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by John Snow
30 Aug 2009 11:59
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

All this play of words, you show then I show, you meter is not caliberated, our sand is different, one test is enough for computer simulations will not cut with end users that is IA, IAF and IN. PKI his self is daying the bum design is not usable as it is. I wonder why BARC tested the reactor for so...
by John Snow
30 Aug 2009 11:25
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

The Treaty Between the United States and the USSR
how is relavant to our fizzle? Is it to suggest we deliberately fizzled so that we adhere to their bilateral agreement?
by John Snow
30 Aug 2009 10:27
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

Masking is to CYA just in case. No one is saying that India can not do, all that is being said "that was not the way to do and that was not the way to BS about the result". If you wanted ambiguity then conceal the figure why come up with 36kt-24kt-36kt when it was obvious that it was a fat...
by John Snow
30 Aug 2009 10:11
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

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comparisons are odious Droping fat man, little boy is entirely different game as at that time no else had anything remotely capabale what they could do, heck people even did not know what Nuclear bomb could do whenit falling on them. If they failed then at minimum they would bring down couple of bu...
by John Snow
30 Aug 2009 02:34
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

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RC can neither swallow nor vomit, ah what pleasurable pain.

After Krishna menon he is going to lead to India into a new watershed then through Nehru now through MMS.

History repeats for sure for India
by John Snow
30 Aug 2009 01:03
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

our GOI always beleives and applies for anticipatory bail even before sanctions are applied. 1) 25 yrs of moritorium ( i understand the difficult economic times) 2) Test after 11 yrs since we came to know TSP has ready to go bums in 1987 3) test in 1998 and declare again moritorium when it was not t...
by John Snow
30 Aug 2009 00:26
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

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Are we building everything that Japan can build? Do we have their technical core competencies that they have.
CNCs or even half of this to half the precession?
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by John Snow
29 Aug 2009 23:01
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

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when Gerad edited my postmentioning the same, I was perturbed but....
The onus of proving some guilty lies on the system or persons who brought the charges themselves. Innocent till proven guilty.

Even Van ho lee was aquitted like that
by John Snow
29 Aug 2009 22:43
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

We have some fundamental issues with our role in global community. Do we want to be a regional power Do we want to be a global power. DO we want to be on par with PRC Do we want to beyond that. What is threshold of our holding the posture of NFU. Who are we seeking detrrence aginst. Does not deterra...
by John Snow
29 Aug 2009 22:25
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

One failed bum can create so much commotion and strategic heart burn, imagine what a successful bum can do.
:mrgreen:
by John Snow
29 Aug 2009 11:07
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

They will never be used, and we dont need to know they work or not, just break a coconut before firing the missile IFF and when required, say Hanuman Chalisa 40 time it will work I am 400%, sure I passed my high school exams like that. :mrgreen: unlike some teen party who can solve multiple integral...
by John Snow
29 Aug 2009 06:59
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

Shiv ji>> some spinners perform better on mava picthes
by John Snow
29 Aug 2009 06:41
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

mav is waiting for your report :mrgreen:
by John Snow
29 Aug 2009 06:02
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

are we then to understand that the current dynamic duo of Narayanan and menon also screwed us right royally in being the shepards of Nuke deal? Our problems are our own creation, as Indians we need to shutup and get our house in order before saying that Unkil put unbearable pressure, aunty pinched m...
by John Snow
29 Aug 2009 05:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Could China and India go to war over Tibet?
Replies: 406
Views: 65749

Re: Could China and India go to war over Tibet?

RC is already at the front. There wont be any war. The PLA will do uphill skiing.
by John Snow
29 Aug 2009 05:23
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

Only Indians and Indian leadership is capable of self goals and walking straight into the corner of maze and is amazing to see that happen again and again. The conduct of some of the scientists especially from BARC is very close to treason because the nation depends on them to formulate the long ter...
by John Snow
29 Aug 2009 04:35
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

Oh by the way ldev along with teen party is quite popular with mava
by John Snow
29 Aug 2009 03:08
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

So after all this in lay man terms Our maha bum is just like Ramar Pillai Herbal Gas In 1996, Ramar Pillai claimed to be able to transmute water to gasoline by a herbal formula that he claimed was the result of a miraculous bush. Pillai obtained 20 acres (81,000 m2) of land to cultivate his bush, bu...
by John Snow
28 Aug 2009 08:11
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

tell me about it. Everytime we come to the cross roads of action as SDRE's we are never short of convoluted logic :roll: I repeat why is that only SDREs claim unbearable pressure from unkil from defending in the wake terror or trying some small pyhsics experiments in our small desert land or pool of...
by John Snow
28 Aug 2009 07:57
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

So India now stands violating PTBT and getting ready for shitty bitty?. SDRE's are never short of convoluted logic :roll: why is that only SDREs claim unbearable pressure from unkil from defending in the wake terror to trying some small pyhsics experiments in our small desert land or pool of bay? N ...
by John Snow
28 Aug 2009 01:26
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

