tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post2847790095401029711..comments2024-03-28T21:59:50.423+05:30Comments on TRISHUL: Updates From SBC Vizag, Project Varsha NAOB & When & How PNS Zulfiquar Was To Be HijackedPrasun K. Senguptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-76122097570947506602018-07-03T00:47:06.274+05:302018-07-03T00:47:06.274+05:30To JUST_CURIOUS: Rest assured that such internet f...To JUST_CURIOUS: Rest assured that such internet fanboys dabble in anything & everything except for the all-critical financial factors/cost-benefit analysis, which can be explained only by domain experts. The virus of 'licenced-production' is now firmly embedded within the DNA of almost 99.9999% of Indian citizens who have been brainwashed over the past 70 years & who therefore are bereft of the methodology of applying common-sense & logical reasoning. Consequently, be it any political party, they are all active practisioners of 'muddling one's way through'. They thus are at best tacticians & every single one of them from the topmost to the bottommost are at best tacticians, & are totally incapable of grand strategising. No wonder subjects like Kautilya's Arthashastra & 'How to Engineer Empire-Building' (as practised by Asoka or Ahbar) are never prescribed as NCERT textbooks! Instead folks start bickering about Rajputs versus Mughals while forgetting that Akbar had married a Rajput lady & had produced Jahangir who in turn produced Shah Jahan & who in turn produced Aurangzeb, i.e. from Jahangir onwards all ruling Mughal Shahenshahs had both Mughal & Rajput DNAs.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-83511226670011831982018-07-02T22:33:15.892+05:302018-07-02T22:33:15.892+05:30prasun,
https://soundcloud.com/user-20437021/bre...prasun, <br /><br />https://soundcloud.com/user-20437021/breaking-down-mmrca-20<br /><br />seems to be a very pragmatic view of mmrca 2.0 what hurts is the timeline shared by the analysts for the prod to actually start [if at all this actually gets off the ground].. So much for MoD's silliness. Me feels RG saying something about rafale got the govt go into an extra cautious mode. What pains is both parties seem not to be bothered about the country but just on hang to power just_curiousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-21303199233925879962018-07-02T20:05:03.594+05:302018-07-02T20:05:03.594+05:30To ANUPU: It's no use relying on terms like &q...To ANUPU: It's no use relying on terms like "I find it hard to believe" or "I think" or "we could" or "may be". Instead, some common-sensical research aimed at expanding one's intellectual horizons will produce the specific answers/solutions. Had it been so easy to develop & field a constellation of satellites, then Russia, the UK, France, Japan & China would by now have fielded them. As for what kind of resolution is reqd for such satellites & why, you need to do further reading-up on such issues. And building a satellite with experimental payloads does not translate into the capability for fielding an entire constellation of operational early-warning satellites. And as for your citing of the experimental TI spectrometer, it is like claiming that the powerpack of a Suzuki Swift is applicable for a Toyota Camry as well. Hence, it will do you some good to do away with suppositions & instead deal with the specifics.<br /><br />To RAJESH MISHRA: VMT. Here's another interesting read:<br /><br />https://southasiamonitor.org/news/india-146-s-aviation-industry-in-need-of-a-new-model-and-leadership/sl/27516 Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-49243100798189520802018-07-02T18:06:48.347+05:302018-07-02T18:06:48.347+05:30Your reply regarding the POK (inclusive of G&B...Your reply regarding the POK (inclusive of G&B) was just marvelous.Rajesh Mishranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-39235459550983517002018-07-02T09:16:52.248+05:302018-07-02T09:16:52.248+05:30Again, with all due respect, I find it hard to bel...Again, with all due respect, I find it hard to believe that lack of electrooptics sensors for ground applications and industry has anything to do with building some 20 satellites. <br /><br />We have previously built space-based thermal applications, INSAT-3DR, Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (TIS) on MOM, working on a new Thermal infrared satellite mission with CNES http://www.aircosmosinternational.com/cnes-promotes-french-indian-newspace-contacts-107357. <br /><br />I think we have enough experience to build a sensor if it came to it. now the resolution may be an issue, and it may not be a "cutting-edge" one as you said. <br /><br />But again,<br />We didn't have atomic clocks of our own but we still built NAVIC. We could buy them off