Bharat Rakshak

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There was spy activity in ISRO about two months ago when we heard of the shooting in front of ISROs gates in Bangalore. How far can we rule out sabotage from this case? Wont getting any wreck show us some meaningful clue? Some how when something gets tested a thousand times for safety but fizzles ou...

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I didnt hear the heat shields separated? If the new heat shields was still on then the carbon-fiber heat shield would have with stood reentry(if any) then can the satellite be salvaged or would the Navy be pressed to find the wreckage? The heat shield separates @160 secs into flight at @70 km of he...

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I spoke to some friends of mine here from the aerospace department. Though they are all PhD students, their field of studies are different. But they all said that they would get back to me after speaking to the guys in this field. I know a few guys who build aeromodels and a team which is building ...

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I didnt hear the heat shields separated? If the new heat shields was still on then the carbon-fiber heat shield would have with stood reentry(if any) then can the satellite be salvaged or would the Navy be pressed to find the wreckage?

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Just buy the Mig-29OVTs and invest rest of money on mirage-2000 upgrade!! Its not like we are going to fight USA or some developed country, its just TSP with its busted a** jets and Chine with its clones.

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Actually its the genius of simple out of the box thinking, notice that the leading edge of the Elevator is before the Wing Flaps!! :) So this model does not rely on second hand turbulent air from the wing, it scopes the air right below the wing and has its own flow, its simply an "why did they ...

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>>>If both the wing and elevator are in the same line does it not effect the wind flow to the elevators and make it useless? How in your opinion, would it affect the wind flow to the elevator??? As far as i have seen the flaps and elevators are always aligned differently, either below or above the ...

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The tail elevator and wing aileron are in the same line! Wont that render the elevator useless? The aerodynamics of this aircraft is some what revolutionary or just plain weird! If both the wing and elevator are in the same line does it not effect the wind flow to the elevators and make it useless? ...

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Gaur: (Indian Bison, its the largest Bison in the world),

Avik: fearless

Akais: Swift Warrior

Awni: One who aids.

Azure: A Color similar to Sky Blue

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^^ Definitely a moral booster for every body, i agree! May be they should name it as lucky, wonder whats the right translation in Sanskrit or may be just skip the mambo jumbo and name it in Tamil. Call it Surra(Shark) or Black Shark, because it looks like one.

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......The design beats anything out there but the co-pilots view seems to be a bit restricted? {compared to other helos, no. even otherwise, co-pilot's primary instrument will be the HMDS, he won't need to see everything with eyeball Mk1.} However i have a doubt, wasnt there an issue with attack he...

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Finally finally finally..!! Its a great relief this baby is up and flying, this really makes my entire year. I was very skeptical about the March date for the maiden flight but HAL did it and three cheers for that. Its seems HAL is becoming quite the pro with Helios. The design is a killer but the c...

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Is this thing for real? What is the bi-product or waste? In traditional fuel cells if you combine hydrogen and oxygen you get H2O as bi-product. What does KRs bloom box emit? This needs some serious debate though. http://news.nationalgeographic.co.in/news/2010/02/100224-bloom-energy-bloom-box-sci-te...

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Lets not get carried away...!Its only clever forward thinking by uncle.The USAs new enemy does not even own a Radar let alone bother about a 352million dollar plain, for the next 50years the terrorist are going to bleed US in other ways, so it only makes sense for them to concentrate their resources...

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The Indian preference should be an independent Sindh. The pakis have some how convinced everyone that a United-Pakistan is better!! Sure its better but for only those little Napoleons who like to play war games in pindipukstan. In reality do we consider Bangladesh a bigger threat than west Pakistan...

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My heart felt condolence to b.harrys family and friends. He was quite knowledgeable and i loved his articles on LCA. However I am a bit suspicious that someone can die of heart attack at 23 while sitting at home! Could they find out the difference between suffocation and a heart attack in a post mor...

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SaiK wrote:we should wait for what DRDO is about to say for these failures..

May be if our loud mouth media showed as much attention on these issues as Karenna Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan, they would be doing the country a great favor.

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if you ask me, that shows the confidence in GTRE folks.. we have tons of a/cs that need upgrades from migs, jaguars, sukhois etc.. Kaveri baseline is very very important. if I can see a future.. why not DRDO and everyone out there? We still cant get our priorities right thats why! I think Mani Shan...

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so 10 times you go to russkies, you spend as much... btw, why is that DRDO is not even planning to have this setup at home? something fishy! I guess the answer is how many jet engines are being designed in India! We have just one project and its various derivatives, So much of it depends on how the...

