Bharat Rakshak

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Integrating unmanned platforms and enabling tech in India’s warfighting doctrine
https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/ ... -doctrine/
24 March 2021

By Major General BS Dhanoa (retd)

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Keeping fingers crossed that India does not repeat history.... https://twitter.com/alpha_defense/status/1374432514765254660?s=20 ---> In search of Gold.... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExL3FcSUYAkZq_f?format=jpg&name=large ....We lost Diamonds (HF-24 Marut) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExL3FncUYBA...

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For Navy, 6 nuclear-powered submarines take priority over 3rd aircraft carrier From the article above.... According to South Block officials, the Indian Navy told the country’s national security planners at the Combined Commanders Conference this month that the plan to build the nuclear-powered att...

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Akash NG https://firestarter.substack.com/p/akash-ng 21 March 2021 https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F186cc501-14a1-4017-8c58-0623924a0096_5568x3712.jpeg

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https://twitter.com/defence_in/status/1 ... 93672?s=20 ---> Shaurya vis-à-vis Pralay.

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https://twitter.com/TheWolfpackIN/status/1374559091994034178?s=20 ----> Top US Navy Admiral on India's S-400 ADS purchase says, "We will have to work through this and encourage India to consider US equipment." Says "encouragement angle & providing alternatives" likely better ...

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https://twitter.com/IAF_MCC/status/1374 ... 53280?s=20 ---->

Conducting a thorough inspection of a Su-30MKI after a successful mission in UAE...the last phase of #ExDesertFlag.

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https://twitter.com/MidhaniLtd/status/1 ... 57218?s=20 ---> MIDHANI dispatched its 75% indigenous content of the first consignment of high-temperature alloy for the country’s indigenous Kaveri dry engine program powering UNMANNED COMBAT AERIAL VEHICLE (UCAV).

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https://twitter.com/TheWolfpackIN/status/1374706306876112902?s=20 ---> Report: Indian Navy is seriously thinking of reviving it's heavy-destroyer project (NGD/P-18) to counter the 12,000-tonne Type 055 cruisers being built by China. Tweet below is in response to the tweet above. https://twitter.com/...

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The PAF solution to the issue below will be to acquire the Chinese xerox copy version....obviously with baksheesh money. https://twitter.com/TheWolfpackIN/status/1374957734748168192?s=20 ---> Pakistani military attaché to a Western European nation admits during a host nation's staff college conferen...

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https://twitter.com/TheAvenger82/status/1374743721271422980?s=20 ---> The Indian Navy is likely to approach the Narendra Modi government soon seeking “acceptance of necessity” for the project to build six nuclear-powered submarines or SSNs. https://twitter.com/TheWolfpackIN/status/137474931318057370...

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https://twitter.com/TheWolfpackIN/statu ... 59552?s=20 ---> Report: IAF planning to upgrade it's bases in NE India with more Hardened Air Shelters (HAS) and more Surface-to-Air missile cover.

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https://twitter.com/TheWolfpackIN/statu ... 50752?s=20 ---> Report: IAF Chief ACM Bhadauria to visit France next month. To meet top officials of French AF & Dassault.

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Litening i think. I could be wrong.

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Do not confuse the ATV project with the SSN project. They are two different platforms meant for two different roles. I realized that is where you and rajsunder were assuming the funds were coming from. But that is not the case. Even the above link you posted does not state that the SSN project comes...

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The six SSNs are to come from the navy budget, right alongside every other naval project.

There are reports of special budgets, but those are for other projects. The longer they continue to delay the sanction of funds for IAC-2, that much longer it will take for the vessel to arrive.

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Austin Asia Visits Focussed On U.S. Putting China On Front Burner

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https://twitter.com/Chellaney/status/1373864483970445317?s=20 ---> Not content with its Iran-oil embargo imposing billions of dollars of higher import costs on India, the US (as its defense secretary's visit signaled) is seeking to dictate India's defense ties with Russia. The US must grasp this: In...

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^^^^ I have to ask... what's in it for UAE to help us? Brokering the ceasefire with Pakis I can understand but why would they volunteer their resources against China? YashG has raised some excellent points in his post. Kudos to him. India is any day the better bet over Pakistan, financially and pol...

