Bharat Rakshak

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As per http://hushkit.net/2014/01/09/the-top-t ... ssessment/ the Mirage 2000's STR is below 16 deg., which is the figure for the F-15. Dunno how reliable that site is though. If that is the case, the LCA is in good company.

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@Sbmvv2000 As I have replied before Tejas STR is below 18 degrees. By how much I won't say. 0 retweets 0 favorites Link: https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/590749366853443584 That matches the STR of the Dakota no? :rotfl: What would you compare the M2000 to then - a Super Constellation?

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Saurav Jha provides some important data points in his tweets of April 21 (the OP quoted this BR thread!): Sanjay ‏@Sbmvv2000 Apr 21 @SJha1618 Here is the link: http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6964&start=960 … Any truth to that or is ITR/STR of Tejas Mk.1 much better than...

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An interesting viewpoint from Vijainder Thakur at https://www.myind.net/rafale-and-rationale-another-light-weight-fighter : India has scrapped the Rs 90,000 crore (approximately $15 billion) MMRCA deal for 126 Rafale jets, 108 of which were to be produced in India by HAL. The move followed Indian Pr...

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Mig-21 Turn Rate

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Turn performance for the Gripen

Source http://gripen4canada.blogspot.ca/2013/0 ... icism.html

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In cases where you are seeking the absolute performance data you go out and use the data given in the flight manual itself. In case of the F-16C, it is public information. https://publicintelligence.net/hellenic-air-force-f-16cd-flight-manuals/ Flight manual for the Mirage 2000C (in French) availab...

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rohitvats wrote:
Karan M wrote:No reason btw why the IAF shouldnt order another 3 AEWC asap.
Pehle Rafale de do.... (ducks for cover!)

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More FUD about the LCA Tejas from a foreign source, along with alarmist projections from "insiders" on the IAF's alleged weaknesses. Looks like the Rafale brigade, along with its cohorts in the Western arms manufacture business, is in full cry. The comments by Richard Aboulafia, an analyst...

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AFAIK the Ghazi was hoist on its own petard - it was destroyed by one of its own mines. The official record ascribes the kill to the Mysore but several sources indicate otherwise.

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Ajai Shukla has his contribution to the discussion on his blog: http://ajaishukla.blogspot.ca/.

His POV is that the IAF is pushing the Rafale at the expense of the FGFA. I am not sure any more what to believe, with so many conspiracy theories floating around.

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Not sure if this has been posted before, but.. tender for liquid cooling unit for LCA AESA Radar L-273 Uttam, from DRDO/ LRDE. This is from May 2014, so I'm guessing the project is making solid progress. http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB0QF...

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Latest update from tarmak007 via Twitter:

#BreakingNews NLCA NP2 first flight LIKELY around 11 am today accompanied by Tejas PV5 fighter. @manoharparrikar @dpidrdo @ShivAroor

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IIRC the Stratpost conference was discussed to death on BR a few months back. My takeaways at the time were that Adm. Arun Prakash was brief and devastatingly accurate on the IAF'S lack of ownership of the program, and the Navy way that we all know and admire that is the exact opposite. Masand was p...

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Looks like the IAF has finally bought into the Tejas and are fully on board with the program.

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. one more Sky Lark UAV The Northern Command of the Indian army that guards the Chinese and Pakistani border, has been seeking to buy 49 small UAVs. The army already operates dozens of larger Israeli UAVs, the smallest of which is the half ton Searcher UAV. The Northern Command is after a portable ...

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Not so, Kartik. Right after the first A320 crash by Indian Airlines (1989?) the French Airbus chief test pilot made a public statement about Indian camel drivers lacking the skills to fly the oh so sophisticated FBW A320.

They have their racist jerks too...

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That is because it is TSP, and as the saying goes, familiarity breeds contempt.

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I guess if things come to the point where 155 mm arty is called for, the Army would have taken over. The BSF is a border management force and frontier screen, and is not meant to discharge the duties of the Army.

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An illuminating discussion on tea kettle reactor tech:
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthre ... ubmarines!

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You will see as many differing and conflicting reports on the subject as there are desi dork reporters. Ignore them. I'd recommend reading Dr. Kakodkar's interview from around 3 years ago for the canonical version.

