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by rajkumar
12 Apr 2010 16:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: The Red Menace
Replies: 3761
Views: 583442

Re: The Red Menace

Gagan wrote:Does anyone follow the politics in Bihar?

Do the maoists have some sort of understanding with laloo-ji's RJD?
Yes but can't give you a web link!!! Also please expect the frequency of these 'attacks' to increase till Nov when the Assembley elections are due to take please.
by rajkumar
27 Jan 2010 21:42
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military
Replies: 3954
Views: 1884683

Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military

sameer_shelavale wrote:ok
I have removed the badge and replaced "Mechanized Infantry Regiment" with "Armored Corps".
That makes it accurate. :)
Please post link for download. I need to forward it to lots of Indian Army officers
by rajkumar
20 Jan 2010 01:08
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP) - Dec 30 - 2009
Replies: 2838
Views: 416778

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP) - Dec 30 - 2009

This item is getting sidelined here.. the news of 5 paki's swapping boarding passes to the flight to manchester. Is there not a security loophole here. Once in the dep lounge or transit area, only boarding passes are checked and no photo ID check is carried out. What prevents half a dozen jihadi's ...
by rajkumar
08 Jan 2010 19:44
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Real Estate Sector
Replies: 1122
Views: 249875

Re: Indian Real Estate Sector

^^^ That article is an eye opener for another reason. It looks like much of the "premium" real estate is being sold to NRI customers who in turn are borrowing large sums of money from the banks. I suppose the saving grace is that it cannot be called a bubble since interest rates and minim...
by rajkumar
14 Dec 2009 17:20
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military
Replies: 3954
Views: 1884683

Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military

SaiK wrote:.........
Sling shots are NOT non leathal. They can and do cause serious amounts of injury if the person firing the shot is good enough.
by rajkumar
24 Nov 2009 00:11
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kargil War Thread - VI
Replies: 1431
Views: 408135

Re: Kargil War Thread - VI

The boiok on Logistic that you sent, apart from others, was a gem! Being in the infantry, I too was not that keen on the logistics hassles, but it opened up my eyes and I have recommended tio many who are in service. You have done a great serviice. Anoop, Could you please let me have the name of th...
by rajkumar
05 Nov 2009 21:16
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 2843
Views: 554085

Re: Internal Security Watch

muraliravi wrote:Again I have numbers also by the month on fencing and roads, which i have been following very carefully. I can also upload one on BR if needed.
Please do. Not often do we get to see concrete action by GoI
by rajkumar
21 Sep 2009 16:29
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Army: News & Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 1234870

Re: Indian Army: News & Discussion

RayC

Please send to me rajdotkumaratpoboxdotcom

Thanks very much.

Raj
by rajkumar
17 Apr 2009 14:06
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military
Replies: 3954
Views: 1884683

Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military

The way in which the weapon is being held in the pics shown, is basically a grip in which it can be brought to bear on any target really fast. I havent seen this grip being practiced operationally either by the Army or by paramils. So far, the Americans seem to be the most common group using it, th...
by rajkumar
07 Apr 2009 20:10
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown
Replies: 3894
Views: 1142174

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown

vina wrote:The Dubai circus is over.
Infact any circus based on 'debt' whether it was personal or coporate is over!!!
by rajkumar
07 Apr 2009 13:47
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian IT Industry
Replies: 3916
Views: 619669

Re: Indian IT Industry

Any one know of a good freeware 'Anti Virus' software. Got some pesky things on my pc!!!
by rajkumar
13 Jan 2009 15:02
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Intelligence & National Security Discussion
Replies: 4621
Views: 1438682

Re: Intelligence & National Security Discussion

Lookslike an article based on insider info. Wonder why now? I think the IPS on deputation link has to go. It stunts the RAS cadre as the IPS guys come for a few years and revert to their home state and at fag end of their career comeback to become chiefs. THis effectively denies the hope of any RAS...
by rajkumar
12 Jan 2009 00:39
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian IT Industry
Replies: 3916
Views: 619669

Re: Indian IT Industry

I all this Satyam discussion we seem to have missed this.....

