Bharat Rakshak

Nihat

Every crisis is an opportunity and so is this one. We may finally see a lot of action on other fronts, thanks to this Chinese misadventure. Perhaps the GoI does not believe that the cost of all out war will be justified in the form of strategic and tactical goals that can be achieved. Maybe this wil...

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This is amazing news, fills my heart with pride.

In the event of hostilities, the Tejas will face off with the f-16 based in Bholari. Hope the astra and derby ER are integrated soon to give it all the teeth out needs to be the new falcon slayer.

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At this point, the GOI has clearly formed some kind of consensus regarding not taking open kinetic action. The enemy is prepared and we would be behind the curve, though I don't believe that we have no intentions on them. The right place at the right time is most critical in this situation. While th...

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Even our President chooses to say 'neighbouring country' rather than directly call out China. All this while China helps our enemies left, right and center.

The systemic fear within our establishment will take years of strong governance to reduce.

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https://www.livefistdefence.com/2020/08/indian-mod-unveils-first-no-import-weapons-list.html Complete list provided in the above link. Must say, the list is quite comprehensive and comprises of what are mostly low hanging fruit which are not tech intensive and can easily be made by our private secto...

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India establishing new deadlines and showing a willingness to escalate has certainly made TSP reevaluate its dirty strategy of terror. Truth being that Pakistan has absolutely zero capacity to sustain a war beyond 3 days and the option to go nuclear is easy easier said than done. Next step for us is...

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We have given up. We are only hoping we don’t lose further territory That is an oversimplification of the situation. I'm very sure that under the current dispensation we will have a plan in place. To act out of hot bloodedness while being under prepared would be foolish. We will pick out our place,...

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Loved that interview with the Air Marshal. His faith in the Mk. 2 is a confidence booster for sure and also interesting to note that the standard against which the benchmark will be set is that the Mk. 2 should outperform the Mirage 2k and be capable of replacing in due time. Given the specs IMHO, t...

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It's too late to mount a military attack now when the enemy is well entrenched with clear roads reinforcement in depth areas. We will have to pick another time and place but we must do that. 20 soldiers did not lay down their lives for nothing. Economic decoupling and punishment must continue as well.

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I'm glad that rafale arrival is getting such mass media coverage. If nothing, it'll give some great PR to the air force and encourage the youth to serve the nation even more. Though, I'm somewhat disappointed that the LCA, despite being our very own never received such coverage during any of its lan...

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Tejas Mk1 carrying 2 Derby BVRAAMs and 2 R-73Es. Daggers are getting properly armed now. Twitter link https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Edyhy5mVoAAqjIg?format=jpg&name=medium The derby and R73e are very short ranged weapons for a modern multi rule aircraft. We need at least the derby er, r77 and astr...

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Between our resolute armed forces and the people of India stands a inherently terrified bureaucracy. I just heard the words that Pompeo used against China and they don't even have a border issue with them. On the other jams here we are, who can't even name china properly, I mean for heavans sake wha...

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It would be insane not to dump the MRCA-II and buy more Rafales at this point. All these gold plated expensive munitions like AASM and SCALP can only be utilized on the Rafale. It would be downright criminal to buy another new fighter and have to buy separate PGM's for that. As it is our ability to...

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Every year that passes, the window closes for any Chinese action or adventurism. 2022 or not, we have shown that we as well prepared for any move by the Chinese on the border. Hope this level of preparation is also extended to other domains such as maritime, economic, cyber and space where we not on...

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Thank you Nair sir for the clarity of the post and thought. It's certainly helps in gaining understanding of a rather complex situation. On the possibility of action in September, it would seem to be a much more difficult task to accomplish for the PLA this time around. Notwithstanding the road they...

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My preference would be , Order 36 more Rafales plus a few more SU 30 MKI's and ramp up orders for the LCA Mk1/IA/MWF- that is the only solution which will work. Once the production ecosystem is up and running , LCA MWF/II will come up much faster including AMCA. MRCA even if signed in 2021-22 will ...

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m_saini wrote:https://twitter.com/PMOIndia/status/1277645338963087360

Prime Minister @narendramodi will address the nation at 4 PM tomorrow.
seems like some big news

Most likely Covid update and unlock 2.0

Nihat

That's very aptly put, samir And who cares what China is thinking. To me it's entirely possible that they have tied themselves in knots. Given the Chinese virus situation in India and increasing noises about getting investments from there, not to mention our increasingly belligerent stand on POK (BR...

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I'd suggest reading up on the interview with the chief test pilot of the LCA tejas program in Hush kit. The LCA is fully combat ready but at the same time it's still an evolving and maturing platform. It's armed with astra and derby as a2a missiles and capable of undertaking CAP and limited penetrat...

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Unrealistic, India will not want one more aircraft type in its inventory. It will take years to master type certification for its pilots, support crew, maintenance, logistics, evolve and perfect tactics... to reach the high bar of operational readiness set by IAF. We are already doing it for Rafale...

