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If Junta wants to rule, they should adopt the strategy of Pak Army---> Do not rule directly but control the Govt. behind the scenes...
Coup is a bad strategy in the current international environment...

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Naxalism was mainly dealt with during the reign of YSR between 2004 to 2009. Even as late as 2004, Naxals almost killed then CM Chandra Babu Naidu in Tirupati just before he lost the election.
Greyhounds played a major role.

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Kartik wrote:Never before seen - Jaguar DARIN II carrying SAAW PGMs on centerline station..can carry a whole lot more on it's inner and outer wing pylons.

Pic credit - Gaur.Aviation

How to visually differentiate between DARIN II and DARIN III Jaguars...?

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Why is it saying 1 short of full squadron...?
Didn't we receive 18 jets till date (in batches 5+3+3+3+4) to complete the squadron...?

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While searching for ORBAT of PLAAF, I found this website---> scramble.nl It has Orbats of all countries and seems to be relatively more accurate than other sources and forums... - I collected (from here https://www.scramble.nl/planning/orbats/china/china-air-force#ZU18109) and tabulated the Combat A...

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The Project Director for TEDBF confirmed that there is a STOBAR version and a CATOBAR version. No, the two configurations that ADA ia studying now are Delta & Canard Design and Tail stabilator design... The design of TEDBF is for STOBAR as of now... For it to be able to operate from CATOBAR nee...

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Any news about the 56 C295 deal...?
Wasn't it supposed to be signed by end of March 2021...?

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I wonder if only it hadn't been for the Tehelka expose whether the IAF would have got its wish and we would have had over 170 Mirage-2000-5's in the IAF right now, albeit no Rafales. Then there wouldn't have been any progress in the Tejas program... And without Tejas, no AMCA, no TEDBF, no Tejas Mk...

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Just a dream of mine - but it would be nice to merge the three Mirage 2000 (No 1, 7 and 9) units into two --> No 7 and No 9. With attrition losses over the years, those squadrons will likely be understrength. No 9 has only ten birds on hand anyway. And transition No 1 Tigers to a Mk1A unit. No 1 Sq...

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A close observation of ww2 events give a very amazing understanding into chinese actions. Perhaps China seems like ww2 germany playing ww2 as a cold war over an extended period of 20 years. In 1941 hitler wanted to attack UK across the channel but his forces werent ready, so he went east. Germany f...

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Rakesh wrote: That news is not true. Recycled news from 2016 which did not materialize.

Yes sir... It was not being discussed in any of the Paki forums...

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Full video of KF21 roll out...
Roll out happens at 32:00... Remaining video is of cultural programs and speech which is in Korean language; can be skipped...

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Su-30 MKK's are missing from that list. Those were inducted at around the same time as our MKI's, so they will remain in service for a while. From what I read in some forums Su30MKK does not have enough variety of arnament integrated with it... Anyways, PLAAF has only 3 Air brigades of Su30 MKK and...

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Navy to seek nod for expansion of nuke, diesel submarine fleet The navy’s new plan, inspired by a similar cabinet authorisation for 42 squadrons of the Indian Air Force, will seek approvals for six nuclear-powered attack submarines and 18 diesel attack submarines, a South Block official said. -Anki...

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Many updates here, particularly in the Q&A section...

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^^^
OT... According to the article, the RCS of J20 is same as that of F22... Is it written by a Chinese guy...???

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Philip ji... Found some old article from 2013 which said that 122 jets have been produced as on February 2013... Looks like HAL met the deadline with 100 more delivered by March 2021 (12 jets*8 years =96 jets)... There was higher production rate between 2004 to 2013 as initial phases were mere assem...

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https://twitter.com/HALHQBLR/status/1372511792824344576?s=20 ---> HAL’s Nashik Division completes production from Raw Material phase (Phase IV) of 140 Sukhoi 30 MKI aircraft contract. Ever since I saw this tweet, I had this doubt---> "We ordered 140 jets in the year 2000... After that we order...

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News of additional order is only Twitter speculation... Though I hope they order 2 more squadrons and close the MRFA circus... I hope it is 54 more Rafales makes it 90; which would be equal to 5 squadrons I have a personal fan theory that IAF will buy all new jets in even no. of squadrons only... An...

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Being optimistic of realizing CATS and AURA/GHATAK by 2030, Can Gurus here compare possibility of using MWF/ORCA instead of AMCA to accomplish same mission objectives planned for AMCA. Up front it seems even more capable to do same missions and there are already talks of quantum radars to counter s...

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tZjyX_D5Z5c Watch this short interview of ADA scientist Amitabh Saraf... He mentions that lot of 5th Gen technologies in AMCA need to be fully developed and tested before they can be carried on into NAMCA... The timeframe in which Navy need TEDBF won't be enough for a 5th gen fighter... ADA is not ...

