Bharat Rakshak

Philip

I was just wonndering looking at the stub wings for the 4 hardpoints,two on each, that if lengthened just a little they could mount wingtip AAMs as well, leaving the underwing pods for air-to-G weaponry. The extra length/ area of the stub wings could also improve lift. Look at the huge wings on our ...

Philip

The Khukri/Koras are just 1000+t,our erstwhile Petya class FFLs were only 1150t,had 4 X76mm main guns in 2 turrets,4 MBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers,3X1 533mm TTs, 5000km range and sailed all over the world. There is no need for a 3000t+ FFG unlike the RuN, which is building more Gorshkov class FFGs i...

Philip

The cost of a single PW F-135 engine amounts to approx. $16.2 M for a 40K thrust engine. A 2017 report said that Ru offered all 270 MKIs upgraded to SS std. with the new AL 41 FP engine for approx.$6+B. That's approx. $22M per aircraft. If one assumes that half the cost is that of the two engines, g...

Philip

The complaint from all desi pvt. sector navaratnas.

Philip

The P-28s are larger than our erstwhile Leander FFs, cost a bomb too,take ages to build and have a poor weapons package..The PLAN have over 70 new multi-role corvettes used as workhorses.Our capital ships,P-15+s,P-17+s, also take aeons to build and are expensive too. Corvettes worldwide are becoming...

Philip

V.sad to lose a great veteran to CV. May his soul find eternal peace.

Philip

I seriously doubt Iran attacking Israel.Sheer suicide on its part if it ever happens. The Persians are not Arabs! Remember that it was Saddam spurred on by the West who started the Iran- Iraq war.I have a book listing the dozens of western cos. who sold him arms, chemicals for chem-weapons from er.....

Philip

The best BJP spokesman is Sambit Patra,who should be made Min. of I & B. Yes, countering the offensive is a far better ,the only optio, instead of bans which will relegate us to the club of despots like " Stumpy" Kim of NoKo. Darshan,spot on ! Not too long ago I met a v.sr. IAS offr. o...

Philip

While Israel may have destroyed a lot of Hamas infra, plus large depletion of its rockets, for Israel there is a worrying development in the new increasing support for the P'inians in the US,UK and Europe,especially from the younger gen. who are deeply critical of the v.high civilian collateral dama...

Philip

B,sadly,I share your scepticism with the v.ambitious timelines for iur desi fighters-to-come.Even after a few decades,the JSF has yet to be fully perfected,its ALIS system problematic,etc. even after being inducted into service with some performance limitations. With now 3 med. size fighters in serv...

Philip

GP, AM Ramu said that he told APJAK at that review meeting that the key component ,the engine, Kaveri at that time, had repeatedly failed when tested on an Ru platform. I once had the opportunity to ask APJAK about this and his statement in 2003, much later on, but didn't want to embarass him as a f...

Philip

Who says one doesn't? That's what HAL belatedly discovered more than two years ago that production of Tejas was another tech. development effort in itself! The IAF had for decades complained about HAL quality of MIG-21s, to no avail. A couple of years ago the IAF reportedly said that manuals weren't...

Philip

Not the first DDs.in IN service, but the first Kashin-IIs to be decommd.. The first Rajput and R destroyer sqd.were WW2 era Hunt class (?) DDs.V.fast,I think they could do 38+ kts. A late relative was the CO of the Rajput and destroyer sqd. Set up the ASW school at Cochin too. Had a great kick at a ...

Philip · Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021 .

Philip

V.tragic to lose yet another pilot to a 50+ yr. old fighter being kept in service thanks to a combination of political,babu,DRDO and service conflict. As to the IAF's search for a successor to the MIG-21s,at least 10 years ago there was posted the writings of a former Air Cmde. who narrated the stor...

Philip

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/china-completes-strategic-tibet-highway-near-arunachal-border/article34607474.ece China completes strategic Tibet highway near Arunachal border Ananth Krishnan UPDATED: MAY 21, 2021 11:46 IS A file photo of the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon in Nyingchi city, in C...

Philip

Right now the only ones who have the "pulse of the nation" at their fingertips are the valiant medical staff fighting the China Virus! The entire political and babu classes have let the nation down.Chaos reigns,cover ups of actual cases,death tolls are deliberately fudged,we're experts at...

Philip

Novel arty design from Mandus/GM. Would be most useful for the IA in the mountains,as we've already bought BAe LW 155MM howitzers. https://breakingdefense.com/2021/05/army-tries-out-humvee-mounted-howitzer/ Xcpts: Army Tries Out Humvee-Mounted Howitzer How do you safely fire a 105 mm cannon off the ...

Philip

https://breakingdefense.com/2021/05/army-tries-out-humvee-mounted-howitzer/ Xcpts: Army Tries Out Humvee-Mounted Howitzer How do you safely fire a 105 mm cannon off the back of a Humvee? With a unique recoil-reduction system. By SYDNEY J. FREEDBERG JR. on May 18, 2021 at 2:28 PM Breaking Media video...

Philip

A fleet of around 8-12 strat. bombers IS an asymmetric way of dealing with the Chins in the IOR+! If we can lease Akula SSGNs,A-330 tankers,ASW helos,etc. surely we can lease a handful of strat. bombers.No one ,least of all I am asking for a head count equalling the numbers that the PLAAF have. If o...

