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According to Shuja Nawaz's book on the Pakistan Army, Sher Ali Khan was the leading light of the Islam-pasand officers of the Pakistan Army... a pioneer.

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Let's be clear that the Swallow class of the 1980s and what the IN are purchasing are different ships. The design that the IN has bought is larger than the Gaeta class. It is based on the Yang Yang-class in service with the ROKN. At 60 m and 900t is significantly larger. As with all modern MCMV they...

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Cheaper =/= Low Quality

Kangnam best fits our requirements, including price.

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Rakesh is correct.

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Ramana
See: http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/displ ... 0805211245

Rahul: "Eve of destruction" er ke author?

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Subra,
Recently read The Yom Kippur War by Abraham Rabinovich. Rivetting account of how close the IDF came to disaster. Have you read it?

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The quality of the FH-77 which was most appreciated during Kargil was not it's direct fire capability, but its high angle of elevation which allowed deployment of guns close to the 'lee' of the mountains, which allowed for easy crest clearance while providing protection against counter battery bomba...

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The P-17A is based on the P-17 hull. Where foreign expertise is being sought is with super structure design and signature management. The Navy was looking at foreign collaboration not for design purposes but to cut build time. The basic design is indeed DGND

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P-17A is an evolved P-17, better shielding and stealth, heavier gun and enhanced weapons. Maz has a CGI of the design.

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Singha wrote:in WW2, carriers used to 'turn into the wind' before launching deckloads .... D

Singha, not just in world war two. That is also the preferred option in this day and age.

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Jagan wrote:I suspect these are the replacement aircraft for the original 18 Ks? 051 to 068.. that would make sense in the sequence. What say rupak?

Jagan, to me that is the only logical explanation.

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It's the frequency of such incidents in Mumbai that underscore the impatience with which the Navy is waiting to move the fleet to Karwar. The Navy had foreseen the crowding of Mumbai way back in the late 1970s as interfering with operations.

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Nachiket,
Please note that what is listed on the orbat page is the unit establishment of squadrons. In addition to these aircraft are maintaince and attrition reserves.

Example:
Total number of Mirage inducted: 49 + 10 = 59
Number lost: 7
Balance: 52

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Katare I have seen the 30Ks parked in Pune as of last year. In there are probably 12-14 of them. I counted them but don't remember. No buyers were found for the aircraft. At one point Belarus was a potential customer. The aircraft were really flogged and their residual value must be very marginal. S...

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Maz can confirm, but IIRC all the Rajputs will be given deep upgrades and all the P-16s have recently undergone the same.

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Katare your numbers seem are slightly off. The original plan was for the "upgrade" of the Su-30K/MKs but these were replaced with new build MKI's (at additional cost less the price of used K/Mk airframes) since the K/MK are structurally different. Therefore the total order for MKI is for 2...

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Hi Avid
Technically speaking no 15B have been ordered yet. What you are thinking about is the 3 Kolkata Class (i.e. 15A)

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Gentlemen
Enough please with the arguments and acrimony. This is a good thread with lots of good info and dicussion. I would request people to please self delete stuff which is not relevant.
thanks
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Great work Pratik.

What is interesting over both 2010 and 2009 is the significant reduction in fighter aircraft attrition rates over the previous decade.

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OMG....It looks like the same Aditya Negi who was two years my senior in our hostel......wow!

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Those numbers are completely incorrect. There are many more M-46 and fewer FH-77B than suggested in the list. There are fewer LFG and more IFG.

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Thanks for the upate DRoy. Equally important is the fact that Abhay is meant as a technology development demonstrator. Puts to rest any speculations about it.

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I don't know if 85 AR is part of the divison, but recall them being based in Babina around 2008-09.

Added Later
See: http://www.aftdelhi.nic.in/benches/prin ... 042010.pdf

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Yes, I saw the president's award of colours. What struck me was the absence of 85 Armoured Regt, which was also based at Babina (and AFAIK is also a T-90 regiment).

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Thanks for your explanations, Rohit. I too suspect that (c) is the most likely scenerio.

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Thanks Rohit. Do we know the composition of the new RAPIDS, specifically which the new armoured brigades are? Are they new raisings or conversions?

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Rohit, which are the two new RAPIDS?

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Maz can shed more light on this. As I understand it the competition is not so much for design, but for project management and the designation of a manufacturing yard. The design is an in-house (with foreign consultancy) one from GRSE/DND.

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There are at least 5 T-55 regiments around that I am aware of. The T-55 regiments have been converting to both T-72 and more recently T-90s, depending on availability. When I saw them 4-5 years ago EC's armoured regiment had given up its T-55s for T-72s. More recently, a buddy of mine was preparing ...

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This would seem to confirm that we are close to going with an Intermarine design for the future MCMV.

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I simply don't understand why, Sidor you assume that only the PLA will be moving assests around by air, while we twiddle our thumbs? The Indian airlift capacity is also quite significant and has been demonstrated more than once. We too can and have called on civilian aircraft to induct forces into t...

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Airlift capability =/= Para drop. Any serious study of the operations in WW2 will indicate quite clearly the huge differences in terrain between Western Europe and the Himalayan region - jagged rocks on one end, and thick forest on the other end. All major para ops have taken place in plains for a r...

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Surya; You are of course right about the CKD Tatras. Yet another example of PSU passing off assembly as manufacture. Chetak; Quite incorrect to say that Arjun was not designed for Indian railways. Indeed the railways regularly carry larger loads than Arjun tanks (such as boilers). It would be more a...

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No K were ever upgraded. They are held in open storage in Lohegaon.

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You're on, Jagan. Let's see if LNS is also available.

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How about PHL on either 16 or 17 Sep?

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Austin, you are of course correct in what you say.

Biswas, look at the LUSH avionics and weapons suite and compare to LCA.

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Before condemning the Navy for imprudence please stop to think what could have motivated this upgrade. (Hint: Keep an eye to the future)

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As I noted elsewhere, it would be fallacy to say that the ITBP is trained to the same standard as the Army. They are primarily a police/border enforcement force and structured and oriented in that fashion. Yes they do operate in difficult terrain, but their orientation, morale and training is certai...

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Just ban airbus? Why one should also ban Boeing, esp after the Lufthansa MD-11 crash in Saudi yesterday. Afterall Boeing now owns MD.

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