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sunilUpa wrote:A question,

Despite the density of Indian Railways, don't the missiles need to go to pre-surveyed and prepared firing points for launch?

How dense is it in the Northeast??

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Let's not do foolish comparisons to Russia or Tibet... we all know India is much more densely populated and as an open society, much more susceptible to HUMINT flows to the enemy. Let's also be sensible and realize that missiles with enough range to hit the populated parts of China will be in the No...

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You ask 'I wonder who the ENglish language biased media work for'.

No need to wonder. India is a very corrupt country. And the Middle East has lots of oil money. Put two and two together.

The enemies of India have bought all English language media. Period.

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DMRC passenger traffic will vastly increase once the Phase 2 is done. The reason is not just the extra route length, but the connectivity between crucial and/or untapped areas. Currently, the traffic is ~900,000 passengers/day, or about 330M pax/year. I would not be surprised if this increases 3-5x...

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Expanding on this and doing a bit of research, Toronto has a total of 700 coaches, while Delhi has 280 now. Within a year, Delhi will add 600 coaches, for a total of 880. So Toronto's 70 km will be served by 700 coaches, while Delhi's 190km will have 880. Each Delhi coach can carry approx 400 passen...

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Subways are Infrastructure, so I guess I can ask this question here. I love Delhi Metro, except I was shocked on their website.. they say trains arrive every 8 mins peak, every 12 mins non-peak. Why so infrequent? In Toronto, every 5-6 mns off-peak, and peak is every 130 secs. And even that is cons...

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Do you think culture may be a factor in terms of shortages of certain skilled workers? Some have commented that India's educated classes tend to all want their kids to be doctors, IT-Vity, etc etc .. and show a certan disdain for technicians and certain occupations which are skilled, but somewhat 'b...

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Subways are Infrastructure, so I guess I can ask this question here. I love Delhi Metro, except I was shocked on their website.. they say trains arrive every 8 mins peak, every 12 mins non-peak. Why so infrequent? In Toronto, every 5-6 mns off-peak, and peak is every 130 secs. And even that is consi...

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Oh Ahshish, because of my political orientation (fiercely anti-secular and anti-Commie). I EXPECT Bengal govt to be traitorous cretins bowing to Communist China and Islamists, vicously harmful of Indian interests. I expect Bengal to do things like that. It only makes sense that that Commie hell-hole...

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I am a big fan of Modi and Gujurat, BUT there are some things they do there that irritate me. Sometimes the 'money at all costs' philosophy rankles. I am not sure that we should be cheering AMW so lustily. Did I read correctly that it has a 'Chinese cabin'? Another Gujurati firm has ambitious plans ...

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Women Combat Aviators of the Patriotic War Author: Linda DeLaine Publication: Website Date: Thursday, March 15, 2007 Summary: Told that the Rodina was not in so bad a shape that she needed girls to protect her, these future heroes were sent home to their mothers. Soon, they were called back and bec...

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Women in combat positions in the military is all a bunch of PC bull(^(^. NO GOOD ever comes of it... excluding desperate situations like Russia in WW2 where everyone has to fight to preserve the nation in imminent peril. But for USA and India? Bunch of baloney. All it does is create problems. Distra...

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Apologies for repeating something that probably has been mentionned many times before.. bt Mumbai Sea Link SHOULD have been constructed with provisions for rail/metro line running down the center .. rather than just vehickle traffic.

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Metro vs bus debate: the city of Paris was built in such a way that no place within the city limits was more than 15 minute walk from a Metro station. For Delhi city proper, such a goal is achievable. Paris metro = 220 km of lines. DElhi aims by 2010 to have 190 km.... with future rapid expansion al...

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Next stop: exporting coal to Newcastle !!

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Very true Indians are very indisciplined.. put up as many signs as you want, but they'll cross the 200 km/hr tracks. Even in more disciplined European nations, France fences off their tracks (mor for cattle than people tho). Lotsa money involved, land for the tracks, fences thru-out, underpasses and...

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Ashish, you are wrong .. it is a great thing to paint all of Australia as a racist h& hole, because of course they do the same to India when one missionary is killed in India. Tit for tat, no turning of the cheek, please. I have another slant on this though. I do think INDIA deserves this to som...

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Sorry to detraact a bit from GPS dialogue, but I wanted to ask some opinions about our possibly catching up to Chin-Jap capabilities in large rockets: INDIA says GSLV Mk 3 will be ready in 2010-2011; it will be fully indigeneous and lauch 4 tons. CHINA and JAPAN currently have maximum launch capabil...

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I wonder .. since 7 IRNSS birds will cover the subcontinet.. if more can be sequentially added to expand the territory. Ie if seven are up by 2012, and then we decide we need to add MidEast coverage plus a big chunk of China, if we throw up another 3-5 birds to expand...??

