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Just as a FYI. The latest issue of AWST has a nice, but short, article on netwroking sensors for real-time sharing of info among various participants in a war.

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In a slide show presented in Aug, 01, Dr. Carlo Kopp of Australia had this to say about the NIIP N-011M Phased Array (for the MKI) The NIIP N-011M is currently in advanced development for use on the Indian Su-30MKI. It is a passive phase shifter technology phased array, with an aperture of close to ...

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ToI: IAF to phase out MiG-21 F/L version

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That sounds absolutely strange to me....why would we not excercise with forces with whom we have at least common equipment with? Add to the above list: I would prefer to excercise with those who have diff equipment than I do. Regarding Amrikan jumping of An-32s, well, well, Deshi Bhai do not have f...

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GMan: “There are a lot of similarities between our services,” he said. “They have specialty mechanics [electricians, engine troops] and additional duties just like we do. We discussed airframes of the C-130 and the AN-32 and discovered different abilities of each.” Agra’s Chief Operations Officer Gr...

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GMan, God, you never quit. :) 1) what is the purpose of this exercise? just jump of each other's planes, with each others gear? Read this: PACAF troops participate in Cope India 2) what does jumping off planes in agra from a C130 teach a poor Indian Jawan? I can understand the americans getting to d...

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More info and interesting photos:
Copa India (Oct 17)
PACAF participates with Indian forces in Alaskan exercise

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Bir, Welcome. You are right that the tech was stolen from teh germans, in afct, if one were to read some books they state that the US made an extraordinary attempt to get to such techs that were in the Russian zones, before the Russians could get to them. However, the issue is which of the technolog...

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The new laser defenses target incoming missiles in boost phase, not the booster. The size of the booster is huge and in one piece (i.e., MIRVs have not separated) so easier to detect. If the booster engines are destroyed then it is very unlikely that much of the warhead will survive. Only risk here...

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Wonder how this will impact Indian missile/air defense plans... UAE seems to purchasing a system that does not exist today, which measn that India has no access to such a system anyway - it does not exist. Also, the knock on the Ru tech is the radar is it not - their radars are not up to par with s...

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More as a FYI, this article deals with the History of Russian ABM System and makes no mention of the 300 at all. The Russians seem to have some good technologies, but ever since the collapse of the USSR, they also seem to have slowly crumbled - not much advances in research, etc. But, one thing seem...

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S-300 PMU At best: Designed for effective defence of vital facilities of the state and its armed forces against mass strikes by modem and future aircraft, strategic cruise missiles, tactical and theatre ballistic missiles, and other air attack weapons over a full range of altitudes and speeds in he...

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George J: I m confused now. If India bought the T-90S at $1.02M a piece. How does the REAL cost of T-90S become $2.5M? Why is $1.02M not considered a REAL price? I didnt think we were getting any concessions from the russians. $800 Million for 310 tanks, makes it approx 2.58/T-90. I would expect mo...

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RS, It does not seem to be THAT bad: Merkava Mk 1 - 4 Comparison Also of interest: Vectop Tank Sight System Merkava Based ARV Designed for Merkava Mk4 GD883 Diesel Power Pack However, I am not sure if India at THIS point in time can take advantage of any of the feature/s. I would imagine that some o...

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The latest India Today has an article on Indo-Israeli coop in defence.

Amonmg the usual Phalcon, barak, etc is a armour piercing shell made of depleted uranaium for the T-72 and T-90.

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On a side note as a FYI:

Defense-Update: Merkava Mk4 Detailed

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Austin, Going beyond stationary, GSP cooridinated targets is asking for rudimentary or remote intelligence. The more we ask from such a machine the more we get into the realm of unmanned flights with growing built-in intelligence. IMHO, it is far better to fund true unmanned machines that perform th...

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SS -- Submarine SSBN -- Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine SSG -- Guided Missile Submarine SSGN -- Nuclear Powered Guided Missile Submarine SSK -- Hunter-Killler Submarine SSN -- Nuclear Powered Submarine SSQ -- Communications or ELINT submarine (unofficial) SSQN --Nuclear Powered Communic...

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An unnamed senior Indian Ministry of Defense official also noted that over 70 percent of the Indian Army’s 2,000 T-72 tanks were simply not battle-worthy 70% not battle-worthy simply means that India better pack their bags. With the Army on a high state of alert - on the border with Pakistan (that ...

