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by putnanja
22 Aug 2006 07:27
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Armed Forces Senior Appointments & Officers
Replies: 168
Views: 62525

Lt General transferred over wife’s film shoot at IMA [quote]NEW DELHI, AUGUST 21:Army Director General Military Intelligence (DGMI) Lt Gen Deepak H. Summanwar’s alleged involvement in the unauthorised shooting of his wife’s film at the Indian Military Academy (IMA) in Dehradun two months ago ...
by putnanja
07 Aug 2006 06:27
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Cataloguing reasons for AGNI & GSLV launch failures
Replies: 157
Views: 119336

"Design flaw behind Agni-III failure" NEW DELHI: India's longest-range ballistic missile, Agni-III, which failed its maiden test on July 9, has more serious problems than have been reported. Unless rectified and successfully proven, the failed Agni-III test will continue to have serious i...
by putnanja
15 Jul 2006 02:54
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: Book Review Folder - 2005/2006/2007
Replies: 404
Views: 174895

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man I got this book from a local library. Just read the first few pages on how Ecuador was plundered by the US and other MNCs and governments. A very interesting book on how all the IMF/World bank etc experts force the countries to "globalize" their economie...
by putnanja
14 May 2006 08:27
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Siachen News & Discussion
Replies: 3050
Views: 517276

Coming down from the heights Senior opposition leaders, particularly of the BJP, have been sharply critical of the government’s reported moves to demilitarise Siachen. While their stridency could be put down in part to the need to sound overtly patriotic during election time, it is indeed surpris...
by putnanja
03 May 2006 02:17
Forum: The Kargil Archive
Topic: Kargil War Thread - IV
Replies: 325
Views: 189367

What would the international pressure have been on us if we had not done anything immediately? Like ABV mentioned somewhere where he regretted not hitting TSP soon after parliament attack, it would have been a bit difficult, if not impossible to wait and attack later. IIRC, even Clinton tried to med...
by putnanja
28 Feb 2006 06:03
Forum: Military Expositions Archive
Topic: Asian Aerospace 2006 - Singapore
Replies: 47
Views: 41900

Abhisham wrote: As per the person at the stall Tejas will get drop tanks which should increase the sorty time considerably more than 30-40 mins earlier.
I remember reading an article which said that LCA's sorties now last an hour or more.
by putnanja
26 Jan 2006 00:39
Forum: Military Expositions Archive
Topic: Republic Day 2006
Replies: 115
Views: 89860

Kirti Chakra honour for Ghale, Sanjeev, Raghuram[url] A Gorkha Non-Commissioned officer, Subedar Jagat Bahadur Ghale, who felled three Lashkar militants in hand-to-hand combat in Kashmir , Sanjeev, a police officer who played a stellar role in tsunami rescue efforts and a civilian, Raghuram, from R...
by putnanja
17 Dec 2005 07:17
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: A.Q. Khan The Movie
Replies: 69
Views: 60606

Cool stuff!! Can someone host the swf file on their site, so others could just point to it and it runs on the page? Otherwise, one has to go through the rapidshare download page to download and play it. People could just put the link on their blog site if the swf file is hosted on some site.
by putnanja
03 Nov 2005 23:51
Forum: Military Exercises Archive
Topic: Cope India 2005 - Kalaikunda AFS - Part I
Replies: 337
Views: 195282

Why are they not using Gwalior? Isn't it the only instrumented IAF base ? Last year too, I beleive the Indo-US excerices were held at Gwalior Yeah the IAF is useless, privatize it. :twisted: I am sure Reliance will do a better job running the AF. Look how well they keep unwanted elements out of Hal...
by putnanja
03 Nov 2005 23:10
Forum: Military Exercises Archive
Topic: Cope India 2005 - Kalaikunda AFS - Part I
Replies: 337
Views: 195282

Why are they not using Gwalior? Isn't it the only instrumented IAF base ? Last year too, I beleive the Indo-US excerices were held at Gwalior
by putnanja
02 Sep 2005 00:16
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Nuclear Deterrence: What's all the fuss about?
Replies: 94
Views: 48679

Navy chief talks tough on nukes "Nuclear deterrence lies in the adversary’s mind. To deter someone, you must be able to convince him the consequences of using a nuclear weapon will be so horrible and devastating, that he should never even contemplate it,"said Admiral Arun Prakash on Thurs...
by putnanja
20 Aug 2005 22:31
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Flight Safety
Replies: 3375
Views: 920883

Link available in NewIndPress now...

