Bharat Rakshak

AN32 Upgrades in Ukraine http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/mar/21/iaf-an-32-planes-in-ukraine-for-upgrades.htm The aircraft will also be fitted with equipment like air collision avoidance system, ground proximity warning system, satellite navigation system, distance measuring equipment, upgraded ra...

Couple of tests are of LSP-1 after long time,so may be Radar Integration Tests started I don't understand - If the radar integration is just ongoing how are the weapons delivery systems proven? How about the HMS, look-and-shoot systems proven? Weren't there some trials with weapons systems done in ...

LCA does another 8 flight tests LCA carried out a weapons at Jamnagar in October Oh-Nine. At this point are the LCA PV/LSPs still under-going tests for the flight envelope or is the nature of the tests more of checking weapons integration, a2g/a2a-targetting, MMR-radar? Any followup after the R73 t...

http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/mar/13/india-likely-to-testfire-add-missile-on-sunday.htm Is the "advanced air defence" missile abbreviated as AAD or ADD? The target missile, a modified indigenously built 'Prithvi' posing as an enemy missile, would first be lifted off from a mobile lau...

even though deisgnning ASIC chips is not a big deal for India, its the manufacturing thing which is a problem. Correction - It definitely IS a big thing. The one fab that India has works on outdated technology. the tech they now use is 22 nanometer which is jealously guarded by the likes of Intel a...

Perhaps our Russian ""friends""" won't sell anything to Pakistan in the near future

http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/mar/ ... kistan.htm

Doesn't Pakistan have some heavy lift Mi-choppers from Russia?

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to me it seems further delay in MRCA, at least another 5 yrs for the first mrca to come, if they ever come, . May be they are planning in favour of pakfa these days. With the Mig-21's being upgraded to Bis, how much further in flying hours is the airframe of the Mig-21 going to take? The IAF is goi...

Well, ordering more earlier would not have made any difference considering the slow production rate of these planes. We could've ordered a 1000 earlier but we'd still have a 100 in our arsenal till now. You may want to tone it down - Rakshak's don't like this to be called "slow" - just th...

The new air-superiority fighters will come on top of the 230 already contracted from Russia in three deals worth a total of $8.5 billion. "The [new] order is being placed due to the insufficient number of fighter squadrons in the Indian Air Force and would allow us to eliminate potential threa...

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But why don't SouthIndians not celebrate Holi? IS it like an isolated North India festival only?

DDM correspondant on *NDTV* looks at a leaflet and says...

Soon we will have the Mirage 27's and the Sooo's [apparently referring to the Sukhoi's].. & major

If there is one branch where you can do half a job and still get paid for it, its definitely 'DDM journalism'...

The Arjun has better and latest systems on board. It has better transmission system than the T-90, accurate firepower while on the move. The Arjun has better thermal imaging capability, enabling it night vision. Good for the DRDO, if this is true. But sounds like a good PR exercise by our DDM. Dr V...

The CSIO is now in the process of development of the HUD systems for SU-30 MKI, Jaguar and MiG series aircraft. AFAIK, the CSIO HUD project was started back in 92 and these were only integrated in to the LCA. Comparative tests were done only against the Israeli HUDs and it turned out to be better, ...

Here is the Polo : Volkswagen Polo Price in India (Petrol Engine 1.2L 75BHP) – All Prices are in Indian Rupee (INR) Trendline: 4,34,000/- Comfortline: 4,83,800/- Highline: 5,72,000/- VW Polo Diesel variant Prices (1.2L TDI, 75HP) Trendline: 5,32,000/- Comfortline: 5,81,800/- Highline: 6,70,000/- I a...

Got my Swift with the new K-series engine. Man, it rocks. The 1.2 vs the 1.3 L. As a proud Swift owner with the down-graded Esteem Engine, I'm slightly jealous but somehow not too swayed by the 1.2L. Spent time yesterday in JC Road getting VKool and seat covers. Now there is no heat from the sun an...

