Search found 2124 matches

by wig
14 May 2014 08:34
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: INS Arihant (ATV) News and Discussion -2
Replies: 4158
Views: 1195268

Re: INS Arihant (ATV) News and Discussion -2

Arihant N-sub gets ready to fire ballistic missiles Movingcloser towards completing the nuclear triad, the indigenously developednuclear-powered submarine, INS Arihant, will soon be testing its capability tolaunch long range ballistic missiles from within the depths of the ocean. “We willbe conducti...
by wig
12 May 2014 09:53
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Army: News and Discussions 15 Apr 2012
Replies: 3969
Views: 519389

Re: Indian Army: News and Discussions 15 Apr 2012

Young gurkha slays Pak militant in fierce hand-hand-combat long LoC in Jammu and Kashmir A 23-year-old courageous soldier of the Gurkha regiment killed a Pakistani trained infiltrator during a hand-to-hand combat along the Line of Control in Poonch in the wee hours of Saturday. Defence PRO in Jammu ...
by wig
11 Apr 2014 09:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 292869

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

it seems the isi chief's phone was tapped There has been much conjecture about why Bobby let rip the other day whilst addressing a group of commandos. Apparently, it has to do substantially with the Mush saga but there are other irritants too, between the “ruddy civilians” and the boys led by Bob. O...
by wig
03 Apr 2014 18:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 292869

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

meanwhile, Nine-month-old booked for murder in Pakistan a nine-month- old Pakistani boy has been booked for attempted murder by attacking a police team here. Musa was produced in court where Additional District and Sessions Judge Rafaqat Ali granted bail to the minor till April 12 and directed the p...
by wig
03 Apr 2014 10:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Deterrence
Replies: 5130
Views: 924459

Re: Deterrence

one, Jonathan Pollard, - shortly to be released from gaol is the former US intelligence agent who was convicted of spying for Israel by compromising Pakistan’s nuclear secrets. this implies that the US was complicit of Paki nuke capability and was actively assisting in masking it Pollard, J was jail...
by wig
03 Apr 2014 10:11
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Army History Thread
Replies: 1020
Views: 528879

Re: Indian Army History Thread

a beautiful tribute to FM Sam Manekshaw on his birth centenary April 3, 2014, will mark the birth centenary of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, one of India's greatest Generals. And Ministry of Defence's Wing Commander Tarun Kumar Singha, chief public relations officer, Kolkata, recollects Sam's life af...
by wig
03 Apr 2014 09:19
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Army History Thread
Replies: 1020
Views: 528879

Re: Indian Army History Thread

A write up on General Field Marshal SHFJ Manekshaw , Indian Army. Today 03 April 2014 is the 100th Birth Anniversary of this distinguished soldier The author of this article, Lt Gen Depinder Singh (Retd) was Military Assistant to Sam Manekshaw during his tenure as Chief of the Army Staff TO Sam Mane...
by wig
01 Apr 2014 10:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Inder Malhotra's series on 1962 war
Replies: 496
Views: 51313

Re: Inder Malhotra's series on 1962 war

Gen Malik, V P (Retd) has written on the 1962 war and India’s China policy. he critiques Henderson Brooks' review as being confined to operational tasking IN analysing any armed conflict, two aspects have great importance. Why did it happen, or what were the geo-political and strategic circumstances...
by wig
26 Mar 2014 21:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
Replies: 3102
Views: 331579

Re: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing

if we are rely on this report the Malaysian authorities are still not releasing the contents of the cargo manifest what was on board Flight 370? Malaysian officials, after saying the cargo manifest would "be released in due course," later got a little more specific and said the Boeing 777 ...
by wig
26 Mar 2014 10:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
Replies: 3102
Views: 331579

Re: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing

Adding another puzzle to the list of questions over the flight, which flew on for seven hours after it vanished from radar, Malaysian authorities said that the plane appeared to make a final satellite contact after the last of its routine electronic “handshakes” was emitted. “There is evidence of a ...
by wig
22 Mar 2014 08:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 292869

