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This was posted on BRF on some other thread earlier. This story is a bit old, but I am starting a new discussion anyway to (a) ensure higher visibility and (b) to encourage a more detailed discussion. Indian Express: <A HREF="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=25817">Hi...

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> I believe that jehadis may have been employed as fighting porters by the PA, just like we used the Aryans, ladhakis and other locals (albiet unarmed). IMHO if not throughout the war, they were probably involved during the initial stages. Or maybe briefly when the PA troops emplyed in this role reb...

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I think we can believe Sawant simply because we have no reason not to! : (1) Nitin's info shows that the cargo shelss were not a state secret at time of the war. (2) While a reporter can make mistakes (and they often do), saying that he is saying i plain lie on the cargos is too unkind. The officer ...

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Ray saheb, some clarifications are required!: (a) Indeed if that be correct, how come that the Indian Army even during peacetime conditions and along proper mule tracks and mountain roads take more than 6 to 7 months to stock for the winter that last 5 months at best? Rather inefficient an ar...

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Gaurav Sawant : Dateline Kargil, pg 138 The efficient PA had beaten back sporadic attacks by the IA to recapture the peaks both in Batalik and in Drass and Mushkoh. So now it was concerted effort in all three sub-sectors simultaneously. Of course, after more or less securing the highway to Leh in en...

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Any reasoning that PA lost the war because they made incorrect estimates on the Logistical effort that would be required to win the war, and hence gifted a victory to India is either INCORRECT or an ATTEMPT TO MISLEAD OPINION. The fact is that they had arranged for logistics in a very scientific and...

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It seems that Z3268 has been given a new serial....why?

The new paintjob is cool

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Extract from Dateline Kargil By Gaurav Sawant pg 140: The artillery lauched several late night attacks on the Pakistani positions. "We have recently acquired Cargo bombs and these have been wreaking havoc both across the LoC and on the enemy positions on the Indian side," one of the youngs...

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I recently bought the book "A Soldier's Diary Kargil - The Inside Story" by Harinder Baweja. The author has written the book in form of a diary kept by a soldier (which no name and no unit). The idea is to bring out the difficulties faced by the troops in the conflict (esp before the tolol...

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Any recent news of the LOH and the Dhanush?

Any model of LOH at AI03?

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ok, i have sent him an email - hopefully he will join BRF.

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There is one ACIG Forum member whose dad was in the SFF. I am sure we can ask him to come over to BRF. From: http://www.acig.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=945&forum=16&start=9 hi everyone, this is my first post so plz overlook any mistakes.i wanna know bout special frontie...

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Army planned offensive in PoK in January (this is an old link posted above) As part of Operation Parakram, the Indian Army had planned a major commando operation in January this year to hit and seal off major terrorist launching pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, but it was called off at the last mo...

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You dont need to, posted first by Subin in the Pakistan Thread: From: http://www.indiatoday.com/itoday/20021223/cover.shtml&SET=T <center> When India Came Close To War Twice this year, in January and June, India was on the verge of striking against Pakistan. Here's why it didn't. By Shishir Gupt...

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I recommend the latest India Today to everyone for archival. Costs 15 bucks. The cover story: "When India Came Close to War". It basically talks of 2 times in Jan and May when we almost did it. Some talk of our plans, the para cdos and the No 1 Tigers etc. good stuff. A lot of it is inside...

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what are Reliance's requirements?

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did you guys know that Pawan Hans also operates Mi-8s?

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Infiltration from across the border down: Army chief Army chief General S Padmanabhan on Friday said that infiltration from across the border has been reduced by "about 43-44 per cent," which is reasonably good. He was inaugurating a military building on the outskirts of Chennai. Asked to ...

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how well are we prepared against the Chinese long range Su27s and Su30 MKK's. :mad: :mad: :mad: (1) The Su-30MKI has more bells and whistles compared to any version of the flanker in service in the PLA. fullstop. (2) Attacking deep within enemy terretory is difficult for both airforces, and especia...

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Harry I have sent you email. Pls check and reply.

