Bharat Rakshak

Harry

4) I know that the Jaguar is not a greatly maneuverable aircraft (at altitude at least) from two sources of information. The first is public statement that the Jaguar was ineffective for a Kargil type role, and the second is my personal observation that Jaguars in flight demos in Aero India typical...

Harry

Since you were talking about the same for long, I thought that you'd be the first person next to the runway when it landed?

Harry

Here are some clues,

- 300 R-29B-300 engines were ordered in 1984 alone.

- 100th MiG-27ML delivered on 2 May 1992.

- TS 665 was the last MiG-27ML delivered, in March 1997.

- The peak production rate for both airframes at Nasik and engines at Koraput, was 24 units per year.

Harry

Loaned and returned Jaguar - JI001-JI018 Jaguar GR.1s assembled at BAC Warton JS101-JS135 Jaguar T.2s assembled at BAC Warton JT051-JT055 HAL manufactured Jaguar-IS(first batch) JS136-JS193 HAL manufactured Jaguar-IB(first batch) JT056-JT065 HAL manufactured Jaguar-IM JM251-JM262* HAL manufactured J...

Harry

A photographer's dream come true!

This also confirms that the IAF has atleast 3 different shades of gray for some of its a/c. the most notable examples being the Hs-748s, MiG-29s and the MiG-25R. An-32s, Il-76s, Bisons and Su-30MKIs maintain a uniform gray.

Harry

Devon at Sulur,

http://www.thehindu.com/2005/10/03/imag ... 680201.jpg

http://www.thehindu.com/2005/10/03/stor ... 680200.htm

Harry

Check out the strange looking Su-30K at 28 24 49 36, 79 27 4 54

Sookerating AP at Dum Duma looks spooky.

Dakota at Sulur confirmed.

Harry

Illustrious off Mumbai

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Damn. I thought they were building larger airbases and increasing hangar and tarmac area.

Harry

I suggest saving all the info you've all found. The airports and defence installations are all going to be blurred soon. The disputed territory nonsense may also be fixed soon.

Harry

ATM mag from the Czech republic has an extensive article on INS Delhi,

Photos from ACIG.

Harry

Not sure if this has'nt been posted already, but 'The Telegraph' reports that the Trisonics is reportedly converting to the MiG-21 Bison. DDM i think, uptill now only the 35 Sqn Rapiers is reported to convert to Bison. IMHO Bisons will not be used to equip new squadrons, as it is an upgrade program...

Harry

Would it have been possible to use the Foxbats in an ELINT role by attaching pods? When these planes penetrated the neighbors' airspaces a lot of radars must have lit up, these radars and their characteristics could then be recorded, classified, and studied. Also, the Foxbats would have been able t...

Harry

My paan wallah is more TFTA than your tea wallah and he says otherwise. Hence the SSG won and 9 Paras collectively commited suicide in shame.

Harry

That Mi-17 didnt have a working flares system. And from first hand accounts at the time, it was downed only after many MANPADs launches According to the Hindu from that time, there were at least 10 Stingers launched against that Mi-17 alone. Gaurav Sawant has written of one incident when our Para S...

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The secretive nature of the Foxbat seems to be exaggerated. They've been open to civilians at least once in the past. The equipment is not super-sensitive, just the kind of missions they fly. Just 49 engineers for the entire span of their lifetime also seems way too low.

BTW This is not a MiG-25R.

Harry

Wow! I hope a full report is underway!

Harry

Did No.35 retain their MiG-21Ms when the MiG-25Rs were transferred to them?

Harry

Op Safedsagar could only commence after a MiG-25R brought back the critical info, flying at medium altitude, lower than the norma altitude of operation. For all this talk about UAVs, what happened the last time a UAV tried a "deep" mission inside Pukistan? :roll: A MiG-25R can reach the ta...

