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- 21 Sep 2014 18:16
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
- Replies: 3878
- Views: 550569
Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
Let me add my nerdy 2 cents to the building RC plane vs building UAV discussion: A decade ago when I was young & cocky (and bit foolish) I had a face off at work on a project. I was in a meeting room with 2 senior guys- one of them an operations guy (MBA type) and another one is Engineering head...
- 19 Sep 2014 16:18
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
- Replies: 3878
- Views: 550569
Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
Let us start with the last statement
Can you please tell us what could be termed as "Good" accuracy for a LRF and for what range?
Neshant wrote: +5m accuracy is pretty poor for a LRF.
Can you please tell us what could be termed as "Good" accuracy for a LRF and for what range?
- 18 Sep 2014 19:49
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
- Replies: 3878
- Views: 550569
Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
^^^^ Absolutely agree with you Neelaji. There is no substitute for achieving self reliance in this very critical area/s of technology. The point I was trying to make earlier was not to discount the importance of this fact. I was trying to explain that IRDE EO sight cannot be looked down upon (or cal...
- 18 Sep 2014 13:02
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Space Programme Discussion
- Replies: 3934
- Views: 256732
Re: Indian Space Programme Discussion
Yes NASA is helping ISRO by letting them use its deep space communication network. NASA also partnered with ISRO on Chandrayaan mission. So the scope of doing mischief is there, but what will they gain by it?
- 18 Sep 2014 12:47
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Discussion on Indian Special Forces
- Replies: 4059
- Views: 721825
Re: Discussion on Indian Special Forces
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That guy is an officer, others are Airmen of the IAF Garud commando force.
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Today/Unit-Articles/333-Garuds.html
That guy is an officer, others are Airmen of the IAF Garud commando force.
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Today/Unit-Articles/333-Garuds.html
- 17 Sep 2014 22:27
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
- Replies: 3878
- Views: 550569
Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
^^^^ Thanks Karan for the link, that is an excellent paper. Exactly what part of the above did they develop and what part is simply imported and integrated? Adding to what Karan has said in his post- there are certain parts, especially detector arrays for which we don't have a matured manufacturing ...
- 17 Sep 2014 17:09
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Armed Forces
- Replies: 3033
- Views: 292263
Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military
^^^^
That FN MAG co-axial machine gun.
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?89961-Indian-Armed-Forces&p=7380221&viewfull=1#post7380221
Its license produced by OFB : http://ofbindia.gov.in/products/data/weapons/wsc/19.htm
That FN MAG co-axial machine gun.
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?89961-Indian-Armed-Forces&p=7380221&viewfull=1#post7380221
Its license produced by OFB : http://ofbindia.gov.in/products/data/weapons/wsc/19.htm
- 17 Sep 2014 13:36
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Rafale & MMRCA News and Discussions-9 August, 2014
- Replies: 3963
- Views: 165809
Re: Rafale & MMRCA News and Discussions-9 August, 2014
There are options:- get f16 (Used) on the cheap, uncle is dumping them by the gross, so will his munnas, Use Israel to upgrade them. Our boys in blue will have to live with what we can afford. Maybe we will get professional negoaters in the next time we have to sign such deals, not our one cap fits...
- 17 Sep 2014 10:24
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Armed Forces
- Replies: 3033
- Views: 292263
Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military
8G2PXkAOaF4 Gentlemen, if you notice @ 2:30MM, a number of wheeled APCs are being transported. I know IA had a number of OT-64 SKOTs, but I thought they were all decommissioned long back... any info on this gurus. If you look at 0:59 and again at 2:11 you will see Zil-131 6X6 trucks. These Russian ...
- 16 Sep 2014 21:02
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: LCH and other Helicopters Discussion Thread
- Replies: 3908
- Views: 724253
Re: LCH and other Helicopters Discussion Thread
But your point sounds more apt for LCH then Rudra. Having a huge number of specialized choppers is hard to afford for IA in my opinion and I thought that's why we even have a weaponized utility chopper requirement in the first place. Can you give me any link about the troop capacity of Rudra? I was...
- 16 Sep 2014 19:41
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: LCH and other Helicopters Discussion Thread
- Replies: 3908
- Views: 724253
Re: LCH and other Helicopters Discussion Thread
I see Dhruv/Rudra as multi role utility platform rather then a specialized one. Most of these machines will be stripped off their armaments and sensors for most of their lifetime IMO. Infact its the opposite - Rudra's primary role is armed support and has limited utility scope (due to weight and li...
- 15 Sep 2014 21:29
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: PAK-FA and FGFA: News & Discussion - June 2014
- Replies: 2753
- Views: 333198
Re: PAK-FA and FGFA Thread - June 2014
^^^^^^ :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: on a serious note - however we despise the russkies we do lot of collaboration (or dependency based on how you look at it). Be it the Brahmos JV (I read Mr.Pillai's book and he is all praise for them), Help in ATV project, Help in Naval design, Letting us use G...
