tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post5233229779612858288..comments2024-03-28T21:59:50.423+05:30Comments on TRISHUL: Users Insist On Radical Makeover For Tejas Mk2Prasun K. Senguptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-32547757523780667572012-07-20T03:00:17.267+05:302012-07-20T03:00:17.267+05:30To ANAND: Not Krivak-4, but a Batch-3 of Project 1...To ANAND: Not Krivak-4, but a Batch-3 of Project 1135.6 FFGs, comprising three vessels.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-23926019408454970492012-07-19T21:41:08.139+05:302012-07-19T21:41:08.139+05:30Hi Prasun,
Is India contemplating another follow-...Hi Prasun,<br /><br />Is India contemplating another follow-on order for Project 1135.6 FFGs? Somethin called Krivak IV class.And is there a further delay in IAC-1? I mean what problems CSL is facing to meet the deadlines?<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />AnandAnandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-64953016408607121252012-07-18T04:00:24.268+05:302012-07-18T04:00:24.268+05:30I have already thanked you for your identification...I have already thanked you for your identification & persistent lobbying for attack helicopters & helicopter-gunships for the IA's Army Aviation Corps. I again thank you for the same. I am also astonished as to why all others work within the box only for their basic+DA+etc.Mr. Ra 13noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-12496078568255110762012-07-18T03:38:47.909+05:302012-07-18T03:38:47.909+05:30To Mr.RA 13: VMT. I hope the same holds true for m...To Mr.RA 13: VMT. I hope the same holds true for my persistent lobbying for attack helicopters & helicopter-gunships for the IA's Army Aviation Corps.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-70895046266993785752012-07-18T01:22:28.796+05:302012-07-18T01:22:28.796+05:30Your idea of Tejas as Lead-in fighter trainers (LI...Your idea of Tejas as Lead-in fighter trainers (LIFT) shall gain more and more popularity and acceptability. This so because not only it is highly justified, but it will also reduce the unit price of the Tejas aircrafts.Mr. Ra 13noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-57261322294709166232012-07-18T00:00:43.468+05:302012-07-18T00:00:43.468+05:30To AJAY: It’s premature to comment about which one...To AJAY: It’s premature to comment about which one—Gripen NG or Tejas Mk2—will be better, for both aircraft types are still under development. If the Tejas Mk2 is equipped with small-diameter PGMs, the new-generation glass cockpit & integrated defensive aids suite—all of which are available off-the-shelf even now, then the Tejas Mk2 will be able to hold out on its own even against M-MRCAs like the J-10/FC-20 and F-16 Block 52.<br /><br />To RAD: The Hawk Mk132 is an AJT, not LIFT. Therefore, there is bound to be differences in procurement costs for the two different training aircraft, since a LIFT with greater capabilities & more MTOW will have higher direct operating costs. The only operational LIFTs in the real sense of the term are the upgraded T-38s of the USAF & Turkish Air Force. Astra Mk1 BVRAAM still has several R & D hurdles to overcome. Avionics integration is the very least of all problems, since all the work is done on an integration test-rig in a laboratory. The main hurdle to be overcome concerns the development of the flight-control logic for the digital fly-by-wire flight control system (as I had already explained above). The US never objected to sharing crypto-keys for the source-codes for any piece of hardware. What the US & everyone else has always said that while it was impossible to tamper with the embedded EW threat library, a separate file can be created for uploading the ‘object codes’ with the help of customised crypto-keys, & the periodically uploaded data will then automatically be merged with the data already existing within a EW threat library. <br />Regarding air combat missiles & their vulnerabilities, I was referring to present-generation BVRAAMs, and not LRAAMs like Meteor. <br /><br />To Anon@10.34PM: Mi-17s & Dhruv Mk4s don’t require MAWS since they won’t be operating in the frontline. They’re employed for only rear-area logistics. Only a CSAR variant of the Mi-17V-5 will have MAWS & DIRCM. MAWS was not a mature product when the Mi-25s were upgraded & when the Mi-35Ps were acquired. Helicopters like the CH-47F Chinook now come with low-cost DIRCMs. The Rudra helicopter-gunship will have MAWS because