Bharat Rakshak

Viv S

To forum gurus, Q1. How long do you reckon it would take the DRDO to come up with the Arjun MkII? Is 2015 too optimistic a figure? The Arjun's production line could run for two and half years with a second 124 tank order. All subsequent deliveries being the MkII. Q2. What would the MkII comprise? Ob...

Viv S

The current order of 124 Arjuns is equipping the army’s 140 Armoured Brigade in Jaisalmer . With that order almost completed, the Arjun production line at the Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) in Avadi, near Chennai, needs more orders urgently. The Rs 50 crore facility can churn out 50 Arjuns annually ....

Viv S

For several pages now I've read about the T-90 vs Arjun argument which has me pretty puzzled. The army placed the T-90 orders before the the Arjun became a viable option. It was a judgement call and I don't think it requires that much debate. Question is what now. Deliveries of the 124 ordered so fa...

Viv S

Yes. Tejas was named by Vajpayee and now with Tejas ready to fly high, Kangi-netas want to rename it for their satisfaction.. thats funny....I only see such numerological name changes in bollywood! Fully support a change of name. I mean.. an Indian fighter in decades and Vajpayee had to select a si...

Viv S

Viv S, I dont think you get this, there is not going to be peace in holy land for a long long long time. That is a chimera which the Israelis clearly seem to be not chasing. What they are doing is living inside a bubble of their making, since that is all they can do. Peace is not impossible. All it...

Viv S

:roll: Not unless the F-22s were grounded. Its the world's foremost fighter aircraft in all respects by a very large margin. It would be stretching incredulity rather far to believe it came up second best against the Rafale. Read carrefully, it doesn't mean it was beaten on the other encounters. Dr...

Viv S

Well so it was a war, started by whose provocation is a different story. Its not actually. The question of why Israel violated the terms of ceasefire is extremely relevant. As a matter of fact, to Hamas' credit, they actually continued to respect the ceasefire despite Israeli provocation. Israel ch...

Viv S

That Sir, is called institutional memory. And in this case it serves them well. No it hasn't served them well. No Sir, it is because they understand Arabs well, all bullys (be Nazis of XYZ) can be kept under check when you use their own medicine on them, that is it. Arabs are class A bullies as far...

Viv S

Thank you Sir!! That made my day. Reminds me of I have already mentioned the problems all of these countries have had with Palestinian groups and refugees(scroll up). They can be negotiated with. Understand this -- there is no difference between any time in Israels history and NOW -- in either the ...

Viv S

... and even took a severe spanking 1-7 against rafales the other day. With virtually degraded AAMs on rafales. (sorry, re-post, but it seems the news wasn't noticed by everyone) http://g2globalsolutions.com/review/?p=3114 for those of you who understand french http://secretdefense.blogs.liberation...

Viv S

Take any period 20 days from ANY war waged by the western doctrine; none resulted in this scale of civilian deaths from direct deliberate fire by western forces. Second Battle of Fallujah :?: I suppose one could arguably draw parallels with Fallujah. But that was more of battle in the conventional ...

Viv S

Well let me say some basic things outright What Israel has is as good as it gets, any slack in any of the sides (US support, letting Palestine get more operating space etc etc) will only make things worse for them. Israelis are not idiots there is a reason why That is THE only thing they can do to ...

Viv S

Frankly I think the part I highlighted from your reply is a good indicator of your mindset. According to you, come what may Israel is guilty as charged and also as will be charged on whatever new grounds are discussed in future. You're absolutely mistaken. And yes Israel is completely guilty on the...

Viv S

If you know anything about the workings of US military industrial complex, then you would realize that the figure of 200 billion is the cost to the US tax payers and not the actual amount being spent on the aircraft development. A lot of it is going straight into the many pockets having nothing to ...

Viv S

Dear Bodhi, The time to leverage the US is now. The American economy is a basketcase and the defense market for American planes has significantly truncated. Imagine how many people will be jobless in Texas and Missouri if India takes a pass on the F-16 and F-18. I sincerely doubt if India can reall...

Viv S

you are outta luck. looks like all permutations and combinations of vivek are taken. any other choice ? or stick to this one ? Well, could you give it just one more shot and try Visin? Or if that doesn't work Viv/ViV/VivS/ViV S/Viv S(you get the idea). I have a rather generic last name and I'd pref...

Viv S

Why go for two seaters? This still boggles me ... afaik the F-35 and F-22 doesnt even have a trainer version. In this day and age of reduced pilot load cant we manage with single seat fighters? The advantage of a single seater is higher fuel load and consequently greater range. Valuable while flyin...

Viv S

Is it actually possible that the Army conducted comparative trials without the media getting a hint of it(as it seems)? Considering the repeated references to comparative trials against the T-90 in practically every recent news report/opinion piece on the Arjun, its surprising it was finally such a ...

