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Indian SAM-3s Smash Pak F-16s. In Film@livefist.

This animation by Anurag Rana depicting PAF F-16s being intercepted by Indian SAM-3 Pechoras is part of a larger upcoming film by Wing Commander R.S. Chauhan.

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>> because as I know DRDO did not followed such tracking procedure for agni prime but just for final target hit verification how do you come to such a conclusion ? tracking ships are located near the target area. for A2P etc these were near andamans, for A-5 and beyond these would be further away. ...

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It's Official: Kaveri Will Power India's UCAV:Livefist Link Two bits of information from the government landed today confirming that India's in-development Kaveri turbofan is being officially looked at, in modified form, to power the country's secret stealth UCAV, codenamed AURA, a programme that wa...

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As per tarmak blog, "With a range of 5,000-plus-km, the missile when launched, is expected to travel to its target in international waters close to Australia. “The ships meant for tracking, which are normally positioned near the target, are expected to begin their long journey in the first wee...

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IIT Kanpur makes prototype of lunar robot for ISRO Link Moving a step ahead in a nationally relevant space project, the IIT Kanpur has developed a prototype of a lunar robot for ISRO mission to the moon. The project, which was started in 2010 has a larger objective to send a mobile robot to the moo...

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Field trials of upgraded Bofors gun in Jan 2013 Link An upgraded version of the 155mm Bofors gun, the Indian Army’s most potent artillery weapon, will be ready for field trials in January 2013, a top official of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) said on Tuesday. “ We are working on this upgraded ver...

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A beautiful illustration on dis balanced (revenue and capital components) Defence allotment by Commodore (Retd) C Uday Bhaskar Link The Indian defence expenditure is broadly divided into two heads - the revenue and capital components - with the latter accounting for acquisition of new equipment and ...

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Details on OFAJ An-32 Aerial Delivery System Link According to sources, AN-32 Platform system is another important milestone in the history of OFAJ and the first batch of OFAJ's indigenously produced AN-32 Platform was handed over to the Indian Army in July last year. AN-32 Platform system is an Ae...

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DRDO requests for more funds Link The chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) complained to Defence Minister A K Antony today that the ministry had not allocated enough funds for research and development, given the number of weapon development projects on the anvil. Speakin...

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State-run shipyard stares at Rs 100-cr loss in Navy deal Link In one of the biggest ship-building deals bagged by Alcock Ashdown (Gujarat) Ltd, the state-run utility is now staring at losses of about Rs 100 crore. The Rs 700-crore deal, involving construction of six survey vessels for the Indian Na...

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No combat role for women in armed forces: Antony Link The government Monday made it clear that it has no proposal to induct women in combat roles in the defence forces, including as fighter pilots in the Indian Air Force. Parliament was also informed that there has been a 67 percent increase in the ...

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India to induct new combat jets from 2016
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Come 2016 and India will start inducting the first of the 126 combat jets it is purchasing for nearly $20 billion, parliament was informed Monday.

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Would the US risk attacking a joint Indo-Sino-Russo convoy of tankers? Why would we want to get into a direct military alliance with the Chinese just to show the US up? We've been training for confrontation with China and establishing closer ties with countries like Vietnam and Japan to bolster our...

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Khakis simply don't have the resources and worse they lack an effective PR cell :D Khaki training, admin, develop/deployment and finally annual allotted budget, all are state government related issues, that’s why we see variations in standard of mamu’s state by state.(Hai ho ... :P )…And currently ...

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Chacko sahab, May be you are looking in the wrong direction ... May be it not supposed to be camouflaged in. It is rather common to have a pink or orange distress colours as they are visible from very far amongst the snow. Or may be the procurement(commercial) officer's wife's favourite colour...(b...

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^^^^ keshav, Even though you have provided the link at the end, please mention the source at the begining as you are quoting in full. Plus use the "Quote" when quoting in full. else it looks like you are the one who is writing this and not the original author. I get The point. Timely noti...

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Army rescues injured from a passenger bus accident near Manasbal 13 Rashtriya Rifles (Kumaon) today rescued and evacuated injured persons of an passenger bus JK01 D 8261 , which met with an accident near Manasbal. The accident took place around 830 hrs when the passenger bus going to Srinagar lost ...

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Japan considers shooting down North Korean rocket, if it flies near Japan Link Believing that North Korea is highly likely to launch a “satellite” as previously announced, the government has started considering intercepting the rocket if it flies toward Japan, according to government officials. If t...

