Bharat Rakshak

now the son-in-law of a former K'tata CM who is 'closely tied' to a realty co wanted to develop this land. drdo was promised same land in outskirts and development started. the lowlying area was filled in leaving the lake infront of GTRE at a level 15 ft higherthan the ground floor of first buildin...

Human intelligence units in the airport area were activated and within 48 hours the confirmation came in loud and clear. PLAAF have indeed positioned two of its AWACS in Yangon international airport (shed no 34 and 37) .The target data was forwarded to jaguar squadron based in Car Nicobar for neces...

thx biju... very interesting and incisive piece, as is always so with Mr. Raman. admins, sorry for the OT post.

Dilbu wrote:Like they borrowed the grenade or explosive whatever that was mumbai blast evidence and 'misplaced' it. Once an Unkil always an Unkil.

When did this happen?? I have no idea about this..

Love the way this is shaping up... cant wait for the first shots to be fired. keep em coming Shankar.

IIRC, that was DRDO (LRDE) land before it was leased out to these tech cos. Wonder which mahaan thinker gave the approval for that. Talk about strategic security.

There is another big problem that DRDO is facing, especially the electronics labs in B'lore and H'bad. Considering the work that these labs are doing, tech cos really look for people with that expertise, esp signal processing, communications and knowledge of algorithms. What thats translated to is h...

Arunji, Made a rough analysis of the dimensions of the launcher from the Sagarika pic... is it approximately accurate?? Coz I made only a very rough estimation. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3074/2298276937_b890d84de8_o.jpg Is it possible that this tube is only used for launching the missile witho...

Arunji, Made a rough analysis of the dimensions of the launcher from the Sagarika pic... is it approximately accurate?? Coz I made only a very rough estimation. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3074/2298276937_b890d84de8_o.jpg Is it possible that this tube is only used for launching the missile withou...

I tried out the SAR-21 at the Singapore air show, and had to say, was kinda disappointed, although, to be fair, it was the second rifle I tried, after the SLR (havent fired any though, and certainly havent disassembled a rifle). First, the foregrip is kinda flimsy, and shook a bit like a loose tooth...

I am trying to put a few clues together: 1. Sometime back DRDO stating that they are working on reducing the weight of the missiles and that this would yield more compact missiles with lower weight and/or dimensions possibly accompanied with greater range. (the mention of A-3+). My inclination is t...

Well, Shankar did complete the earlier ones. Before he quit, he did inform us that he had some visits comming up and some other commitments. Then at the same time, Vivek's scenario came on the scene. Backgrounds are essential otherwise how do you know where you are headed. See any book by Tom Clanc...

With regards to the discussions in the previous page about the 3 K-15s or 1 Agni-3SL in the 2.3 m diameter launch tube that DRDO has developed, I'm posting the picture that I'd put up in the Missile thread. Post link So assuming that the VLS tubes on the ATV are about 2m wide (to fit the A3), but it...

Sorry it was a false lead. Those are actually Brahmos missile components. Confirmed at Singapore Air Show. Hey thats from Keltec site and Arun Ji had identified it as K-15 :) No... its possible that those may still be K-15 components, since the guy at the Stall did mention that keltec would continu...

Arun saar, Thanks for that... trying it out on ROCKSIM now. will donate the 50 cents later. What are the masses and lengths for the individual stages that you used? also, shouldn't there be some mass fraction compensation for the booster stage? I assumed a first stage burn time of 25 sec, which gave...

All hot babes who lurk at this place (if any), please kiss the next DRDO person you see... at least that way, they'll get some of the rewards that they so deserve. Great job from DRDO... our SDRE Yindoo vaigyaniks have made us khush once again... all BRFers please donate money for jalebis, laddoos (...

DESIDOC has also created an internal wiki for DRDO.. its in the previous Tech focus. I think the NTRO one is on the same lines.

It is the government of the day that sets out the policies and the requirements. If the organisation is not doing its function well, then we need to re-organise it and start to recruit the best rather than people on deputation. Thats something I've always wondered. Why is it that we get police offi...

Not able to access the main site for the past 3-4 hours now... any maintainence going on?? {{OK, am able to access}} An error found on the Agni-III page . The image of "Second stage flex nozzle", on the Agni-3 D1 set (its the last of 4 images) doesnt display in full. Its fine on the page, ...

kvraghavaiah wrote: Heavy vehicle version to power arjun tank is not yet started developement or not yet disclosed.

Any info about this?? Is it even possible to fit the Kaveri. By my understanding, it would be better to put a helo turboshaft engine on the tank.

Hmm fair point about the WLR, but iirc its fairly compact as is. Perhaps they want to break it up into a trailer towed by another truck with the power eqpt, and the processing eqpt in another truck. BTW, check mail. got the mail boss.. check urs. More than compactness, the Army is worried about mob...

JC, No word on the MMR or LRTR. They were all keeping their mouths shut on that one. What little info I got, I'm not sure if it would be a good idea to post it on the internet. However, the radars are working great, and are much better than the Greenpines themselves, both in range as well as max. Ve...

Hmm... what was interesting was the sheer number of indian Pvt cos involved in mfring subsystems for radars and comm. systems. I think this is partly due to the level of support that LRDE has given to these companies. Also, WLR will complete its final user trials in May, after which it will be accep...

The pics are from IRSI. As for the S-band, IIRC, they will be on the AWACS, for IFF (thats what the person at the stall told me). But please cross check this info, since I'm not sure about it.

I've added some pictures of the AEW&CS radar mockup. Hopefully, that should answer some questions. you can see the images at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20125521@N ... 941498395/

Sorry for the low quality.

http://www.aeronautics.ru/literature.htm

Huge collection of military related books, and excellent collection of WW2 books - a must see.

http://avaxsphere.com/ebooks/history_military

Not as reader friendly, but a collection thats just as good, and much bigger as well.

Rakeshji,

I've sent u a mail about the BR page on Wikipedia.

OFB to get small arms factory and research center Written on November 26, 2007 – 4:33 pm | by FIDSNS | A small arms factory at Korwa, in Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh is going to be set up. A laboratory is being created at Gun Carriage Factory, Jabalpur for taking up development of new prod...

Our babus of course are doodling on paper , filling forms in triplicate , having "discussions" and pondering on objections / No Objections with regard to signing the partnership. Hehe... reminds me of Hitchhikers Guide to the Milky Way, when he describes Vogons: "Vogons are one of th...

Hasn't the PAF started using women pilots for their Mirage-IIIs?

Being more conservative, that is surprising, isnt it.

Deccan Herald- Pakistan’s first women fighter pilots are excited
Pakistan gets women combat pilots

Arms Procurement Decision Making -Ravinder Pal Singh a 315 page book freely available online for reading. should be quite useful, especially considering the MMRCA tender coming up. "This study is a comparative analysis of the arms procurement decision-making processes in five countries (India,...

gopal.suri wrote:Astute first dive

Spies: The Secret Agents Who Changed the Course of History

A well written review!

Thanks for putting it up Gopal.

Is it possible to have a search function for the members list... there are 90 odd pages, and if one wants to find someone in the middle, its painful.

I'd like to ask if its possible to have a few features on BR. 1. PM, as requested above. 2. A quick reply feature, like in other forums (IDF for eg). 3. A playpen thread that will help n00bies ask their questions without getting beaten for it.... probably seniors can visit, and answer their 'silly' ...