Bharat Rakshak

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I don't get why people make such a fuss about noko artillery targeting soko cities when they reportedly have as many as 60 nukes. Maybe because the delivery mechanism of the nukes is still unknown/iffy but the destructive power of the massed artillery and the damage to Seoul is known ( in the few m...

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LG launched the Q6 today.

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Teetar Did my bit Had to buy a new mobile .. ordered a Samsung cell 'coz NOT CHINESE #MoneyWellSpent Congrats Bro. We need more people to step up and say no more to Chinese goods. I am scouting for a TV and have decided to only buy a unit for which the panel itself is not manufactured in China. Wil...

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What a hoot. Thanks! There is a much longer video available in this forum (incidentally by the above poster Vishal J), which has that anecdote and many more fascinating insights by the same pilot. I will recommend that you check it out when you have time. It is about an hour long. Search for 'Brian...

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Viv S wrote:Hilarious SR-71 pilot
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What a hoot. Thanks!

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Next CJ is dyed in the wool Congi. Look up family connections. Can't be clearer that we are under siege.

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Are the climatic conditions as bad as Siachen? (No!). The altitude is 10k (~3000-3500m) while the rest of Tibet averages 5.250-5,400m. Perhaps then, we will make permanent shelters and dig ourselves in. The positive thing is that PRC demarcated the border and disputed area in this sector themselves....

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6.5 in Sichuan. Reports are only coming in now.

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Akshay, I looked at OFB factories product pages, factory inspection equipment pages, CAG reports on OFB and AHQ on ammo shortages and tied it to my shell balloting. The shell is forging which is machined on a lathe, These two processes ensure in a defect free shell casing, The lathe operation machi...

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maitya sir, please follow this: To upload an image on IMGUR and use the URL on BR. 1. Go to http://imgur.com/ 2. On the top of the screen, click New Post. 3. Next, click Browse to select and upload the image. 4. After the image is uploaded, a dropdown icon will appear on the top right of the image. ...

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If MIG is keen on a joint development, would there be scope for the 1.44 follow on LMFS? They do have the design cojones and know how, and interested local players could supplant HAL as the integrator. Plus is that the engine is an RD33 derivative, or follow on.

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So what happens now? They just look for bad weather and fire in arty just before the window closes, and claim victory!?! They're looking more and more than locked up bullies who can only bark. I would personally like this situation to continue because it makes them look more like a toothless tiger. ...

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ANI‏Verified account @ANI_news 27m27 minutes ago More Maharashtra: Thane Police & ATS seized 15 kgs of explosive substance in a raid in Mumbra's Daighar Gaon; 2 arrested This is a heavily peaceful area -- between Kalyan phata and Shil phata. Remember most radicalized peacefuls come from here, h...

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What if a critical rail bridge is blown up by peaceful Xinjiangis protestors?

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What is the significance of the increased Chinese hollering in view of hostile statements being pushed at ASEAN? Is this the effect that India desired? I mean having Vietnam virtually ask PRC to take a walk if they cannot abide by law.

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It took years for this memorial to be sanctioned and everyone seems to have forgotten about it once it was. It is "Not yet complete" according to the workers there OT: apologies. There is a mezzanine floor that is yet not complete. If you peek into it, you will see regimental insignia, fl...

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I am dhoti-shivering about the possibility of the Tarrel and Failer and Tight-A**ed Fliend venturing a really bad terror attack to help the sholter and squattel fliend. No wonder, as someone else posted, anti-terrorist ops are in full swing and Shiv's "typeC" obstructionist "civilian...

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NOTICE INVITING EXPRESSION OF INTEREST Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project (HAPP), a unit of Ordnance Factory Board, Govt. of India, Ministry of Defence, is engaged in manufacturing of different Ammunition hardware pertaining to Indian Army and Navy. https://ofbeproc.gov.in/scripts/itt_pq/134MMEPQ170000...

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ASPuar wrote:Just checking in.

Welcome back Sir! Waiting for you to weigh in on the thread.

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rsingh wrote:Any chance of Chinese doing something on 15th August?

Are you looking for three more countries to celebrate their independence day on the same day as Bharat?

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Is this related to a terrain following radar?

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Marten, This exactly what Ashley Tellis writes about "Arming with out aiming". A weapon has to have a customer requirements. Its not a case of build a widget and the world will beat a path to you. ADA and HAL people will be working on the PAK-FA to lead to AMCA. How do you expect FSED for...

