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Thanks buddy! Your posts aren't bad either. Keep up the good work.

That is precisely what I meant. Course correction along the flight is performed via onboard sensors and gyros and not through GPS or GLONASS aid. The INS used in the BrahMos is a modified version of the one used in the Indian Prithvi Ballistic missiles, which don’t use GPS at all and yet...

That s true. That s why we are working on our own GPS! Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Well the description says that it will provide coverage of about 2000 km around India. But learned space scientists will know that 7 sats with 3 in GSO can...

The BrahMos missile control system is based on Inertial navigation with terminal homing. The GPS/GLONASS data is required only at the terminal stages by which time the missile would have already reached close to the target via INS. It is a high precision missile, meant to take out very small...

The current version of the BrahMos missile uses a hybrid GPS-GLONASS navigation. The GPS is the primary navigational aid, but in case the GPS fails, malfunction or is intentionally switched off, the missile can switch over to the GLONASS. Affects the accuracy, but ensures that the missile is not...

Ok let s cut all the crap about Ajmal Kasab being an Indian or him reforming after so many days in custody! The bottom line is that the kid has got a very smart lawyer! He keeps leaking such news to the media that will garner him some sympathy from the public and the judge. He knows full well...

All time favorite!!!

India, US planned to attack China through Nepal: Prachanda 6 Aug 2009, KATHMANDU: Maoist chief Prachanda has made a sensational charge that India and the US had planned to launch anti-China campaign, even a possible attack on the Communist giant, using Nepalese territory. "I had to quit...

Exclusive INS Arihant photo Exclusive INS Arihant photo: India Today - Latest Breaking News from India, World, Business, Cricket, Sports, Bollywood. new+copy-707909.jpg (image)

Continued....... RAW AT WAR-II What is not possible by deployment of force is possible by the use of stratagem.The black cobra was defeated by the stratagem of the crow and the golden chain. -- Chanakya Introduction The first part of this article briefly traced out the history of...

Gp Capt SM HALI, columnist for Pakistan's Defence Journal, examines the historical capacity of Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) of India to conduct clandestine operations. Good read! RAW at War-Genesis of Secret Agencies in Ancient India Espionage, euphemistically called the second oldest...

Another fine article by Admiral Raja Menon (retd.)

Think Tank: China Beats U.S. in Simulated Taiwan Air War August 5, 2009 In 2000, the influential think thank RAND Corporation crunched some numbers regarding a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan, and concluded that “any near-term Chinese attempt to invade Taiwan would likely be a very...

lol we got your ‘democratically’ elected government to admit that ‘Ajmal Kasab’ is a Pakistani national and you still doubt our wisdom?:cheesy:

Hi Ruag, Please, state your point clearly. Do you doubt the capability of the LCA or only the Kaveri engine? If you are concerned with the LCA on the whole then be assured that it is not being thrust upon the IAF by anyone. The IAF has clearly specified the IOC and FOC conditions/requirements...

Parliament (Lok Sabha) passes landmark Right to Education Bill Wednesday, August 5, 2009 New Delhi (PTI): Children would get the fundamental right to free and compulsory education with the passage of a bill, hailed as "historic", by Parliament on Tuesday. The Right of Children to Free...

EXCLUSIVE: BrahMos Wants To Shake Russia Off Tuesday, August 04, 2009 The CEO of Indo-Russian supersonic cruise missile firm BrahMos Aerospace has recommended to the government that he be appointed the head of a new cell under the Secretary-Defence Production, that will focus, among other...

Range will most probably be same as the land and ship based versions i.e. 290km. Max pay load may be less than the conventional payload of 300kg. All modifications will be complete by 2010, tests are expected to commence from 2011 and the missile will most likely be inducted by the IAF in 2012...

BRAHMOS-A: Airborne supersonic cruise missile brahmos+air-715230.JPG (image)

It would have been nice if you could have provided the link for the article Gabbar. But, anyway I googled and found that the article was written by Mr. Praful Bidwai. Must say I wasn’t surprised at all. Before proceeding let me give a brief intro about the author- First of all Bidwai is an...