Bharat Rakshak

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The title of this thread is “India’s R&D…” and yet we are considering Adani license production as one???

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^^^ Opportunity lost with Brazilian Embraer C-390 Millennium. India got basically stuck with Russian JV that never materialized. India still had the opportunity to join Embraer as a JV partner but did not have to foresight to do so even though the specifications matched exactly more or less. This is...

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Rakesh wrote: ↑19 Mar 2024 19:21 Behold The Explosive Spectacle Of India’s Unrivaled Airpower Demonstration
https://www.twz.com/air/behold-the-expl ... onstration
15 March 2024

Interesting how low the multi-rack for 4x 250kg is on the Mirage-2000.

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Sure they have. Same is with the other side.

MIC clear winner.

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F-16s are coming. First batch will be in Ukraine in July-2024. Ukrainian AF have been training for a year now in various EU countries, including Romania.

There are plenty of F-16s in EU (over 200) and it is very likely most of them will end up in Ukraine over this decade.

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It is a given that small teams of NATO Special Forces have been active on the ground for a long time. SF are pretty much involved in every conflict. They offer deniability while projecting influence and effective outcomes.

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sanman, you sound like MAGA believer. Same sound bites repeated over and over again.

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Indian Navy Great-Great-Great grandfather generations’ vision will finally become reality in 2047

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^^^ Ukrainian AF still training and setting up infrastructure to support F-16s. The first ones will be in service around mid-2024. It will likely be later half of 2025 before Ukrainian AF can fully realize its capabilities in combat and in quantities. So far 3-squadrons worth promised. One squadron ...

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Details on how Nepali villagers are trafficked into fighting the Russian war and the realities of frontlines for them. People like them make up the human mass suicidal attacks and are dying by the thousands. Only few manage to escape by again paying bribes to those same trafficking networks. Those d...

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Karakoram Highway
Gwadar Port
etc

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Ukrainian MiG-29 AGM-88 HARM JDAM AASM HARM https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR-muQ-vSev1SfC6AoadYkFC9zKDFAO2uDiWP8AzyncvskAw7Wmmh9DLLo&s=10 JDAM https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSN4F64YP0kBxzzELoW6knYSdPoLMprBuS0cQ&usqp=CAU AASM https://encrypted-tbn...

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Let’s wait and see. No predictions from me. It’s too complex to predict the outcomes just yet.

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Nowadays multiple sources need to corroborate otherwise it is just an “opinion” of one source. They all have their angle and favoritism. Nothing truly neutral.

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Don’t be surprised if the IA says it must be < 20t

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sajaym wrote: ↑13 Mar 2024 11:26 And at this point...since this a domestically produced fighter... we have to ask the important question - How long will it take to replace the destroyed fighter with a brand new one?

The Indian procurement process is a lengthy one (13 steps) even for IDDM.

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How will NATO be disbanded? It has reawakened. They are basically fighting the war using Ukraine as a proxy.

That is why this war will be a long fought one.

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^^^ … Ukraine’s declared objective is to evict Russia from all the territory it claims as Ukrainian, including the Crimea, while Russia has the simple objective of demilitarising Ukraine and preventing it from joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). … :roll: I don’t think Russian obje...

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does Indian law allow citizen to fight as mercenary for external cause without foreign uniform? As I understand it, these are not Indian citizens, they are Nepalese. Plenty of Indians too. Indians killed in Ukraine were forced to fight for Russia, families say Ukraine war: India busts network traff...

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IN wasting too much time like the IAF on import acquisitions. Whatever happened to the “builders navy”? Don’t understand decades old fetish for another foreign SSK. IN has P-75 Scorpene SSK that were built in India. There are opportunities to continually build and improve upon that design. Yet, it i...

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It has become a “global” war. While there are volunteers from richer countries, a lot of human trafficking going on from poorer nations with promises of good jobs; only to be sent to the frontlines as cannon fodder. VdEcfNo3K-U Nationals from every continent involved: South Asia (India, Nepal), Cent...

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… - Will the Shivaliks remain without a VLS based on what happened to the Delhi class? These have 20 years of service remaining. Would it not make sense to rebuild these with Barak-8/MF-STAR? … Ideally, yes. But practicality and cost-wise may be prohibitive. Probably would require a very long refit...

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We can only humbly request please streamline the IDDM pathway. Those are yours only

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Don’t see a reason to delay production.

The delays are with software it seems. Software can be re-installed/upgraded.

There may be a need to have first batch as Mk1A IOC with some subsystems to be upgraded later.

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Quantities provided were too few to make a difference
14 Challengers
30 Abrams
70 Leopard-2
0 Leclercs

West is pretty much drip feeding just enough to prolong the war.

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… 1) collective NATO production of arty ammo will reach about 2 million rounds per annum by the end of year. … Given that there is 12-24-36 months of lead times from orders being placed, EU MIC production re-start/ramp-up may be coming to fruition this year or the next year. It is going to be a lon...

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https://x.com/MonteroMax/status/1765213 ... 31740?s=20 ---> Indian sources confirmed that HAL is working with PADC to offer the Tejas Mk.1A to the PAF as a naval strike fighter with Brahmos NG & NASM-ER missiles. PADC's CEO confirmed two weeks ago its partnership with HAL, w/c may allow local p...

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AI and Robotics at completely different levels if you are comparing tech from two decades ago.

Even small weaponized drones being manufactured by the millions with rapidly evolving elements of AI (image recognition and autonomous decision making & action) were totally non-existent back then.

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View from Russian crew desperately trying to destroy sea drones … to no avail. Small caliber guns useless.

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So it begins …

Here is a clip of the Black Mirror- Metalhead episode

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The pictures look to be decades old.

Production had stopped since 2012.

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Those who don’t have access to F-35/F-22 and have deep pockets all lining up for Rafale.

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Quantity over Quality

Russians never got over tactics of cheaper mass eventually overcoming superiority

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Here are various footage from different sea drones and someone on another ship

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^^^ In the post you quoted, Prem is replying to two different things :wink: First part he is talking about VSHORDS and the second about MRSAM vs Akash NG. The pictures he is talking about relate to MRSAM/Akash NG. He should have not mixed the two in one post. Yes, bit confusing without the context a...

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multiple pieces in west Ukraine has downed all the Russian fighter jets in the last week and now Russia is without airforce https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/02/29/shooting-down-11-russian-jets-in-11-days-ukraine-nudges-the-russian-air-force-closer-to-an-organizational-death-spiral/ Over a...

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I think we are debating on a non-issue

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2024 will be Drone War … Ukraine’s drone production reached 200,000 FPV units in early 2024 Ukraine has produced approximately 200,000 FPV drones in January and February 2024, Hanna Hvozdiar, Deputy Minister of Strategic Industries, said in an interview with Forbes Ukraine. With the US and EU aid pa...

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Side-by-side view of the launchers indicate MR-SAM/Barak-8 much bigger than Akash NG. Take a look Akash NG https://defenceforumindia.com/attachments/img_2689-jpg.215838/ MR-SAM/Barak-8 https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRLKAcD0IcGIRJTc8hdV9q2QOYdAw9s30ZwrA&usqp=CAU Akash NG de...

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Akash-NG ranges all over the place after recent tests: 30 Km, 50 Km, 60 Km etc When tests were repeatedly done in 2021 and 2022, the range was consistently claimed to be in the 70 - 80 Km range - a.k.a its a replacement for MRSAM/Barak-8 And the 70 - 80 Km range makes sense because DRDO built the d...

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