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Guys:If you exclude reserves (i.e. peacetime availability) the IAF can put 700+ fighters in the air. War time availability has historically been higher.Micheal:Those figures under report the size of the MiG-27 fleet. Janes, for some reason, still lists six MiG-27 Sqns, when infact there are...

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Vikram The 4.4:1 ratio of flying hour between the PAF is attritbutable in part to the IAF's very active transport and chopper fleets. The PAF's transport fleet is about a tenth the size of ours and the bulk of their choppers are operated by the Army. Even so, you would probably fighter hours rati...

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GuysI am afraid that PLAAF figures are very hard to come by. In fact I know of no published sources for their attrition figures.As an interesting comparison, IIRC the USAF had its safest year this year with 55 "Category A" accidents (i.e. aircraft destroyed) which works out to ~1.5 p...

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Much has been made of the PAF's impecable sfatey record, or conversely, the IAF dismal record. A snapshot of attrition rates for the two airforces covering the period of the early 1990s demonstrates that the myth of the PAF's superior safety record is just that; a myth.In a rare moment of weaknes...

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RamanaThanks for that great post, as always.

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GuysPlease don't hijack this threadthanksRupak

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BadarYour list seems to be missing XXI Corps. This is the third strike formation with 33 Armd Div and 54 Div as core formations.Note also that XIV Coprs will control 8 Mtn Div and 3 Div. 8 Div may have set an IA record. At one point last year HQ 8 Div controlled 12 Brigades. Rupak[This m...

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Condolences to the family,Salutations to the warrior.

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You can get the Rikhye books from the U of I @ UC through inter-library loan. I thought you chaps at Yale had a larger library than us.....

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Badar Kargil was a "safe" environment for these guns - a future general conflict with full participation of the Pakistani armed forces will probably not allow such liberties. The guns are *more* likely to be used in the direct fire role during real conflicts. In both 1965 and 1971 ar...

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SubraEven in 1971 the artillery was forced to use its gun in the DF mode. Not only that, there are several instances of the guns engaging targets over open sights.

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VramThanks for drawing my attention to that piece about NBC protection. However, like the GIAT Ceaser the Bofors carries 18-20 ready rounds. Hardly adeqaute in combat situation. Also while the Ceaser requires a 6 man crew, Bofors (Celcius) claims that they can do with a 2 man crew. Somehow, there...

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We would be wasting our money if we bought the Celcius or its GIAT equivalent because neither afford NBC protection to the crew.

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What is the advantage of a SPG over towed howitzers with shoot and scoot capability? Both are mobile, and both would require same type of roads to travel.. 1. Don't have to be "dug in" like towed guns. So in and out of action much quicker.2. The current Bofors FH is not truly mobile...

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The Editorial from today' HINDU =================================Contradictory claims THE PROPER RESPONSE from India to the views expressed by U.S. scientists that the Pokhran nuclear tests of May 1998 were a failure would be to ignore them since no useful purpose would be served by try...

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Ramana,More on the wider implications of nature of the CTBT's defeat.Here is Anupam's article on the ABM treaty. =======================================Return to List of Contents A Russian Re-Evaluation of the ABM Treaty? Implications for US-Russia Relations and Arms Control in Asia <...

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This thread attempts to combine some of the discussions from threads on Pakistan's Coup and the CTBT and the implications for stability in South Asia. =============================== Why India Might Test Again Two events these past few days have opened up the possibility that the India might embark ...

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Calvin and RamanaNote Perkovich's first scenerio. It is quite relevant to our discussion yesterday.

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GuysI don't know if you have seen this piece from the WP.. . . The Next President Will Pay the Price By George PerkovichThursday, October 7, 1999; Page A35 If the Senate eventually fails to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty,there will be another victim besides the one Senate Re...

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New Delhi: India is ready to sign the CTBT after the new government takes over but it would not be forced into it, a top government official said in an interview to a TV programme on Sunday, reports our correspondent. National security advisor Brajesh Mishra also told Star News Hindi programme Ra...

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Guys everyone seems to be talking past veryone else. Time to cool down a bit....

