Bharat Rakshak

Russians to take more time to deliver Gorshkov St Petersburg: Amid the buzz at Russia's most happening naval show - the maritime exhibition at St Petersburg - word is that the Gorshkov aircraft carrier could be further delayed. There's no official confirmation of that neither from the Sevmash shipy...

BRAdmins,

Could we have a thread "India & ASEAN Military Engagement" please? Considering that we are ramping up our engagement of ASEAN this might be a good time.

thank you.

unless they know something we dont, why is the smallest of the amur family being put forward? pretty weak specs - nothing beyond a coastal patrol sub and for that why do we need AIP ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amur_class_submarine It is amur 1650 that's being offered, not 650. Not sure if it was...

^^ Changing engine on the fighter is not a simple task , they will have to go through many hours of sucessful flight testing programs and M88 and EJ200 is a proven engine with thousands of flight hours to its credit , something IAF will not feel necessary to change if they opt for one of this bird....

SriSri wrote:Anybody know which are the desi and pardesi OEMs that meet the criteria for this deal - http://www.india-defence.com/reports-4689 ?

Thanks,

try,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_46_torpedo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_50_torpedo
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/mk-50.htm

Viv S wrote:Umm... folks, could somebody tell me what happened to the Jaguar re-engining contract, the one that had Honeywell and Rolls Royce competing. IIRC it was around before the Tejas MkII (EJ-200/GE-414) competition.

Was there a result to the competition that I missed or is it still in limbo?

in limbo!

If the stated desire is to have a combat ready a/c by 2015. Why can't/shouldn't Tejas Mk2 do that? Are we so dumb that we don't see the merits of Capability Maturity Model(CMM)? Designing & manufacturing an a/c is not some monkey trick and we have realised that the hard way! Why throw away all t...

Thomas Kolarek wrote:HQ9 shot Indias Phalcon down
seems some half baked news, trying to see if any one read about it ?

was that article in english?

admins,

Can we have a "Indian semi conductor industry" thread?

This wholesale sellout to the US will backfire very badly in the future and it will not be a happy event.As I've said many a time,when the US keeps on arming Pak,we cannot reward it with major ticket items,that too without any contest. Hercules transports are fine,as they are the best in their clas...

The India defence link points to $6B, and ToI is toying with $25B. BTW, why all these projections so early!!. The caution is more important here since PAKFA has 100% chance to be with pilaf perhaps with soy sauce. $6B is Indian portion of R&D cost and $20B-$25B is the additional production cost...

with ge engines for LCA all the more chance MRCA not going US way that would be putting too many new eggs on an unreliable sanction prone basket- Gripen /mig 35 with Rafale as dark horse ? Shankar, Going by your logic..... gripen must also be out of contention! How do you propose to keep those 126 ...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_htvjsmtPrmc/TJi7-Mp3xxI/AAAAAAAAFuI/JX6VluMsyfY/s320/china+paakistan+nuclear+power.jpg India should build one for Vietnam and one for Malaysia. India Offers Small-Mid Sized Nuclear Reactors for Sale http://www.india-defence.com/reports-4548 It's just the beginning.......

I believe that some poorly documented but major socio-cultural changes in that time span changed the mental outlook of Indians. What those changes were- I can only speculate. We can believe and speculate what ever we want sir, but can you tell me any civilisation which suffered like ours and kept f...

Sorry, if these are often repeated questions! Appreciate if somebody with intimate knowledge can answer...... 1) How many Tejas IAF version & INS version are we planning? 2) What is our production capacity/year if Tejas gets IOC on Dec 27, 2010? Are there any further clearences needed before Tej...

If the objective is to use the Tibetan cause to humiliate CHina, then it is a short term strategy at best. A better way would be recognize Tibet as independant. True, if the objective is humiliation then it is useless, but it can be just as much be a serious policy change, where India goes on the o...

This is the problem of our ethos, licking up to people who use bloodbath as a tool for political/personal gains. What crime did those teachers @ OU commit? Thrashing them with footwear? Threaten them? Pelt stones? Damage public property? I fail to understand why TRS should not be banned and it's cad...

I seriously hope that you are not suggesting that Tibet is part of India ? Chris, Why not? Do you mean, Tibet was never part of India/Greater India? A little facts of India or Bharata Tibet is/was land of the Yakshas & Kinnaras. Yakshas and Kinnaras are physically bird like. In the sense, dimin...