Nemesis4you:
Bleep

Seen this? Thoughts?

https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/06/24/1048010/

Lurker4Long:

Seen this? Thoughts?

I consider foreign policy magazine worse than horse shit

And bro you made me visit that crap and actually read that crap lol

As usual the ahole who wrote the piece shiit more than necessary to earn his dollars

Anyways regarding OFB what should have been done decades ago is being done now

Current government is being lenient , i dont know why , IMO they should have been sold off to private sector instead of being corporatised

There is a cadre of bureaucrats who are selected based on general exam to run OFB, most are from non technical background with zero experience so it is not surprising the incompetence of OFB , because of their vote bank power they escaped reforms but not working on current government

Anyways lets see, atleast something has been done finally , better late than never

Nemesis4you:


I consider foreign policy magazine worse than horse shit

And bro you made me visit that crap and actually read that crap lol

As usual the ahole who wrote the piece shiit more than necessary to earn his dollars

Anyways regarding OFB what should have been done decades ago is being done now

Current government is being lenient , i dont know why , IMO they should have been sold off to private sector instead of being corporatised

There is a cadre of bureaucrats who are selected based on general exam to run OFB, most are from non technical background with zero experience so it is not surprising the incompetence of OFB , because of their vote bank power they escaped reforms but not working on current government

Anyways lets see, atleast something has been done finally , better late than never

Never mind the medium; it's the message that matters.
Perhaps corporatisation is the 1st step towards either full or partial privatisation?

Then again, that's what was envisaged with our albatross, Denel, and it still needs bailouts by taxpayers.

Lurker4Long:



Never mind the medium; it's the message that matters.
Perhaps corporatisation is the 1st step towards either full or partial privatisation?

Then again, that's what was envisaged with our albatross, Denel, and it still needs bailouts by taxpayers.

Maybe depending on the performance over the next few years

Corporates work fine if government is totally barred from any involvement with them , all shares must be with public

As they say government has no business to be in business , they always end up ruining it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQB1YJ-XUHk

As per this chin.ese state media propaganda video PLAAF pilot vows to safeguard Ch.ina's airspace - only problem intermittently they are using LCA shots for it in the video

Nemesis2you:
DRDO ocean surveillance ship ( OSS ) and missile range instrumented ship ( MRIS ) soon to commissioned as INS Dhruv.

The ship is equipped with a wide array of long range AESA based radars.

The sensors are apparently so powerful that the ship mounts three auxiliary power generators to supplement the electricity generated by its two combined diesel engines, bringing total power output to 14 MW.

The ship can also be used as a missile range instrumented ship ( MRIS ) during testing of long range BMD interceptors, long range strategic missiles and MIRVs / MaRVs / HGVs etc.

It also incorporates command, control and communications (C3) systems, as well as electronic support measure antennas (ESMs) allowing it to spy on electromagnetic emissions for ELINT operations.

Only US, Russia, China and France possess such ships.

TBH I am more interested in INS Anvesha, the DRDO TDV that is. I think its a Technology Demonstrator and validator for the Project 18 Destroyers. They are something we really need after China launched their Type-055 Destroyers.

iblawi:


How much will a 3 bedroom flat cost in an average environment in Delhi or any major town in India?

In Delhi or Mumbai: Around ₹2 crore which converts to ₦110,208,012.30

In other metros: Around ₹1.2 crore which converts to ₦66,124,807.38

Nemesis4you:

Anyways regarding OFB what should have been done decades ago is being done now

Current government is being lenient , i dont know why , IMO they should have been sold off to private sector instead of being corporatised

There is a cadre of bureaucrats who are selected based on general exam to run OFB, most are from non technical background with zero experience so it is not surprising the incompetence of OFB , because of their vote bank power they escaped reforms but not working on current government

Anyways lets see, atleast something has been done finally , better late than never

Few Inaccuracies:-
1.) OFB officers are not IAS, they have their own cadre which is selected from India's most competitive exam for engineers: The Indian Engineering Services Exam. Suffice it to say, they are not non-technicals. They are some of the best engineers in the country.
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2.) One Major reason for OFB underperforming: They are a government department. Which means that they don't have to earn anything because they get handed down a budget, they can't fire people for underperforming, they don't have as much autonomy as a DPSU when it comes to investing in new product development. Turning the OFB into 12 DPSUs will take care of most of these problems.

