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Don't want to demoralise anybody but the finish and appearance of the Garuthma glide bomb makes one wonder if it was fabricated in the neighbourhood garage by a roadside mechanic. I know aesthetics is not everything but seriously what impression are the developers giving. Will any prospective...

An interesting situation. What is our inventory of R73 missiles. How many have been modified for the Surface to Air role as part of Project SAMAR. What is the residual technical life of the remaining stock of R73 missiles. If the numbers are very substantial and the SAMAR system is a cost...

Now I believe most people did not expect Pakistan to get the offer from Beijing to supply the J31 so soon. Obviously there must have been some signal from China after which the PAF Chief talked about a potential acquisition. Why the Chinese Government is proceeding to fast track the potential...

Though some people might interpret it as throwing cold water on the proposal, it is a sound piece of advice. We have a penchant for making high level promises and then unfortunately not delivering on time and within cost estimates. The LCA mk1 and the LCA mk1a(there is no big hurdle to be...

Those planes were some of the best that we have. And any pilots life is irreplaceable. But yes, the details of the incident are not available. Of course some of the information will be classified and would not be shared with the public. I am sure that many of us would like some JF17, J10C...

Very sad news. I believe every Indian will share the pain of the loss and pray for the injured and the families of the deceased. I believe that there is an collision avoidance system installed on civilian airliners which gives out an audio and visual alarm to the pilots in the cockpit. It is...

Well, we have been hearing these reports about India acquiring long range strategic bombers for a long time. Some guys even speculated that we had 4 Tu22M Backfire bombers (old reports). It doesn't make sense to acquire it for delivering conventional bombs. Only if it is to be used as an...

There is no dichotomy between my and your views on the Kaveri. When I spoke of the Kaveri engine I also included its successors, the K9 and K10 engines(planned). I think all of us would agree that whatever knowledge we have on turbofan engines is a consequence of the research and development...

I agree that we have simply not invested enough in our turbofan engine development programme. Also I don't disagree that we should have paid whatever sum Saffran wanted (provided it was not asking for the moon) for providing help on the hot engine section and the materials needed. Even a few...

Yes, shortage of aircraft is a serious problem. There has been a lost decade of indecision and postponement which does haunt us. But one reality is that India simply did not have the money to buy large numbers of modern fighter aircraft even two decades ago. We are in a much better position...

Bro, you have been putting out a series of posts filled with vitriol against the system. I concede some of your points are valid especially the OFB babus sitting on the blueprints of the original Bofors howitzer for decades without putting it to use. An classic case of apathy. But are you...

What an photo, man. Especially the close up of the pilot and the co-pilot. Looks like a scene from a Tom Cruise Hollywood movie. How were the shots taken. A little elaboration would be useful.

It's only for 5 years. Were it for at least 10 years, a decade, it would have looked more reasonable. And mind you, the C130J is not a modern fighter aircraft. It is a transport aircraft and since we will be using it for a long time probably a couple of decades, an local MRO facility for the...

A valid point made by you regarding the payout of US $ 328 million.That is about 2000 crores in Indian Rupees. I agree per se it looks excessive. That amount of money can get us two bare Rafale fighters at a minimum. Anybody have breakup of the contract amount. Does it include spare engines...

According to you if anybody pushes for a fair debate instead of one sided biased view, he becomes a dalal. What are you doing here then. If you were pushing for an Indian platform it would be desirable. But here you are pushing for an imported platform. And you are not an dalal. What double...

OK, Smart Alec. Nobody can understand your anger. Your post is filled with wisdom. What do you want to do?. Gali dhena. OR talk on specifics. Give technical reasons why the An32 is garbage. Instead of blandly using adjectives. Justify your stand. Give figures on operating costs fuel...

Bro, I think we need to temper our language. Granted most Soviet equipment was mostly functional and were designed with a communist mindset that viewed luxury as sinful. But remember, it was the Soviet Union and later Russia which at least supplied us the weapons not the West. The West was...

The RTA is a stepping stone to development and production of large wide bodied commercial aircraft. Could be at least a decade or two away. In this area China is ahead of us. I believe that they have already developed a decent commercial aircraft though not in the same league of Boeing and...

The RTA is a stepping stone to development and production of large wide bodied commercial aircraft. Could be at least a decade or two away. In this area China is ahead of us. I believe that they have already developed a decent commercial aircraft though not in the same league of Boeing and...

Air to air refuellers are a strategic necessity especially against China which is a vast country with potential targets dispersed. Pakistan is too small to even constitute a challenge. If the IAF is not too happy with the Russian refuellers then we have only two options. Either the European...