Bharat Rakshak

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^^^ Neither chinis nor Bharatis will be able to have flawless engines based on perfect designs like the established powers their first few times around the block. You cannot make up for time and experience. So the initial indigenous products will always involve a lot of risk. Risk costs money. The c...

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Probably the most dangerous chini system is a fat transport plane (it is nicknamed the "Chubby Girl" in Cheen)? The Y-20 will have a direct impact on the LAC as that has become a logistics fight. https://eurasiantimes.com/why-indian-army-needs-to-watch-out-for-chinese-y-20-aircraft-as-pla-...

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Sad for India's sovereignty! For all intents and purposes - India will remain a slave to imports for the foreseeable future and indirectly to the foreign policy of the seller. And at the same time it will put the squeeze on the domestic economy to pay for these ridiculously expensive and mortgage t...

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Terrible news....rescue crews have located the body of Commander Nishant Singh. I guess in some ways this was almost inevitable given 11 days had passed. Was still hoping somehow for him to be alive. May he attain moksha for he has given the ultimate sacrifice. May the good Commander rest in peace....

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https://www.ft.com/content/8d3b89fc-007f-4299-a519-a8bd81a7360b Manufacturers look to India to tap market and diversify supply chains Modi government rolls out incentives to compete with China and Vietnam but analysts are wary In 2014, Nokia shut production in Sriperumbudur — its largest plant in t...

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https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/navy-looking-to-combine-fighter-procurement-with-iaf-tender-for-114-jets/article33264017.ece Navy is looking to reduce numbers of carrier planes to be procured and combine with IAF tender Also fairly clear they are looking to replace mig29K on the 2 carriers I...

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We are discussing this in the context of the IN - there is little doubt that PLAN have more than enough infra and assets to manage a lone Indian CBG (65k ton or not) in their neighborhood. The article earlier in the thread points to the fact that Chinese capability keeps on increasing - whether it ...

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They just docked the spacecraft carrying the moon samples with an orbiting vessel which will carry the samples back to earth. It had to be done autonomously because of the lag in signals. Was never much for their space program as a watcher (mostly into warships and aircaft) but this moon mission rea...

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Progress on the Type 003. For perspective, the section of the drydock that the carrier is in had been measured at 350 meters. The carrier fills most of it. People are revising the initial estimate of 80K tons because this thing is looking like it has the dimensions of a Nimitz. https://mobile.twitte...

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How will a single catobar change the situation in the ior any more than say, another vikrant class? Marko ji, t'is a good question. It is a combination of operation plus perception. The CATOBAR, beyond being far more capable operationally (ability to launch fixed-wing AEW, DOD, ASW and, most import...

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A homegrown design could be more economical than the French, Italians and Spaniards selling us their gold-plated Mistral, Juan Carlos, etc. which were all over 20K tons. A smaller LPD based on the VC-11184 could be more affordable especially when you don't need to paid a premium for phoren "ex...

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So, it is getting increasingly difficult for the mighty USN with its super carriers and associated groups to manage in the ECS/SCS. But here is the Indian Navy dreaming up of Vishaal carriers when it doesn't even have basic support systems in place. :shock: Those are their littoral seas. The Persia...

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^^^ Not quite. Obviously funding is an issue with 4 MRSVs being dragged along for a decade before being discarded for a new "proposal" of just two. But the proposals we got before were all TFTA with local shipyards as "partners." There was NO indigenous design. A homegrown design...

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paper says US vaccines may not be equally effective on Asians as it doesn't have all the virus parts, diff race reacts to virus parts differently. Missing parts may not yield optimum result. In which case a full but inactivated virus should do the trick. Hence India should wait for Bharat Biotech C...

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Chola garu, all these problems were teething/developmental issues - watch the interview with V.Adm Sinha please. Painful, but fixable, and fixed. 100% serviceability . The previous CNS (Lanba?) also had given the bird a clean chit. This is the latest information we have - coming from 2 top level Ad...

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This idea intrigues me! https://mobile.twitter.com/JaglanBhavesh/status/1317733310454362113 Strategic Frontier @strategic_front The VC-11184 is mean to track enemy nuclear weapons, provide targeting ability for Indian BMD & gather ELINT. The ship has a X-band, S-band radars that uses tech from t...

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Their third LHD looks very far along with the island fully in place. The second one is the gray painted one in front. https://mobile.twitter.com/RupprechtDeino/status/1334876188389552131 @Rupprecht_A @RupprechtDeino Latest image of the third Type 075 LHD at the Hudong–Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. ...

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A PAF F-16 crashed in Tattapani Sector of Kotli, Air activities on both sides of LOC *posted in Terroristan thread as well Dr. APR Flag of IndiaMaple leaf @drapr007 #Unconfirmed : 1 PAF fighter jet shot down by IAF near LoC. Its debris has fallen in the Tattapani sector of PoK. Anurag Dixit @bhootn...

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If we do not begin landing machines on the moon, we are going to end up in a South China Sea situation where they put more machines into a space than anyone else and it becomes theirs by fait accompli. Cheen "currently has seven operational spacecraft on or around the Moon: Chang’e-3 lander, Ch...

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https://twitter.com/LMIndiaNews/status/1334755067245654016 This #NavyDay, we are proud to share the first look of the #IndianNavy’s #MH60R in all its glory. #RomeoForIndia What a beautiful BEAST of an aircraft! Most of the time I would rather spend a billion on domestic products from HAL's successf...

