Bharat Rakshak

Cant tell much from the pix. One thing is the G-II has more smoke but we dont know how many seconds after T0. The G-I picture is a frame grabbed from TV while the later is a photo.<BR>Any way new stuff is coming out on the NoDong/ G-I/II in Janes' IDR- July or Aug '99. (Salman can you help?) The gis...

An opinion article from B.Raman about Taliban, Laden and India. One thing to remember about Laden is his fight is with the forces that have occupied Islamic holy places and is a reverse of the Crusades. If he tries to fight against India it dilutes his stance and could lead to problems. BTW, if I re...

K.S replies to DND critics......<BR>TOI 10/4/99 Editorial section<BR>A Credible Deterrent <P>Logic of the Nuclear Doctrine<P>By K Subrahmanyam<P>THE Indian nuclear doctrine recommended by the non-official National Security Advisory Board has predictably generated a national and international debate....

Could we keep this for a fortnight or so? If we have to prune there are any number of threads. ------------- Deccan Chronicle, Oct.2, 1999 Matter of time before India is recognised as N-power: Expert New Delhi: The nuclear weapon nations are likely to co-opt India into the non-proliferation order on...

I did read the article when it first came out. In fact this article supported my views that uncle was egging on the nuclear armed pitbull at India in order for her to rush into his arms.<BR>There is another way out of the labryinth. You can blast your way out of it if you have the means. Where all t...

Johann you hit the nail on the head. Indian contributions are not so well highlighted due to all the facts you mention. I thik the 5th Indian division was also involved in Italy. I am subject to correction.<BR>Kevin, WWII is generally regarded as starting on Sept.3, 1939 when UK and Frnace declared ...

Guys, Keep up the quality of discussion. Iam proud of the forum that we can engage in the high quality of discussion. This definitely beats any place on Internet and the print meidum any day. Thanks for the info.

For a contra opinon to what I say read what T. Jayaraman says in latest Frontline: <A HREF="http://www.the-hindu.com/fline/fl1619/16190910.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.the-hindu.com/fline/fl1619/16190910.htm</A> <BR>Dont know what to say. Being in US constrains one from explaining the whi...

Gohar can wave what he wants. There is no need to test anymore. Why create debris in our own land? What the world wants to do with him is their own problem. <BR>As for India it has its doctrine and the relevant para tells the people in charge what to do if he makes the mistake of letting his mind do...

The question being asked is ' Is one test sufficient?' This has two levels of answers- technical and political.<BR>First the technical. A fusion based device consists of - a trigger, a fission based primary (could be boosted), a secondary and an optional tertiary heavy metal blanket. Of these the cr...

A few things first.<BR>Indian estimates of POK-2 yield were based on:<BR>1) Seismic methods<BR> - Magnitude of Mb wave. Has attenuation problems - i.e stations far-away will read less magnitude. Also simulataneous explosions cause interference. This is a typical wave equation effect. If you understa...

Please check out the BR Monitor for my article " Kargil Surprise-Why?" I submit the reason is the police origin of the Indian agencies. They are great at collecting info build dossiers and files. What does all that mean is another issue. <BR>The Western agencies felt the same problems and ...

Thanks for the clarification. I stand corrected.

BTW, 'Red Eagles' is the 4 th Division. It was famous in WWII in North Africa against the Afrika Korps. The Book Rommel by Desmond Young(?)refers to it often.<BR>Does any body know the names of other Indian divisions? Could be posted as another thread.<BR>Also the 4th was initally commanded by Maj. ...

The Goa herald article was scanned by shiv and should be archived. The Balachandran article was from Hindu and yes everyone discussed it to death about how bookish the guy is etc. The gist of it is 4 kg and a bunch of them need to be delivered as his damage assessment was conservative. Anyway here i...

Thanks for the comments. <BR>I will write about the rest of the trip in the other forum. Will take a little bit more time-work, jet lag etc.<BR>No the people are not satisfied about the body count. They know it is excessive. OTH, they know covert aggression has taken place and soldiers get killed wh...

Sorry for being a bit late but I wanted to think it over.<BR>-------------<BR>Some comments on the draft doctrine as found at the MEA site:<BR>Preamble section.<BR>This section is six paragraphs long and sets out the rationale, the why and wherefore for the doctrine. The operative paragraphs are 1.2...

<P> Draft Report of <BR> National Security Advisory Board on <BR> Indian Nuclear Doctrine<P> A u g u s t 1 7, 1 9 9 9<P> 1. Preamble<P> 2. Objectives<P> 3. Nuclear Forces <P> 4. Credibility and Survivability <P> 5. Command and Control<P> 6. Security and Safety <P> 7. Research and Development <P> 8. ...

I have returned from our family's quadrennial India trip. I landed in Delhi at the height of Kargil crises, around July 4th. I expected Delhi to be under a seige mentality and was pleasantly surprised to find out I was wrong. Everything was chalta hai. People were going about their normal routines i...

Salman, thanks for the info. from Janes.<BR>The long barrel is for accuracy using the local round. INSAS can fire both NATO std and the local round. The delays were due to mfg., insistence of local round being perfect etc. The approach now appears to be induct INSAS w/ NATO round while production ge...