Bharat Rakshak

The advantages of Saras as it comes to my mind particularly with respect to pusher props inback are - Higher wing efficeancy that is more lift per sq mtr due to absence of boundary layer seperation of airstream flowing over it -ease of mounting with increase detection range and higher resolution for...

Pakistan is ready to implode under its own duplicity .US -PAK relation is likely to nose dive in not so near future no matter who the next US president is.The point is how US is going to take the nuclear teeth out of pakistani arsnel -most likely by force and when maybe in a few months time.This tim...

The entry of USS Enterprise carrier group into bay of bengal in 71 was not exactly a move for war -it was more a show of force particularly because Vikrant was operating in the region .USN new time was not in their favour .If you look closely at the timeline of 71 war by the time Enterprise could ha...

More interesting is the deployment of IAF during this operation .The extensive deployment of strike aircraft in forward bases was perhaps the most intelligent and effective move -for the first time Pakistani radars could actully see the depth and flexibility of IAF war machine in all its colours .Wi...

The objective of this thread is lost even before it has started -personal cynicism cannot generate a valid military objective understanding .Use of strong language cannot substitute a clear presentation of facts that are well known and those notso well known. What was the main object of the operatio...

The need for synthetic aperture radar in IAF is increasing by the day.For any effective ground or maritime strike acurate target designation and subsequent missile guidance to target is not possible without a high quality SAR .The standard military use radar is too big and too power hungry and also ...

I agree -IAF should publish at elast the basic details of each air acciedent in a transparent manner.If engine failure is the problem -there is no harm in saying it so is the case of a pilot error -where he went wrong and things like that.Just like ther is nothing wrong in buying used aircraft like ...

Need of the hour is to atleast acknowledge the fact that fishbeds need repalcement and take first step towards that goal.Other than hysterical press no one really wants an overnight repalcement with mirage 2000 or mig 29s not to talk of Tejas but the basic on principle decision need to be taked .Eve...

IAF also need some state of the art missile approach warning system like EL/M-2160 which can provide reliable warning of missile attack for timely activation of chaff/flare to protect its aircraft and increase its survivability.This particular type is fully solid state pulse doppler radar and provid...

The imaging infrared technology comming out of successful Nag project will have far reaching spin offs - seeker heads for short range air air to missiles - missile decoys for anti ship missiles - night vision devices for tanks and aircraft - seeker heads for air launched anti armour missiles of whic...

Let us say congrats to DRDO for the success of NAG.IIR technology based seeker head and it s probable range of 6-8 km ,closer to 8 km makes it better than even hellfire -the best anti tank weapon in the world.It is true DRDO takes time but when it delivers the product is better than world class.Agni...

What we have is not enough-to truely implement the air-land battle concept a large force of missile armed helo is required along with equal if not larger number of troop carrying ones.In todays battlefield the capability to move fast and strike hard accurately will decide which side is the winner.Th...

Lets not compare US bombing missions -their paranoid action of wasting billions of dollars in destrying huts ten times over is a matter of laughs world over. We dont have that kind of money nor the resources . Sukhois are not designed for low level bombing of economic targets like power palnt which ...

I get a feeling we are overrating pakistans sir defense capability.To blow out couple of bridges and a power plant as bonus which are not heavily guarded anyway we can dare a daylight raid with jaguars maybe a full squadrong with 4-6 fulcrums flying top cover.The mission profile will have to be low-...

Leonard -agree with your assesment fully It was not the army who lost -it was the political leadership who lost the will to fight.The military leadership was inept and airforce kept at distance.This is what happens when the top leaders of the country lack strategic understanding in military understa...

That bitabout 400 T-80s rolling into Delhi This is the staff paki dreams are made off.Lets get logical.Time for 400 T-80s to move from IB to Delhi at 40/km hr average speed from a distance of 400 kms will be 10 hrs minimum +refuelling stops and no traffic jam on the highway. In 10 hrs IAF can launch...

Cost is always a problem-but with thousands of crore getting lapsed due to unutilised is not a serious issue. Miraga 2000 upgrade should get a higher priority simply because that is the best multirole aircraft (barring ofcourse flankers)available for the ultimate defense and also limited close air s...

If we are buying the add on lot of Mirage 2000s lets us insist on the RDY radar.It has the capability to select one of the three PRF(pulse repetition frequency)modes namely medium and high when operating in the air intercept mode (auto waveform management low PRF is used for look up mode,high PRF is...

One ideal aircraft for SEAD operation for us should be SU-25T frogfoot.In afganistan where sukhois experienced SAM threats like Redeye,Stinger and SA-7 forced the sukhoi team to mimimise the infrared signature in model Su-25TM The installation of intake cones hiding the turbine blades and mixing of ...

Nitin just because su-30 can deplow anti radiation missiles or guided bombs does not automatically mean it will ever be use in SEAD missions. USAF does not use F-15s or will not even dream of using F-22s. F-16s are the only aircraft used for SEAD missions now mainly the 52nd wing based in Before ger...

Su-30s are not a cost optimal solution to sead mission -they are way to expensive and their role in any future air combat will be quite different -airspace control and dominance -long range maritime strike-airborne early warning and air combat control in their own sectors etc.For SEAD missions less ...

Lets get serious for a moment The basic purpose of the exercise i think as follows -set up common communicatin frequencies -IFF transponder installation and test -acclametisation of us troops for likely joint air drop over hot dry zones.Agra is not much different from Afganistan. -Mutual air trafic ...

Only the airforce could have turned the fortunes of the war.The nature of the terrain rugged mountains and dense jungles with lot of big rivers is a logistics night mare for the china and the supply line could have easily breached with whatever air assets we had at that time. The *****os would have ...

I was 8yrs old in assam a town called Digboi very close to sino-indian border during this conflict and was air lifted out of chabua airfield in a royal airforce transporter (if i remember correctly) a day before china declared an unilateral ceasefire.Digboi refinery was all set to be demolished and ...

Marketing of high value ,hitech defense product just cannot be done by a few stalls and half hearted approach to customers who are seeing the best the world has to offer right in the same venue.A task force need to be formed with all concerned ministry presence and significant level of spending auth...