tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post8266668211038658910..comments2024-02-10T23:32:15.095-08:00Comments on TRISHUL: The New UntouchablesPrasun K Senguptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00369323150694008798noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-12117543462596898032009-04-08T01:49:00.000-07:002009-04-08T01:49:00.000-07:00Oh ya 1 more thing... is there any party for these...Oh ya 1 more thing... is there any party for these new untouchables? Samajwadi Party?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-36597790779057238652009-04-08T01:48:00.000-07:002009-04-08T01:48:00.000-07:00Di atas prasun buat macam tahu BM pula kepada F, w...Di atas prasun buat macam tahu BM pula kepada F, walaupun tak tahu. Saya syak dia tahu setakat itu saja..<BR/><BR/><BR/>i said above in malay..<BR/><BR/>Above Prasun is showing he knows some Malay to F - although I vouch those few words are about what he knows.<BR/><BR/>[sorry couldnt resist prasun]<BR/><BR/>now back to "the new untouchables"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-48477898267263515982009-04-08T01:43:00.000-07:002009-04-08T01:43:00.000-07:00Zorin, prasun adds a malaysian twist coz his roots...Zorin, prasun adds a malaysian twist coz his roots are there. but having lived there i gotta say what he says are true.<BR/><BR/>when i was there i had absoulutely no problems, nor did my settled relatives there have problems with malays. Yes, some are racist who stir up politically sensitive issues but mainly for vote-bank politics. Much like is done by Indian politicians (eg Varun Gandhi).<BR/><BR/>The largest majority Malaysians live in Harmony. There has not been a racial riot for the past 40 yrs. I think conditions ibn South Asia are far worse.<BR/><BR/>About what Prasun says, I agree to some extent - Indian POLITICIANS have grossly exploited Indian people (eg Samy Vellu). These fucking politicians are self centered who will only help their selves not another soul. <BR/><BR/>in comparison let me assure you that other race politicians (malay n chinese) have been more generous to the Indians.<BR/><BR/>How many Indians have excelled from MIC loan? I can name u Indians who excelled from loans controlled by UMNO though.<BR/><BR/>As such dont comment on what u dont know.<BR/><BR/>Prasun, to say Indians are socio-economically deprived is wrong too. Comparatively Indians are the second highest tax payers after Chinese. Indian gross income too is higher in all states than Malays, despite Malay "relief", like u know what.....<BR/><BR/>Further, by percentage Indians make up the largest of doctors and lawyers - far higher than Chinese. Indians scoring all As in SPM and PMR are marginally higher than Malays.<BR/><BR/>These are just facts prasun. I dont wanna take the conversation away from "the new untouchables", so back to you answering patiently the questions of knowledge seekers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-3685489786721458572009-04-03T13:39:00.000-07:002009-04-03T13:39:00.000-07:00Still Waiting for ur ADDENDUM - 3Still Waiting for ur ADDENDUM - 3Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15968816350898122802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-37476318490513033162009-03-29T14:38:00.000-07:002009-03-29T14:38:00.000-07:00Nice blog. It is due to people like you that the s...Nice blog. It is due to people like you that the spirit of democracy and freedom of expression is alive. Keep up the good work. Hey, by the way, do you mind taking a look at our new website www.indianewsupdates.com. It has various interesting sections. Who knows, it might just have the right kind of stuff that you are looking for.<BR/><BR/>Also, if you like this website, can you please recommend it to your friends. Your little help would help us in a big way.<BR/><BR/>Thank you,<BR/><BR/>The Future MantraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-70184232091667693732009-03-27T22:11:00.000-07:002009-03-27T22:11:00.000-07:00prasun any idea if the navy will initiate any pure...prasun any idea if the navy will initiate any purely AD destroyer class ? the P-15B may be ?<BR/><BR/>reports also talk of land attack capability of P-15B, is that indicative of the nirbhay LACM ?