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by Harry
07 Feb 2007 20:34
Forum: Military Expositions Archive
Topic: Aero India 2007 - Photo Thread
Replies: 345
Views: 152468

Yes, a tripod is pretty much essential.
by Harry
07 Feb 2007 20:12
Forum: Military Expositions Archive
Topic: Aero India 2007 - Photo Thread
Replies: 345
Views: 152468

I'm not too happy with the EOS-400D. Image stabilization is a must.

New pics added at aeroindia.org, including the LCH.
by Harry
07 Feb 2007 00:42
Forum: Military Expositions Archive
Topic: Aero India 2007 - Info Thread
Replies: 347
Views: 159312

Vishnu Som flew the F-16. I hope he posts his experiences here. Ratan Tata will fly it on the 8th.
by Harry
07 Feb 2007 00:36
Forum: Military Expositions Archive
Topic: Aero India 2007 - Photo Thread
Replies: 345
Views: 152468

New images added at aeroindia.org. An Il-38SD was there! :eek:

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PS Jagan, check out the Iskra.
by Harry
05 Feb 2007 19:01
Forum: Military Expositions Archive
Topic: Aero India 2007 - Photo Thread
Replies: 345
Views: 152468

Check out my photos at http://aeroindia.org/taxonomy/term/7 You need to click on the title and then click "original" for the full size pic Example Preview: http://aeroindia.org/files/images/saras3.preview.jpg Observations: * The build quality of the MiG-29OVT is terrible. * The build quali...
by Harry
22 Dec 2006 21:04
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: The IAF History Thread
Replies: 1171
Views: 316984

In the latest AFM, Phil Camp mentions 90 GsH-23 Gun pods before the start of the 1971 war. However, previous info indicates only about two dozen gun pods on MiG-21s. Were the number of pods delivered different from the no. in actual service?
by Harry
12 Dec 2006 23:13
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: The IAF History Thread
Replies: 1171
Views: 316984

HAL HCP-25 light transport,

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HAL Agri plane prototype (Not Basant),

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Anyone have pics/info of the Revathi Mk.I and II ?
by Harry
08 Dec 2006 04:44
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: India tests Prithvi based ABM-4
Replies: 139
Views: 100447

Or "Tea" centre?
by Harry
03 Dec 2006 22:10
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Google Earth updates more cities and airports in India
Replies: 571
Views: 185810

It isnt very clear but you can just about make out the folded wings. The aircraft is maintained in superb condition.
by Harry
03 Dec 2006 21:41
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Google Earth updates more cities and airports in India
Replies: 571
Views: 185810

Alize IN-201 at INS Rajali,

13 04 14 49, 79 40 58 90
by Harry
30 Nov 2006 20:14
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Discussion on Indian Special Forces
Replies: 4246
Views: 1166438

I read about the use of Flamethrowers in either Dateline Kargil or Despatches from Kargil.
by Harry
23 Nov 2006 00:29
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Google Earth updates more cities and airports in India
Replies: 571
Views: 185810

Thats crap. Only Masroor is large and the Tarmac Area and runway length is not even as much as IGI.
by Harry
17 Nov 2006 22:01
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kargil War Thread - VI
Replies: 1431
Views: 395570

Nachiketa had already written about how the Pakis treat their POWS. Who else could he have been referring to? I don't know - maybe himself?? What I do know is that the book "Despatches from Kargil" by Srinjoy Chowdhury, does not mention that Nachiketa heard any screams. He mentioned that ...
by Harry
17 Nov 2006 06:40
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kargil War Thread - VI
Replies: 1431
Views: 395570

Nachiketa had already written about how the Pakis treat their POWS. Who else could he have been referring to?
by Harry
17 Nov 2006 06:21
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kargil War Thread - VI
Replies: 1431
Views: 395570

