Bharat Rakshak

i would agree with that, MBT''s will not be a part of future land warfare (at least not in its current form) with a 3 man tank crew and relatively heavy elephants which would make easy pickings for UCAV's and increasingly sophisticated portable ATGM's. in the long term we have to look at unmanned s...

DRDO takes up Defence Ministry's role for next-gen missiles DRDO will look at facilities required at the Indian Air Force bases where missiles will be deployed When the Akash surface-to-air missile (SAM) enters service withthe Indian Air Force (IAF) this month, it will have taken 30 years to have b...

While "nelson" pretty much appears to be trolling, I believe it is important to provide reasonable answers where possible to his statements, for the record. With reference to his statement that the Arjun's broader tracks make it more mine damage prone, I believe there are two principal kin...

The argument about airdropping is stupid ddm paid by tin-can lobby. Check out how the M1 63Tonner tank is delivered by C17s. That livefist is all wrong. lQl3iyqrk8g PS: well not just all wrong, but big time BS as well! Z0-r5aZvnqU If the argument about Arjun vs tin-can is only by weight then IA is ...

Oh, and one more thing. I believe China to be the significant medium and long term threat and not Pakistan, which belief IMO most informed Indians share. Wikipedia shows the Chinese Type 99 to weigh between 54 to 58 tons, with the newest iterations (Type 99A1 and A2) weighing between 57 and 58 tons....

.... Arjun-1 is combat ready at 58.5 tons. Do we have assault bridges of MLC 60 with span less than 15m (yes 15 m) in inventory? Interesting that nelson brought this up. A little googling brought up this article: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/we-have-the-worlds-best-bridging-system-rnde/664222/...

It seems as if the good General is implying that the Army is not very happy with the Arjun, but will take what it is given to operate with. Not happy with the Mk I. They seem to be looking forward to the Mk II. I don't really see why they should be unhappy with the Mk 1. It isn't as if they have an...

India's Arjun Tank In Army's Biggest Wargame From the above link: For now, let me tell you what 21 Corps commander Lt Gen Sanjiv Langer said when I asked him if the regiment under his formation was happy with the Arjun: " It is not our job to be happy. We have objectives, and we have to make d...

Sometimes, the level of ignorance and stupidity really baffles me... :roll: http://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2011/11/end-this-mmrca-hara-kiri.html How the simple fact that we are going to acquire PAKFA in numbers misses his radar confound me !! Unless he considers (based on info exclusive to him) tha...

Excellent! Now will we see a return by the Chinese to their old games in Part II?

My regular paanwalla spoke to the chai tapri vala who was somewhere near the Astra raakit launch. .......... Overall, it was a test of different aspects of raakit motor, control laws and weight management. It was a success on all assigned test points. Of course the mijjile followed expected ballist...

With respect to Arjun tank, I have a theory on the induction pace and numbers planned for induction of Mk1. Now, considering the IA's chequered history wrt Arjun, this may seem implausible but please hear me out. Now we know that Arjun has turned a corner - and that is on two accounts: (1) When the...

Conflicting news to what I have posted. Astra nosedives for second time ----------------- Others like ET say that the second did not have problems. Chacko ji, So far we've seen several conflicting reports: 1. Two tests were conducted, the first one failed and the second succeeded (Shiv Aroor). 2. T...

Panel for opening up submarine construction to private sector L&T, which is constructing a shipyard in Ennore in Tamil Nadu, and Pipavav Shipyard , which has an existing shipyard in Gujarat, have been recommended by the panel to build submarines in partnership with government owned companies as...

Any news on whether the ARDE 155 mm gun project ever got off the ground, apart from the sole IDRW report?

I closely followed rohitvats' spirited and well reasoned arguments in defence of the Arjun last year on the armour thread against our "useful idiots" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot ) who went out of their way to passionately defend the indefensible aka the T90, and believe tha...

What is happening with the Indian cryo engine? I'm not able to find any reliable news beyond April 2010. While searching though I came across this (old) gem: http://kuku.sawf.org/Articles/3583.aspx . Is there any truth to it or is Vaijinder K. Thakur another nekulturny basher of indigenous efforts?

China's Presence in PoK 'Increasing Steadily': Army China's presence in Pakistan -occupied Kashmir (PoK) is "increasing steadily" and its troops are "actually present" along the Line of Control, a top Army Commander said, adding the Chinese footprints are "too close for com...

Funnily enough, the Army`s criticism seems to be limited to the INSAS. While my exposure to military info is limited, I have never heard much criticism of the Ishapore 1A1 (the 7.62 mm SLR which is a licence produced copy of the FN FAL) or its famous predecessors, the .303 Lee-Enfield (SMLE) or its ...