thanks ramana. that is very helpful.ramana wrote:malushahi, Now that you have lead you can do your own research as such a link would be available in Google.
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- 07 Sep 2017 22:20
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - May 2017
- Replies: 5116
- Views: 1897209
Re: Indian Missiles News and Discussions - May 2017
- 07 Sep 2017 21:55
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - May 2017
- Replies: 5116
- Views: 1897209
Re: Indian Missiles News and Discussions - May 2017
i am aware of training provided by ltte, but not gun-running. can you share more details/links? thanks.tsarkar wrote:Pakistan supplied Stingers to LTTE in exchange for LTTE ferrying arms to Moro Islamic Militants in Philippines.
- 07 Sep 2017 21:34
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Siachen News & Discussion
- Replies: 3050
- Views: 500525
Re: Siachen News & Discussion
The gorge from Chalunka affords a line of communication to India that is every bit as good as the Paki access through the gorges leading northeastwards from the Ghyari valley. which itself was built one brick at a time on a foundation laid by col chewang rinchen, mvc (bar). this was THE game-change...
- 02 Sep 2017 04:00
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Siachen News & Discussion
- Replies: 3050
- Views: 500525
Re: Siachen News & Discussion
did you mean to say "east of it"?Y I Patel wrote:like the Bahadur Complex immediately to the west of it
- 02 Sep 2017 03:14
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Siachen News & Discussion
- Replies: 3050
- Views: 500525
Re: Siachen News & Discussion
yip: one hopes to see more posts from old-timers like yourself. i do miss your inputs to discussions, whether orbat or eqpt, the way you used to in the late-90s and early-2000s.
- 01 Sep 2017 09:26
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Siachen News & Discussion
- Replies: 3050
- Views: 500525
Re: Siachen News & Discussion
yip, long time.Y I Patel wrote:My best guess of the location of Point 5770. Note how that general complex dominates approaches from both the Indian side (gorge leading to Chalunka) and the Paki side (gorge leading to Goma/Sakisa.)
35.0120372N 76.9558811E
pt5770: 35.014669, 76.958631
- 27 Aug 2017 12:15
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: China Military Watch - Sept' 2016
- Replies: 4649
- Views: 1801751
Re: China Military Watch - Sept' 2016
China’s PLA readying missiles to stun Indian air power The anti-aircraft brigade of the 79th group army was the main participant in this year’s drill, on August 22. The exercise evaluated the unit’s radar system, command and control network, intercept capabilities, electronic and cyber warfare abil...
- 27 Aug 2017 12:12
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: China Military Watch - Sept' 2016
- Replies: 4649
- Views: 1801751
- 16 Jul 2017 02:47
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
- Replies: 10352
- Views: 2265650
Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
why can't bhutan cede the entire doklam tract to india (considering the shaksgam precedent where one of the countries disputing a piece of land unilaterally ceded it to a third country)?
- 15 Jul 2017 18:36
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - May 2017
- Replies: 5116
- Views: 1897209
Re: Indian Missiles News and Discussions-May 2017
there are only so many "special" facilities where those "coaches" get loaded and serviced. adversaries with significant space assets would have a track on at least some of them. air-launched. not so much. one would imagine little to no mod to the carrier. complete plug and play, ...
- 15 Jul 2017 18:23
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - May 2017
- Replies: 5116
- Views: 1897209
Re: Indian Missiles News and Discussions-May 2017
^^^ 1. unpredictability. a tel is a tel; how does one look inside a cargo mover? how different is the radar cross section of a mil-cargo mover from a commercial one? 2. way shorter reaction time for the kill vehicle vis-a-vis one launched from terrestrial tel (road or rail). what do the above 2 bege...
- 15 Jul 2017 12:19
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - May 2017
- Replies: 5116
- Views: 1897209
Re: Indian Missiles News and Discussions-May 2017
integrate A-4/5 with C-17.
- 11 May 2017 22:53
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3546
- Views: 938069
Re: Armoured Vehicles Discussion Thread - August 9, 2014
got it. misunderstood what you meant in the first instance. in that event, can the atgm/heat tactic be scaled up to match the number, depth and density of fortifications on a very flat terrain, that offers very little to hide on approach? needless to say, i meant exactly this when i mentioned dug-in...
