tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post2126064060652187689..comments2024-03-27T22:21:20.855+05:30Comments on TRISHUL: Highlights Of Aero India 2013 Expo: Part-3Prasun K. Senguptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-51317244534195354332013-06-21T13:43:16.831+05:302013-06-21T13:43:16.831+05:30Sydney Escort The ladies in this gallery enjoy du...<a href="http://www.agencyatlantic.com/sydney-escorts.html" rel="nofollow"> Sydney Escort </a> The ladies in this gallery enjoy duo's. Most of the ladies in this gallery are also happy to meet with couples too (please confirm when you book) <br /><a href="http://www.agencyatlantic.com/bisexual-babes-escorts.html" rel="nofollow"> Couple escort Sydney </a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />lkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10418080205148813106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-10552989537889582232013-02-23T04:18:53.048+05:302013-02-23T04:18:53.048+05:30To VIVEK: Yes. Things are indeed headed that way. ...To VIVEK: Yes. Things are indeed headed that way. Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-24505180059325506342013-02-23T04:16:23.007+05:302013-02-23T04:16:23.007+05:30To BHASWAR: Not 16, but 12 SLBMs in two side-by-si...To BHASWAR: Not 16, but 12 SLBMs in two side-by-side rows of six. The IN wants SLBMs with a range of 8,500km if possible. But a range of 6,500km will be acceptable. For acquiring the necessary amount of weapons-grade plutonium, a new PHWR is now coming up at BARC's Trombay facility to replace the 40mW Cirus n-reactor. This new reactor, along with the existing Dhruva & the two 540mW PHWRs in Maharashtra & the PFBR at Kalpakkam will be employed for generating the amount of fissile materials (about 3 metric tonnes) required for the n-arsenal.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-44141754957631309522013-02-23T01:24:24.461+05:302013-02-23T01:24:24.461+05:30Prasun Sir,
Thank you for the prompt reply. But ...Prasun Sir, <br /><br />Thank you for the prompt reply. But this still means that we will need at least 200 assembled warheads by 2020-25, no? Our current no. is around 60-80 right? Also, aren't the S-5 and S-6 meant to carry 16 SLBMs? I can understand the idea of limiting the range of our land based ballistic missiles to 5000-6000km but shouldn't we build our SLBMs to have a range of 8000-10000km, after all the larger the area out of which the sub can launch the safer it is and the more difficult it becomes for the enemy to try and detect it?Bhaswarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13654231099908820832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-15378222351476708122013-02-23T01:01:54.770+05:302013-02-23T01:01:54.770+05:30Hi Prasun
As per one of your reverts today regardi...Hi Prasun<br />As per one of your reverts today regarding nukes and all types of delivery platforms, you seem to suggest that India would eventually have more than 210 warheads (including MIRV) on ICBM/IRBM/ADM/SLBM, this is against your current estimate of just about 60 warheads, will we actually increase our numbers so much over the next 10 years or so?<br />Thanks in advanceViveknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-19628633109547788842013-02-23T00:23:52.888+05:302013-02-23T00:23:52.888+05:30To ABS: The question that then arises is this: why...To ABS: The question that then arises is this: why is this Facebook page not being declared ‘out-of-bounds’ by the Govt of India? For any such page that ouvertly features hate-content automatically also qualifies as being a provocateur for terrorist acts. The obvious ought to have been done by the Union MHA eons ago! <br /><br />To VIKRAM GUHA: Such limitations will apply to only those tactical UAVs (like SAGEM’s Sperwer being used by the French in Mali) that are equipped with only optronic sensors. MALE-UAVs equipped with belly-mounted radars with SAR & GMTI modes (like Heron-1 equipped with EL/M-2054 or EL/M-2055D) will not be fooled. Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-68520729962453735592013-02-23T00:23:18.790+05:302013-02-23T00:23:18.790+05:30To Anon@1.34AM: NO.
