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by KiranM
17 Mar 2022 14:53
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Russian / Ukranian Combat Tactics
Replies: 1204
Views: 395654

Re: Russian / Ukranian Combat Tactics

My learning and observations from the various Twitter handles and web links that report. Limited information from Russian side due to Ukrainian skew of info war by West. Russia Pros: 1. True to letter combined operations from 0 hour. They could have the traditional Russian method of artillery and ai...
by KiranM
13 Dec 2021 19:35
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Replies: 5960
Views: 2253042

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018

I'm still unsure about how this weapon will be deployed. 1) How will it discriminate between Indian, hostile and non-Indian friendly or neutral subs operating in an area? 2) A P8 or MH60 acting as sensors can deploy its own weapons to kill target. So why would you send coordinates for a kill from s...
by KiranM
05 Nov 2021 14:48
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Light Utility Helicopter: News & Discussion: 06 Feb 2021
Replies: 238
Views: 258960

Re: Light Utility Helicopter: News & Discussion: 06 Feb 2021

Did not find an online link but read in yesterday’s DH. HAL’s new helicopter production facility in Tumakuru can produce upto 30 units per year. Sources also recommending ministry accord AoN at the earliest for additional 175 LUH. If both happen that should address the Cheetah and Chetak EoL in few ...
by KiranM
05 Nov 2021 00:37
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5263
Views: 1741648

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

Maria wrote:
Ashokk wrote:....
The camo is truly Martian with 3 dissimilar colour schemes. Wonder what else are the Paras doing in Ladakh ... and in Tibet.
Except for the helmet, the camo otherwise blends with the shrubbery.
by KiranM
05 Nov 2021 00:23
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Replies: 5960
Views: 2253042

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018

Read the report. It mentions EO seeker and IIR seeker. For man-in-the-middle guidance (like what was once planned for Helina), visible-spectrum EO seeker helps the WSO better differentiate from a group of targets. By man in the middle. Do you mean sf pathfinders will paint a target for the saaw to ...
by KiranM
05 Nov 2021 00:10
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
Replies: 1688
Views: 706291

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021

In the realm of intelligence, only failures are known to outside world, not successes. Perhaps we take the maxim too far. To catch so many fishes counter intel would have been angling for a long time, sometimes with food to bait them to the hook.
by KiranM
05 Nov 2021 00:00
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: MiG-21 Bison shoots down F-16 in Kashmir
Replies: 4234
Views: 1191040

Re: MiG-21 Bison shoots down F-16 in Kashmir

Not sure if haram here, but uploaded a week back and interesting to visualise the sequence of events.
https://youtu.be/cvoPWZIZmOc
by KiranM
03 Nov 2021 01:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3201
Views: 1755820

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

I have been trying to reconcile the number of medium artillery and rocket regiments with the RSTA batteries. Unless there is dearth of open source information, we seem to be piss poor in this segment? Swathi WLR per Wiki is at 32 only. With the UAVs now under Army Aviation for R&S function, arti...
by KiranM
03 Nov 2021 01:26
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2221
Views: 778284

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

Below is my back of envelope calculation 2025-40. The squadron numbers will go see-saw as old aircraft retire and new get inducted. Time and budget are the biggest factors. Active squadrons - 33 Su30 MKI - 12 Rafale ISE - 2 LCA MK1 - 2 Mig29 - 3 *** Mirage2k - 3 *** Jaguar IM/IB - 6** Mig 21 Bison -...
by KiranM
03 Nov 2021 00:23
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5263
Views: 1741648

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

^^ Do we have a stretch of flat ground in Eastern sector to practice airborne insertion with mechanised and artillery elements? I thought it was mainly in Chumbi valley, and out of bounds unless we do the real thing.
by KiranM
02 Nov 2021 23:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
Replies: 1688
Views: 706291

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021

I don't know about VL Shtil I haven’t see any order and the GSL models seem to show Shtil-1. I don't know even if Delhi will be getting them or they will just have SRSAM replacing Barak-1 when ready and still retain Shtil-1. Per Wiki Chacha the last two Krivak class being built for India are of the...
by KiranM
02 Nov 2021 23:21
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Replies: 2700
Views: 1029272

Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019

2018: We’re looking at 12 squadrons of the Light Combat Aircraft Mk.2, Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa said today at an air power conference in India’s capital, confirming months of reports suggesting the IAF was looking for over 200 of the fighters. https://www.livef...
by KiranM
02 Nov 2021 23:15
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Replies: 2700
Views: 1029272

Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019

Been in super lurker mode for years, but miss the old times of old timers bashing the posters to quality posts. Off late too much of rhona dhona with signal to noise ratio being poor.
by KiranM
17 Jan 2016 16:14
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Discussion on Indian Special Forces
Replies: 4246
Views: 1166870

