tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post4938611859724312829..comments2024-03-28T21:59:50.423+05:30Comments on TRISHUL: Pakistan Buys UCAVs, SSKs, FAC-Ms From ChinaPrasun K. Senguptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-58636705818670783422011-08-24T08:11:08.082+05:302011-08-24T08:11:08.082+05:30Prasun
You insist that the PN is getting a Type 0...Prasun<br /><br />You insist that the PN is getting a Type 022 FAC when it is very evident that what they are getting is something much, much larger. <br /><br />Why do you insist on writing fiction?BeasF137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-79379166205557460552011-04-21T21:59:28.750+05:302011-04-21T21:59:28.750+05:30To Anon@5.52PM: Many thanks. The land-mobile Shaur...To Anon@5.52PM: Many thanks. The land-mobile Shaurya has completed its R & D phase and now awaits the decision for service induction. However, the Govt of India has yet to take the final call for its deployment.<br />Regarding the BMD system being developed by the DRDO, hype aside, application of common-sense means that an effective and functional BMD system must have a space-based element, i.e. early warning sensors that are networked to a BMD-specific C4I system. Now, as we all know, these two slements are still missing. Secondly, the PAD and AAD vehicles have to date been tested only against surface-to-surface battlefield support missiles like the Prithvi. More testing needs to be done by using Agni-1 and Agni-2 TBMs and IRBMs. Until all this is done, it would not be fair to claim that India has developed a full-fledged BMD system.<br /><br />To Anon@5.53PM: Many thanks. Regretably, as fate would have it, last-minute developments in the neighbourhood have imposed certain deadlines in terms of my editorial commitments to FORCE magazine. Am now completing an analysis of the transformation process of Pakistan's nuclear deterrent forces, another one on naval infantry forces for India, another one on the PAF's force modernisation process vis-a-vis that of the IAF, and another one on the IAF's requirement for long-range standoff cruise missiles. However, will try to post some new items concerning the Arjun Mk2 MBT.<br />Some very interesting things going on indeed with the Arjun Mk1/2 programmes and one can rest assured that in the absence of such training aids for the T-90S MBT, the crews of the Arjun Mk1 are currently the most combat-proficient of all MBT tank crews of the Indian Army.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-86659789976657384542011-04-21T17:53:43.831+05:302011-04-21T17:53:43.831+05:30Thanks for the articles, can you please try to pos...Thanks for the articles, can you please try to post more articles so that readers like me get get more quality information regarding our defense . We were missing the articles for almost 2 years now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-35757090618337680582011-04-21T17:52:22.512+05:302011-04-21T17:52:22.512+05:30Hi prasun, can you please provide us with the stat...Hi prasun, can you please provide us with the status of the Shaurya missile project and why it was not test fired again.<br />Also do you think the anti ballistic defense system being built by india will be good enough ( after all the hype around the successfull tests).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-64476423077906366032011-04-21T08:38:03.053+05:302011-04-21T08:38:03.053+05:30Why install the F414 on the AMCA when the Kaveri (...Why install the F414 on the AMCA when the Kaveri (to be co-developed with SNECMA Moteurs) will be available by 2018?Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-63055680410915226292011-04-20T20:54:56.894+05:302011-04-20T20:54:56.894+05:30After the TOT perhaps India may like to put the en...After the TOT perhaps India may like to put the engines of F-18 on the AMCA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-18462894346464712592011-04-20T14:10:01.282+05:302011-04-20T14:10:01.282+05:30To Anon Above: What you choose to call 'delay&...To Anon Above: What you choose to call 'delay' is considered routine within the Govt of India due to the extraordinarily cumbersome procedures in existence, and the mismatch in the style and speed of functioning between the MoD and MoF. <br />Regarding your second query, the answer is YES. Simply put, having a common engine in service for two types of frontline combat aircraft will simplify operational logistics and lead to greatly reduced procurement/product support costs.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-13781527368842184522011-04-20T11:04:43.348+05:302011-04-20T11:04:43.348+05:30Hi,
on a totally different subject:
(a) Why so m...Hi,<br /><br />on a totally different subject:<br /><br />(a) Why so much delay in now moving forward on the c-17's ?? other procurements ?? all seem to be on hold ?? Also, why no movement on the m-mmrca ?? <br /><br />(b) would the same/similiar engine for the Tejas Mk II have some impact on the decision to go in for the F-18 D/E ?????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-38878323251846288482011-04-19T16:19:54.611+05:302011-04-19T16:19:54.611+05:30To Anon Above: I very much doubt the PRC's int...To Anon Above: I very much doubt the PRC's intention to export a 500-ton warship of this type, which has yet to enter service with the PLA Navy. In addition, a 500-tonne armed catamaran would be more of a corvette than a FAC-M. Besides, the Australian firm that helped design the Type 022 FAC-M catamaran has to date only designed 500-ton catamarans that are meant to be used as survey vessels. In fact, one Indian shipyard, Bharati Shipyard Ltd, has bought the design of such a 500-ton catamaran from this very Australian firm and is now fabricating a few of them for use as survey vessels.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-66023663204866559822011-04-19T14:50:18.254+05:302011-04-19T14:50:18.254+05:30Good article. Regarding the Type 022, I am not sur...Good article. Regarding the Type 022, I am not sure if this is the exact model PN will be getting. According to various PN officials the FAC's PN has ordered are in 500ton category and Type 022 as you pointed out is around 225 ton. Perhaps a bigger model based on Type 022 design?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-51879723850112580302011-04-19T00:53:01.495+05:302011-04-19T00:53:01.495+05:30To Anon@4.27PM: Many thanks. I was, in fact, preoc...To Anon@4.27PM: Many thanks. I was, in fact, preoccupied with a turnkey project for the past 16 months and that was the reason I had to refrain from blogging. Now that the project has reached fruition I have the amount reqd for doing some serious blogging. <br />Regarding Indian UCAV developments, I'm afraid (from my personal viewpoint) India has a long way to go and given the existing material and financial resource constraints I don't expect indigenous UCAV solutions to emerge over the next seven years. To give you a few examples, a perfectly feasible plan for converting the SA.316B Alouette III into an NRUAV has now been dumped in favour of a financially unviable programme involving the development of an NRUAV derived from the Dhruv ALH. Secondly, all the money that has been WASTED thus far on the Saras twin pusherprop-powered aircraft (as if the IAF's commitment to ordering 16 aircraft will amortise the aircraft's R & D expenditure!) could easily have been spent over the past decade on expanding the Nishant family of UAVs and accelerating the R & D work on the Rustam. Instead, we are now being fed this bullshit about additional financial wastage to be incurred by NAL's totally unviable and uncalled for wet-dreams concerning 'indigenous' commuter turboprops and regional jetliners! How on earth can we even dream about developing UCAVs if we cannot even get our product R & D priorities right?<br /><br />To Anon@6.55PM: Many thanks. You may have read portions of it at either the website of FORCE or TEMPUR a few months ago.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-20829217208636532872011-04-18T18:55:46.217+05:302011-04-18T18:55:46.217+05:30Hi....really good, detailed article....very compre...Hi....really good, detailed article....very comprehensive.<br /><br />Have you written it before ?? Some other Blog ?? Thought I had read it before....??<br /><br />Looking forward to more posts.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com