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Here is a pic that I like and heralds what is to come... hopefully.<P>

nitin, I still don't understand why the IA would be interested in a 120mm ammo when their guns are 125mm? Am I missing something obvious?

Then the question is why would the Indian Army care about 120mm ammo when their current and future MBTs have 125mm guns?

A question from a layman, me:<P>If the T-90s and the T-72s are 125mm why the concern with the 120mm ammo?

What horsepower engine do the IA T-72s have? Also, what happened to the upgrade program?

MP to invest Rs 2,500cr on roads <BR> <A HREF="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/art ... =623700655" TARGET=_blank>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/art ... 3700655</A>

Contracts for Golden Quadrilateral by December <P>Our Economy Bureau in New Delhi<P>The government is likely to award contracts for multi-laning and upgradation for the entire 5,851 km of the National Highway Development Project's golden Quadrilateral (GQ) component by the end of the current year. <...

NHAI talks LIC into more investments in the road sector<BR> <A HREF="http://www.financialexpress.com/fe20010926/top1.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.financialexpress.com/fe20010926/top1.html</A>

Sorry about posting the whole article but the Business Standard does not have archives. Goes to show that public spending in the right things are beneficial.<P><BR>Road sector logs 69% growth in 1999-2000 <P>Our Economy Bureau in New Delhi<P>The country's roads sector has been among the fastest grow...

IMO, Dhanush is more of a tech test bed for the future SLBM. It is utterly useless to create a Ship/Sub LBM that is less than 1000km unless of course the IN is happy playing a tactical role. If the IN wants to play a strategic role i.e. nuclear deterence then it must have a strategic missle.

Tim wrote: My guess is that it's a test-bed for the Navy to get used to having a missile force, because at some point in the distant future they hope to have a larger role in the nuclear deterrent. This will let them work out at least some of the kinks in the system before better equipment is availa...

PMO to review NHDP progress today <P>Anil Sasi in New Delhi <P>The Prime Minister's Office will review the progress of the Rs 58,000-crore national highways development project (NHDP) on September 5. <P>The meeting assumes significance in view of the government's assertions that NHDP is one of the m...

Tough penalties for highway regulation violators<BR> <A HREF="http://www.business-standard.com/today/test8.asp?menu=4" TARGET=_blank>http://www.business-standard.com/today/test8.asp?menu=4</A> <P><BR>On a sidenote, one of the most damaging elements to a road is overloaded trucks. It seems ...

Let's not forget that the IA still has numbers. A lot of people flog the line that TSP is better at armor because they can crank out more Al-Khalids than we can Arjun-MBTs but there is a flip side: While the T-72 may not be as apt as the Al-Khalid the IA has 1100+ T-72s in various states of upgradat...

I agree with Rudra, India's advantages of numbers and depth come into play in a long drawn war of 2-4 months. While TSP's strength is in quick blows where they choose the time and place.<P>I guess the an analogy that comes to mind is that TSP is a motor-bike and India is a steam roller. A mo-bike ca...

Tieing this thread with the other one on the Paki test, it seems that once in a while a paper will come out questioning the Indian tests' numbers. This questioning comes on very scant "evidence." Yet, the Paki test is questionable on many grounds not the least of which is proliferation but...

ramana, please refresh my memory regarding the details of the Chagai Pu samples. Or provide a link. Thanks

This is what a modern shoulder fired AT missle can do to a T-72 or derivatives. Pretty impressive.<BR> <A HREF="http://home.hiwaay.net/~sickler/opforstuff/vids/JavelinLiveFireVsT72.mpg" TARGET=_blank>http://home.hiwaay.net/~sickler/opforstuff/vids/JavelinLiveFireVsT72.mpg</A> <p>[This mess...

NHAI to connect all ports to GQ network<BR> <A HREF="http://www.economictimes.com/today/19infr02.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.economictimes.com/today/19infr02.htm</A> <P><BR>This is exactly the kind of focused public spending we need. Rather than the broad subsidies that are the norm now....

JEM,<P>Total world population: 6 bil<BR>Indian pop: 1 bil<P>Ratio of Indians to world pop: 1/6

Indians starting to get used to the toll-road concept<P> <A HREF="http://www.business-standard.com/today/test6.asp?menu=4" TARGET=_blank>http://www.business-standard.com/today/ ... ?menu=4</A>

Same kind of expressway like the Mumbai-Pune Expressway is being proposed for the Delhi-Taj(Agra) route.<BR> <A HREF="http://www.economictimes.com/today/03infr04.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.economictimes.com/today/03infr04.htm</A> <P>My concern is what is the viability of this expressway...

Hello y'all,<P>I thought that I would start a thread regarding some of the most important developmental projects going on in the country currently. The roads or more specifically the NHDP monitored roads that are getting upgraded and this has an important bearing on the future development of India.<...

JEM, that is probably the 1st stage being jettisoned. Also, please put the video in mpg format and post, if possible. Drool, drool, drool...

in the su33 vs mig29 vs LCA debate one has to remember the size of the future IN carriers. they will most likely be in the neighborhood of 40,000 tons and most likely not be able to carry anything bigger than a mig-29 or LCA. the ADS size more than anything else will determine the plane we use now a...

use them as cruise missles.

another SAM that splits up and attacks multiple targets is the irish? starstreak<p>[This message has been edited by Vick (edited 06-07-2000).]

multiple targets can also mean that the warhead (conventional) is a proximity fragmentation warhead. if there are multiple targets within the blast radius, then it would be engaging and killing multiple targets. that's my logic anyways but its been proven that DRDO works on a completely different lo...

if china gets bold enough to test again after the CTBT ratification failure, then india should test on a massive scale! test 3 5-10 megaton fission devices and one 15mt therm. all in the ocean as there is no suitable place on land to test except a few... karachi, lahore, pindi, islamabad http://www....