Bharat Rakshak

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5 years from now, there'll be VL-SRSAM in service, possibly a navalized Akash-NG, a HUMSA-NG, an ALTAS, the 100mm gun has already been passed over for the 76mm manufactured at BHEL. Navalized akash ng is unlikely primarily because it wasn’t design for VLS launch sure adding that capability is possi...

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That is still wasting a significant portion of the capital acquisition budget. If our war fighting is dependent on being in the good books of some nation. You are correct. It is a waste and it is a non-ideal situation. But can You/Me/GoI/MoD/IN do anything about it? No Given the increase in the urb...

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^^^ If that is the concept of operations. Then it is the most inefficient way to defend the nation. We might just pick up one supplier and stick to it. Don't build a circus of systems that are expected to be useless in times of war. Then what is the point of investment in such systems. If the expec...

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No it's not true. But the P17A is a better ship any day of the week and twice on Sunday. Because it has MFSTAR and LRSAM. The Russian imports don't. Nor will they be fitted with those during the MLU. The rationale for the purchase makes little sense. In fact the navy would have been better served w...

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Total count of our braves has gone up to 9. :( This along with 11 civilians. https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/indiatoday/images/story/202110/5FC1_09f7c785-8d2c-4fd4-ad5a-8_1200x768.jpeg?HyCgcC7k1YZ0oABstbq158K1gb.sJG_p&size=770:433 Link Om Shanti. I was very angry and upset for the last couple ...

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Om Shanti. Sincere condolences to all his family and the BR community.

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https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1760781 Ministry of Defence Raksha Mantri gives away DRDO Dare to Dream 2.0 & Young Scientists awards Shri Rajnath Singh calls for R&D in futuristic technologies Our aim is to equip our forces with latest machinery to deal with any challen...

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Now that makes sense :) The reality of most western engine OEM's (and most wester military suppliers in general) is that they are internally expecting to lose money when it comes to R&D (you are competing and generally spending out of pocket for product development even in cost-plus reimburseme...

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Hopefully, the development would be over soon. HAL made LCH, and without customer asking, it was not necessary for them to try porting a missile under development (of a different body) to LCH. OTOH, the military did not even bother to take delivery or did even show urgency for LCH. There are 76 Rud...

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Great effort Rohit Vats-ji

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Karan M-ji, Can you or - or other resident garus - please provide an overview of the ARDE bombs being built? i.e. why glide bums vs. HSLD bums vs. PG HSLD bums vs. Inertial Guided bums vs. LGBs vs. Garuda/Garuthma? Too many types of bums and would be nice to know why they are different, what is the...

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Interesting pic and claims here of PG-HSLD being certified for Su-30 carriage (6 per aircraft). https://twitter.com/GODOFPARADOXES/status/1439233671425372169 IAF is slowly and steadily moving towards adopting desi munitions en masse. This will be the true RMA as versus carefully hoarded stocks of e...

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Thanks for putting focus on this. The ideologies that are the curse of the west today like post modernism, cultural marxism etc are the gifts of French intelligentsia to mankind. Though the politics have been mostly center/center-right since Chiraq, Sarkozy, even Holland and now Macron, the French ...

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I somehow feel that all this is to eventually control India when it would have risen with 10T GDP and a decent MIC by 2050. World is realigning for that. V-Raman ji, You are quite correct in your assessment. The same thoughts were in my mind yesterday But “Control India” is a very strong phrase. Th...

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Bala Vignesh wrote:
Rakesh wrote:you got some good eyes. thanks.
Developed searching for the infamous Mithai, Admiral Saab!!

touché

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But what are our realistic options? The Indian economy and manufacturing MIC will not come close to China's for decades. Till then what's the plan to deal with a superpower in the backyard? How does Pakistan keep India at bay? How did the Chinese keep the Russians at bay? The answer is the same. Lar...

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China has near about 1500 fighter jets (most of them not retiring) as of now vis-a-vis 600ish of ours . We will add 350 but also retire 200. China is surely aiming to add atleast 1000 jets in next 20 years, likely more. They have done this before while we haven't done this (350). We are probably go...

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I'm actually surprised that both take off positions are smack in the middle of the landing strip on the Vikrant. With a much wider deck, wonder why they didn't put it closer to the starboard side like on the kuz Might've allowed for simultaneous landing and take off ops. It's a design decision. Sim...

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Exactly, the only reason Pakistan has been perpetually supported is a certain degree of Hinduphobia even if causes pinpricks and loss of own soldiers. The best way to get a competitor (or potential competitor) to underachieve is to keep them busy with internal conflicts. We all know Shanti mein Tar...

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If Russians seeing hopes of making a huge/neat packet on the SU30 upgrade is not materializing, why would it cooperate in sharing its radar technology with us to make it compatible with Indian arms systems? That would be a triple whammy for them: -Not making money on the Super Sukhoi package it had...

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https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/former-british-commander-cautions-taliban-may-get-control-of-pakistan-s-nuclear-weapons/ar-AANo2sM?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531 Former British commander calls our Pakistan and fears that in the future some Nuclear material might also find its way into the Taliban h...