<BR/><BR/>LR-SAM/MR-SAM + Brahmos + LACM + Barak-1 would be quite a load, what would you expect its weight to be ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-45895903252679177102009-03-27T11:09:00.000-07:002009-03-27T11:09:00.000-07:00To Anon@1:55PM: As you're aware the two projec...To Anon@1:55PM: As you're aware the two projects--MR-SAM and LR-SAM--are being co-developed by a consortium of DRDO labs and a consortium of Israel Aerospace Industries & RAFAEL Defence Systems. The MR-SAM, whose scale-model was shown at Aero India 2009, will have slant engagement envelope of 70km and a service ceiling of 15km, while the LR-SAM will go out to 120km and have service ceiling of 27km. The single-stage MR-SAM will be powered by a pulsed solid propellant rocket, will use proportional navigation for target-homing, will have a length of 3.55 metres, diameter of 225mm and will weigh 275kg. The directional warhead fuze will be of the laser-proximity type. The terminal guidance sensor will be a four-array AESA. The MR-SAM's land-based variant will use the EL/M-2084 MMR AESA target engagement radar and EL/M-2082 AESA long-range airspace surveillance radar. Each vertical launcher of the MR-SAM will carry 12 vertically-launched missiles housed in rectangular cannisters similar to the ones used for the MBDA-built Aster-15. The 120km-range LR-SAM will be a two-stage missile equipped with a jettissionable solid-rocket booster and a second-stage sustainer rocket also using solid fuel. For the Indian Navy's IAC, the on-board weapons suite will comprise the Barak-1 and MR-SAM (also known as Barak NG/Barak-2/Barak-8) for anti-ship cruise missile defence, and the LR-SAM for long-range area air defence, with the four-antenna array EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-band AESA being employed for both airspace surveillance and target engagement. They Navy will also equip its projected seven Project 15B DDGs with the MR-SAM/LR-SAM combination. While the Indian Army is on the verge of committing to the land-mobile MR-SAM to replace its existing Kvadrat/SA-6 M-SAMs, the IAF is in favour of inducting the LR-SAM and not the MR-SAM since it is of the view that the combination of LR-SAMs/E-SHORADS is more than enough to defend its fixed-site vulnerable areas/vulnerable points, and therefore is doing away with M-SAM and VSHORADS employment. <BR/><BR/>To Sachin_Sathe: While there is nothing wrong with the rationale for adopting innovative business cycles for establishing financially viable military-industrial capabilities, what is TOTALLY wrong is the methodology being adopted in creating such national capabilities. Resorting to opaque business practices and incurring 'hidden costs' within equipment procurement allocations can only lead to one thing: unchecked and unjustifiable corruption. Instead, the MoD should set up a MoF-administered venture capital fund that can be made available to business start-up proposals based on project viability instead of collateral-based project financing. This is exactly what has been done throughout those East European (former Warsaw Pact) countries since the mid-1990s and also in South Africa, and this model is the only one that has only only been successful, but has also been a totally transparent process.<BR/>Regarding MBTs, TATA Motors was never involved in any kind of MBT propulsion systems development. Rather, it has developed several weight-saving ceramics-based sub-structures for the Arjun MBT's hull and turret, and is also deeply involved in MBT vectronics R & D. As far as active protection systems go, they're all being imported but systems integration will be done by the DRDO. <BR/><BR/>To Sayarekd@12:33AM: The DRDO and DAE have joined forces to develop what are called laser-based and microwave-based Directed-Energy Weapons (DEW)which will have diverse applications within all three armed services. It should be noted that India got its first direct exposure to such DEWs when, in 1987 the USSR gave a detailed presentation to the IAF on an airborne anti-AEW & C DEW that was carried by a MiG-31 and employed a long-range air-to-air missile that denonated a warhead within 20km of an AEW & C to generate a paralytic EMP to totally burn up the AEW & C platform's airborne sensors. Those were the days when there were fears of an imminent sale of E-2C Hawkeyes by the Reagan Administration to Pakistan. When this sale did not go through the IAF dropped the idea of acquiring such airborne DEWs, but the DRDO immediately initiated R & D work on developing such DEWs indigenously. Since then, the DRDO has achieved core technology competencies and today there is a distinct possibility that the BrahMos-1 or even the projected hypersonic BrahMos-2, launched by a Su-30MKI, will be equipped with EMP-generating warheads. As far as ground-based laser-based anti-missile systems go, they're projected to go on board the FMBT and FICV, but they have also been identified as being viable systems to be employed against Battalion-level tactical and mini-UAVs.Prasun K Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369323150694008798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-27564129151250039452009-03-27T00:33:00.000-07:002009-03-27T00:33:00.000-07:00Prasun, can you please inform what type of Laser m...Prasun, can you please inform what type of Laser missile defence system DRDO is working on. <BR/><BR/>i have posted some of the pics on my blog which is of 2000 and 2001. <BR/><BR/>That time its range was only 4KM, what is it current status.sayareakdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814546623037128842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-31199634104471926812009-03-26T22:05:00.000-07:002009-03-26T22:05:00.000-07:00Prasun,if such a circle can help modernization of ...Prasun,<BR/><BR/>if such a circle can help modernization of indian armed forces and restructuring of DRDO then is it bad thing???