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by chiru
13 Dec 2011 14:18
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Military Aviation
Replies: 4004
Views: 1189489

Re: Indian Military Aviation

@ sum it is :/
by chiru
13 Dec 2011 14:13
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Flight Safety
Replies: 3363
Views: 892683

Re: Military Flight Safety

Third Su-30mki crash today, reported just minutes ago near pune in Kashnand village, both pilots safe !
by chiru
13 Dec 2011 14:13
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Su-30: News and Discussion
Replies: 3952
Views: 1216420

Re: Su-30: News and Discussion

Third Su-30mki crash today, reported just minutes ago near pune in Kashnand village, both pilots safe !
by chiru
10 Dec 2011 19:08
Forum: Military Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Naval Discussion
Replies: 5409
Views: 712192

Re: Indian Naval Discussion

@narmad im not sure about hatches and bulk heads but propeller design and fabrication is a very well guarded secret of nations which produce them hence there is no way MDL will be given the know-how to manufacture it..
by chiru
09 Dec 2011 16:57
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Military Aviation
Replies: 4004
Views: 1189489

Re: Indian Military Aviation

^^ gurus is it this ? 8)

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image on BR

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actual magazine cover
by chiru
12 Oct 2011 20:58
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: International Aerospace Discussion
Replies: 4918
Views: 1176390

Re: International Aerospace Discussion

@shrinivasan you say a decoy - nah i believe the car on the right is just a standby coz you cant have much of a decoy with un-tinted glass !!! you can see it clearly and the second cars stars have been covered up ........
by chiru
06 Oct 2011 08:01
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India selects Typhoon & Rafale for MMRCA shortlist - Part 2
Replies: 3977
Views: 863979

Re: India selects Typhoon & Rafale for MMRCA shortlist - Par

plane which also opened its co-passenger shield as a mark of respect.
:rotfl:

i think the typhoons just deployed the air brake and the stupid journos are making it something else ! :lol:
by chiru
16 Sep 2011 17:42
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Aircraft Recognition
Replies: 1014
Views: 299258

Re: Aircraft Recognition

Problem is that for ground observers the dorsal hump/canopy is mostly not visible. Is there a color difference between Navy and IAF. The Navy birds are blue aren't they and IAF grey? shiv avare the navy abandoned the blue color scheme long ago they have moved onto grey as well but their trainers ar...
by chiru
14 Sep 2011 20:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Aircraft Recognition
Replies: 1014
Views: 299258

Re: Aircraft Recognition

yes the hunchback is a major cue and the mig-29k dosent come with the vanilla single seat canopy of the original baaz its canopy is a twin seat canopy for either the single seat or the twin seat within it ..... http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/1166/img0424gc.jpg eg. both mig-29ks are single seat b...
by chiru
14 Sep 2011 12:54
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Aircraft Recognition
Replies: 1014
Views: 299258

Re: Aircraft Recognition

Mig-29K have a much lighter colour scheme than the regular Mig-29s of the IAF
by chiru
12 Sep 2011 22:24
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Newbie Corner & Military Miscellaneous
Replies: 4126
Views: 858516

Re: Newbie Corner & Military Miscellaneous

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gurus which is the pylon to the left, on the wing ? it seems to be having points for multiple weapons ???

is it for the FAB-500 ?
by chiru
12 Sep 2011 22:24
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Military Aviation
Replies: 4004
Views: 1189489

Re: Indian Military Aviation

Image

gurus which is the pylon to the left, on the wing ? it seems to be having points for multiple weapons ???

is it for the FAB-500 ?
by chiru
05 Sep 2011 22:38
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India selects Typhoon & Rafale for MMRCA shortlist - Part 2
Replies: 3977
Views: 863979

Re: India selects Typhoon & Rafale for MMRCA shortlist - Par

Pop Quiz 2: What country a) Is leading the charge to lift the arms embargo on China? b) Refused to deliver arms that had already been paid for after being bullied with economic threats? c) Was bullied into handing over the disabling codes of weapons they had sold to another country? A) France - rec...
by chiru
05 Sep 2011 22:23
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: ABM/Missile Defense Discussion
Replies: 1942
Views: 579946