Philip

Filipino strong man,sorry,"strawman" it appears,after he issued a gag order against anti-Chin criticism from his fellow ministers,not wanting to upset his benefactor Emperor XI! Duterte has been caught with his pants down by XI,who baited him with moolah,just like the GOAT of Sri Lanka,the...

Philip

The US is early retiring a number if its LCS warships,the USN Independence,the revolutionary trimaran FFG,after barely 11 years of service.Unfortunately, the LCS programme hasn't been a success with tech. problems plaguing the class, plus its inadequate armament . Acquiring more JSFs and other asset...

Philip

Comrade Sachin, I have no army rank! Nevertheless, my mantra has always been " horses for courses" and "cut your coat according to your cloth". Yes,there are hundreds of hungry mouths to feed in the services,but establishing priorities needs to be made first,keeping in mind the c...

Philip

BoJo is a stinking hypocrite by allowing in thousands of Islamic fundoo jihadists , entering as illegal refugees and putting them upbin 4* hotels all over the country at taxpayer's expensewhen Brit. war veterans are on the streets! A right wing outfit called Britain First has done a huge expose of t...

Philip

On the contrary,we were given every opportunity by Iran for well over a decade at Chahbahar,etc. to gain v.lucrative contracts.Ar*e licking Yanqui and Saudi backsides has cost us dearly.Fed up with delays,we lost the $2 B rail contract connecting CB to Afghanistan, plus the grand opportunity of outf...

Philip

X-posted from the Intl. td. News of a poss. US progr. for a hypersonic Mach 6 strat. bomber,the SR-72.The issue is the lack of a dedicated strat. bomber for the IAF. One is not asking for a hyper Mach 6 bomber for the IAF.A supersonic bomber capability would do.What we lack is a strategic bomber to ...

Philip

One is not asking for a hyper Mach 6 bomber for the IAF.A supersonic bomber capability would do.What we lack is a strategic bomber to counter the dozens that China has albeit of Sov. era vintage.There is a limit to what even an SS can do.It does not have the legs of a dedicated strat. bomber,and req...

Philip

Maritime dimension of the latest ME spat between Israel and the Paletsinians. Full details X-posted in the W.Asia td. Israeli Warships Fire Missiles At Gaza While Hamas Takes Aim At Offshore Oil Platforms As the Israeli bombardment of Gaza continues, the conflict has now added a maritime dimension. ...

Philip

1.A new (old) threat to Israel from Hamas.naval commandos striking from the sea.An UW submersible reportedly destroyed. Israel is targeting Hamas naval forces. So what can Hamas do . https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/world/middleeast/hamas-navy.html#:~:text=They%20military%20said%20that%20the,terro...

Philip

The US's latest hyper bomber in the works? Why one's been crying for aeons that the IAF are myopic not inducting a strategic bomber. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/sr-72-mach-6-bomber-could-shake-world-185347 SR-72: The Mach 6 Bomber That Could Shake the World? Not quite, but the much-hype...

Philip

India shafted by Iran.After a decade of negotiations ( typical MEA fillibustering,not wanting to upset massa Uncle Sam) the $3B deal for the Farzad-B gas field we discovered , has come to nought.We've been shown the door.Our pussilanimous attitude towards vital Indo- Iranian relations ,blowing hot a...

Philip

Philip

Dated,but v.good review of the LRMP tasks and capability of the IN,giving the details about the various aircraft then in service other than the P--8Is,but detais about the P-8I too.

https://idsa.in/system/files/jds_7_1_RikeeshSharma.pdf

Philip

A Q.Why was VG not used for the Tejas intakes? A prototype could've experimented with them,given the limited power of the 404 engine.

Philip

https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/ ... nificantly

Philip

The one country that has the most influence on events in the Arab-Israeli spat is the US,simply because of its massive eco,dpl. and military support to Israel, even taking pro-active measures against Israel's enemies like Iran,by assassinating Gen.Soleimani,etc. The Biden admin. is now under heavy p...

Philip

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/05/16/world/israel-gaza-updates XCpts: Live Updates: No Sign of Israel-Gaza Conflict Ending A U.N. Security Council made no progress on resolving the conflict, and Israeli warplanes began attacking Gaza again as the conflict moved into its second week. Here’s what y...

Philip

Perhaps its time to look ahead at the next series of elections, factors which may affect the voting esp. in UP where things are catastrophic,hundreds of bodies floating in the Ganga,etc. The spread of the China Virus esp. in rural areas across the nationis grave, since there is such a lack of accura...

Philip

In the ultimate accounting,for there to be a lasting peace between the two sides, eco. prosperity has to happen in the Palestinian zones too. You can't have a highly properous gated- state like Israel next door to an impoverished ghetto-like Gaza and West Bank on the other. Look at the US- Mexico bo...

Philip

Aren't we under the Disaster Min.Rrules today? I've said from last year repeatedly that a joint task-force has to be set up with a holistic team of experts to identify the economic ,material and logistic needs to fight the China Virus .Once identified, orders placed for worst case scenarios .It's al...

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