the shelf. They may not be the best out there but a satellite can fly in much lower earth orbit (Or an elliptical one), many may deorbit over time. But they can be replaced. <br /><br />In fact, that's what US is planning to do, making disposable SBIRS low type satellites which are much cheaper to build. And makes the system much more resistant to Anti-satellite weapons. <br /><br />http://spacenews.com/the-end-of-sbirs-air-force-says-its-time-to-move-on/<br /><br />We who have nailed deploying a large number of small satellites in one launch should definitely attempt something like this. Anupunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-19572428796002935282018-07-02T05:50:17.309+05:302018-07-02T05:50:17.309+05:30To JUST_CURIOUS: Yup, like I had observed before, ...To JUST_CURIOUS: Yup, like I had observed before, the ranks of the ‘desi bandalbaazes’ are growing at an ever-faster rate!!!<br /><br />To SRINIVASA NANDURI RAMANUJAML: Wait! There’s more coming in terms of toxifying the reportage from J & K:<br /><br />https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/in-guise-of-mermaid-shoot-american-duo-secretly-film-kashmir-s-horror-stories/289349.html<br /> <br />However, these are the realities that are known to every foreign diplomat based in Delhi:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3aXlyb1_6w<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFkVGgRrQew<br /><br />One must also take note that the Valley-based newspapers are titled RISING KASHMIR, GREATER KASHMIR or KASHMIR READER. Not one of them bothers to include the terms JAMMU or LADAKH in their newspaper names. That clearly shows thje bias displayed by these newspapers when it comes to reportage on J & K-related events/developments.<br /><br />To SUMANTA NAG: Yup, it’s 100% true, & that’s how the Awami League swept back to power in 1996. And if you want to read about the IB’s & later R & AW’s real involvement in East Pakistan between December 1962 & December 1971, then one must read this:<br /><br />https://www.amazon.in/Bangladesh-Liberation-Pakistan-Political-Treatise-ebook/dp/B005W4Y9Z6/ref=pd_sim_351_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B005W4Y9Z6&pd_rd_r=e3252ca5-7d75-11e8-bd00-dbcfcbc319b9&pd_rd_w=mx8b9&pd_rd_wg=YuROP&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=A1VBAL9TL5WCBF&pf_rd_p=2790144274020405858&pf_rd_r=MNXXWK0ZNJNV50EQXEVP&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=MNXXWK0ZNJNV50EQXEVP<br /><br />And for those who are interested in reading about the IAF’s night-flying expertise & tactics on the eve of 1971, here’s an excellent book:<br /><br />https://www.amazon.in/Moonlight-Marauders-Fighter-Squadron-Indo-Pak/dp/1543702740/ref=pd_sbs_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1543702740&pd_rd_r=55849cf7-7d75-11e8-b8d4-83dd79b48d59&pd_rd_w=t4Vl2&pd_rd_wg=ZqRAy&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=A1VBAL9TL5WCBF&pf_rd_p=6625116983782145395&pf_rd_r=9Z5MZK65ACNZX548FWZY&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=9Z5MZK65ACNZX548FWZY<br /><br />To RON: 1) What can Pakistan do? I can only recommend the overlords of Pakistan keep twiddling their thumbs & put their heads in between their legs & kiss their arses goodbye in lieu of the arrival of KAYAAMAT. 2) No one in this world has the time or patience to get involved in any manner WRT J & K issue. They are too busy with Yemen, Syria, Iran & Afghanistan. 3) Show me ONE country apart from Pakistan in this world that officially states that PoK (inclusive of GB) is an integral part of Pakistan, or that J & K & PoK are disputed territories. Has any country ever voiced its support for Pakistan's PoV at the successive annual sessions of the UN General Assembly? <br />Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-4978615946958083572018-07-02T05:47:22.582+05:302018-07-02T05:47:22.582+05:30To ADITYA KAMBLE: All I can say is that as per the...To ADITYA KAMBLE: All I can say is that as per the laws of physics, it is far easier to develop a smoothbore cannon than a rifled-bore cannon. Now, sin ce the latter has already been developed & fielded, logic dictates that the former’s developmental process should not pose any kind of challenge. <br /><br />ANUPU: Why is that so difficult to believe pr accept as a fact-of-life? If a country takes more than 20 years to develop just a HUD for MRCA, then how long will it take to develop far more intricate electro-optical sensors for space-based satellites? Only those countries that have mastered the science of targetting/designation pods possess the know-how & industrial capabilities reqd for making cutting-edge optronic sensors for BMEWS. Has anybody in India developed & produced homegrown targetting/designation pods? Has anyone mass-produced