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- 13 Nov 2021 18:27
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3142884
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
https://www.news18.com/news/india/stone-pelting-reported-in-maharashtra-during-protests-against-tripura-violence-govt-appeals-for-calm-4437089.html Violence in several parts of MH on Friday. The ability to gather in tens of thousands and indulge in mob violence/mob justice is unchallenged - whether...
- 12 Nov 2021 23:23
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
- Replies: 1703
- Views: 819766
Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
We should name ships in the names of rivers, cities, states, hills, etc. We have huge number of rivers big and small and tributaries etc which will be sufficient to have some 300/400 ships easily. +100 INS Thiruananthapuram / Tezpur / Thane / Thanjavur is way more likely to resonate with the IN sai...
- 12 Nov 2021 23:07
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 5266
- Views: 1816532
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
See the duvida of SCI judges. They had similar duvida before Dakiat's attack on R-Day parade. They defended the right of rioters more than national decorum. A big source of anarchy. Just recently there was an intrusion in Uttarakhand and yet the judges have this moral dilemma!!! I was doing a bit o...
- 12 Nov 2021 21:49
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 04 January 2021
- Replies: 1533
- Views: 711898
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 04 January 2021
The FTBs are from the SPs. The LSPs are used for testing of the modules. Couple of questions for Tejas Garus here; 1) Is the Tejas 2-seat conversion trainer any different from the proposed Tejas LIFT version? something doesn't quite add up here. If the purpose of the Tejas conversion trainer (4 + 4...
- 11 Nov 2021 18:05
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
- Replies: 1703
- Views: 819766
Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
someone please get in touch with Navy and let them know that their new ship has a nonsense name, there's no such word in sanskrit. the meaning given in media reports 'protector shield' is wrong and based on on 2 bit online baby naming sites that push arabic/persian names as sanskrit. I was mulling ...
- 07 Nov 2021 19:19
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
- Replies: 5960
- Views: 2346411
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Begs the question as to why is it that China is not similarly afraid that India will mistakenly retaliate with a nuclear strike after misidentifying a conventional launch for a nuclear launch. This has been answered here ---> https://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7844&p=2514...
- 31 Oct 2021 20:34
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
- Replies: 1703
- Views: 819766
Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
5 years from now, there'll be VL-SRSAM in service, possibly a navalized Akash-NG, a HUMSA-NG, an ALTAS, the 100mm gun has already been passed over for the 76mm manufactured at BHEL. Navalized akash ng is unlikely primarily because it wasn’t design for VLS launch sure adding that capability is possi...
- 31 Oct 2021 18:44
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
- Replies: 1703
- Views: 819766
Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
That is still wasting a significant portion of the capital acquisition budget. If our war fighting is dependent on being in the good books of some nation. You are correct. It is a waste and it is a non-ideal situation. But can You/Me/GoI/MoD/IN do anything about it? No Given the increase in the urb...
- 30 Oct 2021 22:39
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
- Replies: 1703
- Views: 819766
Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
^^^ If that is the concept of operations. Then it is the most inefficient way to defend the nation. We might just pick up one supplier and stick to it. Don't build a circus of systems that are expected to be useless in times of war. Then what is the point of investment in such systems. If the expec...
- 30 Oct 2021 20:34
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
- Replies: 1703
- Views: 819766
Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
No it's not true. But the P17A is a better ship any day of the week and twice on Sunday. Because it has MFSTAR and LRSAM. The Russian imports don't. Nor will they be fitted with those during the MLU. The rationale for the purchase makes little sense. In fact the navy would have been better served w...
- 18 Oct 2021 00:34
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: CT & COIN Operations in India: News, Images and Discussion
- Replies: 2905
- Views: 842535
Re: CT & COIN Operations in India: News, Images and Discussion
Total count of our braves has gone up to 9. :( This along with 11 civilians. https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/indiatoday/images/story/202110/5FC1_09f7c785-8d2c-4fd4-ad5a-8_1200x768.jpeg?HyCgcC7k1YZ0oABstbq158K1gb.sJG_p&size=770:433 Link Om Shanti. I was very angry and upset for the last couple ...
- 18 Oct 2021 00:21
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Kaushal Vepa is no more. Om Shanti
- Replies: 86
- Views: 18363
Re: Kaushal Vepa is no more. Om Shanti
Om Shanti. Sincere condolences to all his family and the BR community.
- 07 Oct 2021 18:34
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
- Replies: 5246
- Views: 1546136
Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1760781 Ministry of Defence Raksha Mantri gives away DRDO Dare to Dream 2.0 & Young Scientists awards Shri Rajnath Singh calls for R&D in futuristic technologies Our aim is to equip our forces with latest machinery to deal with any challen...
- 07 Oct 2021 09:29
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
- Replies: 2731
- Views: 1133707
Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Now that makes sense :) The reality of most western engine OEM's (and most wester military suppliers in general) is that they are internally expecting to lose money when it comes to R&D (you are competing and generally spending out of pocket for product development even in cost-plus reimburseme...
