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^^ sraddhanjli to Prof. Rajaraman.

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Without looking : Q1: either a or b. Saha was an astrophysicist and Kosambi was a mathematician I think Thanks. (After seeing your answer, I realized my question might have been a little imprecise ).. Q was: Q1 Which Indian physicist, played a key role in applying nuclear physics to national planni...

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No fair AmberG , I deserve at least partial credit for Q2. :oops: :(( FBTRs are an explicitly required step for thorium cycle as we never had enough Pu stock required for step 3. I guess I misunderstood the question, now that you explained it. AHWR based Thorium utilization, by using enriched U fro...

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When was the last time we had a Bomber Squadron?? WWII Dakotas we had were more for Transport Sqd Was that rhetoric or too lazy to ask GPT? IAF bombers started with B24 Librators, had very long range. My favorite plane to see flying in AFS Poona and playing inside its retired empty hulls on 11 BRD ...

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Funny that in 2004 when I developed ROCKSIM Rocket simulator the Agni-2 based in SLV3 stage/technology the performance result was indicating 3500 ... What we do have is 2m dia for long range Agni and then another fat-thin motors of Agni prime. Haridas ji, I remember a Prithvi-3 with solid rocket mo...

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Dr. Pillai was also involved along with Dr. Kalam in an ambitious missile project called REX (Re-Entry Experiment), the prelude to Agni. In Dr. Kalam's own words regarding REX in his 'Wings of Fire', "Meanwhile, I carried out an analysis of the application of SLV 3 and its variants with Sivath...

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Agasthi wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 19:25....

Magnitude 2.8 is equivalent to 48 Lb of TNT. So just industrial minimum type operation.
Even a 155mm shell has more energy.

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The Story of Akash: How India Built World's Best Air Defence System "Akash" isn’t just a missile—it’s a symbol of India's technological triumph and strategic self-reliance. In this exclusive talk, Dr. P. Rama Rao, one of the key minds behind India’s defence innovation, takes us through th...

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Where does he blog now? Indianmavericks is not updated. I found it hard to agree with some of his analysis in the past. He is certifiably crazy. Please do not believe his bokwas. Severely paranoid and conjures up end-of-world scenarios in his head. ......... I find it amusing with current assessmen...

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gakakkad wrote: ↑10 May 2025 06:18 I think our doctrine now allows us to pay tribute to teller-ulam

Not when we are swatting a mosquito.

Time will be when global deterrence on verge of breakdown.

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You mean the Paki military intelligence is lurking on BR for information? Saar make what you may from this Folks I strongly urge you to desist reporting or soliciting indian losses. It exposes to enemy military what tactics produced a specific result or reaction, or plain fruitification of their ps...

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Don't understand the fixation of some about our losses? In war, one should be more interested in enemy's losses and our victories. Rest, god will take care. Jai Maa Bharti ki Sena!! Folks I strongly urge you to desist reporting or soliciting indian losses. It exposes to enemy military what tactics ...

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Investigation found that swashplates have fatigue cracks for the wheeled ALH which In and Coast Guard use. So skid versions are released which both IA and IAF use. As to why wheeled versions are experiencing issues the hypothesis is the rolling takeoff on ships induces extra loads. Easy to find out...

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prashantsharma wrote: ↑06 Apr 2025 09:04 This would have been true in the past with respect to the seats on gnats, hunters.
The present day fleet of western fighters like jags, mirages, hawks have rocket powered ejection seats.

Correct. One can clearly see it in videos of ejection from western aircrafts.

My FIL was instrument fitter.

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These forces get transmitted to the spine but depend largely on the actual posture of the crew member with relation to the seat and the alignment of the spine/neck at the instant of the ejection sequence. If these alignments are not as per the design limitations (with some tolerance) damage to the ...

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chetak wrote: ↑03 Apr 2025 17:41 normally Haridas ji, the chances of damage are perhaps a little more on western ejection seats..

Please tell me how?

It's been a long time my dad and brother retired from IAF.

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Most often after ejection pilots suffer irreversible spine damage, thus health lose fitness to fly. Moved to ground duties thereafter.

Hope he fully recovers his injuries and fly again.

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https://youtu.be/53EncXNSjNE?si=zTLzFYjZAtgn4CpU

One IAF fighter pilot died and another ejected safely after Jaguar fighter aircraft crashed in Gujarat's Jamnagar.

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Another crash tonight.

One alive other attained veergati.

.https://t.me/c/1115206418/106604

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saar arty shell scream at hypersonic velocity during descent on target drones or any flying object cannot physically block target only way out is to move, there is a reason 155mm arty shells carry 8kg explosive need to move out of shell kill zone which normally is 15 to 18 meter radius for Armoured...

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The focused optical system making it jamproof; & the electronics in shell robust and inexpensive. Haridas ji, As a countermeasure, enemy drones dispense chaff or use their own body to occlude the optical beam. Enemy drones have to be better to be able to out-manoeuvre (sic) our drones. Sorry fo...

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^^^ yes, I wrote that in BR forums and got quite a bit of hate for the piece. going from VFR to IMC is a dangerous practise especially in area's where you don't have ATC support and proper terrain maps. A shockingly big mistake by an experienced pilot. It is not a one-off big piloting mistake by se...