IAF’s flight safety award named after State’s pilot
by putnanja
17 Aug 2005 03:16
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Cruise Missile Test in Pakistan: News and Discussions
Replies: 381
Views: 138462

India has NFU policy. So, India won't retaliate till a nuke lands on Indian soil. But after that, TSP's total annihilation is definitely assured. So, are they going to use the SLCM for a 2nd strike on India? . They hope to negotiate themselves out of total annihilation using this weapon system. Fun...
by putnanja
17 Aug 2005 03:03
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Cruise Missile Test in Pakistan: News and Discussions
Replies: 381
Views: 138462

Was it yusuf's compilation? :lol:
by putnanja
17 Aug 2005 02:54
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Cruise Missile Test in Pakistan: News and Discussions
Replies: 381
Views: 138462

India has NFU policy. So, India won't retaliate till a nuke lands on Indian soil. But after that, TSP's total annihilation is definitely assured. So, are they going to use the SLCM for a 2nd strike on India? Given TSP's industrial strengths, I am doubtful whether they can even master the SLCM techno...
by putnanja
17 Aug 2005 00:36
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Badges, Patches, Insignia, Medals & Uniforms
Replies: 197
Views: 85869

Welcome back RayC, long time no see!!
by putnanja
04 Jul 2005 08:48
Forum: Military Exercises Archive
Topic: Exercise Garuda-II: Istres AFB, France
Replies: 91
Views: 80307

Doesnt that look as though it was taken from air?
by putnanja
03 May 2005 23:50
Forum: Military History Archive
Topic: Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora - RIP
Replies: 104
Views: 81438

From Asian Age, posting in full as it isn't archived... Dhaka mourns death of a legend - By Our Correspondent New Delhi, May 3: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, the Indian Army and Bangladesh expressed grief at the death of Lt. Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora (Retd.) on Tuesday....
by putnanja
02 Feb 2005 04:03
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: New Chetan Helicopter: News & Discussion
Replies: 59
Views: 43526

Chetak upgraded version makes test flight Chetan will fly as one of HAL's showpieces at the Aero India show opening in Bangalore next week. It can fly nearly 450 km non-stop without refuelling and at a height of 2-4 km and a speed of 150 nautical miles per hour. The two copters have vertical take-o...
by putnanja
01 Feb 2005 11:06
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: New Chetan Helicopter: News & Discussion
Replies: 59
Views: 43526

'Chetan' maiden flight successful Bangalore, Feb. 1. (PTI): Chetan, an upgraded Chetak helicopter, made its first flight successfully here today. Chetan has been fitted with a powerful Snecma TM 333 2B2 engine that powers Dhruv, the Advanced Light Helicopter and is an upgraded version of HAL's work...
by putnanja
15 Jan 2005 23:37
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Bharat Rakshak - New Main Page Launch
Replies: 63
Views: 54831

In the news section on the main page, is it possible to open the links in an iframe within the new window, with the top of the window saying that you are visiting a site outside of Bharat-Rakshak, similar to the way it is done in Sulekha etc?
by putnanja
25 Nov 2004 02:00
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: Oil & Natural Gas: News & Discussion - VI
Replies: 323
Views: 168933

The politics of gas: treading the fine line ... The LNG is expected to come at an FOB price of about $2.57 per mmbtu, (India is making all efforts to freeze the deal at $ 240 per mmbtu). Spot prices rule at $4-5 per mmbtu. Add to this, the shipping cost which is estimated to be around 0.26 per mmbt...