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    Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions [Thread 2]

    @randomradio @Abingdonboy @Vauban @Picdelamirand-oil @Taygibay @PARIKRAMA India to select one or more fighter aircraft to be built by the Private sector Officially throwing open the contest for fighter aircraft once again, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said that India will select one or...
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    Boeing’s Message To PM Modi: Remember We’re 97 Billion Dollars Big

    He's saying as though he was going to transfer the ownership of the company to Indian Govt. It's a good PR ploy, but a useless criteria for actual consideration. If a customer is given a choice for an armored vehicle platform between the Tata Kestrel and the Patria AMV, you would choose the...
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    Made in India military weapons and support systems

    Elevating the turret launcher to that small height does not really provide any benefits wrt to range or target acquisition. It was probably done because the earlier design couldn't properly point upwards without greasing the hull. Indeed that's unnecessary now with the hydraulics modeled like...
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    Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions [Thread 2]

    Sure, sure...:-) Bless Shiv Aroor for having clicked these pictures during Garuda-V exercise with AdlA. Curse him for not having done so at higher resolutions.
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    Made in India military weapons and support systems

    Only drawback I see is that earlier it had 8 tubes now it's got 2 less. But, this launcher appears to be much lighter, less bulky (also helps to reduce target signature in flat terrain) and the incorporation of a 2nd CoMPASS (I think one is for target acquisition while the other is independent...
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    Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions [Thread 2]

    So let's have a rundown of the entire estimated fighter aircraft production within foreseeable future, Sukhoi/HAL FGFA According to latest reports, the IAF would be buying around 60 jets as the first batch, earlier it was thought that first order will be for 144 aircraft. But it seems they want...
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    Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions [Thread 2]

    Hey. Contact me. revantthea5 at yahoo.kom
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    Indian Navy News & Discussions

    Actually you can say that Godavari (P16) and Brahmaputra-class (P16A) are the same basic ship, but with upgrades like new missiles, radars etc. So are P-15A (Kolkata) and P-15B (Vizag). As are the P-25 (Khukri) and P-25A (Kora) corvettes. This becomes necessary are new technology & more...
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    Turkish Ground Forces enter Syria !

    I heard a little while ago that Turkish forces were shelling Kurdish areas from within their borders. It could be a form of area-saturation before moving in to capture Aleppo. It will be interesting to see Assad's response. If he asks Russia for help then we could soon see Russian v/s Turkish...
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