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^^ Where is it mentioned that it a test facility would cost $100 mil. Just asking out of curiosity, could not find a source in the previous page This one does not state the cost but merely mentions it will run in the hundreds of crores but i am sure i read some where the number 300 to 400 cant reme...

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The pictures are up on my page ndtv.com/vishnu Please do join the page. I am trying to build this as a forum to occasionally have defence related chats and put up relevant information. I would request all my BR friends to join in as Friend. Vishnu Som Associate Editor and Senior Anchor NDTV Can we ...

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I have the images. Am trying to post them onto my page ndtv.com/vishnu Run into some tech problems. Pics too heavy. Will get them up if I can ASAP Vishnu Som Associate Editor and Senior Anchor NDTV I cant wait to see it, is there an video too! I dont know if you remember but i once messaged you on ...

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if we have already spent 3000 crores for K, and still expecting to spend more, why not spend another 100 odd crore more high altitude test facility.. I am sure after Kaveri, there is more engines/versions we might build, especially enhanced ones for MCA, FGFA may be too interested. n number of poss...

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Ok, fair enough, a nice Miami type beach-front high rise cit would be great, but you have to keep in mind that there was no vast stretches of vacant land available so close to the beach as demanded by our 'most admired company' types who want to freeload 800-1000 acres and waste most of it. A lot o...

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Our USP is our beaches and long coast lines but our politicians are so uneducated they are making the IT corridor inland!! Democracy is real a great way to screw up development. Er...the IT corridor (OMR) is not more than 5-10 km from the sea as the bird flies. I know that, my company was the first...

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For those who missed the speech!
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-vi ... ingh-india

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The way CNN is showing the state dinner i am feeling sort of sad for MS!! They are comparing Princess Diana who danced with John Travolta, do they expect an 75 year old India man to be that Charismatic!! May be they should have taken one of those useless bollywood stars Amithab Bachan or Sharuk Kha...

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White house official discussion on facebook!
http://apps.facebook.com/whitehouselive/

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The way CNN is showing the state dinner i am feeling sort of sad for MS!! They are comparing Princess Diana who danced with John Travolta, do they expect an 75 year old India man to be that Charismatic!! May be they should have taken one of those useless bollywood stars Amithab Bachan or Sharuk Khan...

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ssmitra wrote:http://i36.tinypic.com/35mmcuh.jpg

American Soldier: O look a burger!!

Indian Soldier: huhh?

lol..

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Is it just me or does anyone else feel nervous when MS speaks? I was afraid he would chock but he did a good job..

He is great man and i think others see as an honest man who they can trust, so he gets a lot of deal done that way.

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Both Bangalore and Hyderabad are way ahead in infrastructure compared to Chennai. The new Hyderabad express way is already open and Bangalore to is getting ready but there is no signs of it in Chennai yet!! We are only now testing the soil for a Metro project here. The elevated express way is yet to...

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This is the worst news i have heard so far!! The back bone of our delivery system was always suspicious and looking in view with our N-tests which also under performed, my long suspected fear seems to be coming true. We are sitting ducks! Its the mindset that scares me, they get into denial mood and...

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Because we are very good boys and don't want to be seen as naughty boys. It's OK to get our teeth kicked in by naughty boys though. AM Barbora has suggested that we should become naughty boys from now on. Hope he has a long and successful career. Well i guess thats a good thing in a way? Because th...

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I really hope IAF does not do this mistake of going with yankee crap that we will regret later. It would be safer to buy goods from the Chinese than go with the Americans. Call me old fashioned but the Mig-35 will always be an kick ass fighter and is our best bet with full TOT and if they allow us t...

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I dont want to sound naive but i was just curious if Mods or Admins at BR can invite scientists from HAL or GTRE to join us in these discussions? Could we mail or talk over the phone and invite these scientists to have a few words with us! Because looking at these pages for years and years and not g...

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the new engines are by reverse-engineering both the Al-31 and the CFM56 used in 737s. I didnt think reverse engg is that easy, i mean if thats true why didnt we learn the same way from the engines we assemble in india? I think its more likely they stole the prints or payed some Russian scientists t...

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It is the truth. Pakistan sometimes sell on behalf of the Chinese, they do produce some Chinese licensed weapons and sell to Islamic countries as 'halal' weapons. :shock: I haven't seen any Indian exports except for Dhruv. http://news.oneindia.in/2009/11/20/india-does-not-match-up-to-pak-defence-ia...

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They say the West and USA in particular are pro democracy and are fighting for the spread of democracy around the world but all through USAs diplomatic history they have supported China and Pakistan over India, there whole diplomatic history has been a sham of hypocrisy! First they allowed all the b...

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Hello... I am from Chennai does anyone know when if this meet is for sure? I may be able to make it if there are any serious plans.

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