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by Shankar
04 Jun 2012 14:47
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

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CABINET COMMITTEE ON SECURITY -PMO-DELHI -2100 HRS Additional director Prabhakar Rao was tired .The meeting with three service chiefs in PMO was exhausting like hell. The presentation did not go as well as he planned .It was difficult to explain the multi objective operation inside aksai chin to th...
by Shankar
03 Jun 2012 16:23
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII

INDIAN AIR FORCE STATION NYOMA-LADAKH – 2100 hrs Wing commander Anil Bakshi unstrapped himself and opened the door to mountains . The cold wind hit him like a sledge hammer and he wished he was inside the perfectly air conditioned cock pit of his light combat helicopter instead of walking down the ...
by Shankar
03 Jun 2012 15:09
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII

SNAPPER FLIGHT –C-130 J X1 -2150 HRS- 110 KM FROM LEH - Approaching Leh is not easy to say the least even in day time and good visibility. The 139 nautical mile on her flight computer as he exited class D air space around Srinagar airport and at 25000 plus feet though sounds a routine descent appro...
by Shankar
02 Jun 2012 15:43
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

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SNAPPER FLIGHT –C-130 J X1 -2130 HRS- CLASS D AIR SPACE –SRINAGAR - Srinagar tower –snapper flight – request class B air space transition -snapper flight –srinagar- cleared through class B air space – we have two incoming on final approach – stay over flight level 250 over - Copy that tower – snapp...
by Shankar
27 May 2012 14:13
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

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SNAPPER FLIGHT – HINDON AIR FORCE STATION-1908 HRS - Tower –snapper flight –request permission to take off - Snapper flight –tower –you are cleared for takeoff – fly run way heading – climb to flight level 150 – use own navigation – good luck and good hunting - Roger that tower – fly runway heading...
by Shankar
25 May 2012 17:10
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

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A pump-jet, hydrojet, or water jet, is a marine system that creates a jet of water for propulsion. The mechanical arrangement may be a ducted propeller with nozzle, or a centrifugal pump and nozzle. The Italian inventor Secondo Campini showed the first functioning man-made pump-jet engine already 19...
by Shankar
25 May 2012 16:50
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

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INDIAN AIR FORCE STATION HINDON -DAY 1 -1900 HR In the cargo bay colonel Joshi looked over the nylon webbing strapped over his two most precious possessions to be used in combat for the first time .The first was a stealthy upgraded version of light combat helicopter and the second a low observable ...
by Shankar
23 May 2012 15:38
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

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China’s ‘peaceful rise’ is over and its new ‘assertiveness’ is bothering diplomats, politicians and military strategists. “The Chinese have incrementally taken over ground in the Western Sector near the Pangong Tso in Ladakh,” says Bhaskar Roy, accomplished China-watcher and analyst, and a recently...
by Shankar
23 May 2012 15:34
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

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Major Abassi liked the seclusion of aksai chin ,liked his pay deposited directly into his Egyptian bank account and he liked waging war against Indian army .He would ride out into the scenic high altitude landscape whenever the weather permitted in his motor bike and enjoy the small high altitude la...
by Shankar
23 May 2012 13:38
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII

AQ CAMP 4850 –AKSAI CHIN – ADJOINING POK BORDER ON LAC – 1900 HRS Abassi zardari was not a typical terrorist he was more of a military planner .He was with Egyptian special forces but later on disillusioned and joined AQ as technical expert at an astronomical salary of 10000 dollars a month where h...
by Shankar
21 May 2012 16:26
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

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Aircraft noise often inhibits mission effectiveness. As a result, flight crews, ground maintenance personnel, and passengers suffer degraded voice communication, impaired performance, increased fatigue, and hearing loss. The magnitude of these effects is dependent on both the exposure time and leve...
by Shankar
21 May 2012 16:10
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII

Squadron leader Deepak liked the spacious flight deck .For today’s mission the large multifunction display in front of commanders seat was configured to display the navigation way point ,the two smaller displays in center was showing various engine parameters and status of radar warning threat recie...
by Shankar
21 May 2012 14:52
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII

INDIAN AIR FORCE STATION HINDON -DAY 1 -1900 HR Wing commander Ambica soni strapped into her bucket ejection seat as the western horizon started turning dark . Next to her the commander in training squadron Leader Deepak Kumar was already strapped in and loading up the route waypoints into the smal...
by Shankar
20 May 2012 13:41
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII