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

on the SRI Ratnaeshwar Mahadev temple in Karachi -Pak rights body seeks CJ's intervention to save Karachi temple A 150-year-old Hindu temple in Karachi is facing threat due to construction of underpasses and flyovers in the area and the country's rights body has sought intervention of the Chief Just...
by wig
20 Mar 2014 17:36
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Nature Conservation in India News & Discussion
Replies: 807
Views: 175367

Re: Nature Conservation in India News & Discussion

India is building Asia's largest secure forest network in Karnataka excerpt landmark effort by the Indian state of Karnataka to connect isolated protected forests could lead to the building of Asia's largest unbroken forest It's been all about connecting the green dots. Since 2012, the southern stat...
by wig
15 Mar 2014 11:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis
Replies: 4002
Views: 456954

Re: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis

girls in Germany leave to become wife of holy warrior excerpts A 16-year-old high school student, the daughter of an Algerian and a German, left her family’s house in Konstanz and never returned. Sonya’s parents called the police fearing the worst. Had their daughter been kidnapped? Was she possibly...
by wig
15 Mar 2014 10:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
Replies: 3102
Views: 331579

Re: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing

Rupert Murdoch has weighed in on the plane's disappearance World seems transfixed by 777 disappearance. Maybe no crash but stolen, effectively hidden, perhaps in Northern Pakistan, like Bin Laden. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/10687223/Malaysia-Airlines-MH370-plane-crash-l...
by wig
13 Mar 2014 12:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
Replies: 3102
Views: 331579

Re: Malaysian Arilines Flight MH-370 goes missing

it appears that data was transmitted in two bursts to the engine maker, Rolls Royce in this case .The data is from the Airborne Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS). The data may help investigators understand what went wrong with the aircraft, no trace of which has yet been found. ...
by wig
13 Mar 2014 10:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
Replies: 3102
Views: 331579

Re: Malaysian Arilines Flight MH-370 goes missing

there is an interesting story, today suggesting the plane may have continued flying for around four more hours beyond its last known position - strange there does not seem to be much by the way of privacy! US investigators and national security officials base that belief on what the paper reports as...
by wig
13 Mar 2014 10:00
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: J&K News and Discussion-2011
Replies: 3989
Views: 575363

Re: J&K News and Discussion-2011

Irregular increase in population of some districts in J&K In a strange revelation, the State Government has admitted irregular increase in population of some districts in the Jammu and Kashmir during the last one decade. While the rise in population of several areas is much higher than the avera...
by wig
10 Mar 2014 12:45
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Naval News & Discussion - 12 Oct 2013
Replies: 4026
Views: 561973

Re: Indian Naval Discussion

http://www.sunday-guardian.com/news/indian-navy-ship-nearly-collided-with-us-tanker Indian Navy ship nearly collided with U.S. tanker Indian Navy destroyer came very close to colliding with an American ship during a joint India-United States naval exercise. This has been disclosed by a US Navy offic...
by wig
10 Mar 2014 02:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Re: US strike options on TSP
Replies: 2412
Views: 247908

Re: Understanding the US-2

this is from an article published in 2000 in the pakistan magazine, 'the Friday times' on the career of one Daud Rahbar. it seems that in order to combat communism the US and NATO did all they could to bring Islamism to turkey In 1956, the government decid-ed to appoint Daud Rahbar to the chair of U...
by wig
10 Mar 2014 02:42
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: International Naval News & Discussion
Replies: 3871
Views: 1086081

Re: International Naval News and Discussion

China’s ballistic missile system for targeting aircraft carriers China has established a novel system for using land-based ballistic missiles to deter America's powerful nuclear-powered aircraft carriers from coming anywhere near its coast, says a team of Indian analysts. A constellation of satellit...
by wig
06 Mar 2014 10:07
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: China Military Watch - Jan 11, 2011
Replies: 6593
Views: 1256151