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And,

Outlook: Army denies withdrawing three strike divisions from border
Outlook: India taking keen interest in Russian Air Defence System

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If there is ever a real imbalance..worry not...we will simply buy the store! If 40 F-16s could trigger 130 M2K/MiG-29s and 50 Fantans could trigger 200 MiG-27s...can you imagine what a couple of 100 Al Khalids will trigger? I would like to see this cycle broken once and for all. Along with the nara...

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defencejournal: Russian T-72 Tank The fire control system comprises the 1A40-1 sighting complex based on the TPD-K1 laser ranging sight of the T-72A tank. The field of view of the sight is stabilized in two planes. For firing artillery rounds at night and launching guided missiles in daytime, provi...

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hunter-killer tank

Are there any other types of tanks?

Also, regarding Mush and his car/s, let us leave that to the Jihadis. One less shell to waste. Just a thought.

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Can anybody say how a FCS works?Does it use RADAR to track targets and aim or what ??? And many more. As an example here is a flow diagram for a FCS (Computingdevices) . IR, visual, Low res IR and low res visual are used. Seems like more emphasis is on correcting the acquired data and fusing images...

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AWST, June 17th issue, page 20:

India's Govenment has reportedly begun talks with Dassault Aviations for the purchase of Mirage 2000-5 fighters for India's Strategic Command Force, which is to be established within the next two years and has a requirement for 36 aircrafts - two squadrons'-worth

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One could state with certainity that such devices will be used against Americans in the ME too. Wonder what the respective govts and people think of that. No more a bomb that goes off and kills a non (say) KSA citizen a 100 miles away. Something like this can effect the population for centuries to c...

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While we wallow in the intricacies of AQ/Taliban/TSP nuke scientists/etc, the streets are going to be filled with THEM. It is US (not United States) vs. THEM. And, that is THE ONLY way to see the issue. Sadly ( :) ), Mush also falls in the THEM category. Current certifications cannot remove what has...

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Asiaage: UK may sell India HMS Invincible

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Miss the old way the forum was structured though. It was much easier to contribute to a particular topic and even a particular sub-topic. Was more like MS file structure. Could we get that back pleeeease?

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<blockquote>quote:<hr>Did I miss out something ??? Here's excertp of a report from DAWN: http://www.dawn.com/2002/02/03/top1.htm .... The foreign minister condemned India for conducting new missile tests, the second series in less th...

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New]http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991845]New Scientist: India lacks suitable warheads for tested missile [/URL] Bing, bing, bing, bing, ...., ...., ....,. <blockquote>quote:<hr>Jasani say that testing is a long...

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JEM,U R right about the Brahmos trajectory. It did do a vertical-to-horizontak shift a few yds after blast-off. Mike,I introduced the topic of Yak-130. Pure speculation on my part. (It is my understanding that the RUAF has accepted this machine, so....)

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<blockquote>quote:<hr>) i) The second picture is an 'optical illusion' caused by a blurred image. ii) Wrong picture has been released by mistake or for disinformation. iii) A second missile possibly under sea launched one was tested, to...

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<blockquote>quote:<hr>Does China or USA do the same thing, i.e., inform India when they test something? I never heard of China informing India of any of their impending tests. Why are we so defensive of our actions? If we want to test w...

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Saw part of the blast-off on PBS, seemed like it was a missile without the fins!!!!

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<A HREF="http://warplanes.hypermart.net/videosmig29.htm" TARGET=_blank>'Vidoe of MiG-29K takeoff and landing on an AC (4th from bottom)'</A>

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Acharya,Hope you are right.Who knows, we may have taken POK and will get to know about it in 2010

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BTW, the link is : <A HREF="http://www.timesofindia.com/today/22indu9.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.timesofindia.com/today/22indu9.htm</A> Also, the DM states that:He said production of the Arjun MBT had been ordered and serial roll out was on the lines. "But economies of sc...

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Mody,"The Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal A Y Tipnis, however, struck a note of caution. "The pendulum of Indian emotions should not swing towards euphoria because many more aeronautical miles have to be flown. But the LCA has set the stage for more achievements fo...

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1. I did not see any thing or hear anything of this sort. BTW, my house was not too far from the sea and a lot of myfriends did live by the Worli Sea Face. But that does not mean that it did not happen some place else.2. There was a whole bunch of AA fire at nights - in bursts. A few theories did...

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