Re: Discussion on Indian Special Forces

From various photos I have seen, only MARCOS sport the gold combat divers badge. IA SF sport the silver colour.
by KiranM
30 Dec 2015 18:42
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Armed Forces
Replies: 3324
Views: 729163

Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military

In the ad video about Para SF, there are 2 badges shown, one worn above the left pocket and the other on the lanyard. What are they? I recognized the Balidan badge, the parachute badge and the Army Commendation Badge.
by KiranM
04 May 2015 12:17
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014
Replies: 4440
Views: 1243139

Re: Indian Army: News and Discussions 11 June 2014

vaibhav.n wrote: For all the calculations I have done we can mechanize all the three strike corps for ~14,000 crores and use the existing second infantry divisions with the former for the MSC.
Can you please share the details of your calculations if not confidential?
by KiranM
07 Apr 2015 17:45
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
Replies: 3962
Views: 545021

Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14

enroute to gurgaon on metro rail, there is a section where the pillars are really high, giving a commanding view. there is a vast scrubland upto the edges of urban gurgaon. on a hillock near where the urban buildings ends , I saw a radar (parabolic) of vast size slowly rotating away on its perch at...
by KiranM
19 Mar 2015 18:09
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Helicopter Performance Analysis
Replies: 36
Views: 29855

Re: Helicopter Performance Analysis

Vivek, KiranM reported thinking the comments are visible to the poster. Its wrt Apache and LCH post. Apologies I was not aware of same. But perhaps that is a feature that can be enabled? Rather than point out nitpicks to the aam junta. The LCH is the blue dotted line in that ROC curve and goes just...
by KiranM
18 Mar 2015 13:14
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Military Aviation- September 29 2013
Replies: 3929
Views: 520181

Re: Indian Military Aviation- September 29 2013

Shiv-ji, it appears the upcoming conflict will be a 2 front war with the IAF outnumbered in 4+ generation fighters by at least 3:1...there won't be too many attack sorties unlike 1965/1971. I disagree with this analysis. What you are saying is that more than half the Indian Air force and pilots tra...
by KiranM
04 Mar 2015 15:37
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Acquisitions, Partnerships & Developments
Replies: 3234
Views: 895449

Re: Military Acquisitions, Partnerships & Developments

^^^ With 300+ Mi-8/17s in IAF how will they be used for supporting IA? Will they move men and material to IA staging areas and AAC choppers moving them to FEBA? Like a hub and spoke model?
by KiranM
03 Mar 2015 12:00
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Military Aviation- September 29 2013
Replies: 3929
Views: 520181

Re: Indian Military Aviation- September 29 2013

While on the discussion regarding inadequateness of the Indian defence budget for preparing Indian military against China, one should also look at a different example, Japan. India and Japan both have similar defence budget now, though in PPP terms, Indian one would be larger than the Japanese one....
by KiranM
01 Mar 2015 15:28
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Acquisitions, Partnerships & Developments
Replies: 3234
Views: 895449

Re: Military Acquisitions, Partnerships & Developments

Question to gurus; the Rs. 6k Cr odd which is not utilized, can it be accounted for the DAC cleared proposals like for LLW radars, additional Pilatus trainers, repair depots for IN and Grad rockets if signed before end of March? Since technically fiscal year is till 31 March.
by KiranM
27 Feb 2015 13:38
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Discussion on Indian Special Forces
Replies: 4246
Views: 1166870

Re: Discussion on Indian Special Forces

Lot of fantasy stuff being discussed here! Do people actually realize the enormity of a mission like capturing an air-base? Neither Garud have the numbers to accomplish this task nor does India have the airlift capability to even attempt such an operation. Someone spoke about Garud working in conju...
by KiranM
26 Feb 2015 11:41
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Discussion on Indian Special Forces
Replies: 4246
Views: 1166870

Re: Discussion on Indian Special Forces

the concept of seizing an airbase ahead of advancing mech columns would only make sense in a deep battle scenario? in our context, pretty much all the TSP and Cheen airbases are located well away from the border, to the extent we do not envisage such deep campaigns on land to need airfield seizures...
by KiranM
25 Feb 2015 16:21
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014
Replies: 4440
Views: 1243139

Re: Indian Army: News and Discussions 11 June 2014

For the gurus, is it conceivable to have a separate Marine Infantry Rgmt to form the nucleus of amphibious operations (analogous to Para Rgmt for airborne operations)? What would be the thought of current IA folks? My thinking is the nitty gritties of amphibious deployment needs to be regimentalized...
by KiranM
25 Feb 2015 16:20
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Discussion on Indian Special Forces
Replies: 4246
Views: 1166870

Re: Discussion on Indian Special Forces

For those interested, concept of operations to seize an airfield by MEU(SOC) . In the middle of the write up is an estimate for the size and ToE for the initial assault force to capture an airfield (and not a whole Air Base). Given the spat between Paras and SF, splitting into separate regiments is ...
by KiranM
25 Feb 2015 15:55
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
Replies: 3979
Views: 502388

