Bharat Rakshak

Philip

The unmanned era is upon us.UCAVs," loyal wingmen" etc.,etc. Ru has displayed a prototype of an unmanned AV, but lotsa work reqd. as the battlefield is another terrain altogether. Nevertheless, it's far cheaper making drones, kamikaze drones, in large number to use against ground and mobil...

Philip

Which system has the 48km,longest range? The Dhanush?

Philip

Cutting one's nose to spite one's face! Dispassionately,we should examine the various upgrade options,assess the pros and cons,not get subjective ranting and railing at the Russkies who in the first place have given us the MKI,the backbone of the IAF! To jog the memory,got the better of perhaps ever...

Philip

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40539/the-end-of-iraqs-f-16-fleet-is-a-real-possibility-as-lockheed-contractors-prepare-to-leave The End Of Iraq's F-16 Fleet Is A Real Possibility As Lockheed Contractors Prepare To Leave Without U.S. technicians, the fall from grace of the Iraqi Air Force’s Vi...

Philip

https://eurasiantimes.com/indian-navys-new-alh-mk-iii-helicopters-to-be-equipped-with-homegrown-anti-submarine-sonar-reports/ Xcpt: Indian Navy’s New ALH Mk-III Helicopters Ready For Anti-Submarine Warfare With Indigenous Technology – Reports By Ayush Jain May 11, 2021 Some of the Indian Navy’s adva...

Philip

Prat,around 24-18 months ago,the then DRDO chief spoke about the IA's wishlist for the FCMBT whatever,the bells and whistles asked for, plus weight to be around 50t+. The CVRDE/DRDO said it was impossible for all the paraphenalia to be accommodated in such a low weight and the IA had to firm up its ...

Philip

As a counter,MIG-29 vs M2K, upgrade costs,64 nos. of 29s cost just under $1 B at around $13/14M a pop,whereas 54 M2Ks cost , staggering $2.5 B , that's around $50M a pop,more than a brand new MIG-35,Tejas,etc., with HAL demanding extra labour costs over and above hhat figure leading to a spat betwee...

Philip

Tejas production has to hugely perk up if it going to be the future backbone of the IAF.The 270+ MKIs and after the extra 21,around 80+ 29s ,plus 100+ Rafales and M2Ks will be the sharp end of the IAF's stick. The 120 or so Jags also lend useful support. At the current rate of production, by the end...

Philip

Look,let's not go over "terrain" on Arjun debated for a decade+ now.Numerous generals of repute,who headed the mechanised corps, plus media reports stated that the tank will be based in the desert as the infra in other areas did nor permit its easy operationsl use. My positive attitude ,wh...

Philip

Philip

I thought we did that decades ago with the Siachen ops! There are helipads available globally for Arctic conditions,etc. Having crippled the country through bio-warfare tx to the China Virus, we are behaving like a scaredy cat. The MEA has no ghoolies, so too fin. min., can't even stop Chin goods fr...

Philip

If Arjun as the brigadier said was developed for the deserts,there should be good export potential for it throughout the ME. Right from N.Africa, Egypt, through the Levant, Iraq, Gulf and Arabian peninsula,desert terrain predominates. Most of the nations in these regions also have good relations wit...

Philip

Friends have been sharing the Ivermectin/ Budenoside asthma drug effectiveness for months now! Our la-di-da " hexperts" of the ICMR and entrenched babudom in the capital are allegedly sabotaging any out-of-box standard medicine efforts/treatments for reasons best known to Big Pharma. For o...

Philip

How minor? Fortunate that the carrier was in harbour.

Philip

Since details and pics of our N-subs are virtually non-existant in open sources,perhaps this excellent vclip about RuN Akulas may give us some idea of the what we may find aboard our N-subs,the Chakra (Akula) and Arihant,etc. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/26261/video-takes-you-inside-russias...

Philip

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40503/russia-just-accepted-its-new-super-quiet-cruise-missile-packed-submarine-into-service Xcpts: Russia Just Accepted Its New Super-Quiet, Cruise Missile-Packed Submarine Into Service It’s been a long wait, but the new Yasen-M subclass should help revitalize t...

Philip

The banks of decoy tubes, resemble free flood holes and would cause a degree of extra noise that could've been avoided by a simple flush cover. The sub also requires a hard-kill anti- torpedo option as well as smart torpedoes have extra endurance to make repeated attacks if the miss the target due t...

Philip

Human Rights Watch history ,... EC a recipe for friction from the start. It's going to be a rocky road . Expect even more pressure upon us to abandon Ru arms and become a US catamite like Pak,making use of our current CV crisis. Like the LBJ blackmail over PL-480 shipments, CV related essential mate...

Philip

In TN,the seats the BJP won were due mostly to strong AIADMK support. On their own they would've lost all. In Coimb.South,Vanathi S won v.narrowly over Kamal H because of the v.strong AIADMK votebank in the city and the western region of TN. Now KH has fallen out with Dr.M,his party Sec.,who has res...

Philip

Some v.sad news.AM PM Ramachandran former vice-chief of the IAF passed away in Chennai.He was 86.A v.distinguished career.Awarded the Shourya Chakra in '61 for destroying the Portugese patrol vessel NRP Vega and other ops. He was also the first pilot outside the USSR to fly the MIG-25 Foxbat in 1979...