Re: China Military Watch - Jan 11, 2011

China, announced its defence budget for the year 2014 allocating $ 131.57 billion, 12.2 per cent more than the $117 billion allocation for 2013 excerpted Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, while addressing the Communist Party-controlled National People's Congress (NPC) today, said: “We will resolutely safe...
by wig
06 Mar 2014 09:59
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Army: News and Discussions 15 Apr 2012
Replies: 3969
Views: 519389

Re: Indian Army: News and Discussions 15 Apr 2012

a distinguished soldier, now retired; writes on the Genesis of Army coup syndrome AS a military leader, Major-Gen KS Thimayya, DSO, had emerged shoulders above his contemporaries, post the 1947-48 Indo-Pak war in the J&K theatre. This measure of Timmy was further bolstered when the international...
by wig
06 Mar 2014 09:56
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
Replies: 4208
Views: 1119381

Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector

submarines will be provided with indigenous periscopes soon. I also think that the investment in R&D needs to go up from the current rate of 5% of the defence budget In a step towards enhancing country’s underwater operational capabilities, Indian Navy submarines will soon have indigenous perisc...
by wig
06 Mar 2014 09:40
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Navy Chief Resigns over Sindhuratna fire
Replies: 322
Views: 40753

Re: Navy Chief Resigns over Sindhuratna fire

as per this report the Sindhuratna was running on borrowed batteries on loan from another Kilo-class submarine -INS Sindhukesri and sadly, while the batteries are working fine, the Navy does not have new batteries to fit onto the re-fitted Sindhuratna Indian Navy’s submarine fleet is now emerging as...
by wig
04 Mar 2014 22:11
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: Intelligence and National Security Discussion
Replies: 979
Views: 245629

Re: Intelligence and National Security Discussion

shocking story -Retired Soldier Leaks Army Secrets to ISI At a time when the armed forces are going through a rough patch that has witnessed muckraking, politicking and the loss of lives due to the protracted use of defective equipment, the discovery that Pakistan’s Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) ...
by wig
04 Mar 2014 21:10
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Navy Chief Resigns over Sindhuratna fire
Replies: 322
Views: 40753

Re: Navy Chief Resigns over Sindhuratna fire

INS Sindhuratna fire started on mess deck The fire and resultant smoke in the INS Sindhuratna started on the mess deck and not in the battery pits of the submarine, the defence ministry said here Tuesday, a week after the Feb 26 tragedy in which two naval officers were killed. This was the conclusio...
by wig
20 Feb 2014 09:36
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Army: News and Discussions 15 Apr 2012
Replies: 3969
Views: 519389

Re: Indian Army: News and Discussions 15 Apr 2012

How does the recently announced defence budget stand as a percentage of GDP? kancha ji the figures for defence extracted from the budget presented in Parliament: Year 2013-14 , Estimates 2014-15 (Rupees in Crores) total Non Plan expenditure 1114902 , 1207892 Defence 203672 , 224000 as a percentage ...
by wig
17 Feb 2014 15:46
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: BSF, CRPF and other Paramilitary Forces Discussion
Replies: 929
Views: 318075

Re: BSF, CRPF and other Paramilitary Forces Discussion

the BSF has 20 arty regts! and is now goig to upgrade firing systems, The Border Security Force, the first responder against any attack along the Pakistan border, has decided to upgrade its war stores including artillery guns and firing systems for which it has sought a whopping Rs 100 crore budget ...
by wig
17 Feb 2014 15:41
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Armoured Vehicles Discussion Thread - Jan 12, 2012
Replies: 4308
Views: 586684

Re: Armoured Vehicles Discussion Thread - Jan 12, 2012

hydrojets will be fitted on the BMP to enhance amphibious capability of combat vehicles . the speeds on water will increase from 7kmph to 12 kmph and is capable of being used in sea borne operations where tides will also play a part! The Army is modifying its BMP-2 infantry combat vehicles to enhanc...
by wig
10 Feb 2014 10:15
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
Replies: 4208
Views: 1119381

Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector

DRDO all set to equip armed forces with portable non-lethal laser dazzlers, Multi sensor airborne surveillance system, AUV in offing *‘Weapon’ to be of immense use in counter-insurgency, riots control In a major development towards meeting the stringent requirements of the armed forces, the Defence ...
by wig
08 Feb 2014 09:51
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: INS Arihant (ATV) News and Discussion -2
Replies: 4158
Views: 1195268

Re: INS Arihant (ATV) News and Discussion -2

nuclear-powered submarine Arihant will test-fire the missile so far named ‘B-05’ as part of its forthcoming sea trials. The DRDO chief told a press conference at the Defexpo here that the missiles to be fired from Arihant are ready and the submarine was going through power raising cycles. There are ...
by wig
08 Feb 2014 09:50
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: Intelligence and National Security Discussion
Replies: 979
Views: 245629

Re: Intelligence and National Security Discussion

DRDO talks about the necessity of developing own systems as there appears to be no way that imported products are secure from cyber snooping Chander warned that India faces a major cyber security challenge from imported defence products which can come laden with snooping virus or malwares and should...
by wig
08 Feb 2014 09:44
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
Replies: 4019
Views: 682315

Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion

this is regarding the ballistic missile defence system India’s system to stall an incoming ‘enemy-fired’ nuclear missile in mid-air and destroying it will be put to test in a month from now. The Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system will tackle in mid-air any incoming nuclear missile. DRDO chief Av...
by wig
04 Feb 2014 17:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 292869

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

meanwhile in ukistan a former Ukip spokesman who represented the party in TV and radio appearances used to be the “boss” of a kidnapping gang in Pakistan, it has been reported. Mujeeb ur Rehman Bhutto, who was identified as the party’s Commonwealth spokesman between March and December 2013, first fl...
by wig
31 Jan 2014 13:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis
Replies: 4002
Views: 456954

Re: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis

Islamists Target Hindu Minority In Bangladesh ''The goal of the fundamentalists is to force us to leave Bangladesh and go to India,” says one activist for the rights of religious minorities. There is a pile of burned-out metal sheets and poles, and the smell of ashes still remains in Enayetpur, a Ba...
by wig
24 Jan 2014 10:59
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 292869

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

Taliban issue fatwa to Pakistan’s media Pakistani Taliban have issued a fatwa against the media, declaring it a "party" to the conflict in the country, and drawn up a hit-list of journalists and publishers, a media report said on Thursday. This is the first time since the Tehrik-e-Taliban ...
by wig
21 Jan 2014 09:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 292869

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

we should stop trading with pakis. now they have detained 27 Indian truckers at LoC and are Refusins to release them till J-K Police frees its driver held for smuggling contraband and now has suspended bus service Pakistani authorities on Monday suspended the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad and Poonch-Rawlako...
by wig
21 Jan 2014 09:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 292869

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

Minor Hindu girl raped, killed in Pak Punjab A nine-year-old Hindu girl was raped and killed in Punjab province of Pakistan, officials said on Sunday. Basti Kata, a resident of Mauza Ghunia in Rahim Yar Khan district, located 400 km from provincial capital Lahore, said his daughter went missing whil...
by wig
18 Jan 2014 11:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 292869

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

114 kgs of narcotics recovered from PoK truck entering India ,Biggest ever drug haul in Kashmir; driver, truck detained. this is the quantity of contraband detected. large quantities might be passing through undetected. we are better off without being MFN excerpts In a major drug haul, Jammu and Kas...
by wig
16 Jan 2014 10:05
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Army: News and Discussions 15 Apr 2012
Replies: 3969
Views: 519389

Re: Indian Army: News and Discussions 15 Apr 2012

additional, four army brigades to be deployed in ladakh excerpts Disclosing that four additional Army Brigades would be stationed in Ladakh region within next few months, sources said, “Brigadier level officers have already been posted in the region to personally supervise the creation of infrastruc...