Viv S

no sh!t. Have you had a look at their peaceful neighborhood? They do live in a pretty tough neighborhood. All the same its surprising they're no closer to a solution today than they were in 1973. As JEM said we don't have to disapprove/approve of *everything* they do. ;) Definitely not. The Indo-Is...

Viv S

A population of 7 million completely surrounded by states such as Syria Lebanan Jordan Egypt Iraq Saudi Arabia Which would not like to see anything more than see Israel go down. Do you want to count their population and GDP? Actually that list is a lot less imposing than it seems. The numbers regim...

Viv S

How? really how many bomb blasts occur in israel on a day to day basis? being on Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah and every other islamist groups hitlist? Is it not basic doctrine of COIN to take the fight *away* from the cities/populated areas? While Israel has had a good counter-terrorism record its ga...

Viv S

:D Not sure how I missed that one. Anyways, don't mean to be glib about it, but frankly, Hamas is even more forthright about their intentions vis-a-vis Israel. So complaining that Israel is doing a bloodier job than Hamas is not much more than rhetoric. The Palestinians, who voted in Hamas, are bas...

Viv S

India was consisting of 600 different states within a state at the time of british. apart from few convention states there were many feudatory(sic) states. the british were powerful in their presidency areas - madras, calcutta and bombay presidencies and misruled from these presidencies. Nominally ...

Viv S

Should the German people be held responsible for the actions of the Nazis? Yes, if Germans do not regret, feel ashamed and apologized for those actions. They're mostly dead. German people today have nothing to be ashamed of, or apologize for. is x living in the same castle built by the robbery of X...

Viv S

Well this is a matter subject to some debate. I'm not so sure it was pointless, although the scale of it was indeed mind-boggling. What is quite noteworthy IMHO is the effectiveness of the targeting (of course, I'm not saying there was no collateral damage). But the targets they chose were (largely...

Viv S

I'll take Israeli figures over Palestinians ones, thanks. Wonderful. Israeli figures follow: http://www.btselem.org/Download/20090909_Cast_Lead_Fatalities_Eng.pdf http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804522061&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull BTW, the revised figures quote over 1000 ...

Viv S

Should x harbor ill feelings towards y? its a loaded philosophical question, but one thing is for sure. I wouldnt be seeing x in too much bad light if he holds a grudge towards y. To think that actions taken by you does not affect your grandchild in one way or other is foolishness. True but should ...

Viv S

Had the British quit after the first world war, they might have left better memories of the Raj in India. In any case, if there is one thing that has to be conceded. The British were the ones who laid the foundation for modern India. Its entirely possible if not probable, that had they not establish...

Viv S

700 militants killed with the loss of 10 of its own soldiers. Yeah. Idiotic and pointless. 700 militants is the figure Israeli Defence Forces put forward. They were 'off-the-mark' about the civilian casualties by about 300%. Well over 800 civilians dead including 300 children. That's not the kind o...

Viv S

username changed to vsingh.
you can take a human sounding name of your own choice if you want,
provided its not taken.
Rahul.

Yeah sure. I rather go with Vivek or Vivek S. Either available? (BTW I'd have PM ed you instead quoting you, but that's locked for now).

Viv S

I used to be a pretty strong supporter of Israel, until its actions around the turn of last year. The idiocy and pointlessness of its bombing campaign was mind boggling. In one swoop it managed to undo diplomatic gains made over decades, tarnish its image globally, make a host of enemies, and aliena...

Viv S

About the RCS, everyone should stay calm until more details come out. Regarding the importance of RCS, it's worth noting that Carlo Kopp (of Air Power Australia) says than an Su-35 (or MKI) can handle a JSF. http://ausairpower.net/APA-Flanker.html Also worth reading is Bill Sweetman's article, &quo...

Viv S

Wiki says that RCS depends on distance between the source and the target...but every one quoting RCS seem to ignore the fact...! Am I mistaken...! You are actually. The RCS is purely a property of the object and does not depend on the distance or power of the emitter. Check the wiki article again, ...

Viv S

both Euro-canards claim such low RCS values only when they're flying clean, which happens during airshows only mostly. in an actual combat scenario, there is no way the Euro-canards will have 0.5 m2 RCS, since they let their drop tanks and weapons hang on external pylons. the PAK-FA with internally...

Viv S

It has a Radar Cross Section (RCS) of just 0.5 square metre as compared to the Su-30MKI’s RCS of about 20 square metres.” I hope and pray the officer was mistaken. A RCS of 0.5m would put the T-50s stealth at par with the Rafale and Eurofighter. The F-22 and F-35 are in a completely different leagu...

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