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RamenThe Forum has known about Trinetra for sometime. But thanks for th update.Rupak

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Salman History moves with the times and the reference you mentioned is not the last word on the subject. Of course it isn't the last word. It doesn't deal adequately the AIT debate, for example. Given that it is an edited volume(s), it does however bring together diverse views on the subject (...

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CalvinThere is quite bit of truth in the Wolpert assertation that the inhabitants of the Harrapan civilization were racially mixed. There is a concensus among Indian human geographers that races moved into India at a glacial pace and that at virually every point in Indian history socities were mi...

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RafayBefore you bore us with your crap go and read up on the Falkland War.(Hint: Harrier 6, Mirage III 0)[This message has been edited by rupak (edited 09-09-1999).]

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when was thatDec 1998, IIRC.[This message has been edited by rupak (edited 08-09-1999).]

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Drones aren't that easy to lock onto mainly because of RCS. I want to remind people that the last time an IAF brought down something that size (a Pak UAV)the MiG-21s used gunfire. By the same token, when SWAC brought down a UAV earlier using a SA-3 they relied on the very very powerful P-16s to perm...

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I completely agree with your two cents if the Pak. army column would not have been discovered by the army guys at Longewala, the results would have been much different. GuysLet's not forget two things. 1)it was Khambata's (12 Div) failing that a strategic ingress route had been left virtually...

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One question how come Lt. Gen Kishen Pal got the UYSM.It was his troops who made the significant contribution in Kargil. I agree that he shares some of the blame for what happened at Kargil.

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In the list of gallantry award winners carried on Saturday, the word ``posthumous'' was inadvertently mentioned after the name of commander-in-chief, Western Air Command, Air Marshal Vinod Patney, who received the ``Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal''. The error is regretted.Air Marshal Patney is the sec...

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List of gallantry award winners NEW DELHI, AUG. 15. Following is the list of gallantry award winners announced on the occasion of the Independence Day: Kirti Chakra Maj. Raman Dada, 11 Sikh (posthumous); Nb. Sub. Jagroop Singh, 28 Punjab (posthumous); Hav Raksh Paul, 16 Dogra (posthumou...

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The army personnel awarded the UYSM are: Lt General Krishen Pal, PVSM, VSM Maj Gen Mohinder Puri Brig Prakash Chand Katoch Brig Amar Nath Aul (all infantrymen).In addition to the gallantry awards for Operation Vijay, 182 other gallantry awards have been announced. These include six...

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FaheemI stumble out of bed, and instead of turning on the TV --- I go to BR ---You're not alone.....

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Ved That was fast. I am the only nut in my house who has been up and surfing since 5:45 am on a Sunday. Now tell me how you put it up! It has to be uploaded to a server (any server) before you can post it. Then all you need to do is add an "img src" link.cheersRupak

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Here are more details:PVCCapt Vikram Batra, 13 JAK Rif (P) Lieut Manoj Kumar Pandey, 11 Gorkha Rifles(P) Grenadier Yogender Singh Yadav, 18 Grenadiers (P) Rifleman Sanjay Kumar, 13 JAK Rifles MVC Maj Vivek Gupta, 2 Rajputana Rifles (P) Maj Padmapani Acharya, 2 R...

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SukumarLet me try and answer your questions. Each group has a geographic area of responsibility complete with C4I functions. What then is a Wing ? A wing is composed of all squadrons + support units at a given peacetime base. Eg. No.6, No.24 and No.28 Sqn a Poona are all part of 2nd Wing (F...

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rama:>One tactic the IAF can use is to buddy-up >aircraft with different radars, so when the >ammers lock on to jamming the stronger >radar, the buddy plane can pick up the >jammers.This is standard parctice in the IAF, given the huge numbers of MiG-21s still around. >Is the Archer AA-11...

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RaghuI have already asked Ved to consider writing this up for the next issue of the B-R JournalRupak

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I have yet to see in any publication that the 2000H carries the Antilope V attack-optimised radar. However, such a statement was apparently made on receipt of these aircraft, even though the original contract called for RDM. SalmanLet me see if I can dig up the exact reference. Jimmy Bhatia c...

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