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'अहमस्मि योधः' 🇮🇳

[Rolex @Rolex_Xmen]

Bonjour, stupides Indiens ! Annulez vos programmes nationaux, c'est du gâchis ! Achetez plutôt nos Rafale et SCAF. Donnez-nous tout votre budget et peut-être qu'on vous filera un peu de tech... si on n'est pas en grève ou en vacances ! Merci beaucoup !🇫🇷✈️
#CtrlAltDefence #SCAF

[Vishnu Som @VishnuNDTV]

👉Arguments ensconced in a warm, fuzzy feeling of desh-bhakti will not win us air battles in the mid 2030s when the Tejas Mk 2 may enter squadron service in significant numbers.
👉 Cherry-picking parts of podcasts while ignoring the context of arguments & suggesting that anyone who doesn't back Tejas is a paid foreign lobbyist is part of what makes so much of our online defence commentary a joke - hide under anonymous veils and fire away. An easy `solution' to not liking an argument is imputing motives.
👉Lets consider the facts - The heart of the mismatch between a new-build Tejas variant in the 2030s and what China is flying presently can be defined in one word - GENERATION.
👉Tejas Mk2 is explicitly a 4th generation, single-engine, non-stealth design.
👉The J-20 is a genuine 5th-generation platform with a stealth planform, internal weapons bays, and DSI intakes.
👉By the time Tejas Mk2 reaches squadrons in meaningful numbers, China's 6th-gen prototypes (the tailless J-36/J-XDS-type designs seen flying since late 2024) will have matured to a point of early-stage induction.
👉Mk2 would be entering service roughly two full generations behind China's frontline development curve.
👉Mk2's first flight has already slid from originally-envisioned 2023 to now early 2027. Every year of delay is a year in which China's 5th- and 6th-generation jet programs mature and scale-up. This gap is widening in real time.
👉Superficial vs. true low-observability: Tejas Mk2's reduced radar cross-section (a significant improvement over Mk1) is a shape optimisation on an aircraft that still carries weapons externally on most stations.
👉While this is a meaningful improvement over Mk1, it is CATEGORICALLY different from the J-20's ground-up stealth design with internal carriage. RCS reduction without internal weapons bays and edge alignment doesn't confer genuine low-observability against modern radars.
👉Engine constraints - Single vs twins: One F414 gives Mk2 solid thrust for its class, but the J-20 (now moving to the WS-15) has far more power margin for payload, supercruise, range, and future growth.
👉This capability gives China an edge in controlling contested airspace over Tibet/the northern border while flying at altitude and at distance from Indian bases.
👉Software/sensor-fusion: There is a potential "system of systems" gap between the Tejas Mk 2 with some reports suggesting that Beijing's newer J-20s (particularly the J-20 twin-seater) is already built around manned-unmanned teaming and distributed sensor networks.
👉Add to that AI-assisted battle management as a likely design premise from day one in the in-service Chinese fighters.
👉At the moment, there is a race against time to induct Tejas Mk2 - the philosophy appears to be induct first, upgrade later. This means that the first in service fighters may not host a spate of new technologies still under development in India. A key question - will avionics and weapons integration on the Tejas Mk-2 be playing catch-up for years after induction?
👉Production and supply-chains: China has ALREADY inducted 300 odd J-20s per some reports and is well on the way in trials of 6th-gen types. Mk2's approved order is around 120 aircraft and the program will remain dependent on U.S-sourced GE F414 engines — unless there is a genuine transfer of technology in engine hot section tech that results in a critical mass in engine manufacturing capabilities in-house. China doesn't have to deal with this. They have achieved engine maturity.
👉In simple terms, Tejas Mk1A and Mk2 cannot be considered a J-20 counter and yet that is PRECISELY the nature of the threat that we face. Pakistan is moving to Chinese stealth platforms as well. In the mid-2030s, we will still have a more than 250 Su-30 MKIs in service - massively upgradeable with significant airframe life remaining in addition to Rafale jets which are being procured and represent the best of what you have.
👉As mentioned - repeatedly - in several of our podcasts - India needs to move to AMCA quickly - and consider the argument that AMCA too may be dated by the time it enters squadron service since China will already have inducted its 6th generation platforms.
👉Does that mean India WILL give up on Tejas and AMCA - No - both projects are too far down the road contractually and otherwise to be scrapped in my opinion. The purpose of this thread is to ask a basic question - does this acquisition make sense given the nature of the threats that we see.
👉Ending this here - will address the `why do we need Rafale if we have Tejas Mk 2' thread when I get around to it.

