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You need to read about the MKI incidents. One was pilot error, the other was due to intake of a foreign object into the engine. You want to question the helis? You serious? Even the UN is lining up to borrow these from India!!

There is. Flying a plane well beyond it's shelf life of 40 years. We even managed to crash harriers that way.

I'm sure this will feature broadly in the talks although boss would be a wrong designation. Also given the delayed projects and the cancelled exercise earlier this year, this meeting will surely take on those issues. Hopefully this does the trick. Way too much time has been wasted.

Bramhos, T90's, Sukhoi 30MKI's and FGFA are substandard?

The conditions in the border regions of India and Pakistan are unique and in the past tanks from both sides have suffered fornot being able to be at their optimal performance levels under those conditions. That is where the Arjun managed to beat the T-90 and where majority of the tests of Arjun...

The pressure is mounting on Syrian President Bashar al Assad to put an end to the killings. President Assad remains defiant of calls from the international community, to a certain extent due to the support of countries like Russia, Iran, India, Brazil and South Africa, all of whom are part of...

Not sure if this is a failed launch or not, but the pics are really good. Someone should start a thread on missile launches with such pics.

I know that dude. I speak both languages. In Marathi Majhi means mine, I wasnot aware of Maji. The only thing that came to mind was Bhaji :P.

Lol....It looks a lot like Bha!! And this is the first time I'm coming across a reference to Maharashtra as "Majhi".

It says "The Last moments of the nation's father. A memory kept hidden/closely guarded for 37 years by a tailor. This is a rare photograph taken 37 years ago of Nathuram Godse shooting and killing the Nation's father Mahatma Gandhi. At that moment an English journalist had managed to...

I really don't understand why people here compare the Al-Khalid and the Arjuns? Tank comparisons are fine if you are deciding to select which one to buy. If anything the comparisons should be between Arjun Mk1,Mk2 and the T-90's. In a battle scenario anti-armor weapons are the ones you have to...

I'm sure whole of Bangalore sees and hears it. There were also flights of an armed helicopter which I assumed was the Dhruv.Turns out it was the Rudra.

Don't bother. What they fail to understand is that unlike our neighbours, the Indian policy is to ensure that defence spends never exceeds 2.5% of GDP. Every year the armed forces tries to increase the cap to 3% but to no avail. Can you imagine the reaction of these guys on the day this .5%...

Wasn't aware of that. Any idea who runs it?

Arjun Goes Gold September 7, 2011: The Indian Ministry of Defense recently revealed that the new version of its locally built tank, the Arjun Mk 2, would enter service in 2015, and cost $8 million. This would make it the most expensive tank in the world. The improvements over the current Mk 1...

For a nation that could not even detect the preparations for a nuclear test the US seems to claim to know a lot about that test. The statement about India seemingly giving up nuclear tests seems more like an assurance to Congressmen to enable this deal to be passed than anything else.

Umm..what exactly is this Jinnahpur? This is the first time I'm hearing about it.

Doubt that will happen. There were talks of it either being pegged to a basket currency system (like the Indian Rupee) or a entirely new currency used only for trade purposes.

NEW DELHI: Developing an alternative mechanism for trade-related payments in BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) is gaining currency. Last week, during a meeting of the India-South Africa CEOs' forum that was attended by commerce & industry minister Anand Sharma and his...

Good point. But I'll question the doubts raised by the official's visit too. Unless there is a law to specifically state where a high commission official can or cannot go (which there isn't), he is free to visit as per his personal preference.