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- 27 Sep 2017 21:39
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: CT & COIN Operations in India: News, Images and Discussion
- Replies: 2905
- Views: 844578
Re: CT and COIN operations in India: News, Images and Discussion
Uri attack 24/09/17. The encounter ends, all 3 pigs killed. These guys don't look TFTA at all. RIH Graphic content alert Dead Jihadi 1 Dead Jihadi 2 These pictures are very disturbing. What is disturbing is that after most encounters, the bodies of the Pakistani Insurgent Guys (PIGs) are displayed ...
- 05 Aug 2017 23:30
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - May 2017
- Replies: 5116
- Views: 1924306
Re: Indian Missiles News and Discussions - May 2017
https://s2.postimg.org/4hsqzdoax/DGZv4_E5_UIAA_QY3.jpg How can you avoid falling in love with this missile? Absolute beauty! Seems like a slimmer version of the Akash missile. I think the project for adapting the Brahmos missile to aircraft has given designers the confidence to go around miniaturis...
- 10 May 2017 20:54
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: CT & COIN Operations in India: News, Images and Discussion
- Replies: 2905
- Views: 844578
Re: CT and COIN operations in India: News, Images and Discussion
Killing an unarmed man while he is attending a wedding, how low can people get.] This is the problem, even after so many years we as a country still don't realise how low they (Pakis) can get. We think a few cross border raids will hurt their izzat & make them turn from their ways. But they don...
- 28 Sep 2016 09:02
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
- Replies: 4035
- Views: 723609
Re: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
Just saw LCA making very low pass over hosa road area, near central jail. SP3?
- 02 Sep 2016 06:48
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: AMCA News and Discussions
- Replies: 3310
- Views: 909793
Re: AMCA News and Discussions
AMCA cockpit with side stick controller? Had they ever mentioned this before?
- 22 Mar 2016 22:03
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
- Replies: 4035
- Views: 723609
Re: LCA Tejas: News and Discussions
And where will our hundreds of MKIs be facing saar?!Shreeman wrote:...when block 70 will be facing it in the hundreds..
- 06 Jan 2016 12:03
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Pathankot AirForce base under attack
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 176644
Re: Pathankot AirForce base under attack
All said and done, these jihadis are a beautiful weapon of the Pakis. The Pathankot AFB is an airbase close to the border with mainly CAS assets. In a war instead of firing costly (and non functional) missiles at such an airbase, all that the Pakis have to do is send a few of such jihadis and they'l...
- 06 Nov 2015 17:45
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Military Helicopters
- Replies: 5318
- Views: 2348684
Re: Indian Military Helicopters
4 Mi-24 to be transferred to Afghan. Such 'darya dili' can only mean that we are getting 4 or more Apaches in fly away condiition from khan very very soon. There's no other way the IAF would've let these birds go. Would even hazard a guess that these first apaches may come from Afghanistan in the s...
- 28 Aug 2015 22:14
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Space Programme Discussion
- Replies: 3934
- Views: 683837
Re: Indian Space Programme Discussion
We don't seem to be having problems building engines for missiles & space rockets, but only for jet engines we are struggling. I think we've assigned jet engine development to the wrong set of people. ISRO & DRDO seem to have more motivated people and better managed teams no doubt.
- 11 Jun 2015 12:37
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Re: Indian Army: News and Discussions 11 June 2014
- Replies: 706
- Views: 93663
Re: Joint Army/IAF Anti-Terrorist Cross Border Op into Myanm
The plan is to target some terrorist camps with 20-25 attack helos (gunships, A-G munitions etc), backed by Jaguars (for SEAD), Mig-29s (for CAP), AWACS, protected by Su30MKIs (for complete air dominance). No boots on the ground, though. While helis are delivering the goods, if any Paki ground base...
