Bharat Rakshak

sohamn

Folks, do not engage sohamn, he is under watch for now. Kakkaji, you are senior poster, desist from same track. IAF pilots are not known to park their craft in POK after an operation and walk back to Indian side. So don’t speculate like that and certainly don’t engage with my post too. Move on. We ...

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He is claiming that it could be a mirage 2000

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Same thing happened last time as well, pakis have a better pr arm. If India took down that fighter then they should announce it.

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rsharma wrote: ↑07 May 2025 03:50
drnayar wrote: ↑07 May 2025 03:39 Paki f16 visuals

https://x.com/Platypuss_10/status/1919875019326283845
Looks like a refuelling probe, no ?

https://imgur.com/a/eIq1ah3

Yes, looks like a refueling probe

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:rotfl: Pakistan shoots down two Indian Rafale jets https://www.samaa.tv/2087333009-pakistan-shoots-down-two-indian-rafale-jets 07 May 2025 Fact checked and dismissed as fake. It's an old image. btw reports of an F16 downed by Indian air defence system near Jammu. I wonder which missile was used. m...

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I saw the videos of the missile in X, clearly looks like a cruise missile.

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fanne wrote: ↑07 May 2025 02:51 TSP really have a tough choice. We hit legitimate targets, what will TSP retaliate against?

You are right, TSP can't simply drop bombs in a jungle this time. They will choose a military target of lesser importance, and Asim needs to save face or else khan will eat him for lunch.

sohamn

They will use babur this time, can't use their fighters due to our long range sams. They key is early detection, I hope the aero stats and awacs are all up and flying.

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Ankit Desai wrote: ↑07 May 2025 02:34 They said IAF did ?

-Ankit

ISPR said that pak was hit with land based missiles

sohamn

Can Pralay do precision strikes? - its some missile that PAF couldnt shoot down easily.

sohamn

I looked at the video, its not rockets for sure. The explosions are quite massive. And since the locations were > 100 kms from border - it has to be some medium range cruise missile - perhaps israeli or brahmos.

sohamn

I think MBRL might cause collateral damage since they are not precision guided. Perhaps some missiles, brahmos?

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HAL is stuck in a time warp and doesn't seem to be able to deliver at all. GE handed over the first engine in march, but even after 1.5 months we haven't seen the MK1A fly. Unless we privatize HAL and/or get another development partner in the mix I dont think our squadron situation will improve.

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Comparing MKI to F-16s and Rafale to J-10A is incorrect. What IAF lacks and I would blame MoD & babus equally are: 1) Super Sukhoi should have been pursued on war footing and by now first squadron should have been inducted. (Its been 6 years since Feb 19 Balakot) 2) Same for Astra Mk1, Astra Mk...

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... IAF flankers are sort of equivalent to F-16s in combat capability, and Rafales are sort of equal to J10s. Pakistan is superior in terms of awacs. I dont think IAF can dominate Pak airspace as others might think... It's not just Gen which matters. Training, tactics, strategy all are important fa...

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145 km is decent range, which leaves them vulnerable only to meteors but not anything else

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Kilo firing harpoon? wow!! someone has done the retrofit well. That is * NOT * a Kilo (Sindhughosh) Class submarine, but a HDW 209, Type 1500 (Shishumar) Class boat. The silhouette of the boat, right in the beginning of the video is a dead giveaway. All Kilo Class boats start with the name Sindhu a...

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A Deshmukh wrote: ↑30 Apr 2025 07:29 Don't we have 100s of Astras by now?
Are these not superior than AMRAAM & PL-15?

Astra Mk1 is = AMRAAM C5
Astra Mk1<PL-15
PL-15<Meteor

India hasn't ordered Astra Mk2 yet, which is a AMRAAM D class missile.

sohamn

If it was 1980, R27 would have been a good option. But carrying a semi active missile in a BVR fight is suicidal. Unless you are firing at a transport there is no chance to maintain lock for the entire flight profile. R-77-1s are sort of equal to AMRAAM C5 variants in range but have a lower MAR beca...

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unless you can use the cover of hill and features well, and you dont have a high altitude enemy awac tracking you, you have no hope in hell to drop dumb bombs on your enemy. That era is over with mass proliferation of shoulder fired and short ranged sams.

sohamn

Kilo firing harpoon? wow!! someone has done the retrofit well.