- 15 Sep 2014 20:46
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
- Replies: 3963
- Views: 187016
Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
Unlike Javelin, it has a laser seeker and not a fire-and-forget IIR seeker. So, the infantry team doing the launch will be especially vulnerable because the tank crew is now alerted by laser emitter. Laser designator need not be from the launch team alone, CLGM can be designated by another laser so...
- 13 Sep 2014 11:23
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Armed Forces
- Replies: 3033
- Views: 292263
Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military
BSF was told to use shotguns ans stun grenades to minimize deaths by UPA regime, at least in the Assam-BD border Source? That is 12 bore pump action shot gun made by OFB, it has several uses including the "counter ambush", Riot control etc http://ofbindia.gov.in/products/data/weapons/wsc/...
- 12 Sep 2014 15:09
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Military Aviation- September 29 2013
- Replies: 3967
- Views: 164595
Re: Indian Military Aviation- September 29 2013
DSS-32-90 Doppler navigation system is common across various Mil copters including Mi-17, Hinds.
BTW, box flares are above the last window and IAF roundel. Not above doors. And that is the quality of the OEM armor, its not desi juggaad
BTW, box flares are above the last window and IAF roundel. Not above doors. And that is the quality of the OEM armor, its not desi juggaad

- 10 Sep 2014 18:13
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
- Replies: 3878
- Views: 550569
Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
Thank you Neela and Sum for that great information. And they are not necessarily going to help the defense industry in India in a big way . Yes there are some processors that we can manufacture but defence industry needs are different. MEMS processes use 90nm , 130m, 180nm and they are used in senso...
- 10 Sep 2014 12:52
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
- Replies: 3878
- Views: 550569
Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
Yes, but those tried and tested stuff was a commercial product produced for use in some commodity application at that time. The processors are bought and kept aside for integration later. For example, one cannot set up a financially viable plant to generate Pentium 1 processors today, even though t...
- 10 Sep 2014 12:12
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
- Replies: 3878
- Views: 550569
Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
Has not the fab facility in/near Chandigarh was destroyed/burned down couple of decades back? Just like nuclear thing/thoriam and other rare earth material backstabbing by MMS? How could MMS possibly involved in a fire accident that happened in 1989, he is not even in politics at that time. And why...
- 10 Sep 2014 12:03
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
- Replies: 3878
- Views: 550569
Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
Apologies in advance to everyone as this is going to be a long post. 1. Design of the IC which is usually called as IP (Intellectual Property) is different from manufacturing technologies often called as Foundry technology. Eg, ARM core is an IP and TSMC manufactures the chips for other companies wh...
- 09 Sep 2014 07:23
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
- Replies: 3878
- Views: 550569
Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
My worry is not with the Indian names, but the foreign ones. Silicon manufacturing is a cut throat-business. Last I heard, IBM announced that it was getting out of it! And STMicroelectronics has not being doing well either. Manufacturing of commodity chips is a highly automated, low margin/cutthroa...
- 07 Sep 2014 18:11
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
- Replies: 3963
- Views: 187016
Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
Rien ji, But how will we deal with situations like Longewala? I think Rohitvats also pointed a bit earlier in this thread, that we are good in tank vs tank battle. However its the infantry that needs these man portable ATGMs and we are short in that dept. (in the sesnse still using old gen Milan etc...
- 07 Sep 2014 17:56
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Airborne Early Warning & Control: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3157
- Views: 610044
Re: AEW&C News & Discussion
^^^^^^
That is a HS-748(Avro) flight test bed http://drdo.gov.in/drdo/labs/CABS/English/index.jsp?pg=flight.html
That is a HS-748(Avro) flight test bed http://drdo.gov.in/drdo/labs/CABS/English/index.jsp?pg=flight.html
- 27 Aug 2014 18:51
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
- Replies: 3963
- Views: 187016
Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14
^^^^^ @brar_w: with due respect, can you please take these American systems information to the International military thread? Its very tiring to sift through these USA brochure stats in every thread that is meant to discuss "Indian" systems. What you post might be very interesting informat...
- 26 Aug 2014 06:35
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Naval News & Discussion - 12 Oct 2013
- Replies: 4029
- Views: 176461
Re: Indian Naval Discussion
^^^^^ Wiki says: The torpedo is manufactured in Kyrgyzstan by a state-owned factory . In 2012 the Russian government purchased a 75% ownership of the factory in exchange for writing off massive Kyrgyz debt to Russia It could be typo that the report says Kazakhstan instead of Kyrgyzstan. And Russia b...
- 25 Aug 2014 13:39
- Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
- Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XIII
- Replies: 856
- Views: 59004
Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XIII
^^^^^^
I gather from Vivek's FB page that he is recuperating from a shoulder injury and that may be the reason for his long absence.
Wishing speedy recovery Vivek, get well soon!
I gather from Vivek's FB page that he is recuperating from a shoulder injury and that may be the reason for his long absence.
