tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post4796377505023539563..comments2024-03-18T21:55:38.267+05:30Comments on TRISHUL: From T-6/Bhim To K-9/Vajra-T: Tracing The Tracked SPH Merry-Go-Round-1Prasun K. Senguptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comBlogger205125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-83484314293132692492017-04-14T22:11:05.745+05:302017-04-14T22:11:05.745+05:30Prasun da,
1)What do you think, The upcoming summe...Prasun da,<br />1)What do you think, The upcoming summer in Kashmir will be more violent?? What should GoI do to keep control over ISI and its seperatist leaders in Kashmir.<br />2)Today in an interview NSCN-IM "army chief" said that they have option to go with China..Is it a threat or a mere tactic to get attention of GoI..?? Also the peace agreement signed in the presence of PM Modi is kept secret. Can you please list some of the points which GoI is trying to hide from Indians..<br />3)If India helps CPEC succeed, it will basically end up negotiating with China for any future trade deals with countries to its North-West. There are some corporate giants in India who are lobbying GoI to join CPEC. What is India doing to counter CPEC or it will end up automatically and will make Pakistan a mere puppet of China.AVIRALnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-64783584780793316592017-04-14T21:35:26.179+05:302017-04-14T21:35:26.179+05:30Fallon said "Rolls-Royce is working with DRDO...Fallon said "Rolls-Royce is working with DRDO on new gas turbine engine technology” <br /><br />Phipson, who accompanied Sir Fallon at the press briefing, said “This is a very high-thrust engine. It has the highest thrust possible in a jet engine" <br /><br />The next step is to have a technology demonstrator in 12 months, he added. <br /><br />are you sure he was talking about the adour mk821?ajitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-77137180268494751802017-04-14T15:38:18.285+05:302017-04-14T15:38:18.285+05:30At a press briefing Trump said he has spent a bit ...At a press briefing Trump said he has spent a bit of time with Xi in Flrida and started to like him. He is a very good man and is working hard and would rein in North Korea.I just summarised but he actually praised Xi Jin Ping quite admirably. Is this a genuine accolade do you think or a reverse psychology binding the man with praises so he won't be able to stand aloof anymore for the sake of his own reputation? Reminds me of a Yes Minister episode where the Minister deliberately announced in public that his public servants would be most keen in safeguarding privacy principles and right now his admirable secretary Sir Humphrey was working hard to get the legislation through! This obviously was forcing Humhprey's hand because the civil service was dragging its feet against the minister's wishes. Perhaps an apt analogy in the real world?Millard Keyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11977478261887311256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-10227793480397356432017-04-14T04:01:29.267+05:302017-04-14T04:01:29.267+05:30Dear Sir
With Regard to Kulbhushan Jadhav ; Indi...Dear Sir <br /><br />With Regard to Kulbhushan Jadhav ; India should NOT engage in ANY exchange <br />of any sort with Pakistan <br /><br />Jadhav is already dead after so many months in Prison and after having been tortured<br /><br />He is of No use to us ; The ISI Guy we got from Nepal is a real asset <br /><br />We cannot let him go <br /><br />Infact the advantage of Jadhav's Hanging is that the PEACE LOBBY in India will be<br />completely Nuetralised for ever <br /><br />They will be in No position to dictate Peace Talks with Pakistan<br /><br />Also we can give RAW a Free Hand to carry out its operations<br /><br />Just Forget about Jadhav <br /><br />Emotions Dont Give ANY SuccessShankarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-16693618052207793132017-04-14T02:54:25.475+05:302017-04-14T02:54:25.475+05:30To SOMNATH: LoLz! Only in India can someone expect...To SOMNATH: LoLz! Only in India can someone expect matters to reach their logical conclusion just through the issuance of a few written directives! This ain't Sony Playstation stuff. A lot of simulations & operations analysis go into it. Russia was at it from 1992 till 2007, so it will give you a good idea of what such structural reforms & their complexities are all about. As to how to go about it, I had already explained earlier a few times that too that such reforms can evolve only out of national simulations that can only be carried out at command & simulation centres of the type available with the US, Russia & China. Does India possess such infrastructure? No. Therefore, can such structural reforms of enormous copmplexity ever emerge in India? Never. Without the reqd infrastructure it is extremely foolish to hope for such structural reforms to emerge. And finally, these reforms should have begun from June 1998 itself. Now just imagine how much time India has lost by creating only Committee after Committee on this very same issue, i.e. trying everything else but the most logical & common-sensical approach!!!