Bharat Rakshak

chola

^^^ Nuts. Banning chini apps won't affect the CCP much. They themselves are going after Alibaba, TikTok and other chini SM/SW companies because they erode their manic control over the Chinese populace. Where you hurt them are bans against their infrastructure and manufacturing firms which mainly SOE...

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^^^ Where is that illustration originally from? I'm hoping for a disk instead of a balance beam.

chola

4. Most of all I learnt things about us - that our military is not as weak people think vis a vis China, how terrain plays a role even in air operations, the criticiality of terrain even in Air ops, our significant edge in ethos, experience, tactics, training. Vidur ji. I've always been surprised b...

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^^^ Unlike the US, the trendlines for India is exceptionally good. So unless something unforeseen happens, Indians should hold steady and by the time the vaccines arrive we might be able to completely annihilate the virus from India. We were close to 1 lakh cases a day in September. On Jan 1st, we h...

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^^^ True, the chinis can't take advantage of a vacuum that was created precisely because the US had disengaged from the global stage to focus on clobbering the chinis.

chola

Hari Nair, Manjugu, Philip, jamwal, rohitvats, chola, Deans, What did 2020 reveal to each of you about the Chinese you did not know earlier? For me, 2020 revealed that they have a large naval base directly across from a beach resort in Hainan. The watchers community is looking forward to many more ...

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We need Xi or Xi like character in China. More they get over confident of their power, more trouble they will create. And China creating trouble is what we want. Agree 100% Xi dies and it becomes an excuse for Western countries, especially the non-Anglosphere ones to work again with Cheen. In fact,...

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This is bit OT, but relevant for national security, as everything fundamentally depends on money. Getting shown as 10T Dollar economy has multiple factors. As the Chinis have shown, you can get there using currency manipulation. Instead of R 70 to a dollar, what if we are Rs 7, like the Chinese? We...

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@Admiral EMALS related. They've been testing catapults both EM and steam for years with a J-15T cat-capable variant. dafeng cao @dafengcao Xingcheng J-15T EMALS test. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DDtFMRPWsAAs_w9?format=jpg&name=small https://mobile.twitter.com/Cengiz_Karablut/status/1330860448229...

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@ Admiral Latest on their carrier AEW. https://mobile.twitter.com/RupprechtDeino/status/1344912029379919873 @Rupprecht_A @RupprechtDeino And another major news Face with open mouth... the first clear images - ok, at least parts of it - of the XAC KJ-600 carrierborne AEW. And the most important piece...

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Apparently, that new photo of the Vikrant came from a chini commercial satellite: https://mobile.twitter.com/detresfa_/status/1344492005263609867 ---> One of China's commercial satellite imagery providers recently published images of #Kochi, #India where one of the tiles photographed the #IndianNavy...

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The second shot is critical. https://www.businessinsider.com/emergency-room-doctor-positive-covid-19-after-pfizer-vaccine-2020-12 An emergency-room doctor tested positive for coronavirus 9 days after getting vaccinated. That's not a sign the vaccine didn't work. Josh Mugele worked the night shift on...

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Rafale. Rafale. RAFALE. Desperation begets delusions: https://www.geo.tv/latest/327350-better-than-indias-rafael-pakistan-starts-production-of-advanced-jf-17-thunder-block-iii-aircraft Better than India’s Rafale: Pakistan starts production of advanced JF-17 Thunder Block III aircraft Probably the on...

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^^^ The Admiral asked me for that! Please don't ban me permanently.

chola

But one can make an educated guess and state that the Chinese are not close to what the US Navy has. Would you agree with that assessment? ... But since I claimed that the Chinese will have mastered the systems that the US Navy also has, in 10 years, where would that leave the Indian Navy in 2031? ...

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Green top? I do not think that any navy ship wants to stand out in a vast ocean. It is probably not the final coating but if it were, it wouldn't be anywhere near the bright orange "Please Bomb Me" color of the old USSR Navy! https://i.pinimg.com/originals/09/e7/84/09e784976e00eeb2ac16f05...

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^^^ No Saar, I have no timeline for any of that stuff. Which you obviously know I wouldn't have. Why would I or anyone else outside the Great Wall? All we have is the CATOBAR being built, the KJ-600 is a project and the J-15 is still being produced. And I did not give "vague" answers on th...

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Really? India has operationally fielded a 4+ generation aircraft, landed a variant on the carrier, developed and fielded an AEW&C, SSBN, launches its own satellites and has a missile program that is right up there alongside the best in the world. Turkey hasn't even flown a trainer yet which, at...

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^^^ Admiral, I can assure you that their equipment will suck compared to the Amreekis' in every aspect. And I can predict that with near absolute certainty. But they will have a CATOBAR, a fixed-wing AEW and a J-15 that will now be able to launch with full load. And, unless they will stupidly and su...

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^^^ Well, Brar ji, they are aggressive in their vision. You have to give them that! Their drone industry after the Armenian/Azerbaijan conflict had proven that the Turks are no joke. And there were other signs too -- the T129 winning the Paki tender, the Anadolu being laid down only in 2018 and desp...

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Interesting livery spotted at Kamra. It's actually a JF-17 for Nigeria. Significance is that the assembly for even exported JF-17s are in Pakistan not China. Possibly no assembly line in Cheen exists at all since the PLAAF never accepted it] Nope this is for Paki H&D. When Myanmar ordered JF17 ...

