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by Kavu
13 Apr 2010 03:08
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: The Trash Thread in the Trash Can (Use 4545 to Merge Posts)
Replies: 1207
Views: 220085

Re: BR Forum Feedback

are you thick Mr Kavu, Please refrain from getting crude or indulging in personal attacks in your replies (I had also given you the same advice some days back when you had said certain derogatory things about one senior member of this forum). Thanks. So how does you falsly trying to incriminating m...
by Kavu
13 Apr 2010 02:56
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: MRCA News and Discussion
Replies: 3861
Views: 1250836

Re: MRCA News and Discussion

The Most important Role envisioned for the MRCA by the IAF, is deep strike.
by Kavu
13 Apr 2010 02:55
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: The Trash Thread in the Trash Can (Use 4545 to Merge Posts)
Replies: 1207
Views: 220085

Re: BR Forum Feedback

The above statement from you displays the lack of even the basic rudimentaries of law. If you make an assertion, it is not the other person ('do a forum search and come back to me') who has to do any search etc but the onus of proving an assertion lies on the person who has made the assertion. Nope...
by Kavu
13 Apr 2010 02:50
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: The Trash Thread in the Trash Can (Use 4545 to Merge Posts)
Replies: 1207
Views: 220085

Re: BR Forum Feedback

calling Jesus and Mohammed whatever names is all good, but say something about Ram or castism or Russia; you are in for it. And to say I created religious hatred, when I have not even commented on a religious thread ever in this forum, lol. :roll: are you thick, I was pointed out some members of th...
by Kavu
13 Apr 2010 02:48
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: The Trash Thread in the Trash Can (Use 4545 to Merge Posts)
Replies: 1207
Views: 220085

Re: Indian Naval Discussion

The chinese have already been filling the space since the 60s. The pakis are smart enough to realize that they cannot trust the americans. Americans are arming and bribing pakistanis so that they can get out of Afghanistan fast enough with their H&D intact, not to prevent pakis from falling int...
by Kavu
13 Apr 2010 02:24
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: The Trash Thread in the Trash Can (Use 4545 to Merge Posts)
Replies: 1207
Views: 220085

Re: BR Forum Feedback

Kavu wrote People over here say the PM of this country is a traitor on a regular basis This is a very serious accusation being levelled by you and unless you can now come out with conclusive proof to back such a serious accusation, I see no reason why you should not be served a notice for cyberlibe...
by Kavu
13 Apr 2010 01:39
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: The Trash Thread in the Trash Can (Use 4545 to Merge Posts)
Replies: 1207
Views: 220085

Re: Indian Naval Discussion

So please explain how these strings help India ? The strings are to protect US. Why will US give away TOW missiles, LGB kits etc and ask them to not use against India?? Who will pakistan use them against? At least by buying the arms they can't afford, forcing them on the downward spiral much faster...
by Kavu
13 Apr 2010 01:07
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: The Trash Thread in the Trash Can (Use 4545 to Merge Posts)
Replies: 1207
Views: 220085

Re: Indian Naval Discussion

1. No one is crying out US arm sales to pakis ,only freebies US freebies, have strings, More Pakistan takes the better. Also, Purchased and copied arms(which Russia doesnt do anything about) kills as much as Freebies. 2. As you yourself admit, you don't remember most things that happened here. So c...
by Kavu
13 Apr 2010 00:24
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: The Trash Thread in the Trash Can (Use 4545 to Merge Posts)
Replies: 1207
Views: 220085

Re: Indian Naval Discussion

Or if this was American episode. The Indian Naval Officer being probed, Price Increase, and Lapse of Time. Americans would be roasted, but about Russians not even a pipsqueak. I am sure as a lurker for few years, you would have seen the huge debate when gorshkov was delayed the last time. And if yo...
by Kavu
13 Apr 2010 00:19
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: BR Forum Feedback
Replies: 1360
Views: 268158

Re: BR Forum Feedback

** Moderator note** See the boldfaced part above? now go figure out a better way to express whatever it is you want to. I have issued a formal warning to you for the above "idiotic, foolish" statement. Take that attitude elsewhere, it won't survive long here *** Dear Archan, I am using th...
by Kavu
12 Apr 2010 19:06
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Naval Discussion
Replies: 3938
Views: 1465127

Re: Indian Naval Discussion

:eek: :eek: just imagine the hulabaloo and namecalling if this was a DRDO project, people would have been shouting from their rooftops about how DRDO scientists live in the lap of luxury and are traitors to the nation. but when the russians dupe us it's almost considered a privilege. Or if this was...
by Kavu
12 Apr 2010 18:31
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Naval Discussion
Replies: 3938
Views: 1465127

Re: Indian Naval Discussion

BTW, when expressed in imperial ton CVF QE weighs 64,000 ton. And the propulsion is supposed to be nuclear powered. CVF is not Nuclear Powered, it was never intended to and never will be. http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/cvf/ The MoD has decided not to use nuclear propulsion because of its ...
by Kavu
12 Apr 2010 18:20
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: C-17s for the IAF?
Replies: 3924
Views: 737201

Re: C-17s for the IAF?

