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Tejas Mk1+1A will make up 6 squadrons. IIRC, usually there are 2 trainers per squadron. So why are we ordering an extra 6 trainers? 50% contingency seems excessive.

Also, trainers will be 2 seaters so does that mean their fuel capacity is lower and hence combat radius is lower than regular Mk1s?

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^Polar satellites don't stick to a longitude. You are thinking of Geosats there.

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^To add to that, IAF never orders an engine. That's not their job, or expertise. Have you ever heard IAF propose an engine? That is GTRE or ADA's job. Even Uttam isn't IAF's responsibility, they are only interested in the final product. It's DRDO that is spearheading Uttam development.

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https://indianexpress.com/article/business/ayushman-bharat-insurance-companies-fail-to-get-govts-health-cover-pie-5308900/lite/ Most states have preferred to settle insurance claims on their own through trusts. Is this wise? Is there potential for massive scams here? Ayushman Bharat: Insurance compa...

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Question - if Russia, or for that matter, any other country or large entity, sells Indian Rupee on the International market for dollars, will that cause Rupee to decline against the dollar? My gut tells me the answer is yes, but can someone confirm? Also, if the answer is yes, what stops us from hoa...

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The major problem Kaveri was facing until now was that it was stalling in certain flight regimes. That problem has supposedly been solved by the French but untill it can be proven beyond a shadow of doubt, there is no chance of putting it on a Single Engine Fighter. We need to remember that even a s...

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Do we care about Depleted Uranium's toxicity? For one, it will only be used on Paki land. Secondly, with so many nuclear plants coming up, it might be a good way to dispose off some waste. As for humanity, who will blame us? US and UK used it in Middle-East with impunity.

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Admiral, you are not getting it. I am not advocating uncertified kaveri; For squadron service, I want certified kaveri only. Is mk1a flying? is mk2? didn't iaf order 83 mk1a and 201 mk2? This is basically a vote of confidence from IAF that they will induct that many as long as mk1a, mk2 get certifi...

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ks_sachin wrote:What man or woman ATGM uses DU?

DU full form?

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^For a polar orbit, the effect of earth's rotation must be cancelled out. The rotational speed decreases as one moves away fron the equator towards the poles. Hence, theoretically, a polar orbital launch would be cheapest at poles. However, the effect isn't that significant since you only need about...

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I think this actually means US cannot sanction India now, atleast in the near future. If it does, that will push India into the Russia-China camp. US cannot afford to lose both to Russia. If US has decided to prioritize India over China, that limits their options viz-a-viz us.

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nits wrote:Got few images

It says Nirbhay is in Production stage
Is this true? Did I miss a lot of successful tests? All troubles sorted out? Last I heard, they were getting ready to try it with indigenous engine.

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I am always befuddled when Indian in all sincerity want all their missiles to be nuke tipped without understanding the context. So, in the past we've had seen the talk of nuke tipped Akash and Brahmos. At least folks need to leave some for the pure conventional role. Folks think anointing a missile...

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No. Nasr is nuke equipped and much shorter range. This replaces Prithvi which was dual armed and hence unusable. What stops India from using a nuclear warhead on this missile? More importantly, is there a structural/technical difference between a nuclear capable missile and a conventional missile?

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Is Prahar India's response to Nasr? Tactical nuke missile. I remember reading about this ages ago.

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As of now, I don't see the centre reducing tax on crude. It's all well and good to say that India should follow the approach of other countries that tax fuel at a fixed 50-60% but that would reduce tax collections drastically. We need to remember that India is still a predominantly Indirect taxation...

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^Common sense isn't it? Regarding stretching production, HAL has done it before too with Su-30. Not exactly wrong on their part, since empty production lines means no output to show. So they will stretch this out till FOC and then till Mk1A and then till Mk2 and so on.

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^Forget Mk1A, even Mk1 FOC isn't fixed yet. And so long as those aren't fixed, HAL will continue to extend Mk1 production to keep production lines busy.

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Indian policy makers must be firm on Nepal. Don't allow a single unit of electricity produced by Chinese backed powerplants to enter our grids. We need to ensure Chinese investments in Nepal collapse and become an NPA. This is one place where we hold all the cards. I just hope our policy makers don'...

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Suryag ji, I think some ICBMs carry such countermeasures also called penetrating aids or penaids. I am not very knowledgeable about this but I am reasonably sure this exists. Not sure if anyone has deployed them yet.