Oracle India trims salaries with hour-based payments

http://www.business-standard.com/india/ ... 33/345377/
by rajkumar
09 Jan 2009 17:09
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: BR Forums Feedback
Replies: 1566
Views: 346786

Re: Site Suggestions & Forum Feedback

Has the 'automatic logon' facility been disabled after server migration. I keep having to log back on for each visit?
by rajkumar
05 Jun 2008 18:40
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Railways Thread
Replies: 3937
Views: 729931

Kashmir Train

Kashmir Trains

http://www.hindustantimes.com/PhotoGall ... India42008

BTW nice looking train. Not your usual IR Engine & Coach
by rajkumar
19 Mar 2008 16:57
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Police Reform
Replies: 1084
Views: 270192

Good article on the CPRF written by a SERVING Officer http://www.indianexpress.com/story/286215.html Now that Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Maharastra have jointly acted against the Naxal stronghold of Bastar, it is an opportune moment to look at what ails the Central forces and the portents for ...
by rajkumar
27 Feb 2008 13:52
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Railways Thread
Replies: 3937
Views: 729931

Wouldnt it be more efficient if they had containers instead, so they dont need to haul the whole truck? Better capacity, logistics, and load per wagon. What is preventing that? Cost? What's preventing full 'containerisation' is the inability of most roads to handle a multi-axle HGV. In a place like...
by rajkumar
22 Feb 2008 16:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: IRAQ-Current Continuing Conflict
Replies: 305
Views: 68905

The truth will out! So it is with the US's "torture flights".This is only the beginning of the expoae of the US's despicable anti-human behaviour.That the UK has apologised,even if belatedly,is avery healthy sign of disapproval of the former Blair regimes' winkign at the US's torture poli...
by rajkumar
25 Jan 2008 17:01
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: International Military Discussion
Replies: 396
Views: 233293

Gerard wrote:Khalkhin-Gol: The Battle that shaped WW2
In August 1939, just weeks before Hitler invaded Poland, the Soviet Union and Japan fought a massive tank battle on the Mongolian border - the largest the world had ever seen.
Very good find Gerard
by rajkumar
01 Aug 2007 17:55
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Manufacturing Sector
Replies: 681
Views: 507822

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6925792.stm

Nokia Design Studio.... in India



Very Very Good News :D
by rajkumar
16 Jul 2007 16:49
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Health Care Sector
Replies: 1211
Views: 233770

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6295044.stm Ethiopia's high speed hospitals .......But what is special about this consulting room is that as the image appears here, it appears simultaneously on a similar computer screen at the Care Hospital, a specialist hospital in Hyderabad in southern Ind...
by rajkumar
29 Jun 2007 17:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Role in Global Terrorism
Replies: 1911
Views: 358107

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6252276.stm

Who wants to open the betting that the Paki 'Green Men' are upto their old tricks again
by rajkumar
29 Jun 2007 17:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Role in Global Terrorism
Replies: 1911
Views: 358107

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6252276.stm

Who wants to open the betting that the Paki 'Green Men' are upto their old tricks again
by rajkumar
23 Jun 2007 15:03
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Roads Thread
Replies: 3349
Views: 752705

I have to ask. Is Bihar really improving now? Everything seems to have turned around since a certain minister departed for Delhi. I actually hear quite a few good things about Bihar, which is amazing considering what was said about it before. Anyone got any updates on the situation there today? Yes...
by rajkumar
24 Nov 2006 21:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: INA History Thread
Replies: 359
Views: 83921

by rajkumar
07 Nov 2006 18:28
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kargil War Thread - VI
Replies: 1431
Views: 408135

Was Indian Army ready for crossing the LoC?
Better question is what did India gain out of not crossing the LoC? Effectively the world treats LoC as the defacto border. Which has been India's stand since 1948.
by rajkumar
19 Oct 2006 14:44
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Discussion on Indian Special Forces
Replies: 4246
Views: 1209438

Was it a spike or is it common? It better be common. If you are a GOOD then you do this as a matter of course. If you want your men to follow you then you have to show them your back and lead from the front. In terms of jobs, everything after a Col is down hill I am afraid. If you are a Col then yo...
by rajkumar
18 Sep 2006 15:19
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
Replies: 260
Views: 109835

Re: POP!!!

shek wrote:Anyways, the euphoria is gonna last for sometime now!
Well Done. Enjoy the feeling the next few years are goin to be the best. Trust me everything after being Lt will seem second best!!!!

Also remember that the men you command & your country expects leadership.