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The thing is, most of the PAF jets were on their side of LoC... No one knew whether they were just flying the jets near the border or they're coming to attack... If they just came near the border and IAF shotdown a jet on their side, it would have been considered as a major escalation by India... So...

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Actually, I also always had this doubt---> "If Bisons were so close to fire R73 at retreating F16s, why didn't they fire the R77 from a distance first...?" Your theory makes sense... Wing Cdr. Abhinandan's Vir Chakra citation stated that both Abhinandan and Vyas did aggresive maneuvering a...

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https://twitter.com/IAF_MCC/status/1377 ... 45472?s=19

The 4th batch of three IAF #Rafales landed on Indian soil after a direct ferry from #IstresAirBase France.

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I think s/w upgrade was already in progress sometime back. The h/w changes wouldn't be possible as their internal layouts are a little different. Except for internal piping for Air-to-air refuelling, what other hardware differences are there between IOC and FOC aircraft...? Are there any structural...

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Chinese Ambassador to Brazil just called Trudeau a "running dog of the US"... :lol: :lol: :lol: https://twitter.com/CGChinaLiYang/status/1376139882461081604?s=19 Boy, your greatest achievement is to have ruined the friendly relations between China and Canada, and have turned Canada into a ...

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Isn't No. 6 squadron one of the oldest Jaguar squadrons...? I read somewhere that the IM type were inducted in mid-80s...
When were they upgraded to DARIN-III standard...???

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IMO if China actually attacks Taiwan, India should stay out of it... It is not our fight...
India should enter a fight only if we or one of our neighbours are directly threatened...

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TOIlet reporting possible Indo-Pak T20 series!!! Why are going arranging such a lifeline to these guys!! All this thaw at LOC and this news of kirkit, then the Aman-ki-Tamasha wlll start with all and sundry going around on the Kebab-Biryani circuit!! And then another Mumbai or Pulwana type attack a...

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Apparently, CCP issued a directive to its citizens to not discuss military matters in any forums... https://www.flightglobal.com/opinion/online-crackdown-bad-news-for-china-aerospace-watchers/142927.article One of the forums I was lurking in is shutting down... It seems every Chinese military forum ...

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I have been trying to find reliable data on PLAAF all over the internet but with little success... Only found one or two tidbits by lurking in some Chinese forum... - Lot of J7s have already been retired... In all probability, the no. of J7s left is around 400 only... These jets will also be retired...

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I think there are three separate issues here---> 1) Replacement for Bisons 2) Not buying more Tejas Mk1A 3) Going ahead with MRFA I feel it is not correct to mix up these issues, but we should instead look at them separately... ---- 1) Tejas Mk1 is seen as replacement for Bison's role... But a Bison...

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Overall, the Fighter jet strength of PAF is only 16 Combat squadrons, 4 Training squadrons and 4 smaller CCS squadrons... - In the 16 combat squadrons, 4 are F16 and 5 are JF17 squadrons... These are relatively new and modernized jets... In the remaining 7, 2 are F7 PG and 5 are Mirage 3 & 5 squ...

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Overall, the Fighter jet strength of PAF is only 16 Combat squadrons, 4 Training squadrons and 4 smaller CCS squadrons... - In the 16 combat squadrons, 4 are F16 and 5 are JF17 squadrons... These are relatively new and modernized jets... In the remaining 7, 2 are F7 PG and 5 are Mirage 3 & 5 squ...

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Some information about Mirage 3 and 5... - Induction timeline :- a) Direct procurement :- 1967:- 18 Mirage 3 1970:- 28 Mirage 5 PA 1977:- 10 Mirage 3 1978:- 18 Mirage 5 PA2 + 12 Mirage 5 PA3 A handful of 2-seater trainers also bought alongwith the above jets... b) ROSE upgrade :- ROSE upgrades done ...

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Some information about F7... - F7 variants originally bought by Pakistan :- F7 MP:- 20 jets F7 P:- 143 jets, FT7 P:- 17 jets ('T' refers to twin seat trainers) F7 PG:- 51 jets, FT7 PG:- 6 jets ('T' refers to twin seat trainers) In the above, the numbers of F7 MP and F7PG are consistent over differen...

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Some information about JF17s... Total JF17s in operation:- 135 jets 50 JF17A Block 1 62 JF17A Block 2 26 JF17B Block 2 Total 138 built 3 jets crashed ---- 50 JF17A Block 3 on order... 1st Series production roll out expected in 2021 and deliveries expected to start from 2022... ---- JF17 squadrons --...

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Some information about F16s... 40 F16 A/B bought in 1980s under 'PeaceGate' I & II and upgraded in 2005 deal 28 F16 A/B built in 1990s under 'PeaceGate' III & IV, but not handed over... 14 of these jets handed over after upgrading in 2005 deal... 18 F16 C/D bought in 2005 deal... 13 F16 ADF ...

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