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There is something strange about this incident a) Drop tanks are still there b) Landing gears are down c) Plane is flying level If an aircraft is under distress, the first things that a pilot is trained to do is to reduce drag and lighten load to make sure it can glide for a long distance. In this ...

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The issue is not with the design. It is with the requirements. You'd think they'd have done something by now. We don't know which caliber for what purpose. So, we got a 7.62x51 Sig Sauer (with full auto !) in limited quantities but we wanted 7.62x39 AK203 as the general rifle. And you've already to...

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The Indian Navy will end up with a variant of the Type 214. All indications point to that. But that is not stopping Navantia from going to town, claiming that they are the cheaper offer in the P-75I contest. But technical trials have yet to begin and that is where HDW will outshine Navantia. If the...

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Second WRT, the DRDO MCIWS. I have not been able to understand the thought process behind the program. I would definitely like to understand the thought process, before I can say if the program was a success or failure. Because, I come from a place where a product could be a successful design but f...

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How are we still considering the S80 for this deal? This is the same design which was found to be overweight by 100 tons after 10 years having been spent by Navantia to design it. Then they had to take the help of General Dynamics to fix this and the "solution" was to make it longer and in...

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The difference between Russian and western tanks is in crew survivability. While any tank can be destroyed you will rarely see an M1 Abrams with its turret completely blown off which is fairly common in T-Series tanks. This is due to the way the ammunition is stored in the turret (around the crew) i...

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When the respective users came up against the specific circumstances where the weakness of the respective in service anmo was revealed. The system was able to devise a technical solution to the problem. That is the main point. It's not really relevant if the solution was widely adopted. What matter...

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The American answer to the 5.56mm issues is the SIG-MCX rifle with the new 6.8x51mm round. But they seem to be going slow with it and still figuring out teething issues. Of course this round is about as heavy and more powerful than the old 7.62x51. So I'm not sure what happens to all the reasons why...

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In addition to the above, based on the counter insurgency/ terrorism experiences of both the US army and the Russian military/ FSB troops. Both nations have developed a large calibre bullets along with firearms. In the shape of.458 SOCOM and the.50 calibre in case of the Russian forces . https://en...

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Besides, from what I understand, based on US publications, and depending on the seriousness of the publications objective of the bullet was said to be one of the following; 1) wound 1, you take 3 out of the battlefield". 2) managing the logistics, resupply and the weight of the combat load out...

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One question I've had about our Paras and SF is how the oft repeated trope about the 5.56 ammo being deemed inadequate leading to the IA trying to replace the INSAS with AK's for COIN does not apply to the SF? They seem happy with their Tavors, M4's and now the ARAD despite being involved in all kin...

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Some rumoured token SF order. Rest they are manufacturing small periodic orders of Tavor and X95 from Armed forces and CAPFs. Almost everyone in small arms segment is sitting without orders, whether they are SSS, CMT, Jindal or Kalyani. Small orders for SF or piecemeal orders for upgrade kits and a...

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Thakur_B wrote: ↑10 Mar 2024 09:33 From PLR plant in Kanpur. IWI ARAD in 5.56x45 manufactured in India. ARAD is also available in 7.62x51.

Who are they building it for?

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Anujan wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024 03:41 Last time around, the performance of Pakistan cricket team improved considerably after training with the army. Running became more methodical and faster.

They also mysteriously developed excellent downhill skiing abilities even though they weren't trying to.

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What did I miss? Did Paxtaan quietly mortgage a base or two to Amrika to become solidly profitable and stable and flush with liquidity? This is part of the standard paki economic cycle. They receive a bailout from the IMF, followed by more $ denominated loans from others and start riding high like ...

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The TDP thing is a bad move in the long run. But if TDP is ready to give 10 seats in Lok Sabha then we will see. CBN is well known for backstabbing and will try his level best to do the same to NM and AS. Lot of fun if he does that. What has the BJP got to lose? They were expecting 0 seats from AP ...

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MOD NOTE: Discussions about the US elections and primaries are not relevant to this thread. Repub vs Democrat fights and mudslinging will especially not be tolerated. This is not the forum for that. I have deleted all the posts regarding that. Warnings will be handed out to anyone who refuses to fo...

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uddu I edited your post to fix the quotes and deleted the duplicate post.

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Didn't the recent upgrade include new series-3 engines which are supposed to be less smoky? Are they already near end of life and require replacement?

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Nachiket-San, that is true for 2022 assembly elections. This is 2024 central elections. SP is rudderless, particularly after large money supply has been cut off. And CONgoons (their alliance partners) are not going to get any seat. Even the Rae Bareilly is gone with Chornia choosing to go to RS fro...

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Akhilesh Yadav moving towards 0. in Politics in Uttar Pradesh, his Yadav and Muslim vote bank has moved away: National President of All India Muslim Jamaat, Maulana Mufti Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi The Maulana is spouting nonsense. In the 2022 assembly elections SP got its highest vote percentage ev...