<br /><br />To ABHAY JAIN: That pertains to certain critical components of the existing Afour engines of the Jaguar IS whose IPRs were shared with GTRE & MIDHANI so that they could be indigenised. <br /><br />To KOLLA: And where were all these 'Pindits' when Indian merchant marine personnel were taken prisoner by Somali pirates since the previous decade? Why did the UPA-1/2 not send the MARCOS to rescue them? Can he answer all that? Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-17062577117646034992017-04-14T02:44:48.985+05:302017-04-14T02:44:48.985+05:30To BLACKURRANT & RAJESH MISHRA: A USAF MC-130 ...To BLACKURRANT & RAJESH MISHRA: A USAF MC-130 aircraft dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat, in eastern Afghanistan on April 13, 2017 against a series of caves used by Islamic State militants. The strike occurred at 7:32 pm (1502 GMT). It was dropped in the Achin district of Nangarhar province, close to the border with Pakistan,. Also known as the "mother of all bombs," the GBU-43 is a 21,600 pound (9,797kg) GPS-guided munition and was first tested in March 2003, just days before the start of the Iraq war. According to the Air Force, the last time the MOAB was tested in 2003, a huge mushroom cloud could be seen from 20 miles (32km) away.<br /><br />The US has begun considering adding a new kinetic energy weapon to its arsenal in hopes of countering advances in Russian nuclear technology that could potentially threaten US tactical military dominance. Called the Kinetic Energy Projectile, the weapon is a tungsten-based warhead launched at more than three times the speed of sound that bursts into numerous flaming, metal fragments easily capable of piercing most conventional types of armor, according to Aviation Week. The Army is looking into fitting the new super-weapon onto existing launch platforms that are capable of supplying sufficient charge to shoot the projectile at such speeds. One reason for the weapon would be to respond to Russia's pursuit of miniaturized nuclear warheads fired by MBTs. The weapon was first tested in 2013 at Holloman AFB in New Mexico and remains in the conceptual phase, meaning the US military likely has not yet taken ownership of the project. The futuristic weapon was tested using the so-called Livermore method, which combines "advanced computer simulations with focused experiments." “Kinetic energy projectiles are warhead systems that take advantage of high terminal speeds to deliver much more energy onto a target than the chemical explosives they carry would deliver alone,” said Randy Simpson, a weapons programmes manager at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-5625848822438750262017-04-14T01:22:11.007+05:302017-04-14T01:22:11.007+05:30US just used MOAB near Afghan-Pak border. Is trump...US just used MOAB near Afghan-Pak border. Is trump sending any message to pak?Chiruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00668637640360865591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-56499204446968095362017-04-14T00:47:14.798+05:302017-04-14T00:47:14.798+05:30http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/afghani...http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/afghanistan-isis-moab-bomb/<br /><br />Can this be branded as a qualitative change or is it only a quantitative change? Please comment. Rajesh Mishranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-48468315084045332872017-04-13T23:33:47.018+05:302017-04-13T23:33:47.018+05:30Hi Prasun,
From which aircraft was the MOAB dropp...Hi Prasun,<br /><br />From which aircraft was the MOAB dropped by the US in AFG? What was it's likely flight path?<br /><br />Thanksblackurranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05461301385446474135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-40365208145728671352017-04-13T20:52:50.569+05:302017-04-13T20:52:50.569+05:30http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/apr/12...http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/apr/12/parliamentary-panel-terms-borders-most-volatile-after-1971-owing-to-spurt-in-ceasefire-violations-1592956.html<br /><br />P Chidambaram advised the Government to find a way to prevent the frequent and persistent violations of ceasefire including using diplomatic channels. “Ultimately, the answer lies in diplomacy,” the Committee noted. <br /><br />ur views<br /><br />KollaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-57980485963196871582017-04-13T20:41:52.117+05:302017-04-13T20:41:52.117+05:30Prasun sir,
