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Anti-submarine choppers to be made in India soon Financial Express The Indian Navy’s wait for the much-needed anti-submarine warfare helicopters to operate from its warships may just get longer. The Narendra Modi government, determined to push domestic manufacturing of defence equipment, is likely ...

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BAE Systems looks to revive contract for supply of 145 guns to India ECONOMIC TIMES BAE Systems, which makes M-777 ultra-light howitzer (ULH) guns, is looking to revive a contract for the supply of 145 guns to India by pledging to comply with offset requirements in a letter to the ministry of defen...

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‘Dhanush’ clears Final Trials in Pokhran. :D :D :D After a three-decade long wait, the Army will soon get to add a 155-mm artillery gun, with the Ordnance Factory-built ‘Dhanush’ successfully clearing its final trials on Friday at Khetolai in Pokhran close to the border along Pakistan in Rajasthan’s...

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Rafale deal stuck due to lack of Delivery Commitments by Hal and Dassault

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British Indian MP Priti Patel criticises BBC over Narendra Modi coverage. The Economic Times A British Indian MP has strongly criticised the BBC for a programme on India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi that she stated was not objective. In a letter to BBC Director General Lord Tony Hall dated Ma...

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Who’s afraid of Pakistan’s military? The general impression people outside Pakistan have of its military is that it is the most powerful institution there which determines every move by civilian representatives, particularly those who have supposedly been given the permission to be elected to highe...

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New power projection capabilities sought for the Indian Navy- Fleet Support Ships Saurav Jha In a signal that the Indian Navy (IN) is looking to push further into the Southern Indian Ocean Region (IOR) besides being ready to operate for reasonable lengths of time even in areas such as the Mediterra...

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WOW! what a satirical peace ! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Hum angrejo ke jamane ke pehle sehi ba$..rd hai. ... ... hum kabhi nehi sudhrenge ! :(( :(( Pakistan loves Modi The remarkable success of right-wing Indian leader Narendra Modi’s emotionally-charged and overtly-religious election campaign has del...

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Indian flavored mouth watering cuisine served to Nawaz and other guests. The Nation A bunch of delicious and traditional Indian cuisine dishes served to Nawaz Sharif and other guests at Rashtrapati Bhavan during Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony on today. The following dishes were served to gues...

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IAF's RFI for IJT is a Joke : Hal official

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LIFT or IJT?? IAF you have to decide

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IAF floats RFI on 85 intermediate trainer Defence News The inevitable has happened. With the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd HJT-36 intermediate jet trainer delayed beyond the IAF's planned induction schedule, a global RFI has been floated requesting global OEMs to pitch their products for a possible fut...

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Now NewsX reporting that Russia stopped repair persons ans 50% of a/c are now under flying condition. As per the report the a/cs were "flying blind" and are "new flying coffins". The news is from PTI . Su-30MKI aircraft displays facing 'blanking off' problems Cockpit displays of...

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Indian Army To Upgrade T-90 Tanks With Domestic Help The Indian Army will upgrade more than 600 Russian-built T-90 tanks by adding new features and replacing their thermal imaging sights, navigation systems and fire control systems at a cost of more than $250 million. The Indian Ministry of Defence...

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Antony orders CBI probe in bribe charges in aircraft engine deal Defence Minister AK Antony has ordered a CBI probe into allegations that a global engine manufacturing firm had paid bribes to Indian defence officials to bag military contracts from 2007 to 2011 in deals worth over Rs 10,000 crore. T...

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India Looking Abroad For Intermediate Jet Trainers. Aviation Week Saddled with obsolete training aircraft, the Indian air force (IAF) has decided to snub the long-delayed, indigenous HJT-36 Sitara intermediate jet trainer (IJT) and purchase new trainers from abroad. The IAF has issued a request for...

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Poor Israeli parts delay Arjun Mk-II TNN After the recent heartburn with Israeli counterparts in the Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LR SAM) and Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MR-SAM) joint ventures which has resulted in delay of delivery in both these cases, Defence Research and Developme...

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Strolling on TOI, there is an interesting news. Nothing heard about it before. Army to get 155 mm 'dhanush' gun, advanced radar equipment soon The Indian Army will soon be adding the 155 mm gun 'Dhanush' to its range of guns which have been proving their prowess and deadly firepower in various battl...

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Utah gun maker turns down $15M deal with Pakistan

A Utah-based gun manufacturer has turned down a $15 million deal to supply Pakistan with precision rifles, citing concerns they could eventually be used against US troops
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Navy hopeful of reusing sunken INS Sindhurakshak Expressing hope of reusing the sunken INS Sindhurakshak submarine, the Navy today said its record was "not all that bad" in terms of accidents when compared to other navies in the world, soon after it was pulled up by Defence Minister AK An...

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ARJUN CATAPULT 130 mm gun ...... Arjun, the indigenous main battle tank (MBT) in operation at the moment, was considered a possible chassis for the emplacement of the 130 mm on a tracked vehicle. The job was given to the Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE), based at Avadi...

