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Rahul M wrote:Vishnu's favoured MRCA candidate was NOT the raffy, if my memory serves right.

Heh heh heh.

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For Vishnu to say its the best aircraft out there due to a bone chilling 100 feet automated flight is not accurate. Though I envy him :) Hey ... I never said its the best aircraft out there ! There is enough out there to suggest that EACH and everyone of the MMRCA competitors could well have been r...

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Vishnu sir quick question what is the longest time you remember having experienced a 7g+ maneuver ? Also if you know of top of your head what is the typical figure for the same for a pilot ? :D Hey ... I haven't checked ... but most of the video I uploaded was of a g load above 7 g ... I would thin...

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Hi Kartik ... A few half-answers ... ! Did you glean any information on the Rafale's datalink and whether or not the IAF will replace it with the ODL being developed indigenously? Sorry ... no information on this ! I didnt ask. You stated that the FSO could provide high rez images of the target, did...

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well by 2015 think about taking down both plaafs and pilafs across the yellow sea together. I am sure LCA, and AMCA would take a bigger stage.. LCA Mk2 will be the fighter platform for the left side, while the right side, we need massive qualitative and quantitative analysis to check out all possib...

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Hi Folks ... I flew the Rafale from Istres in France a few weeks ago. You can see our webpage on the sortie at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/thunder-at-100-feet-flying-france-s-rafale-superfighter-250710 The site also has some nice images and video of my sortie, some of which was just a 100 fee...

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Hi folks ... I flew the Rafale a few weeks back in Istres in France. Major article coming up on our website www.ndtv.com preceding the documentaries which will air later. Some incredible video and a few images as well ... Stay tuned ! Your favourite DDM, :twisted: Vishnu Som Editor Documentaries and...

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Actually, it was me who asked the RAF Chief that question at RIAT at Fairford a few weeks back ... not sure why someone else took the credit !!! And he said the Sukhois were beaten ... to which I said "Really Sir?" but didn't push it any further because I do not know the results of the eng...

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Hi ... I flew back seat on the Su-30 MKI prototype in Russia a few years ago (Rambha ki ma) and filmed this thrust vectored flat spin all for fun ... Enjoy, Vishnu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKMS6zgVJww

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Krishnakg ... thanks for an interesting read ... There have been another few crazy conflict type situations I have found myself in. The craziest one was being in a Mi-8 hepter which was shot at by Pak forces with a SAM the day after the PAF Atlantique was shot down in Gujarat. Fukushima and Sendai t...

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Hi Mods ... I thought about sharing this article. Its not quite complete and is meant to be a part of a book that never quite happened. Anyway, its for all of you to enjoy if you are bored and Mods, if this isnt the place to post this, then please shift it where you choose. Its not been perfectly pr...

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Am I correct that the PNS Babur, ex Type 21 Amazon Class has NOT been refitted with Harpoon missiles but has a Chinese launcher for SAMs. Which SAM system would this be ?

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Avid ... unable to send you a personal message here ... Want to email you my response to your points ... Do pls send me your email at vishnu@ndtv.com.

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Signing off from this thread. Please don't bother replying to this post. Thanks

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Sri wrote:Any comments from Swedish / Russian companies... ?

Gripen folks respect the decision ... arent saying too much ... No response at the Russian numbers I tried. Thanks

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Dr Dinesh Keskar, Boeing: "Obviously whenever it is announced, it is a surprise and a disappointment as went through all the trials and everything but as ambassador said we respect the decision... but certainly we still had the product and the value that is more important..as you know right now...

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Roger Rose, CEO, Lockheed Martin India: "Sure we're still reviewing the document we've received... actually the embassy received with a list of non-compliances.. We're trying to asses the issues. We felt that the F 16 IN was fully compliant.. We knew we it was a very competitive price so we're ...

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This is what the outgoing US Ambassador said a few hours back in Delhi ... and NO, quoting him does not mean I endorse an American product !! "We deeply respect the indian procurement process... we are however deeply disappointed on the outcome.. we feel in America that, AESA technology, the te...

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Vishnu, I just saw your program. Do you think it will be better if you would have reviewed Chinese and PAF in a bit more detail with and overall prospective instead of just pitting J20 and F16s against the 2 Indian contenders? I mean even when they join Airforce, they will NOT be pitted against the...

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Manish ... please read what I have written and understand the CONTEXT in which I have voiced a concern with the tender process. That context ... the shortlist of two types without operational AESAs ... has materialised NOW. Why then would I criticise the tender process earlier ? Also .. how do YOU k...

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Gagan ... Agree with all your ideas ... and I will visit this concept in the future. Lets just say I have something else in the works ... though it wont be remotely defence related .... Cheers.

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On a more serious note ... does anyone know when the next fighter tender is out ... I need to plan my next rides ... carefully ensuring that I pick the 4 that don't make the cut !!