- 11 May 2017 22:17
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3546
- Views: 938069
Re: Armoured Vehicles Discussion Thread - August 9, 2014
was that 50cm of steel?
- 11 May 2017 22:12
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3546
- Views: 938069
Re: Armoured Vehicles Discussion Thread - August 9, 2014
would love to learn more about this shell. care to post some links?Singha wrote:A 105mm shell is good for 50cm thick steel plate. It might be able to penetrate 2 meter thick concrete or 4 meter of brick and sand as a guess. Enough to penetrate those stone made posts
- 11 May 2017 18:43
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3546
- Views: 938069
Re: Armoured Vehicles Discussion Thread - August 9, 2014
They are multi-roled: command and control vehicles, forward artillery/air observer posts, battle ambulance, night illumination, etc. So easier to build up a logistics tail, less fuel consumption, etc. BMP-2s today, and Tata FICVs or Kestrels in near future, IMHO is the way to go -- start by convert...
- 11 May 2017 02:29
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3546
- Views: 938069
Re: Armoured Vehicles Discussion Thread - August 9, 2014
And by the way there will be no tank battles on China front. Where is the tankable country? the suitability of ne/e/se ladakh and n sikkim (and desi assets therein) is well documented on the web. concurrently, improvement in infrastructure is turning hitherto gun-country into cavalry-country. the-t...
- 11 May 2017 01:45
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 6211
- Views: 1776711
Re: Internal Security Watch
Regarding NCERT and overall 'kichad' in this arena - Anthropologist Mr BB Kumar appointed as ICSSR head http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/ncert-textbooks-driven-by-political-agenda-iccsr-chief-bb-kumar/660958/ Meanwhile Guha burnishing his credentials - https://twitter.com/Ram_Guha/status/...
- 11 May 2017 01:42
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
- Replies: 10352
- Views: 2265650
Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Nancy Pelosi
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@NancyPelosi
To some in China, an autonomous, authentic Tibet is inconceivable. To our bipartisan delegation, it is inevitable. @DalaiLama
- 10 May 2017 04:00
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Military Helicopters
- Replies: 5318
- Views: 2107535
Re: Indian Military Helicopters
did not see this posted. Chinook base in Chandigarh “A certain number of Chinooks will be based in Chandigarh,” a senior IAF officer said. “Two hangars and a maintenance bay along with associated technical and logistics facilities are to be set up here for the purpose,” he said. Chandigarh is no str...
- 10 May 2017 02:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 6211
- Views: 1776711
Re: Internal Security Watch
the 36-26 was as off-topic as it could be, but i can see why you brought that up. oh well. the red threat comes closest to being an existential one. a full page ode to kishenji in a 10th grade book is as wtf as it gets. nothing political about it. if anything, it shows what traitors can do when in p...
- 10 May 2017 02:09
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 6211
- Views: 1776711
Re: Internal Security Watch
to badmouth a government for the follies of its predecessor? or am i not understanding you?shyamal wrote:That is the first and strongest reaction of most people actually.
- 10 May 2017 01:58
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 6211
- Views: 1776711
Re: Internal Security Watch
Its just that I refuse to join the bandwagon to immediately start "this govt is worthless and a failure in xyz" :) far from it. the intention is to make this visible, so things can be rectified. although it was interesting to see how people dived headlong to politicize this. a lot many &q...
- 10 May 2017 01:48
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 6211
- Views: 1776711
- 10 May 2017 01:45
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 6211
- Views: 1776711
Re: Internal Security Watch
There are so many IEDs around that I refuse to get excited about an issue like this and start badmouthing the govt :) more than badmouthing, the constant effort to politicize everything gets my goose. this one though came from people in the know who questioned how a book like this can continue to b...
- 10 May 2017 01:36
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Intelligence and National Security Discussion
- Replies: 979
- Views: 244583
Re: Intelligence and National Security Discussion
International Court of Justice stays death sentence imposed by Pakistani court on India’s Kulbhushan Jadhav In what is a massive setback to Pakistan, International Court of Justice has stayed the death sentence imposed by a Pakistani court on India’s Kulbhushan Jadhav for spying, reports NDTV. This...
