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by prasannasimha
01 Jan 2023 14:08
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Happy New Year
Replies: 14
Views: 5824

Re: Happy New Year

Happy New Year and may it be fruitful and happy to one and all
by prasannasimha
26 Jan 2022 01:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2707008

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Incidentally rapid antigen tests(Lateral Flow tests0 may be negative but RTPCR can be positive. It depends on viral load and test sensitivity. So one need not be surprised that RAT was negative one day and next day it was positive or RAT Negative RTPCR positive9I was RAT negative but RTPCR positive)
by prasannasimha
26 Sep 2021 21:58
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Replies: 5960
Views: 2250078

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018

A long time ago...when I had cribbed about some missile test being delayed, one poster on this forum had hinted that 'don't think that the latest advertised tests are THE latest tests'. He was one of those sarkari types -- you can guess that by their trainee status, very low post count, highly tech...
by prasannasimha
16 May 2021 12:00
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: BR Forum Feedback
Replies: 1178
Views: 289348

Re: BR Forum Feedback

Most people who were active are busy dealing with the pandemic with various issues. Enough said about it as more cannot be told without maintaining confidentiality
by prasannasimha
24 Jan 2021 00:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2707008

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Currently logistics and program is being worked out.and refined. As production gets ramped up the vaccination numbers will increase. My Wife and I have received the vaccine.M niece and her Husband too. Our Hospital has finished 5 sessions.
by prasannasimha
04 Jan 2021 21:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2707008

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

This nitpicking is nonsense each of the companies will get 400-500 million doses once we cover enough of India they will be allowed to export. Thing is we have to use what we get and all this efficiency thing is bakwas. Epidemiological use of a vaccine is different from individual protection Somethi...
by prasannasimha
25 Nov 2020 19:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2707008

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

No the numbers are far less in India . Also for eg in KA testing before burial or cremation is mandatory. You may hide infections but cannot hide deaths so easily
by prasannasimha
23 Nov 2020 19:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2707008

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

https://twitter.com/raveenaujmaya/status/1330630914456608770?s=20 Massive chaos at the #Shanghai Pudong International Airport in #China after sudden announcement by the authorities to test all staff for #COVID19 after detection of two positive cases. The crowd trying to break the blockade as were f...
by prasannasimha
07 Nov 2020 18:35
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
Replies: 4447
Views: 1482885

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016

launch successful and yes new naming convention withall Earth Observation Satellites getting an EOS nomenclature
by prasannasimha
29 Oct 2020 18:41
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
Replies: 4447
Views: 1482885

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016

EOS-1 will be launched following which launch schedule will be slowly ramped up
by prasannasimha
15 Oct 2020 20:26
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
Replies: 4447
Views: 1482885

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016

Is there any reason they are not doing a vertical take off of the RLV, with a horizontal landing( as opposed to an air dropped attempt). Is that in the works, after a successful helicopter release and landing? It was planned this way from the beginning - the landing experiment tests a whole differe...
by prasannasimha
06 Oct 2020 22:16
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Replies: 5960
Views: 2250078

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018

This is just as a demo and actual deployment can be mobile. This is just for coastal deployment. Even south Lakshadweep is enough instead of Maldives
by prasannasimha
06 Oct 2020 20:45
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Replies: 5960
Views: 2250078

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018

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Add 1 or 2 more ship based ones and you have covered entire IOR West attack South attack - attack through Malacca strait and around Indonesia
by prasannasimha
27 Jul 2020 23:44
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: OFB, MoD Companies: News & Discussion
Replies: 338
Views: 109323

Re: OFB, MoD Companies Discussion Thread

Venkarl wrote:New Delhi: Bhadrapada 09, 1939??
Correct that is Shalivahana Shaka which is an official calenar of India and this is a 2017 notice
by prasannasimha
04 Jul 2020 00:05
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
Replies: 4447
Views: 1482885

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016

https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/india-s-mars-orbiter-mission-captures-image-of-mars-moon-phobos-120070301300_1.html https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2020-07/03/full/1593785306-5665.png The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Friday relea...
by prasannasimha
21 May 2020 21:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2707008

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Sroy Sir you are taking offence where none is intended. If Mumbai and Kolkata are cities with similar density isnt it logical to expect similar numbers? unless of course someone in Kolkata has magically found a cure. Please reduce your sensitivity in general Kolkata is as much my city as is Hyderab...
by prasannasimha
09 May 2020 00:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2707008

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Why is ICMR sleeping at wheel and dragging its feet to certify many Indian made test kits ? In this hour of crisis is the imported defective commission generating Chinese kits all what that float their boats ? India cannot afford to have such organisations mismanaging covid response. Only Korean, C...
by prasannasimha
03 May 2020 11:27
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014
Replies: 4440
Views: 1239675

Re: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014

Be prepared for flag marches if people in ghettos act funny
by prasannasimha
29 Apr 2020 22:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Post Wuhan-Virus(Covid19) World and India
Replies: 484
Views: 128748

Re: Post Wuhan-Virus(Covid19) World and India

UK for a week, went the "herd immunity" train and kept the school open. Despite brave faces, the UK government wasn't sure how long they can sustain. There was furious debate on tv, on how the country be kept open when hundreds of people will be dying everyday. UK then changed their decis...
by prasannasimha
21 Apr 2020 16:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2707008

