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Raman

Gurulog,

What munition is the black and green bum hanging off this Jag in Aero India?
link

Thanks in advance.

Raman

For anti-piracy operations, I think WSI Dhruvs would work better than Sea Kings/Kamovs. The rockets and guns would be useful in hosing down assorted mother/baby ships, and the cabin can yet carry MARCOS.

Too bad they aren't naval qualified.

Raman

Sonam,

Please accept my salute to both Nawang and your family for having given so much to the nation.

I have been proudly wearing the 'Khukri of Honour' daily since I received it seven months ago, and have had the opportunity to educate many colleagues here in the U.S. about Nawang's sacrifice.

Raman

Sumishi, Please don't be ridiculous. So you claim that you know the correct value of the moon's gravity, but ISRO doesn't? They can design and build launchers, a virtual zoo of highly sophisticated satellites, inject satellites into orbit with precision, build deep space networks ... but they don't ...

Raman

Is the video available on-line anywhere?

I couldn't find it on NDTV's website.

Raman

In the "Line of Fire" segment on Special Forces, one commando mentions MREs, Chocolate Bars and Boiled Eggs. That's probably a small sample of the kinds of pre-cooked, dense foods that they carry.

Raman

Check out the caption. Indian air force pilot, Ajay Rathore, talks with Col. James Browne, 366th Fighter Wing commander,... So Gp. Cpt. Ajay Rathore is an "air force pilot" who has somehow gotten an audience with the good Colonel/Fighter Wing Commander. :roll: What in the world happened to...

Raman

maz wrote:Based on the serials, is it likely that a/c from two SU-30 sqns are involved?

This picture proves that SB-115 is also from No.20 Sqn. The difference is that the three digit serials (SB1xx) are HAL built.

Raman

Avid,

Thats because us Yindus are very poor at rocketry. We can get range >4000km only if we launch PSLV sideways.

Raman

Bar salami slicing and obduracy, we also really need to understand China's doctrine for escalated local conflicts. THE PLAâ€™S EVOLVING CAMPAIGN DOCTRINE AND STRATEGIES [quote]This essay shows how Chinaâ€™s military planners have articulated the doctrine of war zone campaign (WZC, or zhanqu zhanyi) ...

Raman

JC, I don't contest your statements, except perhaps for: And the IAF will be facing those problems with women. All I'm trying to say is that the IAF must already be facing these problems with women in the transport, air traffic controller and helicopter streams, and all the other branches that women...

Raman

Abhibhushan, You fail to account for the fact that the IAF already has women serving as air traffic controllers, engineers, logistics, administration, education, medicine, chopper pilots (including SAR) and transport pilots. I.e., everything except the fighter stream. So, except for the "pregna...

Raman

SaiK wrote:
NEED FOR ADEQUATE MONITORING MECHANISM TO AVOID DELAYS IN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

what is scrum?

EHOG(*)? scrum

(*) Ever Heard Of Google?

Raman

From: http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=50416 Indian naval and air force personne l listen to a brief in the ready room aboard nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68 ) This is the first reference to IAF role in the exercise. Can someone comment? Perhaps I missed a reference to IAF...

Raman

Convergent divergent exhaust nozzles. w/o afterburner they converge to maximize thrust. With afterburner they diverge. I believe the convergence and divergence is a function of the mass of air that is required to flow through - but I would wait for wiser and more informed opinion on this. It is a f...

Raman

This is the link that I had bookmarked:
http://media.bharat-rakshak.com/aero/Walkarounds/PV3Walk/

Thank you.

Raman

The PV-3 walk-around gallery from Aero-India is not working. All pictures give "OBJECT NOT FOUND" errors.

Raman

I think you mean 180 hrs/year

Raman

Nandan, The platforms are one part of the puzzle. What is not as obvious is the huge leaps made in force-multiplication through EW and datalinking. The fleet-wide datalinking project (already underway) has huge implications. Add in Phalcon (which is essentially AWACS + Rivet Joint), and every IAF pl...

Raman

US aircrews show Taliban no mercy An interesting story, but it ends in a somewhat disconcerting note: But for now, the American airmen are not losing any sleep over it. "When you are on top of the enemy you look, shoot and it's, 'You die, you die, you die'," Lt Denton said. "The odds...

