Bharat Rakshak

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Already operational at passport offices, you can sign on photocopies of documents and those are submitted after verification. No need to attest it by a gazetted officer.

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The Nos' will win by a small margin. Scotland will remain part of GB.

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Russia’s move to sell S-400 missiles to China may rile India Forget China, the Russians can be expected to arm the pakis too in future. That's a given because India will refuse to tie itself to Russia's apron strings. Watcha gonna do. Correct. We just wanna tie ourselves to Unkil's apron strings in...

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Dhruv Mk1 - original one
Dhruv Mk2 - with Shakti engine
Dhruv Mk3 - with Shakti engine and glass cockpit
Dhruv Mk4 - aka Rudra

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deejay wrote:
merlin wrote: Incorrect. Capability building is the nations primary concern. IAF does not care about it.
So the IAF is in the opposite camp?

There are in their own camp

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Marten wrote: Those blaming the DRDO/ADA or IAS should also look at IAF. WE WANT is not the answer.
Capability building is also their PRIMARY concern. Blaming a bunch of corrupt babus or clueless MoD doesn't cut it.

Incorrect. Capability building is the nations primary concern. IAF does not care about it.

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So remains to be seen if Apache to Apache communication using US comm links can be easily changes to Apache to LCH using BEL DL/ODL.

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Pratyush wrote:Confront Islamic State militarily, politically: Arab League head issues call to arms

Will the light greens have a chance against the dark green. Or as it has happened countless times in the past. The dark greens will win over the light greens.

More like light greens will turn dark green.

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Please provide a source for the P-8Is. I'm talking about them communicating with other aircraft for data, not voice. Koti is possibly referring to the BEL datalink2 on the indian P8Is. whether it would be allowed/integrated to the Apaches is a question that needs to be answered. if both LCH and Apa...

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I hold Arun Jaitley (and by extension Modi) fairly and squarely responsible for the continued mess that is the MoD. Insinuation, "media management", perception management and everything else is being used to paint Gen. VKS Singh in a poor light so that everything he initiated as COAS, all ...

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Directorate General of Mechanised Forces (DGMF), which oversees the army’s tank force, has formally proposed that the Arjun be gradually improved through successive models --- Mark II, Mark III, Mark IV and so on --- rather than attempting a major technological leap into the unknown, which is what ...

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How will the Apache's communicate with the Rudras and the LCH? Which UAV's can the Apache control? Only US ones? I think this should be a solvable issue. P-8Is are communicating well arn't they? Please provide a source for the P-8Is. I'm talking about them communicating with other aircraft for data...

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How will the Apache's communicate with the Rudras and the LCH?

Which UAV's can the Apache control? Only US ones?

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Will be very disappointed with the Modi govt. if the person responsible for this treason doesn't swing from a lamp post.

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Chacko, have you heard anything about the SPs? Are more changes being made to accommodate some incremental improvement? Serious question. You know the schedules with OBOGS, new HUD etc. All are pre-planned ones. I suppose there might not be 100% identical copies in MK-1. What OBOGS and new HUD? The...

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Arun Menon wrote:^Better than the scores of trolls that play the "videshi" card each time.

Touche.

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^^ It makes sense that we took advantage of a window without the FM blocking everything and I remember the Airbus deal well. But what I don't understand is, if we could have the pick of the US arsenal because of the quid pro quo why not buy Naval Helicopters, ultra light howitzers etc and LUH throu...

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deejay wrote:merlin ji, any source?

No source. Just past record. I have full confidence they will miss this deadline as well.

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Being completely dependent on Russia for the bulk of the fighters is probably unacceptable for the IAF. Hence the Rafale. If the Tejas was mature enough, India would be crazy to go for the Rafale over it. So there is some need for it. IAF being IAF, no plan B is par for the course. The ideal plan B ...

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deejay wrote:September is the month for the delivery of the first LCA to IAF. Hope it happens.

It was June earlier. Missed. Now September. Will be missed as well.

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France is under russian nuke threat too the comparison to indo france relations is completely off. Besides that the rough comparison to the Indian situation would be if India decided to invade someone. Would France behave similarly? Testing nukes is a totally diff level of the game. They would abso...

