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  • December 20, 2013 at 10:21 pm in reply to: Indian Air Force Thread 20 #2227413
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    Any news on the upgrade of the Jaguar engines, or the MMRCA contract?

    November 30, 2013 at 2:51 pm in reply to: Indian Navy : News & Discussion – V #2034945
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    Has this been posted here before? its an apparent cover up of a accident between a destroyer and a frigate, why would they both come together so close? Was it a issue of Ego’s?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E16Ug9JCM

    November 17, 2013 at 6:23 pm in reply to: Indian Navy : News & Discussion – V #2035524
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    NO NO NO (not in the last place because Brahmos is close to 8m long and weighing in at around 2,5 tons, versus less than 6m and (much) less than 1 ton for Harpoon. Incidentally, the P-8 will have 3 rotary launchers …. for sonobuoys (which can be manhandled).

    See pic: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7093802-0-large.jpg
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    Could it carry the air launched brahmos?

    November 17, 2013 at 3:04 pm in reply to: Indian Missiles News #1789216
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    SR-SAM Maitri to get final nod from the GoI. This will be a JV between MBDA and DRDO with Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL) as the production agency.

    link to article

    hope the contract is different/less problamatic than the one with Israel for the BARAK system…

    http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/india-israel-introducing-mr-sam-03461/

    October 13, 2013 at 10:17 am in reply to: Indian Navy : News & Discussion – V #2036648
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    question, does the Indian Navy P-8I have the capability to carry the brahmos on the internal bomb bay? the US navy has a rottary launcher which can carry ALCMs i cant find the same information for the P8i

    September 18, 2013 at 7:49 pm in reply to: Does the UK need strategic bombers? #2237866
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    Why?? Trident is sufficient… Its as if the UK is being attacked by France of the rest of Europe or America, why hand such weaponary to politicians whom seem to treat it as a video game.

    September 3, 2013 at 12:26 am in reply to: Japan Unveils new destroyer #2037823
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    The Izumo is very close in size to the Italian Aircraft Carrier Cavour. Which, can easily operate F-35B’s and it also doesn’t have an Angled Flight Deck.

    BTW Both are much bigger than the recently retired Invincible Class STOVL Carriers.

    She is also slightly longer than the Indian navy carrier. I don’t think it would be so hard to retrofit the deck for VTOL aircraft. That is if it really is not already upto the job. As a planner you build this ship, even if its defensive you would want to cater for those could be scenarios.

    August 31, 2013 at 3:58 pm in reply to: Japan Unveils new destroyer #2037913
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    some strong rebuttle regarding the IZUMMI being used as a AC…

    https://medium.com/war-is-boring/bc29b669fb0e Is It a Duck? Is It an Aircraft Carrier? No! It’s Japan’s ‘Helicopter Destroyer’
    James Simpson takes a skeptical look at Japan’s newest helicopter carrie

    August 26, 2013 at 11:55 am in reply to: Indian Navy : News & Discussion – V #2038004
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    I don’t think we will buy any new kilo subs as time for these is coming to an end for us.

    Lease of another nuclear boat has more probability as we can’t win in number game with our potential main adversary. In that sense one more or less does not matter much but incident is a big shock.

    Dont understand the above RKUMAR.

    August 25, 2013 at 9:59 am in reply to: Japan Unveils new destroyer #2038030
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    Oh a photo of the ship, she does look very pretty…

    Link from the daily mail UK

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    August 25, 2013 at 9:29 am in reply to: Indian Navy : News & Discussion – V #2038033
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    What is happening to the scorpene submarines? Is that contract still in a bit of a mess?

    The shortage of Submarines was predicted atleast over 6 years ago (i remember reading some articles on it dont ask for sources as I dont think sites will still be up, and it was around the time PN was buying the scorpene subs and a IN realisation that it was trailing behind PN). Cant the local dockyards produce diesel submarines?

    August 12, 2013 at 6:51 am in reply to: Indian Navy : News & Discussion – V #1996076
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    Well, with the Liaoning in Service and a New Larger Carrier under construction. Looks like India is loosing the Carrier Race with China. Plus, the J-15 is likely more capable platform than the Mig-29K. That of course doesn’t even take into account the development of the J-31 either.

    Indian lost the race when the asbm was put into service. It needs a non conventional force structure now and help from the Indian army or airforce to put some anti ballistic missiles on the andamans and key points like sikkim or southern India. Pakistan will happily host asbm for China in the west. Indian should buy patriot system I think.

    Aircraft carrier is more useful to deploy against mid east or defend western ingress route into India in case of a conflab or meddling from that region. India doesn’t have the political will to hit targets outside its direct enemies land. Its a fact so aircraft carriers aren’t going to go around hitting gwador or Sri Lanka or Maldives or coco islands…

    August 11, 2013 at 10:49 am in reply to: Indian Navy : News & Discussion – V #1996167
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    Bigger worry for Indian IAC and the QE or POW should be the ASBM north of India, in this era you have to ask if its better to have a Russian style missile cruiser as mig29 or f35 may have limited use against ASBM. Time will tell…

    Have to wonder if the IN should think asymmetric instead of following western trend or replacing old for new. Again time will tell,but by then it could be too late. What’s clear is that IN can’t do conventional warfare against PLAN…

    August 6, 2013 at 8:54 pm in reply to: USAF facing a capability cliff by 2030? #2266914
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    This kind of lamentation from the US makes me laugh, even if it does fall of the cliff its still probably going to be a most equipped airforce than 80% of the worlds air forces.

    Oh and then there is the USN which has a small airpower capability off its own to equal most airforces…

    Its like saying your only going to strap on 2 RATOF rocket to your SKODA instead of 3…

    August 6, 2013 at 7:23 pm in reply to: Zumwalt taking shape……….. #1996415
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    Next Zumwelt DDG-1002 will have a steel deck house, seems like a cost reduction exercise…

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