EMBASSY OF PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA –NEW DELHI -1830 HRS -DAY 1 Prabhakar Rao came out of the embassy with head bowed deep in thought .The un official exchange of information on terrorist camps in Aksai Chin border was acknowledged by his PLA counterpart but at the same time no offer of taking the...
by Shankar
19 May 2012 17:23
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII

Aksai Chin is one of the two main disputed border areas between India and China. India considers Aksai Chin as the eastern-most part of the Jammu and Kashmir state. The line that separates Indian-administered areas of Jammu and Kashmir from Aksai Chin is known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC) an...
by Shankar
19 May 2012 17:20
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII

INDIAN AIR FORCE STATION HINDON -DAY 1 -1800 HRS Wing commander Ambica Soni lover her aircraft ,her beer and her job .12 years with air force she has seen it all or thats what she thought -from the icy heights of Saichin to deep blue of Car Nic .She has delivered everything from guns to dead bodies...
by Shankar
19 May 2012 00:42
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII

DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE REVIEW REPORT -CLASSIFICATION TOP SECRET ............. MILITARY IMPLICATIONS It may be noted that China uses the Tibetan plateau for the development of its nuclear bombs. The Chinese military arsenal on the plateau is believed to include 17 top secret radar stations, eight miss...
by Shankar
19 May 2012 00:29
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

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TIMES OF INDIA NEW DELHI: China continues to intrude into Indian territory in the real as well as virtual worlds with sheer impunity. Along with mounting cyber-attacks, China persists in needling India all along the 4,057-km Line of Actual Control (LAC). At least three incursions by motorised armed...
by Shankar
14 May 2012 18:45
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII

SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIRECTORATE –RESEACRH AND ANALYSIS WING –NEWDELHI Additional director Prabhakar Rao looked at the news report with interest. It actually dove tailed nicely with the operation he had in mind close to Pakistan china border in fact marginally inside the territory ceded by Pakistan t...
by Shankar
14 May 2012 17:19
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII

China blames terror camps in Pakistan as 20 killed in for Xinjiang violence Saibal Dasgupta, TNN Aug 1, 2014, 07.19pm IST (While ninety people were killed…) BEIJING: Signs of a fissure developing in the "all-weather" China-Pakistan relations became evident with Chinese officials in the bo...
by Shankar
14 May 2012 17:11
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII

was thinking of a new scenario on taking out a high value terrorist target deep in pakistan (inspired by bin laden thingy) and a very intense but limited conflict as things go wrong a bit what say guys
by Shankar
14 May 2012 17:09
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII

oops - so sorry for not posting and guess owe you guys an explanation - too much work related traveling and then a killing work load - have collected lot of material and details too and hopefully can start a new story soon -really miss posting on BR
by Shankar
25 Feb 2012 17:55
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 966320

Re: Indian Space Program Discussion

2 GSLV missions are on anvil -one is chandrayan 2 with russian rover this will use russian cryo accleration block and other is gslv mk 2 with indian cryogenic engine .After monsoon earliest .GSLV mk 3 with dummy 3rd stage is also due for launch since c 25 is still some distance away .
by Shankar
02 Feb 2012 23:30
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: INS Arihant (ATV) News and Discussion -2
Replies: 4158
Views: 1195098

Re: INS Arihant (ATV) News and Discussion -2

believe so chakra will be the chase submarine for Arihant in deep see submergence and speed trials -no other indian submarine have the capability to move that fast or dive that deep (nearly 40 knots and 600 mtr plus i think)
by Shankar
23 Dec 2011 17:20
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Armed Forces
Replies: 3324
Views: 765110

Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military

air brake/spoiler deployment is mandatory in civilian aircraft after main gear touch down as a matter of fact they are armed for automatic deployment -quite a few accidents have taken place when the pilots forgot to arm the brakes . Apart from bleeding off air speed it also increases pressure on whe...
by Shankar
12 Oct 2011 17:30
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Newbie Corner & Military Miscellaneous
Replies: 4126
Views: 856870

