Bharat Rakshak

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Eagerly waiting for the iOS version.

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RoYG- Male King Cobras have been known to get 18 feet long, they have huge venom glands, the make up with quantity for less potent venom. Are intelligent and rarely attack humans Yep, their size is certainly shakinah. Exclusive diet of other snakes. The super predator in snakes. And there is no ant...

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JNURM was instrumental in helping blr get its showpiece and calling card over other metros - the network of Volvo buses. blr has a lot more volvos than marcopolo or tata/AL buses. perhaps the only city in india with so many comfortable high end public buses. Aren't Volvos produced in a factory not ...

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Some new pictures of INS Kolkata have been released in the media http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3emaECKhZEU/U74f8L2IKcI/AAAAAAAAWxE/5m80ayOHZT8/s1600/1ST+SEA+TRIALS+KOLKATA.jpg The 64 LRSAM add a quantum leap in AD capabilities over the 48 Shtil1 and 32 Barak1 SAMs of the Delhi class. I'm not sure I spo...

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I seem to have the same problem accessing BRF from Netherlands. have to use either tor or vpn or foxyproxy surprisingly i can access bharat-rakshak.com , just not the forums. Same problem here at work - able to access the main site just fine, forums need Tor. I think the forums are run on a differe...

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Wont the report NOT go into the political aspects and just concentrate on the military ones? If so then there should be no harm in revealing it unless the very things that were India/IA's weakness then, still persist.

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i dont know if i can post here.. but for some strange reason i can access this forum from my office network but iam unable to access from my home network :( . can anyone post a solution. I have started having the reverse problem from the last couple of days. Just times out from work so I suspected ...

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Gotta love it that they're demanding overtime pay as well! And this was for an order to manufacture 19,000 rifles among 4 factories in one year. Why they need overtime for this order needs some explaining as well. The trouble is that IA is dependent on OFB for a lot of other stuff besides firearms,...

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Then OFB issues are pure production issues that can be solved by either 1. Improving OFB by better training, equipment and "motivation" and lamppost for those against it 2. Giving design to Indian private production agency. If this agency is a big gun then can also suggest design improveme...

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Icing on the cake would have been if GAGAN could augment GLONASS also instead of just augmenting GPS signals. They GLONASS+GAGAN would probably be as accurate as GPS+GLONASS+GAGAN when GPS is denied.

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Reasons could be 1. AJ is a DIEnasty stooge and wants to avoid officially showing Nehru in a poor light 2. Nehru was at fault for insisting IA occupy positions it had no hope in hell of defending if attacked by the Chinese, positions that were actually in Tibet and not in India as claimed by us 3. I...

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Meanwhile back in the loon city that is known as the INC. Sonia meets President Pranab, pushes for Leader of Opposition status there righted the wrong. 8) If I'm reading BJP's approach to this, it is to wait for the Congress to come and formally ask for LOP status. Then decline stating rules. Massi...

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That Saurav Jha article offers much food for thought. I wonder why the IA is not pushing for private sector participation in the production of the INSAS system of rifles if it feels that there are production issues with OFB? The whole thing just smacks of import-if-import-option-is-available to me. ...

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Just got to know about this news: http://archive.mid-day.com/news/2010/jan/270110-sanjay-kumar-kargil-hero-demoted.htm I was wondering, what's the deal here?? Can anybody tell me?? I dunno if its discussed here previously, I tried to search on BRF but couldn't locate anything. Unless there is clari...

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ASPji whose job is to ensure that OFB does its job properly? I think the answer here is to give pvt sector the blueprints and get it manufactured from them, atleast a parallel order especially when OFB doesnt event produce sufficient quantities all the while providing subpar quality. We should not ...

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Prediction. The Rafale will come and form a deep part of IAF for the next 30 years. One of the things I will say about my fellow SDREs is that they may be slow. But they are not stupid. A deal like this one has enough fine detail that really must not be concluded in a hurry - especially when both s...

