Bharat Rakshak

Would it make sense for India to acquire AC-130 type gunships for mountain warfare? My take on this is that if provided sufficient aircover, the AC-130 with 105 mm howitzers can pick out targets that are hard to reach for ground based howitzers, also they could stay out of range of potential MANPAD ...

The video narrator says exactly that, He says a national bird was watching and beaming images to Ombaba's room. Actually, Ombaba & co was being fed live video from an RQ-170.. Dubbed the beast of Kandahar.. :twisted: (not sure if you guys were referring to the same as the 'National bird' (Or is...

Most likely sub launched Klub or Brahmos. Note yearly schedule. IOW some operational testing. I have seen videos in Youtube of Brahmos punching through a tiny target put up on a wall (metallic target?).. That was _AWESOME_ :twisted: But we haven't performed any tests of the BrahMos from a sub yet.....

Was the Chabahar port in Iran really built with Indian assistance? How did we manage to do it without causing massive takleef to Unkil?

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes ... fghanistan

(Or did ToI pull this out of its hind quarters?)

A pooch on the Somali pirate menace.. I just read from BR's news feed that Somali pirates are now seeking out Indian saliors and seafarers. Now the Somali pirates have Indians in their custody for over 6 months now. What is stopping the GoI from pursuing these scumbags and retrieving our citizens? I...

I thought about it too, but the round (if it is a bullet casing) is being ejected on the left side. Normally the round is ejected from the right side only. Or does the Galil eject on the left side? The rifle has a bipod which allows a neat swivel, Im guessing the spent cartridge ricocheted off the ...

well maybe during hard movements the tow cable could snag or break off. OK for big bombers like B52/B1, maybe not so ok for fighters. does any sher khan fighter use towed decoys? The SH seems to use the AN/ALE-55 Fiber-Optic Towed Decoy.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/ALE-55_Fiber-Optic_Towed_Decoy

A pair of Austrian Eurofighters escorting the Turkish President..

http://www.tccb.gov.tr/playVideo.asp?vid=18091

I may be wrong but I believe the dark smudge on ze port side is the APU exhaust onlee. Ze Rafale has it next to its vertical tail fin on ze port side too. Incidentally the Panavia Tornado tails are somewhat blackened too and they seem to have moved ze position of the apu further forward in the EF2k...

Does anyone have information about the possible successor for the R-73? There are some mentions of a 'K-30', as the eventual successor for the R-73? username changed to 'sudhan'. Rahul. as to your question, the successor is called K-74 ( IIRC in russi parlance, k--> in development r-->in service) n...

Does anyone have information about the possible successor for the R-73? There are some mentions of a 'K-30', as the eventual successor for the R-73?

How come the chinese A-50s missed the Indian Flanker charge? Or am I missing something from the scenario..?

How come the pakis never got to fire any of their AMRAAMs or the 9Xs ??? :?: Even after the first wave of 'archer' hits.. if i tell you that well then i will have to shoot you --- they did shoot plenty but did not score many hits many reasons the flankers looped out of sidewinder kill zone even bef...

How come the pakis never got to fire any of their AMRAAMs or the 9Xs ??? Even after the first wave of 'archer' hits..