Sudhir Pillai
@sudhirpillai__
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Indian Navy (Retd)| former Flag Officer Naval Aviation, CoS ANC, CI (Navy) DSSC Wellington
Bangalore
Joined June 2009
RT @arunp2810: If true, this is most alarming & contrary to what we were told. Does it mean that our guided weapons were dependent for nav….
wionews.com
India’s depleted and near-defunct fleet of NAVIC satellites requires urgent replacement since they serve India’s strategic forces and play a major role in augmenting warfighting capabilities. The...
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RT @dhume: As a goods exporter, India is roughly in the same weight class as Russia and Spain. You could view this as a disappointment cons….
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RT @iamthedrifter: So now army delves in foreign currency. What is left?
bloomberg.com
A group of private foreign exchange companies in Pakistan met with the head of an intelligence department this week to discuss the local rupee’s slump.
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As I understand it, the #F35, after its brief sojourn in God’s Own Country, has now flown onward to Darwin, likely to have embarked aboard the carrier. Some media reports suggest a UK return, but for navies, the mission lies at sea, not ashore. In that spirit, it’s not the.
After drills in the Mediterranean and an important stop in Singapore, the UK Carrier Strike Group, led by HMS Prince of Wales, has arrived in Australia for its next major port call. 🇬🇧 ⚓🇦🇺
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As this article by @manupubby and many other eulogies get written for the #mig21 let us in tribute to this legendary aircraft also do some soul searching. As the @iafmcc finally retires the MiG-21 in September 2025, after 62 years in service, we must ask: why did it stay so.
EXACTLY two thirds of the IAF’s 93-year history is tied to the MiG-21. It has touched the career of nearly every Indian fighter pilot alive today, in some form or another. An incredible chapter closes in two months. .
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India signing a $3.5B deal for 31 MQ-9B drones gets framed as deepening “strategic ties.” Let’s be clear: this isn’t strategic generosity. It’s business. I once remarked during a diplomatic pitch at @TakshashilaInst : this so-called “defence cooperation” is just Direct.
I used to work on arms sales to India quite a bit in the US government and I just don’t think this is how US officials think about defense sales, which they view as just one element in a strategic partnership. Whether Indian officials shared that view is another matter.
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Breather in nick of time for #NimishaPriya as execution in Yemen is postponed reads this @IndianExpress article. Us Indians once did Yemen a favour when we handed over some Yemenis caught with a bunch of Somali #pirates to Yemen in Aden in 2008/9. This.
indianexpress.com
Nimisha Priya execution postponed: Govt sources say Centre had made concerted efforts in recent days to seek more time for the family to reach a mutually agreeable solution with the other party.
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RT @pstAsiatech: Two Chinese satellites may have docked in geostationary orbit for a historic refuelling mission, an autonomous satellite s….
scmp.com
Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 ‘appeared visually merged in optical sensor data’, space tracking firm says, a feat US seeks to match by 2026.
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Even experts like Capt Steeve, whom the media rushed to quote, seem to be jumping the gun (again) by highlighting the presence of an aviation psychologist in the #AI171 AAIB probe as if it’s a gotcha. But ICAO Annex 13, India’s 2017 Aircraft Investigation Rules, and global norms.
Last AI crash, even before the CVFDR was decoded, both pilots (dead) were put in the dock by none other than the prima donna of DGCA — Mr. Arun Kumar, the DG himself.👇🏾. Air India Express Flight IX-1344 Crash: A Wake-Up Call to Reform DGCA via @realkaypius.
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RT @realkaypius: Last AI crash, even before the CVFDR was decoded, both pilots (dead) were put in the dock by none other than the prima don….
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In a terrible tragedy, Air India Express Flight IX-1344 from Dubai to Calicut experienced a runway excursion and crashed after landing at about 1941h IST on 7 Aug 2020. As per official reports, 18 …
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RT @JPLindsley: 🎾From one of the greatest upsets at Wimbledon … to the trenches of Ukraine. Sergiy Stakhovsky beat Roger Federer in 2013.….
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Haven’t we learnt from the #HDW debacle? MDL’s sub-building ecosystem was left to die once. It’s been rebuilt at great cost with #Scorpene. With the line now complete and the final submarine (Vaghsheer) undergoing sea trials, further delay risks idling this ecosystem, forcing.
As the deal for India's three new Scorpene submarines gets delayed, @sneheshphilip explains the project & the nuances of how these are meant to be bigger, deadlier and different from the previous six. Watch ThePrint #DefenceScope .
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Claiming “Navy-managed shipyards” are a “monopoly” misses the real story. @indiannavy has, in fact, been a champion of indigenisation and industrial diversification. It worked hard to induct private yards like L&T, and even supported CSL’s rise from a commercial to military.
@ThePrintIndia @sudhirpillai__ Talking about monopoly, there is another monopoly. Shipyards under Navy's management. Never delivered on time or within budget. And more expensive than imports!.
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RT @ThePrintIndia: 'India’s AMCA is a chance to break HAL’s monopoly and finally build an aerospace ecosystem'. Sudhir Pillai @sudhirpillai….
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India has paid a steep price for HAL’s unchecked dominance, evident in the MiG-era overhauls, the decades-long Tejas saga, and the troubled ALH programme.
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RT @RealAirPower1: That don't call it a supercarrier for nothing. USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), ladies and gentlemen.
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