The Big Picture - Need to Modernise Indian Air Force

[@scorhigh7752]

Need to Modernise Indian Air Force What is the need? 1. A derivative of threat perception and the kind of future wars India is going to fight. 2. Two front war faces India- Pakistan, and China. Earlier India had 3:1 ratio in terms of aircraft with Pakistan. 3. Netcentric warfare. 4.Aerospace kind of IAF which can take care of space assets or build in air space assets into the war domain. 5. Force multipliers- air to air refuellers, AWACS, Logistics, Communication networks. 6. Protect vast air space. 7. 42 squadron strength of fighter aircraft is sanctioned which translates to around, 900 aircraft. By 2030, MiG-21s, 27s, upgraded versions of jaguars only 500 aircraft would be left if India does not induct speedily. The rate of induction is slower than the rate of retirement. Achievements: 1. Off logistics- Air force has implemented - Integrated materials management system 2. Integrated Command and control system 3. Air refueling- being taken care of. 4. AWACS- used during Balakot 5. Strategic Missile system- Agni 1 to 5, Prithvi 6. Tiered and layered defense- LRSAMS, (Akash)MRSAMS 7. Brahmos, Chinook, Apache, Rafale 8. Infrastructure- Modernisation Air Field Infrastructure (MAFI)- Air Fields have been upgraded to all-weather, 24*7 flying capability, all network-centric capabilities available in those airfields. 9. issues of financial nature are being addressed- new DPP has been equated- a DPSO and a private sector at the same footing. 10. IDDM (Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured) 11. Strategic Partnership Policy Procuring Process: 1. India seems to have an omnibus criterion. 2. eg: 114 aircraft single engine was needed but when the requirement was contested India went for twin-engine. 3. G2G to cut down the process by 4-5 years. 4. eg: Su-30 manufacturing is 1.8 times costlier than if we want to buy directly from Russia. Work done till now: For the past 19 years, the first proposal was to have Mirage 2000s aircraft which was not approved. MMRCA project was started and then it fell down. Challenge: 1. Its 3 phased- the life span of aircraft, technology development roadmap, industry production eg: AVRO was supposed to be retired decades back. The airforce came out with an AVRO replacement program. But the program ran in steep and there is no reason why the aircraft is not being allowed to be manufactured in India. Technology development roadmap not with India as public sector enterprises have never tried to collaborate with the Private industry. Private Players are seen as providing low-end technology and computation. Industry production is the real challenge- access to talent and technology, large gestation period for return on investment, enabling ecosystem. 2. India needs an indigenous inventory. 3. Tejas production is very slow, it is 12 aircraft per year. 4. India does not have the finance and quality standards required at the current time. 5. Order Inflow is a challenge. HAL Kanpur has a large manufacturing base but still no orders. 8. CAPEX is an issue. Reforms to be made: 1. Kind of aircraft- Tiered- Lightweight, higher role aircraft. 2. India needs foreign tie-up to come and manufacture. HAL tie-up with a foreign manufacturer. eg: G2G-> C-17 from Boeing and C-130 from Lockheed both came within a few years and were inducted. Foreign Company can set up a plant in India. 3. A multiplicity of several engines is the need of the hour. 4. India needs 3 production line at the moment to keep up the pace. 5. Large and intensive capital expenditure in aircraft manufacturing. 6. A collaborative effort from the government, public sector enterprise, and the industry. Broad-based the industry with private sector participation. The industry should be allowed to take the existing facilities on lease- develop skill talent, existing technology within and the government has given such authorizations already. 7. IAF should be allowed to choose the aircraft it wants in its inventory. 8. Self-reliant 9. Align our strategic policy to create Tier-1. eg: Japan: they have distributed the jobs among big players with mandatory regulations. 10. National Aeronautics Commission should be formed. Conclusion: Arihant Submarine- the hull was made by a private company; Brahmos- casing is made by Indian private company. Pick up the pace and bring a strategic culture. Trust private industry. Ministry of Defence has been forward-looking in 4-5 years.

