Bharat Rakshak

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Official IN vid -
(RELEASED ON NAVY DAY O4 DEC 2016)

INDIA NAVY - PROFESSIONAL FORCE, TELEFILM 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArrSXuKd6Lk

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A nice pic from LCA FB page -

https://www.facebook.com/tejas.lca/

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Would it be easier to increase the MKI order and dedicate some to the Navy for policing the Indian Ocean? They can take off from coastal IN bases and with the Brahmos, can cover much of the nearby Indian Ocean. You mean patrol Indian Ocean with something like this? http://i40.photobucket.com/albums...

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Exclusive: Indian Air Force Now Won't Ferry Personnel On Its Main Transporter Aircraft Following Crash Inquiry by Sudhi Ranjan Sen http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/12/15/exclusive-indian-air-force-decides-to-stop-ferrying-personnel-o/?utm_hp_ref=in-homepage Russia-made medium transporter aircraft A...

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V-22 could be a useful refueling tanker & cargo aircraft for IN carriers-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfkDfDhJ_JA

Lifts of Vikramaditya are too small, but might work on Vikrant.

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Indranil wrote: Cheetal holds the world altitude record (25,150 feet)

World Altitude record by Helicopter – 42,500Ft

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_al ... Rotorcraft

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Army hunts for new sniper rifle to replace Russian Dragunov By Manu Pubby, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/army-hunts-for-new-sniper-rifle-to-replace-dragunov/articleshow/55863126.cms Proposals have been invited from global manufacturers to present modern sniper rifles that can take...

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Happy Independence Day.

Good to see the forum is back.

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India to acquire 3 Admiral Grigorivich class frigates from Russia http://www.janes.com/article/62776/india-to-acquire-three-admiral-grigorovich-class-frigates-from-Russia Mig pics : http://russianplanes.net/images/to194000/193927.jpg http://russianplanes.net/images/to193000/192918.jpg http://russian...

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India Cancels Deal for Six Airbus Tankers
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defens ... /87720726/

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From FB: SP3 will have her maiden flight around 3rd week of August. Quartz radome testing is going on. Derby is already fired and the envelope will be expanded. Gun trials will also be carried out shortly probably in September. https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13599976_109965058346272...

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Nice vid on T-72 for newbies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krp2y88nNCo

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Towards Self Reliance in Navigation-IRNSS

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Lightning from Space video https://twitter.com/astro_timpeake/status/696998286826147841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b45f51168d177fd543432a87aee4f56f61099df920e3724a166b63b3b7631cd1.gif Video of the Sun for an Entire Year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MImmQvqCSg 8MImmQ...

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaJbCDyUcAAM9FH.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaJbCCpUYAAhk1i.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaJbCE4UYAAPwIp.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaJbCDCUEAAmdDF.jpg Pics are just showing the trials now. I hope HQ pics & vids will be released for the real show.

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Anantha Krishnan M ✈ ‏@writetake 2h2 hours ago HAL chief tells @PTI_News that 1st upgraded Tejas with better radar, missiles system, mid-air refuelling probe, to be given to #IAF by 2018 HAL chief Raju refuses to identify nations shown interest in #Tejas @ Bahrain. Believe us when I say there are in...

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More advert vids:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4H-4oj ... e=youtu.be

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ASTROSAT Completes 100 days in Orbit

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Some lovely pics on the FB Tejas page. Especially liked these ones: https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/12552994_986055304822251_1177473220335906700_n.jpg?oh=bfd07af48f24dc677c41314f52fb9fc2&oe=572F9B2A https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12552725_98...

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Which aircraft are most mission ready The mission-capable rates for the Air Force’s entire fleet of nearly 5,500 aircraft range from 46.98 percent for the B-1B bomber to 100 percent for the C-21C The average age of the fleet is 27 years — with some as old as 53 — but the oldest planes are not those...

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A number of high level people visited the boat. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, the State Minister of Defence, Hon. Ruwan Wijewardene, Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka His Excellency RK Sinha, the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, the Chief of Defence Staff, the Comm...

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Tu-95 explodes (June 2015)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkG4ltu_UGQ

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Vik in Colombo vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDIzbe1sGe0 IDIzbe1sGe0 "First visit of an aircraft carrier to SL after 42 years." Tons of pics: http://www.dailymirror.lk/103727/indian-aircraft-carrier-calls-at-colombo-port http://www.navy.lk/eventnews/2016/01/21/201601211200/ http://w...

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Rajat Pandit ‏@rajatpTOI 4m4 minutes ago New Delhi, Delhi
Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya & destroyer INS Mysore on a visit to Colombo

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More pics here -
https://twitter.com/isro/status/689738593615515648

Vid
https://twitter.com/PIB_India/status/689699168554582016

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Germany's Tornado reconnaissance jets 'can't fly at night' German Tornado jets deployed to Syria for reconnaissance missions can't fly at night, Bild daily reported Tuesday in a new embarrassment for the defence ministry which has been battling equipment problems. A defence ministry spokesman admit...

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Poor 16 year old Taiwanese girl forced to apologize for using a Taiwanese flag. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmvfW7XnbJk qmvfW7XnbJk Taiwan election: How a penitent pop star may have helped Tsai win Chou Tzuyu, a Taiwanese singer and dancer in the Korean girl group Twice, fell on the wrong side o...

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Saurav Jha ‏@SJha1618 4m4 minutes ago New Delhi, Delhi
Tata Motors has won the 6x6 high mobility contract by the way. 1239 vehicles to begin with.
It will be very difficult to keep the Tata's out of the FICV program, especially given their work on the Kestrel etc.

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Nitin A. Gokhale ‏@nitingokhale 18h18 hours ago
The entire LCA Tejas team in Bahrain

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LCA empty weight is 6,560kg with 9,163 kg (20,200 lb) thrust.

http://www.tejas.gov.in/specifications/powerplant.html

JF-17's engine produces around 19,000 lb thrust.

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IFR Promotional Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKJa-U0 ... e=youtu.be

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SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 Jason-3 Barge Landing Attempt - Failure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jshk8ZVIgdI jshk8ZVIgdI Falcon lands on droneship, but the lockout collet doesn't latch on one the four legs, causing it to tip over post landing. Root cause may have been ice buildup due to condensation fro...

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