Bharat Rakshak

LakshmanPST

There is huge pro-Ukraine propaganda going on in Twitter... Don't know what to believe and what not to believe... Mix of truth and lies... Coming to pro-Russian handles, I found very few and they do have some propaganda... This pro-Russian handle is giving somewhat realistic info though (ignore chee...

LakshmanPST

Regarding India's abstenance in UN vote against Russia, we just need to note a simple point---> 1) It would have been wrong to abstain in this UN vote had Ukraine been a totally neutral country invaded all of a sudden by Russia... 2) But current Ukraine war is in reality a power game between Russia ...

LakshmanPST

And confirmed by the Indian Air Force. https://twitter.com/IAF_MCC/status/1497433285042991112?s=20&t=4_bjyZpknaplPgzkpDDKEw ---> In light of the recent events, IAF has decided not to deploy its aircraft for Exercise Cobra Warrior 2022 in UK. The tweet has been deleted now... Don't know why... B...

LakshmanPST

Folks the thread is about Eastern Europe. Don't bring in Indian abstain in UN. Sir, just a suggestion... Is it possible to create a separate thread for this war & other related developments and shift all posts in last 3 days to that thread...? Current thread may be left for general East Europe ...

LakshmanPST

Important point is, Russia sought our support openly... Not in some backdoor diplomatic discussions...
Wonder how we will respond...

LakshmanPST

I didn't see Russians using much Air Force in the first 2 days, though there are unverified (mostly fake) reports of some downed Russian jets... They seem to have used lot of missiles and special forces to take out important nodes while simultaneously moving in from all sides on the ground... Once t...

LakshmanPST

I think Russia will do what Chinese did in 1962... Attack entire Ukraine and severely cripple their defences... Claim that message has been sent and then 'strategically' withdraw behind the borders of the Donbass region... - Ukraine can claim victory saying that they drove back Russians from main Uk...

LakshmanPST

https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/1496798902707634176?t=bpyc2gE0oWUAoRTQZsjqrA&s=19 The PLA is currently engaged in tank exercises in the Tarim Basin. The tank units in Lhasa are also out on exercises. Yes, China's tempo opposite Taiwan might be higher & there are reports of blood being st...

LakshmanPST

Request for Admins:-
Now that invasion has started, I feel a dedicated thread may be started exclusively for the current crisis and leave this thread for general duscussion of that area...

LakshmanPST

Chinese media instructed to cover Russia positively and avoid pro-Western framing. "In the future, China will also need Russia's understanding and support when wrestling with America to solve the Taiwan issue once and for all." https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/a-chinese-n...

LakshmanPST

Interesting article from a Russian Nationalist blogger written last week explaining why war will come within a week... https://akarlin.substack.com/p/regathering-of-the-russian-lands?utm_source=url Regathering of the Russian Lands The Empire, Long Divided, Must Unite My reasons for these bold calls ...

LakshmanPST

V_Raman wrote:USA holds so much power against India - all they need to do is simply supply 4 squadrons of F16 block 70/72 to Pak and we are completely exposed!! 4 squadrons is nothing to them!

Pakis can be bought by supplying 2nd hand, 3rd or even 4th hand Block 50/52 F16s...

LakshmanPST

https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1496418102829264897?t=DSu6N-M6iezplvkHBT22qw&s=19 Three more Rafale fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force reached India yesterday evening from France after taking off from a French airbase and landing directly in our country. The aircraft were provided aerial re...

LakshmanPST

Didn't know where to post this... https://twitter.com/hvtiaf_/status/1491837124043173890?t=gmHDaolJDcbUlmmz2Yq_uQ&s=19 Delay is a perception which is created by lobbies. Indian projects are blocked by suppliers, so that imports can be pushed ahead. Many projects are ahead of schedule, like CATS....

LakshmanPST

yeah but, please correct me if I'm wrong, the problem now is Rafale is flush with orders close to 150 +and it will take them nearly 7 years to complete those. Even if we place the orders now we will not see them until the end of this Decade, unless they prioritizes our orders over others. I don't b...

LakshmanPST

ADA should adopt a separate designation for all their fighter projects... Something like below:- Indian Fighter:- IF1, IF2 etc. Bharatheeya Fighter:- BF1, BF2 etc. Yuddh Vimaan:- YV1, YV2 etc. - Reserve 1 no. for Marut as a honorary designation and start from 2... Guess I'll stop here, OT to the thr...

LakshmanPST

They're blaming Russia for the shelling... Russia will ofcourse deny it...
Sanctions will definitely be there, war or no war...

LakshmanPST

This is the much hyped false flag I guess---> Russia's shelling of Stanytsia Luhanska in Ukrainian govt-controlled territory in Donbas hit a kindergarten, injured 2 teachers, & knocked out power in the village...This attack, as with so many others, is a heinous Russian violation of Minsk Agreeme...

LakshmanPST

I guess with current budgets, MRFA is quite doable... But it will be too late given the time taken by MMRCA tender...
2-4 squadrons of Rafale G2G deal is the best option...

LakshmanPST

OT:- It is already February 2022 and we're still in 2021...

LakshmanPST

Question:- I read in many places that India Specific Enhancements in the Rafale Deal is just one time payment... While it is not clear what is included in the ISE, some of the items listed are things like Towed Decoy, High Altitude Cold Start, HMDS etc.... My question is, the amount we paid for ISE ...

