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One needs to think about unmanned tank "swarms" quite like drones to be the future of mechanised warfare..even the amratas are built with future unmanned options in mind

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Karan M wrote:
Rakesh wrote:Sweden’s Saab Weighs Legal Route To Protest Indian VSHORADS Defeat
https://www.livefistdefence.com/2018/11 ... efeat.html

I truly and fervently wish SAAB goes through with this. I have my reasons...

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Maybe the Russians are having a firesale of the iglas and using the resources to bring in the verba.. they are well known to grease the palms of whoever required

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The deal for Grigorovich to be built in GSL has been signed. I am not fan of it, 500 million for assistance and material + more for equipment and construction seems bit hard to swallow and not sure the wisdom in building a 20 yr old design locally now. It is what it is but at least getting 2 fully ...

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Another set of missiles on which there has been a huge shroud of secrecy has been the Rudra II, Rudra IIA and Rudra III ASMs. They have been acknowledged: 1. air2surface missile to be tested from Su-30 with 2. 200 kg payload (for Rudra II) 3. Has IIR seeker. P.S. Line drawing of the Rudra MIII from...

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How different is this from the American Space Based Infra-Red Sensor satellites. ??

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^^^Damn, Kengsley. You are putting me out of business as the local chini expert. If you are not desi then I'm keeping the title. Good in depth posts. Why no western option for JF-17 radar? They are using the Grifo on their J7PGs. Chinis not cooperating on the JF-17? No sharing code for weapons so o...

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Regarding the "hatch story", it is inconceivable that we would have water getting in through a hatch and the same sub goes out on it's first patrol .. all within a year. If the supposed water damage was extensive, Arihant will not have been fixed in one year. Period. It is not easy to fix...

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Big Brother is rating you: life under China’s social ranking system The nation experiments with rewards for those who are deemed to be good citizens, whereas wrongdoing excludes you from even catching trains. Didi Tang reports from Dibaoquan, eastern China President Xi’s government has been experim...

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I swear I did not write this... Hahvahd brophejar did, no less!! :shock: If u see anything like this when u r sitting on NH8, ask them if they will beam you up. Dang! Why can't they send a probe after it I wonder. Not enough antipakis accumulated to react with pakis and create the impulse? i suppos...

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US likely to give waiver to India's S-400 missile deal after some bilateral turbulence: Experts https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/us-likely-to-give-waiver-to-indias-s-400-missile-deal-after-some-bilateral-turbulence-experts/articleshow/66404902.cms By Rajat Pandit, Dated - October 28, 2018 ...

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^^ Will be interesting to watch as China tries to trap Malaysia into unpayable OBOR debt with white elephant projects. Maybe they will ask for the lease of a naval base..oops I mean maritime port in the Straits of Malacca for 99 years. But how stupid are Malaysian politicians having signed on to su...

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We can do without one "chief guest" this time

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https://www.janes.com/article/84136/russia-establishes-most-powerful-air-division-in-central-military-district The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced the establishment of a new composite aviation division in the Central Military District (CMD), Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye (Indepe...

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shaun wrote:

that giant foot ball reminds one of the giant US sea based X band long-range tracking and targeting system

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India will pay for the S-400 systems in rubles or rupees. https://www.interfax.ru/world/634587?utm_source=top Should be great for us , No need to spend forex ....with rouble rupee arrangement here to stay India buy from Russia will only increase now if only India produced all those civilian electro...

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CRS, IFS has long memory. They are not fools. theay are people like us. One of the things they do is show who is the enemy? Had not Modi tried accommodating DT, this very forum will berate him for lost opportunities. BTW its not racism but potential civilization competitor that drives Deep State in...

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http://www.oneindia.com/amphtml/india/what-ails-ingenuously-developed-cruise-missile-nirbhay-279 Not much new except a summary. Nirbhay hasn't been heard for long, so thought of stirring looks like quite a few of the "results" are under wraps .. this being a 1000+ km missile can manifest ...

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Defence, connectivity key in PM Narendra Modi’s Japan visit This tidbit caught my eye Japan declined to bid for a recent Indian Navy submarine tender because, the ambassador indicated, New Delhi was holding separate talks over Japan’s Soryu-class attack submarine. “This is now being processed inter...

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AdityaM wrote:HOW THE US FORCED CHINA TO QUIT STEALING—USING A CHINESE SPY

Longish article but talks of how China leapfrogged to making its latest stealth plane and C17 ripoff

So they quit stealing ?

