tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post2942142269154406782..comments2024-03-28T21:59:50.423+05:30Comments on TRISHUL: NORINCO-Built Medium/Main Battle Tanks Explained & How They Stack Up Against India's India's T-72CIA Medium Battle TanksPrasun K. Senguptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-62265314692472474322017-08-11T20:14:41.962+05:302017-08-11T20:14:41.962+05:30Thank you for a great article Prasun. So India has...Thank you for a great article Prasun. So India has 3 armored brigades and 1 mechanised infantry battalion for use against China. I am learning through various media reports that the 17th mountain strike corps will have 2 armored brigades. Will these 2 armored brigades be in addition to the 3 already present or will the 2 brigades be sourced from existing independent armored brigades. In otherwords when 17 corps finishes raising what will be the total no of armored brigades and other armored mechanised assets devoted exclusively for use in Tibet. Many thanksRajanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-81030709310305960292016-12-15T12:54:14.493+05:302016-12-15T12:54:14.493+05:30Hi prasun, I'm a student at IITM and find it r...Hi prasun, I'm a student at IITM and find it ridiculous that none from IITs are willing to work in drdoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08183667766992534348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-86590673296031681692016-08-24T10:42:37.518+05:302016-08-24T10:42:37.518+05:30I would like to know what the alternatives are to ...I would like to know what the alternatives are to an all out offensive-campaign on LoC. Care to explain in brief some of those Plans B, C, D, E & F? CHINAMANnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-1817832911012506342016-08-24T10:29:54.297+05:302016-08-24T10:29:54.297+05:30Its a modern day Mahabharata being played out in t...Its a modern day Mahabharata being played out in the Media. All these new found realities in the Indian media scenario are sure to falsify what Mahatma Gandhi had said: "I want the cultures of all lands to blow as freely as possible in India, but I refuse to be swept off my feet by any of them.”<br /><br />That report sums it up quite profoundly - "Win the battle first, winning hearts and minds will follow"<br /><br />Spykarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-41694102442583713542016-08-24T08:01:26.922+05:302016-08-24T08:01:26.922+05:30Hi Prasun,
What do you think the security implica...Hi Prasun,<br /><br />What do you think the security implications of this is?<br />http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/our-french-submarine-builder-in-massive-leak-scandal/news-story/3fe0d25b7733873c44aaa0a4d42db39e<br /><br />Also, how do you see the roil which is Kashmir valley getting resolved?AVI Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-67476096417027844632016-08-24T06:57:22.524+05:302016-08-24T06:57:22.524+05:30To SPYKAR: That’s classic yellow jouyrnalism for y...To SPYKAR: That’s classic yellow jouyrnalism for you. Read the August issue of FORCE magazine in which there’s an interview with a DCNS official who details all that’s going on WRT F-21 HWT & how licenced-production of some of its components have already begun in India.<br /><br />To CHINAMAN: Relax, there’s not only Plans A & B, but also C, D, E & F. <br /><br />To BHOUTIK: Have been quite busy with my ‘recon missions’ along the LAC for monitoring & accessing the on-going PLAAF exercises within TAR. You can have a glimpse of them in the following thread.<br /><br />To RAJ: LoLz! That’s another piece of classic yellow journalism. For, the Scorpene has never served in the warm waters of the IOR & therefore there exists no database of the recorded operating parameters of the Scorpene while operating in such waters. Therefore, at bet what may have leaked out are the standard specs which are not secret by any stretch of imagination. The actual operating parameters will become available only after the first-of-type Scorpene enters service with the IN & logs in 18 months of service.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-47916219181527829132016-08-24T06:57:03.043+05:302016-08-24T06:57:03.043+05:30To VIKRAM GUHA: Don’t trust all that appears in th...To VIKRAM GUHA: Don’t trust all that appears in the media. If there was any truth in it, then the TMC state govt by now should have organized a PC to reveal to the press all the material evidence it had to this effect. This is nothing but jockeying for the forthcoming state elections in Tripura. <br /><br />To ARPIT KANODIA: Poor Robin Raphael was only a messenger relaying a message & she became the target. But this was the very same Robin Raphael who 6 months after her first statement reverted back to what the present-day US Ambassador to India is now saying. So, we & history need to be a bit more kind to Ms.Raphael, for she was only doing what her superiors had instructed her to do.