Bharat Rakshak

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IAF's New Boss Interesting part of the profile Besides various technical courses, Raha has done Strategic Nuclear Orientation Course and Junior Commanders' course. He has commanded Central Air Command and Western Air Command. Raha has served as Directing Staff at Flying Instructors School, Tambaram...

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Something doesn't seem right. It's an Ajai Shukla article - fiction and fact masquerading as analysis, incidentally crowd sourced from soliciting inputs of "experts" on the Internet. Under normal circumstances would have been laughed off the thread but since he's peddling a worthy cause f...

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not laughable at all.. with nuke powered carriers, it is possible. :) Would you like to, instead of one-liner drive by posts, have a serious discussion on C-130s off a carrier? Please do some research, so that there is some clarity: 1. The C130s managed to show carrier take and landing capability o...

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carrier capable c-130s is something we need to look at... multiple roles, transportation and refueller role for deep strike from carrier. What else would you like to add to your wishlist? How about this? http://defensetech.org/2011/12/06/video-u-2-carrier-ops/ Where's a "Fantasy Admiral" ...

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2. rajat/O 2a: Blue-water vs expeditionary Perhaps I should have inserted an or instead of a / to make it more explicit. As N. Rao's excellent link (ORF paper) talks about, IN is slowly moving into expeditionary areas, and had earlier simply been calling it something more neutral. With the acquisit...

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Current US Naval strategy and tactics were born in WWII from Pearl Harbor to the Guadalcanal bug out and not wanting to repeat those mistakes. India's experiences will undoubtedly be different. Why just WWII? Mahan's classical principles predate WWII while the visionary US Code Title 10, 5492, amen...

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The gripping hand (critical point) is to figure out what purpose the carriers are meant to serve. The USN has an answer, which doesn't necessarily apply to India. Sea control/power projection etc are part of it., but the USN is clearly heavily influenced by principles espoused by Alfred Thayer Maha...

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Hmmm...more convoluted spirals discussing options that are largely moot. :) 1. Nothing is "revolutionary" about US carrier development - Post-WWII they stepped through "light carriers", re-designated them with mods etc., evolved three (four if you include the JFK one-off) convent...

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Is there a possibility that India might be able to pick up one of the to be mothballed, under construction QE class A/C in the future? Could buy for a percentage of the current price too. This as well as the question I used to puzzle over 7-8 years back as to why the IN did not go in for even the o...

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^^^^^^^^^^ I know, I can be a real buzzkill on these threads :wink: But speaking of...ah... elevators in general, not only does the Ford have three aircraft elevators to the Nimitz four, the weapons elevators use electromagnetic fields, making the latter more maintenance friendly and power efficient.

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The "claim" by the designers of the Ford class is that a 33% increase in sorties will be possible due to the redesign--which is purely theoretical of course, since the guys who fight with these things know sortie rates are dependent on a range of real-world issues. More than likely they m...

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they have gone really minimal on the island pushing it nearly to the stern....most of the island is nothing more than large mast for radars with just the bridge and ATC .... they must have all round cameras with the bridge so far back. The island on the Gerald Ford is shorter in length but slightly...

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PS:Please note that one is nott advocating using only STOVL aircraft but both conventional (larger carriers) and STOVL (from amphibs mainly).The IN can exploit its current small fleet of Sea Harriers operating from the larger Vikram in conjunction with the MIG-29Ks as mentioned in an earlier post. ...

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Rajit and so are the Spanish and Italians blinkered too who will field STOVL JSFs from their carriers (Juan Carlos and Cavour) Since the only time they will take on a near peer/peer enemy is when they will be operating under US-provided air superiority (which, surprise surprise will be provided by ...

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When the USMC and RN have plumped fro STOVL JSFs for their carriers and amphib vessels,and the USMC bought all 70+ ex-RN Harriers,lock,stock,and barrel,those who jest at the capabilty of STOVL aircraft have blinkers on. These aircraft have in the past and will in the future prove their mettle. Rhet...

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It would seem logical for Pakistan, given its more limited resources, to concentrate what resources it has on precision anti-tank weapons rather than trying to confront India in what looks like a sort of Air-Land Battle. Pakistan hasn't had much luck in tank warfare over the last 50 years. Michael ...

member_23455 · Re: Indian Army: News and Discussions 15 Apr 2012 KIAs are from 8 Raj Rif...

KIAs are from 8 Raj Rif...

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By accounts on social media quite a snazzy ceremony with helmet mounted videos of three LCAs in flight being simulcasted for journos. They should trickle through in time for lesser mortals.

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Let me throw in a couple of doctrine related query here so that we can take this thread to a different tangent. 1. How would the Vikramaditya be employed in the Indo-Pak context? Suppose Gwadar is to be independently targetted by the Indian Navy without help from the Air Force. I have a basic doubt...

