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India is also vying to sell Nuclear reactors (indigenous PHWRs) to Kazakhstan amongst other Asian, African and South American countries! The Hindu Business Line : India takes a step forward on N-reactor export front Kazakhstan could well be the first export customer of Indian PHWRs. They have...

Hi guys, I don’t think that this decision to cancel the German order coming just days after the launch of the Indian nuke sub is a mere coincidence. Here is why- For starters, AIP version of the Scorpene, with the MESMA air-independent propulsion is much larger than the German U-214. It is...

Hi guys, Though your intentions are noble, I am afraid we may not be able to use this particular type of reactor for rural electrification! This is primarily because the Arihant reactor is a Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) type and uses Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) as fuel. Apart from our...

India has tech for n-warship Kalpakkam Aug. 2: India can build its own nuclear powered aircraft carrier and warships, said the country’s top nuclear scientist. “Yes, we have the capability and technical expertise to build nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and war ships of global standards...

Here you go! This should answer some of the members' queries. But, I don't think the first two carriers will be n-powered. Maybe the later versions, when we have a decent carrier based aircraft on our radar. But, yes the country is capable of producing the nuclear reactors for such carriers!

PWR building shows indigenous capability, says Kakodkar Monday, Aug 03, 2009 CHENNAI: India building an 80 MWe Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) at Kalpakkam near here “marks the beginning of its indigenous PWR capability,” Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Chairman Anil Kakodkar said on...

INS Arihant's indigenous nuclear reactor! The 80 MWe indigenous PWR at Kalpakkam. In the foreground is the pressure hull and behind is the shield tank that contains water and the reactor.

Video: Rare scoop on INS Arihant's Nuclear Reactor Watch Video

Latest images of moon surface sent by Chandrayaan-I Image depicting the details of Leibniz crater on the Moon as seen by TMC of Chandrayaan-1 on July 20, 2009 Image showing craters of different sizes on the Moon as seen by TMC of Chandrayaan-1 on July 20, 2009 Finer details...

Chill guys! I think poor ouioui.. has mistaken Jain community for Jane's defence? Am I right ouioui...? Here we are not talking about Jane's. Instead we are talking about a religious community in India- here you go- Jainism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Scott Carson, president and chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, speaks during the rollout ceremony for the Boeing P-8A Poseidon at the Boeing plant in Renton. U.S. Navy sailors look over the new Boeing P-8A Poseidon during the rollout ceremony for the plane at the Boeing...

Rollout of Boeing P-8A Poseidon ceremony on thursday U.S. Navy sailors look over the new Boeing P-8A Poseidon during the rollout ceremony for the plane at the Boeing plant in Renton. The P-8A Poseidon is a long-range, anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance...

MMRCA trials to begin in Bangalore next week

Quoting from the article- Is the highlighted part correct? Can some MP confirm this?

I had started this thread some time back, but decided against posting there any further. http://www.defence.pk/forums/india-defence/27277-quite-treat-military-space-tech-lovers.html There my first post was about BrahMos- here I will re-post it for you. Should answer all your queries-

There was a feature about the Indian AEW&C in the Feb-2008 issue of Aeromag Asia. I l quote that info as it is. This is all there is in the open I guess!

DRDO's development of AEW&CS system to result in low-cost offshoot 30 July 2009 Bangalore: The Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS) at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has revealed that it has developed a low-cost, indigenous radar system, which will match and even...

DRDO CABS AEW&CS Embraer-145 configuration: (Copyright image: domain-b)

You have summed up the essence of my posts very nicely! “so in theory, will be placed so far away that an engagement, by the 214 will be made impossible” that is the bottomline! The U214 is indeed very advanced and I never denied that. But, you have to understand that there is nothing...

Dear Sir, is that all you found of interest in my post? I think you misinterpreted what I wanted to say! Though I completely endorse your views on efficacy of a sub at low speeds, my primary argument was never about speed, it was about 'range and endurance'! You can scale down the speed in my...