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Interests: Aerospace and Defence plus History and Warfare, Technology, Product Development, Economic Growth with a focus on sustainable industrial development
My tweet thread on the Flanker which began with noting they had finally attained reasonable serviceability and become the backbone of the IAF.
In surge ops, the IAF demonstrated almost cent per cent serviceability, high dispatch rates. Credit for this hoes to the troika of IAF, MOD, HAL and of course, the late RM Mr Parrikar who pushed for HAL to maintain spares stockpiles to raise Su-30 readiness rates. (2/n)
Ernest Hemingway once said & I paraphrase ‘what truly sets apart one man from another is just how he led his life’. There is no point of a meek existence. Of a life where someone can bully you, undermine you, hurt you & you lack the spine or courage to stand up for yourself.
Army's HAL Rudra attack helicopter - Gun firing & 70mm rocket fire at close ranges is likely passé. However, both weapons have their utility in many other ways. - Rudra & LCH need Helina, Dhruvastra, SANT ATGMs asap - IDDM 20mm TGS & 70mm rockets including guided ones needed -…
1 | If we divide all PLAAF’s modern fighters & attack aircraft into 18-airframe squadrons, 66 is definitely a gross understatement. Using Military Balance 2025 data (itself tend to understate) the PLAAF should have 90 squadrons. With some adjustments it can easily surpass 100.
All China 🇨🇳 has to do Is give four squadrons to Pakistan 🇵🇰 They are at par 5 more And they have an upper hand When HAL will wake up from it’s deep sleep 🛌 Every time they give us timelines, which they know can’t be achieved In the bargain, they prevent IAF from shopping
And guess what- the Nasik plant was left idle. after wailing for 5 year the contract for 12 units was finally signed on 12 December 2024, and now we’re looking at 2 year lead time just to restart production.
All China 🇨🇳 has to do Is give four squadrons to Pakistan 🇵🇰 They are at par 5 more And they have an upper hand When HAL will wake up from it’s deep sleep 🛌 Every time they give us timelines, which they know can’t be achieved In the bargain, they prevent IAF from shopping
- A 100+ km BVRAAM at 0.8 million a piece. - 450+ ordered, 100s inducted - Bedrock of 160 km & 250 km+ BVRAAMs, 3 surface to air missiles. How can such a missile be a bane? It's spins like this: "Look what PAF just imported" that has made us lose the edge against China!
Astra Mk1: A Boon and Bane for the Indian Air Force idrw.org/astra-mk1-a-bo…
Problem is not trade with China. Problem lies in the one way dumping of goods by China in India in the name of trade.
EP-330 with Samir Saran premieres today at 5 PM IST "India can't be a $10 trillion economy without strong trade ties with China..." Samir Saran "Only Indians & Donald Trump hyphenate India and Pakistan...'' Samir Saran "India must prevent China-Pakistan collaboration during…
Pralay-6 missile successfully launched at 9:35AM 🙌👏👏x.com/otvkhabar/stat…
#କ୍ଷେପଣାସ୍ତ୍ର_ପ୍ରଳୟ-୬ର_ସଫଳ_ଉତ୍କ୍ଷେପଣ -ଭୁବନେଶ୍ବର: ସ୍ବଳ୍ପ ଦୂରଗାମୀ କ୍ଷେପଣାସ୍ତ୍ର ପ୍ରଳୟ-୬ର ସଫଳ ଉତ୍କ୍ଷେପଣ -ଅବଦୁଲ କଲାମ ଆଇଲାଣ୍ଡରୁ ସକାଳ ୯.୩୫ ମିନିଟରେ ଉତ୍କ୍ଷେପଣ -DRDO ଦ୍ବାରା ବିକଶିତ ଏହାର ଲକ୍ଷ୍ୟଭେଦ କ୍ଷମତା ୧୫୦-୫୦୦ କିମି -ଅତ୍ୟାଧୁନିକ ନାଭିଗେସନ ସିଷ୍ଟମ ସହ ଭୂପୃଷ୍ଠରୁ ଭୂପୃଷ୍ଠକୁ ଟାର୍ଗେଟ କରିଥାଏ #DRDO…
There’s no logical reason why our indigenous ATGMs have not been ordered in numbers…O where art thou Pannikar:..
Army's HAL Rudra attack helicopter - Gun firing & 70mm rocket fire at close ranges is likely passé. However, both weapons have their utility in many other ways. - Rudra & LCH need Helina, Dhruvastra, SANT ATGMs asap - IDDM 20mm TGS & 70mm rockets including guided ones needed -…
India Must Fast-Track Its Space Surveillance — Or Risk Being Blindsided swarajyamag.com/science/india-…
The DRDO today successfully conducted a test launch of the short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Pralay from Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha at 9:35 hrs.
Sepoy Bahadur reporting for duty Sir. :)
🚨 There is no room for another China. The conditions that allowed China to rise through mass manufacturing simply no longer exist: Raghuram Rajan.
Absolutely shameful. Not an ounce of responsibility let alone patriotism.
Congress on Operation Sindoor! Before: Protested for debate on Operation Sindoor first at Parliament. *Govt accepted Debate and allotted lot of time* Congress Now: Disrupting Parliament, not allowing anyone to speak. Congress doesn't want any Debate, it only wants to put Fake…
The upgrades should have started a decade back. Same story with MiG21 , MiG-27 ,Jag , M2000 ? Capability baseline can't be static and has to match contemporary requirements. Whining over numbers is now a national pass time,but not much investment in the growth of capabilities.
Scaled Models of the Indian UAVs under development
HAL contract to import Elta2052 is a blatant disregard to @BJP4India MAKE IN INDIA. Myopic view of company management derails national strategy over petty differences with DRDO. @rajnathsingh should annul HAL-Elta contract in favor of home-grown AESA radar. pic by @Kuntal__biswas
#OperationSindoor is still on... So is cricket with #Pakistan? What next like Zia came to watch match in Jaipur failed marshal Munir will watch it in UAE? So much for a strong stance on terror... Next time Pak terror bleeds us all often repeated tough words will sound so hollow.
❌NO TO CRICKET WITH PAKIS❌ Operation SINDOOR is still going on 👍 Jai Hind 🇮🇳
Some transformation/modernisation steps in 11.5-lakh Army: —Creation of new #Rudra all-arms brigades —#Bhairav light commando battalions —#Shaktibaan artillery regiments, with special #Divyastra surveillance/loitering munitions batteries —All infantry units to have #DronePlatoons
HAL as a DPSU will never understand the significance of such shots. That's why they have more pictures of VIP on their media handle than Aircrafts CC-Bharat Shakti
This pic is so... Indian.
Shri Peacock Vs Umaid Bhawan Palace .. the sheer difference is size!
Perfect for @IAF_MCC. Only issue will have to listen to the PAFs caterwauling, Paijaan Paijaan we shot down 40 Rafales believe us.
Anadrone Abhay Drone for Anti-Radar Decoy Swarming Features 1. Coordinated swarm to overwhelm enemy radar 2. Integrated active EW payloads for jamming 3. Chaff dispenser for confusion tactics 4. Variable speed & RCS for enhanced active deception 5. Range~500km 6. Endurance>1h Etc