Indian Military News, Reports, Data, etc.

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tygyg1111

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AlexYe said:
Two news sites both Indian, both saying the opposite thing of each other. What is this spaghetti man...

As someone relatively new to Indian Def/military stuff..
Is this normal for Indian circles to pump out atleast 3-4 Defense related news DAILY?? The def-twitter accounts are even worse, its like everyday some new grand innovation is coming.
This is normal? Is this why this thread has 3x more pages than the Pakistan one..?
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Yes, it is normal. That is why one can consider the Indian military thread as the designated sh*tting thread of this forum.
 
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neutralobserver

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CaribouTruth said:
Initial footage/video/pictures indicate a potentially fatal Jaguar crash. No more info at this point.

This is the third Jag crash this year for the IAF

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1942857960335839288

Edit: Aroor claims the pilot is dead

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1942863488092635535

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1942863682008146247
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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1942888015635861696

Confirmed to be a two seater variant. Both pilots perished in the crash. RIP.
 
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Kejora

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Why old planes like Jaguar and JH-7 more likely to kill their pilots during crash compared to newer planes like Flankers and J-10? Unreliable ejection seats?
 
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qwerty3173

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Kejora said:
Why old planes like Jaguar and JH-7 more likely to kill their pilots during crash compared to newer planes like Flankers and J-10? Unreliable ejection seats?
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Probably no fly-by-wire, when things start going wrong the pilot may not have enough strength remaining to pull the levers hard enough.
 
zyklon

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CaribouTruth said:
Initial footage/video/pictures indicate a potentially fatal Jaguar crash. No more info at this point.

This is the third Jag crash this year for the IAF

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1942857960335839288

Edit: Aroor claims the pilot is dead

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1942863488092635535

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1942863682008146247
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The entire IAF Jaguar fleet need to be grounded.

Their safety record makes you feel sad for the IAF pilots assigned to fly these death traps.

gelgoog said:
It was a decent aircraft when it came out. But all aircraft from that era were notoriously unreliable, and they don't get better with age.
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Kejora said:
Why old planes like Jaguar and JH-7 more likely to kill their pilots during crash compared to newer planes like Flankers and J-10? Unreliable ejection seats?
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The JH-7 is a legacy design, but is safer than the IAF's Jaguars, which were manufactured in the late 1970s and 1980s. These are ~40 year old airframes that the IAF obviously struggle to maintain, but can't afford to retire due to the lackluster progress of the LCA Tejas program.

In the late 2010s, the IAF even
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to keep its own aging fleet operational:

But that is in the future. For now, IAF is all excited about getting hold of 31 Jaguar airframes from France, two airframes, eight engines and 3,500 lines of spares from Oman, and two twin-seat jets and 619 lines of rotables from the UK. “While France and Oman have given them free, with India only bearing the shipping cost, the UK has charged Rs 2.8 crore,” the source said.
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NorthKimBestKim

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zyklon said:
Their safety record makes you feel sad for the IAF pilots assigned to fly these death traps.
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Not sad at all, sorry. It is one less pro-Modi radical, fanatical pro-Hindutva regime pilot that can attack Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, etc.

Pilot got smoked the same way China would have smoked him if he ever turned his face towards the Chinese border. Simple as.
 
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