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MN Kumar

Its the same KingLong brand thats hitting the Mumbai roads soon. APSRTC tried these Volvo copies and learnt the big mistake they made. All the buses are offroad now i think. I had a horror ride in those twice between Hyd-Bglr.

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Bharti, 15 Other Firms to Lay Cable to UK [quote]Bharti has joined a global consortium to build a $700-million undersea cable system (itâ€™s sixth) that will cut through 13 countries and link India to Britain as reported by AP. The cable will carry commercial traffic by the second quarter of 2010. ...

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A litle old article but worth a read. The State of Innovation in India The fundamental issue in India is the risk/reward equation. It is simply too easy for a young developer in India to get paid a lot by an outsourcing firm; then enjoy being headhunted every year for more money. Those of us old eno...

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MetaASO: A Bootstrapped P2P Startup From India Written by Bernard Lunn / May 8, 2008 7:30 PM / 1 Comments Anyone who has followed my posts on ReadWriteWeb, knows that I am interested in how innovation is going global, particularly innovation from India, and that I think P2P is the next great disrup...

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From Uddu's link above: Like the nuclear weapon the Agni-3 is intended to carry, the missile is a product of home-grown Indian technology. By contrast, Pakistan's shorter-range missiles depend on Chinese and North Korean technology. :eek: The fellow ummah brethren wont believe the most Pure and the ...

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CPM backs demand for renegotiating India-Nepal treaty KOLKATA: The CPM, a key outside supporter of UPA government, on Tuesday backed the demand for renegotiation of Indo-Nepal Peace and Friendship Treaty and said there should be no treaty which is unequal. If there were any areas in the Indo-Nepal ...

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Sonia's Nandigram comments have no importance: Basu UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's comments on Nandigram at a public rally in Malda on Monday have drawn a quick response from the Marxists. This time, it was CPM patriarch Jyoti Basu, a strong votary of supporting the Congress-led coalition at the Ce...

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President Patil addresses near empty Brazil Senate BRASILIA: President Pratibha Patil found herself addressing a near empty Brazil Senate with only 20 of the 81-member house in attendance, leaving the President's office fuming and Brazilian authorities as well as Indian Embassy officials struggling...

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The enws about a new base at Rambilli is old. Posted a link on it sometime back. Navy desperately wants this as its existing base at Vizag is not going to be sufficient in future.

Not sure abt it being bigger than Karwar though. Karwar is to become the biggest Naval base in Asia.

MN Kumar

Shell had entered the retail distribution market in a big way. They have couple of outlets in Hyderabad. Service wise I rate them the best. But was surprised to see their prices going up sharply in a span of 1 month. For diesel it shot up from 35 to 45. They complained about the subsidies the PSU's ...

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I beg to differ about our attmept to host the Olympics. Let be realistic first and be at a competitive level in participating and winning medals. Hosting is one thing and winning a medal is an altogether different thing for us. Later should be the prority. Lets cleanup our act first, remove all the ...

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DSingh its nice to be on a more realistic side but I didnt understand why India wont use its Surface to Surface missile much like China in an allout war. Think of Agni1's and Prithvi's raining down on Chinese positions and Airfields within reach with conventional payloads. Also dont think we will si...

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Missile systems on display at the RCI, DRDO in Hyderabad on Tuesday. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy Thanks Acharya for posting this. Was searching for these when I saw the display in the news yesterday. Def Min AK Antony was in town yesterday. Also there was a gentleman in Navy uniform who was interacting ...

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The engines seem to be bigger.

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Any idea about how much time a Nuclear Sub takes to go out to sea after the reactor has been fuelled?

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Ma Jiali says, "The disputed area in Arunachal Pradesh is very large. But according to my understanding China does not want the whole of Arunachal Pradesh, just the Tawang area. The Tibetan people have very strong religious sentiments towards the area. " So China does care for the sentime...

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From the Brahmos Missile System section posted by KMehta:

Installation of unique multi missile vertical launcher has been completed on board INS Ranvir, providing vertically launched capability from ships for cruise missiles.

Is this the same Universal VLS launcher that L&T is involved?

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Not entirely true Singha. It will be a new Naval Base near Vizag thats going to be the hub of all the activity. Navy is planning to build another major base on the East coast near Vizag. A second naval base on the east coast, which will contribute to increasing India's naval presence in the Bay of B...

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Ajay K wrote:Russian anti terror police using body armour.
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Jeez those scooter helmets...

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Never heard anything about this radar called Bharani before. Can anyone shed some light on this?

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What the hell is this? The caption says LCS1. Picked from xinhua:

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Thought this might also be an appropriate thread for some war gaming read from the IDR archives: OP TOPAC: The Kashmir Imbroglio IDR think-tank war-gamed and published in July 1989 the anticipated course of action by Pakistan in Kashmir under the title OP TOPAC.. This came true in the subsequent yea...

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Kanson wrote:Air launched bramhos operationalized ? thats news to me.

Kanson read what Arun said again: "when air launched brahmos on MKI is operationalized..."

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China & The 123 Agreement by B Raman

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Nuclear Deal versus Nuclear Capability

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JC I dont think it would be difficult to modify this for an Urban Environment with a completely covered and bullet proof cabin like the Hummer. But overall looks impressive.

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JCage wrote:

The new Mahindra AXE from India-Today.

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Looks like an All Terrain Vehicle. With 4WD and a 4000CC engine should have decent performance. Most useful in Desert ops.

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Thanks Rakesh.

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Not able to access BR. But able to get to the forums thru: http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/. I think except the forums no other section is accessible now.

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Kartman wrote:Then die Hunky and Tuffy

Those were just prototypes developed by the Army workshop by modifying the existing chasis and not completely new built ones. They didnt go much further after that.

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Navy's amphibious transport ship INS Jalashwa to be commissioned today

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The Air Force's Mirage 2000 fleet, which boasts of 50+ fighter jets, will be upgraded by the French Defence major Dassault for US $800 million. There will be upgrades in avionics, advanced display sets, EW Systems, Smart small munitions, Fuel capacity, BVR missiles and flight mission simulators. Wh...

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IAF duo zips across in microlite to spread goodwill

ToI special on the Above

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[quote="Juggi G"] S Korean Minister arrives in India to discuss Pak-N Korea Ties [quote] S Korean Minister arrives to discuss Pak-N Korea Ties Manu Pubby Posted online: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 While the ministerial talks will also be directed towards military cooperation and anti-terrorist c...

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LRDE working on Rajendra III radar

Pretty informative article.

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LRDE working on Rajendra III radar

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NRao wrote:
MN Kumar wrote:Arun's IDR article is online now.
Strategic Missiles
That was part I, here is Part II:

Strategic Missiles: Part 2
Concept Evaluation of RV for Strategic Ballistic Missile

Thanks NRao. Thats a 4 part series. I was just pointing to the begining.

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Arun's IDR article is online now.
Strategic Missiles

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Cant be GD as the launch video shows the single warhead nosecone.

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They complain of no prior information. More form the above article: Agni III test sends Indonesia jet home: Report Friday, 13 April , 2007, 11:56 Jakarta: The test fire of Agni III missile by India on Thursday has threatened to erupt into a diplomatic spat after an Indonesian airliner packed with pa...

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