Bharat Rakshak

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NEZ for most AMRAAM class datalinked BVR is ~20 miles.

Cost of the BVR is mute as its risks the life of pilot, as well the airframe. If LCA ca carry it, and if it allows it to look first/shoot first, then it should be on it. Didn’t IAF put R-77s on Mig-21s?

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Russia has not produced more the 30-40 Ka-228Ts since 2002, and we have a guarantee that their production rate will be higher then HAL’s?

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IMHO these airbase attacks in Porkyland and Afghanistan were linked, and most probably tit-for-tat events between two best frnds. Or both had a single frnenamy. 1> PNS Mehran attack -Mar 2011 2> Kamra Airbase attack - Aug 2012 3> Camp Bastion Attack - Sep 2012 After this attacks, on respective infra...

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I think the question is how many salvos we have to fire to either overwhelm, or exhaust, enemy defenses before they are hit.

All warships have limited magazines onboard, and will be defenseless unless they are replenished. Not sure if SAMs can be reloaded by ship itself.

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Brahmos Air Launch Video, by @AKM

https://twitter.com/writetake/status/93 ... 18880?s=17

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Probably they are discussing manicure, and skin condition due to heavy smog.

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It can very well be a way to assess response time, and observe other airbase activities. This chap will be grilled "well done" before he will be let go. P.S. This airbase is massive, how does security forces cover distances in case of an emergency on these airbases? A big wall and scarcely...

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I think to counter such asinine arguments, only thing is to offer change in overall doctrine. If the argument is that LCA is less capable, then acquire them in numbers to mitigate its tech drawbacks. Soviets and Chinese built their AF on that logic for a long time, counter high tech with numbers, an...

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^^F-82 Twin Mustang

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^^ Even if those numbers are right, integration of a European engine with Roosi Heli is no longer possible due to sanctions. Kamov will deliver first few examples directly from their factories, hence this 220T model may not be viable any longer. Meaning first batch will have Roosi engine, which we w...

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Although these articles seems to indicate BS territorial fight between agencies, deployement of specialized force like NSG will only augment them. Plus no IA officer will say that “they take part in ops once every few year”, knowing very well that SAG is manned by experienced IA personal only. Inclu...

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Jokes apart, if these UAVs are matured from current conservative design (weight/armor) they will be next big thing. For example if their little-bird Z-11WB concept is evolved into an UAV using these baseline technologies, perfected on smaller models, then they have achieved their goal. Their armed M...

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Form follows function, and aircraft like A-10/Su-25 are purpose built for CAS.

Jaguar is more like Su-24/F-111, tactical strike aircraft.

But future for CAS is UCAS, everything else will fade away quickly.

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Yup, their separation when aircraft is already supersonic. Every AAM has launch parameters (max G, speed, altitude, etc) which must match before the launch. Is supersonic speed in acceptable speed range for AAM?

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So I tried to look for it, but can anyone please explain if an AAM be released at supersonic speeds.

Wouldn't supersonic shockwave cause trouble for AAM?

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^^ we should expect a report like "faulty Indian (OFB) ammunition caused M777 accident". They are already painting M777 as a victim in their press release. 4:32 PM - 12 Sep 2017 M777 in Pokhran to generate Army's firing tables. In this incident, Indian ammunition exited barrel in multiple ...

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^^ it was Op Rhino in early 90s which cleared ULFA, and other groups, out from Indian border. It was much worse in North east, Kashmir pales in comparison to it.

I wonder why NE never got media's attention even though these groups had active support from China.

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^^ now NoKo is untouchable, it's too late for any action. Seoul/Tokyo will be water vapor if any action against NoKo is initiated. But if no action is initiated then Iran will race against time to get their own. What is stalemate. All in all a sad situation as we know how humiliation by nuke-blackma...

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Porkies were actually evaluating M1 ABRAMs in 1988. But luckily their el presidente Zia was assassinated, just after he witnessed its unsuccessful demo, and that billion $$ sale never happened. Examples that were bought for demo are still there. If they had bought Abrams, we would have bought simila...