While many consider the Private sector to be a panacea, selling OFB to the private sector makes very little sense. Indian private enterprises are mostly averse to R& D, especially in defence. In most cases, private companies don't do own R& D and only make use of technology they get handed down from DRDO or from JVs with foreign companies. Only new age startups like Tonbo are the ones doing their own R& D. But they don't have the money to buy OFB. So OFB could only have been bought by large private conglomerates which would not have invested a lot in R& D. Instead, in the form of a DPSU, OFB might innovate like HAL does. So the government is very justified in what it is doing with OFB.
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Nemesis4you:


Maybe depending on the performance over the next few years

Corporates work fine if government is totally barred from any involvement with them , all shares must be with public

As they say government has no business to be in business , they always end up ruining it

Agreed.

SAY HELLO


First look of Russia's new single-engine stealth fighter aircraft captured prior to its debut. The light-weight fighter jet is scheduled to be unveiled during MAKS-2021 air show.

bidexiii:
SAY HELLO


First look of Russia's new single-engine stealth fighter aircraft captured prior to its debut. The light-weight fighter jet is scheduled to be unveiled during MAKS-2021 air show.

More close up photos

bidexiii:



More close up photos

Model pics

bidexiii:



Model pics

this is pure definition of SEXY.

giles14:
this is pure definition of SEXY.

bidexiii:



Model pics

Some real images

A better pic

L&T Defence midget submarine SOV400

The 44 m long, 490 ton displacement midget submarine will have an endurance of 21 days and be able to traverse submerged for 80 nm and cruise for 2000 nm at a speed of 4 knots.

Designed and developed in-house, the SOV 400 will be capable of carrying a crew of ten along with the ten more special operations troops. The submarine is positioned to provide smaller navies with constrained budgets an asymmetric capability. The vessel will be utilized to deploy and recover special forces while submerged for intelligences, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) as well as sabotage, rescue and evacuation missions.

The vessel will carry two heavyweight torpedoes outside the pressure hull for shallow-water attacks. It will be able to dive to depths greater than 100 m and travel up to 2000 nautical miles(3704 km). SOV-400 can also be carried by conventional submarines to be deployed as per mission requirements.

A lock-in lock-out chamber will separate the two hulls of the submarine with crew and special forces personnel, combat information centre and battery banks accommodated in the forward compartment. The aft section containing machinery will be unmanned. Automation of the submarine operation will enable minimal manual operation of the submarine.

While the current variant utilizes lead-acid batteries, an advanced variant with lithium-ion batteries is being developed.

2 MH-60R handed over to IN out of the 24 ordered

A319 DRDO test bed for testing airborne radars and sensors

Akash-NG test fired today

What is unique about Akash-NG launcher is that it incorporates all the required ASEA radar panels & IFF antennas on the launcher itself in conformal configuration

Range 70+ km

Nemesis4you:
A320 for DRDO test bed

Now with this I'm enthused. Let's hope its fate isn't similar to so many DRDO initiatives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meFiIt_rfa0

Mpatgm test-fired today in direct attack mode at its minimum engagement range of 200m

Lurker4Long:


Now with this I'm enthused. Let's hope its fate isn't similar to so many DRDO initiatives.

Thats a thing of the past more or less

Anyways lets see

Lca mk2 (MWF)

A330 based DRDO AWACS

It uses GaN based AESA radar

A320/321 based DRDO AEW&CS

LCH

Rooftop testing of DRDO X band GaAs AESA radar for multi mission maritime aircraft (MMMA)

Triple display multifunctional tactical console station for MMMA

Akash-NG close up from recent test

Akash NG test fired today

Finally we get to see almost the entire launcher

The launcher is unique in that it incorporates the radars / IFF / comm antenna onto it in conformal configuration ie Missile , radars , IFF , comms are all integrated onto a single high mobilty vehicle

Of what use is billion dollars high security border fences when you have to face this on a regular basis

Drone shot down yesterday trying to cross over from neighbouring country with 5 kg IED for terrorists

It is now a regular phenomenon AK bullets explosives are being ferried by drones for resupplying terrorists

Very difficult to detect and stop all of them

How many different missiles drdo is developing

Today i finally lost count

SU-75 cockpit