Bharat Rakshak

merlin

So what is the timeline for LRSAM to finish testing and then start production and initial examples arming INS Kolkata?

merlin

So here are my questions on the INS Arihant

1. What are the dimensions? Length - 111 m (or 112 m?), Beam - 11 m (or 15m?), Draft - 10 m (or 11m?)
2. Surface displacement is 6000 tonnes. What is the dived displacement?
3. 83 MWt translates to how many SHP?

merlin

Aha, as I thought, this is the real reason why no full time Raksha Mantri has been appointed. A new Raksha Mantri would need time to be apprised of the situation and would have to be someone who is energetic enough to take care of this mess, tall order. There is no luxury of time now, and no learni...

merlin

http://www.indianotes.com/uploads/artic ... t_2014.pdf

First three months of Modi rule.

merlin

ramana wrote:
ramana wrote:Any update on Turdpal's case? And how about charging Shomeless Chaudary for tampering with evidence?

Rape pal I think is still out on bail, courtesy his friends in court (HC, I think, though I wouldn't be surprised if it is the SC what with bending with the wind CJ in charge).

merlin

Fantastic... more transparency please ! Implicitly, are the IAF guys admitting that they too treat Program Management as 2nd class assignment ? LCA Navy vs. IAF question: answer is rather simple; the Navy came late - and luckily had no history of being lied to repeatedly. As far as IAF concerned, I...

merlin

HAL did design and manufacture Kiran Mk1 and Mk2 so not sure why they would need ADA help on this.

HAL has claimed that working on the Tejas and gaining experience on it helped them to speed up design and prototype production (and presumably initial testing) of the IJT/Sitara.

merlin

Sometimes its funny that they do so. Copy the Americans in everything to do with the military, a disease we are not immune too. Atleast they get it right most of the time!!! We are still one leg in with the American Ishtyle and One leg stuck with the Soviets and the end khichdi is sometimes painful...

merlin

well HALs position is always secure with billions $$ of license builds and overhaul jobs. it is navaratna status, a huge PSU employer(means guaranteed state level political backing) and koi kuch ukhar nahi sakta. GOI has to make a call whether ADA+NAL+Cemilac+ASTE+CABS... should merge, get more man...

merlin

Chinese could have bought it because logistically its not challenge And well because they are Chinese...They need to show everybody that they are better than them. They follow the American guidebook of International Relations to the letter :wink: Sometimes its funny that they do so. Copy the Americ...

merlin

Indian Navy gets facility for uninterrupted communication with ships http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indian-navy-gets-facility-for-uninterrupted-communication-with-ships/489491-3.html New Delhi: To establish uninterrupted communication with its deployed ships, especially submarines, the Navy on Thursday...

merlin

NRao wrote:I *think* the IAF *needs* a good mix (50-50) of F-35A and F-35B. They seem to have "deep" and "plains" covered, but, even there no harm investing in improvements.

The IN can follow with a mix of F-35B and F-35C (with perhaps the EMALS + E-2 + whatever)

Good wet dreams.

merlin

IMHO, India lacks a governing body that provides direction, some form of encouragement, enables funds, supports effort and a place where-the-buck-stops. Or if there is one, it has been very, very ineffective. This applies to everything - across the board, exceptions:IN, ISRO and a handful of others...

merlin

A nice read http://nitinagokhale.blogspot.com/2014/ ... -1250.html

merlin

Foreign policy decisions are made well ahead of time and do not change dramatically and do not change much with change of regime either. The babus are well versed and would have quickly updated him. According to NVS, the babus are the problem here - Modi and the West The Indian Foreign Service is s...

merlin

chilarai wrote:Indian jawan's beheading: Army has given befitting reply to Pakistan, says Gen Bikram Singh

Must have sent dossiers.

merlin

rohitvats wrote:
Further, I don't think there is any data-point to show that those two crashes on Siachen mentioned in one of the reports happened because ALH were employed in a role outside their envelope.

