Bharat Rakshak

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windows has the advantage of easy tools like VB or VC++ permiting rapid prototying and development of interactive applications. I have lost track whether a linux box has similar tools Perl , Tcl/Tk , Python,Ruby (on rails ), Ocaml , Java Many of this are portable and can move across Linux or Windoz...

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Yep a big THANK YOU from me too to every body :) It was a herculian effort to make this happen , Running under the sun , waiting for the right moment , speaking with the right people , getting the right info and upload all the stuff after a long hard day work , persistant day after day. How could li...

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Thanks rkhanna & Johann.

Raj It is very interesting though that we would go ahead and purchase exclusively 6 C-130J just for SF role as confired by ACM , Certainly we are thinking in terms of some future continental operation in which SF would have a very important role to play

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Now that we have decided to purchase 6 C-130J aircraft for Special Forces Operation ( perhaps even as Tanker role ) Can some explain the significance of these aircraft in SF duties ? What role did these aircraft play in US SF operations ? What are the capabilities of C-130J in SF role ? And Operatio...

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The Indo-Russian Transport Plane Project: Background, Status and Perspectives

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I am reading Wings Of Fire , Kalam clearly states that Prithvi design already had the provision for modification from a long range Surface to Surface to a Surface to Air Missile. Now in the forms of PAD we can see , Was Prithvi when designed was concieved as more than tri service surface to surface ...

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"Work on nuke deterrence for Navy underway"

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The AAD is supposed to be equivalent to the Patriot/PAC3 or better. The PAD is supposed to be equivalent to the Arrow or better. Nahi , Neither is supposed to be better than this/that or other foreign system , that dosent seem to be the design goal of making it better than Arrow or PAC 3, S300 what...

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Thanks Akramas , NRao , I would make a note of your suggestion , if you have some information which we can improve upon the present write up , It would be welcome :) China IIRC has a NFU as a matter of policy , But based on our 1961 and paki experences would you believe the Chinkis , Unke kathni aur...

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thanks ramana

Is it possible for the missile gurus to figure out the approximate range for the AAD Interceptor , We do know about the max altitude of interception as 30 Km , based on the little information we have on AAD can we figure out the approx range ?

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Hi Nalla Baalu , the excerpt is taken from The Hindu report , It dosent clearly mentions any specific components , But it generically mentions Control Center ( Shadow center perhaps ? ) and redudancy in data links/communication to the ABM system as a whole. Since the test was done in complete weapon...

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Thanks , Correction done

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Did a write up on the recent ABM test , Comments and Suggestions welcome

Success Ahoy

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The way way Prithivi has been developed , into a Multirole & Multiplatform system is something amazing , The concept of a Tri Service quasi-BM (and now ABM ) would have been in work for almost a decade now. No doubt Dhanush has served as a Rock Bed for developing new technology and concepts , Bu...

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JCage wrote:The Dhanush is a concept demonstrator, and a way for the IN to stake a claim for its role in the Nuke triad, and associated funding.

I doubt Dhanush is just a concept demo and its use and utility goes much beyond that , And it seems its an operational system in the IN on limited platforms

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Cant the HTK KV be augumented by an explosive warhead.

Ofcourse it can be look at PAC-3 its a HTK with warhead to supplement it

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Raj, The initial talk was about some proximity fuzes. Now this hint of HTK. The target missile did get destroyed. What did it in? Collision at high speed or explosion by a warhead? Since the Target was not in space , Most likely it would be a HTK system where the 3rd stage or HTK hits the Target at...

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They would move to solid first stage sooner or later , Perhaps its a low risk approach , Test the critical tech and demonstrate the proof of concept for an ABM and then move towards making the system compact and rugged

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Ok question to the Knowledgeble ones. The first stage of the interceptor is a liquid fuel ones , which means its not always in a ready to fire mode and it would have to be refuelled thus making it cumbersome. The Interceptor took off at a very slower speed , Compare that to the Interceptor like NMD,...

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So Bottom Line two interceptors

Exo-Interceptor ----- Max Altitude of Interception 80 km
Endo-Interceptor ---- Max Altitude of Interception 30 km

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Thanks NB , Is the endo atmospheric thing is also a hit to kill system , Since if its equivalent to PAC-3 it should be.

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A possibility is that an adversary could over-react to overcome the stated defences by firing more missiles

Thats what Arms Race is all about

The Modified GreenPine Radar is a Joint development between Israel-India

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Nalla Baalu wrote:Now any resemblence of proposed endo-atmospheric interceptor to what AAD is shown carrying as showcased in 2004 defexpo is very coincidental onlee.

What is that missile in there never seen that before , seems like all solid fuel like Patriot

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The interceptor looks more like a plain vanila Prithvi , rather than a real interceptor, IOW it looks to me like a target missile. And the graphics looks like an artistic impression , on how the interceptor looked like and how it would have worked based on the conversation the writer must have had w...

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I have scanned the copy of the India Today article on ABM if any one is interested , just give me your email id

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Well what I can say that not every stastics & facts provided by India Today is precise , They have their own reason not to put the whole detail for National Security Consideration.

And I believe it was a Kill Vehical and not a warhead

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merlin wrote:Can JORN track missiles?

Yeah have a look at Project DUNDEE

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Nalla Baalu , Yes thats right

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I am sorry ramana , typo on my part.

The new edition of India Today should come out on Friday , What I understand is they have exclusive pics of the interceptor and the details of the same , more details will be known by tommorow when the mag is out.

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Wait for new issue of Indian Today , ie on Friday , Has an exclusive on the Indian ABM system , Its a Phatakadi ...........

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Well decoying an ABM system is not an impossible task One of the way to decoy as shown in a video of Topol-M was to place the warhed in a baloon like thing , which protects the warhed IR signature etc and then you have multiple baloons among which one carries the real warhead , They all reenter at t...

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Thats a knee-jerk reaction to Indian ABM test , Didnt knew how to react to it , so fired one of those imported stuff

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But the Iskander also comes with seeker technology for the terminal phase for greater accuracy, and the Russians tend to play hardball over TOT by tying multiple deals together. With all the DSMC/Real time image processing software thing see no reason what a Iskander can do a Solid Fuel Prithvi can...

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None so far, bar the Russians pushing their Tochka/ iskander, the Russians their LORA.

Isnt the LORA deal with Israel a done deal for the IA , A Joint devel Project . When was the Iskander ever in contention

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I dont know what AAD stands for , But the ABM system under development goes by the designation of Project AD ( Air Defence ) in DRDO.

Its possible the vehical could be related to the same

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That vehical looks like the Autonomous Launcher of the Brahmos super sonic cruise missile

See no reason why it cant carry 3 Mobile Anti Missile Defence System

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Thanks Arun :) url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/nov/27missile.htm]"Heartiest congratulations," Antony said in a message to the country's top missile scientists, including V K Saraswat[/url] So this is the same 100 Km ABM missile which was being developed under DR Saraswat which was reve...

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Russia, India to use Glonass satellite system together

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Harry wrote:ATM mag from the Czech republic has an extensive article on INS Delhi,

Can you post the contents of the Delhi Article , if not the entire stuff then something interesting

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Merlin is perhaps the best of breed ASW chopper out there ,Its Dunking Sonar is very sophisticated , specially designed to detect and classify quite conventional subs in littoral environment And it could also act as a more sturdy platform for a Heli Borne AEW. But the cost was very high , and I am n...

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