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The US was literally run out of town after 20 years, $1-2 trillion and 2,448 service personnel lives lost, not to mention private military contractors and afghan support staff. This is not how a sooper power behaves. Biden will never live this down and neither will the democrats. hillary had her be...

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Question for all gurus: Will the VikAd and Vikrant carry ASW Sea Kings or Ka-28s or Dhruvs or MH-60 SeaHawks moving forward? The navy is taking delivery of 16 ALH Dhruvs but of these only 6 are supposedly ASW variants carrying the dipping sonar - not sure why this is the case, unless this was an ini...

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What exactly is HAL producing till 2030 other than 16 LCA per year? There is no Su30, no Jag. Major parts of LCA are now outsourced. 73 LCA Mk1A + 18 LCA FOC Trainers + 201 Tejas Mk2 + 200 LUH + 175 LCH + unknown nos. AMCA & IMRH & R-UAVs & Naval/ICG Dhruvs Let's also not forget the ALH...

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^^^ this is a load of tripe if ever there was one. The pre 84 crowd were the ones who took the PSLV to success. They were there when the GSLV was first launched. Pre 84 ISRO crowd has worked with Indian Pvt sector companies all their working lives. Else Godrej boyes and others would not be working ...

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https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/navy-to-scrap-plans-to-procure-guns-from-us-considering-make-in-india-route-now/ar-AAMPhfi?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531 The purchase of MK45 127mm guns from the US to be scrapped. Makes sense, as the price was just way too high. Don't know if replacement 76mm guns ...

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VikAd & Vikrant most likely will never operate together due to staggered maintenance schedule to ensure availability of at least 1 carrier. So we can essentially bring 16-18 MiG-29K to the fight in a given theatre of operations. Basically 1 squadron equivalent of Tier1 fighters If we got another...

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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/indias-lone-nuclear-attack-submarine-heading-back-to-russia-next-one-to-take-five-years/articleshow/83229253.cms Indian Navy’s lone nuclear attack submarine heading back to Russia, next one to take five years from the article it is heading back at t...

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https://eurasiantimes.com/former-mig-21-pilot-takes-a-dig-at-hal-says-dassault-rightly-rejected-local-manufacturing-of-rafale-jets-in-india/ Xcpts: MiG-21 Crash: Former Pilot Takes A Dig At HAL; Says Dassault Rightly Rejected Local Manufacturing Of Rafale Jets In India The article - mildly put - is...

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The main issue with wing tip extension will be the additional weight added to the machine. If the machine was designed to operate primarily in forward flight regime them it would not have major implications. A machine designed to operate in the nap of the earth flight regime would be so well optimi...

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What Philip is asking for is a 2200 ton corvette being built for the Russian Navy. It has IIRC, an 8 cell VLS and a chopper hanger. Total missile count of 16 missiles. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_corvette_Gremyashchiy Without having any understanding of the limitations of the Russian Na...

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^<OT> Quick question - Why were the Russian engines not selected for our indigenous Helis. Trying to reduce dependency? </OT> One more reason: Russian engines are high performance, and relatively cheap, and sanctions proof. But they have low reliability and MTBF requiring frequent overhauls and rep...

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^<OT> Quick question - Why were the Russian engines not selected for our indigenous Helis. Trying to reduce dependency? </OT> One more reason: Russian engines are high performance, and relatively cheap, and sanctions proof. But they have low reliability and MTBF requiring frequent overhauls and rep...

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One point,if French engines cost an arm and a leg, and leaves us with little moolah for civvy street, how come all our desi helos being built in large number,ALHs, LCH,LUH, and the MH to come have French engines? We need helicopters and don't have a desi engine. But we can produce the rest of the h...

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180 Pilots lost in crashes and counting.... If Pilots with Squadron leader and even Wing Commander's rank with thousands of hours of flying experience are losing their lives then certainly majority of the Mig21 jets are crashing not due to pilot error but some other reason. What is it? Lack of main...

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Yes, the Su 30 airframe of the IAF would see at least 3 engines being changed during its lifetime. Cheap is OK when you re facing a crunch but as the saying goes you get what you pay for. Vips-ji & Philip-ji, The debate is quite irrelevant. The stark reality is: 1) American engines are high per...

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They want to be part of a big story. That sums it up. I do it-vty but still want to be part of something big. I was on a linked in call with 4 students on their way to whorton MBA, very bright , but sadly their future will be outside India. @csaurabh ji, excellent writing on a topic which is very i...

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Titash ji, What’s the state of semiconductor manufacturing in India? I hear that there is a global shortage. Does this create an opening for India ? Hi Atmavik-ji, I cannot answer specifics due to lack of active reading-up, but here are my perceptions. Semiconductor manufacturing is heavily depende...

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CSaurabh-ji, Very nicely done. Manufacturing is close to my heart too. My first job + 11 years of my career in semiconductor manufacturing + some IT consulting for manufacturers. Elon Musk I believe made a statement that "themachine that makes the product is more complex than the product itself...

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well india can have its camp too ., it has its own umbrella :lol: Yeah an umbrella without the cloth or multiple holes in the cloth. :lol: Umbrella is the wrong metaphor. More like an igloo. Unlike umbrellas, it takes time to construct an igloo, but people notice you're doing it. There are only 3 g...

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