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Haridas

I wrote about developing guided extended range rockets for the Smerch system last month and almost on cue, the pakis have annouced that they have developed (repainted Chinese supplied rockets) a guided rocket for the Chinese copy of the Smerch!! The claimed range is 140 Kms, similar to what I was p...

Haridas

Shameek wrote:Excellent news! Proud moment for all of us. From the days of staring at the first Tejas on the ADA calendar to this day!

In fact from the days of oogling at the first flight video that Shiv shot & uploaded.

Haridas

Ajai Shukla wrote: The negotiated price amounts to about Rs 550 crore per Tejas Mark 1A fighter, which is significantly higher than the Rs 430 crore cost of each Sukhoi-30MKI that HAL builds. The reasons for this high cost is the four major improvements the IAF has demanded over the current Tejas Ma...

Haridas

BRF is fortunate to have these gentlemen. Thank you guys for everything. And many registered and unregistered members who got it here. This Mk1A order ends the combat fighter planes import business. Future is all Indian aviation. Some sub-systems could be imported and co-developed. Mk1A final deliv...

Haridas

An article by Ajay Shukla. https://www.ajaishukla.com/2021/01/cabinet-clears-purchase-of-83-tejas.html The sanction of Rs 1,202 crore is for the IAF to develop repair and servicing infrastructure at their base depots “so that the turnaround time would get reduced for mission critical systems and wo...

Haridas

An article by Ajay Shukla. https://www.ajaishukla.com/2021/01/cabinet-clears-purchase-of-83-tejas.html The sanction of Rs 1,202 crore is for the IAF to develop repair and servicing infrastructure at their base depots “so that the turnaround time would get reduced for mission critical systems and wo...

Haridas

Lowest hanging fruit is Astra missile integration on Tejas Mk1 that are in hand.

Haridas

Time rejoice

Tejas dance

Haridas

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/india-draws-up-nations-list-for-akash-and-brahmos-export/articleshow/80151155.cms If the interested country is a member of MTCR, then India can export 300+ km ranged missiles too, right? I think we can't sell missiles beyond 300km range to non-MTCR ...

Haridas

Indranil wrote:I am waiting for even smaller rockets. Motors of which are the basis of A2S rockets and shoulder launched man-portable anti-air missiles.

Think about the magic number 73mm dia rocket motor

Haridas

RR7Sg7EJE_s Check from 2:20 onwards: DRDO has developed Microbolometers and Focal plane arrays for IIR seeker. Is doing further work to improve on its resolution. Used to be imported from France earlier Some more from Chinese universities: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/11/9/800/pdf Low-Cost Microb...

Haridas

What about some kind of electro magnetic micro bust? A lot of insect repellents use these kind of technologies where they either create uhf burst or a mass suicide traps like uv light to draw them close in masses. Insects can't absorb and wavelength that is say more than 2 times their size. So uhf,...

Haridas

I am in California

Surprisingly many Indians knowing Trump's pro-India and anti-China/Packee stance have voted for him at the last moment.

Jai Hanumaan Gyan Guru Saagar ..... Swarna-kapi is his one of his bandar .... Ram-setu to banaeygaa bandar power pay

Haridas

Whether they try to supply from the south of Ladakh (i.e. through Tibet) or from the north (through Xinjiang), it ultimately boils down to one road: G219. This is mostly just a single-lane road and (in Aksai Chin) mostly an unmetalled dirt track AFAIK. Destruction of the road especially in hilly ar...

Haridas

Speaking to an AEB examiner in 1985 who at some tenure was instructor at AF Academy Dundigal, he said "we want cadets that can learn and adapt reasonably quickly (w.r.t the decision to pass/fail trainee pilots). Other wise learning flying the plane is so easy that given enough time we can even ...

Haridas

There is a media report with v.ambitious timelines for the AMCA,going to flyby 2024,etc.,etc. ,arriving in service by 2030 whatever.However ,afact mentioned in the report apart fromthf engine nov yet decided upon ( how then these fancy timelines?) was that the internal weapons bay was too smallfor ...

Haridas

Does anyone know the exact specs of the F-15EX? In terms of empty weight, thrust, payload, internal fuel, sensors etc.? Payload is 13.5 tons iirc, Airframe has 20,000 hours of life. Engines are also very durable not like MKI conking out at 700 hrs. So payload is phenomenal MKI having 8 ton this EX ...

Haridas

I wonder what is the target which requires a super expensive gold platted air dropped A2G at 100-200KM? Given the low numbers been bought, hope those targets are worth hitting. The french have been hitting Libyan tanks at 55KM with this uber weapon. Why is it better than a 200KM desi BM, which is p...

Haridas

I really hope our side is thinking of being pre-emptive & not just waiting for them to gather on their side of Akashi Chin in a enough numbers to overwhelm us. I don't know what "Aksai Chin" means but can we change the name to something like "Aatish-e-Hind?" Well just call i...

Haridas

Anyone knows what Aurn_S (Arun Vishwakarma) is upto these days. For years I missed his analysis. Remember the hot discussions on the TNE being the contention. It would be great to have him back. Mujhey yaad kiya aapnay? My missile and space pages that I withdrew from BR stay under wrap. If someone ...