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We seem to be digressing from the topic at hand again. Just went through General Hasnain's analysis and possible China pak collusion in Ladakh. Given this very real possibility, won't it be prudent to further fortify DBO, build redundancies in terms of landing strips and an extensive road network wh...

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https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/3-separate-brawls-outsider-chinese-troops-more-most-detailed-account-of-the-brutal-june-15-galwan-battle-1691185-2020-06-21 3 separate brawls, 'outsider' Chinese troops & more: Most detailed account of the brutal June 15 Galwan battle very informative This ...

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To effectively deal with China and Pakistan we really must be a little less Yudhishtir and a little more Shakuni. China needs the BRI as a strip on its global domination and it is going nowhere. If we manage to keep our feet on their neck near KKR via regular long range Arty strikes into POK, it may...

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The time for surprise is now gone but the time realization is only just dawning upon us. If we were to take any military action now, it must have clear objectives. While the aam janta is baying for blood, the armed forces focus on attaining its objectives. In this instances, I would love to know fro...

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Abhijit Iyer Mitra has put out the following course of events which took place. He claims to have triangulated this information 1n thread Ok. So the official version will be out shortly. I’m putting out what I’ve been able to confirm by the 3 man rule. Yesterday afternoon there was a disengagement m...

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Any thoughts from rakshaks on what are the possible options available on how we can respond to this aggression? Now the point is not why they aren't responding but how the Indian army is going to respond. What options will they consider. A Quiet patrol ambush in the coming few days - we are past ma...

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One of those clashes that we keep witnessing in videos from the LAC was bound to result in something serious. I fear if the GoI does not respond adequately in every sphere (including Naval) then the commanders at local level would be compelled to take matters into their own hands, just like the LoC ...

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Where are they getting news of PLA casualties? What is the source? Hope its not some random twit. Nothing from the army. The Army has amended its original statement with 3 more words, i.e. ' on both sides' to signify that Chinese have suffered casualties too. Though, I can completely see this going...

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We are talking about the CO of an infantry battalion here. No response would destroy the paltan ki izzat and be used for further psy-ops.

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Does granting the clearance make it ready for operational use. I'm not sure what number of MKIs have been modified yet. Though, it is a game changer for sure. With 40 MKIs adequately modified, the IOR is ours to dominate and if push comes to shove with the Chinese, we can effectively block any of th...

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To solve India's China problem once and for all one has to think big, big risks and big pay-offs. The ultimate goal should be to hive off Xianjing Province and Tibet completely, beginning with Kashgar and Lhasa. Interdicting and gaining control of G-219 is the start. And confine the Han Chinese to ...

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The army veterinary and remount centre based in Meerut that I wrote about above ^^^ is involved in cross breeding Zanskari ponies with other varieties and mules. I suppose the Zanskari ponies are more adapted to high altitude than mules elsewhere. In addition they are also cross breeding dogs Mudho...

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As the article states, the construction of the road will reduce travel time between leh and dbo to 6 hours. Any clue as to what was the travel time say 2-3 years ago. Also, this road should help us in moving forces between western and Eastern fronts, which may be critical of we need to quickly mobil...

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I saw that gobar times article and it's interesting to see the tone they have taken with respect to the border tensions and trade. They're on an active cold war with the US, picking fights with Australia and massing troops against India. It'll sure be interesting to see whom they want to trade with ...

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Really don't think it'll cover to all that. The Chinese have shown themselves to be tactical and geo political idiots. The harsh pounding being given out to their pet dogs on the other side and simultaneously building up all along the LAC and all this while we are fighting a global pandemic is going...

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Bihar: One dead, two injured in firing in Sitamarhi near India-Nepal border, confirms Sashastra Seema Bal IG of Bihar sector. Locals allege it was caused due to firing from Nepal side. Not sure what to make of this and the reasons behind it but it's certainly unprecedented as far as memory serves. T...

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Missile strikes on civilian centres is a very far fetched scenario, given global realities and the escalation ladder from there on in. Nonetheless, the need for a GLCM has never been more pronounced. Brahmos is a silver bullet, just like the rafale. Though, even in a short skirmish, what might matte...

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It's certainly a good time to at least have a back channel engagement with Taiwan. Even a leak to the extent of increasing collaboration with Taiwan will massively ruffle Chinese feathers and frankly there is absolutely nothing there for India to loose. China has already established themselves as ou...

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It's good that news has come out in the public domain regarding 11k plus workers heading out to the border to speed up the works. The Chinese very much keep an eye on our media and this should send a nice signal. After it came out from the army level talks that the Chinese have demanded a stop to bo...

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https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1269567756287897601?s=19 This propoganda ad video really makes we wonder if Chinese are more afraid of us then we are of them ??!! What will these few hundred choclate boys do with just a bagpack and no sign of any logistics or any other war material. All ...

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