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marten, What Dileep is telling us is LCA Mk2 will be AMCA. No point is waiting for a marginal utility plane. By moving the design folks to PAK-FA and on to AMCA ensures design expertise is built up and not lost. LCA Mk2 is a chance to redo the plane all over again. Should have done it when moving f...

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Do you not foresee any features that may enhance the capability provided by the current model? Why does the F-16 have block 70/72 when 50 was "exactly this"? How about the Grippen NG/E-F? Marten Saar, the mk1a be is already rough equivalent of gripen ng. No point in spending resources on ...

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It would be a monumental failure if we failed to fund a subsequent mark/model for the LCA. Isn't the journey from ioc2 to focus and finally to mk1a exactly this? Do you not foresee any features that may enhance the capability provided by the current model? Why does the F-16 have block 70/72 when 50...

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Marten you haven't been reading this thread! IFR, Python5, gun firing, LRU redistribution, and cable harness und so weiter. Also I think LCA design group will work on PAK-FA and transition to AMCA. Same as Viking to Vikas. IAF hedges for SU-30MKI replacement. Bigger thing is RM setup panel which ov...

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You people don't get it. MK2 ain't happening in any form. Plug, no plug, 0.5M plug, 1M plug, nothing. I get increasingly the feel that the mandate now is to finish the current platform. We have enough problems left with that one itself. Maybe AamKa will get the required focus now, as some of the te...

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Superb point, Negi. Let me take the example/article shared by an influential Guru today (and I paraphrase for convenience): The head of Reliance Retail says MNCs cannot compete with Baba Ramdev because he is not working for th 15% margin, but is working for a legacy. The key lies here. Not one priva...

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Without numbers for similar systems, the 30% or 50% test failures etc have no meaning/relevance. FMEA type folks doing analysis on one hand are required, and on the other, we need senior folks who are not into decision making with pride instead of applying risk management principles or understanding...

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Sainik Samachar: Shell shocked in Kargil The performance of the Artillery units which fought heroically at Kargil in 1999 during operation Vijay was splendid. The Indian Artillery fired over 250,000 shells, bombs and rockets during the Kargil conflict. Approximately, 5,000 ordnance were fired daily...

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200 more pages will be wasted before we see any thing concrete on this stupid procurement attempt. We can seat with our fat a$$ on our hands for years to even make a decision to procure something, but we cannot invest same time and money in improving home grown solutions. Delays in procurements are...

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rdji and others: I don't know how smart desi bijnejppl are, but I do know that v r missing a great opportunity to biss on the dlagon if v don't do our share of propagating a Dump The Dragon movement (someone pls come up with a catchy Hindi and Tamil and Kannada name for it?). Look at the numbers: I...

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Who would want an embarrassing repeat of Tincan trials in India? That too in a global stage with unbiased media coverage and neutral or at least less biased referee teams.

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Deejay: Is the GOI having a hard time finding the funds for rations for its officers and troops? What is the point of this "notional" savings? This is only for officers. Let's avoid projecting it as applicable to troops! I don't see the benefit except for elimination of corruption in the ...

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It seems that apart from Gun, the integration of Derby & Python 5 is also work in progress and not fully concluded. No wonder IAF is internally livid. HAL is also not helping the cause by its snail pace. Sir, could you please substantiate two items that you've said here: 1. IAF is internally li...

Marten · Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014) SFF alone is probably 10,000 strong.

SFF alone is probably 10,000 strong.

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India seems better off getting a strategic point victory without a fight, there is no such thing as leadership of Asia... What exactly is a strategic point victory when absolutely nothing changes on the ground? We should be itching to regain everything we lost in 1962 at the very least. Victory is ...

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Thank you, JayS. Finally feels like the LCA thread is back! Shall retreat into the shadows now.

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UBji, since you brought up panel uneven-ness, is it because of the handlaid prepeg being badly laid, or the joins? Shouldn't the paint or ram costing sufficiently smoothen the surface? Am sure you've toured the Seattle lab where discontinuous carbon fibre composite is being developed. For non load ...

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If I am not mistaken, Harpreet is a BRFite. What I earlier said, Indian Ocean is called for nothing the Indian Ocean. That would be me. Put out some thoughts on the Doklam issue last evening. Nothing that folks here haven't already discussed. Still, this is the text out there in 31 tweets. Link Sha...

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