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The outlook for BJP in Maharashtra is not at all smooth sailing. I truly expect it to get less seats than before even with the alliance. The Maratha agitation has now taken a nasty personal turn with casteist slurs being hurled at Devendra Fadnavis. One of Jarange Patils followers even threatened t...

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Russia abandons Armata tank due to its high cost https://defence-blog.com/russia-abandons-armata-tank-due-to-its-high-cost/ 04 March 2024 Oh dear... Time to revise the GSQR? No worries now they can tailor it to fit the K2 Black Panther, have it assembled by L&T and say we are atmanirbhar.

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looks like the BJP is set to open it's tally in kerala and telangana. Min Rajiv Chandrasekhar - Thiruvananthapuram Wish Mr. Chandrasekhar all the best but this is a difficult contest for him. Shampoo boy seems way too popular in Thiruvananthapuram. Meanwhile Gautam Gambhir and Jayant Sinha have pul...

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chetak wrote: ↑01 Mar 2024 18:58 ...

Chetak saar I moved your post about the explosion to this thread from the Indus Water Treaty thread.

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Part of the the new Kashmir line between Sangaldan and Banihal. Includes India's longest railway tunnel - T-50 (12.77km).

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It looks like "do ladke" have both taken a shafting today - but its not from each other. In UP the SP MLAs have cross voted to scuttle the chances of their RS candidate. In HP, the INC is now reduced to minority after 9 MLAs cross voted for the BJP candidate and also appear to have left t...

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Robert Spencer claims that what India did by constructing the Ram Mandir on the site of Ram's birth place which was struck by the invaders and a mosque was built on top (thereby establishing the supremacy of Islam over Hinduism) is unprecedented in the world. No where else have anyone done such a t...

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KL Dubey wrote: ↑27 Feb 2024 07:05
chetak wrote: ↑22 Feb 2024 20:33 Jaziya to Sharia is not far
The bill was defeated.

Only because the congis did not control enough of the legislative council. But their intentions are clear. Remains to be seen if it actually matters to the Hindu voters the next time elections come around.

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Like I explained in my earlier posts, there is a difference between being "disinterested" and being "uninterested." For example, the host of a television game show is expected to be disinterested - not rooting for or gunning against any of the candidates in particular; not havin...

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So what exactly is the newer system deployed against India that led to the IA asking for a 55 tonne tank with 4 crew members plus an autoloader along with the armor specs of much heavier tanks?

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Some Russians are saying Ukrainians fired some missiles in the area and S400 system while engaging those missiles also engaged and shot down the A 50 If so this a far bigger IFF mix-up than the one we had on Feb 27 2019 with the Mi-17 shot down. At least in our case it was an Israeli SAM and a Russ...

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Back in 2019, I put up a series of posts in this same thread, wherein I tried to show that all the fundamental beliefs and practices of Indian religions (not just Hinduism, but also Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism) could be derived from 3 fundamental axioms. This series of posts starts here: https:/...

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Looks like two SAMs attacked the A-50. One missed and the second one hit it. A-50 was launching a lot of countermeasures in flares (and probably chaff). Various theories: S-200 SAM, SF MANPADs or friendly fire. Can't really tell much from the video but the aircraft appears to be at a relatively low...

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@Sudarshan gaaru Your objections that some of the observations came from minor characters in the epics as well as whether they were later additions are totally valid. They sound a death knell to not only to Nilesh ji's theory(s) but the entire field of Archaeoastronomy, imho. Vayutuvan ji, that was...

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With long ranged SAM, AWACS are no longer safe. There are reports of a second A-50 shot down. So far, Russia has lost 3 x A-50: one to a drone attack on an airbase in Belarus and two shot down by SAM (Patriot most likely) near the Azov Sea. Either the Patriot's max-range has been heavily understate...

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Not exactly in the Indo -UK scheme of things but nevertheless, here is our erstwhile colonial master, setting off deepavalli fireworks a bit early in the year, a neat £17 millions worth... a good show indeed British Missile, Trident misfires again. Last test in 2016 was also a failure. Highly embar...

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MTHL usage will see a significant jump once Worli-Sewri connector is ready. But that passes through heavily built-up, congested and populated areas. Lot of work is still left and will take another few years to finish. It has to pass over three separate railway lines, the eastern freeway which is alr...

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This QR is designed for the CVRDE to fail or not participate altogether. When that happens (and it will), imports will be argued for. Either the T-14 Armata or the K2 Black Panther will come. Regardless of whatever horse manure is written in that QR, that is what will happen. Since we do not have a...

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So, one interesting question from the Swarajyamag article: what is the point of the 4th crew member if you are requiring an autoloader ? Because they want both an autoloader as well as a manual backup in case the autoloader fails. Not a single tank anywhere in the world with an autoloader as well a...

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