it will always be operating in the enemy’s line-of-fire. MiG-27Ms can be fitted with MAWS if reqd, but the IAF has not yet specified it. No combat aircraft has IR jammers, only countermeasures dispensers, & the MiG-27UPG has it. <br /><br />To Anon@10.52PM: Of course corrupt practices were/are/will continue to be involved in procurement of other weapons as well. For instance, is there an integrity pact/clause for every deal inked thus far with the MHA or the PM’s Cabinet Secretariat? Not to the best of my knowledge. And as to why do only some companies get blacklisted for bribing while others don’t, the answer is simple: DOUBLE STANDARDS. Do you think BEML will ever be blacklisted for all its wrongdoings? Of course not, because the corrupt senior management of BEML will then be forced to spill the beans and reveal the identities of all the involved wrong decision-makers since 1996, starting with the then Defence Ministers, then Defence Secretaries & the then Secretaries of Defence Production & Supplies. All in all, at least 12 high-profile personalities will then have to go to prison, and after this happens, several more skeletons will begin dropping out of the closet involving other DPSUs like BEL, HAL, HSL, CSL, etc. Which means at least another 40 or so former officials will have to face prison terms. Is all this necessary? In my personal view, yes, very much so. But will all this ever happen? Unlikely, if not impossible, for I choose to remain a perpetual pessimistic optimist.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-44965072259935640242012-07-17T23:59:59.511+05:302012-07-17T23:59:59.511+05:30To Anon@8.34AM: The only major external difference...To Anon@8.34AM: The only major external difference between the PAK-FA & FGFA will be the latter’s tandem-seat cockpit area. The rest of the differences will all be internal, primarily in the areas of mission sensors, avionics, integrated defensive aids suite, on-board oxygen generation system & the jet-fuel starter, all these being of Indian origin.<br /><br />To FARIS: Your comment on 10 Bde (Para) suggests that you haven’t paid due attention to the PDF file. The devil always lurks within the details & in this case you’ve missed the detail. The report clearly states that the accident took place THE NIGHT BEFORE. This means no one is even talking about the para-jumping event that took place two days before in the morning of the opening day of LIMA 2007. Therefore, the event being reported about is the para-jumping exercise which was conducted on Day-2 of the expo and that too at NIGHT. And that exercise was carried out by a fully-equipped Reserve Para Battalion of the Malaysian Army (composed of Askar Wataniyah personnel), and NOT 10 Bde (Para). Therefore, folks don’t get to see what types of kit/hardware is carried by a paratrooper during a training exercise, as opposed to a show-jump for public consumption. Faham? <br />Not just IEDs, but even coordinated LAW/RPG fire-assaults conducted over built-up areas & urban terrain against the flanks of an advancing MBT column can cause devastating damage. For instance, the MBTs can be disabled by targetting their engine compartments or tracks, thereby immobilising them. That’s when the MBTs & even AIFVs need to be equipped with appliqué urban survival kits & remotely-controlled turrets housing GMGs & AGLs. <br />If you would have seen the YouTube video I had recommended, you would have realised why an ATGW variant of the 8 x 8 AV-8 is needed, & what role can be performed by accompanied infantry armed with stuff like Javelin or Bill ATGMs? The answer lies is combined arms warfare tactics of mounted infantry forces. Yes, the AV-8 has a very high profile, but it will not be operating over flat land. Instead, it will be used over jungle terrain & plantations where the natural vegetation will offer enough cover for hiding such vehicles from hostile target acquisition sensors.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-79872743500780237482012-07-17T22:52:13.376+05:302012-07-17T22:52:13.376+05:30Hi Prasun,
If people like these Moolchandanis are...Hi Prasun,<br /><br />If people like these Moolchandanis are setting up deals does it means that corrupt practices were involved in procurement of other weapons as well? Why did companies like Reinmetall , IAI get banned for bribing ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-84638188793383994842012-07-17T22:34:32.685+05:302012-07-17T22:34:32.685+05:30Hi Prasun,
