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Vishnu

Hi ... I am told .. the wreckage was detected by Wing Commander Rawat in a Mi-17 at 8:42 am ... The Su sorties and the ISRO aircraft were unable to detect ..

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Vishnu

Hi guys ... This clarification comes from Yuri Vaschuk ... the pilot who flew me. This was the operative part of an email sent my UAC's PR people to Suman Sharma ... "He asked to clarify your doubts: the aircraft you flew (tail number 002) is in full Su-30 MKI configuration, i.e. it fully corre...

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Hi Sanjib ... while India will incorporate its design elements into the FGFA ... I am told that not all purchases by India will necessarily be of the two seat variant. Hence, the first flight of the FGFA in a few months will, fundamentally, be the first flight of India's stealth fighter ... at least...

Vishnu

In-cockpit footage I filmed in a Su-30 MKI of a thrust vectored flat spin. This includes the build up to the flat spin so keep watching !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKMS6zgV ... 33eca271b3

Enjoy
Vishnu Som
Associate Editor and Senior Anchor
NDTV

Vishnu

In-cockpit footage I filmed in a Su-30 MKI of a thrust vectored flat spin. This includes the build up to the flat spin so keep watching !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKMS6zgV ... 33eca271b3

Enjoy
Vishnu Som
Associate Editor and Senior Anchor
NDTV

Vishnu

I couldnt for the life of me get my pilot Yuri to explain just how he initiated a flat spin (ie ... what control inputs) ... My Russian translator had no clue what a flat spin was ... Yuri kept going on about angle of attack ... but I never quite understood why a high angle of attack was required to...

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Hi Guys ... It is a Su-30 MKI ... cross-checked this ... didn't unfortunately check out the exact number etc ... the plane is with Sukhoi ... its fully operational ... I think for validating technologies and being used as a demonstrator ... but yes, the quality of the cockpit (and I realise this is ...

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Hi ... this could be the first real image of the Arihant. It was flashed for just a moment at a press conference at Kalpakkan in the presence of 50 odd journalists. I cannot independently verify the accuracy of this image. Neither was I present at this press conference. You can see it in this story ...

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Hiya folks ... I had a ride on the F-16 Block 60 at Aero India day before ... checked out the radar ... FLIR etc. Will do a write-up as soon as I have a moment. A 5 word summary ... "It was like a videogame" PS ... I didnt pull 9 G ... Cheers Vishnu Som Associate Editor and Senior Anchor N...

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Guys ... lets close this thread ... With the Mumbai blasts ... my focus has moved entirely away from the Red Flag sit. In any case ... the word has gone around and the real picture is now public knowledge. In case I have time ... I will write something on our website ... ndtv.com and let you all kno...

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Ok let me try and find out. Thanks

Vishnu

Hi .. someone called Prasun Sengupta disagreed with me on livefist .. I have countered his points .. which are as follows ... Hi Prasun ... a few of your points are incorrect ... the others I agree with ... You wrote: 1) In the absence of AWACS-based airborne battle management support in the within ...

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Coming up ... exciting new details on the nature of 1 v 1 engagements at Mountain Home ... gun kills, the use of the AIM 9X-JHMCS ... gun kills etc ... Watch this space.

Vishnu

I wonder if they are banning BRF members.

Vishnu

Hi ... I am really keen that the truth about Red Flag gets out. I encourage all of you to cross post my piece anywhere you want. For some bizarre reason, I have been banned on keypublishing.com ... I have done nothing on that website at all and no reason has been provided ...

Cheers
Vishnu

Vishnu

A quick couple of important points about fratricide incidents ... None of the fratricides saw Sukhois shooting down Sukhois. Any fratricide incidents committed by the Indian Air Force were because of the following reasons ... IAF Sukhois are not fitted with IFF Mode 4 which is the NATO standard. Hen...

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Rakall asked ... why was the IFF not so effective at even 20NM range? IFF is supposed to be effective for even longer range - why in the first place it was ineffective? and that too at 20NM? Is it bcoz of so much electronic clutter? Hi ... dont have an answer yet to your IFF question though I will t...

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Hi there ... answers to a few questions ... 1. You have mentioned that the Sukhoi has a rate of turn of close to 35 degrees. Can this be collaborated from other open sources because the leaked video mentions the Su's having a turn rate of closer to 24 degrees. What would this mean in terms of energy...

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Kedar .. thanks so much for these details. I will incorporate some of this into my piece as well.

Any further questions anyone?

Vishnu

Vishnu

The IAF at Red Flag 2008: The True Story Hi ... for all of you who are out there in the internet world and who have an interest in the performance of the Indian Air Force at Red Flag 2008 .. I have a few remarks. As the only Indian journalist who spent a lengthy period of time at Nellis after being ...