<BR/><BR/>Also, wasn't TATA's supposed to be working on an engine for arjun MBT, can the derivative of such a power plant be developed in time for EX-Tank?<BR/><BR/>Also are indian labs working on active defencive aids or is it going to be an outright purchase?sachin_sathehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02104023701292128933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-46063392573442367452009-03-26T13:55:00.000-07:002009-03-26T13:55:00.000-07:00Sorry Mr. Sengupta, where I am I have access to ne...Sorry Mr. Sengupta, where I am I have access to neither the show dailies or was able to attend the air show, so any info would be nice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-22965419037614025822009-03-26T11:39:00.000-07:002009-03-26T11:39:00.000-07:00To Anon@10:43AM: The Tank EX has not been rejected...To Anon@10:43AM: The Tank EX has not been rejected by Army HQ. Rather, it is being considered as a potent competitor to the Russian proposal for upgrading the T-72M1s, since the Russian proposal calls for brand-new T-72 hulls and turrets to be supplied directly from Uralvagonzavod JSC, with HVF in Avadi only assembling the two together. The Tank EX proposal on the other hand envisages the use of existing T-72M1 hulls (so there's no need to build new hulls) and is a superior offer, on paper. The problem areas of the Tank EX, however, were the same as that plagueing the Arjun Mk1 until 2007: its hunter-killer fire-control system for which imported thermal imagers for the commander's panoramic sight and gunner's sight have been sought. Another major problem was that of the Tank Ex's 1,100hp powerpack. The Army wanted the DRDO to demonstrate two possibilities: one incorporating the Russia-origin powerpack (the same as that on the T-90S); and the other incorporating the powerpack identical to that on the Malaysian PT-91M MBT (RENK transmission mated to the Polish Wola-1000 engine). If these shortcomings can be rectified and be demonstrated this June in field-trials then the Tank Ex will be seriously considered. In addition, incorporation of the IDAS-90 defensive aids system and <BR/>LEDS 150-type active protection system will make the Tank EX an even more worthwhile proposition.<BR/><BR/>To Nava: No, it is the other way around. In fact, this issue came out in the open when the then Israeli PM Ariel Sharon came visiting in 2003 and he was assured that any Indian assistance in helping Iran upgrade its T-72M1 and T-72S MBTs will remain confined to structural aspects only, and will not include any assistance in the areas of communications and fire-control systems of the type supplied by Israel for India's T-72M1 CIA upgrade programme.Prasun K Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369323150694008798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-18710156429756578902009-03-26T11:25:00.000-07:002009-03-26T11:25:00.000-07:00Are you saying that Iranians actuallyhave anything...Are you saying that Iranians actually<BR/>have anything to offer to India regarding tank upgrades? Last time I checked, their main specialty was in slightly modifying old equipment and then proclaiming it to be "the best in the world"- they did it to some old tank, as well as to their f-5 "stealth fighters"...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16905910031853154585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-31490090996573396962009-03-26T11:10:00.000-07:002009-03-26T11:10:00.000-07:00To Kaushik: The problem is not the DRDO, if one ac...To Kaushik: The problem is not the DRDO, if one accepts that the DRDO's mandate is only to develop weapon systems through indigenous R & D. The problem arises when in a majority of cases the DRDO is made responsible not only for developing weapon systems at the laboratory-level, but is also required to specify and acquire the industrial production technologies/processes and transfer them to the DPSUs. Logically, these two responsibilities need to be separated and DRDO should not be burdened with issues of industrial production, which should be the domain of public-listed engineering companies, DPSUs and even SMEs. This exactly was the problem concerning the Arjun MBT's hydropneumatic suspensions. Although the DRDO had reverse-engineering the US-built