Bharat Rakshak

I am mostly a lurker and pick up on the interesting viewpoints by the forum members. Its always enjoyed the views of vina & N^3 saars in the LCA thread. Ssridhar, Ramana, RajeshA saars in the strategy threads and shiv & RahulM saars in almost all threads. Have learnt a lot from all of you. N...

India to send 120,000 troops to Afghanistan Is this what chidu meant when he said hard decisions would need to be taken in the coming months? And did Advaniji not say that we will support you unequivocally in all "hard decisions"? I wonder if this has been cooking for sometime on the back...

ksubramaniam i would love to believe you but for track record of present govt and leader in chief who claimed pak is victim of terror, wanted siachen peace park etc. you tell him your bhasmasur story he will call you communal warmonger. that is the kind of person he is. with such leadership all suc...

So, I believe the government is taking the long hard route rather than taking the short one which would lead to short term happiness about the government and election victory. I guess that would fantastically explain why Antulay is still in the government. you know the concept of useful idiot dont ...

So, today is 26th. The end of the deadline. If the govt is going to take action, it bloody well wont announce it from the rooftops. Understand... put the various news in perspective... what MMS said was "war is not the issue, the issue is terrorism" Please read between the lines, he never...

it(war) is not the solution I believe that the best response to this should be to send a couple of Rambhas over and drop decoy bombs onlee on ISI-HQ and TSPA-HQ or the terrorist camps still operating at least. No crossing of red lines - invasion of airspace onlee. :twisted: You could also send deco...

Did anyone watch the Times Now channel 8:30 PM coverage? Vinod Mehta's Outlook bringing out an edition titled "Is war the only option?" The Ex spokesperson for the Gen Musharass saying that any strike by India across the border WILL lead to all out war with Pakistan. No one objected or sai...

As this is my first post in this thread (had to read through 60 pages after power came back on sunday after being off for 3.5 days), I salute the armed forces and the police forces of the country for exemplary courage in trying times. I salute the mango abdul on the street who is shouting and scream...

Some interesting news on making the Armed forces a stakeholder from just a user today: Armed forces to fund DRDO projects Army not happy with the decision of it having to fund 10 per cent of the cost. The Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) highest body, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), has handed a...

Sir, I did not intend to call the honorable brigadier a DDM so, if thats what came out of the post then I apologize.
My point was with some of the factual errors in the article which I highlighted.
As, you point out those can be argued either way.

Painfully slow Gurmeet Kanwal Tuesday, June 17, 2008 20:42 IST The Indian army’s drive towards modernisation lacks the momentum it needs For a long time now India’s first-rate army has been saddled with second-rate weapons and equipment , despite heavy operational commitments on border management a...

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I think this idea was raised in the forum before. The following points were put forth:

There would be too many changes required to the design

2 engines to control for the FADEC & FCS

multiple points of failure

2 engine variant aircraft is the MCA

Another interesting article that I found Btw interesting year ahead with Nag Trials scheduled in June and two ABM tests, one in July and the other in september. Agni propels India in big league Agni propels India in big league The smooth and flawless test firing of the long range nuclear-capable Agn...

Interesting news.. Part of a series that was promised on Shukla ji's blog. I think this marks the change in DRDO that we all were looking forward for. More accountability but more importantly more interaction (and hopefully support) with the end user. A new engagement with military THE NEW DRDO PART...

ranganathan wrote: Relax mate, 2T Milan and Nag are completely different weapon systems even though their primary purpose (anti tank) is the same. Milan is carried by infantry soldiers while Nag is self propelled (BMP2/Dhruv); Thanks for pointing that out buddy, I think I jumped the gun there. My m...

Army wants 4,100 anti-tank missiles By SRIDHAR KUMARASWAMI New Delhi, May 21: The Indian Army is planning to buy 4,100 2-T Milan anti-tank guided missiles. A meeting attended by the top Army and ministry of defence (MoD) officials, including Army chief Gen. Deepak Kapoor and the Army’s director-g...

Got this news report on DRDO DRDO scientist gets award for work on avalanches [quote] Neeta Kolhatkar Sunday, May 18, 2008 03:43 IST Forecasting technique helps to reduce deaths and accidents in snow-bound areas Dr Ratnakar N Sarwade, a scientist with Defence Research & Development Organisation ...