the IRCCD-FPA chips reqd for night-vision devices? Or are they still imported from France & Israel? Finally, the sheer size of deploying a space-based BMEWS sensor network is the greatest hurdle in financial terms. Hence, only a collective cooperative security framework will be able to muster the necessary finances, like a Japan-India-Australasia-ASEAN axis. <br /><br />To RAD: As I’ve just explained above, the sheer size of deploying a space-based BMEWS sensor network is the greatest hurdle in financial terms. Hence, only a collective cooperative security framework will be able to muster the necessary finances, like a Japan-India-Australasia-ASEAN axis. As for the S-400, I haven’t yet come across any video evidence showing the S-400 shooting down a TBM or IRBM or MRBM. Secondly, the S-400 is optimised for high-altitude interceptions & therefore is TOTALLY USELESS against tactical MRCAs flying lo-lo-lo flight profiles—which will pose the greatest threat to India’s hinterland. Any objective assessment will therfore conclude that the S-400 LR-SAM is totally ill-suited for securing India’s airspacem unless the IAF fears attacks from high-flying aircraft like the B-1B, Tu-160 or B-52s! If indeed the threat comes from BMs of all types, then one should go for proven systems like either the Arrow-2 or THAAD, which are compatible with the US-deployed space-based BMEWS sensor network. Now about the HUDs. The photo appearing in HT newspaper shows the CSIO-developed HUD for the HJT-36 IJT: <br /><br />https://www.hindustantimes.com/rf/image_size_960x540/HT/p2/2018/06/29/Pictures/_e682fae2-7b8f-11e8-98f1-ed5cda4a01f0.jpg<br /><br />http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/other/hjt36/hjt36-5.jpg<br /><br />This is the HUD for the LCA/Tejas Mk.1/Tejas Mk.1A:<br /><br />https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eIrCBhWrso8/WZS3iHW1uuI/AAAAAAAANWg/CnrFOb2tkYwX96Zb8IFMV_BGzmFZA1PQgCLcBGAs/s1600/LCA%2BLRUs-1.jpg<br /><br />And this is the up-front control-panel of the HUD:<br />https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NR9KTtluWAU/WZS7awy4caI/AAAAAAAANY4/boFCAyqd1TQI9BET4ZsR1cictua8qxhrwCLcBGAs/s1600/UFCP.jpg<br /><br />The HUD for the Combat Hawk Mk.132 is supplied by SAMTEL-THALES (the same HUD that equips the Su-30MKI & Jaguar IS/DARIN-3):<br /><br />http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--nDO9N9Hlmc/VWj0Qg6Sr2I/AAAAAAAAJYo/aG4LsPEXv34/s1600/Combat%2BHawk%2527s%2Bcockpit%2Bmock-up.jpg<br /><br />Lastly, ALL Su-30MKI crashes to date have been due to human error that are either related to the aircrew, or the ground crew, or the HAL employees involved with licenced-production opf the aircraft. And in ALL instances of in-flight failures of Russia-designed aircraft components/sub-systems, the affected aircraft was successfully recovered back to its air base without any fatality. That’s the stark reality.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-80040524264720177592018-07-02T02:41:28.491+05:302018-07-02T02:41:28.491+05:30Hello Prasun
If this thing works as advertised, I...Hello Prasun<br /><br />If this thing works as advertised, I think India should buy a few to 'instantly carbonize' the kashmiri stone pelting mobs.<br /><br />http://m.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2153310/china-brings-star-wars-life-laser-ak-47-could-set-fire<br /><br />Don't know why is India still shy of arming Vietnam<br /><br />https://www.thinkpragati.com/think/4943/why-a-nuclear-armed-vietnam-is-in-indias-interest/Nagnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-1519299850679733852018-07-02T01:47:11.944+05:302018-07-02T01:47:11.944+05:30Of course Pakistan now knows about both India’s in...Of course Pakistan now knows about both India’s intent & will for ejecting Pakistani forces from PoK. But what can Pakistan do?<br /><br />1) doesn’t US along P5 nations put pressure on India to withdraw from PoK if we hold Hajipir pass along with PoK( like it happened with Pakistan Operation Koh Paima )if they doesn’t please mention valid points <br />2) No country in the world (except some) officially recognises J&K as integral part of India. But recognises it as disputed territory. If we capture PoK or any part of it World will view India as a aggressor and title of soft power will be lost.<br /><br />RonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-11295309581942281152018-07-01T23:30:11.704+05:302018-07-01T23:30:11.704+05:30Prasun Da, intend to buy this one:
