Bharat Rakshak

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Lol.

Of course. No one will save us but ourselves. Better man up, make more money, pay more taxes, and hope that India collectively becomes wealthier than China such that it may afford to fight and win a war against them.

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Suraj,how do you invest in Indian mfs and get their awesome cagrs when located in the USA?

India focused mfs in the usa do not give the same returns as an indian MF in India iirc.

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? have you warned me before ? sure , in retrospect the post is OT...but the censure is unnecessarily severe in language. and, again....there has to be a mistake since I dont think ive been warned before.

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well the F-16 has progressively got better engines while the M2K engine never changed from the P53 on day1(bill gunston book calls it leaky turbojet than a true turbofan). f-16 got massive orders both domestic and foreign hence could get a lot of money for block upgrades. the M2K only got 1 block u...

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nileshjr wrote:
L/D Graph

just asked for access. my email is r w n a n @g ml . com

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no ones thought of the nuke angle?

the rafale is for nuke delivery.... and it will also serve as a conduit to pay France for services rendered in other fields like intelligence and nukes.

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It would be used majorly as a family car when going out, saar. Mostly in the city, with some long drives to nearby holiday destinations thrown in, once in 2 months. It has been a while since we bought a car so Father & I want a good comfortable & safe sedan downwards of 20 Lakh. I had more ...

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Do not be surprised if the choice is between the Rafale and FGFA - AWST. Good pick I would say. Drop the Rafale and pick the FGFA. (A new CAS would not hurt either.) Yes, we simply don't have the space to have and develop so many fighter types, seriously, as well as rationalize costs. At a time whe...

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It Is true that Dassault/France deserve to a certain extent its arrogant reputation, but let's face it : Indian military procurement does not enjoy an exellent reputation as well. As often the truth is somwhere in between. The French are arrogant - fact Indian military procurement is broken - fact ...

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Its a good site and the discussions are generally good and high quality.

How does one make the discussions even more high quality?

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Personally I only have 2 Mutual funds. Actually 1 mutual fund and 1 ETF. The entire point of these things is to get fully diversified so whats the point in diversifying mutual funds? :) Find an index tracking one and stick with it. Less stress and aggravation. If you want to get adventurous. A Smal...

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X Posted from the “Republic Day 2015 - News and Discussion” thread. I am in complete agreement with the Congress Party on this one. The Indian nation requires an explanation from our Prime Minister Modi on why this surprising omission of displaying the Agni Missile is a masterstroke and not kowtowi...

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SSridhar wrote: IMHO, China crossed that Lakshman Rekha a long time back when it enabled TSP with nukes and their delivery systems.

word.

hope india does the same with vietnam and some other gadflies to the chinese.

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the army continues its strange and obsessive fascination with the T90 and BMP2. of all the stuff in its kitty it had to find these two to lead the parade ! sigh - some things will never ever change. good that Uttarkhand had kedarnath as theme. Assam had the vaishnavite Majuli island rather than Dha...

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Kashi wrote:Aakash looks so menacing. I wish Arjuns were there too.

lca and arjun.

arjun instead of the t 90

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Imagine the influence of the optics (we will discuss substance later) of Obama's visit to India on Chinese desks? In fact, Modi being on first name basis with Shinzo, Obama, Putin puts him square and central as a major influencer in world politics. This guy - the chaiwallah , has been an excellent ...

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We are going OT but a small post. Let's assume a medium size (1 cu.ft volume) metal printer costs about $20,000 and a wooden CNC and Laser cutter cost another $10,000. With a $30,000 budget (RS 20L) a village can have local maker lab that serves 90% of building, tools and machinery needs. Repeat it...

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OT: I wanted to read some of Raman ji's posts in his posting history. But...the search function of BRF seems to be kaput and older posts from 2013 do not come up when you click on them. Ramanji's posts from 2014 seems to be accessible. Why? I'm sure I'm not the first one to notice this bug? And if t...

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Karan M wrote:
Good part is now everyone who has experience and can contribute has gone to LCA. Jags, MiGs, Su's - its all there.

word.

