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souravB

^^Can we please not take discussions on a program panel as gospels and focus on what has been said by person(s) in-charge like the program director or DRDO chief. 1. Dr. Ghosh as latest as on Feb 2019 in an interview to Livefist said the design is at advanced stage and by year-end or next year NGTD ...

souravB

WhatsApp, Telegram etc. communications are encrypted end-to-end IIUC and thus cannot be monitored in the usual way. One way out would be to do what the Chinese are doing--armtwist the app vendors like FB into running a monitorable version for India. It could be done in a way that is compatible with...

souravB

^^There seems to be a coup every ~20 years.. fingers crossed for 2020..

souravB

I am actually hyped for this deal. Not for the Nuke part but for ToT in pumpjet propulsion and SF insertion tube. The pumpjet propulsion would be huge step up from Russi subs blade propulsion in stealth and speed. And SF insertion capability for a quick subterfuge would be a nightmare for the Pakis....

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Gyan ji, I do not think the report is incorrect. INSAS used to cost 50k at 2010 price. OFB must be adding inflation to it. Also remember as per report R2 costs around 75k/piece so I am not amazed if OFB is asking 60-65k/piece for the INSAS. Also any rifle purchase is incomplete without those accesso...

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I would like to think nobody in the world is going to part with their TFTA technology, and it doesn't matter however much we pay them. IMO a better deal would be to just buy 54+spare(or however many we can afford) Rafales as G2G, close the MMRCA tamasha, and ask Dassault to form a JV with HAL or any...

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Kerala Police buying 500 INSAS for 3.6 Crores!!!! As per my madrassa math cost of each rifle comes to be >$1000. Also as per some discussions on the SM, the model is INSAS 1B1 with the folding butt. How blatantly people be in decision chains let themselves be ripped off. Also for comparison 5.56 FM...

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Some analysis on Arihant. Most of it we have already discussed, few new info with graphics.

souravB

Dear see-near maulanars, request from nanha mujahid eye waz dhundoing taqat and ideaz in the dhaga from juu for so many din. even khusboo iz ubset on me since bleedy mudi milaoing cashmere tu Hindia. Izz the net-bandi also afffectiing Islamagood so maulanars kannot send kabutar? eye hab made so many...

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There is never a hard and fast rule of how the AC is going to operate. There is doctrine and then there is a needs based assessment with the flexibility to dial in or dial down a carrier air wing to optimize it for the situation being the hallmark of a good AC. Sir yes sir. But the number I quoted ...

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Even the UK with its dwindling budgets plans on maintaining a fleet of at least 80 (though announced plans are closer to 100) F-35B's to support 2 aircraft-carriers so it is entirely justifiable for the IN to look to build a fleet of about 100 naval fighters for its two carriers while preparing for...

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No wonder IAF wants a M2K++ in MWF With russia so much behind in Radar/Weapons- will we ever get the MKI to be as good as even our MWF? Yes. We can put a version of Uttam, UEWS and our own MC during the upgrade to SS program and we can then add any (barring US) weapon on MKIs. But the point is prec...

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Chinese Shang class SSNs detailed. This channel is a treasure trove of information on sub-surface warfare.

souravB

Chola sir, it has been a constant complain of US in WTO that China keep its currency undervalued to boost export. To me it seems like a Chinese tit for American tat. UB sir, The common beliefs of economics seldom works in China since CCP heavily controls everything. Devaluation leads to inflation co...

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IIRC first candidate for mmW seeker is for Nag missile. Is there any news of the mmW sensor being ready for test or close to deployment on any missile? here Instead of reactive or progressive evolutionary thinking IAF needs disruptive thinking. (think a step ahead of Chinese and Porkies) I would ra...

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Excerpts from Interview of Dr. GS Reddy While DRDO has a full range of unmanned aerial systems, there doesn’t seem to be any programme to develop unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV). What is the reason for this? In the unarmed UAV category, we have the Rustom family. Rustom 1 is fully developed....

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If the Navy is postponing the 57 fighter rfi and joining it to the iac2, there really are only 2 options.... The NLCA or the fulcrumK. In some ways I can see how the NLCA could work, definitely not optimal but they could extract a mig 21+ level performance in terms of endurance/stores. The problem ...

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INSAS derivative in Sig-550 type layout https://i.imgur.com/h7MOin9.jpg This should've been the design of INSAS-1C with 14" barrel. This is a simple design with ways to make simpler. 1. Single piece milled upper with the handguard. 2. The barrel and gas tube can float. 3. Handguard could be ex...

