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The K2 was a different design. It had not much in common with the K1. The Arjun is the reason why I have no confidence in the Indian Army's ability to manage FRCV. Yes, they learnt the basics of the modern MBT from making the K1 and sent their designers to learn from almost all the western producti...

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Wasn't the K2 and evolution of the K1 which was the make-in-korea variant of the M1 Abrams?
And the MBT Arjun kind of developed to counter the possibility of the Pakis getting the M1 Abrams.

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Rakesh wrote: ↑04 Mar 2024 21:29 Russia abandons Armata tank due to its high cost
https://defence-blog.com/russia-abandon ... high-cost/
04 March 2024

Oh dear... Time to revise the GSQR?

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rajkumar wrote: ↑29 Feb 2024 15:19 Royal Navy might have to sell off £3,500,000,000 HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier
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Does IN want to buy a nearly new aircraft carrier?

Why aren't they gifting it to Ukraine...

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The German navy doesn't want the Brits to have all the glory... German navy almost shot down US drone over Red Sea A German naval frigate sent to protect commercial ships in the Red Sea nearly shot down a US drone by accident, German media reported on Wednesday. Ministry spokesman Michael Stempfle s...

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Looking at Bakistan, and what is happening in Lawhore, Bakistan will exist only in memory. It's not new... has happened for a long time. Lahore was once part of Bharat. Pure numbers by itself is useless. By that token, Bakistan has lot of demographics and all TFTA. Still ineffective. So demographic...

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The chart is from Goldman Suchs. The past is pure data and future is only projection. ... Is the data reliable? China is known to fudge data.... less said about bakistan sialkoti statistics the better Bakistan will not exist even by 2030. ... Jihadistan was created to keep a check on Bharat. It wil...

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... Quite so, the worthies at the UNSC will cling on to their illusions of grandeur till they become soo irrelevant., the rise of the middle powers in the economic power hierarchy will lead directly to such an event. In 2050 3 of the top 5 economies will be in Asia, what's the relevance of UK and F...

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Chetak ji, i get what you are trying to say. But how is our armed forces not ordering what has been developed so far and asking for the next thing going to help them now? Even (super)powerhouse manufacturers in the US continued to develop, and their armed forces continued to place orders for, the im...

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... The creep in the specs is because a newer system or an upgraded version of the older one has been deployed against India. It is the right of the IA to ask for higher specs because the threats have increased or have changed ... Chetak sir, They have the right to ask for improvement no doubt, but...

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sanjaykumar wrote: ↑12 Feb 2024 22:35 ^^Yes. I see how one would name one’s daughter ‘a group of camels’.

The reasoning could be that it is possibly derived from 'bountiful' / 'wealthy' / 'precious'... the ancient arabic traders who did business with Hindustan got wealthy and could afford to keep large herds of camels.

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"Want to Be Player, Not Playing Field ” Jaishankar Reveals Reason for Shift From 'India' to ‘Bharat’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcwUJubYmeM (Pakistan: we want to be a playing field, then later do randhi-rona about it :(( ) Their aukat is being the rusty little gate on the dusty side lane ...

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Manish_P Saar, While this is a good story to tell and root for, there is still a long way to go. It is "still" a model with some hovering capacity. He will need to get an engine and required weights to take off and fly safely and a whole hog of tests later to follow ... I know that well, ...

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.. Did (are) they explore Russian (or chinese) engines? It can be safely assumed that Turkey is not looking at Russian or Chinese engines. With the level of Western involvement in the Kaan program, inviting either or both parties would result in the West pulling out. I am inclined to think so but t...

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Rakesh wrote: ↑23 Feb 2024 20:16 ...
Future looks good for Indian systems*.
*Does the Indian Army want it?
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Exports, hopefully, Admiral sir.

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Aditya_V wrote: ↑23 Feb 2024 16:39 I think the Turkish Kaan is more of a Western Aircraft , not officially sell the F-35 but to sell a variant that can be sold to Pakistan and other interests...

That, sir, is a deep statement!

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We missed the bus with the C17. We should not repeat the mistake with the P8I.

It's really impressed in it's relatively short stint.

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I think it is a great idea to have a field interchangeable gun to shoot 105mm, 130mm, 120mm rifled. vs smoothbore etc. Was that not added to the QR? :lol: You can also add a requirement of gun elevation to be howitzer class. Boom. You have covered the tracked artillery requirement as well. Truly mu...

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Rakesh wrote: ↑22 Feb 2024 22:38 ..
Being America's poodle, the US can exert influence over Rolls Royce as well. But Kaan having a GE-powered turbofan, will make the process a lot smoother.
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Did (are) they explore Russian (or chinese) engines?

