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souravB

There was news a few months back about DRDO and IIT-B having developed new BPJ. These were supposed to be lighter and much better then the existing bullet proof jackets being used. Have any of these been tested/approved? In COIN ops in J&K all the soldiers wear BPJ and patkas. Yet, we are havin...

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^^ let's hope the current camouflage is retained. The digital camouflage trend had its time. Also, large number of BPJ and helmets have been ordered in the existing camouflage. Woodland camo had its time. I'd say if we are changing uniforms, we go for multicam. I'd agree digicam had it's share of l...

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^^On paper budget is already 20% of actual figure. Pak fauj has the foundation who controls >10% of GDP plus all the narcotics income. So, it is anybodys guess.

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chola wrote: Saar, the Izumo class is $1.2B per unit!!! The MRSV project is $2B in total for four ships.

Saar just a correction.. the project budget is $3B.
and as the name suggests, It is supposed to be used as an ASW LHD during peacetime too. Also none of the contenders were LPD types except one.

souravB

--snip-- Rakesh sir, yes I understand the glacial pace our babudom works in and the MRSV project is its shining example. But I also believe it will move quickly if NDA comes for a second term. Let us focus on what we have at present - blueprints of a Vikrant Class aircraft carrier and a physical ve...

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^^ We are supposed to build 4 LHDs in the meantime. We could always use them as mini carriers if we invest early on to make them compatible with F-35Bs to be bought at a certain point of time. Since we are not landing significant amount of troops anywhere soon, this also gives us a breather and we c...

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Khan ishtyle uniform coming to IA excerpts The aim is to make the uniform comfortable and more attractive. “The discussion is about the textile which makes it suitable in places with high temperature and high moisture. Also, the discussion was about the rank badges which get covered under Bullet Pr...

souravB

There are a lot of options for gun pods which could be attached to the hard points. Only modifications needed are to the targeting system and integration of the pods.
No mods to the airframe is needed I think. A LDP could also be integrated to provide night firing capability.

souravB

Why didnt we just go for 7.62x51? Sir the 93k + 350k 5.56NATO is probably for mechanized, airborne and officer use. Where a shorter and lighter rifle is needed. Thakur_B sir, AFAIK there will be another 7.62x51 RFI in line with the 5.56 RFI as MII. What I think is IA didn't expected the SIGS deal t...

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Sir, what you have said is one way of looking at it, i.e. the positivism. The skeptic in me looks at it with a healthy dose of worry. JMT, diplomacy works with a scratch the back policy. I do not for a second believe Unkil is spending its leverage on China for India without getting something in ret...

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--snip-- ^^^^^^^^^ I take this as further proof he's dead. No sense expending political capital on a dead man: Makes it easy to shrug at the moment of VETO; and why not blacklist the guy; the West knows he's useless to them now, anyway. Because of this: The GoI should consider it an empty gesture; ...

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Don't know what to make of this.
What these nutjobs touch upon but do not understand is Hinduism is not only Idol worshiping. One can take other to dip into a vat of water and make him drink wine but neither can make him/her less Hindu.

souravB

rags wrote:
abhik wrote: Request for F-35 coming in 3.. 2..
There is some major NATO equal ally bill coming up in US Congress. Decks being cleared for the lightening?

How can IAF buy F-35 with S-400 operational. There has already been a discussion on it
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GoI should put the screws on GoSL and demand a joint investigation by NIA. These groups are interlinked and the only way they could be truly dismantled if the whole picture comes out from both the countries.

souravB

People who are concerned about the per unit price of Tejas, I would advise to please read up on Mitsubishi F-2 fighter and specifically it's unit cost. Though it is based on F-16, it is almost a new fighter due to design changes. That is the price Japan paid to establish a aerospace supply chain. It...

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Karthik S wrote:
Foreign citizens lost their lives even during 26/11. What happened then?

Some of them are atleast making films on it and showing it to citizens who were either woefully ignorant or wonderfully nonchalant. Films are a very good method of propaganda and mass knowledge.

souravB

I have a puch to gurus on this forum. What happened to feel good factor or Game changer things or events like !) CEPC 2) Biggest oil find off Karachi off shore 3) Mulk Banao scheme ( non paki bond) issued in January and expected $ 8 billion 4) Ex CJP"s Ponzi scheme called DAM fund. 1) Ilon blo...

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^^saar this Azhar business by Cheen is actually pretty advantageous to India right now if political parties stop using it for political gain. While Cheen stops the ban, Azhar will be free to do what it does in Pukistan leaving us free to do what we want to do in Pukistan(read covert and overt ops). ...

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^^ Brar sir, noob pooch. How is this HX5 material different than what DRDO is developing as structural (nano)composites to be used in fuselage structure? or is it just Khan style marketing?