The Zero-Cost ...Prasun Da, intend to buy this one:<br /><br />The Zero-Cost Mission/The Wily Agent (City Plans) by Amar Bhushan from Amazon<br /><br />Prasun Da, is it true that R &AW dismantled Jamate e islami terror infrastructure in Bangladesh, that in the same time when a hostile BNP in power ?<br /><br />https://www.firstpost.com/india/raw-covert-ops-dismantled-jamaat-e-islami-terror-camps-in-1992-reveals-spymaster-amar-bhushan-in-book-4636441.html<br /><br />Kindly share your view in this regard.<br /><br />Thanks in advance. <br /><br />সুমন্ত নাগhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04909713964058337434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-23961152432771323512018-07-01T20:50:58.763+05:302018-07-01T20:50:58.763+05:30Hi Prasun,
Your comments about additional Rafales...Hi Prasun,<br /><br />Your comments about additional Rafales is a sensible option. But with the likes of geniuses as below, it's a hard sell. <br /><br />Off late anti modi became anti India and they keep propagating their agenda no matter how badly it hurts India.<br /><br />idrw.org/rafale-so-used-to-being-jerked-around-iaf-goi-think-this-is-the-normal/#more-174639<br /><br />From UNHRC report to the women's safety report to this under hand biased articles, they do more harm to public perception at large then server national good. <br /><br />And I was reading the Naseem Zehra's book and the sense I got was Indian leadership was not prepared for any of the things that happened and was at one point even ready to make a deal with Nawaz Sharif. While Pakistani nitwit of PM Nawaz sharif is found to be dumb and foolish. I read your thoughts on this faux pas and how we missed an opportunity to get haji pir pass. Hope these blunders are of the past and Indian establishment learnt it's lessons. <br /><br />Regards,<br />Srinivasa NanduriAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05639871066708088229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-64587724774041485972018-07-01T20:10:02.341+05:302018-07-01T20:10:02.341+05:30Prasun,
Another article berating the rafale deal ...Prasun, <br />Another article berating the rafale deal …<br />http://idrw.org/rafale-so-used-to-being-jerked-around-iaf-goi-think-this-is-the-normal/Just_curiousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-77292922790795707062018-07-01T17:09:39.732+05:302018-07-01T17:09:39.732+05:30hi prasun
talking of BMEW , can we make a smil...hi prasun<br /><br /> talking of BMEW , can we make a smilar system like the cobra dane ? what would be the greatest challenge?<br /><br />cost , software , hardware or money?<br /><br /> as we have some experience in PESA AND AESA radars should it wouldn't be a problem.<br /><br /> my best bet would be ISRO.?<br /><br />what would be the consequences if the s-400 deal is scrapped ? what action to expect from russia<br /><br />the HUD depicted by CSIO seems to be more sleek? is it holographic,? or just a souped up version of the old stuff on the LCA?<br /><br />what was the real cause of the su-30mki crash recently?<br /><br /><br /><br />radnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-20675851588151432962018-07-01T09:03:10.884+05:302018-07-01T09:03:10.884+05:30Sir, While I do believe India needs to appease the...Sir, While I do believe India needs to appease the US for a while. I find it difficult to believe India cannot make IR based early warning systems for BM launches. Something like SIBRIS low can be made quite easily by us. Moreover considering our Primary Threats are close by an LEO swarm of satellites with one or two GEO satellites can do the job pretty well.Anupunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-13227258980527862712018-07-01T07:14:27.506+05:302018-07-01T07:14:27.506+05:30Hello Prasun,
In the last thread you said that Arj...Hello Prasun,<br />In the last thread you said that Arjun Mk2 will have a smoothbore gun. So how are we going to get the gun. Is there any indigeneous development going on? or are we going to just import it??Aditya Kamblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-53307656184022173902018-07-01T05:15:44.274+05:302018-07-01T05:15:44.274+05:30To BHOUTIK: 1) India does not as yet possess any p... To BHOUTIK: 1) India does not as yet possess any proven & credible space-based sensor that can provide early-warning cues for hostile BM launches. 2) For Australia, the overriding emphasis is always on the industrial aspects of such military procurements. Hence, whosoever proposes the maximum local industrial content, wins the race. 3) LoLz! With France’s NAVAL Group already well-entrenched in Brazil due to the Scorpene submarine procurement project there, anyone else trying to fish in Brazilian waters will eventually realise that this will be a futile exercise. 4) Not at all. The US & Russia both desire a power-sharing arrangement & do not want any one party to emerge as the largest & most powerful victor. 