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Apparently the work at Jabalpur is so shoddy that AL will not provide warranty on VFJ assembled stallions!

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It's 3 batteries of 4 each, total 12 per regiment in case of the Smerch.

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Babui
They are from Bravo Coy, 16 Mech Inf.

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I think I should take responsibility for the Hawk tangent. That certainly wasn't my intention. The only point I was trying to make is that the single-role Jaguar has outlived its design. The Hawk is quite far from ideal, BUT is a more credible type if it was numbers that we were after, in light to a...

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Singha Here is another estimate of the Hawk's endurance: Hawk 100/200 Combat radius 1,223 km with two 454 kg bombs 510 km with seven BL755 cluster bombs 259 km on a CAP with one 30 mm cannon and two AIM-9 Sidewinders for 3 hours and 30 minutes. 1.234 km with one Sea Eagle missile and two drop tanks ...

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Singha The Hawk 200 purchasers are: * Hawk 203 - Export version for the Royal Air Force Of Oman. (12) * Hawk 208 - Export version for the Royal Malaysian Air Force. (18) * Hawk 209 - Export version for the Indonesian Air Force. (32) The AN/APG-66H (98-135 kg) was used in the 200 series. Consider the...

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Cybaru Multirole is not maritime strike vs. DPSA. Multirole entails A2G as well as A2A capability. The Jaguar is too sluggish to perform A2A work. And as Arun said, the wisdom of procuring single-role aircraft to replace multi-role squadrons is questionable at, best. If we really wanted to optimize ...

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Arun_S wrote:Few questions and observations:
1. The logic of increasing DPSA aircraft to compensate for constricting number of Mig21 squadrons, seems to defy reason.

Thank you for being more lucid than I was.

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The point is not Hawk vs Jaguar or Trainer vs DPSA. It has everything to do with what you can do with the airframe and how you optimize it. No matter what you do to the Jaguar airframe you will never turn it into a multi-role aircraft. The Hawk airframe offers many other possibilities. Remember that...

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The Jag's biggest drawback is it's inability to fulfil multi-role tasks. However, consider that now that we have a production line up and running for the Hawk, we now have a rather more versatile aircraft which could be built in larger numbers.

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rohitvats wrote:Do not know the exact number but the batch belongs to some Area/Sub-Area HQ.

That's Bengal Area.

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I won't have believed that coming from anybody else ! really, none of the kargil literature I've come across mentions that. jags are mentioned only in recce roles. http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Kargil/PCamp.html "The two seater, which would be filming the whole affair from behind, ...

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Rahul If you recall, at the first sign of trouble, scores of IrAF's best aircraft (MiG-29s, Su-24, Mirage F-1, Adnan, etc.) headed for Iran. That is unlikely to happen in Pakistan. Also note that Iraq's holding of medium SAMs (and density of deployment) far exceeded that of Pakistan. That aside, yes...

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Shiv has hit the nail on the head! I think with the new aviation brigades envisaged the Army will go a long way in having the CAS force it has always wanted, and one that is considerably more versatile and cheaper to operate than the IAF's! Raj, The Hawk is not "too" light. It can deliver ...

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You raise very valid concerns, Rahul. The Dhruv and Lancer (to a limited extent) are built to be as survivable as possible with protection against small arms fire and automated countermeasures. Nothing is ever foolproof and aircraft will be lost. Compared against the capability offered by an Su-7 or...

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The Jag was never designed for close air support, it was meant for interdiction. It was bought to fill the DPSA requirement, whereas the MiG-23BN/27 were bought to fill a TASA requirement. The IAF has always complained that in 1971, the Army was calling in air strikes for tasks that could be better ...

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Jagan wrote:afaik they were planning it to be an indigenous design.

At AI 2003, HAL had produced a mock-up for HTT-35 turboprop trainer to replace both the Deepk and Kiran.

I am sure there's a photo floating around somewhere.

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Suppiah wrote: You should have said 'match Colombo' instead.

Amen to that!