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Is ‘CAATSA’, a ‘bizarre’ legislation as regards its application on India (for purchase of Russian S-400 Triumf)? 23 March 2021 Part 1 ---> https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/rakshakindia/is-caatsa-a-bizarre-legislation-as-regards-its-application-on-india-for-purchase-of-russian-s-400-triumf-...

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The report above mentions 6 SSNs in place of a "heavy" aircraft carrier., wonder if that was somebodys imagination. A heavy AC would be in the leagues of 100k tons The heavy aircraft carrier being referred to here is the 65K ton IAC-2. Compared to the Vikramaditya and Vikrant, IAC-2 is he...

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Any delay in aircraft carrier will have a corresponding delay in the acquisition of phoren carrier borne fighters. Good luck with the Navy getting sanction from the MoD for these aircraft, when there is delay over the aircraft carrier itself. Bye bye Rafale M and F-18SH Block III. I am happy, becaus...

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For Navy, 6 nuclear-powered submarines take priority over 3rd aircraft carrier From the article above.... According to South Block officials, the Indian Navy told the country’s national security planners at the Combined Commanders Conference this month that the plan to build the nuclear-powered att...

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For Navy, 6 nuclear-powered submarines take priority over 3rd aircraft carrier Assuming this article is true, it would confirm what many on this forum have been saying - there is no money to fund everything at the same time, even when all projects are paid over the course of construction or acquisi...

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https://twitter.com/Amitraaz/status/1374161217820921857?s=20 ---> Indian officers, selected to become astronauts to crew the Gaganyaan into orbit, have completed their 1-year training course in Russia: Sputnik The contract for the training of IAF officers was signed between the ISRO and Russian laun...

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https://twitter.com/Amitraaz/status/137 ... 22413?s=20 ---> 3 x DRDO Netra AEW&CS

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Mirage 2000 Indian Air Force 4K Cinematic | Get Inspired

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Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 Fighter Jets | Back to Back takeoff

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https://twitter.com/joe_sameer/status/1269479918359900162?s=20 ---> Deep inside Fightertown, Gwalior; is the nucleus of India's most battle hardened airborne operational response. Three squadrons of Mirage 2000 are worth their weight in gold & have spearheaded every single IAF offensive and defe...

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I believe Sameer Joshi is referring to French Air Force Rafales and Mirage 2000s in his tweet. THE FRENCH MINISTRY OF THE ARMED FORCES ORDERS 367 MICA NG (NEW GENERATION) MISSILES https://www.mbda-systems.com/2021/03/22/the-french-ministry-of-the-armed-forces-orders-367-mica-ng-new-generation-missil...

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Today the unit operates the MiG-29UPG from Jamnagar AFS if I am not mistaken. Used to be based at Lohegaon till the mid to late 90s, till the arrival of the Rambha which now resides there. Truly legends in this picture and a number of Air Chiefs as well. https://twitter.com/Leopard212/status/1374239...

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https://twitter.com/AviationWall/status ... 74373?s=20 ---> You can’t blend in when you are born to stand out. The Aviators of the Indian Air Force with their bird Su-30MKI.

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Maritime, air defence theatre commands to be announced by June 2021
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-ne ... 48044.html
23 March 2021

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In a historic first, India could participate in military exercises in Pakistan later this year
https://theprint.in/defence/in-a-histor ... ar/626387/
22 March 2021

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Army to take strict action against serving officers, under training cadets who bribed their way into the force
https://www.timesnownews.com/india/arti ... rce/736115
23 March 2021

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This is LM's Auto GCAS system ---> https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/pr ... ogcas.html

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I do not believe the IAF uses the TALIOS laser designation pod. ASMP-A is France's strategic nuclear weapon and represents the air component of France's nuclear strike force. To be used only by France. The AGCAS is interesting. Found on the F-16 Block 70 and F-21. Is marketed as one of the features ...

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This is from the French Air Force and French Navy that operate the Rafale C/B/M. The F3R variant is the baseline variant flown by the IAF with ISE (India Specific Enhancements) upgrades. https://twitter.com/ReviewVayu/status/1372793586333347842?s=20 ---> Rafale F3-R now to be used in operational ser...

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