hydropneumatic suspensions by 1993, it took more than a decade for companies like Kirloskar Pneumatic to master the production technologies required for locally producing such suspension systems!!! What was missing was the smart synergy between indigenous R & D capabilities and indigenous industrial production engineering capabilities. The two of them have to proceed and advance together in parallel. And this is exactly the problem with the Kaveri turbofan. GTRE has got the design right, the performance parameters right, but the GTRE or even HAL on their own cannot be expected to also come up with the know-how reqd for developing the Kaveri's hot-section components and single-crystal turbine blades, which is why the Kaveri turbofan remains a stillborne product. It should have been MIDHANI teamed up with HAL that should have been made responsible for developing these hot-section components. Why this wasn't done is anyone's guess.<BR/>Therefore, it is very interesting to do a case-study of how the Israelis, in light of their growing military-industrial involvement in India, have played a vital role in making sure that companies like ASTRA MICROWAVE were created with overseas venture capital in connivance with ex-DRDO senior scientists/officials. This very same business model is being re-implemented to cater to the MR-SAM and LR-SAM projects.<BR/>As for the numbers of Tejas LCAs reqd, it was originally meant to replace the MiG-21M and MiG-21bis. To that you can now add the replacements for the retired MiG-23BNs and early-build MiG-27Ms. ALL in all, about 350 Tejas LCAs are reqd, on paper. But that will change depending on how many M-MRCAs will be acquired, 126 or 220 or 280. <BR/>With regard to the MIRV tracking vessels, the US and Indian reqmts are different as the US relies to a very high level on space-based missile tracking assets of the type not available to India. Furthermore, the US warhead impact sites are fairly close to US island-/atoll-based territories and therefore will always have US naval escort vessels like corvettes and OPVs. In contrast, for India the potential MIRV impact sites will be in deep waters in the southern part of the Indian Ocean, which demands that ships of heavier displacement are used. Furthermore, such vessels will have to carry a greater amount of on-board equipment (just like the Chinese tracking vessels do) due to the absence of adequate space-based tracking assets. Finally, while Indian shipyards--both private and DPSUs--do have the capability to fabricate such vessels, the shipbuilders as yet don't have the design capabilities and independent design validation capabilities for such vessels. To overcome these two shortcomings, outsourcing is reqd. <BR/><BR/>To Kannan: Though Israel-Turkey industrial cooperation has grown over the years, both countries have been careful not to cooperate in sensitive areas like EW. In this area, Turkey has created industrial joint ventures with European entities like SELEX. The Turkish MILDS internal defensive aids suite for the F-16C/D was developed with SELEX, and not IAI/ELTA. Clearly, therefore, both Turkey and Israel have drawn distinct red-lines with regard to the limits of military-industrial cooperation, just as India has drawn a red line about cooperating with Iran in areas where Israeli companies are engaged within India (like upgrading of Russia-origin MBTs).Prasun K Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369323150694008798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-30627059592739520052009-03-26T10:43:00.000-07:002009-03-26T10:43:00.000-07:00If the main reason for the army rejecting MBT Arju...If the main reason for the army rejecting MBT Arjun is its import component and the difficulty in setting up a parallel logistics network then what about Tank Ex. It has same engine and suspension and tracks as the T-72 with superior turret armour, electronics and survivability. It is just 6 tonnes heavier than T-72 with similar dimensions so minimizing transportation problems. If the army had a really valid reason for rejecting Arjun for weight and dimensions then it should have considered Tank Ex. We have 1400 T-72 that can be converted to Tank-Ex. HVF can make more T-72 hulls so that we need not have gone for T-90 and just had Tank-ex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-79682873860175239472009-03-26T10:22:00.000-07:002009-03-26T10:22:00.000-07:00In your comments you said that ships for missile t...In your comments you said that ships for missile tracking can't be bought/leased from civilians because they have to be armed. Now this seems to be a dubious reason because even if such ships are unarmed they can always be escorted. <BR/><BR/>http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=107&type=MissileRangeInstrumentationShip<BR/><BR/>http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=133&type=MissileRangeInstrumentationShip<BR/><BR/>Here you can see two ships used by USA for missile tests. Clearly none of these ships seems to have any self-defense equipment, not even a CIWS. What more the first ship looks like a modified fishing trawler! In India, civilian shipping yards can build such ships. So can't we mount the ISRO developed radar on ships made by us here? Why do we need to buy them from some other country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-15887466660138890052009-03-26T10:03:00.000-07:002009-03-26T10:03:00.000-07:00Prasun..Turkey is license producing and completely...Prasun..