Bharat Rakshak

Philip

If you realise that the true villain of the CV pandemic, read " China Virus",is the PRC winning WW3 as some westerners have been saying, then one should realise that what the PRC has done to India in 2020/2021 is a repetition of what it did to us in '62. The last time it was Pandit Nehru,b...

Philip

The truth is out! For over 3 years the US and Taliban (read ISI) had a secret agreement in which the Taliban would protect US bases against other jihadi elements like ISIS,etc. but let them go after the Afghan forces all the while pretending to be fully behind the Kabul regime,its staunch supporter....

Philip

Enormous CBG with few JSF aircraft aboard! Will give some int. facts later of RN woes.

Anyway, the RuN FFG Marshal Shapovnikov fired a Kalibir missile in a test which failed,keeled over right after it cleared thd vessel. V.rare for a Kalibir to fail.Was it a new variant?

Philip

The KRI Nangalla tragedy highlights the risk of operating old subs,a lesson for the IN too which has also had in the past its share of accidents mostly due to poor maintenance. We too have 4 U-209 U-boats of 1980s vintage,being upgraded again,but like out Kilos second refits which cannot last more t...

Philip

Easy.The threat to pull out of the Quad! The Quad was supposed to leverage India's global CV vaccine production and supply, eliminating the PRC from holding the world hostage. If our vaccine production is held hostage by the US then the Quad could end up being the" Triad" ,in keeping with ...

Philip

LIMO.Does it mean dropping LWTs?

Philip

The ALH new blade folding/unfolding daily duty can be easily simulated on land including a pitching platform. Naval technicians could try out the procedure on land ,giving inputs and mods if required, even before tests are done at sea saving time. What is the LCH's ATGM? That is frankly more importa...

Philip

The EC could've given a limited period for the same and ensured strict guidelines. I presume that when it was announced,elections,the coming CV tsunami was never envisaged or warnings ignored.

Philip

Hemant,I've been saying for 2 decades now that Tejas and future fighter prototypes should have an alternative engine both for performance comparison and as insurance policy against US sanctions! We have learnt NOTHING from the HF-24 -saga and US sanctions that severely delayed the LCA programme afte...

Philip

Guys,I am not a Feld-Marshal, I prefer naval rank! I too have pointed out the lack of armour on the Sprut over 18 months ago when I postulated long before the Ladakh Chin gambit,the crying need for one for the mountains. Sprut can have ERA/ applique tiles applied to improve armour,it'll add to weigh...

Philip

President's rule would've been easier.The EC did drop the ball to a large extent and could've issued strict guidelines for campaigning,no large rallies,etc. Stats given out show that the CV surge has been most in all states that had polls,Maha and Delhi notwithstanding.They're two of the most crowde...

Philip

And Biden is talking about the Armrnian genocide right now!

Philip

The Ru objective is to drive a wedge between Turkey and the US/ NATO. Russian geo-strategic interests as all RuN warships have to pass through Turkish waters. The asinine US has stopped JSFs going to Turkey,a project partner, and is only forcing the Turks to look elsewhere to Ru and China. But Turke...

Philip

V.true.Why do our some of our leaders run after the white man so unashamedly? Snake-Oil Singh grovelled before Dubya Bush making the infamous statement " India loves you!" Modi ran after Trump in an over-enthusiastic inferior manner,. Both leaders somehow wanted the nod of the US big chief...

Philip

The massive Kerch Straits road and rail bridges built at record speed by Putin to establish a direct logistic link with the Crimea and Russia indicates the huge importance being given to the region now back in the bosom of mother Russia. A pipeline from the Ru hinterland supplying water,etc. could a...

Philip

Mamta is in serious trouble in Bengal. The reports coming out from there say that while she is still respected," change" is wanted and the citizens have tried both the Left/Cong before and may give the BJP the nod.The BJP in reality has had little work to do to get votes. The anti-incumben...

Philip

Are we revisiting another sanctions era without even N-testing again? It is v.interesting to see what is happening in the Antipodes. One of the "5 Eyes" clique,NZ ,is not joining the anti- China trade bandwagon ,a policy which Oz has just imposed.NZ gets 27% of her exports from the PRC. It...

Philip

The L&T FICV looks v.interesting,but is the infantry hatch at the front or rear? The turret may be facing the rear for display purposes as it is safer for the infantry to disembark at the rear where the AVs hull gives them protection in battle. The engine in front also gives added protection to ...

Philip

Indo-US relations going downhill steadily as Biden wants to go back to the future with his " Ugly American" attitude. If vaccine raw materials are denied to India,what guarantee do we have about US military assistance when the PRC attacks us again? The US wants India for just 3 reasons.To ...

Philip

Ramanna,cost factor between arty,MBRL and mortar rounds.

Philip

Prat,Arjun took time to develop,even improvements from A1 to 1A. I am sure that weight was an issue and,it's been said on BRF before,it was incumbent upon the DRDO to tell the IA,that weight would go up. These points have been discussed at length by the generals/ experts.If you read the history of t...

