Category: Weapons

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BLUESKIES PODCAST: CHAT WITH GANA

Had an interesting Chat with Gana (PR Ganapathy) on anything and everything about IAF, and thoroughly enjoyed chatting with him.

 

From Blueskies podcast post on Youtube:-

In this episode, we speak to Air Mshl Anil Khosla, who recently retired as Vice Chief of Air Staff. Besides his experiences as a young officer, we focus on the role he played in the Doklam stand-off (when he was C-in-C Eastern Air Command) and the strike at Balakot (when he was Vice Chief). We also discuss the pros and cons of indigenous vs imported weapons platforms, the future of air war, and the Air Force’s talent strategy, among other things.

 

For selective listening:-

00:00:00 – 00:01:00 Introduction

00:01:00 – 00:13:14 Initial journey into IAF

00:13:14 – 00:16:01 Doklam incident

00:16:01 – 00:19:09 How to deal with China

00:19:09 – 00:28:46 Balakot

00:28:46 – 00:43:46 Maintain a tech edge

00:43:46 – 00:53:30 Future of air war

00:53:30 – 01:00:00 Finding talent for the IAF

 

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INDIAN AIR FORCE ALWAYS SUPPORTS ATMANIRBHARTA (Part 2)

Written by: Air Marshal M Matheswaran AVSM VM PhD (Retd)

Chairman & President,      

The Peninsula Foundation

Chennai                             

 

The IAF has been an ardent supporter of indigenisation since independence. Indigenisation involves not just design and production alone, as commonly perceived. It has a lot more effectiveness and importance when seen from the perspective of self-sustenance and indigenous solutions. These are enumerated below as various examples of success stories:-

 

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LCA Tejas Project

Tejas, the Indian Indigenous fighter aircraft of India has been in the news for the ongoing export talks with various countries. The Tejas has had a long developmental history, and has evolved over the years into a formidable machine.

 

Had an interesting discussion on the subject with Aadi Achint on DEF – TALKS

 

 

For selective viewing please view from indicated time tags:-

  1. Introduction (00:00).
  1. Tejas Project (Timelines, present status, future plans, Tejas Navy project, and relevant aspects of cost and challenges) (01:10 onwards).
  1. Export Prospects and related issues (20:20 onwards).
  1. Aspects related to past progress of the project and future export possibility(28:33 onwards).
  1. Lessons in this regard from Ukraine War(37:14 onwards).
  1. Necessity of entering the global market to sustain domestic defence industry and production(42:30 onwards).

 

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Article on how IAF supports Self-reliance / Atmanirbharta.

 

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