Bharat Rakshak

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It is crucial to acknowledge the significant amount of money invested in protecting aircraft electronics from both strong radio waves and emp effects, commonly known as "hardening." Despite these efforts, it is astonishing that cell phones are still prohibited on airliners. Refueling a $10...

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It would be great to create our own SSK version of the nuclear submarine, just like the French did with theirs. In the next five years, solid-state batteries are expected to become a reality with much higher density than what is possible today. 30-40% of submarines with solid-state batteries and a d...

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Thank the gods! The dumbest tanker + AEW plan is dead!!!

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Delays Endless, Now Indian Army Wants To LEASE Light Helicopters https://www.livefistdefence.com/delays-endless-now-indian-army-wants-to-lease-light-helicopters/ 19 July 2023 While the LUH, despite rapid strides towards a demonstrable operational capability at high altitudes including multiple oper...

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The good news is that its election year! This, if god willing, will get punted to another few years, followed by evals and tendering process. Perfectly designed for the Indian babu if he so wishes to punt this. ,

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If we really wanted to go down the 9-ton route, 3 * Ardiden 1U ( the one that powers LUH) puts us in the 9K category easily. Developing a new engine would have been a waste. Maximizing the existing powerplant would make a whole lot more sense. The biggest requirement is replacing Mi17 and making a p...

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Taking a gamble here, but I'm putting my money on the Anteo... NH90's is smaller than IMRH. Sits comfortably in the 9-10 ton range, so two engines are just about right. The 9-15 tons they advertise is for NH90 to the AW101, AW101 has three rtm322 engines. I'm guessing they're sizing it up as a tripl...

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Assumptions/Predictions - IMRH's powerplant: Will be built around a fresh engine. We will probably be using Anteo as the blueprint. We're talking 3350 shp / 2500 kW for the configuration for each engine. - Payload for Sonam Point: Given the engine above, we could easily get a cool 2000 kgs, made up ...

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Dunno, but dang, they will need about 20% better engine than the Mi17 from all the news sources. So a 3350 shp / 2500 kW per engine is what they will target, or more than that... So it will be a new effort (development of Anteo class of engines). Even if India makes the complete cold section and the...

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https://twitter.com/BharatShaktiBSI/status/1681312926026825732?s=20 ---> It is not a done deal yet, but all indications are that Safran Aircraft Engines of France, is confident of powering India's future helicopters and AMCA over the next 15 years. BharatShakti Editor-in-Chief, Nitin Gokhale visite...

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All this supercruise and all is fine and dandy, but without increasing internal fuel for AMCA, you are not going to get very far. One reason the Rafale doesn't leave home without 3 extra external tanks that carry up to 5K kgs of fuel. Also just having a 100-110 KN engine that can be retrofitted in t...

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What a beauty! No fuss, no muss... well done... congratulations!

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sat separated - wow

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Manish_P wrote: ↑13 Jul 2023 10:03
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Go enjoy my friend! live life samosa king-size!

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I can propose a P75i that will not be MMRCA circus - Have a sub that has the following - 0. Design - We have ToT for HDW and Scorpene. If we cannot copy, paste and make our own, what's the point. We are also making Arihant class. The design capability in may form exist, the will and budget could be...

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Wow - whoooo kneeew? CDG but from a Russian site.. so read it as gossip..

https://en.topwar.ru/27803-sharl-de-gol ... trofa.html

How does the company that makes the propeller disappear? WTF? its no small thing..

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Vikrant can probably manage about 12 rafales in the hangar and 6-8 on deck, along with 6-12 helicopters allowing it to operate around 30 aircraft in total. Not all aircraft will be on the boat. The 100-meter and 26-meter-wide hangar can probably manage 12-13 planes and 4-5 helicopters. Again the siz...

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Glass 1/3 full : super-excited that commonsense prevailed! DRDO AIP-equipped Scorpenes will be a cherry on top! Glass 2/3 empty : could have done this 3 years ago and not waited for the MDL line to go idle. And what's with 3 more? Why not do 6 more or 9 more and kill the P-75I nonsense! Especially ...

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Valid comparison as all of them are in the fray. S80 vs U212... the size of the S80 is huge.

https://foronaval.com/2021/07/08/a-comp ... ubmarines/

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Aditya_V wrote:And what will INS Vikramaditya be doing?

According to an unnamed admiral - Yoga day on deck!