u said there is a greater requirement f...Hi Prasun,<br />u said there is a greater requirement for MAWS in ground hugging aircraft such as helicopters and low flying jets, then why are MAWS absent on Mi-17,Dhruv and Mi-25,35?Most of them is also devoid of DIRCM.Why does the MiG-27 which will fly most missions over low terrain and in SAM infested evironment lacks a MAWS and IR jammer?<br /><br />Does the EL-8222 makes use of DRFM , deceptive jamming? Are the Remora and Barem ECM pods for the Mirage 2000 are the same?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-84404396946876881872012-07-17T20:05:24.320+05:302012-07-17T20:05:24.320+05:30correction i was comparing the cost of the hawk ...correction i was comparing the cost of the hawk lift to the LCA lift, sorryradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-33975526349803901562012-07-17T20:02:49.031+05:302012-07-17T20:02:49.031+05:30HI Prasun
I thought the hawk 132 was a lift tra...HI Prasun <br /> I thought the hawk 132 was a lift trainer other than anything else. would not he cost of a lift LCA be much more than a LCA Lift. What is the status of the ASTRA missile every thing seems quite on the front , may be they hit a road block? its 10 years since they started. you have mentioned that the selex aesa radar , irst , elbit cockpit are going aboard the LCA mk2. I think it will be nightmare for the integration guys and further integrating weapons that may be chosen is another game. will the US gives us the codes for the amraam if selected ? doubtful.<br />IN your previous reply you said that long range AAMs were not effective for various reasons, but then why is EADS going in for the ramjet meteor missile with nearly 150 km range as they hint. The chinese are also actively involved in a ramjet missile , please explain. <br />You were commenting on the nag thrusters on launch , apart from being visible the rocket flame is deffinately going to fall on the near by weapons during launch , rockets or other missiles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-85147125552821885072012-07-17T17:46:17.907+05:302012-07-17T17:46:17.907+05:30Whats your opinion on the Type 216 submarine? Woul...Whats your opinion on the Type 216 submarine? Would the Indian navy be interested in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-34319005878621492972012-07-17T14:45:44.620+05:302012-07-17T14:45:44.620+05:30IRST is also also the same in both aircraft, Skywa...IRST is also also the same in both aircraft, Skyward G in Gripen NG and Skyward in Tejas (any difference ?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-5285552210333632352012-07-17T14:42:02.643+05:302012-07-17T14:42:02.643+05:30I have to ask after reading this article, both Gri...I have to ask after reading this article, both Gripen NG and Tejas mk2 will come out at the same time and will be a cheap aircraft. Which one do you think is a better aircraft ? Like for eg : Engine is almost same and from the look of it, radar will also be the same Gripen Vixen 500e and Tejas Vixen 850e. Cockpit and EW will of tejas will no doubt be better.Ajaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-69899702852277731732012-07-17T13:21:57.374+05:302012-07-17T13:21:57.374+05:30Prasun, for displays like the one held for LIMA, 1...Prasun, for displays like the one held for LIMA, 10th Brigade paras only jump with their AUGs and they never jump with bayonets fitted to their rifles. And nothing they jump with has tripods or bipods extended, which is why I found the writer's mention of a bayonet and tripod very puzzling.<br /><br />Would you agree that given the levels of armour protection on Western and Israeli MBTs, the best chance insurgents have of actually destroying these MBTs and killing their crews, is by IEDs, comprising artillery shells, that are detonated below the MBT? Experience in Iraq and Lebanon has shown that despite multiple hits by ATGWs, that will cause massive damage, very few MBTs were actually knocked out, which of course would not have been the case if Russian designed MBTs were employed? They were actually very few M1s, Challengers and Merkavas destroyed in Iraq and the Lebanon, unlike in Chechnya and Georgia, which vindicates the use of higher baseline protection levels by Western and Isreali designers.