Bharat Rakshak

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https://zeenews.india.com/india/iaf-upgrading-mirage-2000-eyeing-5th-generation-lca-2213914.html He (Air Marshal Nambiar) further said that the Indian Air Force was in the process of making a 5th Generation Light Combat Aircraft and the prototype of the same would be ready in 10 years. Is he talking...

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Vips wrote:Datapoint: We so far have 18 Mirage 2000 which have been upgraded/modernized and another 2 squadrons worth remaining to be upgraded. It is taking a long time.

OT question...
How many M2k Squadrons do we have...??? 2 or 3...???
I thought we have 41 jets, which is around 2 squadrons...

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https://twitter.com/livefist/status/114 ... 54498?s=19

JUST IN: Indian MoD issues expression of interest (EoI) to shortlist Indian strategic partners (SP) for the ₹45,000 crore Project 75-India (P75I) submarine build program. EoI for OEMs to be issues in 2 weeks.

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We can work it out backwards from squadron numbers. It’s been widely reported that the IAF us down to 31 squadrons. So that means 6 x MiG-21 Bison 3 x MiG-29 3 x Mirage-2000 6 x Jaguar 12 x Su-30MKI 1 x LCA Mk.1 IOC-2 That already totals around 31 squadrons. Another 4 squadrons (2 Rafale, 1 Su-30MK...

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https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-russia-wants-transform-its-deadly-su-30-thanks-some-su-35-dna-45897 This article says that IAF operates 244 MIG 21s & 84 MIG 27s as of 2018... So, we have around 130 MIG 21s of Non-Bison Standard... But I couldn't find any other reliable article giving ...

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the improved 80 MK-1As , replacements for retiring MIG-21s of non- Bison std. has to be built at much higher production rayes. OT question, based on what Philip wrote... How many MIG 21s & how many variants does IAF operate...? And when are they due for retirement...? Wiki says IAF operates onl...

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https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2019/06/04/State-Department-OKs-17B-sale-of-eight-F-16-Vipers-to-Bulgaria/8241559650290/ The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $1.7 billion sale to Bulgaria of eight F-16 Viper fighter jets and related equipment. The contract includes eight F-16 C/D Block...

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Is Rajnath Singh a good choice or bad choice, as far as Defence procurement is concerned...?
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I actually know nothing about him except Kadi Ninda jokes...

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ACM was absent when Modi visited war memorial in the morning. He was at the handing over ceremony of the Chairman COSC (Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee). Admiral Lanba handed over the baton to Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa. No, he was at the passing out parade of NDA... That Chief of Staff Com...

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Missed opportunity or what? Could been bought by India. Brazil sells its Mirage 2000s to French company that will use them as Contracted Aggressors https://theaviationgeekclub.com/brazil-sells-its-mirage-2000s-to-french-company-that-will-use-them-as-contracted-aggressors/ They're old jets bought fr...

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The main problem in these 3 states is simple---> Local media which is heavily controlled by local parties... The bile that came out of these media houses against BJP is too much... Lack of strong ground level cadre is the second reason... - Regarding AP, I feel what happened now is a good thing in t...

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I hope the orders of 83 Mk1As will be placed this year and deliveries starting from 2022...
And also hope that 1st Flight of MWF happens by 2022-23...

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https://www.aninews.in/news/national/ge ... 518195107/

Pakistan moved all its F16s from their main bases in Sargodha, Punjab and Sindh and has deployed them at their satellite air fields in a scattered manner.

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Alert:Something is cooking in EC/SC to delay or prevent counting or delay announcing results--Last ditch attempt by Cong/commie sleeper cells:))

https://twitter.com/rvaidya2000/status/ ... 55296?s=19

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https://twitter.com/centerofright/status/1129649249900089344?s=19 It started from Indira Jaising asking who will be the Vacation Judge in SC, next go to SC on election process violation , the EC decisions, then leaks that decisions not unanimous , then doubt the ECI by Khan Mkt Mafia, then Letter by...

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Raising Godse topic was a diversion by Opposition and BJP leaders fell for it... Modi's statement simply puts an end to this unnecessary issue... Giving MP seat to Sadhvi Pragya is in itself a huge personal risk that Modi took... She is in party now and shouldn't speak whatever she wants... Any mist...

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There are 2 problems with this Gandhi-Godse issue... - 1) Gandhi's image is still quite positive among general public... There are people who does question his story, but it is a minority... 2) Even among people who do not like Gandhi still do not agree or associate with someone killing a person... ...

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HAL is considering a retractable AAR for Mk1A. RFI is out. I saw some random YouTube Defence channel video (not sure the information is credible)... https://youtu.be/SNNAt89hH6Q According to this video, retractable AAR probe is planned in MWF, not Mk1A... If that's case, then Mk1A won't get delayed...

