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Not possible to do an internal probe that sticks out only when needed like on the Jaguar? There is no space. I actually wonder how they managed to squeeze the plumbing there. Also, the darn thing looks huuge for the size of the aircraft. It may not fit even in the empty shell it would seem. If anyt...

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China is conducting live fire war simulations in Tibet, per Republic. Bhutan troops heading to Doklam plateau.

Looks and smells like we will go to war but not say anything about it or budge from our positions.

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Cheeni are a SYRE non-warrior nation of shopkeepers, traders and farmers. Sounds painfully similar to the nonsense spouted by various Baki afsars who incited various skirmishes and wars believing the yindoo bania is weak and cannot oppose the superior martial Bakis. Let's not become PorikkiDef, ple...

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They are already allowing pilgrims through the closer HP route. The Nathu La route is literally across the breadth of Nepal!

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+! Kakarat, thank you Sir. We may or not be prepared for war, but need to be far more circumspect about this war mongering.

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IAF's fighter jet crash lands in Jodhpur NEW DELHI: An Indian Air Force's MiG-23 trainer aircraft crash landed on Thursday at Rajasthan's Balesar in Jodhpur district, PTI reported. "It was a MiG-23 UB trainer plane and both the pilot and co-pilot are safe ," News agency said while quoting...

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Does China have enough acclimated troops or are they buying time until they are ready for battle? At what point will their Tibetan troops turn around and march to Lhasa? An entire Brigade is nice - - how long will it take them to be ready for battle? If there is going to be land based action then O...

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Does China have enough acclimated troops or are they buying time until they are ready for battle? At what point will their Tibetan troops turn around and march to Lhasa?

An entire Brigade is nice - - how long will it take them to be ready for battle?

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^^ the thing with Semiramis is that there is also an Assyrian queen known as Shammurammat, dated around 800s BC and a lot of the stories of historical shammurammat and legendary Semiramis are mixed together. For eg, if Assyria invaded India,its most likely in the 900-700 AD period when Assyria was ...

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Since a couple of days many have been posting about trade imbalance and chinese products in Indian market I just want to ask what phone do you use? Lenovo, xiaomi mi, huawei hornor, ZTC, Motorola, ect are all chinese productes. Even the modems that come with many broadband connections and the usb d...

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There are quite a few well known Indian Jews. Nissim was my mom's prof and later, a family acquaintance while growing up. Never realized what a genius he was, until he had passed. He succumbed to Alzheimers at an advanced age. My childhood friends have all moved to Israel but their parents refuse to...

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Surely all this utterly comical bluster can be nothing but false bluster to make us take them not seriously? Nobody would seriously write or worse, think stuff like this. This is the perfect mad dog scenario. How does one know for sure? Is the opponent juvenile, a genius, or simply a mad dog? In th...

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Inevitably, the PLA will attack or at least encroach from a position of strength (rather, where it holds the advantage) or cause mischief close to the current situation as the meeting between Xi and NaMo approaches. This is how the juvenile play book goes. To show strength, apparently. The Malabar e...

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Cheen has been alternating a ssk and ssn in ior every 3 months per a report i posted.but someone always us off and a p8 picks it up that someone could be usn singapore japan taiwan or all 4 Several years ago, chanced upon some literature that mentioned underwater arrays being tested near the Andama...

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Thanks. How do you put a copyright? OT, admins please excuse. Rohit, the license line "All rights reserved @2017 Rohit Vats" will suffice to restrict use. Putnanja has a good one there. The easiest approach is to insert a creative commons license into your blog template. Picking the licen...

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War likely if Sikkim standoff mishandled: Chinese media If the Chinese wanted to "teach us a lesson" in the tri-junction, they would have already done it. We are at heights and PLA is in the valley below. They know they are sitting ducks if the "teachers" are noticed on their wa...

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http://m.timesofindia.com/india/eye-on-china-india-pushes-more-troops-in-doka-la-in-longest-impasse-since-1962/articleshow/59410894.cms NEW DELHI: India has pushed in more troops in a "non-combative mode" to strengthen its position in an area near Sikkim, where its soldiers have been lock...

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Iyer San, why not add some notes so we know what the three links are for.

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The US based co that decided not to protect employees in India must be strongly condemned and prosecuted for negligence.

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Tejas will and can never succeed when it's manufacturing agency is so lazy naakaara , that the only thing they aspire for screwdrivergiri of AFA Any Foreign Aircraft. No hope for Bharatiya Aviation Industry to develop if it's based on HAL So true. My support for F-16 is purely beacuse it will be ma...

