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by GuruPrabhu
05 Jun 2011 21:06
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 30, 2011
Replies: 2853
Views: 471120

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 30, 20

Rajiv Lather wrote:Big blast at a military bakery in Naushera Cantt
a very common phrase used on the streets: "score kitna hai?"
by GuruPrabhu
05 Jun 2011 20:27
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 789722

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

^^^But I doubt some people don't comprehend engineering and good engineering practices. I agree in fact, we can see them trying to pretend the meltdown didnt happen at Fuk-D when the really competent ones knew early enough. "trying to pretend the meltdown didnt happen" == "there was ...
by GuruPrabhu
05 Jun 2011 20:17
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 789722

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

Excellent question. For example, what is the plan for evacuating Guwahati in case of an accident at Kudankulam? Inquiring minds want to know. I doubt that we can trust the lazy bums of DAE to have thought this through . Well, seems they have...Often, we just need to ask people whose day job is to w...
by GuruPrabhu
05 Jun 2011 20:13
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 789722

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

Guruprabhu. A request from me. Please follow the news about MMS preparing Indian cities for power plant events. Which cities, where are they etc.? Reuters report: In districts where there are nuclear installations, the government hopes to pre-position specialised medical teams, upgrade and equip ho...
by GuruPrabhu
05 Jun 2011 05:57
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 789722

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

Theo_Fidel wrote: So what happens outside the 16 km zone?
Excellent question. For example, what is the plan for evacuating Guwahati in case of an accident at Kudankulam? Inquiring minds want to know. I doubt that we can trust the lazy bums of DAE to have thought this through.
by GuruPrabhu
04 Jun 2011 08:48
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 789722

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

We have to avoid getting this thread Fuk-d Up. I agree with Amber's broad point that all members should post their arguments coherently. If an image is posted, it should be explained and some conclusions drawn. If a large article is C&P'ed, its relevance should be explained. Occasional posts in ...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jun 2011 12:50
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 789722

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

Theo_Fidel wrote:Nice. So now 16 people dying is karma for closing nuclear.
Hehe. Reading problems? Let me repeat. The bad karma is two-fold:

1. Trying to isolate Japan by canceling flights to Tokyo, closing offices etc.
2. Inventing a word in the German language: schadenfreude 8)
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jun 2011 10:39
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
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Views: 789722

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

Few things about German reaction is surprising to me. They were one of the few (only ?) who stopped flights to Tokyo, closed offices in places like Tokyo etc.. Karma catches up. 8) Today, Russians of all people, were dumping German sabzi on the doors of the German embassy. You don't like our Poo, w...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jun 2011 10:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites
Replies: 316
Views: 50921

Re: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites

This is the problem with studies of bum design. It starts out simple and before you know it, the whole thing is more complicated than your SHQ. Critical mass is not a magic number, but a derivative of the equation of state (EOS). Folks may recall the EOS for an ideal gas: PV = nRT. But, nothing is i...
by GuruPrabhu
02 Jun 2011 18:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites
Replies: 316
Views: 50921

Re: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites

But then I realized that the above graph has - Redacted data - look around 2 eV (about 4 times the energy of electron in s-shell). No way to look at it and get the value to 3 sig figures. Yes, for Mango Abdul, there is no way to verify this or extract accurate numbers. But then, the geniacs at Kahu...
by GuruPrabhu
02 Jun 2011 16:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites
Replies: 316
Views: 50921

Re: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites

Amber G. wrote: The cross section area of U was a (which one can find in any text book now) very closely guarded secret, and it may still be classified.. (exact values at various energies of neutron) ...
It is public now:


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by GuruPrabhu
01 Jun 2011 17:18
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 30, 2011
Replies: 2853
Views: 471120

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 30, 20

Right alongside 9211 Brigade -- Downhill Specialists, aka, Nau do Gyarah

There is some speculation that the internecine warfare between AQ, ISI and PN has to do with revenue sharing in the drug trade. Knowing Bakis, I wouldn't be surprised if the P3C's were being used to transport Afghani maal.
by GuruPrabhu
01 Jun 2011 16:08
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 789722

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

uh oh, Gerard is gonna lock this up again.

