Bharat Rakshak

Austin

I think the last pic of Mig 29 i saw was when the 29s escorted the first AWACS to Jamnagar. Here too, they just happened to come in the way or so it seems :) ( link ) it looks as if the engines are shut off, no exhaust fumes visible. I dont think the engines are shut off , could possibly be the new...

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Yuri Luzhkov was closer to Putin and his sacking is seen as Kremlin (Medvedev ) getting assertive.

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The Country’s New Nobility

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^^ Well every time they are closer to deal some thing of this sort happens and the whole process gets delayed again and again.

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Two Qs.One,production of just "100" missiles per year is inadequate.5 years ago,PRC missile production of tactical missiles was estimated as "500".We therefore need to double B'Mos's production to a min of 200 per year if we also expect to export the same.The second Q is about a...

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>>>In absense of such information both parties would just assume the worst and will work accordingly. So, what is wrong in developing the ABM? There is nothing wrong in developing ABM system or Offensive system thats our sovereign right but Lack of transparency on offensive system , coupled with AB...

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^^ The problem is there are many guesses and any bodys guess is as good as any one. Right now no body knows how many weapons pakistan has 10-50-100-200.... neither do they know how many weapons we have 200-500-1000 Since we have never spoken across and ever tried to address the issue of nuclear dete...

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Singha , an ABM will accelerate that further. Its not that they keep on building warhead and its not the same for us either because it costs a lot of money and other resources to dedicate to it , deterence is based on the concept that you need x amount of warhead/delivery vehical to hit y city. Say ...

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Karan-M no matter how you look at it an ABM development irrespective of the success it achieves , it will certainly prompt a reaction from Pakistan and the only reaction a country like Pakistan with no ability to develop an ABM is to increase the number of Warhead , Delivery System and Sophisticatio...

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But Israel also has to think about US public opinion. Because the Iranians will hit back at the US if Israel strikes. Sure, Iran will come out worse in any conflict, but the matter here is deterence. By threatening all out war, which can cause Havoc for the GCC, Israel, US and oil interests, the Ir...

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With just 290 Km range that is not going to make any difference for Vietnam viz-a-viz china.

They are procuring Klub system with Kilo atleast being a mobile and covert system they will find some use.

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Russia to begin 2nd stage of Tianwan nuclear power plant construction next year

Russia, China to sign gas supplies contracts next year - Russian deputy PM

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Shyamd in Iranian context the only country that wants a full scale war with Iran is Israel , because they see Iran a long term threat the Nuclear episode is pressing and immediate but the state of Iran is itself a long term threat for Israel and its security. So the better they get rid of Iran under...

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^^^ The problem with full scale war is Iran can start it but will not be able to control its outcome nor will it end in favour or atleast in a fair manner because of the control US has over UN ( sanctions etc ) and many Arab states will support US in this cause. A measured response ( you hit my Nucl...

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^^^ Inspite of all the air superiority that US forces had in Gulf War 1 , Iraq could fire Al-Hussian ( Scud ) BM over Saudi/Israel and US forces could do nothing to stop them since they were mobile. Similarly in GW 2 even with a degraded AD despite years of sanction the Iraqi could fire the short ra...

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Hiten wrote:video of capture of the Somali pirates by Russian Sp Forces

БПК "Адмирал Пантелеев" : Сомали

Too bad that they are treating so called pirates in such sub human way, cant they just hand them over to some one and deal with the law of land ?

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I am wondering what could/will be a measured response from Iran if Israel/US attack Iranian Nuclear facility and not a major scale conflict. Will Iran go for a measured response and say attack only Israel Negev Nuclear Research Center as a response to attack only specific target and not opt for a fu...

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^^ I think the CIA and Mossad are trying all the soft kill mechanism possible to disable/defunct the nuclear reactor without the risk involved in going for a hard kill. Its a lesson for us considering we operate or will operate a large number of Western reactor if they do not come with some kind of ...

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Takes you back to Cold War Era Mindset but an interesting documentary on Nuclear Deterrence.