[@PIsmailkhan]

@SCOR HIGH SIR THANK YOU VERY MUCH SIR FOR MAKING THE TOPIC SO EASIER DO CONTINUE THE SAME ANALYSIS FOR REST OF THE TOPICS AS WELL

[@Ashutosh_Singh_Bais]

Brother ,nice efforts to written articulation. Regarding talent,there in no lack of talent only need covert people crowd to human resource by proper training, nurturing.

[@kandakatlaraviteja4579]

Thank you so much sir.......

[@gangaganga9837]

Thanku bro

[@utkalgaming8465]

You are awsome thank you

[@shashipakala1167]

Can't imagine Arnab letting these panelists to talk for 5 minutes without interrupting and screaming like Sunny Deol. Rajya Sabha TV has a new fan in me for picking good relevant current topics without over dramatic politicising. Keep going Frank!!

[@shashiketan]

*93: MODERNIZATION IAF* Need of Modernization Indian Air Force: - Derivation of threat perception & future wars - Doctrine - two front war policy - Aerospace kind of space assets. - Offensive capabilities & Airdefense. - Force multiplier - air to air refuelers - Protect the vast airspace. Concern: - MIG21: flying coffin - accident-prone of all IAF fighter jets - Sanctioned 42 squadron strength - 900 fighter aircraft but around 500 existing capabilities. - Induction rate slower than retiring. - IN 1980's: 3:1 superiority with Pakistan in terms of Aircraft. - Tejas moving slow: 120 aircrafts in 10yrs - by the time technology changes. - Indigenous costing higher: Su30 indigenous is 1.8 times than buying from outside. Challenges: - Lack of collaboration between PSUs & private. - Manufacture Challenges: Access to technology & tariff, long gestation period for ROI , Enabling ecosystem. - Capital expenditure limited. Air Force Modernisation plan: - Integrated material man made online system : function responsible for the coordination of planning, sourcing, purchasing, moving, storing and controlling materials in an optimum manner so as to provide a pre-decided service to the customer at a minimum costs. - Integrated air command control system : automated air-defence command-and-control (C2) centre designed for controlling and monitoring Indian Air Force (IAF) operations throughout the country. - Air refuelling Capabilities - Missile Capabilities - Agni I to V - Tiered & layered defense. - Strategic forces command. - LRSAM - Akash, MRSAM, Brahmos - indigenous - Apache new attack helicopters. - Induction of Rafale fighter planes. - GST-7A satellite: integrate the satellite with the IACCS through the Air Force Network - AWACS - used during balakot: Airborne Early Warning and Control System - Modernization of air field infra (MAFI) - 30 air field - all weather 24*7 flying capabilities. Way Forward: - Update inventory on new fighter jets. - G2G procurement: saves 4-5 yrs. - Allow Foreign companies to invest. - Technology Development roadmap. - Increase industry Manufacturing Capabilities. - National Aeronautic commission to oversee. - Private Industries should be allowed to lease some facilities of PSUs. For becoming economic and military superpower India needs to procure high-end, high-tech items in short term & focus on Indigenous industries in defense capabilities.

[@abhishekrai2723]

Hey bro will u be uploading summary on India France policy?

[@shashiketan]

@@abhishekrai2723 kzbin.info/aero/PL-rM03tX19ZDt7ZzLlmoze41ev9CUhUkq My comment is there but you may have to find it. It's buried deep down. Others who have posted it earlier have more visibility & are good. You can refer that as well.

[@IndiaTides]

We seriously need to focus on cyber and airforce. We are failing at both front.

[@SS-hw1ou]

That's why vice president visited Lithuania and focused on Baltic countries. Lithuania is good in lasers, Estonia is good in cyber warfare.

