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Rahul M,

The 'shard' (first seen by lunar orbiter 3) is over a mile high.. and one of the tower photographed by zond 3 on the far side of the moon is estimated to be close to ten miles high. Neither is surrounded by a crater. Just too weird..

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Sanjay M, The 'shard' on the moon is real... It may be 'natural', but what process formed it? There are many more anomalous spires (as opposed to true mountains) on the moon, often over a mile high, that cannot be reconciled with our understanding of the moon's geological history. http://media.photo...

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That is an interesting question. While I do not believe in conspiracy theories, I cannot help but ask myself questions about the origin of certain features on the moon- such as mile high spires and translucent ejecta blankets. Even if these features are natural, we should try to understand more abou...

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Talking about strange structures on the moon.. have you ever heard about the lunar 'shard' and lunar 'tower'. The guy who promotes them, and much more BS, is a bit of a kook.. :lol: But those two structures are real, in that there is something very peculiar about their shape, dimensions and appearan...

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The sad truth is that Indian leaders want to keep the people poor and miserable, so that they can be reelected. It is unlikely that the present setup of leaders and decision makers will do anything to improve the situation. In fact, they are trying to do everything, directly and indirectly, to hinde...

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ldev, The west needs countries like India more than we need them. Their economic system is a ponzi scheme based on an ever increasing consumer base. Have you been following the events of the last two (really last 30) years?. I would not worry about prolonged US sanctions. Push comes to shove- make i...

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agree.. ad hominem attacks are never a good idea.

The point is that any criticism should avoid attacking the person.

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JE Menon, Are you suggesting that indian bureaucrats and scientific administrators are doing the best they can? A lot of people, including me, feel that they could do better. I do understand that their attitudes are a consequence of the era they grew up in, but the world has changed. Indians above a...

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There seems to be an unspoken assumption that tests will result in sanctions, and hurt poor indians etc.. Nothing could be further from the truth- The actions of indian politicians, babus and journalists have hurt indians far more than any external action ever could. PS- The west is broke and aging,...

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So he is a charlatan.. great

MBA at Harvard

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I prefer astronaut.. why try to inject sanskrit in it.

Ant riksh = devoid of end = universe
astro = astra = tara = star
cosmos = ordered universe

If you want to restore 'classical' india, start with changing names of indian cities named after muslim tyrants.

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Amit Singh,

Whites have not yet come to grips with their changed status.. they will get there -one way or the other.

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How does that translate in chinese?

Xinhua gives ISRO credit - or are they just trying to avoid giving NASA credit?

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Austin, The big difference between this find and others is: We are now sure that there is enough bound water all over the moon to make extraction and use possible. While it might not support a city, it can certainly support a lunar colony of upto a few dozen people. The amounts in some of the more '...

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So what is holding them back? We have to get our older leaders (in politics and other areas) to retire! They come from an era (and world view) in which they are never as good as whitey. Seriously, this defeatist attitude is far rarer in people born after the mid 1960s. Can build nuke deterrence upto...

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Raveen,

If those factors are the reasons behind the MRCA competition,the saab gripen is the aircraft of choice. It is essentially an LCA replacement.

logistical footprint
2 pilot requirement for MKI
cost of operations
varied roles

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A simple question:

Why not just buy more Su30-MKIs, as it would cheaper than the F-18 (and maybe Rafale or Typhoon) and probably easier to integrate in the IAF.

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Arun_S,

Why not start two threads

1] Retesting and related stuff.

2]1998 Postmortem and related stuff.

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Deterrence explained by Dr. Strangelove (a composite of Herman Kahn and Wernher von Braun) Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack! (Deterrence is more of an art, not an exact science and perception matters) and Yes, but the... whole point of the doomsday mac...

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Arun_S,

I have read that a few grams of tritium/deuterium (gas mixture) injected in the core, results in a 2-3x boost for even older fission designs.

Having said that, it is important that we test our designs at full yield.

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Arun_S,

I am surprised that you are surprised..

Seriously, we have far too many people like them in the upper levels of administration.

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NRao, Personally, I would say about 1,000 - 200kt warhaeds on a mix of well dispersed Agni-2's and 3's should be enough to deal with China. Personally I do not care if they are TN or BF, but you put more TN warheads per missile. Having said that, a 700 kg (500kt) French MR-41 type warhead on a Agni-...

