Bharat Rakshak

... I mean 18m will provide a large error margin if used in cars or trains right ? A few days ago ISRO had spoken of equipping locomotives with GPS.Eventually if we wanted to shift this to our system....we would still have a long way to go ... The existing GPS system is not going away for civilian ...

Agni-II test slated for this week .... The work on the Agni-V hinges around integrating a third composite stage in the two-stage Agni-III, along with some advanced technologies like ring laser gyroscope and an accelerator for navigation and guidance. .... Lets hope they remember to replace the acce...

Greece has tensions with Turkey on Cyprus but not so serious,and UAE is under the umbrella of the so called Arabian Brotherhood ,what drives them to spend so much? UAE and Iran are not exactly friends. They already have a territorial dispute over an island. At one point in time Iran could have swat...

dorai wrote:It's just a institutional and political battle for budget money. Can we please go back to MRCA discussions?

Field trials should start soon...

Speaking of field trials, I'm sure I read somewhere that they should have begun in April. Was that just a DDM guess or are falling behind schedule again?

4 more to go for 1100 flights
LCA-Tejas completed the 1096 Test Flights. (28-Apr-09)

... It has a narrow beam which is pointed continuously to the intended station only. That indicates its a simple collection of individual antennas mounted on a hemispherical dome and only one of them is used at a time. I was hoping they will use immediate neighboring elements for tighter beam shapi...

Gerard wrote:

disha wrote:Next step, some large format, high speed video of launches.

No. Video from the launch vehicle itself.

Or yes to both of you?

Anyway, apologies to the rest for distracting the thread. This is my last post on the matter. It is disappointing to see adoption of Brahmos Block II into just 2 regiments. Perhaps something better is in the pipeline.

So, who is the boss? DRDO? The boss is the (wo)man who runs the country - the PM. Some PMs sat on the Pokhran tests and one PM chose to go ahead with it. That one decision has made the biggest difference to India's geopolitical position. Defence expenses are funded by tax-payer money. So tax payers...

Why all this nonsence? Who asked you not to post? Did you even read what I posted or did you simply fly of into a rage and wrote the above BS? I do not have condescending attitude against anyone; it is you seem to be insecure about God knows what? Get off your high horse and know all attitude. Ther...

Rohitvats , I don't need to be told by you what to post or not to post. Refrain from doing so. Your condescending attitude is entirely unwelcome. To you and Parijat Gaur I'd like to be clear that I'm no fanboy. Do not ask me to think before I post. Thanks for stating the bloody obvious. I stand by ...

Rohitvats, this is not Pakistan. The Indian Army don't rule this country. They have a boss and he calls the shots.

The Indian Army will buy what they are told to buy - if someone bothers to tell them that they don't have a choice.

Rohitvats, you're entitled to your opinion. I for one am fairly certain, based on historical performance, that there are too many pockets being lined up in the military establishment with international defense procurements and it will take articles like that in The Telegraph on Brahmos to break down...

Can we leave the MRSAM discussions to the missile thread?

please note that as of NOW, the pilot is restricted from applying G's anywhere more than 6Gs, as the flight envelope has been cleared upto that load. we will not see the best Tejas flight display till the time that its flight enveloped is fully cleared to 9G, so that the pilot can fly at the corner...

The Brahmos Nose Tip. How is it different from the earlier version? Apart from being black in colour (Maybe a carbon composite tip - but to what benefit?) it looks similar. But please note: None of the missiles that we see on displays including at the R-Day parade are real missiles. They are dummy ...

Gerard wrote:Raytheon unveils missile decoy

And it took 10 years to develop too!

Sikorsky S-92 A grounded worldwide after Canada crash

Even Sikorsky can screw up! DDM take note.

parshuram wrote:apologies if posted earlier

Gimballed Directional Warhead of PAD

Sorry, I don't understand. How is directionality demonstrated in the the highly circular black envelope? What am I missing?

GLONASS Coverage This is an nice image of the current GLONASS coverage around the world , it seems the Indian region has atleast 2 to 3 satellites visible , good enough to get Navigation updates for INS ? Actually that looks pretty poor from an Indian point of view. It surprising to see better cove...

Nice try Sunil but your logic is misleading and apologetic. No one is asking for the entire Brahmos Mk II system to be declared qualified. People are asking for one test to be declared a success . It does not take so many days for this analysis and the Indian Army have got to be taught that their m...

.... Ok let me ask, if one test is a failure and another is a success, is the system considered qualified? In any type of business, let alone in military. ... Nice try Sunil but your logic is misleading and apologetic. No one is asking for the entire Brahmos Mk II system to be declared qualified. P...

what is difference between ramjet and scramjet As Rahul said: Use Google. In a Ramjet super sonic incoming air is compressed to reduce it velocity to sub-sonic speed, and in that subsonic speed air combustion is done like in traditional jet engine. In Scramjet the fuel is burnt in supersonic flow r...

skher wrote: PS:Are we facing a shortage of Rhenium?

Why, do you have some stashed under your bed?

Why does the booster for the Orbital Vehicle have fins? Surely its not going to play a role during Earth orbit escape? I can't imagine the booster staying attached to the Orbital Vehicle long enough during Earth reentry for the fins to make a difference either... any gyan welcome.