Philip

LCH prod. in significant numbers must be given the green light asap. Both for our needs and slso to ignite export interest. We have a winner with the LCH.Secondly,after 300 Dhruvs built for the services,its time a renewed export thrust was given as Dhruv has several variants. The Ecuador experience ...

Philip

Prat,please watch the generals who have come on Rajya Sabha TV and explained how the infra on both sides of the border have major constraints on the deployability of Arjun.They've been heads of the armoured corps,not babus! To insult the IA who've for decades ordered " tin cans" is grossly...

Philip

Media reports: the IN has started the process to lease 24 NUHs.
One presumes these will be based aboard warships as we've already ordered some Dhruvs for apparent shore based duties which can't fit into the hangars of many existing warships.

Philip

Adm.Ronnie Pereira, considered the finest chief ever.Refused a Sov.N-sub because we had no experience in operating them,preferred building a western sub at home to give the IN a solid base for sub. tech. The whole infra. for building U-boats at MDL was destroyed by Weepy Singh who charged RG with ki...

Philip

It should be air transportable to save time.Oxygen in a trapped sub iwithout power s limited .in fact global majors should develop an air droppable rescue system that can provide emergency assistance until larger rescue vessels arrive.

Philip

Larger heavier MBT that cannot be transported and fight effectively in other than desert terrain,what our generals have been saying for decades! I guess opinions on BRF differ too much and the IA is the best judge of the issue and the GOI listens to it.

Philip

Dr.Shivthanu Pillai,the architect of the Brahmos project has clearly spelt out the roadmap to greater indigenisation in his book about the same. The GOI is following the same principle.Where we can make the item all on our own,we do so.Where we can't do it all alone and have to collaborate with a fo...

Philip

Please ck. the operating costs for the A-1s. Anyway,the number of both A-1s and 1As are negligible considering the entire inventory compared to over 3000 T- series in service. As long as import content hovers around 50%, lifetime costs will be high and rise in time from past experience as firang OEM...

Philip

The figures only bear out my stats. Cost diff. between A and T series. My point,repeatedly,is give the Arjun and future AVs to pvt. industry to bring unit costs down. Have a closed competition between DPSUs and pvt. majors. See the difference. L& T have repeatedly delivered before time naval ord...

Philip

Putin withdrawing forces,not heavy arty,etc. from eastern UKR. Message understood by the UKR/ West and invites UKR boss Zelensky to Moscow for talks.Says not poss. in the eastern UKR because the UKR govt. must separately negotiate with the e.UKR leadership. Tension reducing.It appears that the Biden...

Philip

Chin defence min. Wei Fenghe aka "WeWee Fungus",is visiting SL this week from the 28-29th. for " closer cooperation " with the GOSL .Chin pimp,the Goat, has effectively scotched all Indian and Japanese JVs with the GOSL favouring only his Chin masters. There are over 20 petitions...

Philip

At twice the cost per unit?! Where do you think the money is coming from? We cannot be profligate. MKIs built in India do cost more than Ru OEM ones.The agreement when signed was for the desi- built ones to be not more than $1M. Today they cost at least 15% more,but it's manageable as over 75% is no...

Philip

For heaven's sake IN, since new built subs will take aeons to arrive,please lease more Akulas from Ru and U-boats,whatever from the west. Take a second look at the Kilos on offer just to maintain about 6 to 8 combat worthy through this decade until the P-75I successors arrive, as right now they are ...

Philip

Please,I am not making a pitch for continued imports! But the cost of desi milware as in the case of Arjun is twice even western MBTs! This is unacceptable. My cry is for better management of the DPSUs which have led a charmed life for decades, a captive 3 services with a " take it or leave it&...

Philip

4 dead dozens injured in a suicide attack on a 5* hotel in Quetta which was hosting the Chin ambassador and 4 other Chinkos. Sadly the amby was out of the hotel when it happened.Great work by the Baluchi rebels.Target as many Chinkos as possible.Don't let the Godless PRC commies take over your natio...

Philip

PS: This is no reflection of our own indigenous milware being developed.Certainly in strat.missiles we are v.well provided for.Once the K-5 and future sub-launched ICBMs arrive,, our SSBN leg of the N- triad will be complete. Where we need a lot of work to do is designing and building more powerful ...

Philip

Sadly mistaken.Look at its new N-subs and USN reports about them.Equivalent to or superior in some aspects to the latest US subs. Both Borei SSBN and Yasen SSNs There is also no equivalent anywhere to the Belgorod/ Khabarovsk SSGNs which carry 6 of the Kanyon N-powered nuclear tipped torpedoes which...

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An issue of IMR last yr. had the costs of the 464+ last tranchd of T-90s ordered.Will fish it out from somewhere to ascertain the overall/unit cost. I think first series production of Armatas is on the move,though the Burlak is a v.interesting turret that could be used for upgrading legacy T-series ...

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