Philip

Some quick facts and thoughts. The PRC is attempting to outflank and encircle India via the BRI,Central Asian road/rail link to Europe through CA states and Iran.$500 B deal with Iran to sweeten the same.,including a new port facility for logistic access to its naval assets.Our long-delayed Chahbaha...

Philip

True Vivek, but China with 1.5B+ people,don't care a fig even if 100M KTB ( kick the bucket), that too most of them elderly.A grand way of easing up on food sourcing.In fact the geriatric Chin dead can be processed as food for the masses like Spam. They could call it Cham! :rotfl: The Phillippines s...

Philip

The Chins have realised that their LT with a 105mm gun is outgunned by the IA's T-72s and T-90s with their 125mm guns in the Depsang sector and have reportedly reinforced their forces with their heavier T-99 MBTs.Around 350 tanks have now been deployed by the PLA. Inthe light of this,how urgent is t...

Philip

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/05/indias-neighbours-close-borders-as-covid-wave-spreads-across-region The slimeball Chins have been proactive organising a S.Asian jamboree without India,in an attempt to get our neighbours close borders because of the pandemic running riot in the country....

Philip

Vips,any commonality of components with the K-9 would be a plus point for the K-21. At only 18t the Sprut could be improved with ERA plus an APU within another 4-5t. Arjun 1A with 60 odd improvements added just 6 to 8t. If after evaluation all the contenders make the grade,cost will be a factor at s...

Philip

https://www.thesun.ie/news/6937858/putin-launches-submarine-nukes-russia/ Xcpt: RUSSIA is set to launch a new submarine with nukes capable of wiping out US cities in a chilling warning to Joe Biden. The launch of the Kazan sub is part of a long-running campaign by Vladimir Putin to modernise Russia’...

Philip

Adm.Filipov,Ha!Ha! "Part of the deception scheme".Gents while it humours me, pl. don.'t give me such enormous ability to influence decisions.I'm merely an observer,analyst and postman of the scenario.I offer my views based upon facts of the matter available. All I further wish to say is th...

Philip

Cross-posted in the Indo-French td.
https://mediaindia.eu/business/jaitapur-nuclear-france/

Time for India to cancel Jaitapur nuclear power project
France keen on flogging its ‘messy’ tech to India
May 2, 2021/ By Ranvir Nayar / New Delhi

Philip

Warning. The TOI in a report notes that in TNadu, rabble-rouser one Seeman,film director, who used to tout LTTE propaganda, most vociferous voice of Tamil nationalism ( against Dravidianism) , has garnered 8% of the popular vote,up from 4% in 2019! While winning no seats,coming 3rd. in many,this is ...

Philip

Take a walk down Park St. In Cal. The crowds of youngsters checking into the disco-bar at the Park Hotel, crowding the Wok this Way Chin cafe tucking into non-veg dishes with gusto shows you what the new generation of young Indians enjoy. International junk food chains and multiplexes with their car...

Philip

If that is so,massive undercurrent against Dravidian parties, why are the results so? I studied inTN and experienced first-hand the anti- Hindi riots in the late '60s. On the contrary there is a v.strong dislike in general for the BJP seen as a north-Indian Hindi chauvinist party. Ask many AIADMK pa...

Philip

In the south where few know Hindi,"vikas, swatch bharat ( is it an Indian made Swatch watch someone asked me!), aatmanirbhar,maan ki bhatt ( sounds like monkey bath)", and so many central govt. schemes are completely lost upon the man in the street,many of whom are illiterate or semi- lite...

Philip

Bengal: A stunning victory for Mamta,Nandigram defeat notwithstanding.I spoke yesterday to a close friend ,BJP ex-MP, who told me it would be a close fight. Why then this most unexpected result? First,the high parliamentary voteshare % that the BJP got has fallen .It shows that the Indian voter more...

Philip

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/suspected-chinese-state-hackers-target-russian-submarine-designer/ Xcpts: Suspected Chinese state hackers target Russian submarine designer By Ionut Ilascu April 30, 2021 10:09 AM 0 Russian submarine Hackers suspected to work for the Chinese government ...

Philip

The recent visit of the Chin Def. Min. has seen joint statements by both sides as to the " primacy" of their relations above all others,plus the GOSL shunning any attempt to join an anti- PRC grouping promoted by " outside forces". The die is cast. SL must now be considered as an...

Philip

Tx,went through the details. The TOS appears to be a shorter ranged MBRL unlike Pinaka and other systems. I couldn't find min. range details for P, unlikely to be spelt out.

Philip

Tx. V.interesting presentation. Does Pinaka have TBrounds too?

Philip

"The future is unmanned",US statement,both for its air force and navy. Given the size of hangars aboard our main surface combatants,plus high cost of new imported one-for-one replacements,a fast-track acquisition of UCAVs operating from naval platforms must be initiated including CVs. For ...

Philip

Any idea of the range?

Philip

In the current pandemic/ eco crisis,the Armata may be far too expensive for the GOI unless budget strings are substantially loosened,as likely as Pak with sincerity passing the " peace pipe"! Barring the LT req., I don't think that beefing up the armoured corps even more will happen in the...

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