Bharat Rakshak

SRay

China to sell aircraft carrier to Pakistan https://nation.com.pk/10-Feb-2019/china-to-sell-aircraft-carrier-to-pakistan The Chinese government has decided to sell its first and only aircraft carrier to Pakistan. More specifically, the Liaoning will be sold to Pakistan for a yet-undetermined price i...

SRay

https://www.armyrecognition.com/defexpo_2018_india_news_show_daily/insas_1c_assault_rifle_to_partially_replace_predecessor_in_indian_army.html INSAS 1C assault rifle to partially replace predecessor in Indian army In early 2017, it was announced that INSAS rifles were to be retired and replaced by ...

SRay

SaiK wrote:

Poorest photoshop job I've seen.

SRay

This video is the end of a major operation for which we do not know the details. And the IA is showing PR incompetence by failing to give the full flow of events. The finding of the grenade should have come out right away and should have been the first thing they said to the press. I am neither surp...

SRay

arun wrote:The bright side of the delayed frigate delivery to India

I'm missing what the bright side is. If the shipyards were in such a rusty state, why were such optimistic delivery schedules agreed upon?

SRay

Looks like it was built for stealth: definitely for sound reduction but probably also for radar reduction.

http://cencio4.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/mysterious-helicopter/

SRay

Video of a TOW missile destroying a tactically loaded T-72 Couple of things in this video struck me (no pun intended): - No-contact missile strike -- are debates over armor configuration overrated? Even when a missile like the Nag hits, its kinetic energy could probably flatten a tank regardless of...

SRay

Astounding footage of Mirage 2000s in flight, from the movie "Les Chevaliers du Ciel"

According to the wikipedia page, this was filmed in the air from a camera housed in the fuel pods of a mirage and also from a lear jet.

SRay

Cracks plague Ticonderoga-class cruisers Their superstructures are made of aluminum alloy 5456, a material used on numerous U.S. warships since 1958. The alloy, according to NAVSEA, relies on approximately 5 percent magnesium as an alloying element to develop strength. Over time, the magnesium leac...

SRay

VikB, check out the discussion from about 6 pages back and extending several pages after that. Quite a bit of analysis, photo manipulation, and whatnot emanated from that pic.

SRay

Videos of the Phalanx CIWS failing to hit a fast boat. If this is typical performance, one has to wonder about the effectiveness of CIWS against boat swarms, cruise missiles, and the like.

SRay

Well, well... what do we have here?

Pakistan army accused of extrajudicial killings, human rights abuses

SRay

I doubt if its a balidan badge. The Balidan badge is worn on the right chest. And my experience with Army veterans is they are real sticklers or rules - even after retirement. Remember that the picture could always have been L-R flipped to go better with the webpage it was published on. Any high re...

SRay

From prior reading, I believe one of the main purposes of the rear dorsal inlet is to cool bleed air. This bleed air, taken from the engine after it has passed the compressors, is used for [many purposes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleed_air) from de-icing to pressurizing the cabin. However, if th...

SRay

I was under the impression that the Russia doesn't buy a screw for its defence forces from outside, let alone a warship. If the thing can carry 16 helicopters, its practically an aircraft carrier albeit for helicopters. No kidding. Looking at the Mistral , its a helicarrier made for large scale amp...

SRay

Youtube video of the Harop in action.

Video action begins at 40sec mark.

SRay

Looks like smoke - very likely marking the drop zone.

SRay

The mini-rover will be one of two indigenous rovers, but the second will remain at the satellite centre as a working scale replica of the first. "The second rover will operate on the lunar surface model to match the movements of the rover on the moon in near real time," the scientist said...

SRay

From the aforelinked bbc article: The Indian mission was in certain respects much more challenging than the Chinese maiden lunar mission which was a simple national orbiter. Its a bit unfair to call the maiden Chinese lunar mission a simple national orbiter. We can surely celebrate our success witho...

SRay

Hey, I sent a request on facebook: Soumya Ray

The FB join request did not permit me to send a msg with my BR handle, so I sent it in an email to pgbhat as well.

Thanks all!

SRay

Russia Delivers First of 3 AWACS to India http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4244142&c=ASI&s=TOP Another report of this: http://www.avionews.com/index.php?corpo=see_news_home.php&news_id=1108404&pagina_chiamante=corpo%3Dindex.php Is someone confusing the mainstay with the phalco...