HAL was producing 14 MKI per year,DM antony has asked them to speed it up to 17/year and neccessary infra structure was developed,if they can produce 17 MKI per year. i think they can make 20 LCA without much problem. The MKIs were knocked-down Russian kits assembled by HAL. That is not true of the...

well, people can't be bothered to figure out what you wanted to write over what you have actually written. nothing to do with grammar whatever as far as I'm concerned. True, I didn't even contest it .. And yes it has nothing to do with Grammar, just a typo in the "," - I will edit the pos...

Kartik, But lets say hypothetically the IAF, after the IOC, and eventually the FOC, orders a half a dozen squadrons worth of LCAs to do duty. Lets take HALs past manufacturing experience with the Jaguars. The MKIs were KD-kits so not counting that here. What is the possible scope of expansion for HA...

Do we honestly believe that India has the werewithal to train her own pilots, err what ? who do you think trains our pilots ? Uh oh Grammar Nazi :rotfl: - Rahul - with the comma it sounds really bad doesn't it... :D Strike the comma - my bad! Personally I blame the keyboard on my very very old lapt...

Jamwal makes two good points HAL and all other parties involved in production of Tejas should focus on producing enough aircraft for Indian Air Force above all. This is precisely my point. Are'nt we honestly over-estimating as to what HAL/ADA can produce given the extreme limitations there is on Gov...

I completely agree with you Kailash. LCA is on the verge of being inducted in the IAF. Moreover, its going to be one of the most capable and definitely the cheapest aircraft in its class. Hence its time, India starts marketing it aggressively to the outside world. Honestly, it would be a great wond...

BLR has LPG.

And yet when they negotiate rates with you they say "Saaar, price of Petrol has gone up Saaaar!"

Local Paanwala told me that at least 3 Tejas will get MMR this year , Aur Kabaar Paki hai LSP-3/4 are confirmed other can be LSP-1 its been not flying for long time now ,coming to Tejas Name i could like it to be called with HF-XX Tejas any thing ADA-HAL come up Is it true that only limited [A2A] m...

When are the first LCA's going to be operational for the IAF/IN? Is it still 2-3 years away? IAF will be given its first LCA be this year end itself. As for navy, IDK. One report says the LCA will be inducted into the IAF in March 2011. [Check out BR news section] The N-LCA proto is still in the wo...

At the risk of sounding like a Whiny Nancy, I would have loved to see another option included - India's FLEET of 10-aircraft carriers with "nucular" tipped Brahmos, Mig29K's, N-LCAs blocking <insert>China's east coast/Pakistani waters <\insert> :mrgreen: My tribute to the 1971 take-out of ...

I hope these many ropes are used well, tie "A Correspondent in New Delhi" to it in flight perhaps ? @Rahul - Perhaps in lieu of the MB ejection seats, the American pilot could use one of the multiple ropes to rappel down in case of catastrophic flight failure :roll: The paranoia and absen...

Post-nuclear deal, the United States appear sitting pretty on actual and potential defence orders worth US $10 billion from India, and these include F-16 and F-18 multi-rope combat Falcons that may dominate India's front line air defence umbrella by next year. http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/feb...

Here waj the headline earlier

Afridi caught sucking on ball

And today...
Afridi says he only smelt ball
http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/f ... afridi.htm


Somewhere as a footnote

Afridi's wife calls for Talaaq!

A private taxi driver was killed on the spot and six others travelling in the car were injured when two cars collided head-on at the Madurai-Melur four-lane national highway. Anyone who frequents the Bangalore-Chennai stretch via Hosur can attest to this fact. The road via Electronic city up until ...

Meanwhile in the media, one of the Porki ministers just said that the letter drafted by Kasav was "amatuerish" [probably without the rich Urdu flavor of Mohd Iqbal - what do you expect he is a "Chauti Fail"] and that it was "yet another Indian cover-up ploy" at which &q...