<br /><br />To RON: The joke, every Tom, Dick & Harry is now free to say whatever boulderdash comes to one’s mind. Wasn’t this the very same A B Vajpayee who said a solution to the J & K issue would be found within the bounds of ‘Insaaniyat’? Wonder what he meant by that, whether or not he presumed that ‘Insaaniyat’ lay within the bounds of India’s Constitution. Such wishy-washy mumjo-jumbo is one of the main reason why the present-day state of stalemate across the LoC prevails. <br /><br />To SPYKAR: Fact-of-the-matter is, Indian political leaders in general & at large have never understood the nature of the beast or what military power means & how to go about exercising it as an instrument of state policy. It is all explained beautifully here:<br /><br />http://www.firstpost.com/politics/indias-mission-kashmir-cripple-security-forces-keep-wringing-hands-as-pro-pakistan-agents-take-control-2972066.html<br /><br />No one can reason with an entity that is irreconcilable & which also nurtures comp;ulsive & congenital hatred against India from territorial, religious & ideological standpoints. <br /><br />To RAD: Will answer your query as well as those of RAMAN & THE SEEKER in the following thread.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-27954532953481401912016-08-24T04:53:02.647+05:302016-08-24T04:53:02.647+05:30Hi Prasun,
http://www.indiandefensenews.in/2016/0...Hi Prasun,<br /><br />http://www.indiandefensenews.in/2016/08/sensitive-data-of-indian-navys-scorpene.html<br /><br />Whats going on here?<br /><br /><br />Best Regards<br />RajAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-21810750422425122552016-08-24T02:52:49.927+05:302016-08-24T02:52:49.927+05:30also, please shed some light on the turbo jet engi...also, please shed some light on the turbo jet engine "Owj" that the iranians unveiled.bhoutiknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-25129938242481439562016-08-24T02:44:05.761+05:302016-08-24T02:44:05.761+05:30You have already foretold the war, when where and ...You have already foretold the war, when where and how is it going to unfold, as well as its outcome but are there any loose ends to tie or any stuff that can possibly go wrong from India's POV? Is there any Plan B? <br /><br />Though I do believe in prophecy but are you sure that your ballistic forensics will stand true as the bullet has not been fired as of yet. CHINAMANnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-91010034208983865252016-08-24T01:54:06.400+05:302016-08-24T01:54:06.400+05:306. Its not true, right..?
http://indiatoday.intod...6. Its not true, right..?<br /><br />http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-navy-red-tape-new-submarine-old-weapons/1/747153.html<br /><br />Spykarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-51730397295899417822016-08-24T01:51:23.229+05:302016-08-24T01:51:23.229+05:30bad news
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nationa...bad news<br /><br /><br />http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/our-french-submarine-builder-in-massive-leak-scandal/news-story/3fe0d25b7733873c44aaa0a4d42db39eAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-44860451621361834352016-08-24T01:47:01.675+05:302016-08-24T01:47:01.675+05:30--> apparently the NSG chief RC Tayal revealed ...--> apparently the NSG chief RC Tayal revealed recently that an IED was found inside DRDO HQ, New Delhi. <br /><br />--> the scorpene data leak. <br /><br />if you could share details/insights and your thoughts on these...<br />thanks.bhoutiknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-86319966932196471282016-08-23T22:46:08.667+05:302016-08-23T22:46:08.667+05:30hi prasun
there is a report of a pilot m...hi prasun<br /> there is a report of a pilot making a aircraft in maharastra , either he should be a genius or a crackpot to have assembled in his terrace as the report says.who is going to test fly it ?what will become of it .What is your takeradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-49259001420770887712016-08-23T22:38:14.266+05:302016-08-23T22:38:14.266+05:30hi prasun
I share rustom`s concern reg...hi prasun <br /> I share rustom`s concern regarding battle field missile fielded by china. How do we counter it ?<br />This is the first time i have seen china scared and issued a warning about a weapon system!! i am tickled !!. I think they have taken into account the steep dive trajectory and the pin point accuracy of the brahmos missile!!.An s manouver and a steep dive should make it escape from the s-300 missile they have deployed .<br />Is it possible to shoot down a brahmos with any other weapon system? Can the chinese s-300 missile version deployed on chinese destroyers bring down a brahmos?.<br /><br />radnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-8068481100248875942016-08-23T21:43:56.994+05:302016-08-23T21:43:56.994+05:30Time has come for India to stop arguing and start ...Time has come for India to stop arguing and start fighting! This reminds me of a good old saying "Doodh mangoge toh Kheer denge, Kashmir mangoge toh Cheer denge"!! <br /><br />Prasun Da, Tell me its time to get the champagne glasses out please!! SPYKARnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-71338540661240019852016-08-23T21:24:54.597+05:302016-08-23T21:24:54.597+05:30http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-...http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/valley-unrest-enters-day-45-if-atal-bihari-vajpayee-had-more-time-kashmir-issue-would-have-been-solved-says-mohan-bhagwat-2991285/<br /><br />ur comment with explanations on this article?<br /><br />regards<br />RonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-85039522291849706732016-08-23T21:23:21.901+05:302016-08-23T21:23:21.901+05:30Sir,
Whats your opinion of this.