- 20 Sep 2021 19:25
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
- Replies: 5960
- Views: 2346411
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Hopefully, the development would be over soon. HAL made LCH, and without customer asking, it was not necessary for them to try porting a missile under development (of a different body) to LCH. OTOH, the military did not even bother to take delivery or did even show urgency for LCH. There are 76 Rud...
- 19 Sep 2021 22:51
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Defence Websites Watch
- Replies: 224
- Views: 92629
Re: Indian Defence Websites Watch
Great effort Rohit Vats-ji
- 19 Sep 2021 22:39
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021
- Replies: 928
- Views: 494468
Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021
Karan M-ji, Can you or - or other resident garus - please provide an overview of the ARDE bombs being built? i.e. why glide bums vs. HSLD bums vs. PG HSLD bums vs. Inertial Guided bums vs. LGBs vs. Garuda/Garuthma? Too many types of bums and would be nice to know why they are different, what is the...
- 19 Sep 2021 19:55
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021
- Replies: 928
- Views: 494468
Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021
Interesting pic and claims here of PG-HSLD being certified for Su-30 carriage (6 per aircraft). https://twitter.com/GODOFPARADOXES/status/1439233671425372169 IAF is slowly and steadily moving towards adopting desi munitions en masse. This will be the true RMA as versus carefully hoarded stocks of e...
- 17 Sep 2021 18:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-France news
- Replies: 345
- Views: 142080
Re: India-France news
Thanks for putting focus on this. The ideologies that are the curse of the west today like post modernism, cultural marxism etc are the gifts of French intelligentsia to mankind. Though the politics have been mostly center/center-right since Chiraq, Sarkozy, even Holland and now Macron, the French ...
- 17 Sep 2021 01:56
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Australia News and Discussion
- Replies: 2275
- Views: 501818
Re: India-Australia News and Discussion
I somehow feel that all this is to eventually control India when it would have risen with 10T GDP and a decent MIC by 2050. World is realigning for that. V-Raman ji, You are quite correct in your assessment. The same thoughts were in my mind yesterday But “Control India” is a very strong phrase. Th...
- 15 Sep 2021 08:27
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikramaditya: News and Discussion
- Replies: 1604
- Views: 293759
Re: INS Vikramaditya: News and Discussion
touchéBala Vignesh wrote:Developed searching for the infamous Mithai, Admiral Saab!!Rakesh wrote:you got some good eyes. thanks.
- 14 Sep 2021 22:58
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
- Replies: 675
- Views: 342155
Re: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread
But what are our realistic options? The Indian economy and manufacturing MIC will not come close to China's for decades. Till then what's the plan to deal with a superpower in the backyard? How does Pakistan keep India at bay? How did the Chinese keep the Russians at bay? The answer is the same. Lar...
- 12 Sep 2021 01:56
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
- Replies: 2281
- Views: 880330
Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
China has near about 1500 fighter jets (most of them not retiring) as of now vis-a-vis 600ish of ours . We will add 350 but also retire 200. China is surely aiming to add atleast 1000 jets in next 20 years, likely more. They have done this before while we haven't done this (350). We are probably go...
- 29 Aug 2021 01:09
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant: News and Discussion
- Replies: 3269
- Views: 840634
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
I'm actually surprised that both take off positions are smack in the middle of the landing strip on the Vikrant. With a much wider deck, wonder why they didn't put it closer to the starboard side like on the kuz Might've allowed for simultaneous landing and take off ops. It's a design decision. Sim...
- 25 Aug 2021 21:11
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
- Replies: 2853
- Views: 836953
Re: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
Exactly, the only reason Pakistan has been perpetually supported is a certain degree of Hinduphobia even if causes pinpricks and loss of own soldiers. The best way to get a competitor (or potential competitor) to underachieve is to keep them busy with internal conflicts. We all know Shanti mein Tar...
- 17 Aug 2021 21:52
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021
- Replies: 928
- Views: 494468
Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021
If Russians seeing hopes of making a huge/neat packet on the SU30 upgrade is not materializing, why would it cooperate in sharing its radar technology with us to make it compatible with Indian arms systems? That would be a triple whammy for them: -Not making money on the Super Sukhoi package it had...
- 17 Aug 2021 21:29
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Afghanistan News & Discussion - April 2016
- Replies: 3095
- Views: 809907
Re: Afghanistan News & Discussion - April 2016
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/former-british-commander-cautions-taliban-may-get-control-of-pakistan-s-nuclear-weapons/ar-AANo2sM?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531 Former British commander calls our Pakistan and fears that in the future some Nuclear material might also find its way into the Taliban h...
- 17 Aug 2021 21:26
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Afghanistan News & Discussion - April 2016
- Replies: 3095
- Views: 809907
Re: Afghanistan News & Discussion - April 2016
The US was literally run out of town after 20 years, $1-2 trillion and 2,448 service personnel lives lost, not to mention private military contractors and afghan support staff. This is not how a sooper power behaves. Biden will never live this down and neither will the democrats. hillary had her be...
