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I remember someone in this forum guaranteeing Modi GoI will sign the MMRCA (SE) in the last election cycle. More that 5-years have gone by fast!

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Time will tell!

Too many years of high hopes ending in disappointment

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^^^ For too long, everyone looking at US led domination of “weak” opponents bought into the concept of “short” war. (Unless they got stuck in half hearted nation building projects and the ensuing long running low conflict insurgency.) However, when the playing field is on more equal terms then the w...

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Russia has officially begun second round of draft. The first draft was “officially” 300,000. The new second draft is for 150,000. Plus, unaccounted are large numbers of prisoners, domestic mercenaries, and foreign mercenaries. Putin Signs Decree For Conscription Of 150,000 Russians Amid Ukraine War

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After recent €50 billion in economic aid by EU, there are now plans for a 5-year €100 billion military aid package by NATO (EU only). iK7Hxl5CSyY Meanwhile, US military $60 billion aid package still stuck in US Congress politics. NATO EU stepping out of US shadow. Over the years, US has become an un...

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^^^ One positive way to look at Pakistan sponsored terrorism on Indian military installations is that it is forcing the modernization of security around bases and coasts. It means even the Pakistani/Chinese Special Forces during a war will have a very hard time sabotaging the Indian military install...

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Most of what we know from cost perspective are the Western CMs and even those are not produced in the quantities being mentioned.

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^^^ The Chinese low-cost combined with mass production likely means per unit cost actually quite reasonable (i.e. much less than $2 million). Besides, they could be using the same plant for mass production of cheap decoys that mimic their more expensive real counterparts. To overwhelm and exhaust ai...

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To sustain deterrence in SCS, India needs naval basing/support strategic agreements with friendly nations in the region like Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.

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^^^ IMO, repeat of MMRCA 1.0 GoI will get a sticker price shock. Looking at upwards of $30 billion plus for triple digits Rafales. To put in context, 36 Rafales costs $8 billion and that was without ToT/license assembly. First order of the day will likely go for 97 follow-on Tejas Mk1A. That itself ...

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Indian SSBN in the deep waters of Bay of Bengal cuddled between IN’s A&N and Eastern command assets will be well protected even without SSNs.

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https://www.rfcafe.com/references/elect ... -sight.htm

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Drone taking out drone … future of warfare

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Which of the two (left or right diagram) in that poster is on Tejas Mk1A?

Or is it partial of the left?

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^^^ … 1) What do *EACH* of these numbers represent? ....................220 = ? aircraft ....................201 = ? aircraft ....................272 = ? aircraft ....................189 = ? aircraft … 220 => Tejas Mk1/1A (replace MiG-21, MiG-27) 201 => Tejas Mk.2 (replace Jaguar, MiG-29, Mirage-200...

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Those 3 slats on the air intake are also on the Tejas Navy

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Triple AAI doors on the air ingest, does it mean higher AoA capability?

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Old news … I had missed this bit! https://x.com/zone5aviation/status/1479136281414176770?s=20 Angad Singh on Jan 7, 2022 A good day for the @HALHQBLR HJT-36 ‘Sitara’ — Gp Capts HV Thakur and A Menon carried out six turn spins to either side . HAL says this was the last major item remaining in the te...

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That Kilo probably a write-off …

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Quite a few minor changes on Mk1A. Now we need people to point out all the differences!

https://twitter.com/Defencematrix1/stat ... 5306786928 --->

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Now you have done it!

The IA will internalize this “brilliant” idea

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Looks bit different to this study. Front view does look enlarged like in the study.

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^^^ It maybe because Russia has exhausted its stockpiles of long-ranged cruise missiles, hypersonic missiles and other LR munitions over the 2-years of war. Long-pauses between massed strikes could be an indication of how long it takes Russia to produce those LR munitions in enough quantities. Russi...

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Some things are meant to remain “secret”

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^^^ Regarding Ukrainian attacks on the Russian Black Sea Fleet Russia is losing the battle for the Black Sea Ukraine wants to keep trade flowing and destroy Russia’s fleet Jan 28th 2024 … With 6.3m tonnes of goods exported in December , the Odessa region’s three ports—Odessa itself, Chornomorsk and ...

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Yes, mini-SSBN and SSK different. However, India is embarking on 6 indigenous SSN. So submarine designing and building capability exists. There are also 6 license built Scorpene SSK. Indian can keep iterating on this and learn more. IN has many decades of SSK operational knowledge of various Russian...

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India already builds its own mini-SSBNs!

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War is on the escalation path. No hands tied. How far it escalates remains to be seen. World is on the precipice of something big …

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The cynic in me sees the following comments from the collective West. Because, so many of the attackers were taken alive by the Russians. This is an example of Putin's playbook to discredit the Ukrainian cause. Whatever is convenient for each side. The end narrative targets specific objectives plan...

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Too much speculation and conspiracy theories at this point.

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Looks like Russia will be paying indirectly to Ukraine for their war effort … Bloomberg: US proposes $50 billion bond to support Ukraine with frozen Russian assets … According to Bloomberg, the proposal aims to pool the $280 billion of Russian central bank assets frozen by G7 countries and the EU, u...

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When the war breaks out, that will reveal the true state of any military. Majority of the time posturing strength is enough to deter. Decades of cronyism leaders fool themselves of their own invincibilities.

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^^^ The stocks must last long enough until replenishment production delivers. The lead time is a good 12-to-36 months. Indian military has a tendency to order in small batches intermittently. Too often, assembly lines are left idle for long periods of time. For example, Arjun MBT line left idle for ...

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Plenty of women crew in that video. Spanish Navy SSK solved the mixed crew for the IN and “Nari Shakti”

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Energy war

So far Ukrainian long range drones have attacked 12 refineries that output 10% of Russian overall capacity. Many thousands of LR drones are in production in Ukraine.

Prepare to pay more at the pump!

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Manish_P wrote: ↑19 Mar 2024 20:32 ^ no mention of uneven panel gaps, rivets ?

Rafale already sold to India. No need for photoshop touch ups anymore

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^^^ Will make an excellent demo during Vayu Shakti Tejas flys in 1. drops a LGB; 2. then fires a CCM; 3. after that lands on the small airstrip in front of the audience; 4. small mobile ground crew hot re-fuels and re-arms; 5. takes-off; 6. drops new payload on targets; 7. finally, does a victory ro...

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^^^ Good to optimize LCA Tejas for such highway ELF akin to Gripen PR. With minimal trained personnel, Re-fuel Re-arm Light field servicing (i.e. some LRU) Second tier capability from ELF, As above plus “Overnight” facilities Medium field servicing (i.e. engine change, LRUs) https://encrypted-tbn0.g...

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The title of this thread is “India’s R&D…” and yet we are considering Adani license production as one???

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^^^ Opportunity lost with Brazilian Embraer C-390 Millennium. India got basically stuck with Russian JV that never materialized. India still had the opportunity to join Embraer as a JV partner but did not have to foresight to do so even though the specifications matched exactly more or less. This is...

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