Bharat Rakshak

Sridhar, thanks for the info. Relieved to hear that this blight will be gone in the near future.

Meanwhile, good progess seems to have been made on the Bandra Worli Sealink. I will post some links in the infrastructure thread.

Recently I had the opportunity to go to New Delhi Railway Station. I was shocked to see the condition of the station. This should have been the premier railway station of the country, yet it looked like a cattle shed or even worse. This is surprising considering the fact that there are other railway...

The best way to clear the muck is to sign the agreement and immediately announce a nuclear test. India should make use of these tests to fine tune weapon design. It has to be a series of tests, about 10, so that further tests are not needed. Testing may be done over a 2 year period so that it allows...

Congrats to DRDO, and to the GoI for having the balls to do the test. I suspect that DRDO may have had some help from ISRO in this development.
We need Surya next.

With regard to the camoflaging of sensitive sites, I smell a rat. The GoI stands to lose either way. Scenario 1: If GoI does not protest about high res pics being made available by Google earth, then any sensitive sites any where in India will be publicly visible and interested people can find them....

Jagan Congratulations on your very significant achievement. I still remember meeting you once at the Chicago meet. This is much more than a commendation for you, it is an indication that BR's work and voices are heard where they should be. It tells us that we can be a constructive voice and that we ...

Does anyone have access to the subscription version of Google Earth?
Wondering if the paid version has better resolution.

I wish the GoI had a backbone Every time China attacks India, there should be an automatic statement issued in support of Taiwan. The GoI should put out the info on Chinese nuclear proliferation. But what can you expect with the 'nut' minister in charge of external affairs. I think BR should start a...

I think BR is the best thing that happened to Indians everywhere. It is a symbol of a resurgent India and not surprisingly the computer seems to be the vehicle for the India of the 21st century. 1) What is it about Bharat Rakshak (and the forum) that makes you want to keep coming back every day BR i...

I wonder if this would be the first time an Indian designed aircraft is exhibited at an airshow outside of India. If so, it is indeed a special day, a harbinger of things to come.

AFAIK the kaveri engine and kabini core were run for over a 1000 hrs at GTRE (sea level tests) before being sent to Russia. If there was a compressor problem it would have been detected at GTRE. So my guess is that the lack of compression showed up at high altitude tests, either at low temperature-l...

I am guessing that the scenario is as follows: A. HAL/ADA could start producing the Tejas in small numbers, say 5 a year, in the same form as the PV1 using the same methods they have used so far. However they would not be from a production line and would almost be hand made as far as the structure g...

Originally posted by narayanan: I doubt if low speed handling is an issue - they can get other planes for training for that. Isn't an AJT meant to train pilots to deal with the high-speed landings, complex high-G maneuvers and precision position-keeping? I've heard somewhere that the transition fro...

Abhinav I am sure that if the model making companies see a lot of interest, they would bring out a model. However I am concerned about another aspect which is about who owns the rights. I wonder if one has to get permission from ADA or GoI before doing it. There is also the possibility that if the A...

Here's one quick and relatively cheap way to get the models made commercially. From a 3D or solid model, generate a .SLA file. Send it to a rapid prototyping outfit and they would give you a plastic model form a stereolithography machine for about $500. This plastic model could be used to make a RTV...

Tejas
Nice name for a person or project or a satellite but not very appropriate for a fighter plane. Radiance is not going to make anybody **** in their pants.

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Sridhar:<p>Given Doordarshan's record, it might have well been a goof-up, which in itself has two possibilities 1. They showed an archival clip of another missile launch, not even an Indian one...

ISRO suggests ways to reduce space debris<BR> <A HREF="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/arti ... =965601904" TARGET=_blank>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/arti ... 5601904</A>

ISRO developing GPS for India using INSAT<BR> <A HREF="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/arti ... 1333974674" TARGET=_blank>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/arti ... 3974674</A>

"We have a design for a space plane. The US, Russia, Japan, Germany and France have the critical technologies and the money. What we need is a global approach to make low cost access to space possible," Gopalaswami said. <P>I, RonyKJ R&D Organization, also have a design for a single st...

This is probably why...<BR> <A HREF="http://www.aermacchi.it/Aircraft/aircraft.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.aermacchi.it/Aircraft/aircraft.htm</A>

LCA composites design software licensed to Parametric Technology Corp, makers of Pro/E MCAD software<BR> <A HREF="http://www.defenceindia.com/test1/templ ... ews26.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.defenceindia.com/test1/templ ... 26.html</A>

I have to admit that the DRDO has come up with some beautiful names and acronyms. Avatar, Durga and Kali...so Indian and yet so fitting. My advice: File copyrights for the names immediately and then sit tight. Lets first master subsonic combustion before we venture into supersonic combustion. In the...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JE Menon:<BR><B>... then two god-knows-what about a metre or so behind the nose shoots flames and jettisons and then the thing stabilises horizontally and off she goes. Someone make sense of th...