http://www.dn...Sir, <br /><br />Whats your opinion of this. <br /><br />http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-kashmir-balochistan-shld-be-resolved-by-two-parties-involved-us-envoy-richard-verma-2248198<br /><br />"""""US Ambassador Richard Verma was quoted by news website Quint as having said in an interview that," When it comes to Balochistan, or even increased tensions in Kashmir in particular, it is our long-standing policy to leave the matter to be decided by the two parties." """""<br /><br />I think from Robin Raphael to Richard Verma is going to be a story of millennium for India. Arpit Kanodiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16467626553252165462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-63264626207113987872016-08-23T20:57:17.158+05:302016-08-23T20:57:17.158+05:30PrasunDa,
Would like to get your opinion on this....PrasunDa,<br /><br />Would like to get your opinion on this.<br /><br />Not sure if you have read about this, but this incident is both disturbing & disgusting. The BJP is now training militia tribal groups in North Bengal with the help of the BSF so that they can carve out a separate state of their own.<br /><br />If such trends continue, I'm afraid Balkanization of India will soon become a reality. We don't need either Pakistan or China<br /><br />http://www.news18.com/news/india/bsf-training-peoples-militia-in-cooch-behar-trinamool-1284567.html<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />VIKRAM VIKRAM GUHAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05444354158440883902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-2697443014404594322016-08-23T20:49:53.364+05:302016-08-23T20:49:53.364+05:30To JESTER: It’s not the hardware that counts, but ...To JESTER: It’s not the hardware that counts, but the orientation & display of intent/will. This very same hardware had won the day in 1999 during OP Vijay. <br /><br />To RAJ: There was a programme aired 2 days ago in Pakistan in which a former Pakistani diplomat had revealed for the first time how the foreign secretaries & foreign ministers India & Pakistan used to discuss the issue of J & K in the good old days. Whenever the issue came up on the agenda, the Indian side would always ask: “So when is Pakistan going to vacate PoK so that the first point of the UNSC resolution could be implemented?” When the startled Pakistanis would start stammering & say that that’s not what they had in mind, the Indian side would state” “Well, since you are not yet ready to implement the UNSC resolution, we consider the issue has already having been discussed & so let’s move on to the next item on the agenda.”<br /><br />As for spin-doctors on both sides trying to dissect NaMo’s I-day speech, all that the Indian PM had stated that he was deeply thankful for all the goodwill & good wishes he had received from the folks hailing from PoK (inclusive of G-B) & Balochistan. That’s all on record & not once did he say anything more about human rights violations in those areas or the future status of those areas. Now, if folks on both sides (India & Pakistan) want to make ill-conceived assumptions & malicious conclusions, I can onbly say that they’re all way off the mark & are totally in the dark about how matters will unfold in future. <br /><br />To LUDWIG: What for? Since when have artillery fire-assaults become weather-dependent? <br /><br />To RON: It means 6 of the 9 addresses have been checked, verified & have been found to be correct. The navigation route that’s shortest & is most profitable should be adopted by the airlines.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-47612640234116061852016-08-23T20:34:09.383+05:302016-08-23T20:34:09.383+05:30http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Afghans-p...http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Afghans-push-India-for-more-arms-despite-Pakistans-wary-eye/articleshow/53821716.cmsPrasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-3313525899107272002016-08-23T19:17:43.321+05:302016-08-23T19:17:43.321+05:30Hi Prasun,