Re: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions

BTW, off topic, I wanted to tell the ADA guys that they really need to work their PR better. Having a few journos fly the Tejas trainer, taking them for tours, stuff like that.. It has improved a bit saar. On the last day at the ADA LCA stall PYTs were handing out a booklet on Tejas like lemons. I ...
by KiranM
25 Feb 2015 15:49
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
Replies: 3979
Views: 502388

Re: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions

Optimal path would be for IAF to order more MK1 numbers to replace Mig-21 in existing infrastructure and align with the Navy MK2 design with suitable IAF specific modifications. The HAS and other infrastructure in FOBs can be upgraded to accommodate MK2s as part of next iterations of MAFI. This alig...
by KiranM
25 Feb 2015 11:50
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Discussion on Indian Special Forces
Replies: 4246
Views: 1166870

Re: Discussion on Indian Special Forces

I have my reservations on the airfield seizure role. They do not have the numbers to seize an entire airfield. Rangers typically deploy at least a Battalion for the purpose. They can take out certain HVTs within an airfield given their SF nature. Ideally, a Para (not SF) Bn not part of the Ind. Para...
by KiranM
23 Feb 2015 13:25
Forum: Military Expositions Archive
Topic: Aero India 2015
Replies: 305
Views: 72655

Re: Aero India 2015

Folks, The third gent I met was involved in the Kaveri program. He told me that they are currently testing the endurance of the engine - they have done 3000 hours already. They need to do 4000 hours before they are certified to fit it on a twin engined aircraft - they have plans to fit it on the Mi...
by KiranM
12 Feb 2015 18:20
Forum: Military Expositions Archive
Topic: Aero India 2015
Replies: 305
Views: 72655

Re: Aero India 2015

Any jingoes visiting? Interested in a get together?
by KiranM
30 Jan 2015 17:52
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Discussion on Indian Special Forces
Replies: 4246
Views: 1166870

Re: Discussion on Indian Special Forces

Interesting tidbits from Lt Gen Katoch on Op BlueStar in this Telegraph Article. Although he seems to have a low opinion about Special Group.
by KiranM
30 Jan 2015 17:44
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014
Replies: 4440
Views: 1243139

Re: Indian Army: News and Discussions 11 June 2014

LtGen Katoch's take on India's parachute deployment capability: Airborne Operations
by KiranM
09 Jan 2015 18:04
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Breaking news: Coast guard intercepted terrorist boat
Replies: 969
Views: 133196

Re: Breaking news: Coast guard intercepted terrorist boat

The coast guard is the initial point of defense of our Borders like the BSF for land. Does thearmy charge in for every terrorits intrusion along our Borders ? Since 9/11, there is a change in the policy. I have mentioned it already and is a repeat. Navy is over all incharge. The parallels cannot be...
by KiranM
02 Jan 2015 14:26
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
Replies: 3962
Views: 545021

Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14

Also IIRC there was supposed to be an ARM version based on Akash. Considering that the SAM system has matured, may be an LFRJ (for increased range) based ARM is in the works now. For ARM mission, missile can be fueled just prior to take off.
by KiranM
24 Dec 2014 21:02
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
Replies: 3546
Views: 893390

Re: Armoured Vehicles Discussion Thread - August 9 , 2014

d_berwal, what about the relaxed parameters for T-90 during comparative trials with Arjun by IA? How do you explain that in 'your humble opinion'? What about the requirement by IA for zero water ingress during fording for Arjun (which delayed Arjun programme), but leeway of 2.5 litres for T-90? How ...
by KiranM
12 Dec 2014 17:48
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Military Helicopters
Replies: 5318
Views: 1945742

Re: Indian Military Helicopters

Thank RV. Any indicators about their service? The last person squatting on left seems to be wearing the shoulder sleeve insignia of Chief Petty Officer/ Master Chief of IN. But the 3 squatting on left do not seem to be wearing any at all. Looking at their combat diver badges indicates they are from ...
by KiranM
12 Dec 2014 15:40
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Military Helicopters
Replies: 5318
Views: 1945742

Re: Indian Military Helicopters

http://i.imgur.com/GyOqPTg.jpg Interesting pics on INAS322 in IN website . I see an Army Aviation pilot on deputation in this pic . The same gent can be seen standing in another pic with Army shoulder insignia. Same pic I see 4 gents squatting who do not seem to have any shoulder insignia. 1 more g...
by KiranM
12 Dec 2014 14:01
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
Replies: 3962
Views: 545021

Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14

If there was a proper Integrated Defense HQ (instead of the namesake that exists now), there would not be a need for this duplication across services. IHQ would identify the targets for Brahmos LACM, finalize the numbers required, deploy corresponding IA operated missile groups with a portion assign...