Here's a concept video link: https://youtu.be/ARnyIrDg6xk

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What is the point of naming it GST then? GST- Goods and Services Tax. It's doing what it is named. Nowhere in the name implies that there can't be new tax brackets. The aim is to make sure a particular product is charged same tax rate throughout the country to effectively create a single market. It...

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Does the Agni series missile deploy counter-measures like flares, dummy warhead, etc.?

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^The extra rupees will be converted to dollars by selling them to the RBI.

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I think the reason for slow production is that HAL wanrs to stretch out production until Mk1A is ready to avoid idle production lines. They have done this before with Su-30,they are doing it again.

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and not to forget the crashed helicopter at OBL raid in abbottabad. That said, how's either of S400 or Thaad going to be funded? perhaps some chinese copy of S 400 I thought they burned that helicopter before leaving, didn't they? Regarding funding, another long-term loan probably even for a chines...

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Thanks everyone for clarifying. My thoughts were that with how network centric the warfare has become, with satellite imagery and weapon system radars, it wouldn't be that hard to quickly find out where the armoured thrust would come from. But yes, I realize now that it would be quite foolish to com...

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Nice! Congratulations to DRDO. Hope trials are completed on mission mode so that this Spike deal gets spiked once and for all. On a side note, do we really need 75000 MPATGM? I was looking at Paki Armour numbers. Wikipedia puts their tanks around 5000 and armoured troop carriers around 3000. Even wi...

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^THAAD to pakis? Not while they are so cosy to the cheen. US hasn't forgotten how the Pakis helped Cheen reverse engineer Tomahawks.

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At this point, S-400 has become an ego issue. If we don't buy it now, ties with Russia will be damaged beyond repair. This buy has morphed into as much a diplomatic decision as it is a strategic one. If India backs down now, it will send a message across as India not being reliable. After that, we w...

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Trouble is, the INR isn't a reserve currency. We run a (healthy) inflation rate of 4-5%, so all else being equal, that's what the Russians will lose about that much on their rupee holdings annually. Of course the value of the rupee is also linked with the country's macroeconomic fundamentals to the...

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Russia & India seek to boost trade, switch to national currencies https://www.rt.com/business/438508-india-russia-investment-national-currencies/ Would this include arms payments in Rupees/Roubles or are those exempted? I think the 50 billion dollar figure of bilateral trade does not count arms...

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Meh, I don't know how reliable an ally Taiwan can be. They officially claim Arunachal Pradesh as their land so technically we have a land dispute with them.

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The one thing I want IMF to do is force Pakistan to reveal exact terms of loabs from China. When the ordinary Pakistani, who cannot stop singing praises of the benevolant Cheenis realizes how badly they have been shafted, that will be a bigger body blow to the deeper than ocean friendship than anyth...

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If you write the words "Tejas" and "Statesman" in the google search, you will see how this publication has been conducting a systematic smear campaign against the Tejas for well over a year. Each time there has been positive news regarding Tejas, there has been a disparaging arti...

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nam wrote:It may be less than 60 ton, instead of 50.

Even that would be BIG NEWS. But there's no other report regarding the same.

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not that they dont deserve it or i have newfound love for them, but how do you think they will respond in such case? This is where nations start talking about nukes.. I don't think they will go for nukes. Lets break down the situation. China is trying hard and barely managing to keep US out of thei...

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It is fake news. It has to be! If not, why aren't we ordering 1000+ Mk2s? Why isn't there any hullabaloo in the media? I am too scared to even hope anymore.

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Oil 2018 Demand is starting to catch up with supply. I suspect we will see oil prices peaking in the next 5 years again. Much of the demand growth is coming from China and India. So can't US increase output even more and cause prices to crash? I think an oil price crash will be in US interest becau...

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True, but the fact of the Chins taking part at all is a major development.The US as you mentioned is the clear enemy.Will COMCASA bring us into the firing line if a Sino-US spat breaks out with Ru support to China and the US demands its pound of flesh with LEMOA, COMCASA, etc.? Any US assets/ entit...

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QUESTION-
If the US shale producers have been increasing production (as reported many times over the last year) then why are crude prices rising? I kbow OPEC and Russia have been reducing production to push the prices up, but is the US shale not able to fulfill the shortage?

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