[Rolex @Rolex_Xmen]

@daddyji01 The view.

[Rolex @Rolex_Xmen]

@daddyji01 Looks good

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Thank you President Lee Jae-myung for your kind wishes. Such thoughtful messages from friends are always cherished.

@Jaemyung_Lee

[Rolex @Rolex_Xmen]

@kaskaide1 Not even one Pakistani standing there. But yes it's developed by Pakistan. 😂
Screwdrivergiri 🪛 jindabad.

[Rolex @Rolex_Xmen]

@AinSophAur1313 @RamSingh_I @2ETEKA They are f****** paki.

[THE EATER OF SUNS 🪐🌑🌕☀️🌠🔆 @spongubobuuuu]

@The_based_man @Skanda_Warrior To save the women, children and animals from the white men

It is the Hindu man's duty to protect the weak from evil

The world belongs to the Hindu man, your made up borders are not going to stop the Hindu man

[Rolex @Rolex_Xmen]

The Type-054B looks beautiful, but for me, My top two favorites will always be the Indian 🇮🇳INS Nilgiri and the 🇯🇵 Japanese Mogami class.

Engineering masterpieces.

[Feiferiz @MightyWar3]

Jujur, desain kapal frigate Type-054B itu cantik. Dari pada Type-052/Type-055, gw lebih suka yang ini..

Memang, Type-054B (Jiangkai III) ini bisa dibilang "improved" version dari Type-054A (Jiangkai II), yang fokus utamanya peningkatan signifikan pada aspek stealth, ukuran, sensor, dan kemampuan multiperan sebagai frigate. Untuk aspek desain, Type-054B ini udah dengan lambung streamlined dengan forecastle yang lebih halus dan mirip-miripnya kaya Type-055.

Bisa juga di awal video dilihat sudah closed anchor deck (dek jangkar tertutup), fitur yang jarang ada di kapal Cina sebelumnya. Integrated mast juga di bagian depan dengan radar AESA dual-face yang berputar, mirip bungkus pepes tahu. 😅

RCS-nya sih diklaim turun lebih dari 60% dibanding Type-054A. Ya bisa dibilang Type-054B aka Jiangkai III ini menggunakan desain stealth modern yang cukup dipengaruhi sama Type-055, mungkin.

[Rolex @Rolex_Xmen]

@Vikas662005 😅

[Rolex @Rolex_Xmen]

@NAV_DHILLON05 @sidhant

[Rolex @Rolex_Xmen]

@rogueregimentt

[Rolex @Rolex_Xmen]

@AmrataJoshi What ?

[Rolex @Rolex_Xmen]

@San_chickenwing @tempodotco We lost to Pakistan nice joke. 🤣

[Rolex @Rolex_Xmen]

THE GOAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#messi

[Rolex @Rolex_Xmen]

THE GOAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#messi

[Rolex @Rolex_Xmen]

from Sindh, "India". 😌

[Sidhant Sibal @sidhant]

I member of Indian diaspora speaks at Jakarta Indian diaspora event in presence of PM Modi, Indonesia President.

Says, "my forefathers came from Sindh, India"

[Rolex @Rolex_Xmen]

@rogueregimentt

[Rolex @Rolex_Xmen]

@rogueregimentt त्रुटिहीन.

[Rolex @Rolex_Xmen]

@rogueregimentt 😈

[Rolex @Rolex_Xmen]

@rogueregimentt Yadav on top. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Rolex @Rolex_Xmen]

BREAKING: Indonesia is buying India's powerhouse missiles! 🚀🇮🇳🇮🇩

🔹 BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles 💥
🔹 Astra long-range air-to-air missiles 🎯

A historic $630M strategic pact signed today in Jakarta.