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Bashir Wani aka Lashkari cornered in Anantanag Dreaded Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Bashir Ah Wani alias Lashkar is reportedly hiding inside the house. He carries a bounty of Rs 10 lakh on his head. Lashkari is said to be the mastermind of the June 16 terrorist attack when a police party was ambushed ...

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Yes indeed. China will know India is serious about war when there are blasts not in the Himalayan plateaus but in Kashgar and Lhasa THIS! Non state Islamic insurgents have been threatening to take Jeehard to China for close to a decade. We need to encourage some Bakis to slowly walk toward their ta...

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Used to dread the trips to Jamnagar, Baroda. Did they operate both Fokkers and Dorniers/some other props? I remember vaguely being terrified by the swaying and pitching. Made a theist of me. a theist?? really?? :) most people turned staunch Hindus, beleiving in every single one of the 33 crore gods...

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chetak wrote:
nandakumar wrote: yes. The Indian Airlines subsidiary Vayudoot.
yamadoot it was called.

Used to dread the trips to Jamnagar, Baroda.

Did they operate both Fokkers and Dorniers/some other props? I remember vaguely being terrified by the swaying and pitching. Made a theist of me.

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Happy to see the June deadline met! SP5 should be undertaking ground tests either now or soon.

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Is a war coming on the North Eastern Front ? I doubt that. It may take longer, but de-escalation will happen. Was talking to one of my friends posted in Silliguri, he admitted to greater number of people being pushed up. One would caution BRFites against sharing any information (even as trivial as ...

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What stops ADA from accelerating its work on Mark 2?
It's not a sequential activity that requires any phase completion from Mk 1A/P/x!

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How are they well fed and well clothed if the economy is in shambles? Can someone help out with the actual numbers? SGDP is 1.32 lakh crore Per capita in 2014 was 77,559. What is the sum annual grant received by the state that enables these folks to live in relative prosperity as compared to the oth...

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The "LCA will fly with Kaveri in the next AI" boast is there. So by 2018 end, it should've flown. Tall order. Pertinent to note that it is the French who're doing the boasting in this case! GTRE has been very low profile and tight-lipped since Mohan Rao got "nailed". Unfortunate...

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Two quick questions: 1) When was the LCA MK1A supposed to be completed (when Parrikar announced it in 2015)? And, 2) The French assisted Kaveri, what are the expectations? F404 or F414? Cutting-edge Israeli radar wins air force approval for Tejas fighter SOP 18 was agreed upon on September 23, 2015...

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Please clarify if you intend this for the F-16 exports or MK1a? I take it you (finally?) agree the costs of MK1a are lower than comparative programs? Either you are confused or you are trying to confuse me. Request you to re read the posts, it's quite clear what I've implied. I can't say about the ...

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If our F16 line doesn't have export orders and hence he deems it unviable, going by Mk1A numbers, the chances of bagging an export order look nil to me. Please clarify if you intend this for the F-16 exports or MK1a? I take it you (finally?) agree the costs of MK1a are lower than comparative progra...

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Brarji, not sure if you are one man or ten, but you are worth many! Hats off to you Sir(s).

Deejay, you are spot on Sir. Unit cost will be lower for each subsequent order, tranche etc.

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Nirav, the 50,000 cr is for the entire deployment. Including Capex for bases, training, spares, pbl, and not unit fly away costs. This was explained to you by Brarji as well as others. Planned unit fly away costs for each LCA Mk1a is Rs 160-180cr. For Mk1, it is even lower, by 30-40cr. Is there a re...

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Philip wrote:ASked before.Has the LCA passed its gun firing trials?

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Can someone also post source for MK1a indents aka confirmed orders. Intent is one thing. RM confirmation to Parliament or HAL annual report would be OK. Nirav, you're comparing a jet designed from day one to be a light jet with a medium category. And jumping to wild conclusions. Shiv saar, would a P...

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Perhaps OT, but is the nosecone of the Naval versions smaller than the others due to the angle? Just to get an understanding of how that issue was tackled.

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Sri Joy, it is proven that Saraswati was fed by Himalayan waters. The feeder rivers moved and started the big switch to Ganga. There are papers showing that rainfall was much higher. Serious papers with isotope analysis of rock - I have it somewhere. That is also true. Sediment analysis from Katch ...

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Sri Joy, it is proven that Saraswati was fed by Himalayan waters. The feeder rivers moved and started the big switch to Ganga.

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My point is what strategy would want increased retaliation by J&K Police and increased numbers of civilians killed? There surely is a pattern, and we are perhaps missing Baki tactical brilliance as usual. They probably want to escalate the civvie deaths via local police itself to start another l...

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