Can we have a thread in GDF called "Sanku XI vs. Rest of India"? That would be the grand central of vishesh tippani till the cows come home (or, till Germans give up NPP).
by GuruPrabhu
01 Jun 2011 08:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites
Replies: 316
Views: 50921

Re: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites

Colloquially where I live, 2000 Lbs of Chinese soup is Won Ton. :mrgreen: And it is served in a place with an open door policy: Wok Inn. But all seriousness aside, I would be interested in hearing more insights into Paki establishment -- one of your links to posts long ago indicated that you had th...
by GuruPrabhu
01 Jun 2011 08:17
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 789722

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

====> The Mass alone Contains the Energy Equivalent of 20 Million Tons of TNT per Net tola of Weight. (that is 2 Million Tons of TNT per gram) ====> Contains Minute Electrically Charged Particles Moving at Velocities in Excess of Five Hundred Million Miles Per Hour. ====> Through a Process Know as ...
by GuruPrabhu
31 May 2011 10:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: International Nuclear Watch & Discussion
Replies: 1418
Views: 259291

Re: International Nuclear Watch & Discussion

Amber G. wrote: I am sure he still has his worshipers but, thankfully, I have not even seen him quoted in BRF for sometime now.
It is taqqiya. Not naming the Lord (or drawing a cartoon of him) does not imply that the cause is forgotten. Wait and see.
by GuruPrabhu
31 May 2011 10:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: International Nuclear Watch & Discussion
Replies: 1418
Views: 259291

Re: International Nuclear Watch & Discussion

The jaahil media has forgotten about Fuk-D. Shame on them. Thankfully, BRF is ahead of the curve, and feeding frenzy in places where even DDM fails to tread. Jai Ho!
by GuruPrabhu
31 May 2011 10:07
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 789722

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

Paging Amber G -- all your efforts have come to naught. GBq is being bandied about without any understanding in the context of background radiation. Oh well, even banana training did not stick.
by GuruPrabhu
31 May 2011 10:03
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 30, 2011
Replies: 2853
Views: 471120

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 30, 20

The whore is threatening Johns 1.5 that another John is making overtures. :rotfl:

And this joker used to be finance minister or something. :lol:
by GuruPrabhu
31 May 2011 09:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites
Replies: 316
Views: 50921

Re: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites

Amongst the 20 men present, one young man, Muhammad Arshad, the Chief Scientific Officer, who had designed the triggering mechanism, was selected to push the button. He was asked to recite "All praise be to Allah" and push the button. At exactly 3:16 p.m. the button was pushed and Muhamma...
by GuruPrabhu
31 May 2011 09:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites
Replies: 316
Views: 50921

Re: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites

S4 and S5 are way beyond understanding in the normal sense. They are building blocks ??How so? Building blocks to what? somnath-ji, As I said, data are not available. There is speculation that these were precursors to gen IV designs. We can speculate more -- my fav: Look up metastable isotopes/allo...
by GuruPrabhu
31 May 2011 05:27
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Education System
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Views: 779153

Re: Indian Education System

Folks,

The problem with Stephen's is that this is a new phenomenon. It wasn't always like this and this change in direction is angering people. Maybe not widely known, one of the graduates of Stephen's was the greatest Islamist of them all -- yes, Z u-H. Thampu is an a$$.
by GuruPrabhu
30 May 2011 19:52
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 30, 2011
Replies: 2853
Views: 471120

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 30, 20

Where does this national bird keep it mijjiles?
by GuruPrabhu
30 May 2011 19:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites
Replies: 316
Views: 50921

Re: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites

Guddu wrote:Shiv: 1 ton=100 kg, kiloton= 100 x1000=100,000, not 1 million, IMHO.
1 tonne = 1,000 kg

1 ton = 2,000 lbs

tonne is also known as "metric ton".