http://trishul-trident.blogspot.in/201...Hi Prasun,<br /><br />http://trishul-trident.blogspot.in/2012/02/how-china-will-fight-future-border-wars.html<br /><br />How do we plan to mitigate the threat posed by Chinese massed fire assaults using their inventories of conventional armed nlos-bsm and TBM? In this present thread alone you have posted a slide showing underground tunnels. stockpiling them in Qizil.PLARF can use these nlosbsm to pound our staging areas and troop concentrations in Eastern Ladakh,HP and in Sikkim pre emptively or in the very early stages of a conflict while staying well away from our engagement envelope. Almost all of their nlos-bsm are 150 km+ and even their heavy Mbrl like the A-100E has a 100 km+ range.<br /><br />The PLA rocket forces have in their arsenal a plethora of Nlos-bsm and Tbm such as the CPMIEC P-20 which has a range of 70-270kms and carries a 200 kg warhead which may be a sub kiloton warhead or a HE or blast frag ,the B-611M which has a 280 km range and carries a 480 kg warhead. CPMIEC’s 2-tonne B-611M missile is designed to attack supply lines, warehouses, ballistic/cruise missile launch sites, SAM batteries, command-and-control centres, air bases, road/railway transportation hubs, and area targets in urbansurroundings. The other Nlosbsms are the SY-400,BP-12A and 150 km ranged P-12A. <br /><br />The tank garrisions and troop concentrations in Ladakh will be juicy targets for their tbm and mbrls. How does the IA plan to protect its formations from such fire assaults and Nlos-bsms? Will a Bmd regiment comprising of endo atmospheric interceptors be deployed in these above mentioned areas? Can the to be procured Mrsam regiments equipped with the 90 km Barak-8 take care of all such tactical ballistic missiles and battlefield support missiles with a max 300 km range? Will the IAF launch Interdiction sorties over TAR to locate and destroy these mobile missile launchers in a manner similar to that flown by F-15E Eagles during Op Desert Storm?<br /><br />As for the multitude of glide bombs and cruise missiles like the DH-10 that the PLAAF can deploy at will,what are our options for countering them? Spyder SR batteries for the army are still some time away.<br />Army HQ and airforce HQ must wargame these scenarios where the PLA are resorting to massive volleys of these TBMs and they must induct the required air defense assets for force protection. Rustomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-86203183645208019522016-08-23T16:25:55.073+05:302016-08-23T16:25:55.073+05:30http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans...http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/dont-want-to-fly-over-pakistan-airlines-write-to-modi-government-for-help/articleshow/53821079.cms<br /><br />u take on this? which sensitive areas is it going to fly?<br /><br />Regards<br />RonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-45400465607465847202016-08-23T13:29:22.582+05:302016-08-23T13:29:22.582+05:30http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/3-of-9-ad...http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/3-of-9-addresses-of-Dawood-in-Pak-found-incorrect-UN/articleshow/53823092.cms<br /><br />ur critical analysis please<br /><br />Regards<br />RonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-69188141325034921442016-08-23T12:47:57.685+05:302016-08-23T12:47:57.685+05:30Excellent and informative post !.........as are th...Excellent and informative post !.........as are the detailed replies.....<br /><br />A few clarifications:<br /><br />(1) 58 Tanks to a regiment ??......3 Sqns of 15 each + 3 HQ Platoon = 48......how are the remaining 10 structured ??<br />(2) 11 Bombardiers.......wow.....by when do you expect the balance 9 to come in...and the 2 A-50's long pending ??<br />(3) Any news of the F125's for the Jaguars ?? or we have no monies left.....I thought that given all the benefits of upgrading the Jags (Darin III + F125/drop fit + no major re-training/support/infrastructure needs etc)....this would be a quick deal...<br />(4) Apart from the LEMOA - do you expect any other 'deals' to be finalized on MP's trip to the USA next week ?<br />(5) And, in the Big Game Plan of the Willing of 2018-19 - How would the IN help ?? I am sure the destruction on the PN (and the PAF) would leave Pakistan (and the PA) totally uncovered, especially since India is not really going to looking at taking any Pakistan territory......only POK....Ramannoreply@blogger.com