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Ami byomkesh er khub bhakto! :cool: About understanding the written language, amar girlfriend bengali!;)

ধোন্নোবাদ , dada! So I guess Dr. S. Pillai was not lying afterall!:lol: @ tanlixiang28776, No problem, mate! Google does have it's shocking moments! :lol: You can check out...

It wasn't my fault that you forgot to type "AE 2011" while googling! Anyway, the seminar is available online @ Live webcast of Aero India 2011 International Seminar, where you can check out his presentation. It was at the end of the session that he was asked about the block3. P.S. For...

:rofl::rofl::rofl: I'm talking about this guy.... Dr. A Sivathanu Pillai is the chief controller of the Research and Development and also holds the rank of "Distinguished Scientist" at the Defence Research and Development Organisation at the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of...

Check the bracket! Those who follow this section know that I was present there. I think the seminar is present online. Don't know whether they have the Q&A session that followed! About the second part, this from our friend the wiki!

Slight correction, the latest block 3 Brahmos flies @ 5m above the sea level (revealed by Dr. Pillai @ AE 2011 seminar). Also, almost all subsonics routinaly travel @ 5m only. 3m requires very calm sea conditions, it is very seldom the case.

XINIX paaji, tussi top (hindi waali top (canon)) ho!:yahoo:

1. AFAI could understand this post, your "macro elements" are just weight and rifled cannon (not turret). a. Weight--- Arjun is a heavy tank because that is what was demanded by the army GSQR. What you forgot was that the Arjun has an equally heavy engine to power it through! The...

Congrats, benny bhau!! You are in elite company of 10000ers! :laugh:

1. The report says that negotiations are going on. Wait for the final deal before we comment on the number of missiles ordered. And the 200 no. is inexplicable! Your report also says, That is nothing but the FOC! I believe we will see an order of (200?) few missiles for the 40 mk1...

Nice post, dude! Collating the points from above posts as well as some other stuff, here is a status check on Arjun mk2. 1.Mobile Camouflage System (MCS) : As part of the project ‘Development of Defensive Aids System’, the MCS has been developed, integrated in MBT Arjun and...

To all of you, I've got only two words............ "BRO LOVE!!!!":angel: This is what it means! Though, I'll post one of the definations here,too. So, all you fellas with dirty minds, join the group with me and riaz bhai and spread the love!:lol: @ Joe dada, A...

Hi, sancho! I can assure you about the veracity of my post. The quoted post of mine should be read in the context of the thread. I'm aware of the current progress of all these weapon programes, however, when the discussion is about the export of LCA mk2, we are talking about 2017 minimum...

A very precise and informative post, you have hit the nail on it's head! Thanks, Abingdonboy!

Even with weapons, lot of activity is going on. A to A- Astra mk1 and mk2. A to G- Helina (extended range) and a new Anti radiation weapon. Precision munition- Long range-- Nirbhay ALCM. Short range-- Sudarshan LGB. Other munitions- Runway denial bombs. Dumb Iron bombs. What...

I presume there was some talk regarding Republic Day parade ,too. Never knew that it was considered to be a part of overseas deployment! Anyways, this has already been answered very well by posters like Pandora, anathema et al. I'll just recap and add a few points. 1. Overseas deployments...

Thank you for the confidence in me, bro! I did go through the major components in the LCA and their origins today. Many of the earlier foreign components are being replaced by Indian made ones. e.g. the MFDs from sextant, RLG based INS, actuators etc. Here are the major imported...

There is nothing overly optimistic in my timeline. I've just stated it for the TR modules ( the front end of the AESA). AFAIK, GaN based arrays are where the world is heading right now, US already there, France by 2012. With the successful demonstration of GaN tech last year, India has...

I'm getting a bit confused here! What is the bone of contention? a. IAF is not using it's single engined jets in the exercises in recent past? OR b. Why is IAF opting for more and more twinners? If, a is the question, Then the answer is with following points, 1. Apart from...

The MMR has it's front end and some back end components from LRDE. The rest of the back end is from EL 2032 by Elta. In software, the Elta code is used for some of the modes only. Rest of the modes are working with Indian source codes integrated with the Elta processor. That is how I...