This is becoming too much of a fight between two scientific factions. I don't understand how one can dispute scientific evidence. Guess the only way to resolve this is to blow another big hole in ground. This is Big Bang theory (Georges Lemaitre) of big bum vs the steady state theory (Fred Hoyle's ...
by John Snow
28 Aug 2009 01:02
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

edi yenna yellamay Ulam pesirde? inda designla Nan inji (allam) jasti pathachi
Everybody is saying Ulam? I feel lot of ginger(ly)
by John Snow
27 Aug 2009 22:59
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

yes one thing for sure we need Tests. we dont know where in world Carmen sandiego is Kalam Directed Chidambaram Conceived Anil produced Santhanam Chipped Mahajan clapped LKg gloated Jasoo bloated India Shined Uncle Sanctioned. ABV declared Wallace faulted MMS signed Parliament defaulted Now Naked.
by John Snow
27 Aug 2009 22:39
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

Better believe Wallace than Chidambaram or Govermad of India,
The enimies know what we are and they will attack us on their choice and timing, then we will respond by floating tenders...
:mrgreen:

rest all is fuzool ki baataien
by John Snow
27 Aug 2009 22:30
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

The best window to test was during (right after) 11/26 that would have been a message and confirmation of what we got. I had said so during that time. It would have been easily palatable to unkil as Bush was leaving Obama in the woods now as tough as nails. But then our dynamic duo of NSA MKN (CBS) ...
by John Snow
27 Aug 2009 22:16
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

raja ram garu>> If it so privileged that only select people be informed then I dont want to know your thoughts, but if they are not you may post them here and your views are always welcome.
tIA
by John Snow
27 Aug 2009 21:56
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

Party A -- a section of GoI establishment which want the GoI to take up new radical approaches to Geo-pol (nukes etc etc) from the 60 year old unbroken understanding and what normally the Indian public understands. Party B -- the section of GoI establishment which wants status quo OK here is my tak...
by John Snow
27 Aug 2009 21:38
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

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Is kanson a incarination of SS Maverick? the sizemic signature of his posts seem to be having the same resonance frequency.
I wonder
by John Snow
27 Aug 2009 12:31
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

In nuclear terms one can not expect rational negotiations or arguments. Even our own NSA Naryanan (CBSP) said we did not have any lawers in our team but they came with attorneys. My trust in GOI is at rock bottom, babus are smart they will feed the information the PM wants. You know what our PM want...
by John Snow
27 Aug 2009 12:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Could China and India go to war over Tibet?
Replies: 406
Views: 65749

Re: Could China and India go to war over Tibet?

That pretty much confirms it when IA denies it.
by John Snow
27 Aug 2009 12:07
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist

Arun S garu>> I dont know about Viswakarma, but I know about karma.. The so called teen party PeeHds and mavas who had no faith in web technology or excel are ready to comedown and look at viswakarma Virachit work even if it is in excel sheet or photo shops :mrgreen: looks like their bluster and spi...
by John Snow
27 Aug 2009 11:32
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: Indian Missile Technology Discussion

Shri K Santhanam has a plaque in his drawing room, which states that he was the "Leader of the Shakti Campaign"; I have a 'photouaa' (sic) of that. :wink: So he was not just part of the test team, he headed that team. But I may have heard from another paanwalla what he has or does not hav...
by John Snow
27 Aug 2009 11:20
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

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on this count ramana garu has been consitent, his posting gives me some sleep as it is 2.00 am, even though my liquor rack full with SA wine, and BA inflight purchases, unlike surya garu I dont want hit the bottle but open the bottle when our Scientists deliver. First and foremost truth should not s...
by John Snow
27 Aug 2009 11:06
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Autos Thread
Replies: 3776
Views: 719317

Re: Indian Autos Thread

TMETC (Tata Motors European Technical Centre) located at Coventry, Warwick University (it was essentially the college's auto hub bought by Tatas a few years ago. I fantasize the day their will be one Indian Univ/college that will be on par with the industry in terms of research and knowledge). vick...
by John Snow
27 Aug 2009 10:47
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Small Arms Thread
Replies: 4653
Views: 1528756

Re: Small Arms Thread

Raj Malhotra saab, this what I have been crying :(( all along. We still dont make simple items like small arms and the ammo for them.
Couple of years ago we imported for Bulgari of all places Ak-47/56 and ammo IIRC.
The whole DRDO OFP as Vina garu says need a kick in the rear side with those rifles.
by John Snow
27 Aug 2009 10:17
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

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There is no way to prove or disprove what Santnam sar has said. But I am glad he stood up and we know what we dont know.Thanks to Santanam garu. Otherwise we would have humiliating defeat like 1962 if we end up in war thinking we have brahmastra... {remember how V. K. Menon told the whole country we...
by John Snow
27 Aug 2009 10:07
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

to be honest IMVHO "past performance do not Guarantee future results" "Two data points aren’t conclusive" and how were we so confident that few tests are good enough to generate data? This is also very confusing saying 1 set of data from 6 different tests of capabilities is good ...
by John Snow
27 Aug 2009 09:49
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist
Replies: 2362
Views: 375872

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

They will never sell duel use equipment and dont you see End User agreements or Memo random checks. Actually historically India always performed better in second tests in any series. First test opener was a failure or lets call it partially succesful or could do better... (1974) Second test opener h...