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Ok, one question.

How many nukes does China have (strategic not tactical warheads)?

That is the number we should be interested in, for the near future.

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Partially true.. it is more about the willingness to inflict unacceptable damage. IMHO, the biggest problem with indian nuclear deterrence is the quality of our political leadership, not the weapons. The role of the Indian nuclear weapons is to deter others using nuclear weapons against us. It can p...

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The intractable problem with India is it's geriatric 'white worshiping' political leaders. Get rid of that generation of leaders (all parties) and things will start to change. No nation has ever changed direction without a change in the type of leadership.. type not faction.

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sourab_c,

The MRCA contract is not the appropriate venue to start confidence building measures with the US. I suggest that we start with less crucial stuff, like say helicopter gunships or small frigates.. maybe even armored personal carriers.

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One question:

Given what we know about US policy and attitudes towards India, why are we even seriously considering the F-18 or F-16?

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NRao, Boosted fission typically results in weapons with 2.5-10 times the yield of the pure fission weapon. Example 1- (http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Nwfaq/Nfaq4-3.html) The Joe-4 device used a 40 kt U-235 fission bomb acted as the trigger and produced a total yield of 400 kt for a 10-fold enhancem...

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csharma,

I think they are sure that the 15-25 kt pure fission component of those bombs will work. The 60-80kt output is post boost (tritium or LiD).

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Sanjay M, Indians are risk averse and have short time horizons, and those attitudes have done a lot of damage to India. Unless we accept that there is a defect, we cannot eliminate it! I did not chose my current vocation because it was conventional and secure. I chose it because I liked it, and it w...

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Singha, Even a broken watch is right twice a day. My main problem with his thesis on deterrence is that - he is either lying or delusional. Unless India can hit the top 100 chinese cities with 5x the number of nukes needed to level or depopulate them, we do not have an effective deterrence. I do not...

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Another of PraFOOL Bidwai's gems.. We used to call traitors - jaichand, much like the greeks called their - ephialtes. Maybe we should call our minor traitors- prafools. How many bombs does India need? September 18, 2009 14:58 IST India already has more than 100 fission weapons, each enough to kill ...

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Hiten http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiten T he Hiten (Japanese: "flying angel"[1]) spacecraft (known before launch as Muses-A), built by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of Japan, was launched on January 24, 1990. It was Japan's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar pro...

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Look here- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotic_exploration_of_the_Moon Pioneer program Pioneer 0 (USA, 1958) – failure – orbiter Pioneer 1 (USA, 1958) – failure – orbiter Pioneer 2 (USA, 1958) – failure – orbiter Pioneer 3 (USA, 1958) – failure – flyby Pioneer 4 (USA, 1959) – partial success – flyb...

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Nothing chinese colonization (and population replacement) won't fix. :twisted: Everyone in the world is aware of rampant human rights violation that occur in Australia, perhaps with the connivance of Australian government. But since Australia is a white country, no white country is going to raise it...

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About time!

India needs to carry out more N-tests to get it right

It does not matter if we go for a BF or a TN deterrent. What matters is:

1] Do we have enough (good yield + numerous warheads).

2] Are we prepared to use them, if that day came. (political will and command system)

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animesharma, EDITED If the US and Russia were filled with people like you, they would still be in the dark ages. You have problems understanding that no breakthrough was ever made without taking a calculated risk. Some risks pay off and others fail, but Indians like you want to win every time. Newsf...

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Gagan, To conduct a nuclear test for a 100-400 kt nuke, you require: 1] an isolated rocky or coral island (less than half a kilometer long). The Lakshadweep area is another possibility. or 2] A shallow undersea island that could be prepared with a modified old oil rig (we are looking for natural gas...

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Arun_S, On second thought, these tunnels might be more useful for perpetual storage of our 'white worshiping' leaders. PS- Every nuclear power has dug more than a few holes that were never used, so nobody can really claim to be surprised. My sources tell me tunnels for next round of test have been r...

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Gagan,

Not all islands in that chain are worthy of preservation. Surely, an underground weapon test on a 200-300 m long island (that is at least 50 km from the nearest populated island) is not a bad idea.

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