[@ghc2009]

Saurav Sen study iq student spotted

[@ashishranjan474]

@@ghc2009 fan of prashant dhawan sir

[@abilliondreams8046]

@@ashishranjan474 same 😊👌

[@globalhistorica653]

Ratan srivastava a new flavour to the Defense discussion on RSTV

[@athiranair5319]

supb awesome discussion..... all of them have provided valid points and cleared everything ....in short , let IAF decide what type of air craft they required and second, its high time to produce more nd more air crafts in India.....we should reduce depending on other countries for air craft,we should ourselves build that.....

[@SS-hw1ou]

But we don't have facilities to be precise metallurgy expertise.

[@balajipurushottam5040]

For defence debates, Abhijeet Iyer Mitra is must have ,

[@jyotiasnani7663]

wonderful debate all the best keep on continuing efforts Modi sir is going to do definitely something about it I am sure

[@saf210zla]

Modi is just a puppet of corporate lust, he will give you Rafael and Reliance cartel to make money.

[@doom2000000]

Russian technology is third grade but cheap. Therefore India bought russian arms for decades as it did not have money to invest in better technology. While chiense technology is copied and hence serves as an expensive paper weight. India is way ahead of china and russia and equal to best in the world in areas of propulsion, aerodynamics, aveonics, navigation, control, seeker tech, missiles, materials, building autonomus systems, electronic warfare systems, radars, writting cutting edge algorithums, simulation, atrificial intelligence etc. Remember sucess of our mars orbiter mangalyaan mission was heavily dependent on having really advanced simulation technoligies. The entire journey from earth to mars wss validated inside computers. Mangalyaan space craft had a cutting edge artificial intelligence. It executed all of its functions and corrected any errors by itself without any human intervention. Recently a week ago there was a huge mishap in russoan rocket facility causing massive radiation leak. There have been many such incidents in the past. Curtesy of soviet era technology. When was the last time u saw isro rocket exploding or getting out of control. My guess is russia was testing one of its hypersonic weapons. Russia cannot build an export quality car and cant claim to do so as its verifiable. But russians can claim to make hypersonic weapons because no one can verify it. While India has a hypersonic surface to surface missile that travels 7 times the speed of sound in its aresanal. Both chiense and russians are cut from the same cloth. Technologically India is now a member of elitest group of technologically most advanced countries. India produces cutting edge space products with highest level of technology at cheapest possible price. Such level of precision and prefection is not seen in our western counterparts. All of this has been achieved with all sanctions put on us by western countires led by americans. But India doesnt brag about its capabilities. Drdo has mastered 4plus gen tech with tejas. We are only lacking in engine tech and most importantly lack of private participation in building defense system. Private companies wont come in until govt tells them whats in it for them. They only understand the language of profits and margins.

[@geographybynirmalendu8444]

Sir please give one hours lecture separately on KZbin so DT we Indian got in-depth knowledge

[@akshatthakur8487]

The only solution for modernisation of IAF is indigenous inventory like HAL Tejas and Brahmos

[@SS-hw1ou]

Apache should have been given to army aviation corps.

[@Scooby-Doo24]

HAL is forcing avro aircraft upgrade - and blocking 56 make in India aircraft.

[@sreeharsha1828]

22:34 Ratan shrivastava said " what stops HAL assembly lines to be modified to manufacture the LCA" and then realized his mistake and changed tack. If LCA can indeed be fast tracked IAF would have to actually buy them.

[@cruelworld3407]

Srivastava was relentless...😅😅

[@retambharasingh2695]

thank you rstv..and its all team

[@farhanhussain3636]

Indian AF is professional AF but difference between 2 arch rivals is pilot training. PAF pilots have highest fly to kill ratio in world.

[@YTworld-69]

Lol

[@uddiptakakati7323]

IAF pilots fly 200+ hours per year. That's one of the highest in the world .

[@upsccseaspirants6718]

Thank you so much wholeheartedly😊😊✌️👍

[@abba3629]

Make an indigenous Jet Engine... Or Collaborate with GE, Rolls Royce, Pratt and Whitney..

