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What I cant understand is why Sriharikota. Whats so special about that place ? Wouldn't it be more worth while to have built the launching pad as close to the equator as possible, like some place in Tamil Nadu to get the maximum advantage ? Brando-saar, Sriharikota is less than 100km from chennai, ...

What I cant understand is why Sriharikota. Whats so special about that place ?

Wouldn't it be more worth while to have built the launching pad as close to the equator as possible, like some place in Tamil Nadu to get the maximum advantage ?

Will it be available in America ??

The problem with an impotent Singh government in Delhi is that everybody from Islamabad to Washington D.C knows that India will do nothing bold. They will at best make a few speeches and quote a few dead people . With the BJP government however they didnt know what India would do, it kept them off b...

What will India's official response be once we know or if we know who carried out the blast ??? In all probability nothing. But we cant leave it at nothing. This was a serious attack on our soverign property. We need to at least blow up the ISI headquarters in Islamabad. Or land some couple of thous...

^^^ This clearly shows that the Chinese police preparations are more about bluster and show than any real capability. I would trust a lowly Indian Hawaldar with his lati that these segway driving commandos! :roll: These Chinese police wouldnt last 5 mins if they were put in an environment like Kashm...

The Japanese do have a problem with race . That has always been the case and I suppose it always will be a psychological obstacle for them. With regards to the article above about Mitsubishi electrical. In the 1980s Japan had just seen nearly 30 years of unparalleled economic boom, Japanese companie...

Great soldier.

God rest his soul.

1. The difference in the average physical abilities of men and women. Both men and women have a wide range of physical abilities. Many women are stronger, faster, etc. than many men. Should a woman who can meet the same standard as a man be excluded because other women are weaker? Not "many&qu...

Its all well and good claiming that we should give them a chance, not project our beliefs onto female soldiers etc. But the fact is even the most liberal the most open society will not be willing to have their women fighting in the front lines if they can help it. Take a country like Israel which ac...

For many years they have shown these NBC guys during Republic day and each time I've wondered what in the world these people are. They are using 60's equipment and gear. Are they meant as a Decontamination team ? Or are they meant to fight in an NBC environment. Because they look like they can do ne...

Mangoes ?? Is that what we are selling Japan despite all that we produce! We should corner their market for essential commodities like Rice, wheat, sugar etc instead of China. Most Japanese would rather buy Indian rice than Chinese rice. Not to mention the marked quality difference between the filth...

First, Did you ever hear anything good about Chinese government? Your presumption that Indians have only negative things to say about the Chinese government is a wrong perception. I know a LOT of Indians who would openly acknowledge that the Chinese Communist Government has done a great deal to bri...

Folks, it would really help to consider what it is we're trying to achieve with this thread. I've read or participated in a number of threads that descended into flamewars, since most PLAbots have low stress thresholds and go postal. I think what you say is very true. Good and earnest dialogue is g...

watch the new scramble for africa between india and china. who is winning? The Chinese for now, as long as there are dictators and tyrants to appease. Also in Africa in some countries there is an anti-Indian bias due to perceived Indian aloofness to the locals. However, Indians have been there on t...

yx wrote: I think most Indians know very little about China and Chinese (possibly because of the language).

I would submit that most Chinese know even less of India than vice versa.

I've met Chinese who didnt know who Gandhi was or could name even a single Indian city.

I think what the poster was trying to say is that Confusionism isnt a religion as one would consider it in a conventional sense, as in it has no gods or ritual practices.

My 2 cents: Most other Far East races like the Japanese, Koreans etc see the Chinese as primitive and greedy people. Even recently I read an article in a Japanese english blog about how Chinese fascination for material wealth consumes them and they see it as the be all and end all of their existence...

Not ginna happen...Chandipur is located in prime agricultural land and is the source of income for lot of farmers. They magnamimously gave up liberties to enable this range to come up. To get a background suggest reading up newspaper articles in the late 80s. Like they have a choice in the first pl...

While we are all cognizant of the importance of these activities to national defence effort, a word of appreciation towards our patriotic Oriya biraders is very much in order. They are putting up with a lot of trouble country's defense. One can only imagine the shennanigans we would have to put wit...

The result of our non-aligned nonsense is that all our neighbors got sweet deals in arms but we had to pay every penny to get to where we are today. The Chinese took greedily missile tech from the Soviets and later the Americans, while we had to reinvent the wheel so to speak under sanctions. Half o...

Personally, I would say that instead of wasting money on a moon mission to collect data that has already been collected we should master sending heavier payloads more accurately. More tests on platforms like GSLV-III etc so that we can capture more of the space fairing business and at the same time ...

Despite having so many T-90's we still dont have the Shotra system on that, which is what makes it formidable. IA doesnt seem too concerned about it either. IMHO it means IA is satisfied with T-90S armor and doesnt think the tank needs additional defence. The difference is that IA knows exactly wha...

Despite having so many T-90's we still dont have the Shotra system on that, which is what makes it formidable. IA doesnt seem too concerned about it either. As for the logistics problems of the Arjun, the Israelis faced similar problems with the Merkava which is much taller than what their transport...

I agree with Vina about the improbability of using tanks in the Tibetan plateau. But given conventional doctrine. I wouldnt be surprised if the Chinese engineering crews were able to build roads thought the forests of Arunachal or through the Ladakh region in record time. The US Army engineering cor...

I dont understand why we are going for this Embrazer crap when we should be ordering AWACs by the dozen. That too AESA AWACS like Phalcon etc. Um, you do realize that the "Embraer Crap" as you call it is the only one within the bunch of choices that is Indian, don't you? I do understand t...

I dont understand why we are going for this Embrazer crap when we should be ordering AWACs by the dozen. That too AESA AWACS like Phalcon etc. The Australians also have the WedgeTail that is again impressive. Something that we should be looking into acquiring. We dont have a robust Air surveillance ...

Well the Ideas of freedom, liberty and justice for all are universal values. Its just that some cultures have not come to realize them, while a majority of them have. We as Indians have always been under some kind of autocratic rule and through out the ages but the most fondly remembered reigns are ...

Avram, That would make fine if the Chinese were sane people like the rest of the democratic world but as commies come they generally tend to be irrational and aggressive. The Chinese will push people to the limit and apply all kinds of pressure. When they have a decisive edge militarily they wont he...

[quote] http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1159482 China army slams India’s ‘confrontationist’ stance HONG KONG: Chinese military journals have in recent days and weeks ratcheted up the tough talk against India, accusing it of going on the “same old path of confrontation with China as...

What is really funny is that the Olympic torch is being taken from city to city skulking through their streets surrounded by heavy police protection. Its almost like somebody were whisking away a criminal from a lynch mob. What next? I wonder if they have a secret relay in the night dodging proteste...

Somehow I expected it to be more impressive. The videos and the pictures so far are nothing to write home about. The Smerch especially I was expecting to see at least 5-10 of them firing barrages. Also I didnt notice any AAA assets at the arty line. Well it could all just be due to the fact that thi...

If we go with the P8I, our ASW platform for next few decades becomes hostage to Unkil whims and fancies.......... During any crisis in the near future(when the Bears and Il-38May are retired and our only ASW platform is American P-8), Unkil will simply stop spares for P8I to maintain "neutrali...

Its a good thing that the nuclear delivery systems are coming along nicely but I wonder how good the nuclear warheads are to make this a credible deterrent. From other programs like the Trident 2 etc, the warhead design has been the most problematic part of the designs and the Americans had taken a ...