Re: Newbie Corner & Military Miscellaneous

No mid course correction of pinaka smerch is possible as there is no vernier motors or on board flight computer as in missiles . These are essentially rocket boosted projectiles just like extended range shells of Bofors
by Shankar
03 Oct 2011 19:21
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Su-30: News and Discussion
Replies: 3952
Views: 1215277

Re: Su-30: News and Discussion

both tankers and awacs are placed in predesignated protected /safe zones whether in our or hostile territory .Establishment of a safe zone even hostile territory is a part of mission planning exercise depending on what kind of air defense assets is available to enemy and how to counter that .So all ...
by Shankar
02 Oct 2011 20:52
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Su-30: News and Discussion
Replies: 3952
Views: 1215277

Re: Su-30: News and Discussion

when discussing a highly technical issue like advantage of aerial refueling on mission planning it is imperative we talk on hard data and not on vague generic statements so just searched out the following which will make clear more sukhois we have more aerial refuelling tankers we need .normal take ...
by Shankar
02 Oct 2011 20:35
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Su-30: News and Discussion
Replies: 3952
Views: 1215277

Re: Su-30: News and Discussion

aerial refueling essentially imparts the following specific advantage 1) use of full operating range after full lad take off and climb out to cruise altitude 2) increase operational range by single or multiple refueling 3) fast intercontinental intercontinental deployment without shifting the suppor...
by Shankar
02 Oct 2011 16:28
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Su-30: News and Discussion
Replies: 3952
Views: 1215277

Re: Su-30: News and Discussion

To understand the utility of tankers like IL-78 we need to understand the fuel consumption profile of a typical strike/air dominance mission . When an aircraft like su-30 is taking off on full load it burns up upto 20% fuel in taking off and reaching the cruise altitude and get the orientation to ta...
by Shankar
29 Apr 2011 21:33
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India selects Typhoon and Rafale for MMRCA shortlist
Replies: 1324
Views: 288886

Re: India selects Typhoon and Rafale for MMRCA shortlist

shankarosky is sad but not so much that will not congratulate Eurofighter -it is is indeed a great aircraft - aero india showed it.We will get different technology and that in long run will help us develop our own. Good choice IAF for standing up to US pressure -hope the price comes down enough so w...
by Shankar
20 Apr 2011 13:52
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 966320

Re: Indian Space Program Discussion

CONGRATS - ISRO - we are all very proud of you
by Shankar
20 Apr 2011 13:36
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 966320

Re: Indian Space Program Discussion

I don't know if people agree with me but this Mr. Pallav Bagla talks too much.

-he does and his knowldge depth is very little
by Shankar
11 Apr 2011 12:59
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 966320

Re: Indian Space Program Discussion

SRO was confident enough to actually fly their CUS. That in itself tells us that they thought they were ready. News reports talk of how they delayed that GSLV launch, and tested and re-tested the CUS, before they gave the green light to the flight. To me that means that they understand the science ...
by Shankar
25 Mar 2011 18:16
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII

MALDIVE COAST GUARD VESSEL – CGS GHAZEE -1745 HOURS – Captain Hamid spotted the brown smoke first against the backdrop of orange setting sun and he reacted quickly .Thinking it is a burning boat about to sink he ordered full speed and was soon pulling out of waters almost unconscious the Indian arm...
by Shankar
25 Mar 2011 17:39
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII

MALDIVES it is then - I do what you guys want:-))
problem is can some of you e mail me the back story -ghoshsh@gmail.com -actually even I liked that one -in the mean time will do some background research to make it even better
by Shankar
24 Mar 2011 23:19
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Naval Discussion
Replies: 3950
Views: 1299426

Re: Indian Naval Discussion

they are disposable - proper uniforms are only when at base and on land
by Shankar
24 Mar 2011 23:16
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII

air india one hijacked to somalia by aq and armed forces get a mandate to do whatever to rescue - ahigh tech rescue mission with all military components -how does it sound ?
by Shankar
23 Mar 2011 19:06
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII

YEAH ME ALSO AGREE- India not participating actually has spoiled the scenario- may be should star a new scenario - just thinking
by Shankar
21 Mar 2011 23:03
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 950081

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII

LIBYAN WAR ERUPTS "12 French Air Force combat jets were launched on a patrol mission. The group comprised of Dassault Rafale and Mirage 2000s, along with other types. During this flight, the first allied airstrike of the Libyan military intervention was carried out by one aircraft, which struc...