Bharat Rakshak

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The only reason for this shift from the scorpene line has to be that the Aussie leaks truly compromised these subs. I don't see any other viable reason for this madness. It stands to reason that the govt can't really talk about this in public. Jmtp The Aussie leak did not compromise these subs. If ...

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Looks like Rohit , Shiv and others are caught up in a debate about the path and rate of development of Tejas vs JF-17 etc. And its beginning to spillover into why do we or should we care about the Mk2 and go straight to the AMCA from Mk1A. Not realising that we have pages of this debate and rationa...

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The only reason for this shift from the scorpene line has to be that the Aussie leaks truly compromised these subs. I don't see any other viable reason for this madness. It stands to reason that the govt can't really talk about this in public.

Jmtp

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^Agree. But SSNs are the most effective counter to the Chinese CBGs - and the news about the 200MW reactors is good. In parallel, we need to develop that base in the A&N Islands quickly as well. 40 SU-30MKIs with Brahmos and a carrier there - will allow us to dominate the Straits of Malacca. In...

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CM Ji, JSF is out of picture for India. Su-57 will require heavy investment from us to make it worthy -- think of all of above mentioned avionics and sensors we will have to put into it. I don't know how mature is engine tech for it and how to address issues IAF had earlier when it pulled out of th...

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Rumor has it that the iaf has sent a new assessment to the CCS for a.30% increase to it's total squadron strength requirement of 42. New number is 57sqds.

This increase is reflective of the larger that posed by the double front of China and Pakistan (I'm guessing they are also gaming the West here)

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https://x.com/ByRakeshSimha/status/1969958646244372670 @ByRakeshSimha MAGA supporters on 4Chan launched "Clog the Toilet" operation to block Indian H1B workers from returning to the US by reserving flight seats without paying. Flight prices spiked. A 4Chan post urged, "Clog the fligh...

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Sumeet bhaiyya, the amca will come good I'm sure. But it will take at least until 2045 to start seeing sqd service. In that interim period, Iafs going to need some high end door breakers and deterrents. That's why I think mrca/mrfa needs to be a mix of 2-3 fighter types. Elite sqds doing mixed sorti...

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Shouldn't this help Indian students currently in the US? I sure hope so. Yes. That is why I put them in blue. While signing the proclamation, Trump clearly said that we need those educated in the US to stay and also added that the US needs workers. Essentially it is tailored to bring middle-class f...

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.... Iaf has definitively lost the qualitative edge vs China now. But majboori hai Kya karey. Careful there, sir ji.. some would term it r... rona. Rnd ke siway aur Kya Raha hai sirji? They better find a way to get the Kaveri going, and double quick. The rafale as Indias mainstay for the next 30+ye...

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Got this in my WA from a friend. TIFWIW. Scenario 1: New H-1B from Outside the U.S. • Example: An Indian software engineer in Hyderabad is selected in the H-1B lottery, and their U.S. employer files the petition. • $100,000 fee required (because the worker is outside the U.S. when the petition is...

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This rafale deal is because India has no choices right now. I would have preferred a mki version of su57 any day as that bird has a future potential that the 4.5 gen rafale simply doesn't.

Iaf has definitively lost the qualitative edge vs China now. But majboori hai Kya karey.

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Several comments by Firestarter in X about the option of Rafale for the 114 MRCA order. https://x.com/Firezstarter1/status/1967608877656273327?t=l-vHOveBvQwK8hHCrc4PCA&s=19 GaN is a band aid for that limited aperture, ECCM improves but cant reverse range-detection adversity. A large PESA on a J...

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Not happening and media is obviously making hay right now. The defence relationship in many ways is about to get tighter. I know this might seem against the current, but lets see where we are a year later. In monetary terms, yes. But a relationship of significance and value, no. Valuable hardware w...

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India is one of the most diabetic countries in the world and corn with high Glycemic index is bad for it . And excess corn will find its way to high fructose corn syrup . Should India import diabetes ? This is not about corn or US farm products, it's about making a deal that has the right optics an...

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https://x.com/ShivAroor/status/1964030099562332534 ---> India must cancel the MQ-9B SeaGuardian drone deal. It was a ludicrously stupid deal to begin with. Now there’s zero reason to proceed with it. Scrap it now. Not happening and media is obviously making hay right now. The defence relationship i...

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This could be done in the guise that India is really pushing hard to meet climate pledge goals and the desire to be less reliant on fossil fuels. Do we have to explain why we have differentiated tariffs? Are there WTO rules that prevent such a thing? Heh. Explanation is only given to show Hindoo ar...

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Invite Elon & say Tesla cars will have zero tariff, but other US vehicles will be subject to tariffs & duties. Have someone like Piyush Goyal tweet about it. This could be done in the guise that India is really pushing hard to meet climate pledge goals and the desire to be less reliant on f...

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Vayutuvan wrote: ↑21 Aug 2025 05:57
Cain Marko wrote: ↑21 Aug 2025 04:02 A kick? Saar arguably first kick was delivered in 1998, right in the nuts.
When was the Cryo engine was denied to India by Russia after US whispered sweet nothings in soviet ears? I forget was it during Yeltsin or before?