- 26 Jan 2015 22:21
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3546
- Views: 958393
Re: Armoured Vehicles Discussion Thread - August 9 , 2014
[A completely idiotic post deleted, user warned and banned for 01 months. While this was the first warning earned by the user, considering the absolute drivel in that post, a 01 month ban has been enforced. - rohitvats]
- 15 Oct 2014 19:21
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: India Border Watch: Security and Operations
- Replies: 4479
- Views: 1246306
Re: India Border Watch: Security and Operations
Could be the idea of someone who is a bit of both - for e.g. the honourable 'Minister of State for the North East'.rohitvats wrote:I'm sure some patriotic bureaucrat or IA had this idea and might have even suggested it.
- 02 Oct 2014 12:34
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Military Flight Safety
- Replies: 3363
- Views: 908845
Re: Military Flight Safety
...and it went down in a similar fashion as well. Fuel adulteration maybe?manjgu wrote:a chopper which went down some time back was also from Bareilly ??
- 28 Jun 2014 22:09
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Naval News & Discussion - 12 Oct 2013
- Replies: 4026
- Views: 569290
Re: Indian Naval Discussion
Indian navy Sindhurakshak (S63) salvaged at Mumbai Harbour http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hKUC2pzxy2A/U6uWot1L_NI/AAAAAAAAGuA/E1dussiakh0/s1600/Indian+navy+Sindhurakshak+(S63)+salvaged+1.jpg I really hope they don't try to send it to Russia for an expensive repair. Instead the S'shak & the S'kirti s...
- 20 Jun 2014 20:49
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
- Replies: 3962
- Views: 596719
Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
The Akaash's performance is commendable from my POV more because of the drone they used it against -- I looked up some videos of the Banshee drone on You Tube and this is no ordinary drone. So kudos to DRDO for using such a drone to exhibit Akaash's flight. I suspect maybe the users demanded this pa...
- 01 Jun 2014 12:59
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Military Aviation- September 29 2013
- Replies: 3929
- Views: 557464
Re: Indian Military Aviation- September 29 2013
Irrelevant rant deleted. You're welcome to provide constructive criticism but such rant is not required. - rohitvats.
- 01 Jun 2014 12:37
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Armed Forces
- Replies: 3325
- Views: 778009
Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military
I know I'm going to be flamed for this, but here goes... in the CI ops pictures above, not one of the soldiers' guns is fitted with optical/assisted sights. In the Indian Army, there still seems to be a big reliance on the soldiers eyeballs during a firefight. This approach is flawed, time consuming...
- 01 Jun 2014 12:10
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: LCA News and Discussions, 22-Oct-2013
- Replies: 3957
- Views: 577480
Re: LCA News and Discussions, 22-Oct-2013
I doubt if the LCA wil carry anything more than 150 to 250 rounds of ammunition - enough for about 3-4 seconds of shooting with a Gsh23 I've been a flight sim addict for the past 13 years and one of my favourite & frequent games is the 'Wings over... series' particulary the game 'Wings over Isr...
- 28 May 2014 06:57
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Military Flight Safety
- Replies: 3363
- Views: 908845
Re: Military Flight Safety
The decision to let only senior pilots fly the Mig-21 was a step in the right direction, but the flip side is that we'll lose experienced hands in crashes from now. The next step needs to be a change in the mission profile of the Mig-21 from what it is now, to a purely close air support bird in the ...
- 12 May 2014 22:48
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Space Programme Discussion
- Replies: 3934
- Views: 683837
Re: Indian Space Programme Discussion
O mama, we can have so much fun with this rocket sled thing... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/HHSTT_View_from_South_to_North.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/F-22_Forebody_on_MASE_sled.jpg http://www.sandia.gov/vqsec/images/Eject%20Sled.jpg http://www.strang...