So why is the good Lt. Gen. saying that?

merlin

Back stabbers

merlin

Modi and the West

merlin

Again a request for Tapatalk enabling the forum. On a tablet using a finger for HTML links is a very blunt selection tool so just going to the website to browse BRF is very painful.

merlin

As an Indian citizen I ask the question - Why can the Navy with the lesser financial resources, and the same DRDO produce world-class ships, while the Indian Army with much greater resources... The Indian Navy has the largest sanctioned pool of Naval Architects in India. The Army has no such sancti...

merlin

There seems to be no clarity as to why the Tejas is delayed, *yet again*. FOC by this year end was stated by Avinash Chander and if it misses that goal it is yet another failed promise bringing the credibility of ADA/HAL to a new low with respect to dates. I wonder why there is a delay in delivering...

merlin

rohitvats wrote:With Bharat Karnad, it is some time difficult to tell where facts cease and fictions begin...

Could be.

But he is better connected than most of the folks here so some of the things he says may be true. In any case this is the first time I'm reading someone say delay lies with IN for P75I.

merlin

So according to Bharat Karnad, the reason for the delay in P75I lies with the IN instead of the MoD!

merlin

That Dhruv crash is, IIRC, the first crash in India with people killed. Not good news at all. I hope the cause is localized to that particular Dhruv and doesn't turn out to be a system wide problem requiring the fleet to be grounded until fixed. Dhruvs are now in widespread use and a grounding will ...

merlin

I'm telling you this as a moderator : go easy on the language you use for the armed forces. Your right to crtiticize Services does not come with leeway to use terms as 'Import Generals' or any other such nonsense. I've said enough number number of times and will not repeat again. Mind it. Friendly ...

merlin

The current Indian governments position is to sign away any Indian leverage in exchange of vague promises to let India join the NSG. No different from the UPA government.

merlin

India voted against Israel in the UN. More importantly they supported the Kashmiri terrorist loving Palestinians. Ummah ko chumma diya Modi ne.

merlin

RoyG wrote:Spoke to a geologist in India yesterday. Sad state of affairs with thorium reserves. I've been told that it has been cut almost in half.

By exporting the stuff away?

merlin

Again and again we come to the same thing. A full time defence minister is needed to sort through the mess and crack the whip to get a viable plan in place. Otherwise this charade will continue forever.

merlin

F-16 program was a very fast program, Just 5-6 years from down selecting 2 design teams the aircraft was being produced in two production lines - one in Europe and one in the US. The IOC of the F-16 was less then 5 years from the first flight of the prototype. It would be tough for any clean sheet ...

merlin

Hari Seldon wrote:Much larger protest over Gaza in London than anywhere in the Arab world. Why am I not surprised only?

Not for nothing is it called Londonistan.

merlin

shiv wrote:http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/bl ... /troll.jpg

There is a reason for the Foe feature which causes posts from trolls to disappear and not be seen. Very useful.

merlin

This is welcome news.However,there were some doubts expressed earlier about the cost of investment as against the numbers mentioned.100 aircraft guaranteed would be far better.What we are most like to see is a foreign design/partner with local assemble/building over here. They could consider lettin...

merlin

sooraj wrote:

from rediff

Be fun to watch the US twist and turn and squirm to act like "yes this is a state visit, but no there isn't any normal treatment given as we are still not satisfied with Modi the butcher of Gujarat".

Popcorn and beer time.

merlin

I, for one, would like someone to prove that Rafale has thrice the range of the Tejas with equivalent fuel and payload in terms of payload weight to aircraft weight and fuel weight to aircraft weight.

merlin

Railways' 'silent killers': Now, trains won't stop at 'MP stops' Posting in full as its a genuinely good move A LONG list of additional train stoppages, mostly cleared after pressure from local MPs, costs the Railways department about Rs 1 crore daily. Now, the cash-strapped ministry has decided to...

merlin

What I didn't understand is that if HAL could build the Kiran Mk1 and Mk2 which is liked by the IAF, how on earth can they screw up so badly with the IJT? Its not like the design skills for an IJT have atrophied so why is the IJT having so many problems (ignoring the engine issues)?

merlin

My respects to the departed soul.

merlin

I think more than infrastructure upgrade to increase average speed of trains, reducing the number of stops for the fast ones should also be done. The average speed going down has a lot to do with too many stops and for too long.

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