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IMO, what India did is the right approach, provided we continue to carry on more such strikes both by land and air... 1) We attack a terrorist facility in Pak... 2) See if Pak attacks us back (if they don't attack go to Step 1)... 3) We only defend the Pak attack... 4) Won't escalate it further unti...

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I feel Rajya Sabha election procedure should be changed... The current procedure of electing 1/3rd seats every 2 years is not right since it does not represent the current State Govts. in the House... My suggestion is that each State and UT should be reserved certain no. of seats and whenever a Stat...

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Chetak ji, 1)Congies have the backing of the BIF controlled Supreme Court & rest Higher Judiciary.They can implement their agenda at will.As long as PIF doesnt control Judiciary they cannot be aggressive in imposing policies as the BIF courts will be wielding their sledgehammers against any ove...

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Regarding Panag's comments... - I remember hearing this term ---> 'Chandigarh Lobby' during OROP protests... This term I guess was also coined by a veteran... (According to him, this Lobby is the main group that is against Govt.'s proposed OROP while other veterans are largely OK with it...) If this...

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These news articles & leaks from American Teen jets are so funny... Now and then I wonder what purpose these articles serve... IAF and MoD know about these planes anyway... So, these articles are not going to effect their decisions... The only purpose I see is that they want to build negative op...

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Regarding the 3rd carrier, I came across the following article the other day dated 28th August 2017---> Boeing Says Super Hornet Fully Compatible With Indian Navy Ski-Jump Carriers https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/13883/boeing-says-super-hornet-fully-compatible-with-indian-navy-ski-jump-carrier...

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Not sure if this is posted already here... But as per this report, MoD put INS Vishal on hold for now, due to budgetary woes... The report also says that the capacity of the carrier has been reduced to 50000 T... https://wap.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/budgetary-woes-put-india-s-sup...

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Atmavik wrote:looks like IAF is in talks to procure 21 MIG - 29 UPG to make up squadron numbers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrA3gEOvC9U

@13:40 he says that DARIN III upgrade of Jaguars is facing problems.
What is the current status of Jaguar upgrades???

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French Rafales to go up against Russian MiGs for first time in India-France naval war game https://theprint.in/defence/french-rafales-to-go-up-against-russian-migs-for-first-time-in-india-france-naval-war-game/229903/ The MiG 29-Ks and Rafale naval fighters are in the race for a multi-billion dolla...

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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sri-lanka-mistook-indian-alert-as-bid-to-create-rift-with-islamabad/articleshow/69122777.cms Sri Lanka mistook Indian alert as bid to create rift with Islamabad Now it makes sense why India went public But consider - did India, in its wa...

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@Rakesh... I guess you're right... Checked some dates:- 1) The order for 140 Su30s was placed in 2000... 2) First tapes of Tehelka scam were released in March 2001... 3) IAF gave the requirement for M2ks in 2000 only... But Tehelka tapes came out during the exact time when govt. was supposed to take...

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Sorry for diverting the topic to Su30 MKI... But I'm posting this here to draw parallel with MMRCA... - Got some info in this Wiki article... (Wondering how I missed this article before...) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-30MKI There were totally 4 contracts for Su30MKIs... 1) 1st deal sig...

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That 150 Rafales thing was my personal wish... I know it needs lot of money... As I already said, they should buy 3 squadrons of Rafales via G2G deal citing some reason and be done with it... - Anyways, 2 years back I wondered why they floated new RFI for Single engine jets when we have Tejas... Thi...

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^^^ Thanks for the reply... - I hope govt. scraps MMRCA 2.0 and goes for G2G deal of 3 squadrons of Rafales, citing some reason like 'increased tensions with Pak'... I guess that's the only way out of this... Personally, I'd want to see 150 Rafales (36+114) instead of additional Su30 MKIs... - Yes, ...

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Question:- How did India select Su30 MKI back in 90s...??? I tried to google but couldn't find proper answer... I presume we bought them directly... My question is, if we could buy almost 300 Su30s directly, why can't we take a similar route for procurement of 114 fighters...??? Why to go through al...

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Regarding the theory that South India was the original target... Remember the Pak Min warned about probable incident in India between April 16th and 20th...
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As someone here in BRF theorised, it was probably a warning to ISI jihadis to call off the attack...

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In the aftermath of Pak response, the main drawback from our side was bad communication... Just to give an example, they announce at 11 AM that all service chiefs will hold a press conference at 5 PM (most likely a warning of escalation)... IK announces at 3 PM that he'll release Abhinandan as a ges...

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Pappu and Pakistan are not that different when it comes to shamelessness in spreading lies and propaganda...
Sadly, lot of people in India do fall for such lies...

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https://twitter.com/tv9gujarati/status/ ... 92704?s=19 ---> Indian Air Force (IAF) releases AWACS (Airborne Warning And Control System) radar images.

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