http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03 ... 1&iref=BN1
French planes have declared an exclusion zone outside Benghazi and are reported to have fired at a military vehicle.
A headline on globeandmail.com says that they are also attacking tanks.
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- 20 Mar 2011 00:18
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Libyan War
- Replies: 586
- Views: 125876
- 07 Aug 2010 01:39
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Artillery Discussion Thread
- Replies: 3882
- Views: 811615
Re: Artillery Discussion Thread
I found this article a little worrisome: http://defensetech.org/2010/08/06/marines-forced-to-lean-on-contractors-for-fire-support/ Marines are the system operators, but when they run into difficulty their primary course of action is calling a contractor. Troublesome in training, this lack of indepen...
- 13 Feb 2010 12:47
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: PAK-FA and FGFA Thread
- Replies: 4001
- Views: 1035326
Re: PAK-FA Thread - First flight
Now that PAK-FA has completed second test flight, me thinks its about time to rename this thread to 'PAK-FA Thread - Test flights' Russian fifth generation fighter makes 2nd flight http://www.timesnow.tv/Russian-fifth-generation-fighter-makes-2nd-flight/articleshow/4338365.cms Is there footage or p...
- 11 Feb 2010 15:20
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Bakistan: Emirate of New-clear Inquilabi States-Bojitiv Newj
- Replies: 2845
- Views: 523155
Re: Bakistan: Emirate of New-clear Inquilabi States-Bojitiv Newj
~Pes-i-kidmat~
A skadron off da JF-17 Bhandars rephueling bephore gaing back to0 terorije da Kuffar:
A skadron off da JF-17 Bhandars rephueling bephore gaing back to0 terorije da Kuffar:
- 08 Feb 2010 04:17
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: International Naval News & Discussion
- Replies: 3873
- Views: 1098587
Re: International Naval News and Discussion
Report: Russian navy official says France has sanctioned warship sale to Moscow A Russian naval official says France will allow the sale of an advanced warship to Russia, the Interfax news agency reported Saturday. Possessing a Mistral would significantly increase the military's capability to mount...
- 08 Feb 2010 03:58
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: PAK-FA and FGFA Thread
- Replies: 4001
- Views: 1035326
Re: PAK-FA Thread - First flight
The worst thing seems to be misinformation ................................ http://www.codeonemagazine.com/archives/2002/articles/oct_02/fa22testing/images/fa22test_02.jpg Is it just me or is there two external fuel pods(???) on that F-22?...........i didnt know that F-22 even has slots for underwi...
- 02 Feb 2010 11:05
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: C-17s for the IAF?
- Replies: 3924
- Views: 746925
Re: C-17s for the IAF?
recent news item about C-17 on msnbc http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35189121#35189121 looks like india might get its C-17 pretty fast! The most interesting thing in that video was the cost of 10 C-17's at 2.5 billion dollars. I am hoping that when we buy them and pay that price that would ...
- 01 Feb 2010 22:30
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Discussion: Funding of AMCA vs. PAKFA?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 9001
Re: Discussion: Funding of AMCA vs. PAKFA?
Well, AMCA vs. FGFA would certainly make an interesting discussion.
but, so would IBR4TL.
but, so would IBR4TL.
- 30 Jan 2010 00:27
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: PAK-FA Thread - First flight
- Replies: 495
- Views: 286553
Re: PAK-FA Thread - First flight
madhubala it will be then ! :D hey !! this is a democracy! start a thread to name this one if you want to give it such names.. I phoolly konkur. Since, there is a generation gap between this aircraft and any other that we have. Bhy kall it Madhubala bhen be kan kall it Aishwarya!?!!! :wink: In the ...
- 27 Jan 2010 11:46
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: MRCA News and Discussion
- Replies: 3861
- Views: 1259670
Re: MRCA News and Discussion
I do not understand why most of seniors are against US teens, while GOI is procuring force multipliers like P8I, WLRs and artillery guns. Well, it may be because you have not been reading what most knowledgeable people have been writing here. For example, Kartik's last post addresses your EPE fasci...