You should see how many Profs and Labs at IISc Bangalore are associated with the LCA, the AMCA etc.

GTRE. So many!

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And somehow teachers are expected to deliver on this. They do it by crushing the spirits of the high strung kids. You have to remember that in the West folks following their dreams, who end up changing the world have a very different priority set. You may not like these people on a personal level i...

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55 aircraft even at 200 million a pop is short change when spread out over 5-6 years, even given the slowdown of their economy. What is more fascinating coming out of that is their ramp rates. Clearly it would be a long time before the RuAF actually has hundreds of 5th generation aircraft in operat...

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Livefist ‏@livefist 10h10 hours ago Spent some time with some HAL folks this week here in Bangalore. Level of chagrin & hostility with @Dassault_OnAir is thick. #MMRCA Livefist ‏@livefist 10h10 hours ago There's been some epic bickering between Dassault & HAL that hasn't been reported. Deta...

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'Defence Projects' play on Indian market Folks who read the Missiles & Munitions thread, Indian Navy thread and similar defence armaments related threads - can possibly make a decision on which listed Indian companies will see a surge in their revenues & profits in the coming years. lnt? Ta...

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Canada's take on Rafale, EF and JSF http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/canada-rates-f-35a-rivals-equal-on-most-missions-407025/ The problem with the argument is mainly that it tries to project what sort of missions they are likely to perform over the next 2-3 decades. Sure, if you want to hu...

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Personally, I'd much rather HAL waste money on experiments, than do run of the mill work.

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Brar_w, Not that it's a bad thing, but you do work / have worked at Lockheed? It's a good place to work? No, have you? If you'd bother to read some of the references I have posted for majority of my arguments, you'd find that I have tried to avoid posting "OEM origin" material as much as ...

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While that is heartening to hear, JNU is no way another Berkeley as somebody said in another thread. Of all the Indian educational institutions, only IISc has the stature, the lineage, and the chops to go head to head with the likes of Berkeley. Some of the older IITs are getting there slowly but s...

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Brar_w,

Not that it's a bad thing, but you do work / have worked at Lockheed? It's a good place to work?

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Vamsee wrote:Trivia

In India, right now the most expensive "face value" stocks are

MRF - Rs. 38,050
Bosch - Rs. 20,544
Tide Water Oil - Rs. 19,055
Eicher Motors - Rs. 15,213

compare to berkshire hathaway series a stock value of 200,000USD

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?

any defence startups that would hire a materials guy ....i'm sure lots.

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@suraj,

are you , professionally, into long term equity research by any chance?

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What opportunities are there in the defence sector for me to do a startup and put in some venture capital in a useful area?

Anybody's doing this here ?

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you've done metallography for hours , I presume?

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A piece about French factories and indirectly about why the Rafale costs too much;

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... unist.html

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Irbis is as much software as hardware. 117S has breakthroughs in metallurgy. Doubt both will lend themselves to easy reverse engineering. Heat treatment and phase transformations are immeasurably tough to detect and quantify, let alone reverse engineer. Metallurgy is an art - you learn from being w...

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As we type the rafale is worth it (keep the cost aside - that is a different matter). By 2025 or so, the rafale will be relatively outdated - compared to today. And, the J-20 would be more mature. So, I think, the relevant question is which one would you buy in 2025 (or so, do not hold me to that y...

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indranilroy wrote:No, thanks. I would like to fight with high energy weapons from a high energy fighter.

then why are the Americans okay with the f35…?

and why are so many allies.

mark my words the f35 is the next f16. the volumes will ensure that.

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People should notice the LCA wing design from all aspects to realize just how original it is in design.

Compare to Japan's, Koreas , Taiwan's and PRCs F16 rip offs.......

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why should wickberg NOT be banned for trolling?

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Not trolling, just making observations and comparisons. The Gripen NG can be considered Gripen Mk.5 and Mk.6 and it took some 25 years after the original "Mk.1" and is now getting attention from foreign customers. Considering the annual production numbers claimed by HAL/ADA and the histor...

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