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But two major worries remain..... One, India’s budgeted defence expenditure still remains just 1.9% of the projected GDP for 2012-13, much less than the 3% being demanded by the armed forces and strategic experts for several years to effectively deter both China and Pakistan. An assertive China, for...

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If you see the LSP-7 test video starting, there is a bucket with a female DRDO ground staff on tow tractor. Now I get the point why they carried the bucket at test range.
IAF test pilot and DRDO workforce after flight love and engagement...

Water work
Images @- Tarmak

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Indo-US army exercise "yudh Abhyas" images...

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Three NDA cadets to participate in prestigious Competition on Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) for military academies in Italy Three cadets from the National Defence Academy will participate in the 11th edition of the prestigious Competition on Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) for military academies in Ita...

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In the video, It was not seems like any shocking or same thing happening there first time especially for the ground staff, infect to me they all were seems like government school kids, displaying some science project or some thing.

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Abdul Kalam FB profile's recent update... In his words.. Vice air marshall Deo mini aero Laboratory "Just landed in the historic city of Allahabad... Met old friend vice air Marshall Deo... He took me to his house nearby and showed me some wonderful aero models.... His passion has enabled him t...

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@ Andy B..
Thanks dear, love to see the beauty. I have been seeing it seven times till now.
Very clean take-off.
Relatively shorter take-off.(As in the video)
More confident flight.

K

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Ban on new defence deals till Mar 31 The decision has been prompted by severe fiscal deficit challenges, and to safeguard against the usual haste in clearing major defence deals before the financial year draws to a close. Though it is not clear how many deals have been directly hit by the ban, some...

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Navy light combat aircraft refused certification The main issues raised by CEMILAC were since starting, the main issues which DRDO/NAL need to address.(As the main differential part then IAF version)... Alas, do these issues are critical, like we also had such issues before dhruv and LCH initial fl...

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chackojoseph wrote:Indian Navy Middle Ground Isle Coastal Battery

@chackojoseph Sir,
what is the main pourpose of costal batteries now a days?
K

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As per available sources the first possible test flight of Nirbhay missile is likely be in April month.
Nirbhay likely to be test-fired in April

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The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has approved the production of nine units for the navy, roughly half a squadron, that will ostensibly operate off India's first indigenous aircraft carrier currently under construction at Kochi.
DAC approves LCA Navy

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ramana wrote:Its the GSLV shroud/fairing. Check the Missile thread.

Tarmak should have known better than to post it without clarifications.

But what this piece of doubt is doing in this space program forum, until we not get any clarification or exact description.

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Vikramaditja is expected to under go sea trials this month for 3 to 5 months, as Sevmash yard sources.

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I was watching a documentary on rail and road link project of china upto Tibat. As per this documentary china started the base like for this mega project of around 3000 Km(one fourth portion cover high hill region) in year 1953. But due to project challenges, available technologies and funds limitat...

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India on Monday banned six defence firms, including four foreign companies, from doing any business in the country for 10 years beginning 2012, following the chargesheeting of a former Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) chief in a graft case. (Do we have working prison jail at kalapani or OFB may use thes...

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Major highlights on the current situ on Kaveri 90 KN turbofan programme K10 based on M88 ECO core (DRDO and Snecma): 1. Snecma will transfer several key technologies as part of the joint engine programme, which include single crystal blades, bladed disk and EBPVD (electron beam plasma vapour deposit...

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Guys There is a bad news, a soldier perched over a T-90 battle tank was killed when its driver lost control and dashed against a concrete structure at CVRDE campus.
One dead in T-90 battle tank accident in Chennai

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A K Antony will hand over (TAL) indigenous Lightweight Advance Torpedo to the Indian navy on tomorrow. Its specifications as per chindit: ‘TAL’ TORPEDO The Light Weight Torpedo has been indigenously developed by the National Science and Technology Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam. The Light Weight T...

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In a formal ceremony in Hyderabad yesterday , Defence Minister A.K. Antony will ceremonially entrust to the IAF its first Akash medium-range surface to air missile units. :) Entrust to the IAF its first Akash SAM Unit. But for which base IAF will use it still not clear, may be for pune base. Anyone ...

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> What other heli do you think could have fared better if it were to be in Apache's place in Karbala?none. it was a wrong decision to send the apaches ahead and acknowledged as such later. we need not repeat the same mistake. That is the point I like to make too. A bad mission does not necessarily ...

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Bala Vignesh wrote:My guess is that there could be that there could be an on-board computer which classifies and prioritizes the threats and based on that triggers the launch of the Countermeasures..

I get the point...Thanks bala sir.

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