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Indian Express explains why killing terrorist is a bad thing and we should give them money, food, shelter and do their puja. How Hizbul Mujahideen’s Yaseen Yatoo was trapped http://indianexpress.com/article/india/how-hizbul-mujahideens-yaseen-yatoo-ghaznavi-was-captured-hizbul-mujahideen-commander-...

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Do we have a transport plane which can carry Arjun to Russia for such deployements, can C-17 do this job. Else we will have to either hire a Tu-224 or ship it somehow. Talking about transportation, is compatibility with projected transportation system ever part of any GSQR so that dimensions and wei...

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T-90 in the race

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Aip60jufsWM
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China Shows New Fighters, Missiles and Drones http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2017-08-02/china-shows-new-fighters-missiles-and-drones There are 3 lessons in this article: Reverse-Engineer , Reverse-Engineer & Reverse-Engineer Something that for ages has been ridiculed in BRF for ...

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Nothing can be learned in OFB, too much red tape. Worker unions in OFB are notorious. All employee positions are guaranteed other then that of army personal posted there for a short period.

This may be a good opportunity for ask private industry to step in.

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You can see how the wheel broke off here, seems like that wheel hit a bump particularly hard and got sheared off. BzdJFLDGaNg Amazing, so that particular unit actually finished the run with same damaged tank, and managed to fire couple of rounds as well. So they turned this into a positive story, I...

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My madrasa math tells me that 100 sub-par tanks are better then 1 gold standard tank. Chinese tanks are very poor in quality, their armor almost non-existent, but they exist, and they exist in huge numbers. As much as I like to laugh at them, absence of Arjun (replaced by T-90) is whats is eating me...

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Autopilot was requested to aid in PGM capability, not for basic navigation. I think the logic published in media (during that time) was that its almost impossible for pilots for arm and release a PGM munition when pilot is engaged in navigating the plane.

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Chinese AFT-09 and also M901 ITV. I think the later may have influenced Namica as Pakistanis operate a number of M901 ITVs.

http://www.military-today.com/missiles/aft_9_l8.jpg

http://www.military-today.com/missiles/m901.jpg

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^^thats Trishul, not QRSAM.

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Why a SAM will need a PCB warhead

And I think PF stands for "proximity fuze", not Pre-Fragmented.

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Why are we linking articles from "Dawn" and letting BRF contribute yo its traffic ? Isn't NDTV enough?

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In all of this halla gulla, India must not loose sight of protection for Bhutan's royal family. There is a high chance tactics similar to what were employed in Nepal or Maldives will be used in this region as well.

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I would have been better if a Product owner/manager was assigned from IA to OFB, to manage and oversee the completion of project. An this product owner should report to steering committee in MOD and lawmakers so that everyone is aware of its progress. As they are the SMEs, they should drive it end-t...

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Why are we allowing these funeral processions at all? Just dump them acrosss the LOC to their promised land.

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Khalsa, I think you are giving them a bit more credit then they deserve. It's the same air force which squandered money on redundant/duplicate system purchases, like Erieye and ZDK-03. One can assume bribery, just like their prized Augasta assembly line. They (PAC) are also the one who wants to buil...

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But are they not in eyeball contact when flying in such formations? Unless weather was really bad, but that would have suspended any training mission to begin with. No. They fly through some really bad weather and eyeball contact may be lost. There are many (Indian Air force) accounts of such flyin...

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Both of them should have been in radio contact all the time, No. Not necessarily. A training flight for real war would mean total radio silence and no radiation from radars. In fact there may have been Indian air defence radars watching them which would be part of the plan - perhaps to see if they ...

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Earlier reports said that it was a 2 aircraft formation. Both of them should have been in radio contact all the time, and any reportd malfunction must have been monitored by the other aircraft still in the air. But in any possible malfunction some RT contact must have been initiated pilots of this d...

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IA is a professional force, unlike porkies who their skin in country's politics.

I will believe in the what our side will say, then in people who have been lying for past 50 yrs to cover their losses.

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Question for border watchers - if Pakistan keeps denying its soldiers deaths and India's aggression at the borders, how does it hide their funerals and news at local level? Isn't this in plain sight of the media? Burden of evidence is not ours. This was the same old argument they gave during Kargil...

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