5) It’s just a HUD, the likes of which have already been developed by SAMTEL-THALES Avionics. Along with that HUD is a Get-You-Home system that is now in series-production by a Tamil Nadu-based private Ltd company. 6) Because the US is far ahead of India in the arena of composites-built radome design-n-development. 7) Nope. That photo was taken when the anti-diver’s net was in the process of being deployed. Such nets prevent those who are interested in covertly scoping the docked vessels. Terrorists don’t need to be ciovert as they can always launch suicide missions. <br /><br />To PIERRE ZORIN: The real assassins of MOSSAD: <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGW9AhbS5lA<br /><br />To BUDDHA: In case you missed it: UFOs & Nukes: <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUr_TF9o7sYPrasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-75598813135596383502018-07-01T05:15:15.927+05:302018-07-01T05:15:15.927+05:30To S SENTHIL KUMAR: The Syrian Army is after the A...To S SENTHIL KUMAR: The Syrian Army is after the Al Nusra Front, an Al Qaeda affiliate. Syria is in no position to attack Israel anywhere & in any form, kindly rest assured. And Iran’s economy is now in freefall. The Rial is depreciating like enevr before & even the ultra-Conservatives are now joining the growing ranks of protesters: <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgrgJF_aCIY<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6_FDz3zF2E<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHT_1X0wTVE<br /><br />https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/06/iran-weakening-with-big-protests-economic-problems-and-israel-could-be-building-up-to-attack.html<br /><br />To GANESH: No, not remote-sensing satellites. BMD early-warning satellites are positioned in geo-stationary orbits & possess cutting-edge electro-optical sensors. In India’s case, one requires at least four such satellites, plus active phased-array BMEWS-type radars. As for FATF, here is an excellent explanation of the issue as well as the repercussions:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHarjdxHwuM<br /> <br />BTW, Pakistan’s grey-listing was done in the aftermath of a complaint filed by Indonesia & NOT India. Meanwhile, the ISPR’s first of many more conspiracy theories have now started doing the rounds:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOKx9GVu1ig<br /><br />And here’s Lahore's Little India https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XprXbXDMVOQ<br /><br />To SRINIVASA NANDURI RAMANUJAM: VMT. It is n ot just about an LR-SAM like THAAD, but more about going for a complete functional system, which the S-400 does not offer. Those who are against inking of BECA & COMCASA agreements are the very same who were against the inking of LEMOA & who were totally ignorant of a similar that India had inked with the then USSR in the early 1980s after the Russia-assisted construction of Vizag naval base was completed. The USSR was then granted access to the Soviet Navy’s spy trawlers & SSGNs & SSNs whenever such vessels operating in the IOR were in urgent need of emergency repairs. As for SEF or MMRCA 2.0, kindly rest assured that there’s simply no money left in the kitty for procuring SEFs. The only option now on the table is the procurement of additional Rafales and additional Su-30MKIs.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-86846064556825913692018-07-01T05:04:38.840+05:302018-07-01T05:04:38.840+05:30"Now, why such a simple, common-sensical &..."Now, why such a simple, common-sensical & logical industrial development formula continues to be non-existent & why in stead there is an illogical & nonsencial insstence on direct industrial offsets remains a mystery to everyone who believes in application of common-sense."<br />May be that is what the IQ tests have been referring to. Indians (read Leaders)....should be the inference.<br /><br />As we both know Prasun there are NO friends in international politics only pragmatism dictates relationships. Seeing Russia is so cozy with China and has sold S400 to them, India can manipulate the US by opting for not only the THAAD, but lease of a N sub or subs clearly explaining that all India is interested is in the hardware doesn't matter who supplies as long as someone does and sign up for the agreements deliberately and hypocritically avoided so far - that way it might be possible to twist Uncle Sam's arms and squeeze out deals. Like in any business quid pro quo might yield more than India can get from Russians anyway.Millard Keyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11977478261887311256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-3407067360038272102018-07-01T03:38:25.901+05:302018-07-01T03:38:25.901+05:30* how useful is the limited Indian space based IR ...