** Moderator note** See the boldfaced part above? now go figure out a better way to express whatever it is you want to. I have issued a formal warning to you for the above "idiotic, foolish" statement. Take that attitude elsewhere, it won't survive long here *** Dear Archan, I am using th...
by Kavu
12 Apr 2010 17:15
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: C-17s for the IAF?
Replies: 3924
Views: 737201

Re: C-17s for the IAF?

Russians have helped the Chinese who are an existential threat to India...a lot more than anything America has ever given Pakistan. How come there is no outrage over that? As for China and the US....what can China do with the US bonds with her.Dump it on the market?...it will destroy the PRC econom...
by Kavu
12 Apr 2010 15:51
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: C-17s for the IAF?
Replies: 3924
Views: 737201

Re: C-17s for the IAF?

Sanku wrote:I see you still dont have any answers but are trying to change topic once again. Well figures.
Goodbye, then
by Kavu
12 Apr 2010 15:41
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: C-17s for the IAF?
Replies: 3924
Views: 737201

Re: C-17s for the IAF?

Kavu, when you cant answer questions, and in reply repeat the same assertion along with personal insults, you know that you have nothing to answer I havent insulted anyone, my response always has been and always will be equal to what is given to me. You will have to deal with it. The good and the g...
by Kavu
12 Apr 2010 15:14
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: C-17s for the IAF?
Replies: 3924
Views: 737201

Re: C-17s for the IAF?

I am converting to Western imperalist loving camp with you Kavu. Like our prime minister had sang praises in Oxford about the good things raj has done to our land. To be honest, There is no western camp in BR, Just some people who like Western equipment, while there is a western hating camp in BR. ...
by Kavu
12 Apr 2010 14:28
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: C-17s for the IAF?
Replies: 3924
Views: 737201

Re: C-17s for the IAF?

Kavu, Like Chetak asked - provide proof or desist. An opinion piece by a Brigadier about the IA's strategic airlift needs is hardly proof the "army has asked for the C17". You specifically stated the C17 purchase is because the army asked for it. Further more the article you quote does no...
by Kavu
12 Apr 2010 00:58
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: C-17s for the IAF?
Replies: 3924
Views: 737201

Re: C-17s for the IAF?

I must have missed that, my apologies. and my sincere thanks to his service. Nevertheless, He is wrong about the points in contention. Kavu, you have to prove he is wrong, which unfortunately you have failed to do. You can't say he is wrong just because you think it is wrong. Your ideas of strategi...
by Kavu
12 Apr 2010 00:16
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: C-17s for the IAF?
Replies: 3924
Views: 737201

Re: C-17s for the IAF?

Kavu, if you had indeed lurked for a few years as you claim, you would have known that chetak himself is an ex-IN serviceman, so please spare him your condescending talk I must have missed that, my apologies. and my sincere thanks to his service. Nevertheless, He is wrong about the points in conten...
by Kavu
11 Apr 2010 23:36
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: C-17s for the IAF?
Replies: 3924
Views: 737201

Re: C-17s for the IAF?

Brig, Gurmeet Kanwal writes on the Indian Army's requirement for Strategic Airlift and Indian Navy's requirement for Expeditionary Force. He talks about how Indian Armed Forces wanted this from early 1990. http://www.ipcs.org/article/military/india-need-for-an-air-assault-brigade-and-rapid-reaction-...
by Kavu
11 Apr 2010 23:21
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: C-17s for the IAF?
Replies: 3924
Views: 737201

Re: C-17s for the IAF?

I do NOT believe that we are going to or even capable of such an expansion of our sphere of influence where we are competing directly with the US and China and the EU. Your belief doesn't correspond with our Defense acqusitions nor our diplomatic initiatives. Much of the current thought does not su...
by Kavu
11 Apr 2010 12:42
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Naval Discussion
Replies: 3938
Views: 1465127

Re: Indian Naval Discussion

the top end of the shivalik looks quite cluttered, could this have been avoided, will it in consideration to cost and time, make much of a difference? Is there a Shivalik Block II planned! Building a complete Stealth Ship will not just mean designing a LO superstructure , but complimentary Weapons ...
by Kavu
11 Apr 2010 12:22
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: MRCA News and Discussion
Replies: 3861
Views: 1250836

Re: MRCA News and Discussion

[quote="Vishal Jolapara"]


Vishal,

It is just you, lol. The cone size is the same, the cone is only painted half way down, which is why at a glance it looks different!
by Kavu
11 Apr 2010 11:42
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: C-17s for the IAF?
Replies: 3924
Views: 737201

Re: C-17s for the IAF?

I could say that I do have a paanwallah, which I do and is a family relative although not IAF nor IA,rather IN. Kavu ji, A world of difference in knowing and being the panwalla!! If we ever put boots on the ground in the gulf we will be someone's poodle big time. :evil: In the meantime we are sill ...
by Kavu
11 Apr 2010 11:39
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: C-17s for the IAF?
Replies: 3924
Views: 737201

Re: C-17s for the IAF?

putnanja wrote:chetak too knows quite a few panwallahs ;)
You dont need to be a paanwallah or know one to understand why a widebodied is being selected.
by Kavu
11 Apr 2010 05:12
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: C-17s for the IAF?
Replies: 3924
Views: 737201

Re: C-17s for the IAF?

