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[Aniruddha Mulay]

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Sentinel R1 to be scrapped next year due to 'obsolescence'

The MoD claim that the aircraft is "now increasingly obsolescent" and have ruled out upgrades.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

What are your thoughts on this guys?
Should we acquire them?

 

[shuvo@y2k10]

Sentinel R1 to be scrapped next year due to 'obsolescence'

The MoD claim that the aircraft is "now increasingly obsolescent" and have ruled out upgrades.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

What are your thoughts on this guys?
Should we acquire them?

It will be sold to private players in UK, as a barebone platform, not as a reconnaissance aircraft. All the military hardware will be removed before the sale.
IMHO there is no point in purchasing it from IAF perspective.

 

[NAMICA]

Is there any HALE UAV under development capable of firing a2a missile @patriots

 

[patriots]

Is there any HALE UAV under development capable of firing a2a missile @patriots

No idea ...
Bdw tapas 201 is going to be tested with new engine s ..220 hp
May be that will enable tapas 201 to carry atleast 2 atgms

 

[NAMICA]

No idea ...
Bdw tapas 201 is going to be tested with new engine s ..220 hp
May be that will enable tapas 201 to carry atleast 2 atgms

That same drdo developed engine.

 

[patriots]

That same drdo developed engine.

No

 

[NAMICA]

No

Which engine?

 

[patriots]

Which engine?

Not known....tender was out for 2 220 hp engine s ....for rustom 2....in September
I didn't have more on this

 

[porky_kicker]

Possibly AKASH NG LAUNCHER . A guy long time back ( I don't remember who and where I read it , but kudos to him , you know who you are ) had speculated that this could be akash ng launcher , though he didn't offer any explanation in support of it.

I have now tried to provide the missing explanation/evidence towards the same. Also thanks to @patriots.

 

[porky_kicker]

I gave the hints on the pic so don't ask for further elaboration , reason why I did not want to risk putting the watermark , so add 2 + 2 and find out the implications yourselves.

 

[NAMICA]

I gave the hints on the pic so don't ask for further elaboration , reason why I did not want to risk putting the watermark , so add 2 + 2 and find out the implications yourselves.

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Agni 6.

 

[Akula]

Possibly AKASH NG LAUNCHER . A guy long time back ( I don't remember who and where I read it , but kudos to him , you know who you are ) had speculated that this could be akash ng launcher , though he didn't offer any explanation in support of it.

I have now tried to provide the missing explanation/evidence towards the same. Also thanks to @patriots.

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Dhanyawad apne mujhe credit diya.

 

[porky_kicker]

Dhanyawad apne mujhe credit diya.

I gave what was yours by right
And importantly I gained your respect and my self respect
Dhanyawad to you

 

[Aniruddha Mulay]

Possibly AKASH NG LAUNCHER . A guy long time back ( I don't remember who and where I read it , but kudos to him , you know who you are ) had speculated that this could be akash ng launcher , though he didn't offer any explanation in support of it.

I have now tried to provide the missing explanation/evidence towards the same. Also thanks to @patriots.

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From the looks of it, the launcher for both QRSAM and Akash NG look to be the same.
This would be an added bonus to the Indian Army mechanized infantry units along with which these SAM units are going to move providing them with both short to medium range air defence cover.

 

[patriots]

Possibly AKASH NG LAUNCHER . A guy long time back ( I don't remember who and where I read it , but kudos to him , you know who you are ) had speculated that this could be akash ng launcher , though he didn't offer any explanation in support of it.

I have now tried to provide the missing explanation/evidence towards the same. Also thanks to @patriots.

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Bdw any reason why drdo prefer s 6 canister lunchers..... recently we saw 8 canister luncher of mrsam(army).....it was very compact

 

[porky_kicker]

From the looks of it, the launcher for both QRSAM and Akash NG look to be the same.
This would be an added bonus to the Indian Army mechanized infantry units along with which these SAM units are going to move providing them with both short to medium range air defence cover.

I only tried to give evidence in support of the claim / possibility that the launcher could be for Akash NG.

There is no way too be 100% sure unless officially confirmed.

I was always under the impression that Akash NG was vertically launched.

Let's wait and see.

 

[porky_kicker]

Bdw any reason why drdo prefer s 6 canister lunchers..... recently we saw 8 canister luncher of mrsam(army).....it was very compact

DRDO formulates the system and operational parameters and builds the weapon around it.

Also I had not confirmed that the launcher is 100% Akash NG, I only tried to presented evidence regarding the claim. Only time will tell if it's right or wrong.

6 or 8 rounds per launcher perse don't make much difference ( or it might , who can say for sure ) , if more than 6 rounds is a pressing requirement , then launcher could be made to support it .

Loosely speaking constraints of SWaP ( size weight power ) factors in conjunction with life cycle operating costs , mobility requirements , maintenance overhead etc will play a role selecting the no of rounds for any given system .

Also it is no secret that Indian defence orgs go for reduced payload in a system. I guess it is because of the defensive mindset of the Indians in position of charge ( drdo , military , MoD , bureaucrats ) . They literally loose the battle in mind even before the fight .

Side effect of sickularism if you ask me. Those who don't have the balls to own their heritage culture and are slaves mentally to inferior outside dogmas and influences will always end up inferior in everything. And since last 70 year's this has been the case.

Why do you think Israelis outshines in everything they do , because they own their culture tradition religion and hence have a superior outlook and unbeatable drive unlike regressive ricebag , muzzie , sickular Indians who have been running the country till now.

Mental slavery is infinite times worse than physical slavery . Then one is as good as a leech, actually as a human even worse.

 

[porky_kicker]

Model of an unidentified land based EW system on SMT truck

 

[NAMICA]

Model of an unidentified land based EW system on SMT truck

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Must be sauhard EW system it was under development since 2014.

Technology for antennas which provides the necessary interface between the transmitter/receiver system and free space today is evolving towards smart, shared aperture, and fractal systems that are increasingly embracing millimeter, sub-millimeter and quasi-optical radiators. These new approaches are expected to yield high performance, low-cost, compact size, lightweight, conformal mounting for low radar cross section (RCS) array integration leading to higher deployability and stealth.

Micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) will be used to produce reconfigurable electromagnetic structures that can perform multiple functions instead of being dovetailed to a single use.

The development of 'smart antennas' and new advances in core technologies such as microelectronics are miniaturizing systems in weight and volume covering a wide frequency range. Smart film materials are being pursued to package together these wind ranging goals which are likely to find expression in the follow on to the Samyukta known as Sauhard being developed by DLRL.