LakshmanPST

I have a naive question, why wasn't IAF attacking PA positions just like PAF was trying to do for IA? Our entire posture seems to be very slow and hide bound. Indian stand has been that the Air Strike was a non-military strike... So, unless Pak attacks us we can not attack their regular army direct...

LakshmanPST

A noob question:-
Germany does not have nukes... Then why do they need a platform certified for delivering nukes...?
Will they use the nukes from US/UK/France on all NATO platforms...?

LakshmanPST

https://twitter.com/alpha_defense/status/1490643983080431617?t=OBnYggh-Fw_LQGhM49TcIw&s=19 HAL/DRDO have ordered a mockup model with a EW configuration of LCA Tejas. Model will have 3 Modified ASPJ pods and 2 Rudram 1 missles. So #TejoGrowler on cards. Details in a video soon. Does Tejas have su...

LakshmanPST

Cyrano wrote:Pak army will now start bombing Balochistan setting the stage for a repeat of 1971.

India intervened in 1971 only due to refugee crisis from East Bengal...
Now, we don't even know to what level common Baluchis are against Pakjabi Army and Govt....

I doubt we will intervene now...

LakshmanPST

The Klaxon - an Aus news site - has more detail on the Galwan clash and Chinese casualties https://www.theklaxon.com.au/home/china-india-clash-death-58xj7 From the report, there were atleast two separate fights:- 1) The fight where Col Santosh Babu was killed and Qi Fabao was wounded... It says 3 P...

LakshmanPST

sankum wrote:1 Mig 29 k has also crashed. We hve total 41 nos.
At 70 percent availability we will have 28 fighters available at any point while both carrier standard load is 20 each for a total 40 fighters.

AFAIK, it only veered off the runway while taking off... Not sure if they repaired it or retired it...

LakshmanPST

Rakesh or anyone, How many aircraft does IN have now? Are they enough to operate off both the carriers? As for foreign aircraft, what timelines are they talking about? India currently have 45 MiG-29K single-seat and 8 MiG-29KUB two-seat fighters. Correction:- India bought TOTAL 37 MIG 29Ks and 8 MI...

LakshmanPST

Mort Walker wrote:It’s time to put SCB on the Rs. 100 note. MKG can stay on the others for now.

Personally, I feel no one's photos should exist on currency notes...
Even MK Gandhi's pic shouldn't have been there in the first place...

LakshmanPST

Based on this, I created an approximate comparison between the Rafale-M and the F-18E on the Vikrant's aircraft lifts. The black and red scale bars are 12 m x 20 m total The Rafale M JUST about fits, with 20 cm clearance on either side, after removing any armaments from the wingtip pylons. Length i...

LakshmanPST

Admiral, What is this? Uttam/EL-M 2052 AESA - Is it Uttam or is it the 2052. If it is 2052 then it is less exciting. Similarly is it DRDO ASPJ or the EL 8222? The latter is less exciting. The first 19 Mk1A jets will have 2052... Starting from the 20th jet, the last 54 jets will have Uttam... Basica...

LakshmanPST

https://twitter.com/DRDO_India/status/1484869694645751811?t=feR58jcDSwglRV5mo3MJvQ&s=19 Marching this #RepublicDayParade, two DRDO tableaus with Advanced Defence Technologies - ✳️Suite of Sensors, Weapons & EW System for #LCATejas ✳️Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) System for Submarines http...

LakshmanPST

FA-18 E/F Capex :- > New jets (26 Nos. currently) > New weapons > Price to modify them to India Specific Standards Opex :- > MIG29K > FA-18 Engine :- GE F414... Tejas Mk2, AMCA Mk1 and Prototypes of TEDBF will have same engines. But all of them are a decade away. Currently, it is entirely new engin...

LakshmanPST

... Think long term (post 2030s) when these 21 MiG-29s will still be in service and they will have to be maintained. I was talking from the short term perspective... I assumed that IAF will retire these not so new jets post 2035 along with all remaining MIG 29s... I guess they originally planned fo...

LakshmanPST

IMO, we need not transfer any jets to IAF... - >Rafale or FA18 can be bought now and used on Vikrant... >MIG29Ks can be retired starting 2035-40 and be replaced by TEDBF progressively... >By 2040, Vikramaditya is speculated to be retired and IAC-2 with Catapults is expected to begin trails... >The c...

LakshmanPST

This Max Matrix is hilarious...

LakshmanPST

Mig29 was a good buy but its most likely gone because russians probably asked too much for it. They tried overplaying their hand. Agree... It was a good bargain actually... We'd have got a full squadron for a low price within a short time... As of now MIG29 has been put only in deferment list... Le...

LakshmanPST

Old-timers, Pak has started whining early about a false flag attack from India. Looks like guilty after PM Security Breach. Need to collect data. https://twitter.com/OSiNTEL_/status/1481715077799677955?s=20 We are continuing to alert the international community about India’s track record. There is ...

LakshmanPST

^^^^^So, finally, after 5 years Doka Lam gone. It was a brilliant military intervention of Late Sri Bipin Rawat sir that has post poned this eventuality by 5 years. If I remember correctly, China always had control over those territories of Bhutan... Lot of construction was going on there for many ...

LakshmanPST

Indranil wrote:They have not delayed. Aug22 was and continues to be the roll-out date. 6-8 months from rollout to first flight is typical.

But in the news item, Madhavan Sir specifically mentions roll out date as early 2023...
Is it a case of misquoting by media...?

Search found 677 matches