* how useful is the limited Indian space based IR early warning capability for BMD?<br /><br />* kangaroos just selected a version of type 26 GCS for their frigate programme. wouldn't it have been better to select a variant of their new destroyer? does politics and loyalty to Britain have something to do with this? And would the japanese subs have been a better choice capability wise than the french ones they chose, and was ethnic european solidarity a reason for choosing it?<br /><br />* don't know much about the CEAFAR radar. if you could shed some light prashun bhai...<br /><br />* interesting piece here - http://www.janes.com/article/81422/grse-unveils-design-proposal-for-brazilian-corvette-programme<br /><br />your thoughts about the design, and chances of it winning...<br /><br />* is the US changing their goals in Syria? - https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2018/06/27/why-the-us-military-wont-stop-russian-and-syrian-forces-from-violating-a-cease-fire/<br /><br />* https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/denied-information-on-high-tech-fighter-jet-equipment-india-develops-its-own/story-AOziDPioFYKvtJg3bIezAJ.html<br /><br />and any info you might provide on the above news item as well...<br /><br />* why the spherical radomes for the MRIS vessel unlike USNS howard lorenzen?<br /><br />* a ship was being used to hold in place the anti-diver net. Is that standard practice? and what threats are they protecting from. meaning terrorists or espionage?<br /><br />bhoutiknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-81030403473042188032018-07-01T03:29:04.555+05:302018-07-01T03:29:04.555+05:30Hi Prasun,
Thank you for your comments.
Really ...Hi Prasun,<br /><br />Thank you for your comments. <br /><br />Really feel sad about why our decision makers don't get this POV. Your point about imported ffg to license built in India, is case in point. Hope that deal along with s400 and ka226t die out.<br /><br />Instead hope more mdl built ffgs and THAAD should be procured. <br /><br />There is great resistance within india for signing BECA and Comcasa.why i dont understand. Hope this goes away. <br /><br />Don't see rationalization in MOD policies either.<br /><br />Your comments about China and Pakistan give much clearer situational understanding that the botched up news cycle. Our media has such misconstrued approach towards it.<br /><br />Also the question of more Rafales is still hanging around. <br /><br />Don't understand this mmrca2 competition that media talks about and how this f18s in the frey via HAL. Again a scam of license building something for much more cost. <br /><br />Instead cant we buy more Rafales, with indirect offsets where France works with India on AMCA. That along with some tata built f16s can address IAF shortfall. You have written about this before. Why is it so difficult. <br /><br />I really hope some common sense gets into MOD and they read your posts.<br /><br />As unfortunate as it is to say, as you once wrote, 'India is a refuse to develop nation'. <br /><br />We do not have clear industrial policy, no R&D and no real or true welfare social program.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Srinivasa Nanduri<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05639871066708088229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-13537884191142081262018-07-01T01:09:51.503+05:302018-07-01T01:09:51.503+05:30Hello Prasun,
Thanks for your response; from whate...Hello Prasun,<br />Thanks for your response; from whatever negligible I understand about remote sensing satellites; could it not be used as the last layer of the space based early warning system with optimal numbers orbiting above India all the time to have a redundant coverage and since India has now the Cryogenic upper stage engine having satellites with whatever (I suppose with relevant cameras!) to have a early warning system. According to me the adversaries are not beyond Indian borders (which means lesser reaction time). I believe, we need to have a mix of eyes to ascertain the cues constantly. The famed jugaad needs to be applied for doing a job.<br />I read this article https://www.firstpost.com/india/raw-covert-ops-dismantled-jamaat-e-islami-terror-camps-in-1992-reveals-spymaster-amar-bhushan-in-book-4636441.html and I find it amusing that anybody interfacing a politician becomes a sycophant and it is left to confused soul (no disrespect meant) to work for the motherland with sincerity to save the day. Balls to our culture of boot-licking and prayers for patriots.<br /><br />Without fundamental research on a subject and converting the inventions/discoveries into a profitable venture, I do not see any progress to make our land prosperous again.