Bharat Rakshak

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The true answer is a fully operational BMD system (accelerate the development and induction of PAD and AAD). I think in the current state of affairs, a BMD with WMD is the true deterrent. Stockpiling nuclear weapons can only achieve MAD policy... which might not be enough... So far world super powe...

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narayanan wrote:I must register my protest that the JF-17 Thundaar is not being considered.

+5 (I vote with all five fingers in protest)

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A reinforced basement is a best place to survive nuclear blast. Basements though are expensive and I don't think India has too many. Other option is to be in place with low population density and minimum strategic value. I suspect Indian villages will do just fine surviving nuclear war as no one has...

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You wouldn't guess by the amount of discussion on MRCA thread on Mig 35 and F-18 that Rafale will be a front runner. Seems like there is a silent majority on the forum.

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Yesterday saw 20 Century Battlefields on Military channel Britian vs. Argentina...Argentina equipped with 5 exocet missiles and a few fighter regiments sunk 5 British ships and almost changed the course of the battle. Now think of 100s of Su 30MKI equipped with 100s of Brahmos - if lizard in the nor...

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Let me give everyone a good reason to not depend on Google for search:- Google saves every search run from any computer with its IP address in its database. The database is never pruned. US law enforcement and intelligence agencies depend on google for information on folks. Seems like someone is sne...

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Abhiti, The ISRO guys get paid at government rates don't they? The do launch satellites and send moon missions don't they?There's your answer. No ISRO doesn't face the same dynamics as GTRE. Unlike GTRE, ISRO doesn't need to match LM + NASA to last 10% of performance. But matching the last 10-15% i...

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My vote is to Rafale, I see so far it is winning.

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Why the Handicrafts industry is not developing gas turbine engines - there is a GTRE that pretends to be doing this. So WHY is it not right to ask why GTRE has been such an abysmal failure for all these decades? I note that Maruti Suzuki and Mahindra build cars/ SUVs that compete fairly well agains...

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The redeeming part of Bhuvan are the info that makes it an India-specific GIS - district boundaries, village statistics, census info etc which maybe of immense use for many govermund departments and applications. ofcourse we are jpeg jingos and will ogle googleearth high res images of airbases and ...

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"In military terms, both conventional and non-conventional, we neither have the capability nor the intention to match China, force for force." while India could not catch up with China militarily, it should aim to level the playing field as much as possible. Answer - nuclear weapons and h...

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Ted Kotcheff wrote:So strategic, political or whatever it may be, in retrospect, buying the whorenet may not be a bad idea w.r.t EUM. India would have unlimited rights to use it against pakisatan or chinkus.

I have nothing against day dreaming as long as it doesn't impact the decision making.

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Philip wrote:Adm.Bhagwat wanted an audit (naturally) when no ATV was in sight.

If true I would fully support his sacking.

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Nitesh wrote:India defines outer limit of weapons programme

CNN-IBN is CNN in masquerade. It is essentially American stooge. You could see clearly the dividing line during 123 discussions with communists like The Hindu on one side and American stooge like CNN-IBN on the other side.

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a sad day for India :( When 14000 dead are not enough for a country to learn ANY lessons, what can I say to this new US lapdog? :evil: As our PM MMS said, his toughest day in office was about nuclear deal. He didn't care that much when hundreds of people were dying in Mumbai. Indian politicians don...

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Austin wrote:But please some one tell me what advantage will a Typhoon,Rafale or F-18 will give over MKI or its newer cousin Su-35 ( please dont give me the stealth reason ) , they all fall in heavy category.

Operational cost, diversification, and improved avionics and radar

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The Arihant is a new class,a hybrid SSBN/SSGN,as there is actually nothing like it in any navy,even though it might be based upon and contain many Russian sub features including the reactor.It has been designed to suit the needs of the country and its strategic deterrent primarily,with a second obj...

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The mix can be divided between the Rafale and Mig 35 after all if the US claims on IAF orders is their nuke deal then the other two countries stood by India through thick and thin while US was pontificating and egging PRC after the 1998 tests. And while at it buy more Su-30MKIs with same radar as M...

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Both contributed money and intellectual , where do you think Russian make those ramjet engine and seeker from , out of dust ? Doesn't that cost money ? All that infrastructure in India , R&D facility to make exotic stuff like SCAN , do we develop that from thin air ? Brahmos is a clear win win ...

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This is a joint venture. So, there's no question of transfer of technology. Russia manufactures the engines, we manufacture the guidance system and integrate the two,' Pillai said. 'Transfer of technology occurs if the technology is purchased,' he added. So the boss admits no technology transfer , ...

