Bharat Rakshak

Kalantak, do you have proof that what Aroor has posted is a lie? If not, you are indulging in the same unethical things you accuse him of. If you have an argument that rips Aroor's piece apart, why not post it here (or better yet, on the blog itself)? It would surely be better than calling him names...

Rafale on board of USS Enterprise - 2007-09-12 In france, it is called a "première". Two french Rafale M have landed on USS Enterprise. This is the first time that the multirole plane deck-land on an americain carrier. Many diplomats and members of the two armies were gathered to celebra...

Javelin vs T-72. I think the T-72 wins http://youtube.com/watch?v=5ZAnYYj9orQ Love the Javelin's "cold launch". Of course it is shoulder mounted and thus required - unless the missile and the man is to be considered "fire and forget". Is a man-portable version of the Nag in the ...

This is how the CPI reacted to nuclear tests in 1998 http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980513/13350804.html Wednesday, May 13, 1998 No consensus on exercising nuclear option, says Left EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, May 12: The Left parties have taken a critical view of the Bhara...

JCage wrote:You are mistaken here. Again, there is a good reason why the R-27 is being retained in the IAF inventory and will be for some time.

Didn't someone mention some time back (Aero India, I guess) that the IAF had almost done away with the R-27 for the MKI?

but AK Antony in parliament has recently said there is no program called Sagarika! so pray quite the mindgames here and I am tense enough already. is there a SLBM named S a agarika ? :D There already exists a program called "Garika", remember? I think it was speculated on BR that this was...

http://acorn.nationalinterest.in/2007/04/12/ballistic-missile-inverted-by-commas/ Even Reuters—which is a past master in the art of the use of inverted commas— did not use it this time. Both The Hindu and the Indian Express carry the same PTI report on their websites. But only the Indian Express...

Congratulations, Jagan!

Vishnu wrote:Give me a side stick anyday !!

The flying characteristics of the jet ... are simply amazing ... and though the MiG 29 and 35 pull the same g ... I feel the instantaneous rate of turn and the responsiveness of the controls are superior to the Russian jets. I presume this is what the pakis keep barking about when they talk of the ...

Focus, people, focus!

I assume it is real. IT tomtoms it as such, and the entire article appears to be (as you noted), written as if RajC observed the test himself. Wouldnt make sense for them to PS it, and claim that it was the interceptor. The missile looks like a standard Prithvi to boot. I think the nose section app...

JC Garu, here is a better pic of that vehicle. Which missile could this be? It looks tall and fair, but the nozzle could have been made tighter

http://www.acig.org/artman/uploads/univ.jpg

Yes. The "Vajra" missile sheild. It intercepted American Tomahawks (not exactly Ballistic Missiles, I agree) during the climax.

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Does this sound uncannily similar to what General Padmanabhan wrote in his novel?

Nikhil, the aeroplanes in Chengdu are J-10s

Quite sure. Apaches have four-bladed rotors. Mi-17s have five-bladed ones.

R Sharma, I believe those choppers are Mi-17s.

Where did you see the Apache? All I could see were three Mi-17s.

BTW, I can see an F-104 on the northern side.

Any idea whether RayC's interview was published?

Gen. Malik states that ACM Tipnis refused to provide air support to the IA because of the danger of escalation. However, later in the book, he describes how all three service chiefs were in agreement for a proposal the IAF to cross the LoC to carry out a particular attack, only to have it shot down ...

Jagan, did you get my e-mail?

The first one is a MiG-27. The rest look like MiG-29s

Imagine the kind of mind boggling thinking that had gone into designing and developing these two machines. That too way back in the 60s. Avram I remember reading an article about the SR-71 by Kelly Johnson in Reader's Digest (1993, I think). He says that they diesgned the aircraft using a slide-rul...

shiv wrote:There's a new fulcrum pic carrying humans just like trains and buses i.e. - on the "roof".

Kind of makes you wonder what the Il-76 is capable of...

Kartik wrote:and there is another stunner of a Fulcrum supporting a whole squadron of guys on it !

Wasn't that a Flanker? Or is there another pic of the Fulcrum?

The biggest mistake I think we made was that we did not commit our airforce. You may be right. But was our Air Force large enough to repel the Chinese forces, even if air superiority was achieved? Did the IAF have any experiece in 1962. The Chinese had the experience of the Korean War. Secondly, it...

Shankar, A nice build up - as always. But I have a few doubts. Why would the US not fly down Navy SEALS or the Delta Force to Thailand and use them against the terrorists? Since most of the people on board the Star Dazzle are Americans, would they want to entrust the responsibilty of this enormous t...

Singha,
What is ARS, ARN, and ARC?

An awesome artice, Harry. The complicated tactics have proven themselves against the sensors on all aircraft intercepted in real time, from the F/A-18C of the USN to the Atlantique-1 of the PN. Did the IN actually intercept an F-18 or was it during an exercise? If it actually intercepted one, where ...

A small suggession guys....for amateurs like me it is tough to know what all the fancy shortforms mean. So how about including full forms in brackets atleast once? An appendix of all would be the best...