Bharat Rakshak

Brando

If you think the US is somebody's nuclear stooge you've got aother thing coming. Especially over disputed territory where nobody lives. Perhaps you are not up to date on the news. US vows to defend Japan if China Air zone sparks crisis Hagel repeated that the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands —...

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A few years ago the Philipines airforce sent their naval installations to smitherens in one of the spartly island and they could not diddly squat. That is one of the reason they are still sulking and provided just chump change to the Philipines after the typhoon hit last week. China still holds Sca...

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If anybody thinks the US is going to commit its forces over the Senkaku Islands they have lost their mind. Looks like John Kerry and Chuck Hagel have lost their minds. :D If Amerika fails to honor its treaty with Japan, then Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia need to reevaluate t...

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Quite a few Chinese "nationalists" believe that the Mutual Co-operation and Security Agreement between the USA and Japan won't come into effect as the Americans are more likely to sue for peace and force Japan to make accommodations to China rather than escalate the situation. Also, the cu...

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Was wondering if this could be countered by mounting speakers close to the props and playing a soundtrack to add extra sounds and distort the original sound signature? This would only "increase" the total acoustic signature of the vessel. There are methods in which the existing signature ...

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For all practical purpose he is a king who can go live in any country he wants. He is most definitely NOT a King. His grandfather was conferred the title of "Prince" by the British for his "services" in fighting the Afghans during the Anglo-Afghan wars. The Aga Khan III himself ...

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I think, seriously, that the IAF should accept a rolling IOC/FOC (something they have done when it comes to foreign efforts - MKI in particular). IF the MoD + IAF (and others) are going to insist on a hard date for IOC/FOC, the LCA (and perhaps even the AMCA) are doomed to fail. Sadly something we ...

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HAL must have moved people into Tejas mk2 project. there seems to be a team from project director downward for it. without success in Tejas mk2 , the AMCA is a impossible goal in many respects. Cheen went through that curve working on the J-10a,b,c......they are about a decade ahead of us in aerosp...

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As usual the Government paper pushers and bean counters are LONG on talk and short on walking the walk. Such kind of naked delusions makes them and consequently the rest of us look stupid. India has neither the experience nor the manufacturing ability to produce a modern, safe and efficient passenge...

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Why not buy an entire tracked artillery system from somebody who actually knows how to build them like the Europeans, the Koreans, the Russians etc ??

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Why replace these tactical missiles ? Instead having both will give the Army to flexibility to use Prahar AND Prithvi for different tasks, utilizing the warhead size of the Prithvi and the precision of the Prahar optimally. While Prahar may be technologically superior, does the cost required to refu...

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Good and simple article on Leading edge vortices and their control : http://www.acsol.net/~nmasters/vortex-lift/delta.html

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Opportunity for Indian defence planners to buy US equipment too cheap From the article :"The Pentagon has determined that it will no longer have use for about 12,300 of its 25,500 MRAPs scattered at bases worldwide, officials said. In Afghanistan, the military has labeled about 2,000 of its ro...

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see.. didn't IAF say recently, that they would opt for more MKI (the upgraded version) if Rafale deal fails? If the Rafale deal fails, they should scrap the competition and buy MIG 35s. Would make more sense than more MKIs. IF negotiations with Dassault fail, then wouldn't the contract automaticall...

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Defense Sales test for Kerry ..... The Obama administration believes that the key objective of the President’s visit two-and-a-half years ago remains unfulfilled. That objective was to create more jobs for Americans through increased trade and other economic interactions with India at a time the US...

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^^^ I don't understand the fuss. Why was the IAF so hesitant to use the C130s? Hell, the C-130 have even managed to land on a carrier - a proper landing strip would be a luxury. Low visibility / poor weather etc are no longer credibly excuses against military air operations especially with modern te...

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Have the Para's been deployed in rescue operations in Uttarkhand ? http://www.vancouverdesi.com/news/will-rescue-all-trapped-in-uttarakhand-lt-gen-chait/576321/ Lt. Gen. Chait said the best army officers have been deployed for the rescue operations and each one of them was equal to four men. “Those ...

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"Then India bought our oil very cheaply but is not even willing to pay us with Rupees. This emerged in a bitter report following a meeting between the Minister of Commerce and the Chairman of Central Bank." that's a very low blow from India. These guys (the Indian petroleum ministry i.e) ...

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The Chemical Weapons boogeyman is perhaps the biggest cliche that the Americans can use. Even Americans find such claims ludicrous, yet the American media has already swallowed it as gospel truth and move on....amazing! I can't figure it that is just blind patriotism on part of the US media or just ...

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You mean 'namaz' which is prayer rather than azaan which is call to prayer. Actually the world "Namaaz" is a Persian word. The real Arabic word is "Salah" or "Salat". Apart from the South-Asian continent and the Turks, none of the other Muslims call it "Namaaz&quo...