Re: ABM/Missile Defense Discussion

But guys I have a query on ABM. Till new US has a dedicated gps system to guide and track incomming as well as interceptor missiles. Recent china and russia also expend there gps program, but the point is do we have any independent program on gps which will reduce our dependency on us...... INRSS -...
by chiru
05 Sep 2011 22:20
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India selects Typhoon & Rafale for MMRCA shortlist - Part 2
Replies: 3977
Views: 863979

Re: India selects Typhoon & Rafale for MMRCA shortlist - Par

pop quiz: what country is currently blocking weapons sales to India?
Germany ?
by chiru
31 Aug 2011 21:17
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: LCA News and Discussions
Replies: 3947
Views: 1014212

Re: LCA News and Discussions

SaiK wrote:actuators for flight controls are being imported!!!??
SaiK saar unkil is the supplier for the actuators of flight controls :wink: ... I cannot recall the manufacturer though
by chiru
06 May 2011 09:37
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Armoured Vehicles Discussion Thread
Replies: 3918
Views: 921678

Re: Armoured Vehicles Discussion Thread

guys its CG, the pic dosent look its from the real world - its frm the mayanagari of PS n stuff :p
by chiru
03 May 2011 20:37
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Su-30: News and Discussion
Replies: 3952
Views: 1216420

Re: Su-30: News and Discussion

@ somnath its true but wasnt there a pic of an mki, when it first landed in tezpur with a red pod underneath it, which was later confirmed to be a photo recce pod....
by chiru
01 Apr 2011 22:34
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: LCA News and Discussions
Replies: 3947
Views: 1014212

Re: LCA News and Discussions

today was a nice day !! around noon saw tejas zoom above my coll campus and within 15 secs a jag was tailing it - both heading west
by chiru
01 Mar 2011 22:52
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Multimedia - Indian Armed Forces
Replies: 2239
Views: 605098

Re: Military Multimedia Content

amazing shots of Arjun in the desert .... nat geo has done it once again :D
by chiru
16 Feb 2011 02:00
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: PAK-FA and FGFA Thread
Replies: 4001
Views: 1031810

Re: PAK-FA and FGFA Thread

gaur sahib though its speculative, i want this to be true :mrgreen: :twisted: coz the news from Russia has fizzled out and this thread is pretty stagnant these days, im starving for some credible info !!!
by chiru
16 Feb 2011 00:03
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: PAK-FA and FGFA Thread
Replies: 4001
Views: 1031810

Re: PAK-FA and FGFA Thread

ive been following http://paralay.iboards.ru/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=203&st=0&sk=t&sd=a forum from the past 4 months and some interesting stuff has come out from there and recently there were videos of PAK-FAs flat nozzles like these sIV-LDfi99g dWkQRPzYrlQ and now there are a couple of ...
by chiru
25 Jan 2011 20:53
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Naval Discussion
Replies: 3950
Views: 1300194

Re: Indian Naval Discussion

GeorgeWelch wrote:Will it be CATOBAR capable?
saar even the current mig-29Ks are CATOBAR capable with a small modification to the front landing gear 8) so the FGFA should be too
by chiru
22 Jan 2011 21:18
Forum: Military Scenarios Archive
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Replies: 3420
Views: 953123

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII

^^ paf ??? :eek: :shock: :lol:

vivekji take ur time but plz continue ur awesome scenario at the earliest :twisted:
by chiru
08 Dec 2010 08:44
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tracking Errors in Defence reporting
Replies: 499
Views: 133972

Re: Tracking Errors in Defence reporting

@ shiv i ws referring to counterpart

@ rahul i never realized "chief of general staff" Makarov :p i knew P V Naik is the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee :p
by chiru
08 Dec 2010 08:05
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tracking Errors in Defence reporting
Replies: 499
Views: 133972

Re: Tracking Errors in Defence reporting

The chief of the Russian General Staff, Army Gen. Nikolai Makarov, will visit India on December 7-9 to discuss bilateral military cooperation, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. Makarov will meet with his Indian counterpart Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik and other top military com...
by chiru
23 Nov 2010 06:46
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Modeling the Indian Armed Forces
Replies: 66
Views: 22019