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Some movement on the MRCBF contest. See the video. DPB (meeting tomorrow) ---> DAC ---> Announcement of chosen MRCBF (which is reportedly the Rafale M) ---> CCS * DPB: Defence Procurement Board * DAC: Defence Acquisition Council * CCS: Cabinet Committee on Security VIDEO: https://twitter.com/ETNOWl...

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Has the C295 MRMR taken shape yet? Do we know what CG and IN want from the craft regarding systems?

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Not so easy for Su30. Has to fit into airframe. I am thinking about the replacement of the Su30. AMCA is not going to be it. Al31 is a 122 kn wet thrust engine. The French are offering a 130 kn thrust engine for joint development. Do they not know that the AMCA MK1 is approved with a 98 on wet thru...

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Anoop wrote:Lot of details on the MQ-9B procurement for the IN, especially the cost of operation, time on station vs the P-8I. Additionally the ability of the MQ-9B, P8-I and the MH-60R to hand off the ability to detect the same sonobuoys to each other.

Wow excellent detailed discussion. Worthy of a watch.

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https://twitter.com/FighterPiloting/status/1670969486462124032?s=20 ---> A journalist argued that Saab showed flying of its Gripen from highway strips with less than 1 km length. I told him that HAL showed flying of its Tejas from aircraft carriers with less than 190 meter length. Now, we are not t...

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Excellent! I appreciate the division. The Indian Navy is tasked with patrolling the largest area. Fifteen drones to their fleet significantly enhance their coverage. 1. Eventually, new small satellites will provide round-the-clock coverage. They can launch 200 kgs sats, ten at a time, in PSLV. 2. Th...

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^ I think Ramana ji's point was that these are very costly, highly specialized military platforms, and which we actually need more numbers of, as it is. We should therfore use them very carefully only for mil Ops (including training). For 'first responder' situations we should procure/develop other...

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INAS 312 squadron clocks 40,000 hours of operations: Navy. INAS 312 squadron operating P8I aircraft, based at Tamil Nadu's Arakkonam has clocked 40,000 hours, completing a decade of diverse naval operations, officials said on Wednesday. The first P8I had landed at INS Rajali on May 15, 2013, with C...

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Someone needs to evaluate the last five years of funds returned and write an article on it. Needs to hold the forces accountable.

Where does one find utilization rates for each of the forces?

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Here is a detailed article describing the E7A Wedgetail. Though it has been around for a while and is operated by Turkey, Australia, UK and S.Korea, the US is yet to get its version which would be the state of the art. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/this-is-what-usafs-future-e-7-radar-jets-a...

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Don't know. But, IAI developed the front section of the LR-SAM, including the seeker head, the front controller, command electronics, and the explosive warhead. The DRDO has developed the rear section, including the two-pulse rocket motor, the rear controller, the thrust vector control and the fold...

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A report earlier said it would be simple enough to scale up to 55K tons with the same design. I will see if I can find the report. It would be the same class but slightly bigger.

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New internal fuel - 6500 kgs. Compared to rafale which has 4700 kgs. I think last aero india there was also mention of 1.5K - 2K tons of fuel in cfts for tedbf. So all in all a land based version can replace Su30MKI quite easily. Sorry, the ADA board didn't mention the internal fuel. So could you p...

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New internal fuel - 6500 kgs. Compared to rafale which has 4700 kgs. I think last aero india there was also mention of 1.5K - 2K tons of fuel in cfts for tedbf. So all in all a land based version can replace Su30MKI quite easily.

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As for the audio, I'm still experimenting at each expo. Will take the plunge and just buy something so I can fiddle with it and get it to work as i want it. Thanks for the feedback. Or you could just shoot the platform and focus on different things like the sensors / missiles in the video (basicall...

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If the new order of 50(4) will probably need another 6 trainers.

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Just attempted humor... Just imagine Tejas accelerating to Mach 3+ riding on Brahmos and dropping it just before the terminal phase. What a superb way to extend Tejas' range and it can use increased loiter time on target to take photus of smouldering Pindi and dropping a few suitable dumb bombs on ...

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Pitchers are gonna pitch, buyers are gonna buy buy buy...

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I have a feeling the Nashik line will get the 13 replacement orders and maybe an extra squadron of MKI when this ukraine fiasco dies down or will be unannounced of sorts. With rupee - ruble trade, this is the best time to get the upgrade going and any further orders that we need to place.

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Prasad wrote:Those aren't the numbers I heard.
Please do watch this -

Great stuff, as always, Prasad!

Do you have any videos on the engine front? What will the 8 GTRE engines that Godrej is going to manufacture be used for? Is any airborne engine testing platform planned?

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