Bharat Rakshak

According to AJ's article it seams as though the helo launched nag only has 'terminal guidance' i.e. its seeker does not work at full range(7000m?, but only to about 4000m which is the range of the Namica launched version),so to make up for this limitation it has to be guided manually via some sort ...

I think that the questions to be asked are 1) When are they to be produced? -AFAIK as many as 130 are yet to be produced and will take 4-5 years at least and only then the additional 40 can be manufactured. 2) What specs will they have?-assuming they will be produced only 4-5 years or so down the li...

A strong military is not possible without a strong economy, but neither is possible without strong leadership.

^^^ My apologies, but you are wrong on both counts. While Russia is economically weak, it is the only nation in the world that can destroy the sole super power, USA. . Really? And how did the Russians come about to have the capacity to "destroy" the sole superpower i.e. the USA? Every thi...

I think the key is to make the satellites stealthy , if a huge fighter like the F-22 can be invisible to radar (well almost),then there is no reason most mil sats can be made very very hard to detect and track,at least the ones which use passive surveillance methods. Evasion should come next.

slight OT,but on the question of giving citizenship to HH DL, exactly what type or which countries passport does he (and his close associates)use? I mean at least for formality's sake he would need a valid one right? I suspect he already has an Indian passport which I guess would make him an Indian ...

Singha wrote:in the hires photo whats the ugly looking pylon type thing visible on the left,
a bit outside of the intake and with its sharp edge bent inward.

think thats actually the rear wing.

since not even "talk" of the 2nd submarine line has surfaced to pardon a pun, getting Rus built Kilos/Amurs seems only way out now. Kilo is preferable being the longer ranged and familiar system. the guest retired Admiral (Bhagawat I think) on the Headlines today show revealed that the na...

Google is taking its revenge it seams, ndtv report:Google snubs china with tank man photo The iconic "Tank Man" photo taken during the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown and banned in China was available on Google.cn on Wednesday, hours after the online giant vowed to defy Chinese Internet censors. ...

Google May Close Operations in China

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So could they possibly change the Indo -China border line in G-earth now that they may no longer have any china operations? Would be a good parting shot from Google.

trivia:- Long before aman ki tamasha TOIlet had an arrangement with Dung whereby they would print matrimonial ads for those wishing for cross country marriages in a special section (called LoC -love over country or something) in their classified. Of course as expected the no.of grooms wanted ads far...

Does a buy through the FMS route mean that none of them will be made in India and no offsets? Remember BAE claims about building and assembling the thing with their JV with Mahendra and also giving some share of the work OFB and BEL. Wont be good news if they are being imported entirely 'cos making ...

One reason why the US Navy orders in large numbers apart from its large size of course is that they make a quantum leap in technology in each next class, which remains state of the art for quite some time with its competition being able to match it only towards the end of its production run.Take for...

Bit of a geeky artillery question. Can someone explain how this MRSI thing works. I know that to land multiple shells at one place at the same time you need to do two things simultaneously 1)fire at different angles 2)fire at different speeds (Of course with only changing the firing angle you can la...

Rahul gi, I never suggested that we buy the c17s so that we can emulate the US future combat system and land/airdrop entire armored brigade/divisions only that we needto be able to airlift Arjuns/T90s to places like Leh so that they can be deployed there. Nor do I suggest that we buy 40-50 of them, ...

Gilles you are just trying to find holes in their claim. 1>Both the Arjun and the T90 wont need a waiver because they both weigh below 130,000 pounds(~59t).By the way the full weight of an M-1 70+t 2>Unlike the Canadians we wont buy the planes first then later suddenly realize what we are going to u...

Was going through the An-70 wiki page, and it said that the Chinese were looking at a turbofan variant(no citations given though). Possible rendering: http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/7027/newlifter1.jpg http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/5108/newlifter2.jpg ^^y-xx could be just that.The fuselage ...

Gilles India is NOT Canada,not only is hauling tanks important it is absolutely essential (even if it is landing on a hardball surface)and is being done today in Ladak.Taking them by road will probably involve more effort. The problem is that the current aircraft can transport only the older generat...

I was just trying to make the point that most countries dont need larger heavier class of transport aircraft than a 20 toner like the super herc, i.e the market isn't that large after all. And about the 26 countries not belonging to the erstwhile USSR, tell me how many countries actually bought any ...

It seems that it has been taken for granted that the c-17 is some how 'unaffordable' ,expensive an costs or will cost 5 times that of any 'new' Il-76 with out evidence of this being the case. Let us assume that the cost of each unit will be around 250million$(which is highly probable),now compare th...

I really dont understand why members are cribbing about the possible c-17 buys. Nowhere have i seen any evidence of the Il-76 being presently in production or in the future(I take Russian promises of doing so with more than a pinch of salt).So if you cant buy a new one , where is the question of it ...

3rd one is clearly PS, 2nd one could be but it would need someone more talented at these things than me.first one is an actual pic from some airshow that I've seen before but I don't remember when or which. Rahul ji, the second one is not the handiwork of a talented photoshopist but a real assembly...

Amber G. wrote:^^^ Yes. As the story said the vote was 68-29, those are 29.

And a little surprising to me that almost all are republicans.

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The Harpoon air breathing too, only has an initial rocket booster.
Anyway the other day one of the news channels had typo/spelling error putting it as 'Haroon' (p missing).
may be they should call it that

Read that there was something PAL being concerned about Indian army expansion and its strategic consequences bla bla... in some Pentagon paper ,
My question is is this paper in the public domain (which it appears to be) ,if and where can i read it?

Now that folks have it, how about feedback? nice article but a bit short , had sufficient technical details (some which is beyond my understanding and the speculation bit) , I feel there was'ent enough about how different it is wrt the agni series(mainly tech wise) ,what it brings to the table or h...

The following two articles were printed in latest Indian Defense Review magazine (Lancer Publishaers), these articles are currently hosted by India Research Foundation as PDF file. Shourya / Sagarika Missile and Way To A Credible Nuclear Deterrent Very good articles Arun. Hope they find a large rea...

The following two articles were printed in latest Indian Defense Review magazine PDF file. Shourya / Sagarika Missile and Way To A Credible Nuclear Deterrent These links are not working on my computer. Anyone else facing a similar problem? Same here ,please advise alternative .Really wanted to read...

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Simple explanation actually,
India supplied the Nepalis army with the INSAS, and like any other guerrilla force(including our own naxalites) they use mostly "captured" arms .

Don't know if this has been posted already, but looks like the noose is tightening around the Americans.
Kyrgyzstan to close U.S. base used to supply Afghanistan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090 ... hy/3159738

Rahul M wrote:
anyway always take unsourced reports emanating from DDM with a touch of salt.

Yeah, if it did cost 27Cr.=~6M$ even the yanks wouldn't buy it.

may be army is point blank at this:- The DRDO says that the cost escalation is due to the new price of Rs 27 crore being asked by the Russians for each missile compared to Rs 13 crore earlier. Hey wait a minute ,what do they mean by"asked by the Russians " I thought at least the seeker wa...

Hi guys,I'm new here(though I've been lurking here for an embarrassingly long time ).
I know BRF has a very long list of rules and guidelines but i completely respect and understand their rational(now i have been reading BRF for more than 2 years!).
Hope I fit in & cheers!