(if ton = 100 kg, I am perilously close to weighing a ton)
by GuruPrabhu
30 May 2011 19:32
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 789722

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

Thanks, Amber G. That is a nice study - they are tracing Ar-41 with a network of towers. Apparently, the dark red traces are due to the phenomenon of coastal fumigation.
by GuruPrabhu
30 May 2011 19:16
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 30, 2011
Replies: 2853
Views: 471120

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 30, 20

Pakistani Extremist State of Terrorism -- PEST
by GuruPrabhu
30 May 2011 18:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites
Replies: 316
Views: 50921

Re: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites

Of course, we are (at least I am) speculating here..But just on the concept of keeping the warhead and core separate (as opposed to classifying the design of the bomb) - I would say that it is a security an maintenance imperative, isnt it? The fissile cores need to be replaced at certain periodicit...
by GuruPrabhu
30 May 2011 18:35
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 8, 2011
Replies: 2866
Views: 453627

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 8, 201

^^^ The biskoot is served already. They are waiting for chai.
by GuruPrabhu
30 May 2011 18:32
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 789722

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

^^^ Bade, I suspect that the color bar is in relative units. To quantify it, one would need to know the integral, i.e., total radioactivity released.

My guess is that it is a point spread function based on wind velocity vectors.
by GuruPrabhu
30 May 2011 10:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites
Replies: 316
Views: 50921

Re: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites

negi wrote: I have read about warheads not being mated with missiles but this is the first time I am reading about core being separated from warhead.
You missed the time-pass in the pre-missile era.
by GuruPrabhu
30 May 2011 10:06
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites
Replies: 316
Views: 50921

Re: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites

somnath wrote:Whats your thoughts?
My thought is this: leave it to the folks who know what they are doing.

Further, it is a complete waste of time to speculate on the design of the weapons. One can go by claims such as FBF, TN, RGPu, meta-phase, etc etc -- but ultimately it is pure time-pass.
by GuruPrabhu
30 May 2011 09:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites
Replies: 316
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Re: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites

Hey what does one mean by keeping core separate from warhead ? There have been many versions of this myth circulated over the years. Early on, it used to be characterized as a "few turns of a screwdriver away". Now, it can't be that simple. If the claim is of FBF, then we know that a weap...
by GuruPrabhu
30 May 2011 08:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites
Replies: 316
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Re: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites

[ Sir ji, there was no " I can make bomb too".. at least not in my message. Amber-ji, I am with you on that. I have noticed this phenomenon over decades. Folks read obvious propaganda websites and then figure out that they know "bomb design". There is a simple psychological play...
by GuruPrabhu
30 May 2011 07:32
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 8, 2011
Replies: 2866
Views: 453627

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 8, 201

I too don't agree with the Paki == India's Cow Belt comparison... For all the BIMARU tag, these states were still growing, albeit at a lower rate, still there were industries, Agriculture, tourism and above all education. Again, their backwardness was vis-a-vis the more developed states of India. B...
by GuruPrabhu
30 May 2011 04:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites
Replies: 316
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Re: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites

I am least bothered about the rumour that Bakis might have got their hands onto yet another type of nuclear device ; the threshold for me was crossed when they got hold of the first nuclear bum from Cheena; precisely. India should treat Panda-Packee axis as one entity. Which is why the Groper decla...
by GuruPrabhu
29 May 2011 21:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites
Replies: 316
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Re: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites

^^^ in case it was not clear, the context is that amreeki designs may not apply to kahuta geniacs because there is poo and then there is poo. Alternately, we can assume that whatever Panda has is transferred to TSP as needed. Studying packee capabilities is like trying to figure out whether a cat is...
by GuruPrabhu
29 May 2011 21:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites
Replies: 316
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Re: Pakistan nuclear capability, fissile material and sites

This link may be useful for folks discussing compression of Poo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotropes_of_plutonium Do we really believe that TSP has managed, in a short time, to learn to make the delta-phase metastable allotrope? Here is a paper that may be of interest: https://e-reports-ext.llnl...
by GuruPrabhu
28 May 2011 19:57
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 8, 2011
Replies: 2866
Views: 453627

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 8, 201

Really!!? Hosted Indian TV shows? Household name across India? Also, please note the wajib-ul-cattle dress Ms. Malik is sporting. Looks like this was part of the same make up session with an "SDRE" make-up artist? what sort of a website is that? Please note the keywords at the bottom of t...