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

^ Good thread on twitter which talks about on vaccination coverage for corona and flu. https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498037958545410 ........ Saar, I have a PhD in virology too. what he says is true to a large extant i.e. not having a vaccine against common cold causing viruses. Bu...
by prasannasimha
21 Feb 2020 12:51
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
Replies: 4447
Views: 1482885

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016

Also when people do rhona dhona over delay a remember no two flights of even PSLV are exactly the same with many publicized and unpublicized changes as a part of incremental development that are being validated experimentally before actual flight as we do not have the luxury of many purely experimen...
by prasannasimha
21 Feb 2020 12:48
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
Replies: 4447
Views: 1482885

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016

As far as people saying they have seen schematics of ADMIRE for 2 years ADMIRE is not just one system - it is a range of test systems that will be used to test different things.
by prasannasimha
18 Feb 2020 10:18
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
Replies: 4447
Views: 1482885

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016

Simple example crew abort system helps validate use of the test vehicle which is nothing but part of ADMIRE as per Somnath!s presentation. Grid fins on the capsule help validate grid fin design and its control laws. The list is endless.
by prasannasimha
18 Feb 2020 00:51
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
Replies: 4447
Views: 1482885

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016

Let me do a little bit rona dhona. I kind of thought that it would happen and it did. All the focus on HSF has taken focus away from capability development for more efficient and larger launch capability. There is no mention of SCE200, SC120 or S200 in the whole report. The ADMIRE based projects ar...
by prasannasimha
16 Feb 2020 00:06
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
Replies: 4447
Views: 1482885

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016

Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator !!

RH300 MkII/IAD Technology Demonstration: Realisation of IAD system in Polychloroprene coated Kevlar fabric is in progress. Inflation system configuration has been carried out. The flight was targeted by the end of 2019
by prasannasimha
15 Feb 2020 23:56
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
Replies: 4447
Views: 1482885

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016

Project NETRA Network for space object Tracking and Analysis (NETRA) is the first ISRO project with the primary objective as Space Situational Awareness (SSA). The prime goal of the project is to establish a network of observational facilities and a control centre, to identify, track and catalogue s...
by prasannasimha
15 Feb 2020 23:54
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
Replies: 4447
Views: 1482885

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016

Test Vehicle Project (TVP): Test Vehicle is a single stage liquid propelled launch vehicle being developed to validate the Crew Escape System (CES) performance at different critical Mach numbers, viz, transonic, Qmax, Mach 2.0 and Mach 2.5. Test Vehicle mimics the Human Rated Launch Vehicle trajecto...
by prasannasimha
15 Feb 2020 23:53
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
Replies: 4447
Views: 1482885

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQ1c95jVAAAmEH9?format=png&name=900x900 Hypersonic Air Breathing Vehicle with Air frame integrated system (HAVA): It is a lifting body hypersonic vehicle integrated with scramjet engine, boosted by ADMIRE booster to an altitude of 44 km and glide down to 25 km altitu...
by prasannasimha
31 Jan 2020 10:51
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6363
Views: 1977574

Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion

Problem of using LCA as FTB is it is a single engine plane so failure would end in a crash and loss of data wrt direct engine analysis
by prasannasimha
31 Jan 2020 10:50
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6363
Views: 1977574

Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion

Problem of using LCA as FTB is it is a single engine plane so failure would end in a crash and loss of data wrt direct engine analysis
by prasannasimha
27 Jan 2020 20:13
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
Replies: 4447
Views: 1482885

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016

Institute of dpace medicine is being upgraded. Actually there is a stepwise progress planned after the initual space program. Tge trqining that will be given is to give a fillip to the biosciences program for HSP
by prasannasimha
24 Jan 2020 23:38
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Replies: 5960
Views: 2250078

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018

sudhan wrote:
prasannasimha wrote:
Yes, sir. i know that. I know the missile in the video is K15/BO5.. Hence my question: Is cavitation assisted launch a feature only on K4 and higher..?
Only K4 has the nosering tractor. We need to see what they have done for K5 K6 Cavitation is required for significantly heavy launch weights
by prasannasimha
24 Jan 2020 22:32
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Replies: 5960
Views: 2250078

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018



This is the video which was shown in AeroIndia 2015
by prasannasimha
24 Jan 2020 22:30
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Replies: 5960
Views: 2250078

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018

sudhan wrote:I dont remember seeing a cavitation cap type exhaust on the pre-induction (i think) test flight of the K15/BO5. Of course there is a cap that is ejected post launch. Is the cavitation feature only on missles >= K4?

tHAT WAS NOT k4 BUT BO 15
by prasannasimha
23 Jan 2020 23:32
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Replies: 5960
Views: 2250078

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018

The K4 has got a nose ring tractor which generates the cavitation cap just like the R39.
by prasannasimha
14 Jan 2020 00:30
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Replies: 5960
Views: 2250078

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018

Manik based Nirbhay would be tested mid year as per some websites
by prasannasimha
27 Dec 2019 20:58
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
Replies: 4447
Views: 1482885

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016

Yes but that was a failure and as you said it had a nonogival fairing
by prasannasimha
27 Dec 2019 20:08
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
Replies: 4447
Views: 1482885

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016

As a note GSLV Mk2 payload fairing was 3.4 meters wide (was never 4m before) and the new faring is 4 meters wide with ogival nosecone