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Many roads to Kodagu have gotten blocked due to landslides. Civil defence etc have been activated (I'm tuned into activity that a bit as a ham). Yes indeed. 40 Civil Defence wardens are on the way from Bangalore. Again most of them are HAMs (and I am one too). The NDRF, IAF and IA units who are pre...

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While the attention so far has been on Kerala, the situation a little north - in Kodagu - is getting critical. Many roads to Kodagu have gotten blocked due to landslides. Civil defence etc have been activated (I'm tuned into activity that a bit as a ham).

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Rafale deal: Internal notes flag loss of L1 status if plane was made locally “By applying a factor of 2.7 on the man hours quoted by Dassault Aviation and EADS, the ratio of Net Present Value (NPV) based total cost of acquisition as on November 2011would have undergone a material change to the exte...

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Expect it to be long drawn. If the SC strikes down Art35A which it should there will be a law and order problem in Kashmir which the govt will not want in an election year. Actually, this is the right issue for the election year. Those who oppose the removal of article 35 and 370 aren't going to vo...

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If payout was required, we could have purchased AMRAAMs themselves to arm our fighters. Why the SAMs indeed ?

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I hadn't heard of this software defined radio requirement for the FOC earlier. Was it always there, or is it a new one ?

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Neshant wrote:Arjun = textbook case of bad project management & no oversight.

Can you please justify that ?

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^ Assam belongs to the ethnic locals groups of Assam. The state needs another survey to separate locals from non-locals. Currently, the state is swamped with bangalis(both Hindu and Muslim). The burden of bangalis should fall lonely on the state of west Bengal. The state has become a modern day amb...

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Without knowing the facts first hand, I'm going guess and say this is more of accounting amortization. Look at the AESA RFP - even if the 2052 costs say $5m per unit (I'm pulling the numbers out of my musharraf here), there is the setting up of manufacturing, platform/avionics/EW integration, radome...

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I always thought that the point of NATO was to keep Europeans as US poodles. The way I understand the post second world war deal was: Europeans would fund their welfare state; the Americans their warfare state. In return for continued presence of American troops in Europe and in return Europeans buy...

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It's important to recognize that Mallya's issues aren't just the bankruptcy and willful defaulter alone. There are charges of fraud, diversion of loan money, etc on him. These are criminal charges and he is a fugitive from criminal justice, so there is no way for any government to simply pardon his ...

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h1bs who stayed here for close to two decades, but not having GC done, and possibly being forced to leave, and so what to do about US born citizen kid is the same as asylum seekers being separated from smaller kid (toddlers and infants included) and being detained and no certainty of what happens. ...

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If the F-16 and F-18 are out of the mix, the remaining four contendors are; - MiG-35: Not happening - Eurofighter Typhoon: Pointless - Gripen E: strong contendor, with the F414 engine being its downfall. Low operational cost being among its trump cards. - Rafale: Strongest contendor, politically sp...

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My understanding was that S70 was chosen because we didn't want FMS, we wanted direct sales. After the NMRH competition collapsed (blacklisting of all and sundry and ending up with single vendor), we're just reverting to FMS as the way forward. However, I thought the current thinking is to get MH-60...

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Army-spec Tata Safari Storme: How it’s different from the regular one https://www.cartoq.com/ktm-duke-390-or-bmw-g-310r-who-should-buy-what-video/ That URL is for a different article. Here's the right one: https://www.cartoq.com/army-spec-tata-safari-storme-how-its-different-from-the-regular-one-vi...

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souravB wrote:Let's do a Scenario vs Problems on NAVIC

Problem3: with a few tweaks, it can be an effective tool for tracking people and GOI have a piss poor record for maintaining citizen privacy.

How so ? Are we putting a transmitter or a receiver ?

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These things will happen any which way since everyone wants to make money. The MoD should come up with a system where everyone gets some piece of pie irrespective of who wins the order since that would be incentive to not block the entire process for all involved. In this particular case, I believe...

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To me, the primary reason to go with PAKFA is to help AMCA development - because of timelines. AMCA won't be ready for another 10 years, and PAKFA is *probably* good enough in a couple of years. While it'd be good to put a bit of pressure on ADA to get on with AMCA, undue pressure with unrealistic t...

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There is no way NoKo will relinquish the nukes. There is the evidence of "libya model" and of course, the original "Saddam model". Japan and SoKo are now realizing the fate of poodles. Nuke armed neighbour next door and their borrowed shield is now threatened to be withdrawn. Now...

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The FGFA was doomed with HAL (and not DRDO) being the development partner. Not aware of any 5th gen technologies that HAL is working on. OTOH, having PAK-FA in the MKI model - get the basic platform, then upgrade what is deficient - and after the MKI order is over, is a sound plan. I don't know if w...