SRay

India’s ‘Colonial’ Police Weaken Rule of Law, Rights Groups Say http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=aIp0PVBDQweU India is short of police, deploying an officer for every 1,037 residents, compared with a global average of one per 333 citizens, said the Human Rights Watch report. ...

SRay

Pictures of a Russian Su-35UB deliberately flying w/o a canopy, and then having the nav pilot eject:

http://englishrussia.com/?p=3524

Unique pics. Exhilarating.

Note: seems like the ground pics are of a Su-27UB painted with the same serial #

SRay

Anant wrote:This is a submarine, specifically the USS Jimmy Carter, undergoing magnetic silencing....

FWIW, there is an interesting history to the magnetic degaussing of ships:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degaussing#Degaussing_ship.27s_hulls

Do modern battleships/submarines use this still?

SRay

Nimrod weighs twice as much as Nag, has six times the range, Hellfire is is in the same weight class (if there is such classification) as Nag but has double the range and costs half as much as Nag (if we believe 50L as the eventual cost of Nag). I thought the Hellfire was solely air-to-ground - how...

SRay

Andrew, SKrishna was referring to the P8I (not p8A) having a MAD, DIRCM, aft radar, charges etc.... integrated, hence the extra cost!! What part of that didn't you get. so if these things were not included in agreement signed which is 2.2 billion, so govt has to pay extra for these. Is it your spec...

SRay

The news report on Astra test-firing said that it was launched at an imaginary target. If so, how could an Active Radar seeker have been tested? Dont you need a real target for that? This bothered me as well -- the whole purpose of testing an active seeker would be to see how well it detects an act...

SRay

Sri Lankan Battle Progress Map
http://www.defence.lk/orbat/Default.asp

Interactive map of the battle against the tigers, showing military elements and a dynamic time-line map (button on right) of the progress of the offensive. Quite an impressive little map.

SRay

Russia's military rethink
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/7950224.stm

Russia is quietly shaking up and restructuring its armed forces. Some good commentary; even better footage.

SRay

A little gift for BR folk: For those people who are tired of clicking 'next' to page through BR forums and topics, consider installing AutoPager - a firefox add-in that automatically loads the next page when you get to the bottom of a current page: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4925...

SRay

I suppose this answers my earlier question: The interceptor used for the first time a manoeuvrable warhead called gimballed directional warhead (GDW), which can rotate 360 degrees The warhead can rotate in 360 degrees - it does not fragment in 360 degrees as the wording the The Hindu had me thinking...

SRay

When the directional warhead fragments in 360 degrees all round, the target missile coming in from only one direction is sure to be blown up. I keep seeing this quote from the hindu getting posted. My impression is that if its a gimballed directional warhead, it shouldn't fragment in 360 degrees, b...

SRay

More details... http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/05/stories/2009030555111100.htm Informed sources described it as “a difficult mission” because the target was just 50 km away instead of the normal range of 290 km. Besides, the missile had to perform “a discriminatory role”: it had to hit the desired tar...

SRay

India Retains Optimism and Growth [nytimes]
While most of the world grapples with a crippling financial crisis and a recession, optimism reigns in much of India as its economy continues to grow.

SRay

Along the lines of Acharya's post...

Bollywood dance classes drawing big crowds (in US)
Workouts mix traditional Indian folk dances with hip-hop moves
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29278667/

SRay

Hidden Travels of the Atomic Bomb use bugmenot.com to get a registration if req'd. Article argues that virtually no major power developed their nuclear weapons by themselves. Proliferation paths to several countries are drawn. Interestingly, only India is not mentioned as a recipient or proliferato...

SRay

Shyam_K wrote:
Dilbu wrote:Indian Forces; ATS, NSG & Marcos
Photo feature on India's SF

The picture used for "ATS" is that of a Chinese police force. The Garud picture too might not be accurate, unless it was taken during Red Flag 2008 (though I doubt it).

Terrible. I just sent a comment to the editors.

SRay

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/gunboat-diplomacy-somalistyle/2008/11/19/1226770542557.html US warships are monitoring the Ukrainian-flagged merchant ship Faina, loaded with tanks and other weapons and still under the control of Somali pirates who seized it in September. Lieutenant Christensen did...

SRay

Theia Hypothesis

SRay

Another article on the Indian wootz steel used in Damascus swords. And an explanation of the distinct patterns and strength of the steel, and why the art died out.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Myste ... 1611003676

Search found 66 matches