Bharat Rakshak

Guys,I have said that the performance has been patchy,always given kudos to our space and missile teams and asked why other programmes have not succeeded. Yes,there are a bunch of crooks who no doubt have fed off the poor Indian taxpayer,parasites who still do.Every govt. thus far,allegedly makes m...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-27/f-35-engines-from-united-technologies-called-unreliable-by-gao F-35 Engines From United Technologies Called Unreliable by Anthony Capaccio 2:30 PM IST April 27, 2015 F-35 engines from United Technologies Corp. are proving so unreliable that U.S. plan...

Requirements were similarly watered down for the basic trainer by the IAF. Seeing a pattern here.

IAF diluted al least 12 benchmarks for trainer aircraft
http://www.business-standard.com/articl ... 068_1.html

Has anyone used the pic of Arihant heading out to sea to double check the length and consequently the displacement of the sub.
We conveniently have men standing on it for reference. I would have done it but.... math.

Aditya G wrote:
http://www.livefistdefence.com/2014/11/ ... essel.html

Has this question been asked/answered as to why there were 25 odd people on this boat? There are about 7 in one of the pics at that looks crowded for the boat this size.

Came across this analysis on Chinese Navy power projection, done by National Defense University, USA. Using this thread as it is largely about Indian Ocean Region hence relevant to IN Complete pdf at http://ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/stratperspective/china/ChinaPerspectives-7.pdf Key find...

Interesting discussion on reddit about US vs Russia submarine tech. More at http://np.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/2gby88/russian_k329_severodvinsk_a_yasenclass_nuclear/ckhynw2?context=10000 "This is a multi-faceted and complicated question to answer, so I'll try to answer to the best of m...