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^^^I didn't realize they were looking for up to 40 FFGX! I knew they were looking for some volume on a per cost basis but I thought it was still a strategy that is a work in progress. For example, I read recently that the USCG is tagged for deployment in Asia. That would cut into part of the reasoni...

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^^^ The Unkil-Panda rivalry will play out in many things -- BMs and hypersonics are just a few pieces, look at the rail guns, EMALS, etc. Two things stood out and have far reaching implications. First that there is official, at the highest uniform level, acknowledgement of the success of the medium...

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Now I am hearing that funeral homes are getting overwhelmed in the USA because of the COVID19. Hope, like everything, this too will pass. Worldometer reported : 218,576 new cases and 2,918 new deaths yesterday on Dec. 3. That's following 206,073 new cases and 2,873 new deaths on Dec. 2. The vaccine...

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Building a squadron of NLCA Mk1 to cover for the next decade would be THE choice for a Navy struggling to fill holes in their fleet - MCMV, second line of subs, upcoming nuke subs etc will demand much of the naval budget. Buying 57 shornets or rafales will cost $5bn easily. Where is the money for t...

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^^^ The Unkil-Panda rivalry will play out in many things -- BMs and hypersonics are just a few pieces, look at the rail guns, EMALS, etc. But this one will take the cake :shock: Will we eventually see Captain America and the (Chicom) Red Skull battling it out? Do we need to actually create Krrish to...

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So a MiG29K crashes during training, and all of a sudden it is the worst fighter in the world? The Shar didn't have a particularly stellar record IIRC. Naval air ops are inherently dangerous and everything from Shar to Shornets have been lost. No, Marko ji. The biggest concern has always been this:...

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^^^ Putting the NLCA into use, even on a limited basis say a single squadron of half-dozen or even as a trainer should be a no-brainer. We have already landed the aircraft safely on the VikA. Wringing out the NLCA even if we do not go with it in numbers would provide a lot of experience for India --...

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^^^ Yes, with a single reliable F404/414, the NLCA might actually be safer than the 29K with two highly suspect RD-33s.

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^^^ The probe just lifted off the moon. It was tracked by a ham-radio operator. lol. Progress is being reported live right now on Twitter. More exciting than the Dow, actually. https://mobile.twitter.com/coastal8049/status/133451879961838387 Conversation Scott Tilley @coastal8049 Still climbing http...

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The best option to come out of the Mig-29K fiasco, is to either transfer the planes with suitable modifications to the IAF and go for Rafael or F-18s for the Navy or re-engine the Mig-29Ks with GE-F404-INS6 or F-414 engines. The GE engines are amongst the most reliable in the world, along with bein...

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Hats off to the Chinese for persistence and keeping at it relentessly with adequate funding Watch this space for the WS-15 and WS-19. I have no doubt now that they'll put them into mass use. It won't matter if the initial models are substandard or subpar. They'll get things working over time becaus...

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Y-20 apparently powered by 4 WS-20s. Looks like it is being filmed by J-11BS chase plane so this is probably a test flight or a prototype:

(Caption on bottom is Japanese so this was first exposed by watchers from there.)

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^^^ Don't be surprised if the signing be delayed a bit. Budget might need to be rebalanced after emergency orders of 21 MiG-29s and kits for 12 SU-30s from Russ. Those orders have not been signed yet, although acquisition has been cleared. Yes, both the Russian orders (might include KA-31s too) and...

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I will be surprised if it is only for shore based purpose as CG chief has clearly said the Dhruv helicopter has new rotor blade folding mechanism and is capable and will operate from CG ships. It beat naval Panther in competitive tender on all aspect and the total order of 25=[16 + likely 9] will d...

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Aren't most of the so called ASEAN countries essentially assembling and then re-exporting made in chin goods? How much value add do these really do? My guess is negligible. Yes and the value is tremendous in that it is an advantage to the "China Plus One" strategy now in vogue in the glob...

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With commissioning so close, what are IN plans for its air component? The fixed wing component will see the MiG-29K/KUB. The Naval Tejas Mk1 could be there in test mode. No combat role. The future will see TEDBF though. The rotary wing component will see the MH-60R, along with the Ka-31. Not sure h...

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^^ Brilliant. Want to see Vikrant showing off in South China Sea soon :) Do the Sea Trials also mean landings and take offs? No. Initial sea trials are usually wringing out the propulsion and navigation systems. The aviation complex comes much later. We might get some "touch-and-go" (touc...

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^^^ Don't be surprised if the signing be delayed a bit. Budget might need to be rebalanced after emergency orders of 21 MiG-29s and kits for 12 SU-30s from Russ.

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J-20 prototypes 2021 and 2022 from 2017/2018 that tested out the WS-10C engines in current production models. They really have a deliberate program with the WS-10. We've seen prototypes first and then full-blown production with the engine in the J-11, J-10 and now J-20. The first copies of the WS-10...

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^^^ The CFM-56 powers the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 which are ubiqitous in Cheen. They are familiar with it to say the least. The WS-10 being a RE of the CMF-56 is pretty reasonable not least in that the engine has a mil pedigree. Why wouldn't they target an engine they can easily get their hands o...

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