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Has the IA ever said what exactly is wrong with the INSAS rifles? Wrong as in wrong in 2014, not wrong in 1998.

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He also criticized the Abe administration for steamrolling the “strong (domestic) opposition” to the changes.

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Sometimes I have idle thoughts of planning for deterrence breakdown and not deterrence. Assume that you *will* get nuked, either by Pakistan alone, or by Pakistan acting in concert with China and the West and plan your nuclear posture around that. Only cost would get in the way then and no uncertain...

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The author missed to state what the follow up question was. Without knowing the question, it is difficult to fully understand what Obama sought to convey by throwing around his middle name. Probably meant 1. He is part Muslim and therefore cannot condone "what Modi has done to Muslims in Gujar...

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SSridhar wrote:I have sent my comments in 3 parts. Let me see if they publish.

Please post if here if they do not publish it.

How does the fellow propose using INS Arihant if the missles it carries are demated from their warheads?

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I wonder why Modi is going to meet Obama. 1. Is it to gauge whether or not the US is willing to support the Indian attempt (now) to make the economy grow at a much faster pace? If so a visit may not be needed. 2. Is it to forge a personal equation with Obama? That is a fool's errand judging by the f...

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Madhusudhan wrote:Modi needs to announce immediate cancellation of the US visit, and wait for a more friendly government to be in place in the US to grow any ties.

Which means that will never happen. There will never be a friendly US government for us so why go ahead with this charade of a visit?

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Very good summation SSridhar. The last para especially sets out just what we must do. Now to wait and watch if the Modi government follows an assertive policy or is as much or even more subservient to China than the UPA one.

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Western arm of the monsoon (the Arabian sea one) is not showing any signs of revival. KA, KL, Goa and MH are going to be raped this year. At least it looks like that now. Unheard of rainfall deficiency in places like Mumbai. Not just Krishna and Godavari, the Cauvery is also going to be badly affect...

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Very, very, very disquieting news on signing the additional protocol. I had misgivings on reading the headlines but only now managed to read Bharat Karnad's article. And if the first para is true we are signing away our crown jewels so to speak. Unlimited access for the IAEA has potential to be a di...

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NDTV knows that with AJ around they are safe and SS and RSP from I&B are their backup is my thinking.

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chaanakya wrote:West Bengal governor Mkn resigned

There should be a file on him and that needs to be shoved up his backside.

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PS4 performance normal.

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PS3 separated.

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Coasting phase is normal

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Love their graphics. Old style but comprehensive.

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Paul wrote:I saw his statement on TV. He is just asking AJ to buck up and get cracking. Nothing more.

Question is whether he will.

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Gerard wrote:Report finds nearly 40 women illegally sterilised in four Californian prisons

Preventing more criminals from even being born. How advanced!

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Karan M wrote:^^ Another Antony success story

All part of the plan to increase the confidence of the enemy. A true defense minister of Pakistan.

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Picklu wrote:And the strategic benefit of having the most crucial component of an offensive capability completely under control can not be emphasized enough.

+108

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Obviously world class products can be made in isolation without any user involvement barring user disdain. The same rhetoric which gets trotted out every time - as if DRDO and Defense PSU have the N-1 ingredients ready for world class products and only thing missing is service involvement! I would ...

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He is right about 1. Timelines 2. Weight increase 3. Aerodynamics with respect to length of the aircraft 4. Challenges that will be have to be faced when the gun firing tests start 5. Token numbers of Tejas Mk1 that will be ordered He is wrong about 1. Top speed achieved. Although we have no idea of...

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What is the difference between Do-228 NG and Do-228 with respect to structure? If the difference is not much why will RUAG not allow final assembly outside Germany? For workshare and jobs related reasons or strategic?

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<SNIP>now if only IA top brass were half as diligent and exultant about domestic products and improvements, we would be somewhere else close to Cheen, not lagging miles behind. Yeah, it's only these generals which are holding DRDO back from producing world class products! Obviously world class prod...

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