Bharat Rakshak

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The entirety of the press conference, and Jen Psaki's response to an india-specific question suggests that, at least in public, the US understands India's compulsions and interests and will not move against us on our actions. What struck me was that both Blinken and Psaki went into some detail expla...

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So even the Pentagon can't predict what's next. The Russians are clearly so incompetent, nobody understands what they are up to. This war news has fallen off the top three items in the news cycle. On FNN, it is more of Hunter Biden, Immigration, inflation, and increasing crime rates. Ukr war comes ...

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Another Idea is we could use DRDO developed AEWS funded through DGCA to control civilian AIr traffic and monitor Drone and Civilian Air Traffic using commercially available 737 and A320's, that way developing fleet and crew experience 20-25 aircraft. Which can be rerouted to the Fronts during requi...

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Where do you get attack/combat Helos for ~$4 mil costs in the world? Once again the Army is taking the lead in procurement. HAL is really strong in Helos and must be supported to the hilt. Over time these Helos should provide sufficient firepower needed for surprise strikes and tank columns. Saar.....

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So unless we bag a significant export order (2 sqd+) or the IAF decides to do a 180 and orders further Mk1/Mk1As to fill the gap then it's hard to see why HAL would need to increase rate beyond 8 per year. With the additional Mig29s and Su30s possibly being out of the picture now a follow up order ...

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The use of 'older' equipment was possibly to hold back the newer equipment as strategic reserves for any significant NATO counterattack, or for the second wave after softening up using the first wave. For all the western propaganda about Russian superiority in numbers, the Russian military isn't THA...

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Not to mention, what's the Chinese axis of advance? Either they cut through Bhutan or Nepal, which will be an international relations nightmare for them but more importantly, gives us significant amount of time to prepare a response, or they try and invade through Nathu La, at which point, it's incr...

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Sorry for that confusion. I used deployment in the sense that you are moving equipment to a warzone or between theaters. Here towed systems can be sent faster. When in theater, they are generally slower than self propelled wheeled systems to go from one firing position to another though that might ...

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... and lest we forget, visibility. In drogue-and-hose refueling that we use, the pilot is almost completely responsible for the probe-and-hose mating process. If the pilot cannot see the hose, they cannot get the probe in. If that means the probe looks 'ugly', so be it.

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It's just the same as we're doing in Ladakh with multiple access routes - four routes to Leh, two to DBO (DSDBO & Saser La), and similar projects in NE as well.

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Thanks for the clarification and detailed explanation, brar! I did get confused by this part of your earlier post: If you have terrain, weather, distance and quick deployment needs you will prefer to tow as opposed to an integrated system. ...hence my question. btw, first time I have ever seen the w...

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Agreed on lack of survivability and need for surveillance drones, my Namesake :-) .... my point was more in terms of conceding that, but contrasting with the loss of manned platforms, and whether using these UAVs could help improve survivability and mission success, saving lives, even if it costs us...

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brarji, could you explain how towed artillery might have deployment time advantages? I thought towed was probably slower to deploy than wheeled and tracked artillery.

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hnair sir, no worries... this sort of discussion was exactly what I was hoping for with my question. is the TB2 that much of a success in Ukraine ? Not sure , it does not look like it Hence my qualification with 'seeming', sir. I think there might be limited successes against armor that is separated...

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How relevant are/will be the stationary or even slow moving self propelled guns and should we be planning to buy/induct these guns by these huge numbers when you have 155MM 52 caliber guns now available on 6X6 platforms? Not a one size fits all. Terrain and operations dictate type. Also, if the pla...

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BRF Guroos.... another mango question: Given the TB2's seeming success in Azerbaijan & Ukraine (seeming because, at least in Ukraine, its reputation is largely based on psyops and propaganda videos), does anyone know if we have similar plans or projects for large-order induction of armed MALE/HA...

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Important discussion between Gen Manoj Naravane and Shri Nitin Gokhale Nitin Gokhale does very good work snagging interviews with excellent people in the defence setup, but god, he's a terrible interviewer. Apart from the constant interjections of 'correct' and 'right' (which brings to mind this vi...

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Well maybe know if it was a mistake or might have been something more based on whether the CoI releases names and action taken against the officers involved.

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I found this article from 2021. Seems like the the KMGT development has been concluded, and the ball is in the Navy's court to say where this engine will be used and what other versions are needed. DRDO’s Turbo Fan Engine For UAVs Will Make India Self-Reliant In This Complex And Critical Technology...