http://www.business-standard.com/arti...Prasun sir,<br /><br />http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/uk-india-s-drdo-working-together-on-jet-engine-117041301162_1.html<br /><br />What engine is he talking about? never heard of it!<br /><br /><br />regardsAbhay Jainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07392247846027391255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-52922178977596941752017-04-13T11:14:38.816+05:302017-04-13T11:14:38.816+05:30Prasun,
Do you really think that Kulbhushan Jadh...Prasun,<br /> Do you really think that Kulbhushan Jadhav is still alive?I think the ISI would have murdered him by now! They cannot release him you know even if he is for fear of revealing the truth.What Pakistan needs now is complete economic blockade from Indian side!Can you throw some light on what the Indian Government would or can do to act against Pakistan now?Don't you think that it is high time that Pakistan is declared a Terrorist State and dealt with accordingly?Wonder whether our revered leaders would really go all the way for Jadhav? Or deal with Pakistan in the manner it deserves?It does not fetch them any votes you see!And Jadhav is not an important man.Not like Rubaiya Saeed!Your opinion please? The Sanatani Bhartiya https://www.blogger.com/profile/03019627489217395237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-44951951791578928122017-04-13T06:05:13.184+05:302017-04-13T06:05:13.184+05:30Dada Joint Cyber Warfare Cell is good news. My que...Dada Joint Cyber Warfare Cell is good news. My query is about the full-fledged commands to handle space, and special ops, 4 to 5 theatre commands and the post of a permanent chairman of CoSC: that those reports mention as being on the anvil. When is that expected to happpen??Somnathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-32030789683032129592017-04-13T05:49:07.911+05:302017-04-13T05:49:07.911+05:30http://indianexpress.com/article/india/missing-pak...http://indianexpress.com/article/india/missing-pakistan-operative-was-in-team-that-trapped-kulbhushan-jadhav-death-sentence-india-4609708/<br /><br />http://indianexpress.com/article/india/behind-kulbhushan-jadhav-veil-some-glimpses-4609621/Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-66734460360543535892017-04-13T05:47:56.841+05:302017-04-13T05:47:56.841+05:30To SOMNATH: Your eyes are playing tricks with your...To SOMNATH: Your eyes are playing tricks with your brain, i.e. lack of synchronisation. Do read my comment again. It says Joint Cyber Warfare Cell. Nothing to do with joint theatre commands which by the way already exists in the form of the tri-services A & N Command in Port Blair.<br /><br />To AVIRAL SINGH: Then it must be the project name for the A330-200 AEW & CS with S-band radar that the CABS wants to develop.<br /><br />To RAM BHARADWAJ: Where’s the need for coastal ASCM Batteries when the IN already possesses a network of coastal air enclaves capable of accommodating ASCM-equipped MRCAs? Why can’t the IN take over such a role from the IAF’s Jaguar IMs & MiG-29UPGs based in Jamnagar? I’m sure a fleet of 40 LCA (Navy) Mk.1As armed with Kh-35UE ASCMs can do this job. So why is the IN shying away from the LCA (Navy) Mk.1A option? And no one seems to be asking this question. An ASCM LCA (Navy) Mk.1A armed with ASCMs will have four times the engagement envelope both laterally & in-depth when compared to that of shore-based coastal ASCM Batteries.<br /><br />To RON: Of course China is still sulking after the highly successful visit of HH the Dalai lama to Tawang. What more can therefore be expected from China. In any case Beijing has a lot more to worry WRT the situation in the Korean Peninsula especially after President Trump gave President Xi 90 days to sort out matters WRT North Korea. In the meantime, this also gives Russia the opportunity it needs to bolster support for its Eurasian Economic Union in partnership with India & Iran. Russia definitely doesn’t want Iran to become too dependent on China because Iran & Iraq together now constitute Russia’s next big markets for the export of military hardware. And these 2 countries in turn require India’s help in extending technical training expertise for operating all the hardware that Russia wants to sell or has already sold to Iran & Iraq.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-85994674711225366442017-04-12T21:12:26.799+05:302017-04-12T21:12:26.799+05:30http://rbth.com/international/2017/04/12/china-snu...http://rbth.com/international/2017/04/12/china-snubs-russian-request-for-trilateral-defense-meeting-with-india_740367<br /><br />plz provide complete details regarding china rejection?<br /><br />Regards<br />RONAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-45790359714972890772017-04-12T18:52:22.359+05:302017-04-12T18:52:22.359+05:30Prasun, you had earlier said that the IN would con...Prasun, you had earlier said that the IN would continue with the existing Brahmos (with 290 km) range since the IN cannot not use the Brahmos-ER due to technical limitations.