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What makes anybody in Sri lanka think the bureaucrats in New Delhi give 1 paisa if the 13th Amendment was imposed "unfairly" or "fairly" on Sri Lanka ?? Life is not fair - they need to stop whining and get used to it. During the Indo-Pak war of 1975, it was the Sri lankans who of...

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Non-assertive Indian foreign policy is bonus to Sri Lanka Then I had a brief conversation with the Minister Salman Khurshid during the tea break. I touched on the political pandemonium accelerated by government of Sri Lanka to whittle down the 13th amendment to the constitution. My question was: ‘t...

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^^^ :rotfl: : I had the distinct displeasure of being in the "venerable KSA" under the protection of the "custodian of the two holy mosques" and I can still remember how during the First Gulf war when Saddam was lobbing his Scuds at the Saudis blowing up huge apartment buildings ...

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Anybody notice how the "brave" and "honorable" A-rabs and Salafi A-rab nationalists in the ME aren't sending anything more than their pocket lint to the Free Syrian Army ?? Once again, the Saud's, Emirati and Qatari A-rabs want others (US and Euros) to fight their fight, just lik...

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partha wrote: Young Muslim meme -

http://i.imgur.com/siuZ3rc.png

Paki shore?? Looks like French Beach @ Karachi

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Gagan wrote:She took her meds today...

VikasRaina wrote:Maybe the money has stopped flowing

Stage 6 of her relationship - "Conflict"

It remains to be seen, if the Paki ISI come calling with chocolates and roses and a hawala receipt.

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^^ So Paki Rupee 1014 Billion comes to what, $10 billion ? Even that number is absurd considering the forces they deploy. The actual number is twice that at least.

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YOGA AT TAKSIM: People practise yoga in Gezi Park at Taksim Square in Istanbul on Friday. REUTERS Bah, even Islamic turkey accepts Hindooos yoga, but our sickular brigade cry hoarse when we introduce surya-namaskar or Saraswathi Vandan. Difference between Turkey and India is that the Indian Muslims...

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http://beta.dawn.com/news/1017785/pakistan-raises-annual-defence-budget-by-10-per-cent What is incredible is that with just $6.3 billion USD they are able to maintain such a large standing army, carry out their espionage operations, missile development, etc, etc. It seems impossible. I'm sure the &...

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13th Amendment dilution bid by Lanka worries India India is concerned about the efforts being made by the Sri Lankan Government to dilute key provisions of the 13th Amendment, a key to reach a political settlement with Lankan Tamils, thus casting a shadow over the credibility of the forthcoming Nor...

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^^ T:W is only one consideration and it's relevance is more crucial to acceleration than top speed. The top speed achieved by the Su-27/30 airframe is Mach 2.3 while the F-15D/E was Mach 2.5 in the 1990s at altitude. The Eurofighter claims it can do Mach 2.2+ but then again has never taken the RAF s...

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The RAF chief said in 2011 that the Typhoons beat the Su-30MKI. His words were "well, they lost". That's total bull considering that both the aircraft were firstly operating in combined teams and second the Su-30mki's were flow by a mix of rookie and veteran pilots while the RAF brought o...

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Any information regarding Pakistan's acquisition of the Chinese supersonic cruise missile YJ-12 derivative CM-400AKG for its JF-17s?? Considering that it is claimed to have a range of 250km at Mach 4, it looks like a weapon designed to defeat the Indian Navy's carrier force or any attempt to enforce...

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It's "NEXT WEEK" - are we there yet ??

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^^ Apparently it also takes an autocratic state with no freedom of press to "succeed" because nobody questions to credibility of home-made products or their efficacy as they do in India. Nobody is questioning the Chinese about their J-10, its efficacy or its reliability even when J-10s fal...

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^^ Please note that the USAF numbers are for F16 C/D most of which were made in the late 80's/early 90s while the article quotes Jane's Defense review's numbers of the F16 Block 52's as of 2008. The number given for F-16 Block 52s is ~$8000.

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But between counting on DRDO to design and deliver a N-plant for a new build being built by a PSU shipyard...... What makes you think DRDO is going to build and design a nuclear power plant ?? Did they "build and design" the ATV reactor ? Indian PWRs have been around since the 70s. Obviou...

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^^ All you answers can be found here: http://www.stratpost.com/gripen-operational-cost-lowest-of-all-western-fighters-janes and http://elpdefensenews.blogspot.in/2012/06/usaf-aircraft-are-too-expensive-to-fly.html According to Jane's estimates : Typhoon~$18,000 ; Rafale ~$16,500. Su-30MK estimated t...

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[url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/world/asia/in-china-hacking-has-widespread-acceptance.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0[/url] An excellent article in the NYT regarding the thriving private sector cyber security and cyber espionage world, it is quite conceivable some Indian companies also engage in...

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We are still in "Junior school" as far as sub design and construction goes.The ATV has been our proudest achievement,..... Considering that India has never even tried its hand at building indigenous diesels and took its first step straight with nuclear subs, we are still very much on the ...

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