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. If you look at the RISAT2 purchase objectively, the situation is similar in nature to the IAF going for the MRCA tender because LCA is delayed. Obviously this analogy is a stretch: but if this had been the DRDO, you can be sure that it would have gotten a lot of flak. . It's a stretch from the pe...

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I'll tell you, the only real big disappointment with ISRO's programme so far has been the untimely failure of the ISRO-EADS bird, W2M. I had been having a discussion with a Chinese acquainitance and had boasted that Chinese were only capable of building low-tech low quality junk satellites for rat-h...

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Rsharma, Yes, we know they dont like the idea of dedicated bombers.. but why dpont they like the idea? Part of the reason is costs and logistics involved in having an entire line which can only do one thing (not multirole). The whole argument / thesis we are making is that Su 32/34 MAY not have the ...

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MCA is a pipe dream as of now. While it is true that SU34 would replace Jaguar more so than Mig 27 ... realistically none of out incoming craft, whether LCA, MRCA, or otherwise.. would take over the precise role of Mig27. That being said, many wonder whether the Mig27 role is relevant at all in a ve...

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BUT is it not true that SU 32/34 has more in common with SU30MKI than does Mig 27 and Jaguar? And is it not true that at some point we will be replacing the Mig 27 and Jaguar with something better? I certainly wouldnt be comfortabe fighting a war in say 2015 with planes designed and built form the 8...

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When I said 'bloated inventory'... i basically said it wrong.. i wanted to get across 'too many types of aircraft'.

The too many types of combat aircracft have been repeatedly mentionned as a problem.. by many people.

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IMHO, one of the reasons IAF stays away from dedicated bombers is cost and the hassle of introducing another type into an already bloated inventory. I believe the SU34 is a great choice because it eliminates part of this objection. It IS a dedicated strike bomber, yet it MUST share many parts etc wi...

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http://agoracom.com/ir/Electrovaya/forums/discussion/topics/319348-tata-to-release-uk-s-first-serious-electric-car/messages/1086841#message According to Tata, the Indica will have a range of 200km (125miles) on a full charge and get from 0-60kph (0-38mph) in under ten seconds. Top speed is said to b...

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Pure electric with 200 km range. The batteries are super-polymer Li ion types developed by a Canadian firm founded and headed by Indian Dr Dasgupta (firm is called ELECTROVAYA in Mississauga). Price and volumes unknown. http://www.fandmmag.com/web/online/Industry-News/Canadas-Electrovaya-Partners-wi...

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Here are the important parts of the BYD article: 'Sony and Sanyo later sued BYD, unsuccessfully, for infringing on their patents' INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT, CHINESE COURTS FAVOR THE CRIMINALS 'BYD claims to have achieved a breakthrough with its lithium ion ferrous phosphate technology, but no one ...

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This stupid article is written by dumb China-lovers. BYD is 'talking' aboout building and selling electric cars.... while Tata e-Indica WILL be selling in Norway this September. China is junk, they are all hot air. China cannot even make toys that dont poison and kill kids.. how can they make a safe...

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Guys wrt NORTEL going under, what do u think of the possibility of TEJAS buying a piece?

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You know what will REALLY take the world by storm? Even more so than Reva? THIS SEPTEMBER: e-Indica, wiht 200 km range, to be launched in Norway! Sadly, Tata is very mum about the price and numbers expected to be produced in the first year. BUT JUST IMAGINE: if the price comes in pretty cheap .. eve...

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Thanks for that info, and yes, looks like Israeli SAR-based bird is much much smaller in size (weight) .. Why is that?

Looks like RISAT 1 is very close /comparable to RADARSAT2.

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I am so frustrated reading this thread.. forgive my obtuseness.. but can someone authoritative tell me: RISAT 1 and 2.. which is which? Which one has Israeli inputs and which one is Indian. Which will be launched in April and which at end of year? AND: difference between the two? In size, capacity, ...

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I think it is legitimate to compare CY1 specs and stats to that of competitors, incl esp Jap and Chinese vessels.

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It is strange with the US media and reaction from the State. They are (pretending to) treating this as if this happened in their backyards. They are giving 1-888 numbers around the clock. Inviting people to call in. Yesterday they were inviting people to give them more info if they have people visi...

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THIS IS DECIDEDLY NOT THE THREAD FOR THIS RANT.

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Is anyone actually shocked or surprised at this?? We elect Congress, snub BJP, and our media denounces Narendra Modi as a Hitler. Appeasing minorities has a price. This is nothing, wait til Pakis manage to detonate a smuggled nuke in Mumbai. Then you'll see the real slaughter. Insted of 125 dead, ho...

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SSRoy, thx for that info, I was unaware of this.

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Actually, SSRoy, our GSLV will not put anything like 10t into GTO. GSLV Mk2 next year will hoist 2-2.5t into GTO, GSLV Mk3 in 2010 will hoist 4 or 4.4 tonnes.

4 tonnes will put us equal to Japan and China today, but well behind US, Russia, and Ariane.

We have a ways to go with launchers.

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