Raman

U.S. Apologizes for Raid on Afghan Civilians A U.S. Army brigade commander in Afghanistan today told the families of 69 civilians who were killed or wounded by members of an elite Marine special forces unit in March that he is "deeply, deeply ashamed" about the incident, describing the se...

Raman

Arun_S,

I'm only aware of Q as dynamic pressure. I've not been able to find a reference of Q being related to temp e.g., link (and others like it). (But my knowledge of aerodynamics is fairly elementary, so I don't claim any sort of authority on this.)

Raman

Arun_S saar, Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that Maximum-Q is a specific point in a flight profile in which Q (dynamic pressure; 0.5*rho*V^2) is at its maximum value during the trade off between low velocity and high density at launch and high velocity but low density at altitude. The...

Raman

Harry,

Splendid as always. One suggestion: could you please make the article references ("Recommended for Further Reading") into clickable links since all of them are URLs? Also some of them are broken; e..g, http://users.senet.com.au/~wingman/awacs.html.

Raman

The interesting thing is that the open canopy slipped past both pilot and ground marshalls. Unfortunate and silly incident.

Raman

I have it on good authority (i.e., from the horse's mouth) that FOC trials for A/G weapons was being conducted in January.

Raman

sunilUpa wrote:
R Sharma wrote:
Also, how exactly does the Arrow-2 ABM work. Is it a two stage missile like the one tested or is it a single stage ABM?
See here

Interesting. Did anybody recognize the paint scheme on the hostile image in the picture included in the above link?

Raman

It had articles on Misala scientists from DRDO and it quitely mentioned that this gentelmen was going to head soon to be formed (as in months) team that would develop the anti-masala.

It was Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat.

Raman

I was struck by how they started and ended almost every sentence with "Sir" --- seems like a sense of servility was conditioned into them by the officer class.

Raman

Napalm differs from other explosives in that it uses atmospheric oxygen. But if the amount of atmospheric oxygen available to burn is less, Napalm will neither burn as completely nor effectively as in the plains. shiv, I am not an expert in this either, but let me offer a thought. Napalm works by b...

Raman

Any idea what is this mode ? These correspond to the IAF's relatively recent emphasis on precision strike. Target identification and designation is too much of an additional burden on the pilot --- hence the addition of a WSO. Don't know anything about thier configuration, but you can probably coun...

Raman

I wonder why people speculate (often incorrectly) when a simple Google search can yield the answer in 0.26 seconds Given sufficient initial flight velocity, a ramjet will be self-sustaining. Indeed, unless the vehicle drag is extremely high, the engine/airframe combination will tend to accelerate to...

Raman

Many military planes use spin-recovery parachutes that are very similar to the ballistic parachute that you refer to. But they are not the same and these are mostly used during training or flight-testing --- I doubt that they are installed for regular operation. Ballistic chutes are very common (sta...

Raman

George J,

Being a WVR fight, putting someone in offensive/defensive positions
is often nothing more than issues of initial energy (alt, speed) and
relative placement (aft of 3/9 line).

Raman

While it is great that we have people sharing their interview experiences, I would prefer that the experiences be described in general terms as areas of interest, etc. rather than specific interview questions. What this thread is slowly turning into is a "Question bank for SSB/NDA/etc. intervie...

Raman

The following link is useful in this discussion: http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Kargil/Amberish.html One can observe the size of the photos/maps under consideration. AFAIK, it's not just "naked eye" --- the photo interpretation people often use strong magnification to peer at th...

Raman

sudipn, Just some friendly advice before the admins come knocking. In the interest of keeping the forum a friendly place, I request that you tone down the sarcasm in your posts. I'm sure that debate can be conducted in a far more civil manner. If you have information to share, please do share it in ...

Raman

VLS is more of an issue for SAMs and similar defensive missile systems where reaction time is crucial. It is less of an issue for offensive missile systems. Nevertheless, there is a range penalty, and I'm guessing that the penalty is more than the few hundred meters it takes to turn the missile arou...

Raman

Harry,

Splendid as always. BTW, the HJT-36 chapter repeatedly refers to "AI-55" --- I think you mean "AL-55". Keep 'em coming!

Raman

Since Dhruv is scheduled to be re-engined by the Ardiden/Shakti (1200 shp vs. 1000 shp for the TM333 2B2), I'm guessing that this upgrade path is also available to Chetan and Cheetal. We're going to have some *wicked* high-altitude capability ... :D BTW, any news on the Shakti? Test flights are supp...

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