<br /><br />Also, why is an ATGW variant of the AV-8 needed, when that role can be performed by accompanied infantry armed with stuff like Javelin or Bill? The AV-8 has a very high profile and in the enviroment it will operate in, most engagements will be at close to medium range. The problem with the Bahktar Shikan is its lack of penetration [we didn't get tha tandem warhead version] and the pedestal mount in which the operator is very vulnerable to small arms fire. The only reason we bought Bakthar Shikan, Anza and RPG-7s was because Pakistan owed us for unpaid palm oil. It was for the same reason that in 2002, they offred us the Al Khalid.Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300307989222935609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-32516523453332175302012-07-17T13:09:15.862+05:302012-07-17T13:09:15.862+05:30The Navy’s engineers, for instance, played a big r...The Navy’s engineers, for instance, played a big role in helping the DRDO develop the Shaurya/K-15 missile. And this in turn enabled the DRDO to develop the Agni-4/5 missiles. -- nice to know thisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-89001141917158854062012-07-17T08:34:47.693+05:302012-07-17T08:34:47.693+05:30sir even as of now nothing is known about pakfa...sir even as of now nothing is known about pakfa's indian derivative fgfa...<br /><br />almost everywhere there is a word that it will be 2 seat version of the pakfa..<br /><br />i had read your comments in previous threads saying that fgfa will be hugely different from the pakfa..<br /><br />SIR THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION ON THIS...THANKS TO LOCAL MEDIA THINGS GET WORSE EVERY TIME WE TRY TO GET ONTO THEIR CONTRADICTING ARTICLES !!<br /><br />PLZZ SIR CLARIFY WHAT FGFA IS ALL ABOUT ?? DIFFERENCE BETWEN FGFA AND PAKFA AND STUFF RELATED TO IT...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-91534567999621637532012-07-17T03:54:25.509+05:302012-07-17T03:54:25.509+05:30To ANAND: Yes, it is 100% true. But, as I’ve expla...To ANAND: Yes, it is 100% true. But, as I’ve explained above, the Nag Mk1 ATGM was never intended for use in the deserts. So I don’t know what the fuss is all about. Maybe the fuss is being created by those who are unaware of the IA’s plan to raise integral combat aviation brigades, starting with the induction of Rudra helicopter-gunships armed with ATGMs, which will act as both aerial scouts as well as the vanguard of the IA’s armoured manoeuvre warfare engagements over desert terrain.<br /><br />To Anon@12.07AM: There’s always a give-n-take attitude everywhere, even among family-members & relatives. This is a no-escape area, especially since procurements have to be prioritised for receiving funding allocations. The IAF requires at least 40 CSAR helicopters com prising specially configured Mi-17V-5s. The IA plans to raise three combat aviation brigades, for starters. Right now, the IAF HQ is comatose about the need to evaluate the Tejas Mk1’s tandem-seater as a suitable LIFT.<br /><br />To Anon@12.15AM: ICVs don’t just carry infantry personnel. They play a much bigger role than just acting as battle-taxis. The infantry on board ICVs are trained to wage combined-arms warfare, meaning they’re specially equipped with LAWs, AGLs and sometimes even manportable ATGMs to clear hostile dug-in emplacements that often serve as ambush points for advancing mechanised forces. Therefore, only these specially trained infantry personnel require ICVs, and not all infantry personnel of the Army. There are now more than 2,000 BMP-based ICVs with the Indian Army, which is more than enough. <br /><br />To Anon@12.53AM: Of course, such highly skilled personnel are recruited by the private-sector in large numbers after they’ve retired from the armed services. The Navy’s engineers, for instance, played a big role in helping the DRDO develop the Shaurya/K-15 missile. And this in turn enabled the DRDO to develop the Agni-4/5 missiles. Similarly, a Delhi-based businessman with deep pockets called Moolchandani, who’s the local agent for the Astra family of special-mission business jets, recruited some high-ranking former officials of R & AW and its ARC in the mid-1990s in order to successfully sell such modified business jets for the ARC. This same chap is involved with the recent procurement of the Bombardier Aerospace-built Global 5000 & having it modified for ELINT/SIGINT operations. These chaps operate below the radar since they can’t reveal the exact reqmts at all times to everyone, & can be frequently seen visiting various aerospace expos abroad. That’s how I had met them in past expos & came to know of their modus operandi.