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I don't think this article was posted - ISRO: Extreme Engineering

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France not agreeing to abide by the agreement in the first place probably damaged Dassault's chances of a getting a deal signed by GoI. MoD & GoI bought french weapons under the impression that France wouldn't bow down to int'l pressure and impose sanctions. That thinking just went out of the w...

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Where is the follow on order for 3~6 more desi AWACS platforms? It takes 3 years to roll these planes out and need an order out this year to maintain continuity in deliveries. Read some alternate platforms are been considered but unsure why we want to keep wasting time and donating money on new pla...

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srai wrote:^^^

Maybe that includes construction.

Was thinking the same thing.

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I only have a simple viewpoint - is the cost of the Apaches worth the capability they bring in OR can the money be better spent elsewhere? My answer is money can be better spent elsewhere beefing up capabilities that are far more important. How many additional refuellers can the money spent on Apach...

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d_berwal wrote:there is a 105mm Indian field gun being designed with soft recoil technology mounted on tata 2.5ton 4x4 vehicle by IA (EME) with pvt indian company as per publicly available info

Interesting. Will be an almost go anywhere vehicle depending on the weight.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Air Marshal SBP Sinha AVSM,VM Deputy Chief of Air Staff flew the Tejas trainer at HAL airport in Bangalore today. <a href="http://t.co/lqVTS2NBkU">pic.twitter.com/lqVTS2NBkU</a></p>— Anantha Krishnan M (@akxpress) <a href=...

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If their is even an inkling of truth that the Air Chief said this then someone should drop a hint that India cannot afford AF if it persists with these outlandish demands. and when are we going to get over this TOT fascination-never worked in the past and will never work in future. No shortcuts to ...

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Gen. Sagat Singh, Mushy, Bangladeshi treasure, SS Buckeye State, CIA and ISI. A veritable soup including the Shimla agreement, Vajpayee's Agra adventure. Fun read.

Who Stole The Bengali Treasure ?

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Abhay from DRDO is just a tech demonstrator and predates the initial FICV program.
As far as I'm aware, at least initially, Tata Motors (plus a few other Tata group companies) did not take the Abhay prototype. They wanted to come up with their own design. Initially. I'm not aware what happened later.

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And here is the link to his article - http://ajaishukla.blogspot.fr/2014/09/t ... pened.html

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I wonder if there is any area not completed screwed up by the Saint. We are going to pay a heavy price for all the delays. I wonder if the Abhay prototype can be taken as the base and all the companies allowed to take their stab in submitting proposals based on it and the best proposal wins for quic...

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^^^^ Above makes sense. But Army needs to place order for thousands. When will they give Tata the order? Do you know that there is a FICV program under-way under the 'Make India' category where Indian firms in partnership with foreign players have been asked to submit their designs? And the fact th...

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A whoever said that a requirement of 15 is final. Follow on orders are the usual modus operandi in India.

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Except that the A330 has never been used as an AWACS, so its not a quick hack job. Modifying and certifying by OEM will take quite a while.

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thats the sense I get. the DM post is too sensitive, too much scams, too much pressure groups for anyone but the big boss himself to handle. him being the DM needs nobody of any pressure group will dare to show their faces in his strike radius to push their cases. But he is not DM, Jaitley is. Isn'...

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If that's the case, then it makes perfect sense to cancel the import of the LUH. IIRC, a lot of FUD was spread regarding the suitability of the Shakti for the LCH. That it was unsuitable for a single engine machine. However, when the FUD was viewed in the light of the Cheetal upgrade, it made no se...

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So what is the timeline for LRSAM to finish testing and then start production and initial examples arming INS Kolkata? Its headed for final tests now. Saurav feels it will get inducted in 1st half of next year, all going well Thanks for the reply Prem Kumar. That timeline should be comfortable for ...

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Saurav Jha: Turning to tube artillery, what is the status of the Advanced Towed Array Gun System (ATAGS) programme? Avinash Chander: ATAGS programme is going strong. We expect the barrel firing to be done by the end of this year . The programme is on schedule. Saurav Jha: Will it be available for t...

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