- 10 May 2017 01:35
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Bakistan: Emirate of New-clear Inquilabi States-Bojitiv Newj
- Replies: 2067
- Views: 520637
Re: Bakistan: Emirate of New-clear Inquilabi States-Bojitiv Newj
International Court of Justice stays death sentence imposed by Pakistani court on India’s Kulbhushan Jadhav In what is a massive setback to Pakistan, International Court of Justice has stayed the death sentence imposed by a Pakistani court on India’s Kulbhushan Jadhav for spying, reports NDTV. This...
- 10 May 2017 01:29
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 6211
- Views: 1776711
Re: Internal Security Watch
not sure what 36-24-36 is, these are jpegs of page 76 of the said book.
i would have loved if the said chapter was about the how and why of his passing, bu that is not the case. suggest you read the jpegs.
i would have loved if the said chapter was about the how and why of his passing, bu that is not the case. suggest you read the jpegs.
- 10 May 2017 00:27
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 6211
- Views: 1776711
Re: Internal Security Watch
shriman tweeter. i asked for your patriotism, not your political opinion.
- 10 May 2017 00:07
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 6211
- Views: 1776711
Re: Internal Security Watch
and what does that rhetorical question beget?
will you at least be one tweeting about this?
will you at least be one tweeting about this?
- 09 May 2017 23:24
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 6211
- Views: 1776711
Re: Internal Security Watch
so now they teach 10th grade kids about kishenji? an ncert book paid for by the taxpayer, no less.
with jaichands like these...
with jaichands like these...
- 05 May 2017 19:41
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
- Replies: 4679
- Views: 1312047
Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
something to learn everyday. thanks.
the area is far too wide for anything "straight-shot". one of the new air-breathers? unit test for timely wing-opening?
the area is far too wide for anything "straight-shot". one of the new air-breathers? unit test for timely wing-opening?
- 05 May 2017 19:07
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
- Replies: 4679
- Views: 1312047
Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
Any guess what manner of beastie is being tested :?: NAVAREA VIII – WARNINGS IN FORCE AS ON 04 MAY 2017 ………………. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DTG 031001Z/MAY FROM NAVAREA VIII CO-ORDINATOR TO NAVAREA...
- 05 May 2017 18:41
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Analyzing CPEC
- Replies: 1405
- Views: 404651
Re: Analyzing CPEC
was this posted here?
tallel, deepel.The program, named 'Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa-China Sustainable Donkey Development Programme' is expected to be worth a billion Pakistani rupees (approximately $9.5 million), and aims to attract Chinese investment in Pakistan's agriculture sector.
- 04 May 2017 23:35
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Military Helicopters
- Replies: 5318
- Views: 2107535
Re: Indian Military Helicopters
mistral. being integrated.ramana wrote:So which AAM are those?
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And id the IA buy these missiles or just evaluating?
- 04 May 2017 23:30
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
- Replies: 4679
- Views: 1312047
Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
cots components? drawing parallels here.ramana wrote:Half a km into trajectory is very troubling. And indicates a new problem.
Guess we need better description of the issue.
- 04 May 2017 21:16
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Morbid Rubbernecking: New Korean War?
- Replies: 510
- Views: 118681
Re: Morbid Rubbernecking: New Korean War?
Fliends kick and make up the lizard has always sat cozy behind the hermit crab. not as comfy any more. this came out concurrently with the other news item. “China should acknowledge in an honest manner that the DPRK has just contributed to protecting peace and security of China , foiling the US sch...
- 04 May 2017 19:47
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
- Replies: 4679
- Views: 1312047
Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
Very interesting to see Army's 1st strike core testing these missiles. Are these the missiles which were inducted earlier and now have been "software unlocked" ? V there are two issues here: 1. "unlocking" all missiles to make them extended range 2. "upgrading" older b...
- 03 May 2017 22:57
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Morbid Rubbernecking: New Korean War?
- Replies: 510
- Views: 118681
Re: Morbid Rubbernecking: New Korean War?
it IS a dhaad site.ramana wrote:Also Guam might be a thud site.
- 03 May 2017 22:31
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
- Replies: 4679
- Views: 1312047
Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
very cool indeed.rohitvats wrote:malushahi wrote:
block3 and I-corps?
Wonderful, isn't it? 42 Artillery Division of 1 Strike Corps would be holding these beauties. Great capability addition to the Army.
but, isn't block3 very topography/usage specific? change of doctrine?