<BR/>Turkey is license producing and completely familiar with Israeli systems..<BR/>and they are also involved in like..up-gradation of PaK F-16 fleets(to block-50?) and good ties with Pak military. So is it possible that Pak indirectly get cutting edge Israeli weapons/radars and familiarity? Do Israel have some sort of arrangement so that these do not leak to countries like TSP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-13858846923153632802009-03-26T09:51:00.000-07:002009-03-26T09:51:00.000-07:00First it was the HF-24 Marut. Then MBT Arjun and n...First it was the HF-24 Marut. Then MBT Arjun and now Akash SAM. It seems the Indian armed forces have absolutely no faith in DRDO or OFB. <BR/>I am sure the Air Force will in the end ditch the Tejas too. There will be just token orders for one or two squadrons deployed in non-critical zones like some deep interior part of the country. Already there are clear signs of the IAF's intentions. There have been persistent complaints about the lack of adequate thrust and need for extra hardpoints on the fuselage. Moreover the Tejas' radar and engine are imported and so the IAF has a ready reason to voice its doubts about the Tejas' operational costs and spare parts availability. When the Tejas is ready for deployment after FOC the Air Force will say that since it has 126 MMRCA it can't buy any more MRCAs like Tejas. Moreover the IAF plans to deploy the Tejas in Sulur AFB in the South and not with the Western, Northern or Eastern Air Commands which are critical areas. This clearly shows the regard the IAF has for the Tejas.<BR/><BR/>Has the IAF officially or unofficially declared the no. of Tejas planes it needs in the long run?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-21360297978145664602009-03-26T09:40:00.000-07:002009-03-26T09:40:00.000-07:00To Anon@2:47AM: Yes, I did read them and the Rs600...To Anon@2:47AM: Yes, I did read them and the Rs600 crore amount mentioned is most likely to be converted into venture capital to be used for establishing clusters of industrial manufacturing enterprises in India, especially in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Coimbatore. I know of at least six such companies, all owned by ex-DRDO scientists and officials, that have come up since the late 1990s in a similar manner and which are now the principal vendors for the DRDO's major flagship projects in the areas og guided-missiles, ballistic missiles and long-range tracking radars. All this, again, are direct consequences of the MoD's flawed directives that permit only direct offsets, and not indirect offsets. And last but not the least, the purported amount of Rs600 crores will most likely to pumped back into India in a way almost identical to the one I described in my article on 'facilitators'. While on one hand this will enable India to establish a strong and viable defence-industrial base (this being real ToT) catering exclusively to the gigantic MR-SAM and LR-SAM orders from the Indian armed forces, it will also enable several well-connected politicians to become venture capitalists who in turn will turn to the retired senior DRDO officials to manage and run these enterprises. It is a vicious circle with its pluses and minuses.<BR/><BR/>To Anon@5:05AM: The data you seek was all clearly displayed on information board posters at the IAI pavilion at Aero India 2009. Such data was also published in the expo's show dailies.