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Yes! The flight deck looks closer to ready! Finally, actual news about the Vikrant in the Vikrant thread :lol: https://mobile.twitter.com/Amitraaz/status/1344282118961041411 Amiet R. Kashyap @Amitraaz · 2h IAC-1(Vikrant) with anti-skid military-grade chemsol epoxy coating on the deck. https://pbs.tw...

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I hope, I hope, I HOPE the LPDs get off the ground (and I hope they will be larger LHDs -- Juan Carlos or Mistral.)

But there is nothing concrete just like MCMs. Even the reduced numbers seem more aspirations than anything substantive.

chola

Dee Turks dream very big! (If true.) BTW, the Andalu suffered a fire and they won't get any F-35s from Unkil. https://mobile.twitter.com/AceJacee/status/1343410475674042368 AceJace Flag of TurkeyFlag of Germany @AceJacee #Turkey/#Türkiye: Erdogan and SSB CEO Prof Dr Ismail Demir said Turkey is worki...

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Pakis said to have started JF-17 block III production. They also introduced 14 dual-seat JF-17Bs. The level of nonsense PAF does just to get a PR brownie point. Which country manages to get a jet in to mass production within a year of 1st flight? We hear the bs of PL15 being available on JF17. No p...

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Interesting livery spotted at Kamra. It's actually a JF-17 for Nigeria. Significance is that the assembly for even exported JF-17s are in Pakistan not China. Possibly no assembly line in Cheen exists at all since the PLAAF never accepted it. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EqeqwGcXIAEZX6W?format=jpg&...

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Pakis said to have started JF-17 block III production. They also introduced 14 dual-seat JF-17Bs. https://mobile.twitter.com/BhittaniKhannnn/status/1344230388508594177 Asfandyar Bhittani @BhittaniKhannnn JF-17 Block 3 has entered mass production, says ACM Mujahid Anwar Khan at the induction ceremony...

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Meanwhile NYTimes etc are reporting that - (Few points from the story - few points/my understanding - read the full article for details) Sinopharm reports its inactivated virus COVID19 vaccine had a 79% efficacy rate in interim late-stage trials. (Last month, UAE Flag of United Arab Emirates report...

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Good news. Now place the order :) https://twitter.com/TheWolfpackIN/status/1343589352388091905?s=20 ---> So HAL CMD pretty confirmed today that Tejas Mk1A will be delivered at the rate of 20 aircraft per year. Great news indeed! All 83 by 2024 or before 2025? A bit hard to reconcile with the delive...

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Chinis have been studying steam catapults since 1985s, in comparison I don't think we have invested in such techs even now. If we panic buy the shornets, EMALS etc then sure we can "show" the chinis, but we'll never catch up. Isn't the latter the whole point? Chinis didn't panic when Vira...

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^^^ LOL. Admiral, you are certainly entertaining. Even when you are ridiculing everything on the other side of the argument. (In the olden days, I would have tried matching your wit but I have the Damocles Sword of a permanent ban hanging over me.) No, no one is saying that the one 65K ton CATOBAR w...

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Saar, I hope you (and others that posted in that thread) realize the damage you have done. Folks like rajsunder cannot sleep at night because of the ChiCom propaganda that you are reproducing from German, French and Japanese watchers. And that is extrapolated into elaborate Death Star-type scenario...

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.....Just the presence of one F-18SH will send all fifteen carrier battle groups of the PLAN scurrying back to their home base. :rotfl: 15 (!!!) 100k CATOBAR chini carriers sound a bit unrealistic. Chinese are not the Kree :mrgreen: Except for rajsunder making that statement, no one reputable anywh...

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Please stop drinking the kook-aid from chola and others in the China military watch thread. It serves one purpose only. To buy phoren platforms that will tie India into a bind diplomatically and geopolitically. The Indian super carrier program (INS Vishal) is designed to do just that. Buy a phoren ...

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^^^ I don't know if you are being sarcastic but not even I would ask for five 85K ton carriers. Obviously that would be beyond any possibility of funding. I only hope we can get a CATOBAR at 65K tons which is pretty modest and then get a sister ship later on. We need to keep the carrier arm relevant...

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Admiral saar, the money for a carrier is split up over many years because it takes at least a decade to build and you are paying manpower, construction and material costs over that time. We are not paying for 65K tons of specialized steel all at once. And that money goes back into our industrial bas...

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^^^ Number 1 on the IAF's life. $24B for phoren fighters. Rather spend that on a CATOBAR that will be built in India. And you will still have $10B left over for more of number 2 on the IAF's list.

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https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/dec/24/third-aircraft-carrier-is-essentialfor-india-given-chinas-activities-2240484.html ‘Third aircraft carrier is essential for India given China’s activities’ A third aircraft carrier is a necessity for India due to operational and tactical reasons, e...

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^^^ So it seems the Shandong carrier is at the chini resort island of Hainan. A type 075 LHD was spotted down there too. Something's up ... https://mobile.twitter.com/RupprechtDeino/status/1341312678334218240 @Rupprecht_A @RupprechtDeino The PLAN "Shandong" arrived at Hainan ... https://pb...

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It is a given that Chinis are coming down to Gawadar. So PLANF flying with PAF make sense, as they might have to deploy in PAF airbases, until they have a proper US style airbases in Gwadar. If J10C is a panic buy against Rafale, as I have mentioned earlier, instead of fiddling around with more Raf...

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