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by shaun
27 Jun 2021 17:00
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
Replies: 5242
Views: 1516171

Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector

This is probably the prototype being tested as in the above report https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2018/02/09112101/Mining-04.jpg https://eco-business.imgix.net/ebmedia/fileuploads/Under_carriage_machine.jpg?fit=crop&h=960&ixlib=django-1.2.0&w=1440 https://qrius.com...
by shaun
27 Jun 2021 16:50
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
Replies: 5242
Views: 1516171

Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector

India Inc to discover and extract mineral reserves 6,000 meter beneath the ocean In April, a gaggle of scientists from Chennai boarded an ice-strengthened vessel to check an indigenously developed mining machine, Varaha-1, within the Central Indian Ocean. It was a week-long journey off the Tamil Na...
by shaun
26 Jun 2021 20:30
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
Replies: 5242
Views: 1516171

Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector

DRDO initiates the trials of advanced stealth SWiFT drone https://i0.wp.com/newsonair.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/EtEPi4oW4AEz2MW.jpeg?resize=696%2C339 ndia’s premier defence research agency, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has initiated the ground trials of SWiFT, 1-ton All...
by shaun
21 Jun 2021 09:38
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2252
Views: 842656

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

Recent tweets on IJT by HVT , spin test takes 2 years, tests going on briskly and AL 55i being used
by shaun
20 Jun 2021 15:09
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3218
Views: 1947077

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

What caught my attention in the news above is "But the ATHOS has problems of its own—it is not in service even in the Israeli army and had suffered structural failure during trials in India some years ago." What structural failures,??.. I did Google but no results throwing..
by shaun
13 Jun 2021 18:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2793371

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Exclusive: How Amateur Sleuths Broke the Wuhan Lab Story and Embarrassed the Media BY ROWAN JACOBSEN ON 6/2/21 AT 2:23 PM EDT For most of last year, the idea that the coronavirus pandemic could have been triggered by a laboratory accident in Wuhan, China, was largely dismissed as a racist conspirac...
by shaun
13 Jun 2021 18:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
Replies: 1447
Views: 315195

Re: 2021 Five State Elections

Rahulji good analysis, but it defies logic how come people there have no aspiration or atleast have the dream for better future within the state . I guess they love status quo and are nostalgic , taking pride on personalities of bygone Era with misplaced exclusivity . Hindi speakers though accommod...
by shaun
11 Jun 2021 07:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
Replies: 1447
Views: 315195

Re: 2021 Five State Elections

Ultimately, these hair-splitting analyses do not serve much purpose. Mostly seem ... Constantly shooting the messenger and running down the credibility of the analysis by claiming it is biased doesn't help ...... Rahulji good analysis, but it defies logic how come people there have no aspiration or...
by shaun
13 Apr 2021 21:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
Replies: 1447
Views: 315195

Re: 2021 Five State Elections

Post-election win BJP needs a powerful and strong leader who can control the police and paramilitary forces with an iron hand. Without an iron hand, there will no peace and without peace, there will be no development. BJP will either win an outright majority or there is no majority. Possible CM can...
by shaun
09 Apr 2021 17:58
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018
Replies: 3611
Views: 1251747

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018

NEWS | April 7, 2021 7th Fleet conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation By U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs Arabian Sea, – On April 7, 2021 (local time) USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) asserted navigational rights and freedoms approximately 130 nautical miles west of the Lakshadweep Islands, inside India’...
by shaun
05 Apr 2021 10:47
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
Replies: 2338
Views: 817669

Re: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion

i know there is talk about building a light tank from the K 9 chassis but i think we should use the krestel chassis to build a light tank and a wheeled SPG. the south africans had some innovative armour concepts that we can take inspiration from. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooikat https://en.wik...
by shaun
29 Mar 2021 01:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-Myanmar news and discussion
Replies: 641
Views: 545669

Re: India-Myanmar news and discussion

To be fair , we need not poke our nose in their internal matter as long it serves our interest , mainly security and communication. These color revolutions bring more chaos than any real democracy.
by shaun
28 Mar 2021 11:12
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
Replies: 2338
Views: 817669

Re: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion

The point the good general made was that in the light of the IA's extra reqs.,the DRDO/ CVRDE should've told the IA that weight penalties would make it impossible to achieve the original intention,a T-72 replacement,the constraints,etc. .... I really doubt such assetions from thin air that they nev...
by shaun
22 Mar 2021 20:45
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Replies: 5960
Views: 2311141

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018

Aditya_V wrote:
Many Israeli Naval ships are equipped with it and Iranian have already hit one with Barak 1, well this sale to Azerbaijan could still bite Israel in the Back.
The onboard barak system was switched off
by shaun
17 Mar 2021 09:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2957317