Final proof checking in process. Will be out of press by 1st week of Dec. I will let you know how you may get that online The PoW list on Pg.216 needed some correction or clarification, Mention - Correction Sepoy Abdul Hamid - ???? (Missing from the list was Sepoy Amar Khan) Sepoy Mohammed Ayaz - F...
by Harry
08 Nov 2006 23:42
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: The IAF History Thread
Replies: 1171
Views: 316984

Also this Sqn Ldr Singha was earlier the captain of a Dakota that was shot down during a supply drop at Purr post in Assam. He and his crew had to spend nearly an year as POWs in the hands of Naga Insurgents This was on Aug 26, 1960 and he managed to land the aircraft safely on a small clear patch. ...
by Harry
08 Nov 2006 23:19
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: The IAF History Thread
Replies: 1171
Views: 316984

I noticed this in the BR history section, Around the same time, four Vampires flying from Jamnagar over the sea near Diu, noticed a Fast Patrol Boat traveling out of the Diu harbour. Upon closer observation, the Vampires were fired at by the Boat. Fg. Off. P.M. Ramachandran - the lead pilot - immedi...
by Harry
07 Nov 2006 22:53
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: The IAF History Thread
Replies: 1171
Views: 316984

Jagan wrote: The army did lose a Chetak - but that was when an airfield was attacked by the LTTE. (bet not many had read that one before!)
What happened? When and how did the attack happen?
by Harry
07 Nov 2006 00:45
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: The IAF History Thread
Replies: 1171
Views: 316984

And what if the Chinese decided to do the same? How many bases did they have in Tibet at that time? How many aircraft and what capabilities did those have at that time? How prepared was PLAAF? The IAF had 57 Ouragan 140 Hunters 224 Vampires 105 Mysteres 33 Gnats ? Canberras 95 Dakotas ( Sqns 11, 43...
by Harry
02 Nov 2006 03:04
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kargil War Thread - VI
Replies: 1431
Views: 395570

Digvijay, this is especially for you,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuqINvYALTM

Now tell me again that there were mujahideen in Kargil. :twisted:

(I don't think Musharaff has seen the videos either)
by Harry
31 Oct 2006 04:19
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kargil War Thread - VI
Replies: 1431
Views: 395570

If you thought that was bad for H&D, see this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS8cKBgNsOI :twisted: Post "reactions" here or in the nukkad thread. :lol: How can anyone not feel sympathy for the poor soldiers? They are "poor" because they are suffering and under medical care. C...
by Harry
31 Oct 2006 02:28
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kargil War Thread - VI
Replies: 1431
Views: 395570

Pak is fighting the proxy war in kashmir with a strategy where they make sure that the impression gets created "that the common man's uprising" is taking place in kashmir. And do read Musharraf's book where he says that his army was supporting jihad mongrels. These jihaad mongrels are not...
by Harry
31 Oct 2006 01:40
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kargil War Thread - VI
Replies: 1431
Views: 395570

Digvijay wrote:
Harry wrote:Wrong. They were all Pak Army regulars.
No. There were mercenaries who were promised lakhs if they died and ofcourse paki regulars.
Proof? They were mostly Pak regulars which has been stated and shown time and again by the Army.
by Harry
31 Oct 2006 01:20
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kargil War Thread - VI
Replies: 1431
Views: 395570

Wrong. They were all Pak Army regulars.
by Harry
30 Oct 2006 00:55
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kargil War Thread - VI
Replies: 1431
Views: 395570

Rakesh wrote:Watch that video suddenly disappear :D
???
by Harry
30 Oct 2006 00:35
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kargil War Thread - VI
Replies: 1431
Views: 395570

by Harry
17 Oct 2006 03:05
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: The IAF History Thread
Replies: 1171
Views: 316984

http://www.vayuaerospace.in/2006issue5/iafupgrade.html

That article's mine. Have'nt seen the mag yet though!
by Harry
09 Oct 2006 09:11
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: The IAF History Thread
Replies: 1171
Views: 316984

