Bharat Rakshak

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Wonder why nobody considered having a 2 floor hangar.. I suppose WW2 might have had such a design.

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AESA seeker aperture are generally heavier than traditional seeker. So gimballed will make it even heavier. Our seeker is suppose to have 45 degree scan angle. Plus the data link providing position updates. One thing we have to remember is that bvr missiles fly with higher G compared to a fighter. S...

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The news that we have dropped plans to import the moth balled mig29 could mean that a decision has been taken to hand over vikrant's mig29k to IAF.

The testing of rafale and f18 seems to be a result of that decision.

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We need a cheaper subsonic anti-ship & anti-land weapon. Probably a variant of Nirbhay with low-RCS frame. Brahmos should be reserved only for ship. Way to expensive against a land target. Our Achilles heel with all the long range weapons, have been the engine. We need to get the Manik engine wo...

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We have a perfect setup of an MIC to run a gravy train in the name of National Security and prevent any worthwhile build up to respond to our adversary's action. Sample this: Service say the DPSU cannot give the kit required and we need to import. To make it sail through the MoD, the initial 10% wil...

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The biggest issue we have with DRDO type setup is that no project/product improved version occurs without GQSR/ASQR and MoD project sanctions. Arm companies have the flexibility to bring out version after version, even if they don't sell it. This means when the services have a "sudden" nee...

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750KM wala Brahmos. Excuse me for the nit-picking. But in true desi bania's ways...wasn't it supposed to be 800+ ? Notam was less than 780KM. So it must be the 750KM version. I suppose a 1000KM version would be a longer/larger diameter Brahmos. May be it might fit on the ships, however the land ver...

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Looks like GoI is expecting some sort of conflict b/w Russia & Ukraine and the resultant sanctions etc. Might be the reason for sudden decision to drop lot of imports.

Sanctions are the only way to break the import kha nasha..

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750KM wala Brahmos.

Next one is HSTDV..

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Missing link on the VL-SrSAM image. The mid body is pronounced. I think this is the Astra MK2. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/VL-SRSAM_being_tested_from_vertical_launch_system_%28cropped%29.jpg/640px-VL-SRSAM_being_tested_from_vertical_launch_system_%28cropped%29.jpg https...

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Regarding the b*** p*** by the FAS ayotollah about Agni 1P, i am sure it was about it being a fully composite missile. Especially the first stage. It is not about MIRV or counter force. The latest toy in the town is hypersonic. The ayotollahs know that A1P first stage( or a variant) is going to be u...

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There have some murmur on the twitter about Vietnam wanting Akash NG. Our RM recently went ( or is to go) to Vietnam with the same proposal.

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Mod Note: Please do not requote pictures when reposting. Post Edited. If this is true, we may have already seen the Astra MK2! It is VL-SRSAM! Check this image of VL-SRSAM. The mid section seems pronounced compared to the regular Astra. Mod Note: Please do not post pictures without the link. Post E...

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The chinis will most probably come with an excuse and initiate a 24 to 36 hrs localised throw the kitchen sink ops on a high visibility position. And immediately call for a ceasefire.. They know our leaders are suckers for ceasefire. A miniature version of 62. The CCP have created the superiority co...

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I am not able to get over the fact that Pakistan which tries to show that it is opposite of everything Indian.. has the Sanskrit word "stan" in it's name

Temples in South India are called Deva-stan, literally means place of the God!

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Same old engine. Looks like the addition is AESA radar & MAWS.

No proof of PL15 firing.

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The key capability that we need to rollout is cooperative engagement. Something the F35 displayed along with Aegis. Here the target was detected and tracked by F35, outside of Aegis search zone and the SAM from the ship was cued to the target by F35. In our case a Su30/Netra detects a Paki target an...

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One of the consequences of the 2019 fight and the subsequent drama is that both the airforce(probably chini as well) may not want to go in each others airspace. It will become a PR fight. Both side will fire BVR at long range. Nobody would know who shot whom...how many fighters fell. With long stand...

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Again no vidoe or any other proof of Pl15 integration or firing. The metal cutting was done almost a year back. So it was around one year of testing! They have to atleast give some specification for the production to start. What exactly can one test in a year? Other than a AESA radar, I don't think ...

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Let the Paks first put out a video of FC1 firing the SD10.. then we can assume PL15 is going to come.

FC1/JF17 is the only claimed "BVR-capable" fighter in the world, which has never been seen firing the BVR!

