Bharat Rakshak

Philip wrote:Towed lines:

1.Skipper's clothing being washed.

2.Fed up with Russian grub for so long,the crew are trying to catch some fish with a trawl.

3.Paki spies caught trying to come aboard being fed to the sharks!

OR the collective egos and insecurities of the Paki and Chinese armed forces.

What a fantastic pic of the 'mini' fleet. When do we get to see the 10+ fleet pic. Also a fascinating journey especially, as I understand it, she did not make a single port call (for obvious reasons) for the 15,000+ km journey. The fleet tanker must have nipped in to a port somewhere to get oil and ...

Cost blowout for Australian air warfare destroyers. The price for 3 is pegged at (Aus)$8b which is an extraordinary amount but I guess the price of labour, materials etc are not cheap in these parts. Also no surprise to hear complaints being levelled at Navantia and the Spanish. As I mentioned recen...

The only (good?) news we keep hearing is that some high level guys keep going back and forth and that the two have teams in each other's countries and data is exchanged. The Indo-Russo relationship is not a mature, robust one that it is expected to be. Seeing how wide ranging and deep the Indo-Russ...

Reading all the second and third hand reports it is clear India came off somewhat worse off in this buy. Having been involved in large commercial acquisitions with the private and military sector, I can confirm the complexity with Military purchases are many times multiplied that of the private sect...

I am estimating Da Nang to Sanya to be 300km or so. A battery or two of Brahmos should should be a must for the Vietnamese if the Liaoning is based in Sanya!

https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=sanya ... CAgQ_AUoAg

Meanwhile the Chinese have recently been trying to strong arm the Philippines with their new carrier. Deployed with two destroyers and two missile frigates for a training run!!!! http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1368597/chinese-aircraft-carrier-liaoning-takes-role-south-china-sea http://global...

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Why do they have they their hands up in surrender but still holding their guns?

Now this seems sensible. Don't know if Japan will do so?

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/wo ... 6777442114

Where is she at the moment - any update or news?

This option should be explored for a heavy lift option. Left field yes but should be considered especially if some of these airships come on line.

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-te ... 2ygha.html

Two good articles on issue looking at issue from different angles.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/n ... n-aircraft

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/n ... shinzo-abe

Well, clearly the government of China does not agree with you. Otherwise they would not have set up an "inconsequential" ADIZ in first place. And then why would they send planes to monitor and "defend" the same space? This is how I read the turn of events. 1. Japan went one up w...

'The Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy have been using “Jai Hind” for a very long time but the Army was not using it uniformly. The salutation Jai Hind – or Victory to India – was first coined by Major Abid Hasan Safrani of Indian National Army (INA) and was immortalized by Subhash Chandra Bose ...

True on all accounts, except I happen to think that China is not doing so idiotically. Check out the Chinese ADIZ vs. the Japanese one and everyone can see who exactly is the aggressor. http://a.disquscdn.com/uploads/mediaembed/images/718/7228/original.jpg Has the map been verified especially vis a ...

Some good photos:

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ins- ... 25135.html

http://voiceofrussia.com/2013_11_16/Vik ... #250495928

Gen V.K. Singh's book as reviewed by Col Shukla. Fleeting parts have a positive review but overall somewhat negative. I was really disappointed by, for example, the part about the pidgin English - is the good Colonel an arbiter of Indian English now? This for me confirmed that there is bias and an a...

PratikDas wrote:I really appreciate how all the directors are getting a share of the limelight.

What really impressed me was the short, pithy and appropriate speeches made by each. None of the nonsensical, egotistical speeches of politicians. Thank god the netas have been kept away from the event.

And here we go folks, the poison from the British media has started flowing........... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2487176/India-plans-trip-Mars-1bn-year-space-programme.html I think you are being a bit thin skinned and overly sensitive. I read the article and found it positive. For exa...

Interesting discussion on Iran's 'rejuvenation' of their vintage F14 apparently in-house and without any foreign assistance. I am not sure on the foreign assistance part as there is so little reliable intelligence on the goings on in Iran that one cannot say with any certainty. http://theboresight.b...

Not impressed - sheep in sheeps clothes. The Japanese destroyer was more impressive and tech intensive.

INS Shayadri streets ahead which is, of course, to be expected based on age of vessels but regardless age etc, tech wise the Chinese have lots of catching up to do.

Rahul M it was a tongue in cheek post. Photos of HMAS Vampire the Australian warship of 1950s-80s vintage.

Qingdao was very "clean."

PLANS Qingdao!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/104719119@N08/

Rahulm thanks I will email you shortly to get details. Got tickets for Monday for Garden Island and also tall ships. Sunday all sold out so might try and get some off gum tree - I wanted to see the US and some other warships. Other than that looking forward to returning to my former home city and ca...

RahulM and any others going, I will be in Sydney (from Melbourne) on Sun and Mon (6 and 7th) to see the warships. I am keen to meet up with other enthusiasts for a chat or beer etc. The ticketing is a bit of a rip off and sham. I am intending to buy tickets to two different venues for two sessions -...