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Austin wrote:It might not be the same , but it will not be too different either in terms of MW(t) , the rest is just a happy coincidence.

It will take more than conjectures and rumors to disprove AEC version.

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The day we are independent enough to defend against a Chinese aggression, alone, we can choose to ignore unkil. This topic is becoming heavy on geo politics but then geo politics is part of MRCA deal. I like your notion that India needs to watch its own interest only and everything else will fall i...

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However, let me just finally add that at the end of the day, India is not doing America a favor by choosing to build stronger ties with America or trusting America and giving American companies a fair chance without prejudice. Rather, this is an opportunity for India to take advantage to forge clos...

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Pakistan starts Interpol search for Mumbai suspects PARIS (Reuters) - Pakistan has launched a global search for 13 suspects in last November's attack on Mumbai, the international police network Interpol said on Thursday. May be they just want to preempt India releasing such a interpol notice which ...

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No , it was a joint development always , Russia brought what they had , we brought to the table what we had , there was no technology transfer or any thing of that sort for Brahmos , that was clarified by HAL chief some months back Hmm...this article seems to claim there was indeed some technology ...

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From published reports,the earlier '80s plan to design and build a sub based upon "Charlie" experience,came to nought because of the inability of BARC to design a reactor to fit into such a sub.The programme languished for some time until it was taken up again with Russian help and a new ...

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Yes, why don't you look up the cost of ADS then talk. If you are under the delusion than CSL can actually deliver it on time or cost then you are going to be disappointed. The gorky will have a life of 30-35 years in IN and it is good enough for IN. I looked it up already before my earlier post. Wh...

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I don't know why we link to articles like "03 Aug Other Sinking billions into nuclear weapons (Rediff)". This gives the author a lot of hits for free. I wouldn't encourage garbage reporters like Pakistani Bidwai.

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dnivas wrote:wow. Bharti, seriously. This reads like an article from north korea times.

What I found funny was that author claims he is a former ambassador of land of pure.

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Remind which countries' president has Nuclear Non Proliferation on top of his list...is it America? Cannot remember clearly...pls help. :?: Well its not America. And all G8 members have nuclear non-proliferation as a goal- thats the POINT of the NSG (which they are all part of! ) You are just like ...

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Hilarious! this "old" ship crap again. They are stripping it down to the very skeleton. We see how well the "old" Hermes is doing don't we? Btw, last I checked, a carrier like the Cavour cost about 1.4 billion euros (2+ b USD) WITHOUT the aircraft complement. Sorry, no new carri...

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The cost of gorky alone is about 2.1 bil (hopefully with kashtan-M etc). If you can get another AC with same displacement for that price let us know, IN will be very interested. Cavour cost the same and is half the displacement and will need costlier STOVL air crafts. How about you compare it to AD...

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Did we manage to reverse engineer the Brahmos-1 ramjet engine or develop a Indian seeker yet ? If not its premature for Pillai to say what Shiv "claims" he did , creates problem when things are going smooth and all success for Brahmos , this would alert the Russian about our intention and...

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Yup, the Americans are building trust as can be seen from the latest ENR fiaso at the G8 meet. :roll: There are EIGHT countries, the beloved Russia and France included who agreed to the ENR restriction! Yet somehow this is an "American" conspiracy ! Thats amusing! :roll: Remind which coun...

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It doesnt really matter which aircraft the Indians choose, the probability of them being used in any significant way is small. However, looking at the future where unmanned aircraft are going to be the norm, it would be best to pave a path that would secure technologies for that future; which means...

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Man, I sure hope so. This soap opera put the "bold and beautiful" to shame. But $ 2.7 billion for a fully refurbed carrier with 16 latest MiG-29ks plus support and training sounds really good. No it isn't good, an old carrier with half the life costs the same as new carrier is called a ri...

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very low. the only boat PLAN can spare is the xia. secondly pak won't get a SSBN, they can ask for a han ssn. for that too chances are low IMHO. We need to worry about not just what PLAN can spare but also what Pak can pay for in barter or cash. PRC never gave Pak anything for free, everything was ...

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Mig-35 is a good buy logistics ,customisation , cost effectiveness point of view will go a long way in streamlining the type that IAF operates and reducing maintenance cost. Adding one more new Western type , will only aggravate the problem that the IAF is currently facing of operating so many diff...

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The decision to join hands with Russia in developing a 5th-gen fighter was a masterstroke that kept the Chinese out of acquiring the next-gen of fighter etch.china will most probably now try and steal UCAV tech from the priliferation of manufacturers worldwide to leapfrog the tech gap. How did Indi...

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