Bharat Rakshak

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Tejas has fired Derby a few years back itself and Israel claims that iDerby ER is almost drop in replacement. Even IOC should be able to fire BVR with s/w upgrade and I believe that it must already have been done. LCA already was cleared with Python-5 earlier this year. The first squadron (ideally) ...

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Just for the record. India expected to seek new Russian stealth fighter amid ongoing border dispute with China India will be keen to buy a newly unveiled Russian stealth fighter to help counter China’s forces along their disputed border, according to military analysts. Earlier this week the Russian ...

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Also from Twitter: Maverick@Mave_Intel Its an Ex-Air India , Airbus-319,will be used as an in-house flying Testbed aircraft for various Airborne Radars lile ,Uttam AESA and AEWACS Programme, Indian Navy's Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft senior suite program + This aircraft isn't part of 6 Airframe t...

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From Twitter: Ninjamonkey @Aryan_warlord

So one ex @airindiain @Airbus A320 seems to have been transferred to the @IAF_MCC. Most interesting step forward.

9:29 AM · Jul 19, 2021

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US Navy hands over multi role helicopters to India July 17, 2021 08:17 In yet another sign of strengthening India-US defense relationship, the US Navy has handed over the first two MH-60R Multi Role Helicopters to the Indian Navy. The Indian Navy is procuring 24 of these helicopters manufactured by...

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Extended Version Of Cruise Missile BrahMos Test Fired Off Odisha Coast An extended range version of cruise missile BrahMos was successfully test fired off Odisha coast at 10:15 AM today. The missile, which has a target range of over 400 kilometre , was test fired from Chandipur Integrated Test Rang...

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Does this account for GE-F414 that was slated for the operational version?

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Let’s see. Doubt IAF/IN would be committed until they also get the rotation. They are military men, and they are expected to take orders. As of commitment, first let the services show it to qualified indigenous equipment. I can't respect those who turn a blind eye causing terrible strategic weaknes...

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IIRC, Prithvis were supposed to have an accuracy of 1% of CEP. But that was long ago, though I doubt if legacy Prithvis were upgraded. The later variants had improved accuracy, in the range of 25 to 50m.

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I believe SOC stands for System on board Chip / Computer. I have no clue what SOA stands for. Added Later : Basant, you beat me to it :) Happy to help in anyway, Admiral. In computer science, SOA is used for 'Software Oriented Architecture'. Not aware of it, or anything else abbreviated as 'SoA', r...

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SoC is system on a chip. See here for some information: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/techn ... 568036.ece

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SoA or SoC? Agni P is indeed a pleasant surprise.

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Indranil wrote:India is going the more tried and tested air launched ballistic missile for anti ship role: Rudra- M1, M2 and M3. They have progressively larger payload and range. Carried on Su-30s, that should give pretty long ranges when operated from A&N.

And SMART!

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It reminded me of B-05/K-15 saga. Can wait for more details.

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My bad. Forgot that this is defence. *sigh*

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Nikhil_Naya wrote:From what I could get -
It was a success. Multiple waypoints navigation, all phases were done properly. There are some interesting tidbits - in terms of the Y Axis and 'S' curves! Accuracy is Brahmos level!

Saurav Jha just tweeted that there was no Nirbhay test 'the other day'.

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India’s $3-billion ISTAR Takes Shape, MoD Clearance This Year https://www.livefistdefence.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1-1-1.jpg The Indian government is all set to clear paperwork in the coming months to acquire a U.S. ISTAR (Intelligence Surveillance Targeting and Reconnaissance) battlefield an...

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I could not find any announcement or press release from DRDO or MoD. Weird.

For test flight normal announcements have two typical components. 'Successful launch', and 'all parameters met'. The former itself does not guarantee the latter. I hope that the test was successful though.

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Nuclear capable subsonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay' successfully test-fired from ITR Balasore, Jun 24 (UNI) India today test-fired its subsonic cruise nuclear-capable missile Nirbhay with a range of 1000-km from the Integrated Test Range(ITR) at Chandipur off Odisha coast. Defence Research and Develo...

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ATAGS has 25 lit. chambers translate into greater recoil force so stronger thus heavier gun. can ATHOS match ATAGS range? no. BTW why are we debating? the one who pays says no means no. Because the one who pays is the tax payer. And unless there are very specific reasons, like deserts can't withsta...

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Thank you for the clarification. I didn't know the reason with M777. A brand new gun was lost.

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Could the problem with the ammunition?

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^^^ Hehe, I didn't! Would have said hilarious, except that it was terrible. I remember how Army was too embarrassed to keep repeating that the two tanks were from different classes after comparative trails . To its discredit, the system successfully sabotaged the tank, at least so far. It is not at ...

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There was some specific area in which Israel's help was the turning point. Probably the FCS. It was never the same again.

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^^^ I think the difference is in assembling OEM's imported kits vs manufacturing kits maintaining QR. Generally the issues most reported, IMHO, include ammunition that explodes within the (artillery) gun and INSAS. We don't import and assemble equivalent items. IIRC, Arjun MBT was also blamed for sl...

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May be PSUs should be privatized retaining capable employees. Others should be moved to some civilian manufacturing production like dolls, etc. I think Russia did a similar thing after USSR broke up.

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I have not come across any talk on quartz radome. Most likely, these were old pictures, if not some development on the previous Kevlar radome. There was some speculation long ago on a new radome for Mk2.

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There was nothing mentioned about an APS for the new tank? Is it just the DDM did not capture this or the Army is not considering at the moment? Are we placing any APS like Trophy on our existing fleet? Why, the document lists all. Just copy-pasting items under SURVIVABILITY. STANAG level of all ro...

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By color it looks like the old one. The new radome was already qualified by Chobam, but not sure if they'd repeat the tests.

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can it fly? then it will be a single engine aircraft which is banned for import. Sadly, no. The RFI seeks approximately 30:1 horse power/ton or better. T-14 has 31:1 and SoKo's K2 has 27.2 hp/ton. While reading the quoted part from 'ThePrint'* I was thinking of LCH then I saw stealth. When I read a...

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I am not so sure. It is RFI and sounds too fantastic. According to the Army’s requirements, the tanks should ideally be able to defeat the adversary’s tanks, armoured vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and destroy or deter attack helicopters. The platform is needed to have multiple anti-airc...

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Possible. My guess was based on this blog.

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So what are competitors for the obvious candidate?

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I think it is CABS, but difficult to judge from one pic.

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Amiet R. Kashyap @Amitraaz: LCA Tejas radome LCA Tejas radome under the lightning tests at the CABS facility of the @DRDO_India. #Lightning testing is typically separated into Direct and Indirect Effects. Direct Effects include all the physical damage caused by lightning strikes such as burning, me...

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IAF transport aircraft catches fire upon landing at Delhi airport, crew escapes unhurt https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/indiatoday/images/story/202105/Dornier_1200x768.jpeg?PAk59SZAlzGrmsSpSr7nQDD7EBV3RAMq&size=770:433 An Indian Air Force (IAF) Dornier 228 transport aircraft caught fire upon la...

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It doesn't cite any sources. It's possible that the conclusion was arrived based on Janes' article that 'interpreted' the press release.

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Sir, did you say $3M for a SE fighter? I think it was $5M. No offense but it reminds me more of Adm. Gorshkov and we may have to install radar, sensors, MC, software, landing gear, wings, and other avionics separately.

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The more juicer 'scandal' would be the 'removal' of (APG-66H multi-mode radar) radar that is available in another variant from the requirements of the Indian variant in exchange for the "simulation for frontline sensors and weapons".

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When even Hawks don't have radar, why would IJT need it?

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