To BHASWAR: 1) MIRVs will be ...To Anon@1.34AM: NO.<br /><br />To BHASWAR: 1) MIRVs will be tested by 2016. Miniaturisation has already taken place, if you compare the Agni-1 with the Shaurya. There’s no Agni-6 project, period. Everything else one reads on this subject is just jingo-based speculation. 2) The boosted-fission warhead was indeed a miniaturised high-yield warhead that is scalable, if required. Therefore, thermonuclear warheads are not desperately sought. 3) Assuming that the S-5 SSBN will be able to carry 12 SLBMs each armed with three MIRVs, then the S-5 & S-6 SSBNs will carry 24 SLBMs or 72 MIRVs. Consequently, the land-based component of the nuclear triad will comprise no more than 40 ballistic missiles inclusive of IRBMs & ICBMs armed with both unitary warheads (about 18) & MIRVs (about 66). Finally, there will be some 60 air-delivered munitions (ADM) or air-launched Nirbhay & LRCMs, each armed with unitary n-warhead). Of all these, the IRBMs & ICBMs & ADMs will be available by this decade, while the SLBMs will be available only after 2020.<br /><br />To KSHITIZ KUMAR: 1) Hellfire can be easily launched from both Rudra & LCH, since the COMPASS multifunction turret can also do laser target designation. 2) Yes. 3) Not yet. 4) Most untrue.<br /><br />To SK: 1) Yes. It is related to one of the DRDO’s reqmt for floating test-ranges equipped with X-band telemetry tracking radars & high-precision optronic sensors. The other reqmt is for a floating test-range for monitoring the performance of seabed sonars & underwater weapons like torpedoes & autonomous underwater vehicles. It is for the latter that KELTRON recently won a DRDO for supplying mid-frequency thin-line towed-array. By the way, remember the two floating vessels equipped with monitoring sensors flanking the latest underwater test-firing of the K-15 SLBM? These vessels, as well as all such vessels now being built were designed & equipped according to specifications drafted for the DRDO by Israel’s RAFAEL Advanced Defence Systems, since this company has pioneered the usage of such vessels during offshore test-firings of all kinds of guided-weapons. The DRDO-RAFAEL deal came about as a quid pro quo AFTER the DRDO inked the joint R & D contract for the Barak-2 SAM in the previous decade.<br />2) The IAF’s MRTT reqmts are quite limited for now, while those for AAR (air-to-air refuelling) are greater. Consequently, the IAF will have a healthy mix of AARs & MRTTs in a 70: 30 force-mix. 3) Not more fuel, but more payload. Even the A-50I PHALCON uses the IL-78MKI-90 platform. See this: http://trishulgroup.blogspot.in/2008/10/il-78mki-90-detailed.htmlPrasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-12706223011317602862013-02-23T00:22:53.168+05:302013-02-23T00:22:53.168+05:30To SREENIVAS: It is always very much possible to p...To SREENIVAS: It is always very much possible to produce such a seismic shock by triggering a huge mass of TNT within an enclosed environment. Secondly, no radioactive residue can be contained within the underground blast-site unless the site is for a one-off/one-time nuclear explosion, which is quite a risky & cost-prohibitive undertaking, since no one to date has come up with successive fully-instrumented n-weapons test sites. Therefore, any radioactive residue has to be released to the atmosphere so that the site can be used for follow-on n-weapons test. Since this did not happen, the only logical conclusion/option left on the table is that this was a massive underground conventional explosion purely for DPRK’s domestic propaganda purposes. <br /><br />To VIVEK: Those other blogs you’ve mentioned focus on just reporting what they’ve learnt or been given through official briefing channels. The blog-owners don’t understand their subject-matters & that’s the reason why they either refrain from clarifying matters or don’t know what answers to look out for & where & how to obtain them. 1) There was never any Indian overseas military base in Tajikistan. There was only an aerial logistics detachment comprising a Mi-17 helicopter at Farkhor air base directly above Afghanistan Kunduz Airport. 2) Maybe, let’s just wait & see. Don’t be surprised if the Nirbhay bears a close resemblance to the Novator 3M-14E LACM. 3) No further updates on them. SLCM testing of any kind is still another year away.<br /><br />To ANON@12.48AM: 1) There were plans for installing an ELISRA-developed internal jammer on Su-30MKI, but this was option was rejected. EL/L-8222 is a self-protection pod that’s mounted externally. Only MiG-29B-12 from the outset had a Russian internal jammer. 