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^^ It is a question of priorities... We never had thought through on how to sustain a war effort through several months. Indigenous products are absolutely necessary to sustain a war unless you have some superpower backing you. We dont have that kind of support and hence we have to indigenise everyt...

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Whatever posted above has no bearing on the topic that Russians DONT ADHERE to written contracts...

This is irrespective of delays in Indian projects, dispensation in power etc.

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Elections announced - 9 phases from Apr 7 to May 12. Counting on May 16
New parliament to be constituted before May 31

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On paper, FGFA may offer India unprecedented access to "strategic technology" but whether it will happen in practice is the worry of most keyboard warriors... Now IAF also seem to share it. 6 billion $ is a huge investment the returns should be quite substantial to make it justifiable.

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The problem is Indian Army is not much tolerant to small faults unlike say Pakistan. If DRDO made the gun with a weight of 12.5 tons instead of 12 tons would Army induct or not? Past experience like Arjun indicate they wont!

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So in MALE segment, we have Rustom 1, Rustom 1 armed and Rustom 2.
Any update on HALE uav?

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we should buy PAKFA if it is better than JSF. But no development funding!!! We have got shafted in Brahmos and Al-55 deals by Russia and Barak deal by Israel.

All funding should be concentrated on AMCA and LCA Mk2.

alexis

F-22 is .3 sq.m RCS? Hmmm.... We shud believe this because?

"PakFa > F-22 so PakFa RCS < F22 RCS. PakFA RCS is 0.1 to 1 sq.m. So F-22 should be higher RCS" Proved as per Lahori logic... or shud i say Russian logic?

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F-35 has got a lot of negative press even before it is inducted. But as independent 3rd party observers, we should not be too negative about it. We should wait till it is inducted to form our opinion. Tejas also got a lot of bad press; that does not make it a bad plane. F-35 may not be as great or a...

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Philip, pls dont peddle the An-124 cheaper than C-17 nonsense. Pls wait till new An-124 makes its flight; then we can discuss. There was a time when Russian stuff was the cheapest (if not most capable); but that time is past now. I dont expect An-124 to be cheaper than C-17 on TCO basis.

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Since we are talking abt strategy : when US was the biggest bully in the neighbourhood, we aligned with the second biggest ie Soviet Union. Now China has become the biggest bully and we are aligning with the second biggest - ie US.

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PRC already has all the tech ingredients for Engine. But they have not done it! They have a J-10B that flies on a WS-10A. The WS-10A 'Taihang' engine gives 132Kn of thrust. Watch from 9:25 onwards http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t69y0M_gNlU J-11B sports WS-10A and not J-10B. They are not confident o...

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I somehow do not subscribe to majority view that AAP is B team of congress. It seems to be an opportune movement created by Kejriwal which will die within next 4-5 years once the "volunteers" realise that real world problems cant be solved by idealism only.

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Dear svenkat, some muslims and christians do support BJP. No need for generalisation. There is no "inherent hatred" for hinduism. Many christians and muslims hate each other than they hate hindus. Once BJP is able to govern properly without favouritsm as in gujarat, i expect BJP to attract...

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^^ Other than Russians and resident Russophiles, i doubt anyone in the world would say that India got a good deal. I agree with NRao that we could have got a new carrier instead of Vik at this price if ordered 10 years ago. UK got a new carrier double the size with fully outfitted with BMS and equip...

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It can be done without heavy taxation in principle. Look at how China did it. - Zero royalty on coal. - Sell coal deposits at zero cost to private sector / mine bosses. - 0% loans to power plants. - Eliminate most scrubbing, pollution control. - Zero cost land - Swipe IP as needed. - Subsidize heav...

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AAP coming to power would be a disaster for Delhi; the AAP manifesto is a study on "what not to do" in economics. vinaji, for all his yembeagiri, AK hasnt thought about what to do when he is elected to power. he has a good chance of coming to power during re-election as i expect a lot of C...

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The fact that he got too much attention compared to what much more rooted activists ever got is proof enough and stands tall above any definition of lahori logic. He filled the anti-corruption space after all the scam. BJP could not fill this space and vacated it for Anna Hazare. MSM gave him space...

