Bharat Rakshak

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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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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...

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What is the status of nurbhay lacm? Did they get it going with the local manik engine?

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This is Modi pulling an ABV - stupid, self-imposed constraints against a jihadi state ABV said "No crossing LoC" during Kargil Modi said "Don't attack airplanes, bases, SAMs - only attack terror launchpads" during Op Sindoor Where is the modi quote coming from? I don't think he ...

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Now the game will change. Iran will either withdraw from the NPT and make a nuke, provided it can do so faster than the US and Israel can strike. Or else other less dire options. US and Israel can strike almost overnight, Iran has zero answers or options. Even if they stored away the enriched maal,...

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Ayotullah has come out of the hiding and says: 1. Isreal brought to knees 2. US President is wrong in saying that Nuclear facilities damaged badly 3. We shall never surrender 4. We have hit US base in Qatar Wow this is not going to stop by the looks of it. Or atleast the rhetoric will continue for ...

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New nuclear threat: Pakistan developing intercontinental ballistic missile that could hit US, says report Another growing concern stems from Pakistan. US intelligence agencies have assessed that Pakistan is actively developing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of reaching the con...

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In spite of all the history, if they are still going for GE engines - GOI and Forces trust their quality and reliability so much that they are orders of magnitude better than all other military engine they have in the inventory! They want LCAs to be workhorses and not hangar queens. Dont forget tha...

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So deal will be sealed in March. Deliveries by 2027? That's assuming things are on time and no further glitches.

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https://x.com/Ray70409890/status/1937456087147675974 ---> All the 237 castings and 919 forgings of the AL-31FP turbofan have been indigenised and are made from raw material. 136 numbers of critical heavy forgings like turbine discs are imported due to absence of 20k ton forging press. All the 2,819...

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After what happened after Pok 2.0 and the sanctions on LCA, it was bewildering to see ADA choose a GE engine for the bird. Absolutely asinine. Why blame just hal.

Cain Marko

Thanks Cain Marko Ji. I want to analyze this purchase from another angle as well. Buying a 5th Generation jet from China under favorable terms is one thing but to maintain these jets, keeping them stealthy or keeping them flight worthy (Operational expenses) is another. Where will PAF get this fund...

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We have been in this predicament, since we saw the Chinese rollout their J-20. With the news that Pakistan is going to acquire J-35, there is this concern that a J-35 with PAF is like a garland in the hands of a monkey. Having said that, since we have the radar network and the Air Defense network t...

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pravula wrote: ↑21 Jun 2025 03:33
S_Madhukar wrote: ↑21 Jun 2025 03:26

Isn’t that just ToT from Zircon or Kinzhal ?
Doubt that. It might use the engine or propulsion system from those programs, but it will not be a copy based on how they did BrahMos I

Whatever it is, hope it gets done at a faster pace

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Let’s be real — this was an act of war. Whether we like the Iranian regime or not (and I definitely don’t), launching strikes like this is almost certainly illegal under both U.S. and international law. We can’t just ignore that. But being fully aware of its illegality leads me to do what exactly? ...

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We've been hearing about the brahmos NG for about 2 decades now. The missile is fast but the program seems slow...

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We need to figure out why pak is needed to whack Iran . I think best for the world is Ayatollah flees and no additional intervention is needed I doubt Khameni will do that. My fear is that post our missile success in Op Sindoor, Air HQ will do a re-think of 42 squadrons for the IAF . The MRFA will ...

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https://x.com/alpha_defense/status/1932813142201151822 ---> A Su057 will make sense if all these are ✅ Admiral, the glaring problem of the Su-57 not being a true blue stealth fighter still remains. I think the AMCA when it flies would have a smaller RCS. Su-57 is stealth optimized only in the front...

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Chinese maal rnd moving at a rapid coup it looks like:
https://www.twz.com/air/massive-chinese ... etive-base

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Amber G. wrote: ↑18 Jun 2025 04:06 ^^^ Per a report- .. Trump's Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was not invited to Camp David where intelligence and plans were being discussed...

Seems like a lame duck DNI position for Tulsi?

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https://youtu.be/AdlbSndn2Eg?si=SlyeM3ZT1PB70H19

Tulsi being brushed off by Trump. They want to go for a decapitation strike

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Supposedly mossad hq was struck and director killed?

https://youtu.be/ITlhPYKTNRw?si=ZWUA2s893U93HuIp

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Clue me this, if Iran can still operate their F14s after 45+ years of sanctions, why is GE 404/414 a problem to maintain? Iran had a massive fleet of tomcats and it barely operates a few on rare occasions and relatively safe missions like shooting drones. Nor do we know the up-times of the existing...

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Dunno how much of this video is true, bit I counted about 17 direct hits into Israel.

iron dome/arrow not doing so well?

.https://www.reddit.com/r/AlJazeera/s/6DYP9RaVqY

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Despite Israel's advanced three-layered missile defense system, approximately 10% of incoming missiles, drones, and rockets appear to be breaching its defenses, including the hypersonic missiles. The latest reports confirm 9 fatalities, over 200 injuries, and 35 individuals still unaccounted for be...

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What are the real military options available to Iran? After the assassination of Qasim Sleimani and even in recent conflicts all they have done is send some drones and fire and forget missiles into Israel. Their military responses have been very underwhelming in comparison to the big rallies callin...

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C Markoji See what is happening with Eyeran?? Wonder Chine and Paks placated with some sops before hitting Eyeran I stll feel that NaMoJi should give the G7 a skip. Its like killing many birds with a single stone Wouldn't be surprised to see some startegical type pappi jhappi around G7 or soon afte...

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AmberG Saar, The worry is not so much as 'Taskent 2.0' but what public utterances the 'Blonde Bombshell' will come out with just before, during and immediately after the G7!! Given that there are two further engagements with China : BRICS and SCO all depeends on what compromises POTUS has made in h...

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Trump begins to discover the comprehensive immigration reform that has been talked about since George Bush Jr. times, if not before: Looks like some people here are not reading long posts with quotes and references to sources on this very same topic. We go round and round. Yes immigration reforms w...

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saip wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025 06:25 Israel has launched attacks on Iran. Now we know why USA is sucking up to Pakistan.

Exactly. It'll discard Pakistan as soon as it's objectives in Iran are achieved.

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This will be Trump's and America's new war. The lines were drawn years ago if you remember Wesley Clark's interview. It's basically a sunni (amenable to US hegemony) combine (including the Gulf states, Israel) vs the (Shia) Islamic regime, Iran, Iraq and Syria. The latter two they have more or less ...

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Looks like Orangie's little crypto stunt and performance of Russian hardware has turned the tables decisively. https://x.com/CNBCTV18Live/status/1932738551063715892 Well, this could very well mean fewer rafale? Having said that su 57 is probably the best manned fighter ever made IMHO. Maintains all...

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Was not directed at you, but at the individual you were replying to :) You were in the firing lane unfortunately. Regardless, that issue has been dealt with. No worries sir. It did seem a bit uncharacteristic and took me by surprise. I was like... admiralsaab ko old monk ka do bottle pahunchana pad...

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