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I said we don't have an offensive doctrine against China (like Cold Start). Didn't say we don't have a doctrine. A purely defensive one won't cut it against China, as we saw in Galwan. What brought them to the negotiation table was the occupation of the Kailash ridge. This needs to be formalized as...

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This link also seems to suggest that the exercise might be cancelled: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/iaf-decides-not-to-send-aircraft-to-multilateral-air-exercise-in-uk/article65086682.ece A lot of confusion here. It is possible that with the increased RAF deployment to Europe and around, th...

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ks_sachin: Cold Start was a Pakistan specific doctrine. Actually shows how Paki-centric our thinking has been. We need to have one vis-a-vis China too. Example: will we ingress and occupy territory like we did with Kailash range? Is Aksai Chin part of the equation? etc I don't believe an offensive ...

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Depends on how our force posture along the LAC is... it is deep winter in the mountains right now, and at least till April, a lot of places are snowbound. The risk comes in May, once the snows melt. At this moment, I suspect it'll be more positional strengthening in preparation for coming operations...

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Good sirs, As a follow-up to my previous post, I figured it was much easier to make such a map using Google Maps, and I guess I was right. I have created a larger map with the key passes, as well as major and proposed routes to Leh, proposed and completed tunneling projects, and existing Airfields, ...

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https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/18/putin-tank-deal-poland-00010107 ‘What Mr. Putin did not want’: U.S. approves $6B tank deal with Poland The package is another piece in Poland's sweeping military modernization effort. The State Department on Friday approved a long-awaited $6 billion deal to ...

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Here's a dumb question: does the Indian army provide new uniforms to its troops/officers free of charge when these changes are made? Or do the soldiers pay for it out of pocket? In the western armies, I believe the combat uniforms are considered equipment and provided to the soldiers free of charge...

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CONSPIRACY THEORY: My guess it that it is a prototype of some project in that building. They might be working on some 3d printing project for copying foreign fighter designs. They might have got some parts of the F117 that got shot down in Serbia and they might be seeing if they can build a full ai...

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I'm trying to create a map of all the road tunnel projects and major road and rail development plans for J&K and Ladakh. I hope this will be an appropriate place to do so, since these projects are aimed at improving all-weather connectivity to Ladakh & remote parts of J&K. There are 30 r...

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The naming ought not to be focussed on the characteristics of the aircraft, but on its capabilities. 'Light' is a characteristic that doesn't do justice to the capabilities of the platform itself. We sorta continued that trend with AMCA, but ORCA seems more aligned to the capability-based naming.

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That is no airplane, zoom in and see green lights at the back, either its photoshopped or a display item with disco lights. It's definitely a non-flying mockup. I wouldn't be surprised if it's nothing more than a shell made from thin metal & fiberglass / composites. It's almost certainly NOT ph...

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You won't be able to get an accurate RCS reading in this setup, because of reflections off the surrounding buildings. Typically when such RCS measurements are done on full scale models, the model is placed on a high pole (see this representative example ). Plus, the shaping doesn't mean very much be...

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One of the things we absolutely need once the first set of roads get blacktopped in Phase II of Project Himank is to move extremely fast on building tunnels under the major passes along the Ladakh and Karakoram Ranges - Khardung La, Saser La, Chang La, Shinku La, etc. Apart from the all-weathering, ...

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Manish_P wrote:BTW what is the BRF nick-naam for this bird?

Jhatka Gaadi?

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From 2016, environmental clearances:

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Bana Post is at 6200 m, sir.

whole different ball game indeed

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kprasad ji ... JMT. Sirjee, for context, the distance from Everest Base Camp to the summit is 12.5 miles / 20 km, and that typically takes mountaineers overnights at 3-4 camps (the best of the best can of course do it in a day or two, weather and acclimation being good). In general, in the high mou...

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Avalanche air bags cost between 500-1000 USD retail which is peanuts for life saving equipment. IA should make them + radio locator beacons part of standard personal kit in all avalanche prone areas. Even hors piste skiers are using them these days. Greatly improves chances of survival. The French ...

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While the Chinese keeps on releasing images after images from these fights to bolster their propaganda,showing post clash soldier exchanges as prisoner return. Its hard to understand our strategy with regards to psy-ops, nothing to deflate their egos then "leaking" a few images of cheeni ...

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vimal wrote:^^ Thats all good but how will IAF do the winter and summer trials.

It's the Su-30, not the LCA, sirjee.

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Question is, what is that 47k crores for FY22-23 going to cover by way of CAPEX projects? It suggests some big ideas at work... Does this mean that Submarines + IAC2 are both on the cards, or is it going to go towards a larger number of capital ships - destroyers and frigates, that is? I wonder wha...

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