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Already math skills of many engineers coming out of private "donation" colleges is on an average, quite poor. Most IT services companies who recruit freshers have to put them through lots of training to get them to grasp basics such as how to write an algorithm because logical thinking is...
by shaun
13 Mar 2021 17:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2957317

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Gurus here , how much of 12th standard level maths actually required for professional courses like engineering , the courses itself have engineering Math in 3 Sems , 1. no clarification regarding entrance exams , where you need to have PCM 2. These days Tier 1 and 2 engineering colleges encourage st...
by shaun
11 Mar 2021 20:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
Replies: 1447
Views: 315195

Re: 2021 Five State Elections

Nandigram incident that left Mamata injured was ‘accident, not attack’: Police report to EC - Madhuparna Das, The Print on 11 March, 2021 2:45 pm IST Kolkata: The incident in Nandigram that resulted in an injury to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday was an accident, according to p...
by shaun
05 Mar 2021 10:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2957317

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

we are doing what korea and china did decades ago - cleanup the system. common man can work hard and earn an honest living. that is the social contract from BJP - not different from what Korea and China did. And that is all they need to do. What were the fuel and energy prices during the system cle...
by shaun
03 Mar 2021 19:50
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5264
Views: 1777201

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

kalwa is a major SLDC, monitors many substations across MH through SCADA RTU
by shaun
28 Feb 2021 17:00
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014
Replies: 4440
Views: 1288191

Re: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014

Brilliant Akshay ji .
by shaun
27 Feb 2021 08:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2957317

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Kati wrote:To rule us, they need to include us as a data point in the vast ocean of surveillance web. To shut it down is against Human Rights. To question and expose is sedition.

Desh
Feb 26
kindly share the link of this article , google not throwing any results :wink:
by shaun
19 Feb 2021 02:10
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5264
Views: 1777201

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

Atmavik wrote:..

hope this gives a push to Indian built platforms. have we tested Tata's Krestel in ladhak yet ?
Yes tested / testing in ladhak
by shaun
10 Feb 2021 22:55
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 04 January 2021
Replies: 1533
Views: 689260

Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 04 January 2021

If anyone figures out where one can buy this book, please post it here. https://www.drdo.gov.in/monograph/radiance-indian-skies-tejas-saga (The "Download" link the above page only includes introductions, TOC, etc.) I got another book from an Exhibition , the likely process is through bank...
by shaun
05 Feb 2021 22:54
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
Replies: 4780
Views: 1518132

Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)

Vsunder ji , love your writing style, informative and to the point. Maybe you should start writing books and at least a coffee table book regarding transformation happening in IR under the present leadership complete with pictures and anecdote. I am sure , there are lots of hungry readers. Kudos to ...
by shaun
01 Feb 2021 08:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2957317

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Take a look at Sahil P (@SahilInfra): https://twitter.com/SahilInfra?s=08 Lets trend #Bringbacksahilpednekar Twitter have suspended his earlier account , because he updates about various infrastructure project taken up im India , its progress , its completion . These visuals of progress is against t...
by shaun
25 Jan 2021 22:15
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Replies: 5960
Views: 2311141

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018

Active seeker for terminal homming , mid cousrse guidance with data link and dual pulse motor .
by shaun
25 Jan 2021 07:25
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Electric vehicle and power storage
Replies: 416
Views: 170609

Re: Electric vehicle and power storage

Ola, Siemens to build 'India's most advanced EV manufacturing hub' in Tamil Nadu for ₹2,400 cr



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by shaun
16 Jan 2021 10:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2957317

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

The bad news is she will remain in India
by shaun
15 Jan 2021 22:34
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech
Replies: 2937
Views: 1024063

Re: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech

75 drones have payload capacity of 650 kgs
by shaun
13 Jan 2021 07:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2957317

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

"Talks are going on with the Finance Ministry to create a Defense Modernization Fund which gets carried out to next year in case it is not spent without getting lapse. The Ministry has emphasized that military procurement and construction of infrastructure facilities such as roads and bridges e...
by shaun
12 Jan 2021 21:27
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3218
Views: 1947077

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

Precision Guidance Kit https://i.ibb.co/6vKKRLy/PGK.jpg Fitment of PGK on existing ammunition improves accuracy (CEP- Circular Error Probability) of the Ammunition from 250 to 50 Mtrs. OFB has associated with DRDO from design stage to develop PGK for 155mm Ammunition. ‘PGK’ conceived, Global Positi...
by shaun
05 Jan 2021 23:27
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
Replies: 4447
Views: 1529594

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016

Its true , he was unwell as per news report from early 2018. But why so many attempts , he was relieved from his duty as SAC director , mid 2018.