Bharat Rakshak

It looks like to have the flying-boom receptacle like the USAF aircraft. May I ask what made you reach this conclusion? I can't see any sort of refuelling probe. I said that the plane has a receptacle (that is required for the flying boom system)! You can see it just above the cockpit. It does not ...

September 11, 2011: First P8I for IN tail # IN320, basking at Renton Municipal http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6156/6139663136_2db29f3bf8.jpg I thought it will have the Probe&Drogue IFR? It looks like to have the flying-boom receptacle like the USAF aircraft. How the heck Navy plans to refuel th...

http://deccanherald.com/UserFiles/DHGallery/Apr182009/national_thumb.jpg ON RED ALERT: A security guard keeps vigil as West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (not in pic) addresses an election rally at Naxalbari village, about 25 km Siliguri on Friday. WB special Branch? Also, which is ...

Philip, While I've heard that they are testing 3D thrust vectoring nozzles on the Viper, while MiG-35 which already has demonstrated its power was evident even on my flight. I am not sure whether thats a requirement in the tender, but if it is then they have no choice but to fulfill it. Wonder how ...

Rishi wrote:

s sharma wrote: Anyway, the plaque for the alternates is down in the mens room (in the case of us losers).

Ah Goose.... so now you show up!

Great balls of fire...

Also, the "Bharatiya Sena" logo near the crotch area. Not a nice touch. it's a part of the cloth's print, appears at regular intervals. vishnu, try this. http://www.anveshan.com/ Its the watermark so the cloth cannot be copied or unauthorized parties do not exploit it. I know this is tang...

Some info from the Defense News website (http://www.defensenews.com/osd.php?o=VSDI)

Also the Plan for the show for 2009:






It will be fun! Maja ayega!

k prasad wrote:

krishna_j wrote:Ticket Denomination

Thanks a ton Krishnaji... and thx for the link Kaushalji... hope to see you there.

btw, which exactly are the 'chalets'??? these aren't the expo halls rite??

Chalets are for entertaining prospective clients.

Are these SPG guys on a photo shoot? :mrgreen: So many pics of these guys with their spanking new guns. Which is the gun in the first pic of the SPG? Also, no mohican haircut , Hollywood style kneepad wearing SPG this time around? IIRC, they were unveiled at last years R-day for the first time!! Al...

gauravjkale wrote:If it had a rotodome over it fuselage then its a phalcon else it was an IL -76 / IL-78

Can we please stop referring the Phalcon Radar Disc or Radome as Rotodome. Rotodome signifies rotation of the dome (or radome).

Thanks.

Yusuf wrote:
As far as Indian Phalcons are concerned, its because we use the Il 76 platform that they are rotodome.

Hello Yusuf,

You are correct, the beam is electronically steered and hence it is not (does not need to) a rotodome as the chapati does not rotate.

Thanks!

Rahul M wrote:now guys, this is going steadily OT.
please find the right thread for this stuff.
thanks.

Thanks, will do !

Its all about business. Dollars are precious commodities and people will sell to anyone to earn them. What about doing something that is right. US ignored the illicit and nefarious nuclear trade that the Paki state was undertaking. When French finally encouraged Gaddaffi to come out of the cold, he...

ajay_ijn wrote:

Rafale or EF2K the best option for MRCA.

Saudis are going to induct typhoon. So you can forget about that too.

Too Right ! Raf is it then. I'll inform the MOD...

Phalcon inducted 'quietly' in IAF So the PHALCON is finally here. * One more thing, TSP ordered 6 Eyerie AEW from Sweden + atleast 3 Hawkeye system fitted on P-3 from US + on top of that according to Prasun Sengupta's latest article in Force 4 more AEW system from China by 2012-14. My question is w...

Hello All BRFite's, I am a first time commentor, but a long time reader and follower of BR. Just to advice on the aforementioned article by Wg Cdr S M Sharma, particularly the last line: It was the 'First Time' for India and South Korea and not India and France as stated. France has been taking regu...