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So HAL was trying to cover up the cost of its idle employees by jacking up the price of LCA. IAF has shortage of jets and HAL employees are sitting idle. What a bizarre situation.And they want to open up another unit tumkur. I can bet anything under the sun that, no unit of HAL will close. GoI &...

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Buy the F16 so we have more leverage on you

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LCA body is composite so it will look shiny. The next step in evaluation for HAL is simple, make all parts to precision so that they can be effortlessly interchanged between planes. Jags, one part cannot fit the other )for many parts), in this age of precision manufacturing (even if low volume), th...

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It seems there is a change in stance of Trump on the killing. Trump threatens“very severe” consequences if the Saudis are found to have murdered him. Could we see a regime change or atleast MBS being replaced as king in waiting I think Jamal K janam kundli was revealed to DT. the severe consequence...

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There is nothing to be proud of UAE minister's visit to HAL. They are simply planning to develop their own aircraft industry. All HAL is doing is introducing technology to a future competitor. That rather myopic or atleast you are tethering yourself to a very short period based view, IMHO. What abo...

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How Chinese intelligence operates https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/sting-operation-lifts-lid-chinese-espionage The case was unprecedented: On Oct. 10, Belgium extradited a Chinese intelligence officer to the United States after an Ohio court had indicted the operative on charges of "econo...

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How Chinese intelligence operates https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/sting-operation-lifts-lid-chinese-espionage The case was unprecedented: On Oct. 10, Belgium extradited a Chinese intelligence officer to the United States after an Ohio court had indicted the operative on charges of "econo...

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Amass a 1000 artillery guns on the paki border and let them loose at any terrorist ..or better to use specialised ones to burrow tunnels

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Suspected spy for Pakistan's ISI arrested at BrahMos unit in Nagpur; accused charged for allegedly leaking missile secrets Suspected spy for Pakistan's ISI arrested at BrahMos unit in Nagpur; accused charged for allegedly leaking missile secrets India FP Staff Oct 08, 2018. Teams of the Uttar Prade...

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abhik wrote:Yes, a true League of Nations SAM inventory

just to make things interesting for any enemy SEAD

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Kashi wrote:Biggest ever deal? Is it bigger than the Chinese acquisition?

as with all Indo Russian arms deals, only some details are public, the S400 looks like a juicy red balloon to mask a bunch of contracts and subcontracts

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mody wrote:News report claiming leak of Brahmos capability by DRDO employee to paki agents. Don't know how serious it is.

If the Indian intelligence has not gamed this earlier, they have only themselves to blame. It was just a matter of time

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why is America not so concerned about other non S 400 military deals?

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ramana wrote:S-400 is not just range but capability.
IAF does need the capability for defending certain airbases.
No more discussion.

Are we in the mode to critique every decision whether we have information or not?

and that does seem like a knee-jerk reaction for some

.. no thinking required

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China Is Developing Space Lasers To Detect Submarines 1,640 Feet Underwater Typical Star Wars type solutions and hype. How will the Laser work on bad weather day? And if this thing works why fire it from a satellite? why not from a ship? The US has already deployed space based laser communications ...

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https://navaltoday.com/2018/09/14/south-korea-launches-its-first-mid-class-submarine/ Featuring a length of 83.3 meters and a width of 9.6 meters, the new diesel-electric air-independent propulsion submarine can accommodate 50 people. The boats are also fitted with vertical launch tubes capable of ...

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chetak, What got me mad was to find that HAL had the 5/year mfg line for Tejas! And later added 3/yr. With 5/year even 100 aircraft would take 20 years. The 20+20 would have taken 8 years to make. What were they thinking? And then the second green field line was added. wasn't that the reason the se...

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ramana wrote:I think US should go ahead.
It ends the frenemy phase.

better that way , the earlier that happens

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And where will we source that DU from? From neighbourhood chaiwala? for one thing use of depleted uranium rounds is extremely irresponsible., its irradiating a large part of land inhospitable for centuries. granted it is far dense than a tungsten round but its a definite no in a humanitarian sense

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enaiel wrote:Does anyone know when HAL actually received the funds for the second line? I'm guessing it was sometime in 2017.
Also, we might see a delay in getting SP-21 because FOC SoP is not frozen yet.

looks like without another line the numbers will never be in time

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