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[Okabe Rintarou]

"Saab is now in final stages with HAL for IDAS production transfer of technology to India. Saab will, together with HAL, work on the full production of the IDAS, including the future version of IDAS-3 in India,” says Ritu Raj Tyagi, Marketing Director, Aeronautics, Saab India.

SAAB IDAS is the EW suite present in ALH MK4s and some ALH MK3s.

Integrated self-protection suite | Saab

The primary purpose of a self-protection suite is the immediate survival of the aircraft in a hostile threat environment.

www.saab.com

IDAS: India’s Choice of Self-Protection System For Years

Saab's Integrated Defence Aids Suite (IDAS), installed on helicopters of the IAF and the Indian Army like Rudra, offers world-class protection.

www.saab.com

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Had no idea we had these on Dhruv also. I thought they were only present on Rudra. In fact I am still not sure its on most Dhruvs, even Mk IIIs.

 

[Aditya Ballal]

Had no idea we had these on Dhruv also. I thought they were only present on Rudra. In fact I am still not sure its on most Dhruvs, even Mk IIIs.

It’s only there on some ALH-MK3s, usually seen with those meant for SF and what the COAS uses, but I’ve seen them with some other IAF and IA ALH MK3s.

 

[Photon]

 

[no smoking]

Isn't that just a model?

The question is who set up this model.
If it was done by the staffs from manufacturer, then you have to put a big question mark on their attitude on the quality. Buyers are always affected greatly by first look.

 

[Rassil Krishnan]

the problem is people are ultimately what create success, some ethnicites are dumb and lazy, some are smarter, more ambitious and more hard-working and the outward ideology or philosophy will only act as a modifier to the inner qualities.

Look at Pakistan,they are technically capitalistic, but their failure as a society to achieve any notable achievement is not due to them following capitalism but because of them as a people and their lack of good leaders and visionaries and geniuses.

Smart people will achieve greatness one or the other,you cant put them down,the system they follow can only ramp up on the original base value of their worth.

This is ultimately why I think pakistan is doomed to be a failed state because I dont believe in the myth and cope and modern fairytale that all humans are people are equal. Genetics and Upbringing and Value systems matter and can decide the fate of nations.Capitalism and Socialism ,State Run - Private Run,these are just distractions to the true solution that is visionaries and good men at the right places at the right time which is what results in good products.This is determined by other things outside of economic systems.

Pakistan is filled with pakistanis and as long as their value system is not destroyed or they are still filled with their own people,Pakistan as a nation will not prosper.

 

[porky_kicker]

It looks like STAR to me
The attached booster and its finned configuration points to a surface to air application

 

[Okabe Rintarou]

The question is who set up this model.
If it was done by the staffs from manufacturer, then you have to put a big question mark on their attitude on the quality. Buyers are always affected greatly by first look.

OEMs rarely make these display models. They usually tender out the process. Now if someone mishandled the model before/during installation/transportation, then it could have led to that. And since there might not have been time to fix the issue by making a replacement, they would have had to display that model as is.
Also, this isn't your average family shopping at a local gift shop, its a defence deal. Yes appearances have an effect, but its rather small when one knows he is inspecting a model and not the product itself.

 

[India Super Power]

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It looks like STAR to me
The attached booster and its finned configuration points to a surface to air application

What is star ?

 

[Tuco]

What is star ?

Supersonic target.

 

[India Super Power]

Supersonic target.

So it's a target missile I mean will be against to test ad
Or something else

 

[Chinmoy]

The joints are not done correctly. The cylinders are bending a little at each joint.
Might due to this being only mockups.

Yeah it's a mockup, but when you are displaying it, atleast these things has to be taken care of.

 

[Chinmoy]

So it's a target missile I mean will be against to test ad
Or something else

AAM testing.

 

[Tuco]

AAM testing.

Thought it was for Sams.

 

[THESIS THORON]

Thought it was for Sams.

It is for SAM, idk abt AAM

 

[Chinmoy]

Thought it was for Sams.

Yeah, for that too.

 

[Chinmoy]

 

[Akula]

Intakes look different.

 

[ObiWanKenobi]

Intakes look different.

My take is they moved forward to minimise wake interference from canards. It's been like this on the latest officially released computer generated images as well.

 

[Emperor Kalki]

Intakes look different.

No new changes at all to the intakes (atleast in this model). Been pretty much the same since the time of this:

Tracking The Tejas: How The Tejas Mk2 Design Became The Medium Weight Fighter | Delhi Defence Review

delhidefencereview.com

And its been some time since the configuration was frozen. So nothing new in this.

 

[Photon]