[@sanjeetkumar6881]

the whole defence needs modernization it is running more on manual work rather than technology

Also we need to modernise land force our army need small small upgradation rifels,army uniforme, our army still wear patka not bullet proof helmet. our soliders lack of body building, i watch video when they fire artellery they put ammunation old style left right left right saluting style. our FAV's look old.

[@TheAshutosh58]

If there's a fund crunch all Indians are ready to donate. That should at least embarrass these babus of HAL and secretariats.

[@amolbachhav367]

Why to donate ? Stop the funding of building statues. Security of nation comes first.

[@TheAshutosh58]

@@amolbachhav367 idea of nation comes first. The order is as such Idea of nation Establishment of nation Security of nation The last two can have a different order depending upon the people. But the idea of nation is the most important reason for a nation. So statues will be made, more and more and security will be enhanced more and more. Nation will prosper more and more. Bharat is not a country its an emotion in every individual in the world. Whole world is Bharat in its core.

[@thebeath89]

The background music while someone is speaking is annoying

[@Ashutosh_Singh_Bais]

Wether it's Private industry or public what we lack is innovation,Domain of whole indian industry stamped as hub of cheap labour scaling unit. Do we have any product which we can this is most advance and innovative indigineous product in world right now in any field. Our private industry act as milking cow to create asset for their promoter and Public sector as comfortable zone for employee. Who is main culprit it ? It is us ,we choose who form gov., Gov. Action and policy mirror of society what it want . Our current education sys. Only can create clerks,we don't care about talent.if you have money and politics then you are God.

[@sentinel9293]

Like it or lump it India has no option but to have it's own platform like Tejas and Netra. Cyber and Space is completely new domain 🙏

[@indidaily1773]

Tejas project seems to have stalled significantly.

[@bobminion3438]

HAL was unable to pay its employees and we are talking of indigenization and modernization of IAF.

[@jaishreeram2480]

Kash yeh show Hindi me hota

[@aashish1703]

We should be producing at least 36 tejas aircrafts per year. Instead we are making just 8/yr.

[@musicskp]

Brilliant discussuon

[@abilliondreams8046]

Govt. should Allow private sector 🙄

[@niteshgoswami6438]

As far as Indian air defence is concerned,India is still using outdated technology. We often hear about acciendent of our air craft. There is a dire need of modernisation in this area. there must be advancement in our defence sector.

[@roadtofitness4208]

Amazing shaow

[@AnujKumar-pu4eo]

Govt. to Govt. deal, I think is best option.

[@abba3629]

India needs Separate network of Roadways, Tunnels and Railroads infrastructure throughout the Nation for Mobile Launchers.

[@aloks81]

This is Batshit scary .....wat a mess we r in right now. Wat the fuck did Congress do to the nation in last 2 decades is unforgivable

[@TigerTheHunter]

Heheh modernization of IAF while Indian economy already falling down ? now India realized after 2 jets shot down by Pak in 37/02/19 ... it’s too late WHERE IS SO-CALLED India jet TEJAS ?

[@jatinladda186]

Yaldrum SSG only 1 aircraft was shot down

[@jayshelke5096]

♨️😅.....Thanks RS TV.......Jay Maharashtra.....😅♨️

[@Rahulpriye]

for the first time, someone has requested government or lagislture to invite private companies to defence manufacturing sector

[@abba3629]

New Delhi needs Nuclear Blast proof Underground Command Structure to Protect its Leadership. Just a Suggestion from USA 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@avghanekar123]

लाख बात की एक बात , जब तक जेट इंजीन नही बनाओगे तब तक चुतीये ही रहोगे। the fact is that we neither have money nor talent to manufacture powerful fighter engine and radar.

[@Kudupa]

So, India is basically useless at making a streamlined procurement procedures and also bad at encouraging private players to make in India. So, basically Indian administration is clueless on how to handle Indian security.

[@amolbachhav367]

India wasting money on bullet train and statues but not on security.

[@Tintin-gv9ir]

about 240 gripped and 36 rafael required right now - then we can focus on tejas 2 and 5th generation and other items