Bharat Rakshak

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Not sure what is the hold up. Based on the recent purchase plans with extra Rafales waiting in the wings, money doesn't seem to be a problem. Neither is tech. HAL would take couple of Su30 and prototype the upgrade with a version of Uttam.

Only IAF knows why we haven't even started with a prototype.

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Looks like the Chinis haven't released Pl15 to the Pak 10th gen fighter yet. I did guess the Chinis won't trust the beggaristan with their primary BVR weapon. No image of FC-1 with PL15 in the Chini airshow. PAF fans would die of heart attack if PL15 comes, after so much PR. The fighter has been sol...

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What exactly is our issue with the west? We don't like the huge IT & BPO outsourcing? or exports to Europe? Pakistan? Why should west do our dirty work, when we don't have the b***s to do it ourself? Our political cowardice is not west's problem. Lecture in their media? Who cares? Don't watch BB...

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The offer from India to quad is simple. We will keep half of PLA occupied on the frozen heights of Tibet, in return from industrial investment. How will CCP capture Taiwan or SCS or any other island with half of the PLA on LAC. Will PLAN ships sail on to the Taiwanese land? Once in a while we should...

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Military just the combination of US+India+Japan is a massive naval, land & air power. Once we cross 5T, it will probably be the richest block as well. Land: around 3 million active troops. Sea: 250+150+150= 550 ships+ nuke boats+ carriers Air: 2500+600+500= 3600 aircraft! It is a simple fact tha...

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There is a simple question to be asked. What are we lacking against the Chinis. Answer: Money. We don't lack in missile, land or aircraft tech or even fighting men. The gaps like jet engines can be filled up, if we throw enough money at it. The quad is not required for the tech or boots on LAC or to...

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Seems like money is not an issue. MK1A order was made to wait for years and had to go through "cost committee", ordered exactly 83. Our private companies wait for orders with bated breadth. While somewhere there is enough money to pay 100 million for a propeller drone. Money to get brand n...

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Sorry if already posted but worth listening to this excellent reply in UN https://twitter.com/IndiaUNNewYork/status/1441606028609523720?s=20 How does this thing work. You are allowed to respond, if the leader of a nation take potshots at another country? In the recent years, the PM has stopped spea...

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But it was tone-deaf for the Biden administration to announce the AUKUS deal just days before the first in-person Quad summit during his term I don't understand this chest betting about AUKUS. What is the big deal about Aus get nuke tech from US? UK & Aus have shed blood for American policies. ...

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10 km what Manpad has that kinda of range even Verpa has range of only around of only 6.5 km. Even that is highly dubious as it is against head on slow moving non maneuvering target. I was optimistic then! A human eye cannot figure out enemy versus friendly at those ranges anyways. So their is real...

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By how much? Today's manpads are already around 10KM. DRDO would always create a contemporary solution. I really don't know if there is a usecae fo 15KM range.

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Is this the world's first GaN based FCR on a fighter? The only other I have heard of is SAAB's proposal for Gripen.

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If we use steel, the weight might increase by 1 or 2kg. Can't our men light 2 extra kg? Will IA give extra money because a manpad is using composites?

What is the big advantage?

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Pak seems to have come with infiltrate without CFV. Send across the cannon fodders & "volunteer". Will keep IA busy chasing them. If they get lucky, they will get through.

If India complains, can easily deny and say we don't do any CFV, so we don't know what you are talking about.

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The lot must be weapon mules. I can see rifle grenade, but no UBGL. Not enough ammo for a longer fight. Far too many grenades, would have caused mobility issues with such weight. Looks like our fellas have cleaned up the valley of ammo. Grenades are been supplied to continue attacks in Srinagar poli...

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It is an UN meet, not bilateral. The CEOs and his granny will be meeting hundreds of leaders and their granny.

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Agp79v4. GaN AESA for F18 upgrade. First within US.

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Hope LRDE goes directly to GaN for Uttam 2 for MK2. No point dilly dayling with GaAs, We already have a GaN x band for QRSAM.

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The jokers will make a deal with the US. Get some yahoos in Afghanistan to make a AQ style video and then offer US a airbase to base their drones with some random target coordinates. High chances are US will take it. Paks have tastes the advantage of providing "services". Money & tech....

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Ofcourse, which is why it makes sense to start asap. No harm in having a prototype with F404 and carry out a risk reduction project.

Given the politics around manned fighter purchases, it is better off investing in to future un-manned variants.

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As I expected, the Chinis are investing in to higher powered drones. https://twitter.com/wghxBboM4ogp498/status/1441009137630937090 From our perspective, instead of dilly dallying and cribbing about 42 sqd manned fighter, we should put our resources towards F404/F414 powered unmanned supersonic dron...