First Strike ( youtube video )

Part-1
Part-2
Part-3
Part-4

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Stastics: PRC and Russian Fed

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Guided fragments to take on fragments seems a pretty viable concept for an ABM to take on MIRV. Arya Sumantra the concept of using many guided fragements to take out MIRV or a single warhead with multiple decoys has been at forefront of ABM research in US , they called that Multiple Kill Vehicle (M...

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BrahMos Complex

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Deptula presentation AFA 2010

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Not sure what good this vehical for but some news Russia aiming to mass produce ground effect vehicles from 2015 Commenting on the advantages of ground effect vehicles, Platonov said their technical characteristics exceed those of both ships and planes. One ground effect vehicle now on the design bo...

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^^^ ABM against Non Nuke state has good value , considering many have some or the other rudimentary to relatively sophisticated BM. Remember the calming effect that Patriot had on the people during GW 1 , though Patriot then managed to do nothing but during the war most people believed that it destr...

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Directed Energy Weapons has been the area of interest much before star wars the Soviets reportedly started their DEW research way back in 1960 ofcourse the US PR bandwagon on Star Wars would make us believe that Star Wars was the geneses of DEW much like they made people believe then that Star War w...

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What's happened to the KGB in the 21st century?

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No proof Iran building nuclear weapons - Lavrov There is no proof that Iran is working toward the creation of nuclear weapons, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday. However in order for UN sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic to be lifted, Iran must prove its nuclear program...

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Isnt that a bargain at ~ 150M Euros? How capable are those ships? Cant be true , each Mistral costs ~ $600 million and Technology Transfer is a minimum criteria set for these ships , they would be far more expensive . The total deal is estimated around ~ $3 Billion for four ships. As to how capable...

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Missile Defence Countermeasures Primer

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The over simplistic way that many tend to explain the ABM and its great value against BM reminds me of Regan Era Star Wars ( Peace Shield ) commercial , Daddy is smart

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The Star Wars eventually turned out to be a hot gas

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^^ One pocch onlee: Why does the IA missile regiment have to come to ITR to do a "user trial" Wont it be more effective if done in a actual deployment zone? Since it is only ~300 km range, closeness to border etc need not be worried about. Most likely because these places are instrumented...

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^^^ Like always expect US to come to its help and water it down. "As expected of a democratic country, Israel has been -- and still is -- investigating the events of the Gaza flotilla," said a statement released by the Israeli foreign ministry late Wednesday night. "The report... is a...

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If you don't look carefully, you can mistake a MiG 25 or a MiG 31 for an F 15. If you can't do IFF at BVR imagine the fuk up possible WVR!! :shock: Shive its not a conicidence , I read that F-15 was designed to take out the Mig-25 hence they adopted the same planform , widely seperated engine and w...

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Syrian missile deal threatens Russian/Israeli UAV pact

"We will have to reconsider all the proposed deals with Russia. Moscow did not show the needed understanding to our requests," says a senior Israeli defence source.

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^^ Planes , Tanks and other weapons operate only offer very limited EMP effect and they are hardened accordingly. Only Deeply buried Missiles silos and super hardened bunkers offer much better ability to cope with blast and EMP effect assuming there is no direct hit at them based on CEP Most likely ...

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Shiv nice find , I never knew something called Mi-6 existed , why do they have wings ?

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My understanding is that, countries having thousands of Nukes did not pursue/restrict ABM development because of economics. They were already burdened with maintaining thousands of these nukes on 24 hr duty based on the philosophy of mutual destruction. Also, ABM tech was not matured enough to shoo...

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SAMs, Strategy, Proliferation:JFQ / Q2 2010 paper Evolving Technological Strategy in Advanced Air Defense Systems

http://www.ndu.edu/press/lib/images/jfq-57/kopp.pdf

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^^ I think they must be comparing known figures like range , altitude and kill probability of PAC-3 and AAD. Certainly in altitude of interception and range AAD outclasses PAC-3 , though PAC-3 is a faster missile with speed in access of Mach 5+ compared to AAD Mach 4+ PAC-3 it self is going through ...

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