2) Yes. Ariel-1 from Cassidian. 3) The two-colour version of MILDS-F MAWS has already been developed by Cassidian (not DARE). DARE is developing the MSWS. MAWS is only one component of MSWS. 4) No of TWTs were increased from 1 to two. 5) Super Sukhoi units won’t be new-build, according to latest IAF plans, but will be an upgrade package involving existing Su-30MKIs. 6) Both. Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-37649502421140173352013-02-23T00:22:28.006+05:302013-02-23T00:22:28.006+05:30To Anon@3.42PM: The answer to your question lies w...To Anon@3.42PM: The answer to your question lies within the aims & objectives of the IAF’s decision to take part in its first-ever Red Flag exercise in 2008. The aim was not to engage in a game of one-upmanship or prove who’s better. Instead, the aims & objectives were two-fold: First, to gain experience in terms of deploying to a distant country & learning about the aerial logistics challenges that would be encountered during the process. Second, to gain a first-hand insight on the planning, execution & debriefing processes associated with EX Red Flag so that all these could be REPLICATED WITHIN India for the benefit of both the IAF as well as for those friendly air forces that had the willingness & capacity to go to India for participating in bilateral or multilateral air exercises. These presently comprise the air forces of the US, UK, France & Singapore. Thanks to all this, the IAF’s first-ever dedicated infrastructure for hosting such periodic air exercises is now almost in place at Kalaikunda AFS. <br /><br />To SUJOY MAJUMDAR: It does indeed, since India was always the ‘Jewel in the Crown’ for the colonial British Empire which, till the mid-1800s, was still accountable for 98% of the then world’s GDP. And what amazed the Brits most that that time was the sheer opulence, glutton & ‘ayyashi’ of the then ruling Kings & Nawabs, all of which was brilliantly portrayed by the late Satyajit Ray in his movie ‘Shatranj ke Khiladi’. Had India’s then ruling elite & nobility placed more emphasis on the majesty & grandeur of governance (which then would also have some if not all Indian kingdoms to embrace & even contribute to the Industrial Revolution), then no one would have been able to colonise India in a progressive manner. Instead, it was the self-righteous & self-centred ‘ayyashi’ that proved to be a devastating self-destructive cocktail for the entire subcontinent.<br /><br />To AKHIL SURI: That analysis is partly true, but is also wildly outrageous on many counts. Suffice to say that Russians have been historically been linked to India since ancient times & therefore they still cherish a particular closeness with India. It has now been virtually proven by DNA-matching that the earliest inhabitants of India were of the ‘brown’ Australoid’ race & up till some 12,000 years ago, the India of those times comprised the present-day subcontinent as well as another contiguous landmass (now sunken) called Kumari Kandam (i.e. a landmass linked with India’s southern peninsula, Madagascar to the west, Sumatra in the centre & Australia to the east), all of which are documented in ancient India’s ‘Sangam’ literature. In fact, Kumari Kandam was more populated & flourishing than the present-day subcontinent & what is now being researched is whether the ancient sites like Ayodhya were in fact located somewhere within Kumari Kandam. It was also around this time that the Caucasian ‘Aryans’ (the ancestors of the present-day Russians) began migrating eastwards from the area around the Caspian Sea to the Indo-Gangetic Plains of northern present-day India. What followed next was reportedly cross-racial breeding & the Dravidian & Indo-Aryan sub-races emerged. Subjects like these are very much the focus of on-going Russian anthropological research.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-67955403067201905072013-02-22T21:41:04.767+05:302013-02-22T21:41:04.767+05:30PrasunDa,
Those SOBs called Al Qaeda have come up...PrasunDa,<br /><br />Those SOBs called Al Qaeda have come up with a tip sheet on avoiding drones . <br /><br />http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hBh6arenH5kKAG97vGQC1_-l19Sw?docId=26c299308f07403f9f1fed2c65530d54<br /><br />As always wud appreciate your take on this .<br /><br />Regards,<br />VikramVikram Guhanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-68563644785512019272013-02-22T20:13:20.002+05:302013-02-22T20:13:20.002+05:30^^
Also what do you make of this?
