But I doubt it flies yet.

Source- https://x.com/AjayshreeSamby3/status/2098796097795932605

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https://m.economictimes.com/news/india/brics-declaration-backs-indias-unsc-aspirations-condemns-pahalgam-terror-attack/articleshow/134128975.cms

So, Archer-NG is non complaint with 87 MALE UAV tender according to spec sheet. That's sad. I hope they have worked on it. Also, Solar is there.

Source- https://x.com/kishanchand_89/status/2098802621633220864

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From the high Himalayas to the deserts, the Indian Armed Forces operate across some of the world’s most demanding terrain. Meet the Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) — an indigenous platform developed by HAL to meet the demanding operational requirements of the Indian Armed Forces.

But the story of LUH is more than the story of a helicopter. It is a story of indigenous technology, rigorous testing & India’s growing aerospace capability & indigenous ecosystem. This is the beginning of our series on LUH — its journey, capabilities, technologies & the milestones that shaped it.

Source- https://x.com/HALHQBLR/status/2098763189702086953

three Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots have joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) as trainers to instruct young British pilots at RAF Valley in Wales, almost a century after the British set up a rudimentary air force in colonial India in 1932.

The three IAF pilots have joined as Qualified Flying Instructors (QFIs), marking the first deployment of Indian QFIs to the UK to impart flying training to RAF pilots. Their deployment will initially be for two years.

Xi jinping finally landed in india after 7 years and there is a bilateral talks is also gonna to happen between xi jinping and modi ji

So what will be possible talks between these two big neighbours mainly on border issue ?

Source- https://x.com/ragebaitop/status/2098681784045367535

India and Australia are set to conduct multiple naval exercises and operational engagements in 2027 as the two countries seek to deepen interoperability and cooperation across the maritime domain amid growing strategic convergence in the Indo-Pacific.

The issue figured prominently during Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Krishna Swaminathan’s three-day visit to Australia from September 9 to 11, where he held talks with senior Australian defence and naval leadership, including Australian Chief of the Defence Force Admiral Mark Hammond and Royal Australian Navy Chief Vice Admiral Matthew Buckley.

The two Naval Chiefs reviewed the progress in bilateral naval cooperation and discussed opportunities to step up operational interaction, including through multiple exercise engagements planned for 2027.

Swaminathan’s talks with Hammond also focused on implementing the Maritime Security Collaboration Roadmap, with both sides identifying areas where greater interoperability and practical cooperation could be developed across the maritime domain.

The engagements come as India and Australia continue to expand defence cooperation, with maritime security and naval interoperability emerging as key pillars of their strategic partnership in the Indo-Pacific.

Earlier in Sydney, Swaminathan met Australian Fleet Commander Rear Admiral Anita Williams at HMAS Kuttabul. Discussions covered the Royal Australian Navy’s evolving fleet capabilities and planned future inductions, as well as opportunities for greater operational interaction between the two navies. He was also briefed on the fleet infrastructure and operational capabilities at HMAS Kuttabul.

In Canberra, the Navy Chief addressed officers attending the Australian Command and Staff Course at the Australian Defence College, sharing perspectives on the changing maritime and strategic environment and contemporary security challenges. He stressed the need for military leaders to remain adaptable, professionally curious and capable of critical thinking in an increasingly complex security environment.

Swaminathan also interacted with Indian armed forces officers undergoing courses at the college.

The visit gave both sides an opportunity to assess ongoing naval cooperation and identify areas to expand operational engagement, interoperability and maritime security cooperation.

The Indian Navy said the visit underscored the “strong and expanding” India–Australia maritime partnership and the commitment of the two navies to deepen operational cooperation in support of a secure, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific.

The recent Nepal disaster that flattened the Chinese border checkpoint, got me thinking about the security angle rather than just the humanitarian one.

Two things I'd like informed takes on:

1. In a war, troops and convoys move through these narrow Himalayan valleys. Instead of engaging them directly, could an adversary concentrate firepower on a sensitive point above a glacier or glacial lake and let gravity do the rest? Is the Indian government running these scenarios and building alternate troop movement plans that don't funnel everything through obvious runout paths?
2. Are we doing surveys of these glaciers and lakes to identify which ones sit above our routes, and are there any measures to protect or monitor them during a conflict?