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Vishnu, A friend of mine sat in a F1 car, and developed paralysis of one side of the body soon after.High g can perhaps do some damage to neural networks. The friend is now recovering after a year of therapy. At 9G I wonder what happened to your neural networks, but definitely you are making sense ...

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Manish .. whoever's side I am on ... its not your side ! You can choose to be ignorant and accuse me of bias or you can debate the point with me. If you knew me, my work, or how extensively I have reported the role of our armed forces, you wouldn't dare accuse me of doing anything which went against...

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hey vishnu...I am really wondering about your thought process...need to speak less about it though... You expect a nation about to give billions of doller...not to test the options and get feel of them...you expecting we wont get the juice out of the deal... You were expecting us to award consolati...

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Hi Folks ... points well taken ... the basic one being that the IAF invited companies to come forward ... it was for them to accept or to reject that invitation and since they accepted it ... then the govt/IAF cannot be blamed for their rejection. It would, however, be interesting to get a proper lo...

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I would be happy to answer any other criticism ... hopefully substantive ... Vishnu - for all the tech that TV uses - do you have no control over the start and stop of the graphics? It looked like they were making you wait. I mean anyone who does a conference presentation generally has some control...

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Hi Sai ... I don't have negative thoughts per se about the acquisition of these aircraft ... and I have no doubt that as far as this deal is concerned, the IAF got the jets that they wanted. Both the Rafale and the Typhoon are incredible jets. My only point is this ... and this is something that nev...

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Vishnu's program on the MMRCA is on the NDTV website now. LINK : Dog Fight for India Coming from an organisation like NDTV, very surprising to see that there has been absolutely no background research or simple fact checking done before broadcasting this 22 minute video. There were gaping holes, wr...

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Milind ... 17 years ago ... I considered myself a king of the flame wars on the first generation of Usenet groups out there. With the benefit of age, and on account of having been burnt on a couple of occasions, I have come to realise that if I believe in something, and I know it to be the truth, th...

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Let us start a new thread for whining. Eurofighter looks too much like J-10 Rafale looks too hungry with sunken cheeks. hehe, you're always on the dot, Sir! Expect <name removed> "unnamed lifafa journalists" to crib beat her err... drums and claim the process was rigged. Oh boy, unless th...

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Interesting article on the costs of Rafale and Eurofighter ops ... See towards the end of the article ... This is the source ... http://www.emirates247.com/news/world/libya-no-fly-zone-cost-could-hit-1bn-in-months-2011-03-23-1.371886 Libya no-fly zone cost could hit $1bn in months Destroying Gaddafi...

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I disagree. The MRCA is not a Mig-21 replacement. It was never intended to be. It was meant to help get the IAF's squadron strength back to the sanctioned level of 39.5 from the present 28-30. The LCA is the Mig-21 replacement. It has been delayed, but it has not "failed to deliver" anyth...

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Hi ... Just revealing ... clearly ... for the first time ... my personal views on all this ... and a lot of you out there are gurus on this ... so plis forgive for DDMitis. As I see it ... FGFA is our frontline ... we have invested 30 billion dollars on it ... Sukhoi 30 is our bedrock ... our presen...

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Hi folks ... All sorts of rumors now doing the rounds presently as follows ... 1. The overwhelming one being that the IAF wants a twin engine jet ... 2. There is bound to be a split order if the order size goes up to 250 odd jets for cost reasons ... 250 twins are too expensive whichever way one me...

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Hi folks ... All sorts of rumors now doing the rounds presently as follows ... 1. The overwhelming one being that the IAF wants a twin engine jet ... 2. There is bound to be a split order if the order size goes up to 250 odd jets for cost reasons ... 250 twins are too expensive whichever way one mea...

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It is being suggested that India needs a quick resolution to the MMRCA debacle. A dogfight over the skies of Aeroindia with a winner takes all result will end this thread once and for all.

My two penny bit.

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Hi folks ... my new series ... Bigger, Higher, Faster which looks at the state of the art in civil and military aviation starts airing tomorrow (Saturday) on NDTV 24x7 at 7:30 pm with a repeat on Sunday at 5:30 pm. Tomorrow's episode features my sortie on the Gripen NG a few months back ... For Grip...

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No Chief ... this was a large test area off Lemoore ... and the pilots in the formation may have been aware of the presence of other military jets in the region ... but probably didnt have a classification on them. Also, to be fair, the Raptor came in from 4 of clock behind our formation ... Thanks

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Hi George ... I do like the Hornet ... its evolved and mature ... but I think we need to consider the following ... 1. The development risks on the Gripen NG are minimal ... The structural changes to the body of the jet have been validated. SAAB repeatedly makes the point that the changes are NOT pr...

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