http://idrw.org...^^<br />Also what do you make of this? <br />http://idrw.org/abshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16004186397379721457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-17427332239865255482013-02-22T20:10:06.270+05:302013-02-22T20:10:06.270+05:30@Prasunda
Do you think the AP Muslim political out...@Prasunda<br />Do you think the AP Muslim political outfit named AIMIM could be having any terror role? I have been to their FB page and must say I was shocked to see the kind of communal hatred these people spread. Besides the subscribers of this page have no qualms in even shamelessly and utterly hilariously claiming "many Hindus got converted to Islam after they criticised Islam" or at other times warning and threatening like "Dekhte ho kya in Ankhon mein? Isme hain Angarein". Must say even without the terror angle, these people do tend to pat themselves on the back by resorting to such ridiculous marketing blitzkrieg such as "conversion and all".abshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16004186397379721457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-3786814608391305322013-02-22T12:47:08.848+05:302013-02-22T12:47:08.848+05:30Prasun,
1) Bharathi shipyards is building a 300 C...Prasun,<br /><br />1) Bharathi shipyards is building a 300 Crore technology demonstrator vessel for DRDO. Do you know what it is for. Is it for missile telemetry & tracking. Its about time they have their own vessels instead of using naval vessels.<br /><br />2) You stated that IAF needs more IL-78MKI than A330-200 MRTT's. But in the recent tender A330 has beat IL-78 on acquisition & total lifetime cost. So wouldn't it make more economic sense to order additional A330's. MRTT feature will be a added bonus.<br /><br />3) Does the PS-90 equipped IL-78MKI-90 carry more fuel/payload then the ones in IAF inventory.SKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-80036056919222012722013-02-22T10:32:46.820+05:302013-02-22T10:32:46.820+05:301.sir helina weighs at the same weight as hellfire...1.sir helina weighs at the same weight as hellfire would then and has same range too then why don't we adopt helina as hellfire?<br />2.Is CLGM third generation missile?<br />3.What happened to the tender for supplying of NVDs to IA has TATA won with its 3rd gen offer?<br />4.Recent reports in DNA said army is close to trying new assault rifles,they said Beretta ARX160 might win?Is this report true<br /><br />http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_jawans-may-soon-have-top-class-italian-machine-guns_1797581Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00829943659180950748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-27040795585976197852013-02-22T02:06:16.196+05:302013-02-22T02:06:16.196+05:30Prasun Sir,
Q- With the talk about the Agni-6 pr...Prasun Sir, <br /><br />Q- With the talk about the Agni-6 project and the MIRV development- I was wondering that are we actually going to test MIRVs in this decade- as in snap one of those breathtaking pictures like the re-entry of the Peacekeeper MIRVs that is all over the net? And when can we hope to see the miniaturization of the missiles from the current 18-20 meters to the global 12-14 meters without any range penalty? And why do various news articles quote the DRDO fellows as stating that the A-6 will tower at 40m and weigh 70000Kg?! The wikipedia page even states that while the first and second stages of the missile will be solid fueled the third stage will be liquid fueled? HOW DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE?!<br /><br />Q- We haven't really tested an operational miniaturized high yield warhead have we? As in there were various reports regarding how the tests in 98 were sort of a partial failure- could you lay these doubts to rest once and for all?