- 27 Jan 2010 10:55
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: MRCA News and Discussion
- Replies: 3861
- Views: 1259670
Re: MRCA News and Discussion
Pes-i-kidmat: The UAE’s F-16 Block 60 Desert Falcon Fleet The first Desert Falcons arrived in the UAE in May 2005, and production continues. Versions of this aircraft have also been entered in a number of international competitions, including Brazil’s F-X2 (eliminated) and India’s MMRCA competition....
- 26 Jan 2010 11:55
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discussion
- Replies: 1090
- Views: 241026
Re: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discussion
Read Ravi make mincemeat of a couple of nut jobs on G&M in the comments section:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/wor ... le1439827/
Ravi, I have a feeling the DYNC is 'Karunaratnej' from before.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/wor ... le1439827/
Ravi, I have a feeling the DYNC is 'Karunaratnej' from before.
- 26 Jan 2010 11:30
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Happy Republic Day
- Replies: 69
- Views: 12422
Re: Happy Republic Day
Hello sirs, Happy republic day to you all! I saw the last 15 minutes of the parade. The online feed of ibnlive was really bad. The aircrafts that did the fly-past were: Transport aircrafts in the beginning. Followed by 5 jags. Followed by 3 MKI's. Did any other a/c's also fly? I was wondering if any...
- 24 Jan 2010 08:46
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Newbie Corner & Military Miscellaneous
- Replies: 4126
- Views: 862706
Re: Newbie Corner & Military Miscellaneous
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKkSf03VuFY/S1sYlmhPFiI/AAAAAAAABss/SKSNydn4HK8/s1600-h/VKSL7586.JPG I have 2 questions regarding this photo: 1) What is that black plastic sheet like stuff on base of turret ? Never seen it on any other photo. 2) Is head of gunner distant enough to be safe from being crus...
- 24 Jan 2010 07:38
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: MRCA News and Discussion
- Replies: 3861
- Views: 1259670
Re: MRCA News and Discussion
Would this be a reason that South bock and PMOs computer systems are hacked recently by Lizard hackers? It is my understanding that after hacking the South block computers the only thing of importance that they might find is some asian p**n. The encryption and decryption system of south block and I...
- 24 Jan 2010 07:23
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: LCA news and discussion
- Replies: 2897
- Views: 1071542
Re: LCA news and discussion
^ I guess you meant aerobatic display and not fly past for Mirage-2000 and Mig-21 have been a part of fly past on almost every occasion since their induction . And as for aerobatics well I remember before MKI arrived on to the scene a group of 3 M2Ks used to do a small demo , iirc the one in center...
- 24 Jan 2010 06:17
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: MRCA News and Discussion
- Replies: 3861
- Views: 1259670
Re: MRCA News and Discussion
PS: If the good Ambassador leaked a decrypted message, there is little hope for the rest of his career. This is more likely a clear message to all parties that the stakes are higher and they better up their ante. Simple realpolitik. All communication between the South block and the embassies around...
- 24 Jan 2010 05:36
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: LCA news and discussion
- Replies: 2897
- Views: 1071542
Re: LCA news and discussion
huh my prediction was right ! the wooden mockup shown at AI-07 and 09. Anyway, makes sense that the TDs and PVs and LSPs be at Bangalore for flight testing rather than for a parade. When its in service, it'll make sense to have a fly-past and a display as well. From Broadsword : Sorry, I just assum...
- 24 Jan 2010 01:23
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: MRCA News and Discussion
- Replies: 3861
- Views: 1259670
Re: MRCA News and Discussion
Posted before? Eurofighter leading race for India deal- ambassador ... " We have shortlisted four to five countries , then the trial process and evaluation will follow. Eurofighter is one of them, in which Italy is involved, and it's leading the race," ambassador Arif Shahid Khan told Reu...