- 06 May 2014 21:32
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Naval News & Discussion - 12 Oct 2013
- Replies: 4026
- Views: 569290
Re: Indian Naval Discussion
And apparently he was not the only one planning to witness the launch...tushar_m wrote:I hope that SFC is there to witness the launch prep for K15
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140506/n ... -navy-base
- 05 May 2014 23:31
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Su-30: News and Discussion
- Replies: 3952
- Views: 1224390
Re: Su-30: News and Discussion
[*]102 Squadron “Trisonics” -> Eastern Air Command (EAC) at Chabua in Assam Of all the SU-30 squadrons, this one sticks out like a sore thumb. Sad to see this squadron relegated to 'just another squadron'. The Trisonics had a unique purpose and history & the men and machines of this squadron we...
- 30 Apr 2014 22:57
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: AMCA News and Discussions
- Replies: 3310
- Views: 909793
Re: AMCA News and Discussions
Slightly OT -- I was recently watching the movie 'Elysium', and once again I was facinated by the concept of flying machines that fly effortlessly from Earth to Space using the same engine!! As aeronautical engineers try to become more futuristic (some of the fighter designs above already resemble p...
- 28 Apr 2014 23:41
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: CT & COIN Operations in India: News, Images and Discussion
- Replies: 2905
- Views: 844578
Re: CT and COIN operations in India: News, Images and Discus
we could rename the 800 odd yojanas from Nehru dynasty to names of martyrs The Americans name their ships after their Martyrs. What better way to honour these men than to ensure that their names live on after them! It is high time we start using robotic instruments to kill these terrorists or gas t...
- 28 Mar 2014 14:11
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Military Flight Safety
- Replies: 3363
- Views: 908845
Re: Military Flight Safety
It will be very very interesting to hear what Lockheed has to say about this. Expect to hear the truth from them if not from the IAF.
- 23 Feb 2014 22:27
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Army: News and Discussions 15 Apr 2012
- Replies: 3969
- Views: 530593
Re: Indian Army: News and Discussions 15 Apr 2012
I recently went to watch the movie 'The Lone Survivor'. It was a good movie, but what disappointed me was that everyone was by turn applauding and sympathising with the US soldiers in that movie and I wonder if anyone was realising that our soldiers have time & again gone through worse situation...
- 24 Sep 2013 18:21
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: LCH and other Helicopters Discussion Thread
- Replies: 3908
- Views: 1155966
Re: LCH and other Helicopters Discussion Thread
@ saje i did spot a dark coloured chopper with a round chin, moving towards HAL, flying quiet low. i thought it was a chetak or a cheetal but it did not have the ribbed all glass front and definitely sounded different. Yes, that matches my sighting. Saje, what time? I didn't see one, but heard a ch...
- 24 Sep 2013 13:56
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: LCH and other Helicopters Discussion Thread
- Replies: 3908
- Views: 1155966
Re: LCH and other Helicopters Discussion Thread
Can anyone confirm sighting of a Fennec-type helicopter around HAL (blore) today? I saw one flying near Silk Board and seemed headed in general HAL direction. Darkish paint. Could there be civilian users of this type? Or used by HATSOFF? If not, why is one flying around when that contract for the ar...
- 19 Sep 2013 23:07
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Indian Naval Discussion
- Replies: 5409
- Views: 735923
Re: Indian Naval Discussion
What do they gain by collaborating. They are not interested in the India's security interest. Actually Gora sahib wants to help us so that we can help him. Sahib's favourite projection toy -- the AC, is going to be hugely costly to build and own if built in Sahib's own land by gora log. Since Sahib...
- 27 Mar 2013 13:05
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
- Replies: 4019
- Views: 694574
Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
just watch the launch of SATAN[youtube]http://youtu.be/XwvNuZLASdE[/youtube] A breathtaking & bolti bandh sight indeed! The SATAN is the missile equivalent of the saying "Throwing everything and the kitchen sink". Such a missile is not just a weapon... it's a statement. Because it's a...
- 20 Mar 2013 16:17
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
- Replies: 4019
- Views: 694574
Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
livefist: The submarine-launched variant of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully testfired today for the first time in the Bay of Bengal, off the coast of Visakhapatnam. The launch and test was successful, with the missile hitting its target 292 km away. Photos shortly. We'll neve...
