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Govt clears Rs. 4000-crore deal to buy Italian helicopters for VVIPs New Delhi: Twelve Italian-made helicopters to fly the President, Prime Minister and other important dignitaries will arrive in India next month, with the Defence Ministry deciding not to cancel its deal with Italian company Finmen...

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Basically, what the Chinese have done is create a lowered RCS Flanker- large persistence, large payload, using a scaled up J-10'ish planform, something they were comfortable with. This is by no means a true 5G aircraft like the F-22 is, and what the JSF & T-50 are trying to be, with multiple br...

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It is not PRC that is stopping India from testing. There has been an international consensus on avoiding all testing since well before 1998. We have been through all this before. It has been said that two specific policies were aimed specifically at stopping India from developing a nuclear arsenal....

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ISKCON is not Indian; even if it is an Indian temple that got land from Russia, how can we give them land for a church in India? We are sekular only! If they want to have a land for church in India, they should give land for temple, mosque, gurudwara, church, jain,parsi and buddhist temples in Russi...

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U said they will have no effect! The fact that investment is happening in these areas and not in surrounding areas show the effect of taxes on investment decisions. If the Govt is willing to provide tax incentives in whole of India, investments will obviously improve; this has been resorted by many...

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Anyway the article is sensible. What I dont understand is don't such laws exist for other non-nuclear products? I mean if they supply a boiler to a thermal plant that explodes due to bad design, fabrication or components used, isn't there liability? The liability is limited to the warranty period a...

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+ stil don't understand how not building infrastructure will help. Isn't it better to try and defend with the help of good infrastructure instead of accepting defeat before even fighting ? I know this is a topic that has been extensively discussed, but i still dont get it. Nobody other than GoI see...

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Indian economy to grow at 5.9% : UN

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Saar are you claiming that the tax incentives associated with IT parks and SEZs were all that was required to boost investment? If that was the case why not turn the entire India into one big IT park and SEZ and provide the same tax incentives to the whole of India? Investment will automatically bo...

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Saar hand waving is not a substitute for analysis (neither is quoting newspaper reporters :) ). Please ask yourself the following questions - what is the motivation for investing in a particular location? How critical is tax exemptions in this decision making? Sir, please take a look at the investm...

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snake 5 is way too advanced than the dessert snake. dessert snake does only appear going sideways by name, and totally dependent on its eye-less forward facing sensors. snake 5 is way ahead in lock on after launch, many control surface to guide to target, electro-optical, thrust vectoring, mach-4, ...

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I don't think anyone is replicating any of the foreign models here. The decision to equip IA with gunships is based purely on merit of the requirement...there is no escaping this fact. The fact that most countries when faced with this question chose the same path as India is indicative of the thoug...

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Instead, the Indian Army needs to rethink its strategy, relying on local partnership as in the 1950s, rather than on an overwhelming presence that could start being resented. This must involve a threefold action plan: firstly, recruit at least 20 territorial army battalions from local tribes, which...

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Dyou know how many Apaches the USAF owns? NONE! Dyou know how many attack choppers it has? ZERO! Dyou know how many total helicopters the USAF owns? 191, out of a total of 5700 aircraft. How many choppers does the US Army have? Over FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED. How many attack choppers? Over 1500. I...

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STOBAR to CATOBAR conversion is possible but would be expensive

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FGFA is going to be like Su-30 MKI project. I dont expect more from that inspite of all the talk of partnership going around. if we can get the 5th gen engine technology we can use in AMCA from that, it should be ok.

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As far as downgrading goes, I doubt any such thing will occur. The F-15 entered service with the USAF in 1976, IsAF in 1977 and Japan in 1981, all without any downgrades. The same goes for the F-16. Point is they have no incentive to downgrade the aircraft vis-a-vis India, unlike Saudi Arabia who p...

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HAL has delivered 17 single seaters and 20 twin seaters with delivery completed in 2009. the Jag assembly building was then used for Hawk assembly. Interesting... 37 new birds means 2 SQs, they should be in the DARIN II++ configuration. Did these get the same old low powered engine or a newer engin...

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Traditional asbestos lining was not used at the request of Indian specialists and replacement material developed slight deformation when the boilers were run at full power, causing some firebricks to fall out. The Indian side has now agreed to the use of asbestos cardboard. Once again, it is India ...