- 24 Jan 2010 01:08
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discussion
- Replies: 1090
- Views: 241026
Re: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discussion
Canadian Tamil Tiger supporter sentenced to 26 years in prison Satha Sarachandran was an unlikely international arms dealer. Quiet and studious, he was a software engineer who volunteered at a Toronto youth group. He had no criminal record. But in 2006, FBI agents caught the 30-year-old Canadian sh...
- 23 Jan 2010 07:41
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discussion
- Replies: 1090
- Views: 241026
Re: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discussion
Added other North and South American countries to the title. X-Post... New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Escorting relief teams, giving medical treatment and providing logistics support to the UN - India’s Lt. Col. Pronob K. Roy and over 150 fellow Indians of the UN mission in Haiti have been working tirele...
- 23 Jan 2010 04:23
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: China border watch
- Replies: 83
- Views: 38738
Re: China border watch
Our army way behind China’s: Indian general China has built all-weather metalled roads leading right up to its border posts facing Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh and Demchok and Fukche in Ladakh. It can, thus, move troops and material very easily to the border. Indian troops, on the other hand, often ...
- 21 Jan 2010 22:31
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: International Aerospace Discussion
- Replies: 4918
- Views: 1180706
Re: International Aerospace Discussion
Eurofighter boasts USAF F-15 kills by Spanish Typhoons In an interview on the exercise, Major Juan Balesta, the 41-year old Commander of the 111 Squadron stressed that a two-ship formation of Eurofighters involved in a dogfight simulation "against" the F-15s enjoyed full control of the en...
- 16 Jan 2010 21:40
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: International Aerospace Discussion
- Replies: 4918
- Views: 1180706
Re: International Aerospace Discussion
Boeing Silent Eagle Completes RCS Testing .....The trials, which employed various candidate stealthy coatings, took place last August and September, according to Mark Bass, vice president of F-15s for Boeing. Company officials have selected the optimum coating and say that the RCS testing yielded d...
- 15 Jan 2010 06:54
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discussion
- Replies: 1090
- Views: 241026
Re: India-Canada: News and Discussion
Canadian Charged in Mumbai attacks Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana has been charged in connection to the 2008 wave of urban bombings that rocked Mumbai and killed more than 160 people. .....Through his lawyer, Mr. Rana has denied all charges and claims to have been dupped by Mr. Headly. The two me...
- 14 Jan 2010 22:57
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Newbie Corner & Military Miscellaneous
- Replies: 4126
- Views: 862706
Re: Newbie Corner & Military Miscellaneous
Hello,
Is there any word on the Indian armed forces participation in the earthquake relief effort for Haiti?
Thank You
Is there any word on the Indian armed forces participation in the earthquake relief effort for Haiti?
Thank You
- 08 Jan 2010 05:22
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discussion
- Replies: 1090
- Views: 241026
Re: India-Canada: News and Discussion
Law Society disciplines son of acquitted Air India suspect
Maybe, this will give Vina something to cheer about.
Maybe, this will give Vina something to cheer about.
- 06 Jan 2010 20:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discussion
- Replies: 1090
- Views: 241026
Re: India-Canada: News and Discussion
From India to PEI, with laptop in hand ---- Since April, he and 39 other former U.S. employees of Satyam, all Indian nationals, have called PEI home. They now work for CGI Group Inc., a Canadian computer services company, in a jarring relocation that has meant a new company, a new country and a new...
- 06 Jan 2010 20:02
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: MRCA News and Discussion
- Replies: 3260
- Views: 887668
Re: MRCA News and Discussion
Brazil’s F-X2 Fighter Competition ....Jan 5/09: The Brazilian air force’s Comissao Coordenadora do Programa Aeronaves de Combate (FAB COPAC) announces that it has submitted its technical evaluation to the Brazilian government, based on aircraft performance, purchase and lifetime costs, and industri...
- 05 Jan 2010 08:35
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: The Indo Russian PAK-FA Project
- Replies: 1200
- Views: 550548
Re: The Indo Russian PAK-FA Project
I would like to believe that the RCS figure was put in the article on my request. :D Ajai Sir, I have a question that I have been dying to know for a very long time. Can you answer it, out of F-22, F-35, F-117 and FGFA, which aircraft has the smallest radar cross-section?(I know that 117 is not in U...