Harry

Destroying the PAF is 1/10th of the IAF's role in war. That should be done before moving on to anything. Satellite surveillance is there. If the Navy is supposed to know where the Paki subs are at all times, the most important long range launchers should also be well covered. However, airborne recon...

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In the case of war, the Pakis will know that the India will be hunting Ballistic missile launchers. Its not too likely that they'll waste their longer ranged assets on airbase strike (with their pathetic CEP, results are not guaranteed) and will instead, reserve as many as possible for the nuclear r...

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Maharajpur AFB is supposed to have airconditioned HASs (Can't be a/c Hangars coz thats common)

Dont think INS Hansa has HASs. Jamnagar AFB does though.

Harry

Check out the home of the Flaming Arrows. Never seen something similar. Any reason for those patches? http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6111/gorak6mh.th.jpg The Coast Guard operated F.27s leased from Indian Airlines, from Dum Dum. The lease supposedly expired long ago but the aircraft appear to remai...

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Please have look at this.... 21o22'45" N 72o10'38" E Now I know the place is the famous junk yard for ships. But what this aircraft carrier is doing there???? Which one is this? Definately not IN. If thats the Clemencau, these photos are damn recent http://www.towncrier.org.uk/travel/IMG/...

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AFB Tambaram is just outside the high res area!

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That's sad because the Blue Fox is overwhelmingly outperformed by older, technologically inferior French and Russian sets. It can track only 1 target and suffers from sea clutter even after a block upgrade.

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Janes Avionics shows the crappy Blue Fox to be a slotted array radar. Is this accurate or does it really use a cassegrain dish?

Paul Mead?

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I can recall one instance when TD-2 was in the air for well over an hour. IIRC, Siva also mentioned the endurance.

Harry

Interesting. I remember that in the previous DEFEXPO, the ADA dude very specifically denied any RWR on PV-1. But a few months later, when I saw and sat in a partially disassembled PV-1, it had the antennae, the LRUs and the display unit in the cockpit. Eventually, PS Subramanium did accept that the...

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Interesting. I remember that in the previous DEFEXPO, the ADA dude very specifically denied any RWR on PV-1. But a few months later, when I saw and sat in a partially disassembled PV-1, it had the antennae, the LRUs and the display unit in the cockpit. Eventually, PS Subramanium did accept that ther...

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Cool!

Keep em coming.

Harry

DEFEXPO over already?

I expect a load of pics and info and experiences over the next few days......

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Business visitors mean people whose companies or employers are at least, vaguely related to defence. Drop in your visiting cards, fill up a form and in you go...

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Priyank wrote:
That looks like a Sea Eagle training round on an IN's IL-38 (serial number IN 303).

Project Yaduvansh

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No I am sure its the ESM on top. there are other pix around in places like AFM mag for the belly radome. The only confirmed description translates to "radio recon" tower. Think about it -> simultaneous air and sea search with two radars. A very big deal. No ESM antenna needs to be that big.

Harry

Funny thing is that HAL has just started supplying the first of ~5000 tail rotors to Bell. I'll bet that the selection of the Swiss firm was due to external factors, just like the selection of the Lords anti-vibration system.

Harry

Actually the best way to get answer for these questions is to wear a T-shirt saying "Shoot me! I am a Spy" Rubbish. If (one of) the same people who represented Brahmos at AI, is there, these questions will be answered. Preferably not the one who said that the P-15A was a Rajput. And the P...

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There will be extensive Brahmos participation so find a good guy and ask, 1. About how the land based version of the Brahmos differs from the Ship based version? -In guidance -In warhead -In flight profile 2. About how much heatsinking the Brahmos uses to overcome heat while flying supersonic in the...

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Rahul M wrote:yes chan we wud all like to know :

why u r what u r ??

r u of mongolian descent,by any chance?

I thought nagarhavu = Stealth Spy, who is no fan on China on AFM. So the funda behind "chan" is very curious...

Harry

Aditya_M wrote:methinks Harry meant "Why 'Chan'?"

Yes. Why "chan"?

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