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^^being in NATO is called a member and outside support while maintaining all their(US) standards is an ally. Brazil is an ally who Trump is trying to make into a member.
US Congress pass any bill they want, the real question is do we want to be?

souravB

This increase of Rs 576 Billion at at Rs. 139 per US$ was about US$ 4.00 Billion. Thus Pakistan’s Defence in 2018-19 is about US$ 14 Billion These figures doesn't even include all the pensions, amenities, corner plots and khusboos.. also it doesn't include what fauji foundation diverts from their a...

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Posting this video here for viewpoint purposes KYRHmEF1Azo highlights: Most debris will re-enter in 1-2 months. small numbers may stay for 1-2 years. Impact vector was downward and not ascending as some 'analysts' have predicted. Hypervelocity impact. probability of damage to ISS is <10^-10 but due ...

souravB

For submarine applications specifically SAIL makes DMR292A steel.

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^^ in millennial term it's called daddy issue.

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x posting Does any Indian company manufacture HY 100 or HY 130 steel? Arcelor Mittal USA makes the HY100 but subject to export regulations Apparently, the IN wants to source all its future steel requirements indigenously SAIL produces the DMR292A steel for underwater applications. Industeel, a subs...

souravB

when we already have building blocks for a SSN why are we building more SSKs? Time. It will happen, just not soon enough. We need more SSKs in the meantime. battery operated SSKs are stealthier than SSNs for a comparable generation. It's a compromise on stealth for endurance. Even if we build SSNs,...

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Brar_w sir thank you for the explanation on MADL. Yes it would be very problematic to change the antennas for MADL. But currently that will be between F35s themselves and not other platforms due to hardware limitations. S-400 could theoretically pick up those communiques if in range. But India will ...

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But isn't Israel operating F35 with it's own AFAIT IFF and B-Net. so certainly mods can be done albeit pricey. The issues that comes are the ALIS VMS of F35 which sends data back to LM. If we look at India, it will never have neither the vanilla F35 nor S400. India have it's own systems that are mos...

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ramana wrote:What's the barrel length if AK 203?
AK 204 carbine barrel length is noted as 314 mm.

Standard 16" barrel length.

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Aditya_V wrote:I thought Greece had some economic problems but still can afford such cheap aircraft as "F-35" 's? Hmmm

Would be interesting if Greece is sold F35 and Turkey is not. Probably another pressure technique to not buy the S400.

souravB

I wouldn't be surprised if Khan wants to partner up with India for it's next gen of BMD under the guise of DTTI. They already do it with Israel for their Arrow-3/SM3 GBMD. As they will move towards ICBMs &/or HGV for the next phase, they would require to have as many partners as possible. And qu...

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Is there any thread on Corruption in military procurements? Or that would be too much of a pain to maintain?

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Chola sir, no ji for me please. I am still a xiaohuángdì. :D If ws-10 to kaveri is J-10 to Tejas, I am hopeful that we'll make have a contemporary engine tech albeit at a later date. If LCA program is any indication, once we crack the initial phase, the spin offs will be fruitful. As for Tejas, we c...

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Kashi wrote:It seems that Ghafoolya actually tweeted this

Asif Ghafoor@peaceforchange
Nothing can take away Pakistaniat out of Pakistanis....
All these years we have been saying this on BRF and ...

Proof that Ghafoora is a lurker in BRF.

souravB

chola wrote: --snip--

Chola sir, thank you for the educational post. Yes I agree that any country would like to ape US in miltech including Russia. China is not an exception.
So in your view was this TVC for WS10 sourced alongside Lavi or is it something they stole later?

souravB

Troubling is the 50 sticks of gelignite which is a modern form of dynamite. That's a lot of explosive. Rest is extra. Look at many explosive materials and incendiaries included petrol, sulfur, Ammonium Nitrate and Urea. So how did the terrorist get the explosives and who assembled the package --sni...

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Compared to their Flanker series with direct TOT from Russians. That grew into a dozen variants including a carrier version within a decade after the SU-27 contract. It was re-engined with the WS-10 within five years after the chini line was in place. This would not have been possible without massi...

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IAF is clearly satisfied enough with the Netra that they didn't mind using it instead of the Phalcon during the first actual planned hostile engagement in 2 decades. Yet, there are no new orders for the type and IAF is content to wait till we somehow integrate it on a larger platform. An air force ...

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If we consider the scenario of China ordering Su-57 as true: One/both of the following scenario got to be true then J-20 is a dud. Copying external appearance from F35 and F22 didn't got them where they wanted to go. Avionics and sensors are mostly 3rd gen and doesn't get any better than old J-15s. ...

souravB

--snip-- Point is, there is no money tree to just tap for big-ticket purchases, though that may well change as a political decision given Pulwama and a change in our deterrence posture. As several voices are pointing out, the attitude of fiscal responsibility taking precedence over natsec spends on...

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