<br /><br />Q- If we actually plan to have SSBNs at seas armed with SLBMs then won't we have to expand our current warhead count aggressively, considering that if our MIRV program is successful then each sub could carry anywhere from 64-48 warheads, so even 2 SSBNs would eat up our current inventory leaving nothing for the land based systems like the A-5?Bhaswarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13654231099908820832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-46976449603729126602013-02-22T01:34:25.538+05:302013-02-22T01:34:25.538+05:30IS THERE ANY DIRCM (Directed Infra Red Countermeas...IS THERE ANY DIRCM (Directed Infra Red Countermeasures) UNDER DEV. IN INDIA OR ANY PLANS TO PROCURE SIMILER FROM ABROADAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-71111048685207868672013-02-22T00:48:56.600+05:302013-02-22T00:48:56.600+05:30Sir, In ans to my comments you have previously sta...Sir, In ans to my comments you have previously stated many times that the internal EW jammer suite is of Russian origin. Now you are saying that there is no internal jammer . Pls confirm . In Trishul blog spot you have stated that Su-30 has an internal EL-8212 jammer .<br /><br />Has it been finalised that ELT-568 jammers will go on board all Su-30 mki during Super upgrade ? What RF towed decoy was finalised for Su-30 upgrade ?<br /><br />Milds-f is a UV based MAWS. If these are fitted on Su-30 then where will the DARE developed two colour maws be fitted ?<br /><br />Bars radar has a single TWT unlike two 10 kw TWtof Irbis-E. So, when you said that transimitter of Bars were bought to the same standards as Irbis did you mean that no of TWT of Bars were increased to 2 of 10 KW each or did you mean that power rating was increased from 4 to 7 kW?<br /><br />Can you provide some more details of the crash ? Was it due to systems failure ?<br /><br />With the recently ordered 42 Su-30 does the no of Su-30 ordered goes up to 314 with 4 crashes ? Will IAF order replacements for the two crashes ? As you said that nos will eventually go up to 340 does it mean that 30 Super Sukhoi will be ordered ?<br /><br />Which version of Spice LGB kits is IAF ordering the one with glide wings with 50 km range or the one without wings ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-14978661566582974572013-02-22T00:36:45.218+05:302013-02-22T00:36:45.218+05:30Thanks a lot for the details, must compliment you ...Thanks a lot for the details, must compliment you for being so promt and informative, very much unlike almost all other blogs like tarmak/live fist/broadsword etc, all this tempts us to ask more and more........so a few more queries :<br />1. What happened to our 1st overseas military base in tajikistan, why didnt the russians cooperate, any future plans for having our men/platforms at oman, vietnam or IOR island countries<br />2. Tarmak says nirbhay to be tested on 10th march, any news<br />3. Any update on astra, reports suggested a test from su30 this year, same is the case with slcm brahmos test this year<br />Viveknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-17981780989236655652013-02-21T19:18:23.317+05:302013-02-21T19:18:23.317+05:30Prasunda,
regarding the DPRK's test, the anal...Prasunda,<br /><br />regarding the DPRK's test, the analysts say upto a 6 kiloton yeild seismic activity was measured. Is it possible to produce that kind of seismic shock with conventional weapons. they say that it was deep inside some mountains hence no trail of radio products. So if it were a PR stunt sure uncle sam is the last to fall for the trap. instead what the north would have done is to walk into more restrictions even may be from their only friend China. <br /><br />SreenivasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-64707103407627980582013-02-21T17:59:18.251+05:302013-02-21T17:59:18.251+05:30Hi Prasun,
Would like to know your views on this ...Hi Prasun,<br /><br />Would like to know your views on this http://indrus.in/economics/2013/02/20/india_must_be_russias_number_one_priority_22397.html<br /><br />Russian Entrepreneur foundation head says that US/NATO & CHina will attack India to prevent it from becoming a superpower.<br /><br />-AkhilAkhil Surinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-46379945440781638152013-02-21T16:40:41.370+05:302013-02-21T16:40:41.370+05:30PrasunDa , I forget .
Am sure you must have heard...PrasunDa , I forget .<br /><br />Am sure you must have heard about that [in]famous speech of Lord McAulay at the British Parliament in 1835 ( link below )<br /><br />http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7461/439/1600/Lord%20MacAulay.jpg<br /><br />Is it true that this speech in a way captures all the sinister acts committed by Brits in India for 200 years ?<br /><br />Thanks again .<br /><br />-SujoySujoy Majumdarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-21382907561395658542013-02-21T16:11:05.982+05:302013-02-21T16:11:05.982+05:30Many thanks PrasunDa.
