Bharat Rakshak

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http://www.orfonline.org/strategic/stnews.htm#2

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Originally posted by James Bund: "Nope the canadian system has invested a lot of control in the individual province...and hence when you move from one province to another you are faced with differing rules. It is publicly funded but not uniform." This is almost meaningless as it can mean ...

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Originally posted by Surya:
AAAAGHH

Is there a clearer pix of the 155mm upgraded gun?

http://groups.msn.com/BharatRakshakDefexpo/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=53

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Aditya Look at this: http://mod.nic.in/pressreleases/content.asp?id=677 New Battalions of Rashtriya Rifes March 18, 2004 Magha 28, 1925 New Delhi A national English daily has published a report today that the proposal of the Defence Ministry to raise new battalions of Rashtriya Rifles is being oppos...

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Originally posted by vverma: The LCH in its current avatar is not very different in capabilities from the AALH (especially after the Israeli avionics upgrade). What would Air Force's LCH's role be in a war scenario? Are they meant for different terrain? You have asked the million dollar question. T...

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The Israeli Avionics are being used for the armed Army Dhruvs (also called the Weapons Intregrated or WI Dhruv). The 21st production Dhruv onwards will feature the glass cockpit etc.

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Shabeg Singh had also been reprimanded by J.S.Arora in Bangladesh after irregularities in the use of Army transportation for personal business ventures. Mandeep should be able to shed more light on this.

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Guys can we please get back to topic.

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Biggest ever anti-terrorist operation on in J&K (Times of India, 16 May 2003) NEW DELHI: In what may be the largest single counter-insurgency operation in the past decade or so, security forces over the past three weeks have killed an estimated 60 hard-core militants in the Surankote area proxi...

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There is NO radar called Indira. It is the INDRA!

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I have just sent rediff a strongly worded letter. Inundate the *******s with e-mail.

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Originally posted by George J:
Have we ever excercised with the Soviet Onion and the russians?

Or any Warsaw pact countries?

NO

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Originally posted by harryvandeusan:
If tech to detect rocket plumes from 36,000 km exists in this country i dont see whats preventing us from deploying it.

Someone has to formulate the requirement and someone has to sign-off on it.

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Originally posted by harryvandeusan:
all we need to do is get the satellite technology , may be from Israel.

The technology exists in-country. We don't need to detect worldwide launches..just a focus on the subcontinent and China is all we need. The question is not technology..but money.

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Originally posted by J.B.Asher:
I know atleast one officer who was there in 1982-83 and not on consulate staff.

I actually know more! But by then the IAF contingent (NOT attaches) was just a a handful.

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Originally posted by J.B.Asher: Just wanted to know, Though the above may be on paper correct, What makes us sure that there could not have been one or two unofficial sorties undertaken by Indian pilots in Iraq? (this is mere speculation) What i meant was that if we had 60 people stationed in Iraq ...

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Tom Indian militray aid mission were alawys estabhlished as a result of bilateral agreements. So the estabhlishment and administration of such programmes were ad hoc - to name a few these included the creation of an Air Force in Ghana and the creation of a staff college in Nigeria. There are dozens ...

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Tom the size of the IAF contingent in Iraq peaked at around 70 personnel or so around 1976/77.

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Originally posted by Babui:
Is 160mm ammo correct ? Which gun do we have that uses 160mm ?!

It's the Tampella mortar in the heavy mortar regiments.

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Originally posted by Praneet_N: All ive been able to come up with is that rifled guns are more accurate....with the challenger holding the record destroying a tank at over 5kms in the gulf. Any more about this? thanks Rifled guns can fire HESH rounds that offer greater ranges. Also the auto-loader ...

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Originally posted by harryvandeusan: Frankly speaking how much of Brahmos guidance is actually Indian.....India's response in teh case of teh former remains luke warm , we have not yet signed on the dotted line.I am sure Brahmos was forced down Indian throats , at gun point. You will be surprised a...

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Not only are 70% of our tanks not battlewortyhy, but 60% of the IAF is grounded due to spares shortages. In fact in MiG-21 units availability is as low as 35%.

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Army raises 50 RR

http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=69083

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Sorry, I misunderstood your concern. d'accord.

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Rudra
If there is ever a real imbalance..worry not...we will simply buy the store! If 40 F-16s could trigger 130 M2K/MiG-29s and 50 Fantans could trigger 200 MiG-27s...can you imagine what a couple of 100 Al Khalids will trigger?

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Originally posted by Vinod T. Kumar: On the other hand we have North Korea poor, starving, with all kinds of sanctions imposed on it (deservingly), and last but not the least technically backward was able to reverse engineer the T90. If the past is any indication in few years Indian T90’s will be f...

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Actually women are repressed all over. You should see some of the battered women's shelter's in the US. The problem is just as endemic. Education and rule of law is the answer.

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Originally posted by Rudra Singha: and we dont have the answers right now. Since 1998 we have been outspending them by $10 billion annually in defence. granted that we perhaps need $4 billion for upkeep of extra manpower and china front, but $6 billion/annum should begin to bite soon...unless used ...

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Originally posted by Rudra Singha: they dont yet have al-khalid's produced in quantity, but 300 t80Us are certainly there and maybe more shall be ordered. its concentrated in the punjab-jammu belt wherein we seem to have put the vijayanta's and T-55s. yahoo news photos havent shown a single t-72 in...

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Originally posted by Saurabh Lele: Hi Raj, Like every true Indian I also understand your feelings. But unfortunately the answer about MBT ARJUN is "NOT TO BE" :( Regards Saurabh Lele SAURABH from your other posts it seems like a blue day for you. But cheer up. Even if the ARJUN is not to ...

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Raj Good summary. However, your talk of a vibrant private sector is fallacy, given the times that the projects were concieved. It wasn't until the late 1990s that the pvt sector had the expertise neccessary to deal with a lot of the technology associated with various defence programs. You have to un...

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IIRC BRM had an article on the T-6..??

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Badar
When 30 Arty Div was raised (now called 40 Arty Div) there was no provision for gun brigades. There were provisions for 3 'groups' - one missile and two rocket. The composition AFAIK remain unaltered.

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Originally posted by peeyoosh chadda:
tracked 155s would be great for handling any Paki armour other than the Paki T-90s.

Tracked 155s would be great for handling any armour..period.

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It is concievable that the the artillery division will provide a pool of scarce resources, however SP artillery is unlikely to be a part of this. To do so would deprive the strike formations of their mobility and flexibilty. From the perspective to holding tube artillery, anything the divisions hold...

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Originally posted by Vick: How likely is the creation of a new arty div connected with the intelligenceonline.com's report that the IA is going for 500 SP arty, aka Bhim? Quite unlikely. This is because 500 SP artillery would be put into the Corps and Divisional Arty Bdes of the Strike Formations. ...

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Originally posted by Div:
I was hoping that this might be the start of getting the Pinaka into active service...its been in 'user testing' for the longest time.

See the problem is that the Army wants a BM-21/LRAR type dispersion at the Pinaka's max range. So all that haggling is holding it up.

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Originally posted by amarko:
Joint excercises have been conducted at Agra, and so US soilders have been already allowed on our soil (not in a combat role of course)
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However, US speical forces were refused training access to Sonamarg and Lahul.

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Originally posted by Jaspreet: To attempt to define Indian-ness is to attempt to define the boundaries for a certain percentage of the human population and consequently expect them to be constrained by them. Just be yourself. Then if the other person sees you as Indian or Srilankan, it is a reflect...

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I believe that the current Artillery Division is 30 Artillery Div. The new Division authorized is 40 Div.

GD:
The IA's catapults are still active! Very active!

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