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^^ Other than Russians and resident Russophiles, i doubt anyone in the world would say that India got a good deal. Conflating being shafted on a deal with the combat effectiveness of a weapon system is where most posters with an open mind on the Vikramaditya have a problem. Not just ship worthiness...

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The IN's amphib tender if lowest price rule prevails will not be able to acquire the JC,a great shame as this class has more multi-role capability than the Mistrals.OZ is building 4 JCs while Russia building 4 Mistrals.One has always advocated a STOVL capability for the IN regardless of what carrie...

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Lot of information and discussion has taken place on this subject by folks here who have a lot more knowledge than I do. Having said that, I as a layman can tell an Apple from a Lemon when I see one. Vikky looks like a very sour Lemon. Number of posts on BR does not equate with knowledge. Too bad t...

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>> What is Operation Trident in Sudarji's context? Gen V K Singh says that Sundarji was imagining Paki actions when they were not doing anything mischievous. Due to his mistakes we ended up in an eyeball-to-eyeball situation. Ah...Op Brasstacks. :twisted: As Ravi Rikhye so brilliantly referred to i...

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Eventual fate is so far away I certainly cannot see it. I don't see the J&K problem sorted anytime soon unless an ultra-nationalist government comes to power, kills all the terrorists, take back PoK thereby severing the Pak-China link and then completely emasculates the Pakis. Besides once J&am...

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Just completed reading Gen V. K. Singh's autobiography. It appears that he is not a big fan of Gen Sundarji. In particular, he is critical of Sundarji's handling of following issues: 1. Operation Bluestar. 2. Operation Trident. 3. IPKF Haven't read the book so no idea about the specific grounds of ...

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Nice pics but where are you getting that provocative headline from?

Beware of spin, including the RN version here.

http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/sitecore/co ... uth-indian

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Very balanced and argued article by Ajai Shukla on issue of J&K and army's role: http://ajaishukla.blogspot.in/2013/12/winning-and-losing-in-kashmir.html Nothing balanced about it. The suggestion to disband the RR is certainly mischievous (and putting it mildly). Remember Shukla is the give-Sia...

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PLAN-USN near collision

USN CG shadowing the Liaoning if some other reports are to be believed.

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24 K with more choppers or 30 Ks with less choppers. Depends on the orientation of the mission. Air defence plus ASW needs lesser fixed wing airframes and more choppers. Strike needs more fixed wing. Total airframe numbers remain the same. Ok, so you mean carrier mission, I was thinking aircraft mi...

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Vikad is supposed to be 24 Ks in air defence configuration or 30 Ks in strike configuration. Hang on, this part is not clear. If the aircraft are by definition "swing-role" why does a weapons loadout change cause such a difference in numbers? Real-world ops don't bear this out as well. ^^...

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IAC-1 foreign design consulting as per credible reports is both from French DCNS and Italian Fincantieri (which nearly merged with the infamous Finmeccanica). The typical aircraft loadout on Vikramditya will become clear with time - add on a minimum 50% extra aircraft strength for combat ops. The IN...

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One can keep going back and forth with numbers but sometimes anecdotal evidence helps like the IN making it a point to rub in the fact to folks transiting through it AOR, with its traditional and rather infamous hailing message...No? could you elaborate a bit ? From earlier in this very thread... M...

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Vikramaditya stamp - should be a collector's item!

Though I thought stamps were reserved for commemorative events.

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In the quest for debating Carrier doctrine let's not get all revisionist about "current" Indian capability. To suggest that Indian Navy is not blue water capable because it does not meet x/y/z US benchmark is disingenuous. One can keep going back and forth with numbers but sometimes anecdo...

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Sir, did you take the time and trouble to find out where the USMC got those ideas from? IF you follow BR closely you will soon realize that such idea sets are not US based at all. Happy to be educated...following BR closely and what to take seriously can have its challenges due to high signal/noise...

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Very interesting. We should not emulate expensive US supercarriers BUT we must emulate their ESGs and Marine Corps, which capability is available at throwaway prices...NOT. We should step away from 20th century CBG doctrine BUT rely on STOVL-based aircraft as a centerpiece, which was a 20th century ...

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The Marines will never stop reminding the rest about the "betrayal" at Guadalcanal...eh :) Folks who are fascinated by "wonder weapons" like DF-21 are ironically not very different from those predicting the death of the battleship after the advent of naval air power. Yet, there t...

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It does not mean that any further transformation of higher defence management should not be done. What are those changes that you are looking for? The same that Admiral Arun Prakash has stated: 1. Integrated MoD 2. Act in Parliament for CoSC/CDS role, structure, and supporting procedures. ...and as...

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While folks are free to mine the depths of the Internet in support of their pro and anti-carrier arguments, here's a parallel from modern warfare to reflect about. The advent of the SAM in Vietnam and the ATGM in the Yom Kippur War came as a big shock to those doing the attacking with aircraft and t...

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