Will eagerly wait for your ...Many thanks PrasunDa.<br /><br />Will eagerly wait for your analysis of the developing India - Saudi Arabia relations .<br /><br />Regards,<br />SujoySujoy Majumdarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-60282076939165828942013-02-21T15:42:37.467+05:302013-02-21T15:42:37.467+05:30Prasunji,
What are the actual performance ...Prasunji,<br /><br /> What are the actual performance results of Red Flag 08 when Su-30 Mki fighters participated in that exercise. VMTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-2593473733133089232013-02-21T08:30:40.356+05:302013-02-21T08:30:40.356+05:30"Everything’s possible, but if this is done, ..."Everything’s possible, but if this is done, it will make a laughing stock out of the DRDO, since one can turn around & ask why the hell no one ever thought about developing a SR-SAM version of the Astra Mk1 BVRAAM."<br />QRSAM are not that easy to build especially because of very low reaction time that is required for interception. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-38527918597441822202013-02-21T05:44:57.731+05:302013-02-21T05:44:57.731+05:30Just as I had suspected, the latest nuclear weapon...Just as I had suspected, the latest nuclear weapons test by DPRK was a bluff. Read this: http://news.yahoo.com/spy-agencies-scrounge-details-north-korean-nuclear-test-224411467.html<br /><br />Here’s something even more interesting: http://news.yahoo.com/germany-charges-2-selling-iran-121635275.html;_ylt=ApVeAaqrewtmehmzhmTNq2XNt.d_;_ylu=X3oDMTVxbXUwdmM2BGNjb2RlA2dtcHRvcDEwMDBwb29sd2lraXVwcmVzdARtaXQDQXJ0aWNsZSBNaXhlZCBMaXN0IE5ld3MgZm9yIFlvdSB3aXRoIE1vcmUgTGluawRwa2cDOTExNmFhNjYtYmI2My0zYTZiLWI1OWItNGUxYWE1MWFmZjQzBHBvcwMzBHNlYwNuZXdzX2Zvcl95b3UEdmVyAzkwYmMyZDkwLTdiNWUtMTFlMi05N2ZlLWFhMTY3N2JiN2Y3Mg--;_ylg=X3oDMTJyb2tlbGRnBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDNGY3NDQzMTUtZGY1Ni0zNzQxLWJhOTAtOTFlZTE4YjZhNWIxBHBzdGNhdANwb2xpdGljcwRwdANzdG9yeXBhZ2U-;_ylv=3<br /><br />To GESSLER: 1) The PWR won’t blow up for sure. The R & D challenge was to modify the Russia-designed PWR because it was a design originally meant for installation on board nuclear-powered ice-breakers. The Russians chose this design for sale to India was due to Russia’s interpretation of the NPT under which the sale of such materials was not strictly forbidden by the NPT & therefore Russia would not be accused by anyone of violating its treaty commitments under the NPT. This has since proven to be true since no one has so far taken Russia to task for this. Now, the challenge for both Russian & Indian DAE scientists & DRDO technocrats was to modify this PWR into a fail-safe system that could withstand the rigours of operating within a closed-loop system as that prevalent within a SSBN’s hull. This was achieved between 1998 & 2004 & installation of the PWR (built by Walchangnagar Industries) & its BHEL-built heat-exchanger & gearbox took place in 2006 at the SBC in Vizag. Prior to that, an exact replica of the integrated propulsion system was installed at Kalpakkam (the half-boat) so that endurance & life-cycle estimation tests could be carried out. 2) There’s nothing to absorb since TATA Motors already owns all the IPRs of J-LR. All that one can do next is come up with innovative spinoffs of the solutions already proven by J-LR. For instance, it won’t take much to come up with innovations that use the Range Rover vehicle, for instance, for developing JLTV-type specialist strike vehicles. 3) Everything’s possible, but if this is done, it will make a laughing stock out of the DRDO, since one can turn around & ask why the hell no one ever thought about developing a SR-SAM version of the Astra Mk1 BVRAAM. 4) About 10,000 rounds at least. 5) Not yet, but a BrahMos whose warhead section has been replaced by on-board telemetric tracking systems & a self-destruction mechanism easily becomes a supersonic target-drone.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.com