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PTI says worker killed in police crackdown in Lahore following imposition of Section 144 From what I could gather, it seems the Great Khan declared a great rally in Lahore. The showbaaz government declared Section 144 right before making the rally essentially illegal :rotfl: . On seeing this the Gr...

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Compared to the LCA-N /Trainer, the TEDBF doesn't seem to have the same nose down view from the cockpit. The nose seems more horizontal compared to the downward sloping one in LCA-N Mk-1. In LCA-N Mk-1, the forward canopy seems to slope downwards in straight line through the nose and seems to have ...

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- 310 ATAGS guns is 17 artillery regiments (Direct import of Bofors guns was 410 numbers) - Even @2 ATAGS regiments per arty brigade, we're talking about 7-8 artillery brigades getting the new gun. And new capability which did not exist earlier. Rohit, will the remaining FH-77B's be retired when th...

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Thakur_B wrote:Now with ATAGS saga closing in on finish line, the next target should be longer range tube artillery.

Longer range than the ATAGS? Are you talking about special longer ranged ammo like ramjet powered rounds or something?

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vijayk wrote:Maharastra is a big concern.
1. Media strategy failing?
2. Marathi media has become toxic especially after the MVA Govt.

Marathi media is completely sold out to Pawarful people and their agents (Raut). Has been for a while now. There isn't even a pretense of being neutral.

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From HVT Sir... https://twitter.com/hvtiaf/status/1631267162282418176?s=20 ---> True Vertical Climb - The FULCRUM Way. Incredible photo. Shows the immense raw power available on the Mig-29. I doubt any other current IAF aircraft can do this straight after takeoff. Perhaps the Rafale when it is ligh...

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I think we should use this thread for Avionics equipment also. IAF RFQ for new jamming pod aka replacement for SAP- 518 RFI for Replacing SAP-518 ramana garu, if you read that RFI it curiously mentions "The Indian Air Force is planning to replace obsolescent hardware on five SAP 518 pods of Su...

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Saar do you really need engineering and industry experience to understand that Atmanirbharta will remain just a dream unless private entrants into defence manufacturing and R&D are given large orders to help make their business viable?

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Chota Badmash doesn't seem like the intelligent type else he would not have agreed to become the PM and own this mess in the first place :lol: Chota Badmash takes his orders from bada Badmash. Both were stupid enough to believe that Ishaq Dar is a an economic genius and master negotiator who knows ...

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bala, if you are quoting posts with large images please remove them from the quoted post. This makes the thread more readable. Thanks

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Are we now supposed to believe numbers cited by random YT handles claiming "Thar Thar kaanp rahi hai Chinese media"? The effect of propaganda/psyops is intended for the adversary not ourselves.

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Last we heard from HVT sir on Twitter, he categorically denied that HAL or the IAF was looking at upgrading the engines as part of the upgrade. There is no official news anywhere which says that the Su-30 upgrade is going to incorporate new engines. We (myself included) have all discussed here the p...

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I'm not sure what it is you expected the Navy to do exactly. They have no capacity to buy the torpedoes on their own. They have to go through the MoD's process. The cancellation of the deal itself was a typically stupid move considering the bribery allegations were against Agusta-Westland (VVIP chop...

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The first Kalvari Class was commissioned in Dec 2017. Since the Black Shark torpedo was not available back then (due to being blacklisted), Naval HQ should have moved to the DM2A4 from Atlas Elektronik or the F-21 from Naval Group of France. Yes, it would have been an added cost...but I highly doub...

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https://twitter.com/alpha_defense/status/1625442245762772992?s=20&t=QQDHHBB3A0uEx_OAgC52NA ---> DC MAWS for LCA Tejas Mk2. Five such units will be placed across LCA AF MK2 to provide 360 degree coverage. Is it IR or UV based? Any idea? It is IR based https://www.drdo.gov.in/dual-colour-missile-...

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One can only hope that the Indian Navy does not create an unobtanium RFI for a new generation * torpedo which will take another 10 years to arrive! * Something that moves at hypersonic speeds under the water. Supersonic might be slow for our Admirals. Not sure how we can blame the Admirals for this...

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IMHO! problem is not the roads but the certification of how much load can be carried by vehicles. Indian vehicles regularly overload causing all the wear and tear on roads. This needs to be totally enforced., a 5 Ton road must not carry any load more than 5 tons and there need to be weighing statio...

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Now money will flow again till the next crisis which will certainly be worse than this one. There is no intent here to fix the root of the problem. Doesn't matter. If the IMF fell for their nonsense now it'll fall for it again. Meanwhile paki awam will remain in poverty but still worried only about...

