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That WeChat reference posted in the Coronavirus thread made me think. That extract says, " Zhang Xuandong, owner of Haofeng Electronic Technology Co. in Dongguan province says in a WeChat group exclusive for forehead thermometer producers in China which has 178 members, "Produce some fake ...

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Can someone translate this for engineers? I did read Abhijit"s translation and didnt get it. I am an engineer too but will bravely attempt still to translate this. May not be entirely accurate. A very novel therapeutic method is being attempted. This involves a process known as ‘gene silencing...

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Docs - Please translate this for folks like me. Does this give any hope? Not a doc. Will not be accurate but will convey the process nevertheless. A virus is an obligate parasite because it is obliged to get into a host cell to function. The RNA material of a virus like Sars-CoV-2 infects by inject...

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As Covid-19 spikes, ICMR to model best, worst case scenarios - Business Line In the light of the spike in Covid-19 cases, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will release mathematical estimations of the best and the worst case scenarios on the number of new cases that could play out over ...

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When the whole world is avoiding international travel, the Pakistani President visits China (of all places) !! Such is the desperation of both the parties. India slams China-Pakistan for reference to J&K in joint statement; asks them to respect sovereignty - ToI India on Tuesday slammed China an...

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No Need for US to Solve Afghanistan-Pakistan Issues: Qureshi Any reservations Afghanistan has with Islamabad should be resolved bilaterally rather than involving the United States , Pakistan’s foreign minister said on Sunday, in reference to part of a joint US-Afghan declaration on peace efforts. “...

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A reset in ties with China on the cards - G.Parthasarathy, Business Line US President Donald Trump’s visit to India was, amongst other reasons, to give himself a political boost at home. He was preparing to commence his re-election campaign with a successful visit to India — the world’s most populo...

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Incredibly, more than a year later, the army has not yet placed an indent for 118 Arjun Mark 1A. It has raised numerous issues – including ammunition availability, non-availability of spares and low indigenous content – to successfully avoid placing an order. How does the bolded argument even work ...

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The CDS is a member of the DAC as well as the Defence Planning Committee. He has the mandate to optimize the resources used by the military. He has already said that indigenous products is one of his priorities, apart from 'jointness' etc. It is time for him to step in and nip this Elbit process rig...

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++1, Arun.prabhu

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We had a memorial meeting in Chennai on the 14th organized by Colours of Glory Foundation where veterans spoke to school children. There is a Capt. Killivalavan (Retd) of BSF who goes around to schools in Tamilnadu every single day to talk to children about para-military forces. Great service by him...

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China tightening its grip on Indian Ocean - G.Parthasarathy, Business Line India remained focussed during the past year on tensions arising from the Pulwama massacre and the retaliatory Balakot Air Strike by Indian Air Force. China has, meanwhile, moved ahead to strengthen its maritime ties with co...

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ramana wrote:Whats the M777 total?
I thought 145 guns.

Yes

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Kalyani ULH was displayed at Chennai DefExpo 2018 as well. Has it undergone user trials?

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There is no 0.5 tonne payload. So the exercise is academic. Please look at Agni tests to get idea of the payload. Look at the number of MIRV's and payload below. It is from Dr. VK Saraswat presentation at IITB around 2014. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9v2zUcCQAA1ypn.jpg:large It is K-6, that is bei...

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K-4 was successfully flight tested on 24 Mar 2014 from a pontoon submerged 30m deep in the Bay of Bengal, off Vishakapatnam coast. On September 23, 2015, DRDO scientists associated with K-4 from DRDL, Hyderabad were presented with a special award for its design & development. The test of March 7...

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Many not sold on Beijing's new stance on Belt and Road Initiative: Survey - Straits Times China's recent pledge to make infrastructure projects in its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) clean, green and financially sustainable has not convinced key influencers within the Asean region , according to the...

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Indeed, a great, great day for every Indian to be proud of.

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From 1987. Nothing has changed. Exclusive Friendly fire downs Pakistani F-16; U.S. in a coverup :lol: The US has just resumed Terroristan's military training program. Now, this. Both US & Terroristan needed to preserve H&D. But, isn't it the case that no F-16 was lost at all? What happens t...

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It is the Phase-I of the BMD, the endo atmospheric interception, that is ready for deployment. In fact two years back, there was a Russian news report that it was already deployed in Rajasthan.

