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Lot of new pics from aeroindia even before it begins

Communism in short

Vikrant carrier nearing completion

Brahmos
Akash
Ngarm

kikuyu1:
In the heat of say a second WORLD battle space? Simultaneous multiple swarm drone attacks, directed energy attacks on sensors like radars while engaging an enemy AWACS at 30k",a sub 10 NM off their port bow and the fire control radar of a Type 54 A has just appeared on their screen?

Ok!

Then their ass is 100% fuccked

One cannot prepare for every possible scenario , not practical operationally. Is it possible in real life ? No . We try to deal with the means at our disposal or resign ourselves to our faith , that's the way of life most of the time.

Personally I still consider the ships to be under armed , but if those incharge are ok with it than nothing left to say. I am not in any position of power to enforce my will .

A month ago I tried to enforce my will on a 3 year old , I had to run for my dear life .

kikuyu1:
Read you 5 by! Eagerly waiting for aeroIndia pix and vids.
You GUYS WILL conquer the global arms market by 2026 WITH MATURE weapons systems on ALL LEVELS.

Personally i doubt that

Through the market share will definitely increase , within next 3 years official target is 5 billion dollars international market share.


I am already posting aeroindia2021 pics

Last 4 posts are pics from aeroindia even though it's 2 days to open officially.

kikuyu1:
I highly doubt naval ratings or at most Chief Petty Officers have the authority to shoot 6 mn USD missiles WITHOUT clearance which takes time. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY a PROTOCOL resembling this:
-Explain nature of threat over secure comms.
-wait for clearance from HIGHER authority
- higher authority request more INFO!
All the while the sub is moving at max quiet speed.
Clear?

Why would one fire without clearance ?

There is a kill chain associated with every weapon system , especially strategic systems.

No one explains anything over comms , those days are long gone , direct feed of live data from sensors is sent to relevant HQ , where those in charge are entrusted with authorisation after necessary fire solutions are generated .

Once a military is raised to weapons free status , authorisation is within the operator or with the commanding officer in charge. No authorisation beyond that needed.

Everything is networked and every element is supposed to be in the loop , any major weapon system functions within the OODA ( observe , orient , decide , act ) loop.

Also the fact that your sensors detected and kept the sub under observation while concurrently your weapons are prepped means you had all the time for authorisation.

How will the submarine know it has been detected in the first place ?

And then how will it know a missile has been fired at its location ?

So why will it run at high speeds which only increases its chance of detection in the first place ?

kikuyu1:
IIRC, you said Shivs are under armed compared to Chinese analogs and MANY others think so!

Yes me and others believe so

This question was put to navy officers who said the reason for that is they have confidence on the capabilities of the weapons onboard .

They said that 16 brahmos is more than enough and even with 32 LRSAM ( barak 8 ) SAMs it is adequate because they have cooperative target engagement capabilities , where one ship can provide target coordinates and control a missile fired from another ship for its own use.

Rustom 1 UAV.

In the first pic in the background is a new previously unseen radar mounted on a vehicle.

In the 4th pic the vehicle in the background is AFDCR radar .

Pics of the new DRDO AEW&CS

So the configuration of the radar on the recently sanctioned 6 AEW&CS based on Indian airline owned Airbus A320 is now confirmed more or less.

It is going to be beam type same as in Netra AEW&CS but there will be a additional radar panel on the nose of the aircraft and possibly one on the rear of the beam for 360 degree radar coverage.

First pics of model of SWIFT UAV which is a technology test bed for GHATAK stealth combat UAV ( UCAV )

LCA MK2 has total of 11 weapon hard points, out of which 3 weapon hard points are rated to carry 1.8 ton each !

kikuyu1:
Wow! But the sub will HAVE changed datum by the time the torpedo is at the previous coordinates.

The submarine will be detected and under surveillance by various sensors or combination of sensors

Eg
Satellites
MPAs
USVs
UAVs
Underwater sea bed arrays
Etc

While the missile is mid way in flight coordinates will be updated

And it's torpedo released in the general area of detection ( latest known position )

Autonomous torpedos work differently , it doesn't not home directly to its target , the torpedo searches in circles untill it makes sonar contact , upon which the it's search circle moves closer to the contact , it goes on till it acquires a sonar lock. Any autonomous torpedo traverses through a considerable search area before acquiring its target. It basically pursues the target untill it's battery finishes or it hit it's target.

At twice the speed of sound 686 ms it will take 5 mns to fly 500 km not counting Brass approval of minimum, another 5 mns to authorise release of 6 mn missiles

I not able to understand this portion

AeroIndia is still 2 days away , work at site still ongoing

But teaser pic of LCA MK2 model is here

HTT40

And HTT36 in the corner

Two of the future trainers flying together

HTT40 basic turboprop trainer ( 106 ordered )
HTT36 intermediate jet trainer ( spin trial going )

Some of the intended add-ons for LCA

Last pic was tweeted by a test pilot

A couple of months back LUH was given IOC clearance

Rear cockpit display of HTT40

HTT40 clears all trials , procurement of 106 nos by IAF

INS Arihant and INS Arighat SSBN

First of the 7 P75A multi purpose stealth frigates launched a couple of months back.

They are being built using modular technology for faster construction.

DRDO AESA seeker in Vivaldi configuration for surface to air missiles / interceptors.

Six Airbus A320 airliners operated by India’s national carrier Air India will be modified, integrated with sensors and delivered to the Indian Air Force as new airborne early warning & control (AEW&C) aircraft.

The Ministry of Defence couple of months back cleared a Rs 10,500 crore program in which DRDO will integrate radars and sensors on six Airbus A320 commercial airliners from national carrier Air India’s current fleet.

The six aircraft are to sent to France, where they will be refurbished and modified to Indian Air Force/DRDO specifications.

If plans remain on track, the six aircraft will join the IAF to add AEW muscle to the pair of DRDO AEW&C Netra jets in service and three older PHALCON AWACS jets.

It is not clear if this new move, supplants earlier plans by the DRDO to deliver an Airbus A330 based AWACS system though the two systems are significantly different in capability and scope.

The radar configuration is not known it could be either beam type or radome or flattop .

kikuyu1:
Good! And you? Btw, I know YOU'RE busy with grown up things people wouldn't understand in a million years but if you must take a sabbatical pls tell us beforehand!

I am ok , just managing

I was busy with normal things , nothing out of the ordinary and I kind of lost interest here, came back becz I got free time for a week and aeroindia is happening this week .

IOC production version of LCH

3 to be handed over by March this year

@kikuyu1

How u doing ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVm99zNsb5o

SAAW PGM integrated on hawk i

Final design iteration of AMCA

Mi35 and Chinook