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Austin wrote:The current engine 117 fitted on PAK-FA is the first stage engine the one under development is 2nd stage

IIRC, the final engine is going to be different and was supposed to be a new engine Al 41.

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The other option, which is to increase our budget looks unlikely IMHO. We can continue to imporve our forces on 2% of GDP as long as the economy & indigenisation increases. @ 2% it is good for Pakistan. To meet China half way, we have to be spending at 3%, minimum. Change the govt and the budge...

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LCA unlike MiG 27 is not optimised for CAS - consequently would need smarter munitions. Hence Sudarshan and Paveway kits would be needed for effective engagement

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Thanks vina for your post. What I want to say is if the hull is made 1 inch thicker it will add substantial weight to the ship. This may sound silly but I was under impression that warships hulls are made up of thick metal plates to protect from misile/torpedo attack (similar as of a tank although ...

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ARnab, Your JNU-nomics are so predictable :rotfl: Yes, I (luckily and consciously) did not study the secular-socialist economics that they teach in JNU or the colonial-economics they teach in West. I learned the yindutvavadi economics and that is why I am so ignorant in your eyes. Don't think much ...

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Singha wrote:The worlds only operational carrier with no aircraft

To be fair, Britannica was also planning to do the same!

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The Bastion air base attack by Taliban is reported to have destroyed 6 harriers and damaged another 2. Quite a loss of property and capability for USMC. Well its high time US/NATO leave Afghanistan besides the material looses in terms of aircraft/choppers they are now getting human losses in friend...

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Austin wrote:Focus DRDO: Versatile, world class

For all its leftist leanings, Hindu has been pretty consistent in its support to DRDO and indigenous products.

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Army to induct indigenous howitzers in 2013: AK Antony After failing to induct artillery guns in the last over 25 years, the Indian Army will get its first indigenously-manufactured howitzer next year, Defence Minister AK Antony said in Jabalpur on Saturday. The guns produced in the unit (Ordnance ...

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The Bastion air base attack by Taliban is reported to have destroyed 6 harriers and damaged another 2. Quite a loss of property and capability for USMC.

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The latest South Korean KF-X model. Reminds me of the F-35, except for the fact that its twin engined, the intakes look different and don't feature DSI, and the wings are more reminiscent of the F-16 and look somewhat smaller than the F-35's and lack the more refined wing blending of F-35. Otherwis...

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Will have to wait for Army's comment on the same. However, incidents (or atleast media reports of them) between police and army personnel seem to be on the rise.

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mahadevbhu wrote:
SaiK wrote:get your paperwork done, and get an appointment with r&d folks., and please take this to the right thread.
which is the right thread for this? who on here, is a good person to talk to ?raghuk? Rajanb??

thanks.

Please visit http://rac.gov.in/index.php?lang=en

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From all the debate, it sounds like the IA needs 3 different MBT designs to satisfy its varied requirements for an FMBT: Airliftable/Mountainous terrain -> Light tanks (< 50t) new type Punjab Plains/Urban -> Medium tanks (50t) i.e. T72/T90 Deserts -> Heavy tanks (> 50t) i.e. Arjun Mk.1/2 And there ...

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When examining the past,one must in all honesty also remember that when Pak acquired the T-80UD ,there was no western bonhomie towards India in supplying arms,esp. from the US! What were our options also even if available? Hugely expensive western MBTs when compared with a far cheaper T-90,a follow...

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In case of a nuclear war in ME, prices of oil will shoot through the roof; Indian/Chinese economy will not be able to survive such an impact without a lot of scratches as both depend on ME oil than more than US (as a % of oil basket).

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A report on Hindu on the attack
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/new ... 778758.ece

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X-posting: I feel there is value in keeping our ABM capabilities/numbers a secret or at least understating them. While deterrence is achieved by stating one's arsenal, in the case of ABM, the opposite might be true. The exception would be cases like the Star Wars program, which had the objective of...

alexis · Re: Indian Military Aviation- Jan 10 2012 deleted as OT

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Pls check http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/1907 ... ll-airport
C17 seems to be able to land in small strips as per this report!

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