During baywda Yeltsins time iirc

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G2 will leave India with few options and later revenue streams, at least in the near term. It could also cause a security headache if munna is used to good effect by g2. Long term g2 seems untenable since neither US nor China, esp. The latter are a status quo power. Zero sum game is their guiding pr...

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Who is the US trying to help and hurt (G2 better than G3, G4...)? Wowo. Great point. I think both the US and China want a G2. European folded. Russia and the US will kiss and make up (at least in the short term). Brazil is ghar kee murgi . SA doesn;t have the same heft as India. That leaves only In...

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skumar wrote: ↑21 Aug 2025 03:57 If this problem with the US had started in 2014 and I hope it did, we would probably have our own jet engines by now.

Why do we need a kick to realize reality and our own national interests?

A kick? Saar arguably first kick was delivered in 1998, right in the nuts.

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Let's not forget the Russian honey pot and IAF officer saga where India spent some millions for FGFA "Collaboration" ..money that wasn't recovered! Funny thing memory is Yeah and what about the scorpene leak eh? No country is on your side completely, some are more so than others that's al...

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Oh but they had a very good opportunity to rejig things, esp. for the mk2 and mk1a variants. Were that not the case they wouldn't have considered the ej200 for the mk2 engine. At this point it's easy to say, even the non sexy rd33mks might've have worked out better. Now India is faced with buying an...

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US made farm products, esp. Milk are unlikely to cause any trouble for local Indian farmers. Let them in. The Indian farmers disagree with that assessment. The US subsidies for dairy is in the billions to tens of billions of dollars per year. It won't matter if they can't sell it. What happens to t...

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I'd agree with Avinandan. We have done significant progress over the last decade, but prior to that, the IAF had a jock-mentality and SAMs were treated as 2nd class citizens. Air-defense meant scrambling Mig-21s Akash was inducted after laborious trials. Barak-8 got in via bribes. S-400 happened du...

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US made farm products, esp. Milk are unlikely to cause any trouble for local Indian farmers. Let them in.

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Vayutuvan wrote: ↑10 Aug 2025 02:26
Cain Marko wrote: ↑10 Aug 2025 01:55 ...
6. Newkiller reactor co design and co development
I hope you didn't mean it literally.

Ayyo..killer wonlee in a good way saar.

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I just wish he had put out some radar tracks like they did for balakot. Just a minor wish...

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Frankly this whole tariff business seems to me a dog and pony show. It will all be sorted out. 1. Russia and US will come to an understanding 2. India will allow for US dairy products, which really shouldn't be an issue. And possibly some farm products. 3. India will likely acquiesce to major defen...

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Frankly this whole tariff business seems to me a dog and pony show. It will all be sorted out. 1. Russia and US will come to an understanding 2. India will allow for US dairy products, which really shouldn't be an issue. And possibly some farm products. 3. India will likely acquiesce to major defens...

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I wish LCA Tejas was built around a Russian or French engine, but I guess planners got obsessed with tech specs of engines (in which GE engines are the best) and did not consider strategic aspects. That was poor decision making. I am dead certain that LCA Mk-1, Mk-2 are not only designed with F-4X4...

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The way I see it, India is going to need close to 20 sqds in the next 10 years with expected retirement of 12sqds including jags, fulcrums and mirages. Approx 250 birds. Note that this will deplete the current strength of 31 to a measly 19 sqds. Replacements will be 200 LCA mk1A...10 sqds 120 mk2.....

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A decent, general over view of OP sindoor from a Stanford group. youtu.be/Fx2-ZEiwykI As usual it is the US point of view on things and they duck the buckwas about their own help given to Pak by way of F-16 and oh they forgot about C&C bunker built by GE which India took out ( and the precision...

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The only question I have is... Why did India not use ground launched missiles in the first wave instead of the air launched versions? Between brahmos and pralay/ prahaar things would've been settled just as well? No need for air force to expose it's assets... We used Tube Artillery and Pinaka MBRLs...

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Reality: Enemy has 3x Gen5 fighters in numerical superiority. That's a problem only if you play the game on their terms. A stealth fighter will enable them to swat down our Rambhas & Katrinas, and allow them to dominate our skies - that's the theory. But from an engineering perspective what the...

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The way I see it, India is going to need close to 20 sqds in the next 10 years with expected retirement of 12sqds including jags, fulcrums and mirages. Approx 250 birds. Note that this will deplete the current strength of 31 to a measly 19 sqds. Iaf will need 20 sqds just to get to that old 39.5 sqd...

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A decent, general over view of OP sindoor from a Stanford group.

https://youtu.be/Fx2-ZEiwykI?si=QH1G1TZ1U-dA7cXU

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This is what the Tejas should've been designed around once they found out shortages in thrust... But, isn't both belongs to different class? I could be wrong about this, but not if iirc. Think about the Tejas mk2 and compare it to the iafs darling, mirage 2000. You'll notice that the two pretty muc...

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[ Russia doesnt have an infinite supply of men. If we went by Ukrainian numbers there would be no one left to fight. As I keep saying Russia exists in a quantum state: it simultaneously is incompetent and has lost most of its fighting force and economy with dud weapons and it is also a such a grave...

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