<br /><br />My question is can the IN use shore based Brahmos-ER (maybe in Gujrat coast) and hit Pakistani surface naval combatants?Ram Bharadwajnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-57899394470505460592017-04-12T15:23:07.038+05:302017-04-12T15:23:07.038+05:30and also i was of the view that creation of such j...and also i was of the view that creation of such joint commands will enable our military to share their resources and manpower at various levels an will ultimately be highly cost effective ??? or willl it be expensive in the long run ??Somnathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-46287831617838210122017-04-12T15:17:22.938+05:302017-04-12T15:17:22.938+05:30Prasun da,
This report mentions USHAS as an AWACS:...Prasun da,<br />This report mentions USHAS as an AWACS:::<br />http://pib.nic.in/newsite/mbErel.aspx?relid=158187Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16424785472998798680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-15639028876822320992017-04-12T15:10:47.509+05:302017-04-12T15:10:47.509+05:30Dada, you say the proposal to create a joint theat...Dada, you say the proposal to create a joint theatre command was shot down in 2015 but media reports a couple of months ago reported that the armed forces have briefed the govt on the creation of theatre commands and PM Narendra Modi has reportedly directed the MOD to start working towards creating these commands<br /><br />http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-may-soon-get-a-tri-service-chief/articleshow/56710710.cms<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-4122772/Military-favour-theatre-commands-Modi-demands-joint-operations-forces.htmlSomnathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-91678335159171130952017-04-12T10:19:42.805+05:302017-04-12T10:19:42.805+05:30Prasun you say Kulbhushan Jadhav will neither be r...Prasun you say Kulbhushan Jadhav will neither be released nor exchanged as he isn't a high-value Indian citizen.<br /><br />Isn't being an Indian civilian facing execution on dubious grounds in Pakistan are reason enough for the Indian government to secure his release or exchange?Ajeetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-75864262847289226632017-04-12T05:45:06.686+05:302017-04-12T05:45:06.686+05:30To SIDDHARTH: S-400 was never designed to intercep...To SIDDHARTH: S-400 was never designed to intercept cruise missiles. No LR-SAMs are used for such purposes. The S-400 version offered to India is for intercepting TBMs, IRBMs & MRBMs but that version won’t be fully developed before 2020 as per the Russians. Low-flying cruise missiles can only be intercepted by already-forewarned (by long-range optronic sensors) quick-reaction SAMs that are IIR-guided. <br /><br />To HIMANSHU VIJ: Those are speculative figures. What has been developed is a cockpit canopy sererance system, & not Zero-Zero ejection seats. <br /><br />To FINANCEBLOGGER: You must be referring to this: <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv4OpRT3ld8<br /><br />To VED: LoLz! You & several others are perhaps always basing your assumptions on how ToT works on the discredited Soviet/Russian practice on military-industrial cooperation (that was prevalent in India since the 1960s) in which there’s no value-addedness & no genuine ToT. Therefore, you’re assuming that ToT will automatically translate into Indian companies learning all the hows & whys of a platform’s manufacture. Since this has never happened even with the various platform linenced-production programmes of the past, it will thus never happen in future as well. When dealing with Western aerospace OEMs, value addition by a licenced-producer of components/sub-systems comes from ‘buy-back’ arrangements under which Indian companies become part of the global supply chain. In the Rafale’s case, therefore, 50% of the contract value will be accounted for by the quantum of sub-systems & components that various Indian vendors will build & supply to their French counterparts not just for those Rafales meant for delivery to the IAF, but for all Rafales produced by Dassault Aviation. S-72 Arihant is still undergoing sea-trials. For the ASESA-MMR for Tejas Mk.1A, again as I have just explained, the ToT will involve only buy-back arrangements for sub-systems & therefore the EL/M-2052 will never be built inside India in its entirety. ToT was never meant to teach anyone how to replicate an indigenous version of bthe imported product. For example, of each of the 300 sets of tank-tracks supplied to India by Germany DIEHL, 80% of each track’s content is built in India by a subsidiary of L & T, but the most critical item--track-pins—all come from Germany because this technology is a highly guarded secret & no one in the world will share its IPRs for such critical products.