<br /><br />To UNKNOWN: This was extensively discussed & detailed in the past threads (in response to similar questions asked by SK), especially that in which I had uploaded the photo of the S-5 SSBN’s design.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-70255158944329770512012-07-17T01:51:16.620+05:302012-07-17T01:51:16.620+05:30Prasun, have you heard anything regarding the fina...Prasun, have you heard anything regarding the final design of the IAC-2? What will be the size/deplacment? What will be its air group consist of? What configuration will it have- CATOBAR or STOBAR?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11041644759149607481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-4183975378464792562012-07-17T00:53:00.607+05:302012-07-17T00:53:00.607+05:30Sir! why the DRDO dose not use the skills of engin...Sir! why the DRDO dose not use the skills of engineers in the tri-service of the Indian armed force to develop new cutting age weapons and other equipment's because i think they should have much more knowledge by using imported equipment's and they will also know what are their requirements and how to refine their current systems? or they are not skilled enough and they know only NUT & BOLT skill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-41470272953895839262012-07-17T00:15:56.026+05:302012-07-17T00:15:56.026+05:30chiems 34sir ,
u say that MBT & ICVs are an id...chiems 34sir ,<br />u say that MBT & ICVs are an ideal formation for desert battles..<br />sir..then what does the infantry fight with..aren't ICVs meant for transporting & protecting infantry in battle..?<br />don't u think that the 359 infantry battalions of the indian army are utterly unprotected with such assets for an proper war..dont u think such infantry formations should be equipped with ICVs & AFVs for protections 7 increasing there firepower as well..atleast the one's that will be used in plains & deserts ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-56939458552519128922012-07-17T00:07:18.460+05:302012-07-17T00:07:18.460+05:30sir, i have a few questions..
1) Y do the IAF or M...sir, i have a few questions..<br />1) Y do the IAF or MoD or the army has this give n take attitude..y do the the IAF needs to be give CSAR helos for them to abandon other helo..if there is any need for such an helo it should be provided to the concerned service irrespective of anything..?& how many such CSAR helos are required..how many combat aviation brigades is the army looking to form ?<br />2)since long i hv been reading..abt the need to develop a LIFT variant of LCA..but is something official yet..is the IAF HQ working on it..i mean is there any agenda like that in their books ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-81712125523539972782012-07-16T23:38:26.778+05:302012-07-16T23:38:26.778+05:30Hi Prasun,
Wat's the article in BRODSWORD abo...Hi Prasun,<br /><br />Wat's the article in BRODSWORD about NAG missile being blind beyond 2.5K...is that true??<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Anand.Anandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-23290562358020425962012-07-16T23:33:41.563+05:302012-07-16T23:33:41.563+05:30To RAD: Of course, there will be ToT, but NOT for ...To RAD: Of course, there will be ToT, but NOT for manufacturing, since the number of turbofans being ordered can never justify its licenced-manufacture. The ToT will involve the transfer of skills, expertise & infrastructure for undertaking all levels of MRO activities in-country. The 98kN thrust F414-GE-INS6 turbofan built by GE Aero Engines was selected ONLY AFTER the MTOW figure of the Tejas Mk2 was finalised. Consequently, the issue of an underpowered Tejas Mk2 does not arise at all. Even the Tejas Mk1 is NOT underpowered if its MTOW figure is reduced by arming it with small-diameter laser-guided PGMs like the AASM Hammer & MLGB, instead of 1,000lb LGBs. That’s why even the existing Tejas Mk1’s tandem-seat variant can be series-produced as a lead-in fighter-trainer (LIFT), for which there’s a crying need. <br />Regarding the Nag, the RF seeker is years away from maturity. Therefore, for the moment, the IR-FPA-based optronic seeker will have to do. No one in the world will ever transfer any kind of cutting-edge technologies to anyone, be it the French or the Israelis. In addition, the report by BROADSWORD is wrong in some aspects. For instance, it is not the DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat (RCI) that will develop the new tropicalised seeker, but the Dehra