KAvu ji, You are coming out with one bombastic statement after another with absolutely no proof whatsoever. I never equated the Navy with the C-17 purchase, I just gave an example of why Navy went for the old LPD Trenton, it never had an equivalent class in IN, nor was it truely fit for combat. Yet...
by Kavu
10 Apr 2010 19:15
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: MRCA News and Discussion
Replies: 3861
Views: 1250836

Re: MRCA News and Discussion

Henrik wrote: Nobody is flying to Shanghai or Beijing
Exactly :wink:[/quote]

Yet the idea of MMRCA is of a strike platform, Range and stand off weapons are of paramount importance. It will take precedence over everything else.
by Kavu
10 Apr 2010 19:00
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: MRCA News and Discussion
Replies: 3861
Views: 1250836

Re: MRCA News and Discussion

Henrik wrote:
Combat radius. Well it depends on what the MMRCA is supposed to do. If it is deep penetration strikes into China then non of the planes offered would cut it.
Nobody is flying to Shanghai or Beijing
by Kavu
10 Apr 2010 18:57
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 785637

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

Not one word about Chinese proliferation? Dont blame the Americans nor Chinese, They are doing quite well having frequent Media breifings by their Press Spokesmen and that really nasty looking Chinese Spokeswoman. While India does nothing. I am yet to see, Indian reaction to German parlimentry delg...
by Kavu
10 Apr 2010 18:15
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 785637

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

India, Pakistan have upset balance of nuclear deterrence: US Oh, Yes. Only US and the countries which she chooses can possess Nuclear Weapons. Not that her musings is going to change anything in New Delhi. It is quite evident the short term goal of the US Administration is towards Pakistan's intere...
by Kavu
10 Apr 2010 16:45
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Naval Discussion
Replies: 3938
Views: 1465127

Re: Indian Naval Discussion

^^ Quite a fine looking ship You are quite knowledgable in Navy matters, while I am not. I do know that Shivalik is a sem-stealth ship. I could see we have had considerable progress in reducing the Engine heat signature as well as on shaping of the entire ship, though we are known to buy the best e...
by Kavu
10 Apr 2010 16:27
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Naval Discussion
Replies: 3938
Views: 1465127

Re: Indian Naval Discussion

Now that is a beautiful Ship, Mulitple pictures of INS Shivalik at High Seas @ Livefist.

Gentlemen, We have outdone ourselves here.

http://livefist.blogspot.com/2010/04/ex ... ndias.html

Credit to our dear friend at Livefist.
by Kavu
10 Apr 2010 14:40
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: War inside Tibet - goals, strategies and equipment
Replies: 793
Views: 197881

Re: War inside Tibet - goals, strategies and equipment

We seem to have inherited genetically weak, intellectually challenged and morally superior spouting mandarins in MEA. Shucks history has shown that wars should not be fought at our door step, we should fighting the chaptays in Tibet, not in AP or NE. If I was formulating a policy on handling these ...
by Kavu
10 Apr 2010 12:42
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Naval Discussion
Replies: 3938
Views: 1465127

Re: Indian Naval Discussion

More "sub"-servience to Uncle Sam! The rot has really set in to the MOD.Almost all defence decisions these days are in favour of ther US. "Consequently, as CAG reports have lamented, India continues to remain dependent on 'a foreign source' (US navy) for robust rescue facilities. &qu...
by Kavu
10 Apr 2010 12:37
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: C-17s for the IAF?
Replies: 3924
Views: 737201

Re: C-17s for the IAF?

Look,merits of the C-17 vs IL-76 is not the issue here.The issue is do we need such a large transport,are there alternatives (leasing/An-124,etc.) and what are the priorities of the IAF? Exactly, C-17 in India is not going to replace the IL-76. Leasing is an option when you are considering a low th...
by Kavu
10 Apr 2010 12:30
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: C-17s for the IAF?
Replies: 3924
Views: 737201

Re: C-17s for the IAF?

There you go again with the infallibility thing. Every purchase should be up to debate, that is the reason there are procedures inplace for competitive evaluations for military purchases. BTW the T72 and the T90 do fit in the IL76. This fitting thing is not a grey area. It is binary - they either f...
by Kavu
10 Apr 2010 03:47
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 785637

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

There isn't enough land to set up a car plant or build a reactor and you expect a coal mine? Think of the poor tribals who will lose their sacred mountain, or valley, or whatever. Yes, yes. For the good of the country, tribals should be prepared to lose their homes, lands and everything else they h...
by Kavu
10 Apr 2010 03:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: The Red Menace
Replies: 3760
Views: 576469

Re: The Red Menace

:shock: Congress controls the Indian Mujahideen? Welcome to BR, I first started reading it in 2002/03. I thought Pakistani forums were full of conspiracies. Well its the Congress govt. in AP that broke the Naxal back in the state. Same in Kerala. What people dont understand here is, The ideology of...