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Pratyush wrote: ↑22 Feb 2024 15:18 Manish can you please share the link of the 2nd August 55 letter along with the context of the letter.

You can download the pdf here

https://ia804707.us.archive.org/29/item ... 4_text.pdf

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... Nehru is deserving of a lot of criticism. But not on this matter. The offer to India of Security council seat in place of Chuna is a fiction. Therefore the question of Nehru turning that down doesn't arise. .... Not entirely fiction.. rather 'informal suggestion' A clear reference to it is made...

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Kartik wrote: ↑19 Feb 2024 15:31
No the FA-50 isn't going ahead. South Korea has used quite a few British parts on the T-50 family and the UK has exercised it's veto on any sales to Argentina.
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Oh yes. I forgot

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Rakesh wrote: ↑22 Feb 2024 04:46 Turkey’s Kaan Next-Generation Fighter Has Flown
https://www.twz.com/air/turkeys-kaan-ne ... -has-flown
21 Feb 2024

Shaping looks like the F22 form, hi res pics will reveal the finish.

Engine is from Rolls Royce (Achilles heel like us)?

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Haridas wrote: ↑19 Feb 2024 09:58 ...
In SM and iirc on BR I had said mission mode removal means goes to production without further major development.

Great to hear. Orders placed?

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.. That leaves the JF 17, the T50 and the the Tejas as competation. With the Argentinian president all but jumping in the US lap. It's going to be interesting, as 2 of the jets use the same engine. And with Argentina jumping out (or rather not jumping into) of the BRICs, the T50 would seem to be th...

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.. Hastily mounted HMGs without any stabilization and night optics don’t provide the same accuracy that is required for last seconds defense. You can see in the video they had a chance to destroy a drone but missed a few times. Higher caliber doesn't necessarily mean that they cannot be stabilized....

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While forumites like me discuss how to design our fighters, this salt-of-the-earth rural school dropout designed his own helicopter and is working on building it! (Apologies I don't know where to put this inspirational story) AMAZING! The Class 9 Dropout Who Is Building Helicopters - article by Air ...

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^^^ Once really close, you need these. For whatever reasons the 30mm CIWS didn’t work up close. ... It's likely that it was not the caliber that was the problem. It's the ability to detect early, track precisely and engage accurately in time that makes the difference. Some take the pure volume of f...

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Time to increase pindi channa consumption across bakistan BTW when is the next review with the IMF? Yawn - Cabinet okays up to 67 pc hike in gas tariff The federal cabinet on Thursday approved a 67 per cent increase in the natural gas tariff with effect from Feb 1, apparently to meet the revenue req...

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^ Succinctly summarized

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basant wrote: ↑16 Feb 2024 01:24 Conversion of airline to AEW is okay.

2nd hand fighters are also OK sir, but that was not my drift...

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Rakesh wrote: ↑15 Feb 2024 22:41 ...
"No expense shall be spared in the defense of the nation!"
- Standard line from every Raksha Mantri
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We are a soon to be $5 Trillion economy looking to purchase 2nd hand fighter jets, converted airliners for AEWACS platforms,...

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If civilians know via OSINT won't the IN/MoD be aware via their channels...

And they were cool when the Chinese were churning out their subs and surface ships

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chetak wrote: ↑15 Feb 2024 20:50 ..
one thinks that common law as defined by google is not known in India.

one is happy to be corrected if one has made a mistake

It is not.... but then their message is not meant for Indians

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It is a sign of the times that this thread doesn't even report the news of the formation of a coalition government in Pakistan. Truly Pakistan has vanished from most Indians' consciousness, to be remembered only during a cricket match or a terrorist attack. But it is like an infected limb with a ga...

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Not a fighter gentlemen, but don't forget that we do have the P8I Poseidon. That huge bird carry 4 Harpoons with MTOW of 85,820 kg

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Chetak ji,

Notice how they have cleverly used the word 'common law' (which has some negative connotations) instead of 'law of equality'

From google - The simplest definition for common law is that it's a “body of law” based on court decisions rather than codes or statutes.

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Indian Navy, Air Force showing interest in indigenous Tapas drones https://aninews.in/news/national/general-news/indian-navy-air-force-showing-interest-in-indigenous-tapas-drones20240214200216/ 14 Feb 2024 :shock: Just a page back there are posts about the cancellation (or pause) of the Tapas progr...

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Pratyush wrote: ↑14 Feb 2024 18:10 ...
If inspite of this, MTU 883 represents an unproven option. Then there is nothing to say.

Not unproven in general, rather unproven by us. We undergo decades of rigorous trials (albeit for desi maal)

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