Search results

My Friend thank you for saying that; interestingly, many years ago..... it was an Iranian class-mate of mine in college in India; who introduced me to the beautiful intricacies of Indian Classical Music! :) He was learning to play the Sitar, and he was quite good at it. After all these years, I...

@New; that is a fascinating compilation. I knew only about half of them, like ones from Mark Twain (who I admire) and Will Durant and Max Mueller. :tup:

This is a commercial contract; both for the 36 aircraft and will be the same for any later tranches that come through. In a sense; it is extremely good news that HAL is being kept out of it. Now the contract will incorporate 'penalty clauses'. Intriguingly DPSUs have been immune to this kind of...

Something is getting clearer here.... "he also revealed that Dassault would take the lead to find a local partner, who could built additional Rafales under license in India" So the deal is likely to continue through a different via-media.

Not specifically. This is a Maritime Exercise, VBSS will be part of it; that is all.

There is also a device called ABSTENTION...... :)

I think that upper management needs to wake upto the fact that TTAS can behave in similar fashion to the ordinary membership; there is little that one may find exemplary in their conduct.... as was/is expected of them. Are'nt they supposed to be at least a notch above the ordinary membership...

No it is not OBVIOUS to some here..... including TTAS. That women have no combat or sea-going assignments. Common sense is uncommon in the ignorant; even more so when they are simply out to TROLL. But that is a matter for the Forum Mgmnt to handle.... unless they have put such matters on their...

A very realistic and logical view. War-fighting capability is much less about military hard-ware and much more about economic muscle. One should be able to afford to own and operate the hardware. The khairati or donation syndrome does not take care of that vital necessity.

Sitara is dead.... only the funeral is remaining. The Scorpion is definitely worth considering. It was suggested a few years ago to India that it should take up a JV for its manufacture. That makes sense; it fits into the "Make in India" program and actually India can then become the...

It does not require any special talents to do that. One needs to remain focussed on primary issues; mature and powerful ( diplomatically and economically) nations never see international relations as a "zero-sum game". That line of thinking is only for weak and insecure nations

Who would have imagined MoD level talks with the UAE. The norm was always talks between Ministers of Commerce or Petroleum or Labor or Finance; but Defence Ministers? The winds are changing apparently. India has been doing that for years; that is where years of leading NAM becomes useful.

That is absolutely correct. There is no other way than to let a particular movement or line of action run out of gas or run aground. Not every thing needs to be reacted to. Never lose sight of the 'larger picture' is the more important paradigm. We can now see the results in 7 decades of existence.

You mean to say that the Forum Management's standards are also sliding? Are they on the Mgmts Ignore/ Tolerate list? Why is there such a sense of helplessness visible?

@waz, @Slav Defence; Irrelevant Off-Topic Trolling on display,

Of course ..... C'mon I meant IAF Helos; itna to maan ley na. :D

Could be that...... or could be many tyres!

All that is quite some way off; as I have mentioned already. There are no indications of that in any way; hence the speculation. Another: quicker and cheaper way may even be to have a stripped-down version of the LCH or Dhruva to act as a Radar platform which will then interlink with the other...

Mis-estimate of the Fissile Material Stockpile in this report. Whatever be the rest of its contents.

No....... the Mi-17s and the Ka-226 do not overlap in any way here. The Mi-17 is a Medium Lift Helo, India does not have any other Rotorcraft in this class, nor is any being considered. The Kamov Sergei comes into replace both the Cheetah (mainly) and the Chetak (partly). It is HAL's LUH project...