NEVER LET EITHER OF THEM DOWN
by rajkumar
31 Aug 2006 15:12
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Profiles in Heroism: Archive
Replies: 434
Views: 197155

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4439556.stm Delhi bus driver who saved the lives of around 70 passengers when he took a bomb from his vehicle during last month's terror attacks has been speaking of his experience........"I will teach the child to be like its father - really brave.&...
by rajkumar
22 Nov 2005 13:05
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Profiles in Heroism: Archive
Replies: 434
Views: 197155

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4439556.stm Delhi bus driver who saved the lives of around 70 passengers when he took a bomb from his vehicle during last month's terror attacks has been speaking of his experience........"I will teach the child to be like its father - really brave.&q...
by rajkumar
30 Oct 2005 17:08
Forum: Military Exercises Archive
Topic: Cope India 2005 - Kalaikunda AFS - Part I
Replies: 337
Views: 192860

Prateek wrote:The US or Europeans will not come to your door steps, unless they have a thing or two to learn from you, if they can't learn they will steal it from you, that's how they have propsered!
So what's to stop India doing the same?
by rajkumar
10 Aug 2005 13:34
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Flight Safety
Replies: 3363
Views: 892564

The reason for the Concorde to crash was also very surprising; a small piece of metal strip on the runway. Do you have any idea of the metal re-inforcement built into a aircraft tyre? The concorde tyres had aluminium 'bars' with a diameter of 60-80 mm in it and when one of those tyres explode it is...
by rajkumar
12 May 2005 13:45
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
Replies: 260
Views: 109835

shek wrote:Hey ppl, i'm leavin for SSB. Reporting on 16th. I'll come back and give a detailed de-brief. Esp for those going in the Absentee batch.
Take Care n God Speed.
Good Luck Shek,

Enjoy your experience. I enjoyed my time...
by rajkumar
09 May 2005 15:40
Forum: Military History Archive
Topic: Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora - RIP
Replies: 104
Views: 80161

Thanks Prem and all the others who've contacted me off-BR. I'm sure we're gonna go places with our plans. Mandeep, please e-mail me on raj.kumarATpobox.com. I know some one who was involved in putting up the Kargil memorial park in Noida & also served in 1971 under Lt Gen Aurora. he may be able...
by rajkumar
18 Aug 2004 15:06
Forum: Military Exercises Archive
Topic: Exercise Co-operative Cope Thunder
Replies: 201
Views: 129223

JTull wrote:
shiv wrote:A great picture of a clamshell thrust reverser

http://homepage.mac.com/aviationphoto/p ... C03682.jpg
What's the purpose of this?
Slow the aircraft on landing. The thrust of the engines is directed 'forwards; and in effect the aircraft slows itself.
by rajkumar
15 Aug 2003 15:01
Forum: Military History Archive
Topic: The An-12 that went missing for 35 Years
Replies: 23
Views: 28177

Re: The An-12 that went missing for 35 Years

Originally posted by aman: Why do you have to go on defending something which requires to be condemned in every possible manner? Jagan, I accept everything you are saying about the location/geography/reports etc. those are valid points. However what I want to see going forward is a standing order i...
by rajkumar
13 Aug 2003 17:42
Forum: Military History Archive
Topic: The An-12 that went missing for 35 Years
Replies: 23
Views: 28177

Re: The An-12 that went missing for 35 Years

IMHO, Nothing short of human remains with some sort of identification numbers/documents or aircraft wreck pieces with positive id would have been a justification to launch a search mission. So till we get more details on this 1987 sighting, it isn't fair to blame the army. Why isn't it fair to blam...
by rajkumar
30 Jun 2003 20:48
Forum: Military Issues Archive
Topic: Manning the Siachen Glacier
Replies: 126
Views: 90892

Re: Manning the Siachen Glacier

This thread and the Civilisation thread on the SIIRF is why I keeping back to BRF.
by rajkumar
28 May 2003 22:10
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Understanding INSAS
Replies: 176
Views: 62689

Re: Understanding INSAS

One thing which no one has said anything about is the fact that one of the true advantages of the INSAS is the conventional design i.e. not a bull pup and as such the weapons drills do not need to change when people switch from the SLR to the INSAS. I had a hell off a time switching from the SLR to ...
by rajkumar
07 Nov 2002 03:24
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: A Tale of Two Hydraulic Systems
Replies: 99
Views: 45287

Re: A Tale of Two Hydraulic Systems

Originally posted by Rudra Singha: in the photos one sees a vast crowd gathered doing absolutely nothing , but probably obstructing those doing something. who are these people ? are they employed gainfully? It's called MELA . Next time you watch Star or for that matter any Indian TV reporter do a o...