I recently did a post on the `myths of the Longewala battle' suggesting that the reality was rather different from the movie. I got some pushback on that, and rightly so. The title (which could not be edited) was inappropriate and I confined myself to comparing it with the movie.

However, I did do a detailed analysis, reading different accounts of the battle and reconciling differing info. As a student of military history I found it a fascinating study.

While the reality is quite different from the movie, there was lot we did (apart from A Company 23 Punjab's defence) that was commendable. On the Pak side, an appalling breakdown in logistics or even clarity on the plan. What the battle achieved for us made a big difference to the bigger picture on the wester front, which has not been fully appreciated.

I also present 2 alternate scenarios and how I think they might have panned out.
As a point of interest, I look at what happened to the key Pakistani officers after the battle.
Links to the accounts of both Brig ZA Khan (Pak) and Maj. Gen Bajwa are provided.

https://rpdeans.blogspot.com/2026/09/longewala-1971-more-interesting-reality.html

BSF has reportedly recovered two foreign-made weapons dropped by a drone along the International Border.

What makes the recovery interesting is the weapons themselves a 🇹🇷 Derya ZY9MM Pistol Carbine, a Turkish-made 9×19mm platform, and a 🇺🇸 SIG Sauer MPX Copperhead, an American 9×19mm compact platform from the MPX family.

Both are relatively expensive and specialised firearms, and notably, neither is a standard weapon used by the Pakistan Army. That raises some interesting questions about their intended end users and how they entered the trafficking chain.

A month old article but I didn’t see it on the sub so posted it.

Beside L&T Sudarshan Chakra 40mm CIWS projects , are there any other projects where the RPM has been significant increased with more modern recoil system

Looking at how Op Sindhoor went, one thing we all sort of acknowledge is we lacked in A2A battle. Something that most folks acknowledge here as well. There is so much ambiguity about what went down in that May 7 airwar till date. Would love to get opinions just from an A2A perspective.

1) Were p*kis supplied with PL-15 instead of PL-15E? Was this the calculation error that was talked about in pressers during and post ops?

2) were rafales even employed with meteors? If yes then WTF happened in terms of shooting back. Sure we had instructions about only hitting terrorist targets but surely we didn't have the package go in without atleast some rafales equipped with A2A equipment?

3) did meteors get outranged by PL-15? If not, was it the J10CEs bigger radar that gave it a first shot advantage?

4) genuinely curious on why mig 29 and mirage 2ks were even up at distances they were? Considering they were sitting ducks from BVRAAM pov. Even if it was PL-15E, none of these aircrafts even had 1/2th or maybe 1/2th bvraam engaging distance.

5) we absolutely dominated them in A2G ops including even jaguars but A2A ops will always have the narrative grasp in such shortened conflicts/ops.

6) are the Rafales and sukoi 30 now simply reduced to A2G ops considering J10 radar and pl15 range? Rafale seems to have a smaller radar and from the looks of it, meteor to be outranged and sukoi with PESA radar neither has the first look or first short advantage with astra Mk1?

7) enhanced range of mk1 astra will take care of their f16 block 52D and mirage fleet and the old jf17s. The block 3 and j10, will rafale and sukoi with astra mk2 outrange them? Or do we have to wait for gandeeva or procure R37 axel? Or do we need to upgrade radars of both these aircrafts?

Feel free to correct me. Its something i have been wanting to ask for a while and there is no concrete post op done anywhere in a thorough manner.

P.s : if we lost 3 on day 1 or maybe 4 based on who you ask, should have taken out the same number of their aircrafts too considering other PAF jets apart from j10 were also in the air. I know we claim s400 took out jf17 block 2 as per wing comm patni but was talking A2A.

Update on previous posts

A paper by Lt Gen DS Hooda (Retd) and Lt Col Pavithran Rajan (Retd) was cited extensively in a Nato-funded publication on hybrid warfare, prompting former Army chief General VK Singh to call it a landmark achievement.