Bharat Rakshak

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At least the IAF aircraft I saw or heard did not have ignition keys. Though some helicopters or transport aircraft may have main door keys. Aircraft starting sequences are detailed procedures. One needs to memorize them and know where the correct switches are. Ground Crew are required to hold the l...

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Now, to your point of " All Aircraft Airborne Now" announcement - This will usually not happen because: a) All aircraft airborne and do what? Airborne, without weapons, without any mission, making noise overhead, doing what? b) If it is a mission, who will plan. Mission planning takes tim...

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All right the questions were slightly funny. Firstly, I will try and explain a flying base and a flying Squadron which could be a fighter squadron or not, so that you understand how it works: deejay ji/Sir - Many thanks for details reply, explaining the basic of squadron working, organisational com...

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Saurav Jha ‏@SJha1618 - The Tejas Mk 1.5 will be called the Mk 1A.

Is Mk1.5 officially recognised btw? Mk1.0 IOC-2 is flying, MK1.0 FOC is likely to fly before Q1 2016 and Mk2.0 steel should be cut some time this year. Where this Mk1.5 comes from - ADA, HAL, IAF?

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Saurav Jha ‏@SJha1618 - Twin Axis thrust vectoring will be proved on a Kaveri prototype at the bench level before it is ported to the AMCA engine. Saurav Jha ‏@SJha1618 - Americans are losing out on the AMCA engine effort due to the usual State Department bullshit. Saurav Jha ‏@SJha1618 - 10 percent...

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May I ask a noob question (please do laugh if you like, but do respond). This query I had in mind since 1 year but couldn't ask due to possible embarrassment. In a squadron, say 15 Su-30MKI's are lined up on Tarmac. And emergency announcement is there 'All Birds in Air'. There were say 24 pilots in ...

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NewsNation showing a program on INS SindhuRakshak right now (been watching for 15 minutes). They showed how less berth mariners get to sleep, less food options (tinned food, Khichdi, soup), 2 toilets (one in the 3rd compartment) for 90 sailors, special clothes mariners wear which last for 3 days (be...

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@Srai - The logic of starting the product delivery 36 months from IOC-2 (i.e. 20th Dec 2013) works when HAL themselves would promise so which is not the case. May I quote the project manager V Sridharan (the hand-chosen to build the LCA assembly line, powered with ~ 1000 Crores & who is reckoned...

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Saar, do you expect LCA forum not to have a positive news shared here after 8 hours of news article being posted on web? Srin ji shared the same link already and excerpts about 7 hours ago. ✈Anantha Krishnan M✈ ‏@writetake 7h7 hours ago * Ground test of Russian Gsh-23 on Tejas completed at Nasik fac...

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I can understand when top IAF officers say that IAF will have to wait for another 5 (minimum) to get Tejas-MK2 & hence replacement of Mig-21 and Mig-27 is an issue since they don't want to replace them with Tejas-MK1. But why IAF says that FOC will not happen Dec 2015 - Has ADA/HAL/MOD confirmed...

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Shiv ji - Thanks. Would you be able to identify the aircraft (very poor pictures though)? http://s3.postimg.org/u6ci5s69r/2015_05_21_0912.png http://s3.postimg.org/kxabvnxdr/2015_05_21_0912_001.png Admins - Please delete or move my posts if they are not relevant for this thread. I don't know if I my...

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AajTak showing an AirForce plane landed on Yamuna Express Way (In Hindi it says, Yamuna express way par vayusena ka viman 6:45 par utra). Anybody has more news? :( PS - Or is it the test which AirForce was doing that they want a 3km infrastructure in emergencies to allow planes to land. Added later ...

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PS - Hope this doesn't stray away from the MMRCA discussion. IndiGo, agreed to buy a record 250 single-aisle planes from Airbus Group valued at 25.7 Billion$ (Oct 2014) whereas Emirates’ order for 150 Boeing 777X aircraft, valued at $76 billion (in 2013), is the single largest aircraft order by valu...

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Posting the latest development with a link for records. Interestingly TOI doesn't mentions this at all and instead are running 'BJP Election funding of 100-200 Crores - doubtful'. Sorry for off-topic but couldn't resist when media ignores 15-20 Billion dollar plus defence requirement critical news. ...

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Krish - You can buy directly at the venue but 21st and 22nd Feb being Saturday and Sunday so there will be crowd, hence I suggest you to register online. Simply register for ADVA Rs600/- registration, carry the confirmation payment page which also shows you your unique registration & get the pas...

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Tejas India MRCA facebook page reports - First LCA to be handed over to IAF Today. PS - I don't know how to post picture here otherwise I would have posted a screenshot from the 'Tejas India's MRCA facebook page' . Apologies for not getting this via a credible link but if this is true, its a great n...

