Bharat Rakshak

Not sure this has been posted before.

Full length documentary on the 1971 war

What special benefit would launching a SLBM from a moving submarine offer to Russians. It is NOT benefit but a pre-requisite because there is no such thing as a stationary submarine . There will always be some movement specially because the submarine cannot launch the missile from say 100-200 meter...

There are beggers roaming around streets of melbourne, sydney, Auckland and london (atleast cities i know of). Does anyone ask why these island nations need an armed force at all , being cocooned in their nuclear umbrella. They could have spend those millions on educating the aborigines or maoris. W...

" indians spend 500 crore on diwali crackers which dont go even 10 feet, but question ISRO spending a fraction of that to go all the way to mars" ...U R Rao quoting some NASA scientists

congrats ISRO

Good work by our own Doordarshan as well

5 minutes to go....

thanks rajanb for the link

However, when Topol specialists learned that a submarine-launched missile had to launch while the nuclear submarine is moving, they grabbed their heads.It turned out that the technical differences between a ground-based missile and a missile launched from a submarine were quite important. This was ...

A bit of googling on the subject of canisterisation of missile threw up the below patent filed in US. http://www.google.co.in/patents/US7665395 Any lateral movement of the missile relative to the inner side of the casing could impact the structural stability of the missile. Considering that the abov...

The solid fuelled missiles are mobile, but need certain environmental parameters for storage and movement. You will need good suspension and good roads otherwise you will damage the missile itself. Rail mobility is preferred for large missiles due to rail's higher load capacity, greater vehicle wid...

losing a million men, soldiers or otherwise, and still standing and fighting dont have anything to do with military professionalism or capability. As rohit pointed it only shows nations resolve to fight, not till victory perhaps but for a honorable end. The same people who makes these chest thumping...

How do i change my email id to a generic one ? Tried editing the profile but putting in a gmail id give me the 'error email id not allowed'. My understanding is that non generic id is required only for registration and can be changed post activation.

Thanks for your time.

Final good bye to my lurking status and progressing to my new "newbie' status. Hope to contribute and learn from all.