Thanx

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This post required a lot of effort, so please read it! (1) Why are you interested in defense/security issues, especially those relating to India? Its my duty (2) How (or when) did you get interested in defense matters? I knew balls abt the military till 2000. Mig-something...tank...gun..republic day...

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From: http://www.mod.nic.in/pressreleases/content.asp?id=305 Pakistan troops had not occupied any strategic post on the Indian side of Line of Control during July 2002. However, in the last week of July 2002, there was a minor Pakistan intrusion, approximately 800 meters on our side of Line of Contr...

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I have nothing new to say so I'll simply quote you guys and pass comments...wokay? It may be remembered that between 1991 and 1996, there was a drastic reduction in flying hours because the collapse of the Soviet Union had resulted in an acute shortage of spares and product support for aircraft of S...

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I have the March 2001 issue of Flight Safety...anybody want me to type the stuff for you? It has some stuff from Op Pawan, MiG-21, cheetah articles, a letter from Wingco KS...is this mag classified?

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Posted first by Rangudu: The world came dangerously close to nuclear war in late July. The nuclear standoff between India and Pakistan became dangerously hot over the Pakistani occupation of a "strategic" border post that Indian troops then recaptured. There were casualties on both sides b...

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'Kargil II' did take place, confirms Indian Air Force New Delhi, Nov 13 Nearly four months after the incident, the Indian Air Force(IAF) on Wednesday confirmed that Pakistani troops did occupy a strategic Indian post at the Neelam valley near Gurez in Jammu and Kashmir before the Army and the IAF e...

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IAF officially acknowledges Kargil-II TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2002 01:49:47 AM ] NEW DELHI: Apart from extensively practising high-altitude precision bombing during Operation Parakram along the Indo-Pak border, the IAF also sharpened its skills in conducting helicopter-borne ope...

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Rediff: 'Indian forces were ready for raids into Pakistan' Josy Joseph in New Delhi Indian Army Special Forces and Indian Air Force had conducted mock commando attacks during Operation Parakram to prepare itself for possible lightning raids into Pakistani territory to destroy terrorist camps and th...

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Op Parakram is over and looking back at "India's War Against Terror By Attrition", I think some very valuable new positives happened for the IAF. Some observations: (1) The UAVs and the satellites are not there to impress the junta, they are being put to use and they have produced results....

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Daulat: the article also seems to imply that IAF jaguars are seeing more flying hours than RAF or Armee de l'Aire jaguars hence finding of the problem earlier excellent observation! :roll: but maybe it was the local climate which caused it earlier on? Though I am not sure how the "the brake bo...

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Tom: Besides, the point is that IrAF MiG-21MF-pilots were extremely aggressive already since September 1980.... so, obviously somebody trained them before the date. Hey give credit to the Iraqis for that! 100 instructors might have gone to Iraq, but surely they taught the Iraqis as required by the ...

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There are 32 items we have bought from Israel : how many has Israel bought from us??

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India recently supplied 2 choppers to a CIS state which borders Afganistan.....These were probably ex-IA/IAF/IN Cheetahs/Chetaks.

Do we pay any royalties to france for Lancer?

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Rangudu, do you have anything on the Kargil and Siachen conflict in your collection? Please post it here!

Thanks

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Is the 'beam' moneuver same as the 'Tailslide' in the Sukhoi? I thought it was exclusive to the flanker

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Ashish_Mishra : Guys, I have a question . Say an IAF Su-30MKI has launched a BVRAAM at an approaching Puki fighter (say) an F-7 .How exactly can the F-7 evade the missile ? 

By ejecting!

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I was going thru the Defexpo 2002 showdaily [20.feb.02] and noticed this: Defexpo News talks to P.D.Braquilangs, MD, Thales India DN: What were the important orders received in 2001 (in india)? PDB: In India we have been selected for the Russian supplied T-90 programme. Thales has provided th...

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Uff, so many folks here but it is left to me to add the razzmataazz :

"You all are crazy but that's why i love you"

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This is not specific to Arjun, but IMHO the whole Armed Forces and DRDO combine: (1) The Doctrine To most westerners all russian armaments seem shitty, but they look at it from their POV. It all depends on the doctrine. Look at all usual russian designs - they ALL have the common featu...

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