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This road running along entire Arunachal Border from one tri junction in east (India Myanmar China),to another in west (India Bhutan Tibet) provides exactly this capability. China has such a road in Tibet opposite central and eastern AP across the ridge which forms our border. Access roads from thi...

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Few questions/comments - kindly respond if you can add more clarity or knowledge to what my thoughts are below. 1) Has IAF started flying SP1? 5 days ago, if SP1 was handed over to IAF with IOC-2 standard as the 1st fighter of the 20 IOC-2 LCA-MK1 standards, I wish it was flown by an active IAF pilo...

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I liked the Raha ji statement that 'depletion of squadron has to be replaced by LCA' 8). I thought that LCA-Mk1 was racing towards FOC by Q2-2015 but sources below (MOD? Babus?) say delay is by 12 months - Q4 2015? :cry: Ejection seat issues, increasing length by 60 cms (still world's smallest comba...

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Everything good except the article pointing to FOC next year (no source mentioned though). BANGALORE: The indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas programme got a shot in the arm on Wednesday when the Indian Air Force (IAF) deputed a senior officer to fly the aircraft. Military sources told Expr...

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Is this not a Lungi-Dance moment? With in few days of assuming the charge of two ministries, our DM has scrapped the tender not only because it is scam-tainted but also to promote indigenous industry. However the maths is not adding up. The decision has been taken on 197 foreign made choppers for 6,...

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With all the respect to the defense analyst (unless he was Zaid Hamid - mods my apologies), can you ask him whom did we impress in Red Flag exercises with Training (wonly) Mode radar ON with 80-90%+ mission availability ? :roll: Please also ask him when first MKI was introduced in IAF and when did I...

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Can myself a Mango-Lungi-Abdul ask a simple question :-? I was reading a link below which says there are 5 weapons Pakistan needs to worry from India in future . 1st - INS Vikramaditya Aircraft Carrier, 2nd INS Chakra Nuclear Attack Submarine, 3rd AH-64D Apache Longbow Block III Attack Helicopter, 4...

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Should a separate thread not be created for LCA Tejas MK-2 discussions? Sorry if the below has been posted already. With Separate Project team from ADA and HAL already in place for Tejas MK-2 , MK-2 Team are targeting to carry out first flight in early 2017 as per sources close to idrw.org . under M...

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Good to hear support from IAF chief on indigenous production of LCA, IJT. 8) Asked about delay in projects relating to indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft and Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT), Raha said, "...they are delayed slightly, but this happens in any indigenous production. First time w...

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ABP News now - Vice Admiral Ashok Subedar says INS Kolkata is fitted with advanced, state of the art Surface-To-Air and Surface-To-Surface missiles. He mentioned that it is already equipped with Brahmos (ABP news adds later 16). ABP further adds that INS Kolkata is an expert vessel in hunting submar...

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Jai Hind.

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I cannot post in Newbie thread? Is it locked?

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Sameer ji - Why this app is not available in Nigeria ?

Please do not do this to your Nigerian abdullas just because we fly Chinese F-7. We promise we won't steal Su30MKI technology.

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At such an important test-launch, why cow-mata have not been asked to leave the premises, especially being few meters from the launch?

She could have given her blessings from far distance.

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Hello All, have been a lurker all the times, hope this is the right place to ask queries by non-military jingoes like me. Was reading Kargil war background since somewhere it came up on facebook that 15 years ago on 13th June 1999, Tololing peak was captured from the Pakistani militants/army & w...

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Tarmac/Indian express reporting "MiG 29K suffers damage on board Vikramaditya". :( (Quote) - A MiG 29K naval combat aircraft has suffered damage while landing on the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya during operations in Arabian Sea off the coast of Goa, a navy official said on Thursday. T...

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OT, but what activity is going on in HAL Airport, Bangalore. Since 1:45 PM till 5:00 PM, I have heard so many planes (Chopper and fighter jets) flying over my home (MarathaHalli).

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Yes .. I agree with Hari .. On a quick recall, I can count that I missed the following 3 bits in the 'top stories section' - The Mig crash, the Jaguar crash and China "gifting" J-10B to Pakistan .. (Is there a new IAF chief now ? If yes, then I think that also didn't show up)

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AND YES...am a head over heal's fan of V Ahuja's and Shankar's writing....Jamwal also..great work and a special thanks to the Moderators and gurus for trudging along and getting this site to where it is..Honestly!! Welcome. :) PS - Sorry for OT. The writing of V.Ahuja, Shankar and Jamwal forced me ...

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Hello BRFites and trainee's .. This is my first post ... I had been reading many threads (MMRCA, LCA, China Military watch threads, news articles on the home page of BR and most interesting - Military scenarios) since 2-3 years .. and today decided to join BR. Highly likely that I would be posting q...

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