Bharat Rakshak

Good article Mahesh. Thanks. But quoting from that: One big reason India is beefing up its arsenal: China. "It goes without saying that India must be seriously concerned with the rise of China's strategic power, including its military and economic power," says Ashwani Kumar, member of parl...

Just as I thought. Or pray, are there lobbies at werk? So I had a look at this http://www.carnegieendowment.org/about/index.cfm?fa=funding And as you scroll down you find U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency U.S. Department of Defense U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Department of State :rotfl:

Agree with you Lalmohan. Having sold mainframes to ISRO, HAL and NAL, I was struck by one thing. The humility, the eagerness of the people to learn something knew, their intellect and knowledge. Their dedication was so heart warming that I used to love sitting and chatting with them. In fact, I inst...

Hi BRites,
Newbie here though I have been following various forums as an unintentional lurker.

Dad was in aviation and I am from IITKGP.

Really impressed by what is posted on these forums and I hope I can contribute. And I get a clear view of the a/c landing at HAL from my window.

Cheers

Does Mr. Tellis know what he is speaking of? [quote]"And, I am not sure that the Russians have figured out how to build a machine that is really efficient in terms of spending more time in the air rather than spending more time in maintenance," he said.Thus, Tellis predicted confidently th...

Thanks for the observation Singhaji. Gurus, please correct me if I am wrong. But an unstable a/c makes for agility and manouvreability? So the trail of the LCA, as seen in the video should not be a problem at all. The flight control software, which a/c like the Holland Gnat (the Sabre Killer) did no...

Thanks Singhaji. What worries me is that with 32-33 operational squadrons we seem to be very cool about what I feel are possible threats all along our borders. (Northeast/ Northwest and our coastline) And the chin-pak axis gloating over it. At times a strong force is itself a deterrent. But we are a...

Delayed again? Beyond 2012!!

Why can't they give a timebound schedule! Are we losing the plot as far as Tejas is concerned?

@nachiket Not an airforce type alas, but an engineer with a dad who was in aviation. Hope this helps. http://insideracingtechnology.com/tech103anglattack.htm what happens is that when the wing goes up, the lift increases. (E.g. An aircraft taking off from a runway). However, if the angle between the...

Phew! With 260 a/c the biggest bang for the buck would be MIG35/Gripen NG! Unless, ofcourse, the other vendors slash their prices like anything. I think the Gorshov deal would make our mandarins more educated in ensuring the legalese. And if the Russians did make a mistake in the cost calculations t...

Here is an overall presentation of AI 2011. http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/b ... how/190816
Happy viewing.

While Aero India will have fantastic displays one hopes that we will ultimately select an a/c which gives us the necessary qualitative edge over the a/c of countries or a combination of countries, who are in the envelope of our threat perception, and give us an edge over their quantitative and quali...

Worth reading http://www.ausairpower.net/DT-SuperBug-vs-Flanker.html

Waiting for Vivek's posts. Withdrawal symptoms in progress.