Wishing speedy recovery Vivek, get well soon!
- 15 Jul 2014 09:14
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Armed Forces
- Replies: 3033
- Views: 292263
Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military
rkhanna wrote:Interesting guns.
Marcos of vanilla VBSS?
My guess it would be the latter. I remember reading an article several years ago that says Marcos always train with real guns and real bullets.
Often times the VBSS teams are labeled as Marcos by DDM.
- 11 Jul 2014 19:20
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Official IAF Mobile Game - Guardians of the Skies
- Replies: 85
- Views: 6868
Re: Official IAF Mobile Game - Guardians of the Skies
Sameer, I have a S4 and the game is repeatedly force-stopping and restarting. I have closed bulk of my apps on the phone and still the same result. I noticed that specifically, when I fly low(below 1000 ft), the hang is more prominent. Do you have the link for the PC version by any chance? For me t...
- 24 May 2014 11:02
- Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
- Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XIII
- Replies: 856
- Views: 59004
Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XIII
Gripping narrative, absolutely breathtaking !!! Bravo Vivekji.
Waiting for more....
Waiting for more....
- 08 May 2014 10:13
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 205978
Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
Did anybody notice this gem in the Hindu article posted above? “It was an excellent flight on March 24. The K-4 missile travelled a little more than 3,000 km ,” informed sources said. In my childhood the local kirana shop fellow will put few extra grains over the measured weight to make the customer...
- 07 May 2014 20:29
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: CDS, Tri-Services Issues & Integration Debate
- Replies: 330
- Views: 49246
Re: CDS, Tri-Services Issues & Integration Debate
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Any idea why the buggers of the NDA government didn't implement these recommendations 10 years ago when they were in power?
Any idea why the buggers of the NDA government didn't implement these recommendations 10 years ago when they were in power?
- 07 May 2014 20:20
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 205978
Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
^^^^^^
Thank you sir, appreciate the clarification.
Thank you sir, appreciate the clarification.
- 07 May 2014 18:13
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 205978
Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
^^^^^ Chackoji: I think the confusion is due to small snippets of technical language that you have posted. For lay people like me it sounds like Greek and Latin. Could you post some more information about the CFD analysis results? (If that information is in public domain only) To translate into my l...
- 29 Apr 2014 12:46
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Airborne Early Warning & Control: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3157
- Views: 610044
Re: AEW&C News & Discussion
Vivek K, the irony of your statement is that it fails to understand what is most expensive loss for the country and IAF. Its the loss of aviators that's most costly not that metal aircraft. Aircraft will be replaced with another one, but we cannot bring back those people. Wish if your anguish was mo...
- 28 Apr 2014 15:48
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Airborne Early Warning & Control: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3157
- Views: 610044
Re: AEW&C News & Discussion
^^^^^ Thanks Karan. I am not comparing the Indian Armed Forces to anybody else. I am comparing us to ourselves. If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck.... comparing Indian Armed Forces of today to what they were 2 decades back is even more weird logic. Just to give you a snippet: IAF attritio...
- 28 Apr 2014 11:21
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Airborne Early Warning & Control: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3157
- Views: 610044
Re: AEW&C News & Discussion
^^^^^^^ The post to which Indranil responded is not just churlish, its moronic. Indians should first learn to fly the TFTA C-130....heh Coming to your assertions about the accidents with Indian armed forces in the last 2 decades, could you enlighten us with the data on how they fare with other count...
- 01 Apr 2014 11:28
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
- Replies: 3102
- Views: 103076
Re: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
Malaysian jet search concludes https://in.news.yahoo.com/malaysian-jet-search-concludes-182803323.html Perth, March 31 (IANS) Nothing related to the missing Malaysian jetliner was retrieved Monday as a multilateral air and sea hunt for MH370 concluded in waters about 1,850 km west of Perth. All air...
- 01 Apr 2014 10:28
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Sad announcement: BRF to close down
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3216
Re: Sad announcement: BRF to close down
U got me doc 

- 18 Mar 2014 16:18
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
- Replies: 3102
- Views: 103076
Re: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
While Chinese are at it..someone should tell them to look at thick forests of Vietnam and Cambodia as well.
- 17 Mar 2014 20:36
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
- Replies: 3102
- Views: 103076
Re: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
Let me add my bit for the SIA68(or SQ68) CT. Who the flight crew (Pilot/Co-pilot) on that flight? It is possible that they could be buddies to the MH370 crew and just helping their friends a little allowing them sneak up behind or above them and overfly India. This happens all the time in Bangalore....
- 16 Mar 2014 16:50
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
- Replies: 3102
- Views: 103076
Re: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
why nobody is talking about Cambodia? If the flight crew lost control then it would be possible for the plane to stray over to Camobodian airspace and crashed in jungles or even may be in a swamp. Tonie Spa lake in Camobodia looks big that a 777 might have been swallowed by the swamp.