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And also, why is a public mailbox considered considered secure for such non-public information ? If it can't be discussed on these forums (and Googleable by adversaries) it must not be discussed. Period.

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In the face of Windrush scandal, the automatic deportation would be unthinkable.

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Indian Army test-fires Smerch rockets, hits targets 90 km away. In yet another boost to the Indian Army, the Smerch guided missile-cum-multi barrel rockets successfully hit targets around 90 kilometres away at Rajasthan's Pokhran field firing range on Monday to clear the trial. Developed jointly by...

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The most curious question is: why Singapore ? Since DPRK seems to be a chinese poodle, and the summit was on their terms so to speak, they could have easily have met in China. Is all not well between PRC and DPRK ?

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Doesn't the US FDA inspect the manufacturing facilities of pharma companies and allow/block them from US markets ? In the same vein, our inspectors should be allowed to inspect the farms (all expenses paid by the exporter) for purity of dairy products before accepting them. Though, whether this is t...

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One side-effect of having some 10 aircraft carriers standing by to unleash shock-and-awe on defence-less third world countries is that their diplomats - even the most junior ones who shouldn't have been let out of the country - have the grace of street thugs. Mostly works against small countries of ...

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Just wonder - is tunnelling under a river a better option than building a bridge on it ?

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For whatever reason, the IAF & Govt have agreed that S400s are important for our security. Which part of S400 we're interested in, whether it is for BMD or not - nothing authoritative or official is known. But I'll just take it at face value. Any so-called ally or partner who wishes us to be sec...

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We could have just bought MiG (not the plane, but the design bureau) along with Gorshkov (instead of buying just the Mig-29K). We need not go for 1990's when our economy wasn't doing well. I'm talking early 2000's when the Gorshkov deal was signed. Oh and in return, we could have given them one of o...

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^^^ Further computing ... cost per kg for PSLV: $7900 (LEO), $25000 (GEO) cost per kg for GSLV mk3: $6700 (LEO), $16750 (GEO) Now, this is a bit simplistic because it doesn't account for PSLV XL vs core-only configurations. SpaceX falcon 9 for LEO costs less than half of this, but it is more complic...

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Right Lets not buy the S-400 and be naked to nuclear blackmail form Pakis because the Chinese might have the S400. Same time the US might sanction our scam ridden economy. very good thinking. I'm very curious to know why you think I've even indicated that we shouldn't buy S-400. :roll: That's a ver...

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^^^ Hasn't China also purchased S-400's ? We should stop comparing with what China did or didn't do? India needs the S-400 like yesterday. Spurious arguments that Chinese are buying the S-400 and US will sanction India have kept India from acquiring the weapons it needs. S-400 is need to counter Pa...

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^^^ Hasn't China also purchased S-400's ? Yes, but as part of an integrated national strategy to acquire the tech and capability and not just the equipment, their deals with the Russians are generally cover for full-scale TOT and rapid buildup of equivalent clone systems that they rapidly improve o...

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^^^ Hasn't China also purchased S-400's ?

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Smaller diameter suggests that air scoops may be missing - are they planning to have Akash NG that is not ramjet powered ?

Added later: Duh, it may just mean that the fins are folded in the canister, and they unfold when it ejects.

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IXKvJmaO3r4 mob wanted to lynch CRPF jawans in jeep ^ We need to equip CRPF and RR and others with cameras with audio, so that all these stone pelting (which is actually an attempt to murder) at encounter locations get filmed, and also (like the video above) show to the country the conditions under...

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I didn't know this - http://www.ausairpower.net/SP/DT-AAM-Evolution-March-2009.pdf The other important technological development of this period was the air-breathing throttled rocket ramjet engine. Vympel made the critical breakthrough during the 1990s and widely marketed the RVV-AE-PD or ‘ramjet Ad...

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How is a ramjet powered missile better than a dual pulse rocket powered one ? Compare Akash and LR-SAM, where DRDO developed the propulsion in both cases. LRSAM is almost one-third the weight (275kg vs 720kg), but has three times the range (80km vs 25km) for the same warhead (all wiki specs onlee)....

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Tejas exits Bengaluru, new nest in TN’s Sulur https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/010618/tejas-exits-bengaluru-new-nest-in-tns-sulur.html

Such a lungi dance time, only slightly spoiled by the very strange looking Tejas pic at the top of the article

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Gus wrote:
srin wrote:Are there any ham radio operators on this forum ?

sachin is one, iirc

Thank you, Gus saar.

@mods: Would it be okay if I start a new thread in the Tech Forum ?

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