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I don't want to turn this into a discussion on Ms. Fair. But, once upon a time, Ms. Christine Fair, was tasked by the GoTUS with supporting the Pakistani falsehood of Indian consulates in Herat and Jalalabad destabilizing Pakistan through Balochistan. She has used our mere presence in Afghanistan to...

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I think what they are reusing is the TVC control of AAD/Ashwin. So the booster body could also be a truncated AAD. But the fins on the body of the booster are different from the AAD (it has to be). Since the time when VLR-SAM was announced 5 years back, the rumour has been that it was a spinoff fro...

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See, when a country has convinced its febrile citizens that they have defeated Hindustan in all wars (see that reaction of the anchor in the video posted in the previous page when Nur Khan admits that all wars were initiated by 'us'), that Kashmir is the 'jugular vein', that Djinns will catch all th...

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No Sikh threatened, fight was between 2 Muslim groups: Pakistan - ToI Pakistan interior ministry tried to pass off the incident as literally a “fly in a teacup”. According to them, two men, Saqlain and Mumtaz Ali, visited a tea shop near the gurdwara and complained of a fly in their tea. In respons...

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Excalibur testing from M777 at Pokhran

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Barath wrote:A report from a couple of years ago talked about S5 as 13500 ton sub

If you listen to the RS Security Scan, S3 (Arighat) is already 12 to 13K Tonnes with a complement of 8 K4s.

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Cybaru wrote:Any news on new 90/120 KM project?

I believe that Pinaka II may have a range of 90 Kms though DRDO speaks only of 60+ Kms.

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Two regiments of Pinaka have been inducted and became fully operational in 2010. Next two regiments are under induction. Production of Regt No.5 to 10 is expected to commence shortly after finalisation of contracts. Army has decided to induct total 22 regiments https://www.drdo.gov.in/sites/default...

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Karthik S, this thread is NOT to discuss individual cases when Admins take some action.

Actions taken by admins are not a subject for discussion.

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India-China border talks likely on December 21 - Sachin Parashar, ToI After the false starts earlier, India and China finally seem to have zeroed in on a date for the next round of boundary talks between NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese foreign minister and state councillor Wang Yi. Official sources said...

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Abe, Modi get higher ratings than Xi in Asia-Pacific - Straits Times Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi are generally viewed positively across the Asia-Pacific , according to the Pew Research Centre's latest report on global attitudes. In some places, confid...

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why is it intriguing? IN should not go in for a d!@k measuring contest with the Chinese, not going to happen, their requirements are different and so is Indias, India should be concerned at their power projection abilities esp into IOR.The CNS seems ok with the pace of modernisation of IN. Sir, Our...

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abhijitm, it doesn't happen to me. Nor, is there any complaint, AFAIK.

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India works to boost ties with Indo-Pacific countries - ToI As foreign minister S Jaishankar returns from a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Nagoya, Japan, India is intensifying its engagement with key countries in the Indo-Pacific region. Jaishankar met his Australian counterpart Marise Payne ,...

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CPEC not a burden; relations with China will never fray: Pakistan - ANI Pakistan on Saturday rejected United States' notion of Beijing being the sole benefactor of its China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and asserted that its relations with China within the purview of the project will never fr...

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Maiden edition of ‘Tiger Triumph’ concludes in Kakinada - Business Line Indian and US armed forces concluded the inaugural tri-services exercise ‘Tiger Triumph’ in Kakinada on Thursday, with a closing ceremony held on board the US Navy ship Germantown. The maiden Tri-Services US-India Humanitarian ...

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A Deshmukh wrote:what is the significance of firing 2 SS missiles simultaneously?

Gives better survivability for the second missile.

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Weapons storage point to come up near Sulur air base - ToI The Indian Air Force (IAF), which has an air base in Sulur, has decided to set up a ‘weapon storage point’ nearby and plans to construct a parallel taxi way at the base. The facility would help the IAF store strategic weapons, including mis...

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Confident of doubling range of the Astra, will be the most lethal air to air missile: DRDO Chief https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/confident-of-doubling-range-of-the-astra-will-be-the-most-lethal-air-to-air-missile-drdo-chief/articleshow/72120351.cms The thing that really caught my ...

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Earlier, DRDO has certainly spoken of both dual-pulse and ramjet for ASTRA. Astra Mk. II was supposed use a dual-pulse rocket motor with smokeless HTPB propellant to enhance the range. A smokeless, non-metallized, high specific impulse solid motor had also been realized for Astra. Ramjet Propulsion ...

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