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you don't buy apaches you don't get negotiations on 414s. That is a speculative justification without any evidence. We got F404's without any Apaches. And the IAF already bought 22 Apache's a while back. You're telling me the Americans specifically insisted that the IA should also buy 6 and without...

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:rotfl: :rotfl: IMF on hearing Quran verse panicked and left hurriedly in panic when they heard Allah hu Akbar part of of the verse thinking Ishaq Dar is going to blow himself up. This is no laughing matter. The IMF team had probably seen Dar saab gobble up several bowls of pindi chana during lunch...

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Bharadwaj wrote:Based on other reports doing the rounds in the media, the autopilot integration appears to be the hold up for deliveries...

Any links to these reports?
Thanks

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Now that the IN is thinking of buying 26 Rafales it makes no sense whatsoever to continue this boondoggle instead of adding another 2 squadrons for the IAF to that order to get better terms for everyone. Yet we will waste time in this and then complain about falling numbers.

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nachiket, Why did it take a year for CCS approval when CDR was approved? What took so long when everyone knows Mk2 is important and urgent? I don't know ramana guru. These things are typically opaque in India. You rarely get an answer for "why". Usual refrain is "dekho no money"...

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AMCA is a very complex project with several components and subsystems beyond the basic design involving significant R&D since nothing of this sort has been attempted in India before by anyone. The PDR and CDR stages are absolutely critical to the future success of the program. Not something you ...

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US $930 million for six AH-64E Apache helicopters for the Army Aviation Corps :) That is US $155 million per Apache. A procurement made purely out of inter-service rivalry, wasting precious resources that could be far better utilized. It is bad enough that the Army pushed for this, but it is worse ...

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This thing just refuses to die doesn't it? Like a cockroach.

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I think 50 additional is to bridge the gap between when current MK1a order @16/year is completed and MK2 starts (it hurts, but MK2 is delayed). So I don't think they will be increasing the throughput. MK2 was suppose to be quick. It has exactly the same wing as MK1 (same dimension and shape). Does ...

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^^Thank you so much for that. You answered many of the questions about the MKI's EW system future I had asked above.

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Reality of our most prosperous state: MH's economic heft is all down to Mumbai, Pune and a few other areas in Western MH. Even there a lot of the "industries" in Solapur and other areas will be sugar factories. Rest of the state is not much different from the much-maligned BIMARU states. T...

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The massive Air India deal... That's the hafta paid to Anglosphere. Maybe a few sea guardians as well To buy freedom to buy Rafale for Navy and IAF. Fully expecting 36+54 order at minimum to French ... Why would Tata sons pay the hafta on behalf of GoI? They are answerable to their shareholders not...

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Mod-Note: Keep this thread clear of posts which have nothing to do with India-US relations like the Ohio train derailment. If you wish to discuss it there is the Understanding the US thread: https://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7615&start=6600 I am going to move the posts t...

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I truly hope these Mk1A orders actually materialize. Quickly. And HAL uses the money to increase production capacity.

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Bhai, earlier $100M per plane was quoted. At that time new engine and airframe strengthening wasn't considered. With new engine AL41 series, we may need to tweak air intakes (Su 35s have bigger intakes if I remember correctly) the cost will go up. Don't be surprised if it shoots upto $200M per plan...

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Well, the thing I can't fathom is: why buy even a single B737Max? Given the dodgy safety record of the thing, it seems a bit reckless. Much better, IMO, to either order the normal B737 instead (if they still make it), or give the entire narrow-body order to Airbus A320Neo. The MAX has gone through ...

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Yes uncertainty over deliveries is probably the reason they chose to split. Even now they operate both the A320 (regular AI) and 737NG (AI Express). Perhaps they will keep it that way. Still it won't allow them to simplify their training and maintenance operations like Indigo et al can thanks to usi...

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https://twitter.com/alpha_defense/statu ... 5824673794

Vapour Compression Machine for Cooling of AESA Radar of Su-30MKI Upgrade.

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Look at the size of that missile vis-a-vis the Tejas Don’t think twin rails for Astra are gonna be feasible for the Tejas Mk1/1A I don't think that is an immediate requirement anyway. More important would be twin rails for R-73 on the outermost pylon. This is necessary because if the ASPJ is carrie...

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vsunder saar, great to see you back and thanks a million for all the updates.

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If IAF is upgrading only 150 of them, then they are trying to make space for more Rafale. Either GoI will ask these to be replaced with LCA MK2 or air force version of tedbf. IAF can argue there is already enough Mk2! Now IAFs problem is that tedbf is a Navy program. They know Navy will make it wor...

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Only thing I can't fathom about the huge AI order is why they chose to split the narrow-body order between the A320neo and B737Max. One would have expected them to use this opportunity to standardize on one or the other like every other airline in India (and even abroad) to reduce training and maint...

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