Bharat Rakshak

Hi

I met a Chaiwallah from HVF recently and he mentioned there are issues with Arjun's suspension due to increased weight of Mark II. He was not very enthusiastic about Army's response for Mark II.

Can somebody clarify if it is true?

Thanks

Prasad

Germany bats for EJ200 for LCA amongst other things.. Promises TOT.. project is related to the Eurofighter. Eurojet, a German company, is bidding with its Eurofighter engine EJ 200 to enhance the performance of IAF's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) TEJAS. Choosing this engine for the LCA would provide ...

Gurus

This link claims these are ATV schematics.
http://indodefense.blogspot.com/2010/02 ... group.html

Do you think they may be true?

Kindly delete post if these are fake.

Thanks

Prasad

Isn't it astounding that our "Noobies" are able to pass judgement about the maintenance of the aircraft, just by taking a cursory look at the aircraft. Battered Chutes, Peeling paint... is that all or do you also see Weary Pilots, Non-working radars, useless IAF maintenance guys who were s...

Dear all

While discussing about historical conquests of Indian rulers, who can forget the deeds of Cholas, especially their naval conquests.

For those who want more info, check out [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chola_Dynasty]Chola Dynasty[/url]

Regards

Prasad

Hi

This link claims that the test failed.

http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/n-capabl ... _fails.php

Sorry to be the one to bring bad news.

Pras

What is this "Longish" comment about INSAS. I've seen INSAS with foldable butts in airports. Don't these weapons act as a deterrent as well as to defend. Won't the "Longish" INSAS deter somebody trying a mischief. I don't see anything wrong in using these weapons.

Prasad

Hi

Can somebody ID whether this is tank-ex? If so, are the sloping armour a new addition. Is this a new version by any chance?

http://www.picturesindia.com/media/occa ... 000093.jpg

Thanks

Prasad

I think moon has more than water to revel to us . I hope ISRO would be accountable to the Indian tax payers. I wonder where we get these sudden attacks of conscience and realization about ISRO and all other organizations being accountable to the tax payer. If I remember correctly, we don't expect s...

Hi I am not sure why most of the posters are considering Army as the villain and seem to have already concluded that they will sabotage the trials. What if this is a trial not to qualify or disqualify Arjun but to fine-tune the war fighting strategies. With no experience in handling heavy tanks like...

Sajith Is it necessary to discuss a hypothetical situation of acquiring a SU-32, which is not one of the MRCA contenders. Neither is IAF looking at the aircraft seriously. Maybe, you have your own reasons to believe SU-32 is better suited for us. Unfortunately, the MOD and IAF does not concur. Inste...

Hi Philip I am a fan of your replies. But, I feel there seems to be a monotonous pattern to your responses. To all indigenous efforts, you seem to come up with some other option and say that this would have been better than what is being done now. You seem to have introduced Pilatus into the discuss...

Dear Gurus

I watched a program in some channel in which they claimed modification of rotor blade-tips of Helicopters reduces the noise signature of the helicopter. If so, would such a modification be a value addition for Dhruv? Has it been tried already?

Thanks in advance

Prasad

Hi I see in some postings that the poster thinks they are more intelligent than the armed forces which has made choices out of strategic requirements or because they didn't have a choice. While some ranting is qualified with apologies for being "unpatriotic", do those posters imply that th...

Hi I don't understand why you expect Igorr to defend Russia? It is not as if he is a representative of the company which sold the engines to us. For me, the seller is trying to negotiate additional payments - and seems to have some reasons for it like additional time and related investment. Cost esc...

Dear all May I kindly request you to talk more about what is right and wrong about Arjun, rather than bringing in T90s, T72s and T55s into discussion. Can somebody clarify the following: 1) Arjun has been DRDO's project and production is being handed over to OFB after completion of initial set (30 T...

Hi

Check this site to understand what happened in the past during the interaction between KA and TN.

[url]http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/05/stories ... 820100.htm[/url]

Regards

Pras

Hari Please restrict your feedback to technical issues. Let the author decide what he wants to write, the way he wants to write at a frequency at which he wants to write. I personally would like him to post more but it is upto him and his imagination to write scenarios. Either way, I am fine with wh...

Hi all I really appreciate the contribution from all the members. May I kindly request the members providing feedback to concentrate only on any technical details (Equipment, Location etc.,). I feel the flow of the story, time of the story and various actors should be the writer's choice. Let us not...