Bharat Rakshak

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Internet and Media is buzzed with the story of first female fighter pilot from UAE participating in raids against ISIS ---- keeping the obvious propaganda part aside--- looks refreshing to see UAE allowing female fighter pilots---- I thought that part of the world does not even allow females to driv...

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Cross post The aircraft, which was coming back from Jammu and Kashmir after dropping relief supplies to the flood-affected state, broke into three portions as it crash landed and caught fire http://www.samachar.com/IAF-AN32-crash-lands-in-Chandigarh-no-casualties-ojvaK0jegch.html https://pbs.twimg....

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is Phillip Russian or on Russian payroll?

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nice montage of Hyd surrendering

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You can also see tent being pitched on flat bed -- carriage carriers..!! For a short period.. it must be fun to be in a tent under open sky in a moving train--- .. :-p

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That pic looks a very horrible photoshopped one in naked eye--
inspiration --

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afaik they never got hold of the ship. they were intercepted attempting to get into the dockyard and killed or chased away there. apparently a recently retired navy commander was also with them....presumably to guide them if they managed to get onboard a ship. Recent reports suggest --3-4 navy folk...

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Wow.. .looks like the new Al-Qaeda terrorists.. actually took control of PNS Zulfiqar... after infiltrating Karachi Dockyard---- disturbing trend--- given how congested Mumbai Port is--- we can't afford to let our guards down along the coastlines, air-bases and navy bases... http://news.yahoo.com/al...

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Two questions - How come Americans (playing golf on moon) and Russian (with Lunakhods) could not find water on moon but an Indian jugad found it on very first flyby? - Americans and European have rovers on Mars for long time. How come they have not detected traces of Methane in atmosphere ? MOM's m...

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I did a quick search on the tail number -KF 204 of the mirage-2000...

here it is during Aero India 2003

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What is the status of the three AW-101 delivered to IAF so far? Are they being re-purposed and put to some use or are they just sitting in the hangar? Do they need to be flown occasionally to keep them operational?

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Courtesy: Militaryphotos.net Interesting set of images from HAL workshop--- not sure about the dates--- interesting to note--- Dhruv Mark 3- Hawks being assembled, an apparently new Jaguar--? or deep overhauling--- ??? and Mirage-2000 Upgrade being carried out..?.. lots of work on existing Mig-21 fl...

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Hi .. I have a question --- does Indian Railway has a special livery for the rakes carrying troops..? check the video below...

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Pratyush wrote:The French should not be touched with a barge pole after they have canceled the dilivery of the ships already paid for.

USA also did the same for Pakistan for F-16s (Pressler Amendment)

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2 of them were supposed to be built in Russia.. and I am not too sure about 1.7 billion price tag...

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Breaking news--- France halts sell of Mistral to Russsia... BBC

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Must be a Chinese one

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http://theproblemwithwindpower.com/info ... estELF.htm

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The video of tug boats parking INS Shayadri for RIMPAC14 at Pearl Harbor --

Shiv also has posted some pics in his blog

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so Jugaad is not just an Indian "invention" after all.. check out this video of an emergency landing of US Marine Harrier with non-operating front landing gear..

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Pakistani Army Aviation Cobras (AH-1F) spends more time on the ground--- at any time half the fleet is under servicing .. they are of Vietnam era..

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Interesting to note the tail section of a scrapped most likely an A-300 in the background.

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I thought IL-76 power to weight ratio is pretty low --- not sure how they manage to take off from such high altitude with thinner air--- must have some weight restriction

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Vayudoot @ DEL - May 15, 2014 http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/6/8/9/2446986.jpg Indian planes used to have "VT" markings. This is something new. Interesting to see the defunct MDLR airlines Avro RJ70 parked in the background. Given the fact that they missed the lease p...

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April 2014, RAW asset (Flying from Israel)

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I just hope this is not again a total loss --- but surely it will dent a big blow to the level of confidence among the sailors over the serviceability and operation safety--- which is not good..

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We need some serious "Griha Shanti puja"

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Austin wrote:Shiv Aroor posted Defexpo video on Brahmos

The target ship was INS Sindhudurg (K72)---

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Sagar G wrote:
Vipul wrote:India close to $1.65-bin military aircraft deal with Japan.
Useless buy, what's with the sudden urge to increase the foreign aircraft inventory ???

More of a strategic step than pure military--- Japan is also going to invest (Hopefully) heavily into infra sector

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All sad and done, Our Republic Day Parade is simpy superb, year after year. As long as the military is concerned Soviet Union used to have a May Day parade. Do they still have it ? The French also had something similar Which other countries have such a parade ? K North Korea, Pakistan, Bangladesh, ...

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what about the 40 MKI order for strategic force?

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Singha wrote:sea trials are surely delayed for unknown reasons. was supposed to happen in 4Q 2013.

I remember post Kilo disaster they were waiting for Russian submarine rescue vehicle...

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Nuclear submarine INS Arihant to be ready for sea trials soon With the indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant set to be launched for sea trials in few weeks , India will soon complete its nuclear triad giving it the capability to respond to nuclear strikes from sea, land and air-based systems. Na...

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http://www.dawn.com/news/1080736/paf-aircraft-crashes-near-mandi-bahauddin-pilots-killed ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Mirage aircraft crashed in Qadirabad area of Mandi Bahauddin, killing both pilot and the co-pilot, a PAF spokesman said on Thursday. The spokesman said that PAF has ordered ...

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I just ordered a copy through Amazon prime.. @$14.75. Cant wait enough for it..!!

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We have all our Phalcons parked in Agra..?

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Rakesh Sharma interview --- he recently retired from test flying

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India is actually going ahead with the purchase of additional C-130s (decision was made yesterday http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/india-to-buy-six-more-c-130j-hercules-aircraft-from-us-418450)... so all the sabber rattling is kind of showboating by UPA before the election ---- in addition the dipl...

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does it mean we can grab some of their Mirage 2K fleet?

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Brazil selects Gripen...!! http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/brazil-chooses-swedish-fighter-jet-45b-deal-21266457 Brazil's government said Wednesday that Sweden's Saab won a long-delayed fighter jet contract initially worth $4.5 billion that will supply at least 36 planes to Latin Americ...

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