- 12 Mar 2013 15:57
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
- Replies: 4019
- Views: 694574
Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
> the fit and paintjob of the missile is nice..looks very "american" for lack of a better word My thoughts exactly... this missile looks too perfect and too well made to be a prototype. So unlike what we have been led to believe -- it is quite probable that this missile is not a "fir...
- 12 Mar 2013 15:41
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
- Replies: 4019
- Views: 694574
Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jKzctm3G_aU/UNYYXIs6NoI/AAAAAAAAC50/_qOv7qIS4-s/s1600/Novator%203M-14E%20LACM.jpg Nirbhay looks amazingly similar to the klub missile. If even the dimensions are similar, then our Kilo submarines which have recently been upgraded to carry the klub missiles may be able to c...
- 17 Jan 2013 18:33
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
- Replies: 4019
- Views: 694574
Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
But as per the below post he's 600-700 kms awayJTull wrote:Sinking is better than mission kill. Rest of the taskforce will be busy helping the survivors. Otherwise they'll be hunting for you.
bmallick wrote:So a SAG of 3 destroyers can unleash 24 such missiles from a distance of 600-700 km onto a CBG.
- 11 Jan 2013 16:05
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Army: News and Discussions 15 Apr 2012
- Replies: 3969
- Views: 530593
Re: Indian Army: News and Discussions 15 Apr 2012
Folks, regardless of how much of a lowlife people think I am the fact remains that our forces are dealing with far worse lowlifes than me who will do unimaginable acts of cruelty to make their point. There is no way we can catch all of them and punish them for what they have done. But what we CAN do...
- 11 Jan 2013 14:01
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Army: News and Discussions 15 Apr 2012
- Replies: 3969
- Views: 530593
Re: Indian Army: News and Discussions 15 Apr 2012
You do not know , sitting in Bangalore, what warfare means. I apologize sir... considering that you may be sitting near the 'fence', perhaps you have a better view of the proceedings! So now that we have firmly established our geograhical bearings, how do we propose to end this? When can we expect ...
- 11 Jan 2013 13:38
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Army: News and Discussions 15 Apr 2012
- Replies: 3969
- Views: 530593
Re: Indian Army: News and Discussions 15 Apr 2012
The problem with the current India is that everything is blown out of proportion by the media which does so solely for it's own benefit. Has it cared to find out about the conditions in which the thousands of soldiers have died in the past? Do people realise that in warfare, limbs and body parts go ...
- 13 Dec 2012 15:12
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Indian Naval Discussion
- Replies: 5409
- Views: 735923
Re: Indian Naval Discussion
“No other company besides Sevmsha, could undertake such a massive task to repair and upgrade the ship, with a very high level,” said Captain Barry, quoted by Sevmash . Some how... the above lines reminded me of the below photo. But then I guess it's just my perverted mind. http://media2.intoday.in/...
- 30 Nov 2012 13:40
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Military Humor and related
- Replies: 584
- Views: 216412
Re: Military Humor and related
So here's a new one on the 'Late Combat Aircraft':
Q: Why was the Late Combat Aircraft made even more late in order to perfect it's ejection seat?
A: Knowing that it'll probably have to fight against Chinese spaceships, it's best to make sure that the ejection seat works well!
Q: Why was the Late Combat Aircraft made even more late in order to perfect it's ejection seat?
A: Knowing that it'll probably have to fight against Chinese spaceships, it's best to make sure that the ejection seat works well!
- 30 Nov 2012 13:11
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Artillery Discussion Thread
- Replies: 3882
- Views: 815955
Re: Artillery Discussion Thread
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/Bofors-gun-ready-to-take-field-test-in-Itarsi-range/articleshow/17331981.cms JABALPUR: 155/45 calibre gun - the Indian updated version of the Bofors -- is ready for its final in house trial. The special unit of the Gun Carriage Factory (GCF) has comple...