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I wonder if the induction of J10 has anything to do with FC1 not able to use PL15. If FC1 is suppose to come with an AESA & PL15, what extra is J10 bringing to the table? Why induct another type with a different engine.. with the same sensor, radar & weapons? My opinion is that FC1 is a dead...

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The number of TRM on the MK2 radar is dependent on the power availability on the platform and the power rating of the TRM. GaN TRMs has higher power rating. A 20W GaN TRM, if used on MK1 Uttam would technically require only 370 odd TRM, instead of 740+. The radar will become half in size! So a Uttam...

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It's interesting that we manage to build a stretched version of Arihant so fast. Building a SSBN and that too a heavier one is no trivial task. Compare the effort to get the LCA Mk2 prototype build time! When money is not a problem, things happen. Wonder what is stopping us to re-use this stretched ...

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In the current scheme of things, either IAF is not in a hurry to increase the numbers or we don't have money to get the shiny toys from France. Given the situation, it is better to concentrate on 2 aspects: Improve availability rates and invest in weapon & ECM. Availability: Cannot do much about...

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more than the amount of power its the reliability. here is a ref to TSMC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=785Uzi1mGAA Thanks for the link. TSMC uses rainwater as a source! We have regions in the country which receive some of the the highest level of rains in the world. What technology does Taiwan us...

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Is there any public information on the cause of the various crash? Engine flameout? structural defects? parts failure?

How difficult would it be for HAL to replace some of the regularly failing parts? Create some composite parts?

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What we need is more numbers of FOC version. But that bird is now already flown away... IAF could have asked for 16 per year FOC until MK1A comes along. But alas. Having said this, there is no guarantee extra LCA will allow the Migs been taken off the roll. Given the war like situation with the Chin...

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How does Taiwan provide power & water for it's fabs?

Just read they have 4 reactors.. which they are planning to phase out! Since every one is saying it requires tremendous power source, how will taiwan power the fabs in the future?

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Speculating what would be required for our own S400 by taking the QRSAM architecture. ADTCR: I am fairly certain the current version can scan atleast 200KM. A longer ranged, vertical antenna, instead of the horizontal design. May be an L band version might be useful for longer range.. It is to be ai...

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I am not sure mmW seeker can be used as the primary seeker. mmW will not have the range required for a BM warhead. Higher the frequency, lower the range..

mmW will be used with the bomb-lets inside the warhead. I believe it is called ML-PGM, a variant of SANT.

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Looks like the first stage is composite?

Allows for higher thrust motor and ofcourse with lower weight.

We can notice the Pralay seems to have higher acceleration..

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I suppose the key advantage is the long range missile, rather than detection range. We have enough radars, in fact AESA (Swordfish, Phalcon, may be even Anurdha)which is more powerful than the one on S400. Pak airspace detection is not a problem. The long range missile solve one of the key issue we ...

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Looks like he wants to reduce the interest rate heavily, flood liquidity and then recreate the currency if the exports don't materialize.

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Fundamentally countries game the system to grow their wealth.. Chinese manipulate their currency, subsidize companies to under cut competitors! Turkey just removes the zero and nobody remembers. No wonder the joker is super confident of letting it slide to see if there are export gains and if it doe...

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The IISC process was funded by DRDO around 10years back. So we have two process, one from SSPL and another from IISC. DRDO foundry doesn't have capacity nor the cutting edge low nano scale tech meant for civilian market. It is good enough for defense needs. May be this might change with semiconducto...

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Read news that we are discussing FTA with Taiwan. 8) The day Taiwan FTA happens and there is deal for electronics production by Taiwanese companies..there shall be peace in my soul. Taiwan, sk, Japanese companies and US market is what made China the 2 largest GDP. We want to be in the same bandwagon...

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGqg_EMVEAkg-zO?format=jpg&name=large DRDO/SSPL has officially handed over the production tech to GAETEC for X Band GaN MMIC. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGqg_EMVEAkg-zO?format=jpg&name=large We should now be seeing our own GaN Amplifiers & TRM coming out fro...

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This applies to the paf, not the PLAAF. Afaik the latter has a very large fleet of bvr capable fighters including multiple flanker variants (27s, 30s, 35, j11s, j16), j10s and now, j20s. they have a larger bvr fleet than the entire iaf fighter inventory. And that's even if we want to include the ja...

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And I haven't counted the Akash, Spyder, Barak8, S400..

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Despite we screaming and shouting about IAF modernization, bar the Jag, ALL the fighters in IAF's inventory are BVR capable! That is like upto 85% of the force! Even the jag's have 2032 and is being upgraded with 2052! The entire IAF is upgraded! The Chinis and Pak are still flying with hundreds of ...

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