Dun-based IRDE. The most critical element of the IIR seeker is its FPA, which will be procured off-the-shelf from France’s Sofradir. That’s the maximum any foreign company can offer in terms of ToT. But what I find most hilarious is the DRDO’s argument that weight should not be an issue since the 40kg Nag Mk1 ATGM is carried on, and fired from, a vehicle, the NAMICA. Similarly, Dr Avinash Chander’s remark (“I don’t see why an extra 5kg should be an issue. If the Nag were a man-portable, shoulder-fired missile, weight would be crucial) is totally symptomatic of both the lack of interface between the weapons developer & the end-user, & the DRDO’s total lack of knowledge about the operational conditions in which such weapons will be employed. There are two fundamental issues which Dr Avinash Chander has overlooked. Firstly, the activation of the four rear-mounted thrusters of the Nag Mk1, especially at night, will easily alert the enemy about inbound ATGMs (in fact, no other contemporary ATGM has such thrusters). If these thrusters can be done away with, then there is a possibility of the Nag Mk2 emerging in future. Secondly, Dr Chander should be reminded that reloading of Nag Mk1s on to the NAMICA’s launcher is done manually, which under battlefield conditions is dangerous. Had the NAMICA been equipped with an autoloading mechanism, then weight would not have been an issue. Lastly, the Nag/NAMICA combination was never meant to be used in desert terrain, & will in all probability never be used, simply because the NAMICA cannot keep up with fast-moving MBTs & ICVs engaged in high-intensity manoeuvre warfare. Over desert terrain, the preferred partner of MBTs is still the BMP-2K ICV equip[ped with TISAS thermal imaging sights & armed with Konkurs-M ATGMs (which can easily neutralise T-80UD & Type 85IIIAPs), which in future will be joined by the event more potent & agile ‘Rudra’ helicopter-gunships. The NAMICA was therefore designed from the outset to operate in & around built-up areas like those prevailing in the plains of Punjab & Jammu, & hence the need arose for a raisable mast-mounted panoramic sight for target search/acquisition. Therefore, claims by anyone about the Nag Mk1 being unable to operate optimally over desert terrain are disingenuous & downright mischievous.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-53753231212677049422012-07-16T23:24:29.839+05:302012-07-16T23:24:29.839+05:30To FARIS: Not a rifle, but its bayonet. The RMAF m...To FARIS: Not a rifle, but its bayonet. The RMAF made up by offering local MRO facilities & raw materials reqd for the patch-work. If the Paras jump only with assault rifles, in all probability they’ll get mowed down by the enemy in a cakewalk. Paras always jump with fully self-contained firepower for both direct & indirect fire-support for the contact battle. This includes RPGs (RPG-7 & C-90A), Carl Gustavs, LMGs, MMGs & 60mm light mortars. Regarding the Adnan AIFVs, they’re already equipped with Baktar Shikan ATGMs. Therefore, the AV-8s too need an ATGM. As for how these AV-8s will be employed, it is just like how the M-3 Bradleys are used together with M-1 Abrams MBTs. In Malaysia’s case, the ATGM-equipped AV-8s will be used along with PT-91Ms, following which the Malaysian Army will be able to raise its first Armoured Brigade. AS to how AIFVs are used along with MBTs & for what reason, watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv9Adb3EuVE<br /><br />To Pawan Kumar: What astonishes me most is why were such projects not initiated in the 1980s itself! Is it the norm that only if a member of the Gandhi family evinces interest in such a project will everyone concerned then swing into action to realise this project???? If that’s the case, then there are far more darker days ahead for India. <br /><br />To Anon@6.02PM & 6.38PM: All those questions you’ve asked are unanswerable since there are too many variables involved, such as project costs increasing by a steep margin due to heightened inflation, lack of effective skilled human resources, etc. That’s why the Scorpene SSK delivery is once again in trouble, as is the construction schedule of INS Vikrant (IAC-1). Cochin Shipyard Ltd has overspent its prior allocation of MoD funds due to the high cost of buying raw materials & due to labour disputes involving greater salary demands, all due to unchecked inflation-levels prevailing in India over the past two years in a row.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.com