<br /><br />With all the hue and cry about the cross border raids (whose videos were released couple of days ago) leads to the thought that the intention is to crow about the past efforts/glories and capitalize the future for current dispensation. As per my understanding if East India company aka Congress and its rainbow coalition is to be stopped and if the present dispensation needs a booster for another term, it needs to get back the Indian land lost/sold by our Bharat ratna Cha Cha to west of our country.<br /><br />With no FATF black list for people of religion of piece and only gray list, it is a temporary reprieve. I hope the present dispensation does the needful<br />Thanks, GaneshGaneshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671274543897909474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-324369014767123012018-07-01T01:04:35.330+05:302018-07-01T01:04:35.330+05:30To SRINIVASA NANDURI RAMANUJAN & KAUSTAV: It s...To SRINIVASA NANDURI RAMANUJAN & KAUSTAV: It seems now (LoLz!) some kind of common-sense is now dawning at last WRT India’s options vis-à-vis Iran less than 38 hours after my prevsious explanations on this issue:<br /><br />https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/iran-to-remain-integral-part-of-indias-foreign-policy/articleshow/64806801.cms<br /><br />Looks like the ‘desi patrakaars’ are now veering towards my PoV. Well, good for them. And very soon they will also realise that if India is desirous of operating stealthy 5th-gen MRCAs or SATCOM-controlled UAS, or wants access to early-warnings through SOSUS networks or space-based surveillance satellites, then all these can come only from the West, & the US & Israel in particular. Even Russia is operating Israel-supplied MALE-UAVs. Of course the CAATSA’s validity period is not in perpetuity and hence India can wait it out for another 3 or 4 years by refraining from inking major military hardware procurement contracts. I can only pray that the Ka-226T deal dies for good, since this will translate into more numbers of the HAL-developed LUH being procured. The S-400 deal too can be postponed in favour of procuring instead the 2nd Type 971 SSGN on lease, since it can be convincingly arguied that this deal was ‘grandfathered’ at the same as the deal for leasing the INS Chakra, i.e. the contract can be back-dated.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-3529346673290037722018-07-01T01:01:17.105+05:302018-07-01T01:01:17.105+05:30To PARTHIV: 1) After defeating & ejecting the ...To PARTHIV: 1) After defeating & ejecting the PA from AJK, doing the same in GB will be a cakewalk since there are no PA strongpoints or heavy deployments anywhere within GB. And why should Pakistan be allowed to ‘get away’? After all, no one country in the world publicly supports Pakistan’s views on the J & K issue at any of the annual sessions of the UN General Assembly. So why should anyone voice support for Pakistan’s PoV when India decides to militarily eject the PA from AJK & GB? Folks often forget that UNSC Resolution No.48 cannot be implemented solely because of Pakistan’s refusal to vacate its aggression of PoK (inclusive of GB). Consequently, no plebiscite can take place there as well. Nor can this UN resolution be implemented by any third party by force because this resolution is under the UNSC Charter’s Chapter 6 (non-binding resolution). Only Chapter 7 resolutions are binding. 2) Of course Pakistan now knows about both India’s intent & will for ejecting Pakistani forces from PoK. But what can Pakistan do? Threaten to explode nuclear WMDs inside J & K or PoK? Even China regards Pakistan’s occupation of PoK as a contentious issue & has therefore desisted from referring to the 1963 China-Pakistan boundary agreement as a final & settled issue.<br /><br />To LUDWIG: Of course India can upgrade the Su-30MNKI to Super Su-30MKI standard in terms of all the avionics enhancements. But the more powerful AL-41F turbofans will have to be imported from Russia. <br /><br />To HARSH: 1) One to be imported off-the-shelf from Russia & three to be licence-built by GSL. Abd BTW, this is the most outrageous manifestation of the ‘Make in India’ slogan. After all, why should the Indian taxpayer’s money be wasted on GSL learning how to make FFGs of an imported design when Mazagon Dock Shipbuilding Ltd can easily build additional Project 17 FFGs at far lesser costs? Can anyone in this world provide a convincing narrative on what justifies such a wasteful expenditur being incurred for licence-building or procuring additional Russia-origin FFGs? 2) Right now, there’s only a caretaker PM at the helm in Pakistan, & there’s no defence or foreign minister either. In other words, the apex decision-making process is paralytic in Pakistan. Hence just an initial setback like the loss of Haji