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Mods ... may I be permitted to start a new thread called ... "The IAF at Red Flag 2008: The True Story ?"

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Hi Anshul ... this is information which I will post once I compile my facts. Not a documentary. My documentaries will always be for a larger audience. TRPs dont matter beyond a point to me but we dont run a social service either ! For the BRF audience ... most of my documentaries will essentially be...

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I have seen and read everything on this. As the only Indian journalist there for any period of time ... I can assure all of you that the Indian Air Force was decisively ahead of all forces competing. It now seems I need to put perspective on that statement ... something I will do as soon as possible...

Vishnu

Lest anyone get me wrong ... the potential "use" of a Klub to knock down a pirate ship was just a joke.

Chill !

Vishnu

This is obviously becoming a part of naval folklore. The following is the CNS's message ... THE CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF'S COMMENT ON THE PIRACY INCIDENT Piracy is a crime which all men of war are required to combat at all times. Indian Naval Ships operating in piracy infected areas are always in a high...

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It is the first headline on my channel ... I just read it out !

Also ... sorry for the indiscipline ... but this piece of pirate breaking news would have been lost in the naval threat.

Wouln't it have been nice if they had `test' fired a Klub?

Vishnu Som
Associate Editor
NDTV

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PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU (DEFENCE WING) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA New Delhi: 11 Nov 2008 Kartika 20, 1930 INDIAN NAVY REPULSES PIRATE ATTACK ON INDIAN MERCHANT VESSEL ON 11 NOV 08, AN ATTACK BY PIRATES ON AN INDIAN SHIP MV JAG ARNAV IN THE GULF OF ADEN WAS REPULSED BY AN INDIAN NAVAL WARSHIP PATROLLING IN...

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Sorry guys ... thats the name of the game ... Cutting into the repeat of the programme for a Kirsten/Kumble press conference a day after Ganguly quit is bound to take precedence over Red Flag ... Quite frankly ... there is very little space for documentaries and the like in our programming ... its n...

Vishnu

Hi ... the docu is at 9:30 pm tonight. The repeat sched is as follows:

WEDNESDAY 11:30 AM AND SUNDAY 10:30 AM

All programming can change for breaking news.

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Vishnu

Vishnu

There is footage of the Garuds .. doing their parachute drill ahead of a mission.
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Vishnu

Hi ... I was at the Red Flag Exercises recently which saw the participation of the Indian Air Force. My documentary airs at 9:30 pm IST this coming Tuesday (October 7) on NDTV 24x7. It should repeat later in the week as well. I will update all of you in case there is a change in schedule. The docume...

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Its coming up close to Air Force day or on Air Force day ... its a 30 minute documentary on Red Flag ... I flew on an Il-78 there ... and have some aerial footage of the Sukhois...

Got diverted to Bihar for the floods ops ... but am back now in Delhi and will start working on this soon...

Cheers

Vishnu

Hi ... I will have a word with Sujan. While he is correct in what he writes ... I disagree with his emphasis. These exercises went off extremely well for the Indian Air Force. The Sukhois were not flying blind at all. In the type of scenarios that the jets were deployed ... and given the rigidity of...

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Hi Kartik ... the IAF Sukhois dont have a Link 16 system. They operated on the basis of voice commands. The Bars radar has a pretty robust training range enough anyway for the Sukhois to be targeting F-15 and F-16 aggressor jets flying `Soviet' style. The Rafales flew mostly with the IAF. There was ...

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Hi Guys ... I will let you know the broadcast date and time of my documentary soon ... but just so that we are all clear ... the Indian Air Force did outstandingly well in these exercises. Everything that has been posted is accurate so far and the focus on maintenance is important. In temperatures o...

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Hello Folks ... I am at Red Flag for this week. You will see a documentary on this soon. No questions just yet pls. Just a heads up.

Cheers
Vishnu Som
Associate Editor and Senior Anchor
NDTV

Vishnu

PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU (DEFENCE WING) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HAWK AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT New Delhi : April 30, 2008 One hawk trainer aircraft of IAF met with an accident at Air Force Station Bidar on 29 Apr 08 at 1240 hrs while proceeding on a routine mission. No person was injured or killed as a result o...

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Jagan ... this is absolutely fabulous. You truly deserve this.

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Guys ... I think we need to put this issue to rest ... The new gen RD 33s on the K and the MiG-35 are virtually smokeless. We can keep debating what "virtually" means ... but in brief ... they have got the issue sorted out and I can also confirm to you ... that the Navy isn't accepting any...

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It said Cobra in english!!

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