Haridas

LCA Tejas configuration - Max range 2000Km Interesting 2000Km range with this payload. Not headline grabbing Ferry range. With lighter 2 BVR AAM instead of the Bombs, it will be even greater. So how is max range different from ferry range? Ferry range definition is unambiguous w.r.t the configurati...

Haridas

OT but it was disappointing to see the MKI line come to a close - they should have ordered at least another 24 or so, just for attrition and replacements for when the midlife upgrade happens. Don't be taken by teh syndrome that when your toolk kit only has a hammer all problem look like nail. SU30 ...

Haridas

Courtesy https://swarajyamag.com/defence/a-phenomenal-pokhran-mission-from-site-selection-to-shaft-sinking Pokhran-II: From Site Selection To Shaft Sinking—A First-Hand Account Of How 113 Engineer Regiment Made 1998 Nuclear Tests Possible by Major General Mrinal Suman .... According to the informat...

Haridas

There are no PS involved. Your eyes are playing tricks. 8) Nothing is viewable through the rudder. The vortex contrail that you are referring to is from the starboard wingtip. It lies in front of the rudder. The contrail from the port side wingtip can also be seen just behind the engine nozzle. Not...

Haridas

^^ indian AHWR is like PhD project report of 55 year old Kanahiya Kumar of JNU in pipeline and awaiting submittal (hopefully before he hits the bucket). Just bury it and release funds for somthing tangible/meaningful . Civilian nuclear energy program is a farce imho. Funny to see time frozen in 300 ...

Haridas

a forward But Chatterji should've taken his suitcase and left it at the Delhi tarmac! That would be fair no? He did take his crates of rum. :D :rotfl: I would ask my dad if he remembers Chatterjee, he was examiner at AEB for 10 years (AEB had HS748 and Dakota for movement) and prior to that instruc...

Haridas

^^^ Why unless extraordinarily inexpensive maybe? Every rupee should be spent on the local product when it is available as an option. What can the MiG-29 do that Tejas can't? What Tejas can't do ==> 20 Mig29 can take to sky in a year. During that time Tejas can play in the womb of mother HAL. As my...

Haridas

^^ care to explain " FL same as ft" ?

Haridas

This question is for the seniors here; How does the Home-on-Jammer (HOJ) mode of modern missiles actually work? .... Missiles with active seeker typically uses X or K band antenna array at launch or after launch. When enemy counter measure uses Jammer to degrade the seeker SNR (Signal to noise rati...

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Agra: IAF transport plane makes emergency landing after engine catches fire AGRA: An AVRO HS 748 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force made an emergency landing at Agra’s Kheria airbase after one of its engines caught fire. The incident took place on March 31 during a practice sortie. Accordin...

Haridas

This question is for the seniors here; How does the Home-on-Jammer (HOJ) mode of modern missiles actually work? Why didn't the our aircraft use it on 27th Feb? Does Astra come with this mode too? Reminds me of talks I gave to my final year classmates in 1983 on Electronic-warfare , all of them were...

Haridas

Those are different aircraft designed to different requirements. Lockheed had the opportunity to propose a new F-16 based designed for different requirements (more range, and more payload) and on both (F-16 XL and F-16 U) occasions they addressed the internal fuel. You build an aircraft to the requ...

Haridas

Where has UB disappeared ? He always had the latest info but I don't see him posting anymore. Hope he is all well and tending to his yaks. He is unable to log in, even after few days of ban .... ideas that are uncomfortable/critical/unconventional serve national interest, Admins should do some intr...

Haridas

There is no rational explanation, but I have multiple instances for Homoeopathy working. 1. My brother-in-law had virtiligo (white patches on skin). Tried modern medicine for some time. No use. Homoeopathy completely cured it in a few months. 2. My mother started cataract in her eyes. Homoeopathic ...

Haridas

^^^

Also looking for Pinaka which is Amogha

Haridas

I am highly skeptical they can pull it off, I think France managed to fleece another military 10 billion for 4 Scorpene and Brazil is spending 7 billion for their first SSN. So they are hardly saving any money doing this approach and smaller SSN greatly cripples its operational ability as French fo...

Haridas

https://twitter.com/indiannavy/status/1231473640165736448?s=19 Tweet by @SpokespersonIndianNavy FLASH. Today morning at around 1030h a Mig 29k aircraft on a routine training sortie crashed off Goa. The pilot of the aircraft ejected safely and has been recovered. An enquiry to investigate the inciden...

Haridas

From a discussion group Everything that was called as CT were proven truth starting from Malegaon, purohit, 26/11, Mrs.Tharoor was just escort lady and now this Corono virus too. I would ask Forum elders to stop shutting discussion by labeling CT at first sign of dissonance. Forum did a disservice ...

Haridas

And did you see the insane solar power 3200 Watt of RESOURCESAT-3S/SA? Indicates what is coming into the craft. 8) Building 2 PetaFLOP Supercomputer with non blocking interconnect. haridas ji is it too much to ask for what does that mean..the large no. indicates, which is out of pattern from previo...

Haridas

https://twitter.com/hvtiaf/status/1229198693615583232?s=21 —-> Suggest New Name for Mk-2 . ADA Boss explains genesis of Tejas Mk-2 (MWF) - "A new Name is being thought of. As 83 more LCAs being produced, we don't need MiG-21 replacement any more. So, MWF is a Mirage-2000 replacement. Design co...

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