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Russian Tu-160M Strategic Bombers For Indian Air Force! A Game-Changer Or White Elephant For India? https://www.eurasiantimes.com/russian-tu-160-m-strategic-bombers-for-indian/ 26 Nov 2024 By Air Marshal Anil Khosla (Retd) Agree with him. What many on this forum miss the point that major global war...

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Arguably, Quantum Computing, being statistical in nature, is naturally suited for AI. The marriage of Quantum Computing with AI will result in huge advances (for Indian talking heads, it will primarily mean the joy of combining buzzwords) DeepMind has developed AlphaQubit for quantum error correcti...

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uhoh :lol: Russia Offers India its New Tu-160M 'White Swan' Heavy Bomber with Nuclear Capability and 12,000km Range without Refueling https://defence.in/threads/russia-offers-india-its-new-tu-160m-white-swan-heavy-bomber-with-nuclear-capability-and-12-000km-range-without-refueling.11210/ 10 Nov 202...

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^^ Chai with Natasha is not only Nostalgic but ek doosra hi Nasha!! But jokes apart, both US and Rus maintain strategic bomber assets Even Chinese have Xian H6 (variant of Tu 16). I believe we did operate vintage B24's in the past!! is that correct. And we had Canberra as well. Admiral Sir should n...

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There are too many targets for just Bramhos to take care off, Bramhos will be part of the equation, yes, but we need to hit soo many things to make thier airforce, Coast guard, electricity grid, railways, telecom, fuel and transport inoperative. Brahmos for SEAD, to clear way for hoards of CM for e...

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It already does have global impact. One must see this interview and understand the technical advances in last 3-4 yrs that has taken it multiple order of magnitude higher by "super intelligence" class AI system in US govt establishment that has come about based on fusion of system comprisi...

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Range with 3,000 kg (6,614 lb) payload: 5,000 km (3,107 mi) Range with 6,000 kg (13,228 lb) payload: 3,704 km (2,302 mi) The reason for mentioning the C295 is cost and numbers. When the C390 deal happens, tanker variant that's capable of longer range could be acquired as well. That's the reach with...

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https://x.com/ang3lkenny/status/1862011120846062071?t=24uVDWKjQNn3avr4oG-mcg&s=19 In the video, G Satheesh Reddy, former DRDO chief and present scientific advisor to the defence minister says that personally, he would say that the hypersonic missile which India tested is more like a hypersonic ...

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ABM or similar AD depend on having enough time for OODA loop. Thus missile that gives shortest detection to hit time will win. Manuvering makes the ABM effectiveness bubble shrink, so does closing speed; it does never become ineffective zero. Hypersonic maneuver need v hi G to do manuvering. IIRC MA...

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Tanaji wrote: ↑20 Nov 2024 13:47 We should actually lease IA generals or get some second hand as clearly the current lot do not have the best interests of their force in mind.

We should enroll Generals with commonsense in recruitment drive. Catch them young and have 30 yr of continuity at helm.

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To temper the enthusiasm a bit ... This is a HGV or hypersonic glide vehicle, where it flies an initial ballistic trajectory (rocket motor), a powered and maneuvering hypersonic cruise phase (scramjet) at high altitudes of 80k feet or more, and then a 1.5-2 mach supersonic terminal phase that is un...

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That launch tube top disc cover on its tip is a freak coincidence, it did not fall off even after booster firing. :rotfl: Will be difficult to replicate in future. Its not a freak coincidence. The flat disc on top of the aerospike is part of the standard design of aerospikes for ICBMs. Trident ICBM...

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And here is my presentation at a BRF meet, from 14 yrs ago.

https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/em ... SAiEjiBSnp

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RM has confirmed the test of LRAshBM, with BGV. It reminds me of Prithvi, and graphs from Arun_s https://x.com/DefenceMinIndia/status/1857981682453983543 8) Yes it draws from K15. Albeit much better glide ratio (at all altitudes and speed) and maneuvering. White paint on forebody hides the actual c...

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A comment on x was...nose cap of the container That launch tube top disc cover on its tip is a freak coincidence, it did not fall off even after booster firing. :rotfl: Will be difficult to replicate in future. So this is proper Hypersonic two stage missile with significant proportion of booster (u...

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Dhanyawaad bandhu. Bottom line is unless Bharat puts money on table (~$10 Bn) spread over 6 to 10 years for 5 or 5.5 gen engine development and use of that engine on Indian crafts in qty 2000 pcs ($10 bn) over another 10 years, to make it worthwhile. The catch-up needed in many engineering decipline...

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A noob question: why combine ballistic missile and torpedo? can a smaller cruise missile be used as a payload of a ballistic missile, with the ballistic missile releasing the cruise missile in the end phase? Are there any such missiles? I understand usage of torpedoes against submarines, but for an...

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Thanks for the transcript. Does look like there is severe funding crunch, as this plan doesn't cover all of the types of aircraft engines that would be needed. Does GTRE make money off some other products? Listing on the stock market would be a good way to raise cheap funds. GTRE is a cost center f...

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