Bharat Rakshak

Karan M

They won't get increased CAPEX. However, they will get all the weapons needed. No one with an iota of the brain will give a rupee to CAPEX. It will be spent chasing imports. The defence budget is split into two heads. Revenue - this is for existing stores, infra, spend on personnel. Capital. This i...

Karan M

Let me say this - (and hard to accept) - Do we announce everything that gets bought/inducted (domestic or foreign?). You can simply check the overall budget, see the amount allotted to capex and make reasonable assumptions. The amounts are too limited to radically change things. For instance, I did...

Karan M

KaranM, You increase Capex the two services(IA and IAF) will order only imports. The Navy will not. This theory was tried out in 2020 when the Chiefs were given emergency procurement leeway. All they ordered was to import a small number of exotic weapons. Not one single BPJ was ordered. So the less...

Karan M

I have a feeling that this is a step towards increasing involvement of Pvt sector in R&D. DRDO will no longer have sole claim to R&D funds. DRDO also has some inexplicable delays in projects Eg Nirbhay & Rustom-2. Indian Pvt sector has 100+ flying designs of UAVs, compare that to HAL NR...

Karan M

Then nothing will get developed in this country apart from low risk screwdriver tech. In most cases reqmts are world class and subsystem providers from both pvt and public sectors struggle to match reqmts, till 2-3 iterations are completed. CAG doesn't look into the tech aspect all. It's been a goo...

Karan M

I agree to remove the DRDO chief as Scientific Advisor to the RM. Most DRDO chiefs are engineers and far removed from Science. The early SA were good as they came from a Science background. Come on sir, the DRDO chief deals with applied science and has hands on awareness of the topic. The SA to the...

Karan M

Niran, Have the RFP for the ATAGS been published? If not, then why has this RFI been published with a preference for guns under 15 tons? Do you know that the ATAGS is 18 tons? If the objective is to give ATAGS a fair chance. Then why not issue an RFI with a weight criteria of 18 tons? Is the Indian...

Karan M

A lot of the babu lobby is also involved in this game. It's no coincidence this CAG report is released to time with the attempt by the same lobby to wrest the DRDO Chiefs dual responsibilities away from him claiming it will lead to better efficiency etc. One of theirs is to pick up that SA slot now ...

Karan M

Then nothing will get developed in this country apart from low risk screwdriver tech. In most cases reqmts are world class and subsystem providers from both pvt and public sectors struggle to match reqmts, till 2-3 iterations are completed. CAG doesn't look into the tech aspect all. It's been a good...

Karan M

Can you clarify some more on what exactly is the role for Rudram-1 and why no equivalent exists (if these can be discussed in an open forum)? Is there a specific need for a heavy A2G missile? I can imagine bunker-busting role for instance, but all open source info defines its role to be purely ARM ...

Karan M

It looks like the specs of Rudram-1 is similar to those of the new generation HARM-ER - in terms of range, warhead, seekers etc. But the latter seems a more compact missile. Not dissing Rudram-1 of course. But am arguing for more orders, which will fund further development to make it a lighter, fas...

Karan M

2) Not sure why this missile weights 600 Kg, compared to HARM's 360 Kg for similar range and warhead weight. Maybe dual-pulse rocket motor? Still, it seems like there is scope for more R&D to reduce weight so that a single Sukhoi can carry more of these It's not a HARM, but far better. That's a...

Karan M

ramana wrote:KaranM or Haridas,

Can the Rudram/NGARM be fired in air-to-air mode at a Paki/PLAAF AWACS?
I note it can be fired from Su-30 MKI and M2K planes.
What would be its range in A2A mode?

Yes it can, with structural mods. Range depends on alt R sir. Higher alts max range (15km, easily 150km).

Karan M

My understanding is Tellis has a lot of "in" with the existing Indian Govt and prior ones. His latest book on the Indian nuclear deterrent (and those of Pak etc) is literally overweight with insider information. He acts as an interlocutor for both sides. He's basically signalling India wil...

Karan M

Admiral I can see the rivets and the nose cone appears dirty.....and the canopy appears weathered with a yellowish tinge. These Brits cannot even keep their aircraft clean... Despite that weathering, see the panel finish and how closely they are fitted. Superb build quality. Not one rivet out of pl...

Karan M

Production standards on these beat even the J-20 hollow. https://twitter.com/alpha_defense/status/1584942701187067904?s=20&t=AHFuD9_sPiVsPWXfM5GDRQ ---> Madhusudana Rao, Project Director of LCA Mk2, in Eurofighter Typhoon cockpit. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ff7Y5UPakAAAlnI?format=jpg&name=l...

Karan M

Common sense would suggest an initial interim BMD capability would be deployed with AAD and PDV for Delhi at least. And the rest of the country plus Delhi can get AD-1 and AD-2 batteries too. It woukd be insanity on our part to merely protect Delhi, ignore Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Pune, other hig...

Karan M

There is a mindset issue in GOI regards to defence, R&D and other "cost centers". They neither bring in electoral gains or quick results. We've spent Rs 25 Lakh crore on Jan Dhan linked cash transfers etc so far. (https://www.livemint.com/news/india/around-rs-25-lakh-crore-distributed-...

