Expects to deliver first aircraft by 2029. Ambitious timeline, requires extremely smooth coordination and of course, satisfact...

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