- 05 Jan 2010 02:59
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
- Replies: 2936
- Views: 1029573
Re: Indian Missile Technology Discussion
I don't know if this has already been posted: Air-launched BRAHMOS to be test-fired in Dec-2010 I would also like to thank the BRAHMOS corporation for revealing my email address to hundreds of other people, through the newsletter by not putting it in the BCC option. Thank You, Brahmos! Thank You! I ...
- 03 Jan 2010 20:34
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discussion
- Replies: 1090
- Views: 241026
Re: India-Canada: News and Discussion
Here is one blog entry by a Canadian reporter named Stephanie Nolen based in New Delhi: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/subcontinental/invoking-indira/article1346954/ She had previously spent several years in Africa reporting on the AIDS epidemic. But, apparently that is not an issue anymore so...
- 03 Jan 2010 20:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discussion
- Replies: 1090
- Views: 241026
Re: India-Canada: News and Discussion
It is Great, to see this thread up and running. First off, I couldn’t agree more with everything that Ravi and Sanjay have said. A big question. Why do we need to talk with a dog when we can deal wit it's master ? Within a couple of years of good relations with Israel we now have, ever improving rel...
- 02 Jan 2010 05:04
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military
- Replies: 3954
- Views: 1887617
Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military
^^^^
If thats for me than thanks Gagan, bhat my madarsa education did inbholve phinding the bhandars of Golgol translate.
Getting the actual text from the picture was the hard part, thanks to rajkhalsa for providing that.
If thats for me than thanks Gagan, bhat my madarsa education did inbholve phinding the bhandars of Golgol translate.
Getting the actual text from the picture was the hard part, thanks to rajkhalsa for providing that.
- 02 Jan 2010 03:27
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military
- Replies: 3954
- Views: 1887617
Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military
Here is the text of the article. An online translator can give a good idea what it says Thanks alot! How did you separate the text from the pic? :oops: oh! never mind, I went back to the place and saw your post there. lol, you are the rajkhalsa of the same website! You have a treature trove of pict...
- 02 Jan 2010 02:13
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military
- Replies: 3954
- Views: 1887617
Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military
Confucius say.... You must love Indian soldiers, bad boy! :lol: Caption from where this was photo chored by me: Published on Ordnance 2009 (fanbioy 's magazine) http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4234112899_f2cce63b06.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2726/4234888162_3be820cbe1.jpg http://farm3.st...
- 02 Jan 2010 01:45
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: LCA news and discussion
- Replies: 2897
- Views: 1071542
Re: LCA news and discussion
because most other reports on the Tejas Mk2 do not indicate that a wing re-design will be carried out, because its a lot of work. So you are saying that an article on a well known website that quotes the chairman of HAL ad verbatim in stating that Tejas Mk-2 will have larger wings is not sufficient...
- 02 Jan 2010 00:50
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: LCA news and discussion
- Replies: 2897
- Views: 1071542
Re: LCA news and discussion
it just says larger wing- basically to keep the Tejas wing loading the same, but even that is not confirmed . the article you quoted doesn't say that the IAF wanted more weapons to be carried. Umm, I am at a loss here, how does it not confirm that mk-2 will have a larger wing? The Gripen NG has a h...
- 02 Jan 2010 00:01
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military
- Replies: 3954
- Views: 1887617
Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military
The chinese text begins by saying: We love India! and ends with: We love India! Or, does somebody have a better translation for it? http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4233729339_bbd6abc30a_o.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2527/4234378584_ac254593dd_o.jpg Clearly, the chinese who took this pictu...
- 01 Jan 2010 20:31
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
- Replies: 3966
- Views: 971130
Re: Indian Space Program Discussion
Could it be that they are diverting man power and other resources from the PSLV to GSLV?Vipul wrote:If there are issues with a GSLV stage and its launch is postponed its understandable, but why is PSLV launch also postponed?