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IAF doesn't have greaters odds of success in a short war. Except for few S400s and Rafales, IAF doesn't have any potent platform to counter the AMRAAM D's and PL-15s. Most of the fleet are dependent on either mid ranged older missiles like R77 (even some semi-active missiles) or the newer but mid ra...

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I am not being jingoistic now but exploring the realities of poor investment over the years... w.r.t to a balakot++ like strike I think our hands are tied because we haven't invested in quality deterrent, and our babu's / generals have wrapped all the deals in red tapes resulting in almost no acquis...

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Akash NG is a heavy weight missile with a significantly heavier warhead, VLSRSAM is a smaller class of missile. Neither VLSRSAM nor Akash can reach anywhere close to 80 miles horizontal range, since they have to travel on the hypotenuse which is much longer than the base / horizontal range. This is ...

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ATAGS requirement is not 1500, its only 307 (and this is also an increased number). The heavy ATAGS is not found suitable in the Himalayas. there is another version of ATAGS (lighter by few tons) ready with Bharat Forge. Athos is also in this weight category. Plus MGS is also on the way. this is a ...

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This is not Prahar, army didn’t order Prahar which is a battlefield missile. This is Pralay which is a tactical ballistic missile.

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^^^

yes, I wrote that in BR forums and got quite a bit of hate for the piece. going from VFR to IMC is a dangerous practise especially in area's where you don't have ATC support and proper terrain maps. A shockingly big mistake by an experienced pilot.

sohamn

This was a wrong maneuver from the Navy boat pilot. They changed the direction at the last moment which led to the crash. I think the crew was not experienced in the boat and they were not following protocol. Sab chalta hai attitude.

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the 350 Kms range is just fluff. These are ranges at 60k feet with both aircraft running head on at military thrust. The real world high probability interception range is probably around 50-60 NM or thereabouts, and the MAR (minimum abort range) might be in the range of 25-30NM. This is because mult...

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Indigenous nuclear attack submarine design to take 4-5 years, another five years for construction https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/indigenous-nuclear-attack-submarine-design-to-take-4-5-years-another-five-years-for-construction/article68959614.ece 07 Dec 2024 Speaking of which, any reason we ...

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My understanding is that a hypersonic missile in it's hypersonic phase of flight is, due to the ionised layer around it, unable to use on board sensors or receive updates from other sensors through a data link. At this stage it can only use INS. Hence if it has to remain hypersonic in it's final st...

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Answering some of the questions based on open source knowledge - How does a HGV do target acquisition? A: Onboarding and land based sensors are not powerful enough to actively target a moving asset like an AC. While, this might not be a problem for a LACM where it might be targeting a static asset l...

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To temper the enthusiasm a bit ... This is a HGV or hypersonic glide vehicle, where it flies an initial ballistic trajectory (rocket motor), a powered and maneuvering hypersonic cruise phase (scramjet) at high altitudes of 80k feet or more, and then a 1.5-2 mach supersonic terminal phase that is unp...

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And the solution is to lust after vaporware from sellers who are struggling to win a local conflict and who cannot even fullfill orders for their own fighting armies? wah bhai wah....badiya logic! :rotfl: Were you describing Russia or describing us? But alright, even if we don't find Su-75 to be su...

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Let us put ourselves in the shoes of the Armed forces and understand why across the board (Army, Navy & Air force) will only accept a product only when they are 200% confident of the performance of the weapon system, even to the extent of the above statement of "We will fight with what we ...

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This can't be Lion batteries exploding and killing people, the Israelis definitely tampered with the batteries and injected some soft of chemical explosive which caused them to explode. More interesting is that they had the pager numbers and walkie takie frequencies of every single hezbolla operativ...

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For the speed at which it flies, aerodynamics matters less compared to say a fighter. for e.g. look at a cessna 172 - very poor aerodynamics but flies pretty well

sohamn

No, it is not going to be an option. Unless you put a completely private company in charge kavery will never be operationalized. You need a true desi MIL (not the Adani screwdriver type companies that replaces HAL screwdriver giri) to fight the videshi MILs that are in cahoots with the babu's and ge...

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These might be the totally imported CKD batches. I don't think Indo-Russian Assault has fully manufactured any fully built rifle from scratch

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b)Engine might have failed after the gears were down. On water, belly landing will be preferred. But why on land? Because landing gears perform very poorly in anything except for paved roads, they dig into to soil, collapse inwards and create massive structural compromise which can cause aircraft t...

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