Comments for Indian Defence

Comment on Two Day Conference For Improvement in IAF Training by manoj mishra

manoj mishra — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:31:09 +0000

the recent crash in which lots of young aviators loose their life there should be some rectification in training .

Comment on Problems with Indian Army’s Smerch MBRL by Damien

Damien — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:30:06 +0000

isnt there any alternative to the smerch , or we can upgrade the range of pinaca , MBRL ?

Comment on Amur class submarine offered to India by Damien

Damien — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:51:40 +0000

india got NERPA too !! that is awesome , its on verge of becoming a blue water navy !!

Comment on Indian Air Force Heli Came Under Attack by Amey

Amey — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 06:30:39 +0000

Airforce is not used to handling such situations……. that too in our home!!

Comment on IAF selects Boeing’s Apache Longbow by RohanSharma

RohanSharma — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:52:27 +0000

I don’t think Such expensive beast be used in antimaoist role.

Indias LCH will be better suited for that role.
As Apache is a heavy class attack helicopter and We don’t Go for open against maoists as they are usually in corners of jungles.
Light powerful jets with heavy armor are need for that purpose and LCH will be bettter for that .

Comment on India gets INS Vikramaditya by December 2012 by preveen

preveen — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:24:58 +0000

How about indian indegenious air craft carrier

Comment on Problems with Indian Army’s Smerch MBRL by preveen

preveen — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:50:03 +0000

Why the top military guy’s has not done the proper user trial

Comment on IAF selects Boeing’s Apache Longbow by robert david

robert david — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:48:19 +0000

The Apache Longbow is packed with the latest sensors and systems to conduct night warfare in total darkness. So far it has had a great deal of success in stand off engagements against tanks,trucks and so on.It has never been used in close range long persistence operations against infantry.Its panoramic windows will make survival of the crew difficult in close combat.That distinction is reserved for only one combat helicopter in the world,the Russian KA-50.This machine is so heavily armoured that it can hover stationary over infantry while leasurely wiping them out and shrugging off all the massed fire directed at it.This quality has been demonstrated time and again in Chechnya.

Comment on Mi–171V helicopters to take on Jharkhand Maoists by robert david

robert david — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:27:31 +0000

While this is welcome news, we must keep in mind that this type of helicopter acts like a magnet for small arms fire due to its size.Its cousin ,the far more capable MI-24 with a slimmed down gunship fuselage ,heavily armoured,suffered terribly from small arms fire and shoulder mounted SAM’s and at the hands of the Taliban in Afganistan and is now superceeded by the MI-28 night hunter which India recently rejected in favour of the US Apache.Whether India will deploy an expensive helicopter like the Apache against the maoists is a moot point as only 22 are going to be imported and that too when the slothful MOD does its job.While the electronic systems of the Apache are more advanced the MI-28 beats it hollow when it comes to thick armour protection.Maybe the Army Aviation Corps will have to take an independant look on helicopters against the maoists.I wonder why our own ALH is not in the running.

Comment on Amur class submarine offered to India by flo

flo — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:23:35 +0000

There really is no need for India to pursue the acquirement of nuclear submarines there are many advantages to a diesel electric submarine over a nuclear

– When a kilo class is running on electric it is the most quietest sub out there as a nuclear submarines reactor coolant pumps will still be working and if you know what to listen for you can spot it.
Again since the kilo is by default silent on electric you don’t need to incorporate very expensive and advanced stealth constructions to absorb noise like in american subs. For India to try and make or acquire any nuclear submarines other than american ones would be foolish and america is not going to give us their best weapon.

– the kilo is smaller and thus much more manuverable and is able to detect targets at 3-4 times the distance before it is spotted itself it is specifically designated a sub hunter.

– The problem with diesel electric subs arises from the fact that the batteries only last for a period of time after that it has to be recharged using the diesel engine leaving it quite vunerable. Nuclear submarines can go many months without surfacing basically they go as far as their food lasts lol. But the distance was required for america because bascially they wanted to patrol the whole world our immediate threat is pakistan and they are close by for a quick attack
and defence the kilos are more than enuogh because they dont have to travel far

In my opinion instead of wasting money on nuclear submarines noe India should improve technolgies inside the sub like passive and active sonar, torpedoes that allow us to detect and eliminate targets better than the enemy.