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You are underestimating the ‘general public in India’ friend. You are only hearing about these claims of failures now. For a guy like me and many fellow Indians it is just an action replay of what happened in the aftermath of those tests of 1998. Same suspicions were raised way back in that time...

Don’t claim to be an expert but as someone who has followed the civil & military nuclear developments of India very closely over the years, here s my take on the whole issue. A two stage thermonuclear device was claimed to have been tested by the GoI on 11th May 1998 The theoretical...

A small revelation- the guy who let the cat loose amongst the pigeons, Dr. K Santhanam was/is a senior R&AW agent:whistle: and going by his credentials, a master of psy-ops too!:D ?Colonel Srinivas? recalls N-day, Pokhran II tests- Hindustan Times Rest I leave to the members’ interpretation

One needs to differentiate between 'ability' and 'intent'. China has the intent and hence developed the ability to reverse engineer. On the other hand India does not have the intent to reverse engineer. The intent part unfortunately is decided by the GoI and specifically the foreign policy...

Complete ToT is an absolute myth! Irrespective of what one may tell you, no country in its wildest dreams will transfer the most sensitive techs, developed after years of R&D to any other country. What HAL means by 100% ToT is 100% of whatever both India and Russia agreed to in the original...

When did I say that the N-LCA will replace the Sea Harriers ‘on Viraat’? Both the Viraat and the Harriers will retire in 8-10 years time. By replacing the Harriers I meant, filling in the void created by them, just to make up the numbers of the naval air arm. We will have 3 carriers...

Pakistan’s BADR-1 & BADR-B were experimental satellites. BADR-1 satellite was launched in 1990, from a Chinese launcher, the Long March 2E and BADR-B was launched in 2001, from a Kazakistani launcher, the Zenit-2. Both these satellites don’t have any commercial application. Pakistan...

Total indigenisation of Sukhoi next year: HAL Vladimir Radyuhin MOSCOW: The first fully indigenous Su-30MKI fighter plane will roll off Indian assembly lines in 2010, a top executive at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited said on Wednesday. “Next year, HAL will achieve 100 per cent...

@sancho Before proceeding, two important clarifications- one, the Navy intends to procure up to 40 N-LCAs at least (may be more if required) and not just 8 as you think. They are also expected to replace the Sea Harriers in operation with the IN. Here is the confirmation for you- two, the...

IN Mig-29K at MAKS-2009

@sancho Read all your posts about the N-LCA. First of all I think I need to clarify a few things- The N-LCA is not a new aircraft. It is a naval version of the AF LCA-MkII, incorporating all the additional features and modifications required for a carrier based aircraft. The development of...

Here s what the Indian FM said. 'US drones sale a security risk'-India-TIMESNOW.tv - Latest Breaking News, Big News Stories, News Videos Agree with pmukherjee on this. Both India and Pakistan have the right to buy/develop whatever they want. However, both also have the right to protest over...

Indian launchers basically use three types of motors- solid, liquid and cryogenic. The solid stages were developed indigenously by India and were used for the launch of the SLVs and ASLVs (both retired now). Incidentally, India’s Agni-I missile was developed out of the solid stage booster...

‘Second indigenous nuke sub will be ready soon’ August 18th, 2009 New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) India’s second indigenous nuclear-powered submarine will be ready soon and will take less time from launch to induction than the first one, says a retired Indian Navy officer who was associated with...

Hmm interesting! It is possible that the French offered a similar deal to us. And it is also possible to fit a nuke reactor in the Scorpenes. So, you may be right in your assumption. I didn’t know about the option of procuring more Scorpenes from the French. All I am saying is that he six being...

US rules out interference in Kashmir issue Obama says US won’t play mediator on Kashmir issue So you were saying...:coffee: No one is procrastinating sir! It is a foreign policy issue. And a very strong one. If it appears that the US or any other country is trying to meddle with...

Again wrong! India knows Holbrooke wanted to discuss Kashmir which according to our policy is a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan. We will not accept or tolerate any international mediation! period. This is not the first time India has made this clear to the US. It has happened several...

Nope! If you read the article carefully, Holbrooke was snubbed twice. Last time when he visited Pakistan, he wanted to visit India too. Even then India had made the same excuse. The invitation to PM MMS came via Hilary Clinton when she visited India. That was after Holbrooke was snubbed first...

Just read your post. I l just answer very briefly as m goin to sleep now. Shall post in detail tomo. The nuclear reactor testing is not over by any means. It is one thing to have a reactor on land, where it is static and quite another to have it on a sub where pitching and rolling will take...

Disgruntled? I don't think so! Here is how the Obama Administration reacted quite literally as this development came after India snubbing Holbrooke. US begins preparations to host Prime Minister in November - India - NEWS - The Times of India