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We dont have SSBNs yet!!! So, we can chill when we have 8-10 SSBNs like Bear.

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Sir ji, How can we find out how much payment he got, I cant investigate his swiss account or his benami's bank accounts. The GOI machinery was acting as if they are against him. Just like the brits created MKG. The simple fact that this 2 paise activist got so much attentions compared to the doyens...

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RMji, Article 370 needs a debate before amendment; BJP is for repealing it. however, the same needs a debate prior to any action of repealing it. Indian society must not differentiate between sexes; on that front, same law should be applicable to both sexes. The Kashmiri law is discriminatory and ag...

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RMji's posts about 370 and devalayas are relevant eventhough i dont agree to it. There should be wide debate on contentious issues like Article 370, anti-conversion etc. So i agree with NaMo's stand. Different people have different views on the same issue and consensus / majority view should prevail...

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3052621/posts My understanding was that missile will lock on to the biggest target and attack it. This wolfpack system as mentioned in the article seems bunkum. How would the missile "wait" for another missile? how long would it wait? Also wouldn't...

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Thorium smuggling should be prevented at all costs.... BR needs to undertake a twitter war if needed...

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Garg,

It was a herculean mistake to condone China's occupation of Tibet. We should never cede any more to China.

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http://articles.economictimes.indiatime ... m-super-30

India allows poor people to get education freely or subsidised but quality is a question mark

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Does US have stations in Russia to correct GPS signals? If not, why? Is GPS technically better than Glonass that it doesnt need ground stations in Russia?

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Requesting anonymity, a retired air marshal said, the manufacturing cost incurred on JF-17 Thunder is 1.5 billion to two billion rupees, roughly. “It needs to be determined whether there is a significant room for exporting this aircraft and earning profit after incurring such huge amount of money,”...

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It may be a disgrace but even that is noncompetitive in Rupee or yuan terms...

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RoyG wrote:Patna blast witness "escapes" from custody. What a f*cking joke NIA is. They let this jihadi go.

How can one say "escaped" if he was not arrested? NIA could not even identify him as an accused!

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On the face of it, it seems that T-90 is a good tank, and costs less than Arjun. While Arjun may be more survivable, overall utility may not be much different. I think we must support army's decision to buy T-90. "T-90 a good tank?" - debatable but is better than T-72 we have. So nothing ...

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21,000 tons of gold 1 ton = 1 tonne = 1000 kgs Current rate 1 oz 31 grms = $ 1300 approx 21 x 10 ^ 9 grams 21 x 10 ^ 9 x 13 x 10^ 2 dollars 21 x 13 x 10^ 11 dollars. Rearranging the numbers and adding the powers 273 x 10 ^ 11 10^12 is trillion dollars So it's worth 27.3 trillion dollars This is min...

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VinodTK wrote:Infiltration bid: Keran mystery deepens, no bodies, weapons traced

This in variance with this news item which mentions large cache of arms found...
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes ... -militants

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UK certainly has capability to design warheads and had indigenous warheads. But currently it sems they use US supplied warheads.

alexis

^^^ My interest is that i have my brother working in Hyd and i dont want Hyd to burn!

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If Telengana is not created, Telengana burns alongwith Hyd. If Telengana is created, Seema Andhra burns alongwith Hyd. In any case, Hyd burns!!! Anyway BJP, Congress and TDP had agreed on this division earlier. Why is there a split or backpedalling now? Implement this decision efficiently causing mi...

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Lalmohan's post +1

Optimum order quantity is the key to create and sustain a high tech defence ecosystem in India. HAl can manage with low orders but other vendors cant and we will be forced to order tyres and screws from abroad.

alexis

^^^^^What a load of b$ll!. Pray list the tasks that the Rafale can perform better than the LCA in the context of a specific combat theater. People such as this would give anything for imports. This is the recipe that has landed us in the present soup. For a long range strike against China, LCA will...

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got hold of lumia 720 thru flipkart; 6 month emi and 10% cashback. Light and bright. the keypad is superb. Always had problems on typing on Sammy phones.
Only problem is that cant access nokia music even though it is bundled free

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