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The Shornet has the best chance to get into the Indian CBG setup - 1. Boeing seems to have found a work around the small elevator size . CM ji, the last solution I heard was to tilt the plane in the elevator or detachable wings (I don't remember which one was for which plane). Any one will affect t...

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^^Arrestor gears on Amphibs will take up valuable space and to counter that size would increase. That increases the cost. And ultimately it will be a Amphib which can neither carry significant number of air assets nor significant number of soldiers. Although Tejas on an Amphib is an interesting idea...

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#Gaganyaan
#HSP
#GSLVMKIII
ISRO successfully tested CE-20 engine, meant for the upper stage of GSLV MK-III. The engine is planned to be used in human rated GSLV MK-III launch vehicle (Gaganyaan Mission).

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Update on Manned mission

souravB

Why can't HAL be the OEM in this scenario. Keep everything of the SP model and just replace a foreign OEM with HAL. Provided ofcourse blades of ALH folds to IN's satisfaction. HAL can do so much more. Why does it needs to keep the Engine dept? Outsource the manufacturing to pvt and keep only RnD. We...

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Pakis are spending almost 5% of their GDP on defense. True NATO ally.

souravB

IR sir, isn't one of the role envisioned for Bramhos NG as A2A AWACS killer?

souravB

Here you go for the lok sabha attendance.
This is also a good website to track LS performance.

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Trade War, Huawei, 5G—Gen. Robert Spalding
How think tanks in Massa waking up to the Chini threat.

souravB

sudeepj wrote:
souravB wrote: Well, it is clearly CMS in use. I wonder what do they keep as insurance.
CMS?

CMS

souravB

sudeepj wrote:
ramana wrote:suddepj, It's possible that Kamal nath tapes are a revenge from Doggy?
Possible? Its the most probable of all the probable scenarios that Diggy raja has something to do with the tapes..

Well, it is clearly CMS in use. I wonder what do they keep as insurance.

souravB

^^ I am seeing a scenario where MB comes back to NDA in 2024. But in any case 2021 in Bengal is going to be bloody.

souravB

Wasnt Prabhus record in Rail Min mixed? Also how is Jayant Sinha performing. Hope his loud mouth, selfish dad hasnt killed this guys chances if he is performing. Yes. Like MoD, RailMin was also an impregnable maze of bureaucrats maybe even bigger than MoD. SP had his win and lose moments in railway...

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I am surprised nobody is considering Suresh Prabhu as RM. He is focused on the job, well spoken and practical who excelled in dealing with beauracracy in RailMin. RM should also be a well spoken statesman like EAM, Infact one part of it's job is extension of MEA. That ousts AS or RS, who erudite as ...

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Mmasand saar, rumors has it that if you scratch a GBP hard enough you can find the PKR symbols underneath.

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I think India will come under pressure from the US to drop HUawei. I have said India should link Huawei operations and datalocalisation, with progress at the NSG. Saar, one way or another GoI have to drop huawei. Whether it is due to US pressure or not meeting tech specs. ARM already and Qualcomm, ...

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BDT vs PKR

Cheers

souravB

Singha wrote: TSP is one of these legions.

TSP is Isengard. Friends with Rivendale, think themselves vastly superior to humans of Gondor, does experiments with orcs to supply Mordor, deluded to take over reign from Mordor.

souravB

Stephen Moore on Trade war. The second side of coin that Chinese paid American MSM doesn't highlight

souravB

Speed is one of the principles of war. Body armor, surprisingly is not. saar, 1. speed in op execution, not speed of individual soldier is a principle of war. unless you were talking about personal duel. It wasn't since human found gunpowder. 2. speed of a bullet is always much faster than the fast...

souravB

^^tells something about the range of bunder in a bombing run, isn't it?

souravB

How is importing commodities from Pakistan will help? These dont have significant dollar import component to make them exportable to India. Once we start importing Sugar from Pakistan we will help the Paki government to take subsidies off the Sugar domestically as Sugar plants will be able to utili...

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The thing with armor that no one seems to get is that apart from protecting soldiers, the armor makes them as slow as snails. The modern US infantryman's armor weighs about 7.5 kgs with SAPI inserts. That's on top of his gun, his reloads, his communication gear and whatever else he has to carry. Wh...

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