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As per Wikipedia ammunition for the 25 pdr is now only made by the Pakistan Ordnance Factories. I'm not sure the guns would still be in Indian service.

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Shiv, I normally go to extremes not to use expletives on the forum, but in this one case, I think it warrants an exception. You credit that worthless ba$tard Aiyar with things like shame. He even went onto claim at a public event in UP, that outrage over soldiers being beheaded was not good, becaus...

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Why should India sell any missiles to Vietnam when they can make their own? Next year Vietnam, which can't even develop motorcycles locally, may suddenly test a locally-developed, 1,500 km range cruise missile and put it into service immediately after the one test. It will be called "Dung Cam&...

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India Gives In to Russia's Terms For High-Priced Tank Ammunition ... Besides jacking up the price, the Russians also refused to transfer technology for making the rounds to the state-owned Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), a demand India has been making for the past five years, the MoD source added. A ...

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And that makes complete sense. Building that many minesweepers in a Korean yard brings no benefit to anyone except the Koreans, the middlemen and the MoD babu's who sanctioned the deal. Built at L&T And Pipavav it encourages domestic production, boosts our economy and is a great starter project ...

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One book that is out of print but IMO is mandatory reading for anyone with interest in India's defence is The Guilty Men of 1962 by D R Mankekar. Is there an eBook available, or can anyone (hint, hint Chackoji) publish a fresh edition? Let me look into it. BTW, i posses the only new copy of Devil a...

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^^^^
The primary difference being that Prasun is a plagiarist and liar, while Karnad, though lacking in technical skills, is an excellent political defence analyst. All in all, while I might take his engineering analyses with a grain of salt, I do respect his other work.

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Interesting that the TEL used for the test was powered by neither TATA or Tatra, but instead a MAN ( http://www.truck.man.eu/global/en/index.html ) tractor. You can see it in Shiv Aroor's blog post at http://www.livefistdefence.com/2014/10/grit-rocket-science-god-nirbhays-day-out.html?utm_source=fee...

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Tarmak007:

BANG ON, NIRBHAY TEST FIRED SUCCESSFULLY!

Congratulations to the DRDO team for this spectacular success!

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Livefist reports on Twitter that the test was successful.

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Neshant wrote:Seems anyone who disagrees with the official line is trolling.

Why then even bother having a discussion?

This is my last post in this thread.

Thank you!

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Interesting article from AVM Arjun Subramaniam, who is a current service officer with the IAF. The article is at http://www.newindianexpress.com/columns/Undermining-national-security/2013/11/07/article1876105.ece. I reproduce the text below (emphases all mine): Undermining national security In his a...

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^^^^^ There are a lot of unknowns. The engine is the most obvious one. The latest report from the FGFA camp - that India-Russia will jointly develop TV for the FGFA was another nugget that tossed me for a loop. Will that be rolled in into the AMCA? IF true, then the chances of a Russian engine are ...

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Astra will definitely be changed into a SRSAM. But a missiles system is not just the missile itself. So it will take sometime before Astra comes on board and gets integrated into a SAM system. Probably 4-5 years at the least. Navy, IA won't wait for that long. And, I won't blame the Navy at all. Th...

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As per wiki ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barak_1_%28missile%29 ) 262 Barak missiles cost in all INR 880 crores. That works out to a staggering INR 3.36 crores per missile. This is a gross figure and probably includes training rounds, instrumentation, spares, warranty etc. I'm pretty sure that (a) ...

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.... Hive off people and share the blueprints withe PVT sector. It's not like HAL has scale manufacturing IP. Why would someone working in the Public Sector, leave for a Private sector job? Despite popular belief, building aircraft ALSO requires experienced people. Just blueprints will not cut it. ...

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Wonder why he'd target India when Norinco and a few dozen other companies are so successful at cloning the AK that they've sold more of them than the Russians ever did.

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Seems to be a standard phishing attack that the AV software trapped. My take on this is that it is a bit of grandstanding by the vendor to show that they "stopped a hacking attempt".

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^^^ LCA Tejas SP1's first flight is a MOMENTOUS occasion, more in line with TD1's first flight or IOC1/2. What we are seeing is absolutely pathetic coverage. Other than Taramak's pictures (which Chacko also posted here in BR), no other photo / video has been released. I think this should have been ...

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