Re: Modeling the Indian Armed Forces

mods i have a pooch - i have built lots of scale models and i want to exhibit it here but the problem is none of them are in indian colours :/ what should i do ? they are or will be in the armed forces inventory, so can i upload them ????
by chiru
15 Nov 2010 16:04
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: BR Forum Feedback
Replies: 1360
Views: 272657

Re: BR Forum Feedback

MODS i want to advocate for a membership of a loooong time lurker ( 10 years :shock: ) who i met at the last bangalore meet what am i supposed to do ?? here is his e-khat astalavistaravi at hottmale daat com . others who attended the meet can vouch for him :)
by chiru
13 Nov 2010 20:47
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
Replies: 3952
Views: 1213928

Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion

^^ GUYS i have a pooch in the above video at 1:05 mins a bang is heard, is it the shourya going SUPERSONIC ????
by chiru
13 Nov 2010 20:35
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Aircraft Recognition
Replies: 1014
Views: 299258

Re: Aircraft Recognition

shiv sir i dont want the cash instead can u give me one of those many books lying in your house ??
and AWESOME one-liners by you today :mrgreen: :rotfl: :mrgreen: :rotfl: :mrgreen: :rotfl: :mrgreen: :rotfl:
by chiru
09 Nov 2010 15:09
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Airborne Early Warning & Control: News & Discussion
Replies: 3965
Views: 1214763

Re: AEW&C News & Discussion

^^^ i think it refers to source code being unavailable
by chiru
08 Nov 2010 12:31
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military
Replies: 3954
Views: 1884729

Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military

noo krishnaa saar its kaan mein khujleee onlee :p
by chiru
08 Nov 2010 10:51
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Military Aviation
Replies: 4004
Views: 1189489

Re: Indian Military Aviation

@ juggi i think the last paragraph is the most striking one ! will there be a cash back option if the agreement is terminated ?? :p
by chiru
08 Nov 2010 10:12
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: BR Forum Feedback
Replies: 1360
Views: 272657

Re: BR Forum Feedback

@ Rodrigo Rojas thank you dude it worked :)
by chiru
07 Nov 2010 09:08
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: BR Forum Feedback
Replies: 1360
Views: 272657

Re: BR Forum Feedback

gurus im not able to login from firefox :( im using crappy IE 7 now. in firefox the password is accepted but instantaneously it returns back to the login page. what can i do ?
by chiru
04 Nov 2010 23:55
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Aircraft Recognition
Replies: 1014
Views: 299258

Re: Aircraft Recognition

yeah jetstars are pretty old now so there cant be a possibility of spotting it in the air :p
by chiru
04 Nov 2010 02:23
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Aircraft Recognition
Replies: 1014
Views: 299258

Re: Aircraft Recognition

@ mukul were did u see it ? and gurus the lockheed jetstar ll also had a similar layout but its a puny business jet
by chiru
03 Nov 2010 05:12
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: QuickClot Donation Project - Lessons Learned
Replies: 51
Views: 33780

Re: QuickClot Donation Project - Lessons Learned

so finally mr.bhavesh had a change of heart ?
by chiru
02 Nov 2010 16:25
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: MRCA Discussion - October 2, 2010
Replies: 3205
Views: 890411

Re: MRCA Discussion - October 2, 2010

The F-16 and F-18 are serious contenders. IIRC, a year back, there was a report which mentioned that the F-16 was being offered for < $40 million and the F-18 for < $50 million. I think this is where the Americans are going to be hard to beat. Also the Americans are offering the widest range of mun...
by chiru
01 Nov 2010 00:21
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Aircraft Recognition
Replies: 1014
Views: 299258

Re: Aircraft Recognition

nachiket wrote:
chiru wrote:... i was surprised because i thought converting the su-30k to MK was impossible :roll:
Why would that be? Both are derived from the Su-27UB.
thats right but i thought slapping on canards or physically upgrading the 'K' to 'MK' was impossible :-o