<BR/><BR/>To Zorin: I'm extremely disappointed by your ethnocentric remarks, which are derogatory, to say the least. FYI 'F' happens to be my close friend and I deeply appreciate his questions, especially since my blog was never meant to be an India-specific blog. I don't know how you've concluded that my blog is meant to be 100% India in character and content. And regarding 'jihadi' links, rest assured that you will find more such links within India and India's near-abroad than you will within Malaysia. And regarding your warped suppositions on Malays hating Indians, nothing else is farther than the truth. In Malaysia, the wrath of the socio-econoimically deprived Malaysian-Indians is primarily directed not against the Malays or Chinese, but against the pompous, politically corrupted ruling class of Malaysian-Indians who have only made themselves prosperous over the past 25 years at the expense of the great majority of the Malaysian-Indian citizens. Therefore, given your utter lack of appreciation of the Malaysian socio-economic ground realities, it would be better for you to keep silent on this issue for good. <BR/><BR/>To Anon@7:48AM: You like to fashion yourself as a consistent self-styled over-simplifier, don't you? What makes you think the S-300PMU and S-400 are superior to the Barak NG-based MR-SAM and LR-SAM? Just because the Chinese bought them? China bought them simply because it could not lay its hand on superior systems of US/European origin due to the arms embargo imposed on Beijing since May 1989. It's that simple. And regarding which party will do what R & D for the India-Israeli MR-SAM and LR-SAM and which enterprise will produce what, the joint R & D and industrial production facilities are now being created in both countries as of now and were detailed by me in FORCE's Aero India show dailies. Therefore, you allegations of all R & D/industrial production being concentrated within Israel is 100% wrong.Prasun K Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369323150694008798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-50937243802559383812009-03-26T09:39:00.000-07:002009-03-26T09:39:00.000-07:00zorin, FYI prasun is a contributor to malayasian d...zorin, FYI prasun is a contributor to malayasian def mag tempur, it's he who should say what goes on here, not you.<BR/><BR/>kindly STFU.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-11776573514081735352009-03-26T08:54:00.000-07:002009-03-26T08:54:00.000-07:00PRASUN CAN U PROVIDE SOME INFO ON WHICH AIP BEING ...PRASUN CAN U PROVIDE SOME INFO ON WHICH AIP BEING OFFERED WITH amur class subsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-73982701746721479242009-03-26T07:48:00.000-07:002009-03-26T07:48:00.000-07:00what is meaning of developing MRSAM with israel if...what is meaning of developing MRSAM with israel if there r already better SAM systems with longer range exist<BR/>like s300pmu2,s400<BR/><BR/>chinese have s300 with 90 km on their type52 destroyers with this MRSAM being made will have only 70 km range <BR/><BR/>this is like reinventing the wheel and this makes no sense<BR/><BR/>moreover we r just paying money <BR/>everything else being done in israel <BR/><BR/>like <BR/>radar is israeli,<BR/>seekers r isreali,<BR/>data links r israeli<BR/>testing is being done in israel<BR/><BR/>and no tech transfer for seeker,radar<BR/><BR/>what india is doing except throwing moneyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-48836114582903931602009-03-26T05:25:00.000-07:002009-03-26T05:25:00.000-07:00Is "F" malaysian? Why is s/he injecting a malaysia...Is "F" malaysian? Why is s/he injecting a malaysian twist all the time?Surely s/he doesn't expect Malaysia to be the next superpower!Who cares what Malaysia orders?At the end of the day surely there will be some "jihadi" links in Malaysia. From the documentaries shown in Australia, ethnic Malays hate Indians and are causing havoc for the Indian community so perhaps let's keep Malaysia out of this page UNLESS they have something to offer to the Indian defence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-71069330100749577282009-03-26T05:05:00.000-07:002009-03-26T05:05:00.000-07:00Mr. Sengupta, has anyone established what the rang...Mr. Sengupta, has anyone established what the range and ceiling of the MR-SAM for the Navy and the LR-SAM for the IAF will be ?<BR/><BR/>How many squadrons does the IAF intend to equip ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-57969067617107991092009-03-26T02:47:00.000-07:002009-03-26T02:47:00.000-07:00Prasun,seen these?http://www.dnaindia.com/report.a...Prasun,<BR/>seen these?<BR/><BR/>http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1242675<BR/><BR/>http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1242337<BR/><BR/>http://epaper.dnaindia.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154280302945875495.post-53983180580915435902009-03-25T17:17:00.000-07:002009-03-25T17:17:00.000-07:00To Anon@1:24PM: While it was not wrong to highligh...To Anon@1:24PM: While it was not wrong to highlight the LM-2500 issue, the contents of the story were wrong and not factual, and were therefore misleading, as subsequent revelations have now proven. <BR/><BR/>To Anon@2:41PM: Thanks for the heads-up dude (LOL!). That must be the 60th supari placed on my head since the late 1980s. Am not only counting the days, but also the other suparis that have yet to surface in the time to come.Prasun K Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369323150694008798noreply@blogger.com