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The 7 aircraft for ARC were part of a 1996 contract.

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No matter what the growth rate is, the investments (of some $100 Billion) are a stand-alone investment - in addition to the normal FDI. That is the expectation or assumption. I would expect the number of reactors or electricity production to decline if the projected economy declines. Not necessaril...

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rohitvats
afaik, 56/79/121 are part of 8 div.
do you recall if it was elements from 10 corps arty bde that formed the nucleus of 40 div raising?

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rohivats

i believe the 121 (i) bde is now an integral part of 8 div.
also believe that both 40 and 41 div are assigned to the western theatre.

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HI all, When i was searching for some news on Indian Airforce came across this website, its was very informative regarding the formation and SQUADRON BADGE, which excited me here is the ling India has the 4th largest air force I am not sure if this information in compiled already in the BRF or in o...

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Rahul M wrote:is behala aerodrome maintained in a seviceable condition ?? I doubt it.

You're probably right. There hasn't been any flying there since the mid-1980s. What a shame! But it can probably be revived very quickly compared to the likes of Salua or Chakulia.

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If there is more interest, here is a list of civil airports in India: List of Aerodromes controlled by Airport Authority of India ------------------------------------------------------------- S.No Name State/U.T Location Elevation Lat. Long. in Metres (N) (E) of ARP ---------------------------------...

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Hi Himanshu Dudhkundi no longer belongs to the IAF. It was sold to the state government some years ago. Here is my list of unused and abandoned airbases from Eastern India that I complied a while ago. Chakulia, Jharkhand (N22 27 46 E086 42 12) ï¿½ sold to National Airports Authority Charra, Jharkhan...

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is panagarh really being converted to a sukhoi base ?? it has an air strip but no active squadrons operating out of it as of now, AFAIK. Yes, I find this intriguing too. But it has two things going for it. It's literally across the street from a major broad gauge line and, more importantly, there i...

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X-posted... Looking at the location of Chusul and Fukche they look more like helipads or forward airfield than airbases. An airbase wont be located so close to border and has to have transportation infrastructure leading to it. Or are these the terminal bases for land operations? That's quite corre...

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Acharya wrote:What is the patch on the Maj SAINI right side. Is it a missile patch

Guided missile course.

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Anyone who thinks the the SLORC or Myanmarese Junta is a 'chinese' or indeed anyone's pawn has no understanding of the country at all or has never met a Burman. The SLORC are nobody's lackey. Indeed the Chinese are more detested in Myanmar than almost anywhere else. Remember the coup that removed Kh...

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Neshant
Indonesian coal is of higher quality. With transportation costs what they are, ash content in Indian coal is quite expensive when measured against the cost of transportation and recoverable energy.

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Hi Johann
Any chance you could do an list for PA units engaged in CI ops?
cheers
R

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Any sense of the size of Pak Forces currently on CI ops? And units. I imagine that both XI and XII Corps HQs have their hands full. What about divisions and brigades?

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Vick
Originally yes. The target imitator acts as an IR cue not a radar cue. This is a later devlopment. But the bulk of IR SAMs with the Army/AF also require a visual cue.

The towed unit can provide all types of cues.

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No that was BEML

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http://www.orbat.com/site/cimh/special%20articles/Lakshya_PTA.pdf Harry, can the air target imitator and/or the towed target be adapted or modified into a towed decoy for a fighter aircraft? Has the IAF or ADE given any intention of following that path? The target imitator was originally developed ...

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From this side profile, these aircraft look remarkably like F-5s.

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I am just in the process of reading Mao's new biography by Jung Chang, recently published in paperback in India (Rs 575). The book provides a great insight in the origins of PRC thuggishness and has some interesting insights into Mao's ideology and outlook.

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siddharth_k wrote:
Priyank wrote:(1) http://mod.nic.in/samachar/sep15-05/image_n%5C25a.gif

What is that rightmost formation insignia behind Lt. Gen. Jamwal? Is it the 3rd Independent Armoured Brigade?

Correct.

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