Pir will lead to rapid haemmorhaging in bopth Islamabad & Rawalpindi & over a period of another 90 days one by one the chips will start dropping, like Astore, Skardu & Gilgit. As far as militarily ejecting the PA from AJK, it can easily be achieved within 10 days flat. <br /><br />To RON: Wrong choice of words. India won’t be the occupying party in PoK. It is Pakistan that is the present-day occupying party. That’s why no other country voices solidarity with Pakistan at the UN General Assembly whenever Pakistan raises the Kashmir issue there. If India forcibly ejects the PA from PoK then all the UN resolutions WRT J & K automatically become irrelevant & therefore the question of holding a UN-prescribed plebiscite does not even arise.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-4004038367305408082018-07-01T00:59:36.448+05:302018-07-01T00:59:36.448+05:30To JUST_CURIOUS: It is not just this NDA-2 govt, b...To JUST_CURIOUS: It is not just this NDA-2 govt, but all past govts since the 1960s that have been intoxicated by this ‘Mantra’ about initiating licenced-production of imported weapons in the hope of learning of eventually learning how to design & develop homegrown products. The harsh reality, however, is that no one in the world has been able to implement such a spectacularly outrageous product developmental roadmap. Why one can acquire ‘know-why’ expertise from such endeavours, the ‘know-how’ element always remains elusive & to master the know-how there are only 2 ways: industrial espionage & mega-investments in homegrown R & D. And India has not engaged in either of the two. So, the only remaining option is to adopt the indirect industrial offsets route, i.e. if US$12 billion will be spent on procuring 126 Rafale MMRCAs, then at least $6 billion must be ploughed back into India’s economy. But how does one do this? Elementary: HAL should team up with Dassault Aviation, SNECMA Moteurs & THALES to co-develop a family of high-wing STOL regional turbofan-powered commercial commuter transport aircraft capable of seationg between 30 and 60 passengers. Such aircraft will be in very high demand in the years to come both within India & outside India as well, & such ventures--involving thousands of private-sector subcontractors as well--will create tens of lakhs of jobs both upstream & downstream. This is exactly what Japan did in the 1970s, followed by China since the early 1980s & today both of them are developing their respective home-grown airliners & helicopters. Now, why such a simple, common-sensical & logical industrial development formula continues to be non-existent & why in stead there is an illogical & nonsencial insstence on direct industrial offsets remains a mystery to everyone who believes in application of common-sense. <br /><br />To ASHISH GAUTAM: 1) It is more than enough. 2) Wherever they can be transported to by road, rail & air. 3) Increase in cannon barrel length will result in problems in accommodating the MBTs in railway trailer-beds & aircraft like the C-17As. Far better therefore to increase the barrel diameter. 4) Eaxctly as it is expected to. 5) What about it? 6) Why the need for AC? 7) This figure has no relevance at all, since armed forces worldwide aren’t thrifty when it comes to fuel consumption. Only civilians worry about mileage. 8) The term Powerpack includes transmission, which are available from France, Germany & the US. Funnily, all those ‘desis’ clamouring for the 2.3-tonne ‘Bharat Powerpack’ have always focussed only on the diesel engine, & not the transmission, despite the fact that no one in India can develop such transmissions. That’s how myopic such ‘desi bandalbaazes’ & internet fanboys are! 9) Rate will be the same as in all other contemporary MBTs. 10) Total of 40. 11) That is already resolved after HVF developed a performance-based logistics package for the IA’s MGO Branch. 12) Already mentioned all those in the previous thread. 13) Barracuda camouglage netting from Sweden has already been procured. 14) Already uploaded all thoseslides in the previous thread. Why are such questions being asked again & again? <br /><br />To JASSS GILL: Why should MBTs require AC? Do Pakistan’s MBTs have AC? Did the PA use tanks during daytime at Longewala in 1971? Why did the PA launch its attack on Longewala after dusk?Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-49360418178577406322018-06-30T23:55:18.381+05:302018-06-30T23:55:18.381+05:30https://m.timesofindia.com/world/us/india-may-suff...https://m.timesofindia.com/world/us/india-may-suffer-collateral-damage-from-trumps-massive-recasting-of-us-foreign-policy/articleshow/64807907.cms<br />Sir your view...<br />buddhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14511498783253086826noreply@blogger.com