And what if the Chinese decided to do the same?
by Harry
07 Oct 2006 04:29
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Discussion on Indian Special Forces
Replies: 4246
Views: 1166438

General Inder Gill did not serve with the SAS but with the Royal Engineers. He parachuted into Crete to carry out sabotage and was awarded the Military Cross for his achievements,leadership and bravery. Yes, thats probably correct but I could recall some deployment in the British Special Forces. He...
by Harry
06 Oct 2006 00:35
Forum: The Kargil Archive
Topic: Kargil War Thread - V
Replies: 322
Views: 174076

For the most part, the battle-field is lonely and silent with bursts of action in between. It is still a highly tense situation. A heated situation doesn't mean you have to be firing non-stop. In any case, it is only in the lull that any negotiation of surrender can take place. A decision will have...
by Harry
04 Oct 2006 00:21
Forum: The Kargil Archive
Topic: Kargil War Thread - V
Replies: 322
Views: 174076

I have to get this off my chest

One question I have always pondered, All of us know of the general civilian public's exponential increase in awareness and respect for the armed forces after nothing less than the loss of hundreds of Indian soldiers at Kargil and the torture that Saurabh Kalia and his men had to endure. But was it r...
by Harry
03 Oct 2006 23:18
Forum: The Kargil Archive
Topic: Kargil War Thread - V
Replies: 322
Views: 174076

Again, totally irrelevant because it is based on a complete misreading of my posts. Where did I say that we should (or do) bank on the enemy trusting to our kindness and thus, surrendering? My point simply is that a bad reputation hurts Firstly, you have to ask yourself if the actual events on the ...
by Harry
03 Oct 2006 08:52
Forum: The Kargil Archive
Topic: Kargil War Thread - V
Replies: 322
Views: 174076

And what would the point of accepting a surrender be, other than saving the lives of your own men who might have otherwise died in battle and getting a chance to interrogate the PoWs to get intelligence? You go into battle with an objective in mind and will do anything to achieve it, be it killing ...
by Harry
03 Oct 2006 08:33
Forum: The Kargil Archive
Topic: Kargil War Thread - V
Replies: 322
Views: 174076

JCage, Much before Barkha Dutt wrote the sorry article - India Today Editor Harinder Baweja wrote bout the head in her book. And India today carried excerpts of the book. Before that, it was mentioned in Srinjoy Choudry's book. Consider what would have happened if the 90000 Prisoners had tried to f...
by Harry
03 Oct 2006 08:28
Forum: The Kargil Archive
Topic: Kargil War Thread - V
Replies: 322
Views: 174076

No additional casualties will occur. You go into battle expecting your enemy to fight like that in the first place and not give up and/or run away, even if the pakis have a history of that. I am inclined to take a combat veteran's statement to the contrary over yours. It is not that hard to underst...
by Harry
03 Oct 2006 08:13
Forum: The Kargil Archive
Topic: Kargil War Thread - V
Replies: 322
Views: 174076

Did anyone read the Sunday Magazine section of the Hindu? For your "Gandhian" principles and ethics to work, both sides have to concur. This aint like Lage Raho Munnabhai. Similarly, if you "turn the other cheek", the paki will not only slap it but come back later and kick you in...
by Harry
03 Oct 2006 07:43
Forum: The Kargil Archive
Topic: Kargil War Thread - V
Replies: 322
Views: 174076

I also wonder what the pukis thought when they saw their officer's head hanging from a tree? Don't torture but send an appropriate message. But no one can be certain if the result would actually be an increase or decrease of enemy morale. This has already been rejected on the grounds that it will me...
by Harry
03 Oct 2006 04:56
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: The IAF History Thread
Replies: 1171
Views: 316984

There was an article (on hindustantimes) that a Sabre wreckage had recently been dug up at Halwara and that AR Gandhi flew there to claim it. Does anyone have it archived?