A cartoon of the DHRUV was printed in an ecuadorian newspaper
here is the link
http://livefist.blogspot.com/2009/11/dhruv-cartoon-in-ecuadorian-newspaper.html
Arre bhai .............the nuclear weapons programme is totally different from civil nuclear deal.
the link says that obama will cap india's nuclear weapons programme not civil nuclear deal
got it ?????
production under license falls under selling. example; india will be building all 6 scorpenes in india, under french ASSISTANCE. Now does that mean that france haven't sold the submarines to india???????
licensed production is different from indegenous development
:coffee:
i think the sale of nuclear submarines is allowed . otherwise how can brazil buy a nuclear submarine from france ?????????
here is the link
Confirmed: Agreement with France Includes the Brazilian Nuclear Submarine
malaysia will not make the same mistake with the sukhoi-30MKMs :whistle:
here is the link
http://theasiandefence.blogspot.com/2009/11/su-30mkm-will-not-suffer-same-fate-as.html
The problem was exacerbated by the Malaysian government procurement policy that only limited the spares...
India is likely to induct an advanced Akula-II nuclear submarine by january 2010.
this would mean that along with the arihant india will have it's second nuclear submarine operating in the indian ocean region
here is the link
ASIAN DEFENCE: N-powered Russian sub to be inducted in January
Air-defence is the part on which PAF needs to work upon
it's true that recently PAF have acquired the spada-2000 from italy, but certainly more needs to be done
there were talks of acquiring the HQ-9 as well as the HQ-19, but progress has been very slow on that front.
one hopes that...
In a finding that has alarmed India..........chinese spare-parts were used in top secret encryption devices used by the IAF
the presence of chinese spare-parts will allow china to decode indian codes or eavesdrop on the IAF
here is the link
ASIAN DEFENCE: Chinese parts in IAF encryption...
Plans to replace the ageing Cheetah and Chetak chopper fleet of the Indian Army and Air Force are set to get delayed, thanks to indecision of the Defence Ministry over conducting of the field trials. The original plan was to induct 197 Light Utility Helicopters (LUHs) starting from 2009-10 but...
Final price negotiations for the aircraft-carrier Gorshkov may extend beyond 2009 & way into an increasingly uncertain future.
here is the link
ASIAN DEFENCE: Gorshkov price talks may extend beyond Indian PM's visit to Russia
why only five ??? that's the question..... is it because india does not have enough special forces to operate such sumbarines or what?????
BTW pakistan already possesses midget class submarines from italy which are quite sophisticated
for me the cold war was the 3rd world war
this will be the world war IV
important observations : the world is bipolar again, china has replaced the soviet union as the axis power
pakistan + the muslim block will support china
only india in asia will support amrika
result ...
New inquiry team ordered DHRUV's CVR/ FDR to be shipped to bangalore
LiveFist - The Best of Indian Defence: DHRUV CRASH UPDATE #6: New Inquiry Team Ordered, CVR/FDR To Be Shipped To Bangalore