Bharat Rakshak

Someone in their wisdom locked the RedFlag thread, now where do we post the follow-up details ??? Anyways, following is the Teasers running at the bottom of HeadlinesToday in bold: USAF Mocks IAF USAF apologises to IAF Team leader for the comment IAF complains to youtube, US embassy USAF says they a...

wonderphool onlee to have my family name assigned to crater! :mrgreen: I think ISRO should name a feature (which allows non-deceased names) after Kalam .....not only for his selfless contributions to India as a scientist but also as a visionary, a man with principles and a human being. I am being c...

The satellite was limited because the type of frequency it used was disturbed by clouds in the atmosphere, and did not work properly in Nigeria's rainy season or during the Harmattan, when clouds of dust blow down from the Sahara, he said. The satellite also operated on frequencies already allocate...

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=NVbBFwdmldA well this is a real catch indeed..this video is revealing a lot about the very AMBITIOUS CHINESE SPACE PROG.....space gurus 2 kindly have a good look at this video..i think the chinese are following the mantra"if u cant make it just fake it" The p...

juvva wrote:

SriKumar wrote:

Sorry to ask, but was this the CY1 launch video or some older launch? During the CY1 launch, there was a massive cloud cover which i don't see in this video

RaviBg wrote:First 3-D image of Moon on Monday

Seeing the amount of quotes from the Hindu, i believe they are much more scientifically inclined than HT, TOI, IndianExpress, Statesman.

Considering the flop that Chang'e is plus the lousy communication and remote sensing satellites the Chinese have, this is more likely to deepen China's understanding on many issues than Mankinds. Yes and the Nigerian Communication satellite that China built and launched is missing in orbit! :shock:...

The Peacock has landed... and with grace! As per the news channels. it landed 2 km away from the Shackleton crater... a indian origin spokesman of JPL said that M3 will be activated on 19th & its heating mechanism has already been activated...there had been over-heating, but it was within limits...

What happens in case a submarine launched missile encounters some fish (big/small) in it's under water trajectory...would it cause the same harm as a bird hit does to a plane? similarly, how would a torpedo react? (yea, it would be funny if along with the payload, a missile delivers a consignment of...

why don't indian merchant ships carry small arms onboard so that they can defend themselves? Also, what's the status of the ship with the hijacked indian crew on it, whose captains wife has frequently been coming in the media ? Aditya, the small arms are not allowed for the same reason as they don'...

why don't indian merchant ships carry small arms onboard so that they can defend themselves?

Also, what's the status of the ship with the hijacked indian crew on it, whose captains wife has frequently been coming in the media ?

Compressed-Air Car Nears Trial TATAs have a roll in it. http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/11/09/0817254.shtml Air France and KLM have announced plans to conduct a six-month trial of a new zero-emission, compressed-air powered vehicle. The AirPod seats three, can do 28 mph, and goes about 135 miles on...

Cybaru wrote:
Yanks afraid of mig-21's
If they can't see those bisons with AWACS and F-15 radars then PAF has no prayer in hell .
Time to put stealthy Bison's to work ??

They call them the flying coffins for a reason!
They fly for us
Are coffins for the others

PART 1 ...One thing about the IAF - they were a professional lot and they were very strict about the rules of the flying area. During their stay they made zero mistakes -/ errors about the flying area and that was incredible... Can someone explain what is meant by "mistakes -/ errors about the...

Lalmohan wrote:how do you know for sure that Chandrayaan is in space and not in phillum-city in amchi mumbai?

Do u see any item songs involving the CY1?

Why was there an apprehension about rain? If china could provide rain free days for Olympics, could we not do something similar for the launch? Surely we could fire a rocket with rain inhibitors to ensure that the mother of all Rockets went up without worry of rain. Or were the monsoon clouds to muc...

Rahul M wrote:yes !

he he
but then the indian army does wear olive greens even in the desert!

why on earth does the pilot's uniform colour need to change?! its an IAF tradition and should be followed. without making fashion or aesthetic appeal a reason, from what i have seen of the indian & non-indian crews, i think others provide an element of camouflage which the IAF uniform doesnot. ...

Looking at the uniforms of the various people involved, I just cant figure out why the Indian Army persists with Green camouflage in a sand coloured desert. I felt the guy best dressed from camouflage perspective for the desert is the pepsi guzzler-one on the left in the image below: http://www.bhar...

Went through the link given by JaiS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHmbvscPx0A And then saw the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfB_3bv3aNc If you compare the impact/explosion images in both videos, you will realise that both are the same!! some coincidence this. :( Temporary Video Links h...

Finally, the article today (18 oct) in Hindustantimes, center page, puts to rest all the claims.
Its says that NASA accepts that while the image might be its own, the interpretation is not by NASA, but by some private sites that published the news.