- 13 Aug 2021 22:10
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant: News and Discussion
- Replies: 3269
- Views: 840634
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
Question for all gurus: Will the VikAd and Vikrant carry ASW Sea Kings or Ka-28s or Dhruvs or MH-60 SeaHawks moving forward? The navy is taking delivery of 16 ALH Dhruvs but of these only 6 are supposedly ASW variants carrying the dipping sonar - not sure why this is the case, unless this was an ini...
- 13 Aug 2021 22:05
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 04 January 2021
- Replies: 1533
- Views: 711898
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 04 January 2021
What exactly is HAL producing till 2030 other than 16 LCA per year? There is no Su30, no Jag. Major parts of LCA are now outsourced. 73 LCA Mk1A + 18 LCA FOC Trainers + 201 Tejas Mk2 + 200 LUH + 175 LCH + unknown nos. AMCA & IMRH & R-UAVs & Naval/ICG Dhruvs Let's also not forget the ALH...
- 13 Aug 2021 21:56
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
- Replies: 1039
- Views: 757005
Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
^^^ this is a load of tripe if ever there was one. The pre 84 crowd were the ones who took the PSLV to success. They were there when the GSLV was first launched. Pre 84 ISRO crowd has worked with Indian Pvt sector companies all their working lives. Else Godrej boyes and others would not be working ...
- 03 Aug 2021 21:12
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
- Replies: 1703
- Views: 819766
Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/navy-to-scrap-plans-to-procure-guns-from-us-considering-make-in-india-route-now/ar-AAMPhfi?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531 The purchase of MK45 127mm guns from the US to be scrapped. Makes sense, as the price was just way too high. Don't know if replacement 76mm guns ...
- 27 Jun 2021 22:01
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: INS Vikrant: News and Discussion
- Replies: 3269
- Views: 840634
Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion
VikAd & Vikrant most likely will never operate together due to staggered maintenance schedule to ensure availability of at least 1 carrier. So we can essentially bring 16-18 MiG-29K to the fight in a given theatre of operations. Basically 1 squadron equivalent of Tier1 fighters If we got another...
- 04 Jun 2021 20:30
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Nuclear Submarines -3
- Replies: 2005
- Views: 593494
Re: Indian Nuclear Submarines -3
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/indias-lone-nuclear-attack-submarine-heading-back-to-russia-next-one-to-take-five-years/articleshow/83229253.cms Indian Navy’s lone nuclear attack submarine heading back to Russia, next one to take five years from the article it is heading back at t...
- 27 May 2021 06:32
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
- Replies: 2281
- Views: 880330
Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
https://eurasiantimes.com/former-mig-21-pilot-takes-a-dig-at-hal-says-dassault-rightly-rejected-local-manufacturing-of-rafale-jets-in-india/ Xcpts: MiG-21 Crash: Former Pilot Takes A Dig At HAL; Says Dassault Rightly Rejected Local Manufacturing Of Rafale Jets In India The article - mildly put - is...
- 24 May 2021 22:35
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Light Combat Helicopter: News & Discussion: 10 August 2020
- Replies: 531
- Views: 640208
Re: Light Combat Helicopter: News & Discussion: 10 August 2020
The main issue with wing tip extension will be the additional weight added to the machine. If the machine was designed to operate primarily in forward flight regime them it would not have major implications. A machine designed to operate in the nap of the earth flight regime would be so well optimi...
- 24 May 2021 22:27
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
- Replies: 1703
- Views: 819766
Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
What Philip is asking for is a 2200 ton corvette being built for the Russian Navy. It has IIRC, an 8 cell VLS and a chopper hanger. Total missile count of 16 missiles. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_corvette_Gremyashchiy Without having any understanding of the limitations of the Russian Na...
- 24 May 2021 22:19
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014
- Replies: 4118
- Views: 1246938
Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014
^<OT> Quick question - Why were the Russian engines not selected for our indigenous Helis. Trying to reduce dependency? </OT> One more reason: Russian engines are high performance, and relatively cheap, and sanctions proof. But they have low reliability and MTBF requiring frequent overhauls and rep...
- 24 May 2021 22:09
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014
- Replies: 4118
- Views: 1246938
Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014
^<OT> Quick question - Why were the Russian engines not selected for our indigenous Helis. Trying to reduce dependency? </OT> One more reason: Russian engines are high performance, and relatively cheap, and sanctions proof. But they have low reliability and MTBF requiring frequent overhauls and rep...
- 24 May 2021 10:38
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014
- Replies: 4118
- Views: 1246938
Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014
One point,if French engines cost an arm and a leg, and leaves us with little moolah for civvy street, how come all our desi helos being built in large number,ALHs, LCH,LUH, and the MH to come have French engines? We need helicopters and don't have a desi engine. But we can produce the rest of the h...