Karan M

""There is no engine fighter aircraft on the earth that can carry 8-10 Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missiles simultaneously. We have developed it keeping in mind that the future is going to be a BVR combat war," he added." Is the marketing spin from Boeing not reaching ADA? :P He p...

Karan M

We need more precision guided munitions. The IAF, IA and IN have all calculated their stocking based on theories of short, sharp conflicts and as Ukraine-Russia shows, we are now, seven months in, into a conflict which shows no sign of stoppage. In fact, if anything, it is escalating. We need signi...

Karan M

I hope someone in IAF and IA are taking lessons in limited war and all that great theory we are hatching to have a fair and just war cold start etc. without the ability to carpet bomb the shit out of your enemy and civilians our boys will not be respected. At least carpet bomb infrastructure ports ...

Karan M

… without the ability to carpet bomb the shit out of your enemy and civilians our boys will not be respected. Attacking civilians does not advance military goals. It is a sign of weakness. This is the tactic of terrorists, not professional armed forces. True but multiple western armed forces have d...

Karan M

Please stop discussing about Raja. His behavior towards other members got him a moderator note and a warning. Opinions are fine, the lack of civility however is not.

Karan M

They are both facades, puppets. We should focus on who is propping them up and pulling their strings. The vast majority of the west supports the war on Russia. They have brought into the evil empire stuff hook, line and sinker. Also, Germany has stockpiled enough gas to power it through the winter....

Karan M

Yeah! Apache buy by Indian army essentially became an ego problem for its generals. We don't have clearly defined roles for our armed forces which squanders away resources on duplication. In my opinion, Helicopter should all be handed by Indian army since it serves the ground forces the most. All r...

Karan M

No debate about IAF generically taking on a stronger role in aircraft development...where have I ever negated that. But lets dive down from the 30000 ft level into specifics like Csaurab has brought up. here the topic was Production and Manufacturing delays and capability gaps in this area @ HAL be...

Karan M

The services are simply not manned for this sort of effort and nor can they lead it. Their focus on the short term and organization's imperatives etc ensure there is no continuity. A man can't command a brigade one day and suddenly lead a R₹D effort and then again have to revert to the military for...

Karan M

Ok- feedback noted & post modified. I would request the same amount of vigilance from the mods about repeated misplaced blame and allusions of conspiracy or sabotage towards IAF for HAL not meeting its own forecast/promised production targets. For a Defence forum, it seems unsavory to create an...

Karan M

And yet, HAL made those budget and timeline projections that they were awarded. If only they would have come to twitter to learn how to stabilize projection and how to do proposals based on scale, right? its unclear what you are accusing them of... cluelessness about how to estimate their own deliv...

Karan M

Part-II: IAF Roles & Responsibilities ------------------------------------------- With all due respect to our men and women in the IAF, and with due acknowledgement of their sacrifices and services, there are differences between Tier-I Air Forces and Tier-II Air Forces 1) Tier-I Air Forces (USA...

Karan M

Yes, I think only long range conventional vectors, Pralay, Pranash, Prithvi, Brahmos, Nirbhay will go to the RF. Not Pinaka. But IA may think different and want a new structure to back up regiment of artillery in which case even Pinaka may head there.

Karan M

I think the author is mixed up. Why would Akash go to a rocket command.

Karan M

Completely agree.

Karan M

The basic issues are that the Russian Army didn't engage in the kind of deep reform they needed and nor did they have the finance that they required. IMHO the Russian state spent far too much of it's oil revenue on strategic weapons. They decided homeland defense and nuclear deterrence were the key ...

Karan M

Ukraine had it's shot and it's played it well. Bolstered it's support in the west which was flagging towards a losing war and opens up a pipeline of new weapons. Issue is now the Russians are moving towards taking the war as an actual crisis, which means Putin is under pressure to show real results....

Karan M

Sirji, that is anecdotal only. I can equally point you to many Russians who are fully supportive of their Govt and are actually thinking Putin is too soft and has not taken the war as seriously as he should have. Consider for a second, do you think if India were in a war, a bunch of it's upper middl...

Karan M

Raja wrote:Lol and yet, vast majority of Russians would move to Europe if they could.

Yes you went and polled them, presumably.

Karan M

That MANPad looks HUGE, will need a Bahubali to carry, lift and fire it. Some of it is perspective, making the missile look bigger than it is. It's deployment architecture will be similar to this system. https://en.missilery.info/missile/mistral Or this https://www.armyrecognition.com/british_unite...

Karan M

targets are bigger sized and slower in general Maybe the Akash is the specialist cruise missile assasin in the Army AD?(Given how the primary radar is the 3DCAR-Akash and Revathi-VLSRSAM) Karan can probably explain better. Edit:Image credits to Trishul(http://trishul-trident.blogspot.com/) QRSAM ca...

Karan M

Mocking their looks is fun i agree. What is not funny is they have a ready paramilitary type force willing to engage in violence and a huge number of youth mobilized for the same. While RSS/GOI is busy doing everything to have a soft touch, these people are brazen enough to be openly violent time an...

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