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the Katrina thread is veering off track Back on the track. :| Increased operational capabilities for Eurofighter Typhoon Cassidian, the defence division of EADS, has successfully finalized its flight testing of the Eurofighter Typhoon Phase 1 Enhancements (P1E) programme. After an intensive test pr...

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Nuclear submarine engineer found dead on railway tracks in Visakhapatnam Bodies of two defence personnel were found under suspicious circumstances on the railway tracks falling under Pendurty railway station (PRS) limits of East Coast Railways (ECoR) here on Sunday morning. On being informed by rai...

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IAF rejects ‘extravagant’ HAL basic trainer aircraft project Pushing for the procurement of a foreign basic trainer aircraft for its rookie pilots, IAF today, however, rejected a similar indigenous plane being developed by HAL saying public money cannot be wasted on such "extravagant" pro...

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China conducts satellite capture in space as part of Star Wars military program China last week conducted a test of a maneuvering satellite that captured another satellite in space during what Pentagon officials say was a significant step forward for Beijing’s space warfare program. The satellite c...

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Govt drags feet on anti-submarine chopper deal by Rajat Pandit, TNN Chinese and other submarines are fast stepping up their forays into the Indian Ocean region (IOR) but India continues to drag its feet in acquiring advanced helicopters that operate from warships to detect, track and kill such unde...

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Wave of jellyfish shuts down Swedish nuclear reactor It wasn't a tsunami but it had the same effect: A huge cluster of jellyfish forced one of the world's largest nuclear reactors to shut down - a phenomenon that marine biologists say could become more common. Operators of the Oskarshamn nuclear pl...

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Swiss company looks for 40 Dornier multi-utility aircraft from India In a sign of the growing confidence in India's aircraft manufacturing capabilities, Swiss-German RUAG Aviation is looking to purchase around 40 of the modernized version of the Dornier 228 multi-utility planes from state-owned Hin...

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^^^^ ...... Shala Bhata, some 20 kilometres as the crow flies from the district headquarters at Keran, looks over the Kishanganga river, and is perched on a strategically-vital arc that overlooks Pakistan’s main line of communication to the northern stretches of the Line of Control. In 1990, many in...

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chackojoseph wrote:Nuclear Submarine INS Arihant diving trials awaits rescue vehicle from Russia

I got a whiff of it and tried my level best to make it as an article.

Welcome, Sir.

we are always feeling your absence.

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Declassified document: US narrowly escaped nuclear blast in 1961 H-bomb accident

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Don't know, where to post ! Salute to our 'Missileman' !!! How Obama swearing-in scuttled BrahMos missile’s test flight The swearing-in ceremony of Barack Obama as US President in January 2009 had a disastrous impact on the test-firing of the BrahMos supersonic missile, according to A. Sivathanu Pil...

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Anti-missile shield for frontline Navy warships fast eroding NEW DELHI: The anti-missile defensive shield protecting 14 frontline warships, including aircraft carrier INS Viraat, is fast eroding but the government is dragging its feet on taking a decision one way or the other due to an ongoing CBI ...

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And now Rupee soaring, IAF softening !!! :D :D :D MoD backs indigenous HAL trainer, air force to visit HAL for discussions. Ajai Shukla Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) is continuing to develop a made-in-India basic trainer aircraft (BTA), despite Indian Air Force (IAF) attempts to scupper the projec...

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Indian Navy’s dubious safety record worrisome for national security In November 2011, the Indian Navy was particularly incensed with what a US naval lieutenant had posted on a blog. The unnamed lieutenant, who spent four days on destroyer INS Delhi in the Arabian Sea as part of an exchange programm...

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India, Russia Discuss Submarine-Building – Source An Indian military delegation has arrived in St. Petersburg to discuss military-technical collaboration in submarine-building, a Russian defense industry source told RIA on Thursday, days after a Russian-made sub in India’s navy exploded. “It is a r...

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Navy may lease Kilo-class subs from Russia India may explore the possibility of leasing a few kilo-class submarines from Russia, government sources said. With the INS Sindhurakshak likely to be written off, the navy’s submarine arm will be left with just 13 conventional submarines — two of which ar...

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Avinandan wrote:
indranilroy wrote:There is a video of LCA Tejas during the recent outstation trials in the month of July 2013 on Facebook. I don't see it yet on the Tejas website.
It is there in Youtube though .

A newbie question, there is some yellowish smoke @ 1.57, why?
engine smoke is generally white.

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RUAG offers Dornier 228NG to India The Swiss-German RUAG Aviation is offering India the modernised version of Dornier 228, which will help reduce HAL’s production costs by about $ 2million per aircraft. The Dornier 228 NG (Next Generation), under production now by RUAG in Germany since 2009, is a m...

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INS Vikramaditya will serve Navy for 30 years For all the debates over its price, utility and delay in induction, aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya is sure to serve the Navy for at least 30 years, says a senior technical officer of the Navy. “The entry of the Vikramaditya marks a paradigm shift, as...

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