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Nag will not be ordered in large numbers. Now that Chinis have created trouble, IA will ask for the NLOS version of Nag with 20+ KM range, as Chinis have it. For other task IA already has various ATGM options. We have "emotional" attachment with Nag, IA doesn't. It can ask DRDO for 100 mor...

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Rudra 3 must be our Air launched AShBM. Land lanuched AShBM must be Agni P. (2K is the perfect distance from mainland to A&N). MIRV equipped AShBM would be a interesting proposition against Chini vessel. We need a solution to cover any Chini adventure over A&N. The Chinis have a massive eye ...

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It makes sense that Astra 2 will not be made longer. We forget that Astra 2 will be the primary BVR (along with SFDR) for AMCA. So the length needs to be within the limits of AMCA's weapon bay.

Logically, increased range will achieved by using a larger diameter.

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We should offer them P75I and 36 rafales in return for SSN & Jet engine tech.

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I hope we get to see the new Su30 jammer pods. They are AESA based, probably with GaN TRMs. Cutting edge. DARE's stuff is generally not publicised much, however I hope they get the funding required. With D29 being operational, I don't think there would be a major technical challenge in creating a SA...

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US can base it's stealth drones in Northern region and fly through the GB/Northern areas. How will Pak know? I fact we want US fly through GB from our side. Will make a de facto acception of our claim over PoK. Pak and Chinis are greatly worried about we getting in to US camp. Read on teetar that Ch...

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No argument that India should concentrate on manufacturing job. However we should not critise what US is doing. They are the largest market and we want them to outsource!

How do you think China made so much money!

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Am I seeing what I am seeing in that 4th image of LCA

Edit: okay, it is not. Looks like it is extra support for the drop tanks.

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If China attacks our infra, then Chengdu is around 750KM from AP. We have enough solution in the form of Brahmos, Shaurya and Nirbhay. We can also target it's industrial production centers. We may be economically effected, but the Chinis will their massive productions factories will hate to seem the...

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We have 12 Su30 at Nashik and 16 LCA at Blore per year capability. Since LCA are smaller aircrafts, if I assume we can built a 16 per year line at Nashik instead of Su30, that would give an overall 32 per year for LCA MK1A & MK2. If we really want to, we can get the numbers needed. Alas. LCA at ...

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There is no reassessing anything. I don't know why we keep on believing such public comments. There was a deal done with PA for cavemen take over and more deals will be done with Pak to keep the cavemen in line. From our perspective, instead of cribbing and pleading, we need to do what we need to do...

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The key to fighting Chini 5G fighters is to target their's AWACS. Without an AWACS support, the 5G fighters have to switch on their radar, allowing detection of their location. If they use J10/11/16/Su35 radar, then you target these. Without knocking off IAF, no amount of 5G fighter is going to help...

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I am early waiting for 2 missile. Astra MK2 & SFDR. These 2 missile would take away the BVR threat on us. Despite all the big claims by Pak, I am not very convinced that the Chinis will easily provide PL-15 to PAF. if the jokers have shared the Aim120 capability with the Chinis, the Chinis will ...

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The comment by AVM Tiwari shows why it is important to have local fighter development. It creates trust in local tech.

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May be we could learn from what PAF is doing against us or what PLAAF did against the Soviet. They went for numbers. Fighters with decent capability, but numbers. We can make fun of JF17 all we want, but 250 JF17 with BVR will keep 250 fighters on our side busy to deal with them. Pak is 1/10 our GDP...

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Model Image of the radar from Ai21. If this model is taken at face value, there seems to be 1920 (160 X 12) TRM on the top. I

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We had ONE golden opportunity to hammer every terror infra in Pak during Feb 2019. What did we do? We left 3 holes on a roof and till this day nobody is really sure what happened. I am now fairly confident, there was back channel Track 2 going on in 2019 and GoI wanted to protect it by restricting o...

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There is no point discussing the options regarding LoC. We currently have the best possible "nationalistic" government in place. But even it cannot shake off the "aman-asha" and we are one people syndrome. Pak has learnt the trick of the trade. Step 1: Pak sends across cannon fod...

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Wouldn't larger fins create extra lift, there by helping with the range? I would presume larger fins would be quite useful during the coasting phase. I have little knowledge of aero structures, but logic tells smaller fins would be useful during the powered phase(due to reduced drag) and larger fins...

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Indranil wrote: 2. There is every sign the Astra Mk2 will look near identical to Astra Mk1.

I personally felt that VL-SRSAM was the MK2. It has to be dual pulsed to achieve a 40KM range. Similar to what is planned for DP VL-Mica.

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