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I dont agree with this. There is always an inherent risk for the person asking for a bribe. Not a lot of people would take an one sided risk. If both their necks are on the line, he has an unwritten guarantee that the other guy wont report him. But if he is the only one who is liable, he will...

They are humans too, and care to spend holidays with family. But unfortunately, to put a satellite in a predetermined orbit, only certain time of the year is ideal. Hence the term, "launch window". If you miss the launch window you would have to burn more booster fuel to adjust the orbit...

Don't fret. They will just make it back in the next defence deal ;) I wonder how much of this money actually reached the families and how much was gobbled up in bribes by the police, politicians, middlemen... In india, you are expected to cough up money to people, even if you are collecting...

Does Anthony have the balls to make public the evaluation results and shut everyone up?

If IA gets enough Rudra's they could be our own 'Hueys' of vietname fame. Hueys started out as light transport and earned its fame as an assault helicopter. Bell UH-1 "Huey"

If only looks could kill....

Any news on when the latest LSP will fly? weapon trials? Also any news on Kaveri? Thanks in advance !

Don’t worry, Russian MIC is alive and kicking The ill-conceived market reforms, masterminded by the Washington Consensus and executed by the then Russian regime in the aftermath of the Soviet breakup, dealt a fatal blow to Russia’s powerful military industrial complex that housed...

"Sporting a modified Israeli-Indian hybrid multimode radar and a Litening pod, the LSP-5 is reported to have conducted mock targeting and attack drill to test simulated avionics release and integration of weapons and sensors." - From an earlier Livefist post.

1) Is there a statement from MoD? 2) What is the next step after this?

Lol.. they dont even have space to test their artillery. is why they send em to India :P

She was a vice presidential candidate in the US. If the Republicans come to power in the upcoming presidential elections we need to make sure that we maintain continued good relations. If our policy makers are smart they would still 'entertain' this 'nut' job.

On the other hand, my friend, India is a democracy and our government and government organisations are answerable to us, the taxpayers and hence the need for deadlines.

I would have been happier to see the title "Tejas, A Cheetah cub" : Former IAF commander... Sigh... Summarizes IAF's sad point of view.. :(

Pfft, Im pissed at God for giving us himalayas. We could have been one huge country and a superpower, and I could have been picking up chinese chicks in the bars of Bangalore :p

Hallelujah for that :P Sick of dudes '*****'ing at each other in this forum :chilli: On topic, Lets take a scenario where India tests another Nuke. US wants to slap sanctions on us whereas the European nations don't want to (we had good relations with most of EU throughout the previous...

Taliban is a guerilla force now. But once they control Afganistan (make no mistake, this will eventually happen with Pakistan support), they will be a full fledged army, with tanks, missles and what not obtained from rogue nations or the Arabs. They will just find some reason to brainwash their...

Err.. it is not western media, it is what American military is thinking. It is from a leak of classified information. You should be wary of your allies, lest they wash you down the drain after their purpose is over. They stirred a hornet's nest in Afganistan, you dont want to face the brunt of...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/world/asia/26isi.html?th&emc=th ^^ A pretty scathing article from NYTimes damning ISI for... well everything.

Ah, don't open positive threads like this. The mods will delete it ;)