<br /><br />To AVIRAL: 1) That proposal was instantly shot down by the MoD’sa bureaucracy since a ‘Command’ translates into the creation of several new posting billets & the bureaucracy assumed that this will be highly expensive. Hence the whole proposal was downgraded & now only a Joint Cyber Warfare Cell is to be established within a year’s time. 2) That’s the seeker for Astra-2. I had already uploaded its photo before & it is made by VEM Technologies. Astra-1 & its QR-SAM version will use the imported Russian seeker. 3) R & AW’s operations were never wound up. What was terminated were the kinetic operations. Non-kinetic operations of a passive nature that included information gathering were never terminated. 4) Dunno. Maybe a typo error. 5) It has already entered service with the CRPF & CISF on a pilot basis.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-7314754557950687862017-04-12T05:44:04.720+05:302017-04-12T05:44:04.720+05:30To SRIKANTA: LoLz! If only you knew the A, B &...To SRIKANTA: LoLz! If only you knew the A, B & C of economics you would have realise that they don’t go hand-in-hand. Expenditures always have to be prioritised—a fact that cannot be challenged. The mere fact that these haven’t gone hand-in-hand over the past 68 years is ample proof of the reality. And anyone who is a public servant & is deriving income from the Indian taxpayer’s money has to be held accountable for his/her actions. But that won’t be penetrable inside your skull as you haven’t even read the Govt of India’s Rules of Business volumes & therefore you are oblivious to the rules & regulations governing India. Hence, do read up prior to commenting in case you desire to have an element of self-respect/self-esteem within you.<br /><br />To ASD: LoLz! Alright, here it is: Kulbhushan Jadhav will neither be released nor exchanged (exchyanged for what? He never was a high-value Indian citizen nor was he a spy) or be hanged (due to severe international legal repercussions). And that’s because the moment he’s released, the truth about his abduction will emerge much to the detriment of Pakistan’[s relations with both India & Iran. The same will be the case the moment he’s granted Indian consylar access. Therefore, he will continue to be incarcerated in Pakistan & his incarseration will always be used by the PA for domestic propaganda purposes. The reason he was abducted was that Pakistan wanted to prove to China that all the unrest in Balochistan wasn’t a purely domestic affair, but was externally-sponsored. At the same time, Pakistan was desperate about securing the value-added CPEC-related deals, especially those would have come from granting transit trade access to Afghanistan. But since neither Afgfhanistan nor India approved of the CPEC & instead for the Chah Bahr FTIZ formula, a vindictive Pakistan sought to cause fissures within the Afghanistan-India-Iran axis WRT the issue of opening up the land-locked Central Asian Republics to the warm waters of the Persian Gulf, & when that happened, Pakistan lost all its leverages that it was once expecting to exercise against Afghanistan. All this, consequently, will have a debilitating impact on Pakistan’s economy since all the SEZs originally planned to come up all along the CPEC for servicing the economies of Afghanistan & the other central Asian Republics have since gone up in smoke & this consequently has already begun posing a huge burden on Pakistan’s already struggling economy. In the years to come, this debt repayment crisis will assume even more frightening proportions. The PA already knows this, as it does that India will call the bluff & will not be blackmailed unlike what had transpired during the IC-814 hijack in late 1999. If the PA thinks that such stunts will force India to come to the negotiating table, then it is living in a fool’s paradise, just as it has been all along since October 1947.<br /><br />And here’s more on the MIA Lt Col Mohammad Habib: <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5vErlN6ZJwPrasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-61440526134327834582017-04-11T21:27:08.803+05:302017-04-11T21:27:08.803+05:30Prasun Da,
1)In 2015 there was a news that governm...Prasun Da,<br />1)In 2015 there was a news that government will establish joint cyber and space command and also joint special Forces command. How far have we progressed and when will we see a these as a full fledged command???<br />2)A recent annual report 2016-17 by MoD talks about indigenous Ku-band seeker which was integrated with Astra missile. Can you put some light on this development and whether it has some imported Russian tech..<br />3)IK Gujral winded up RAW's operations inside Pakistan. Has RAW revived its capability inside Pakistan and whether it has attained same operational efficiency??<br />4)What is USHAS (Not USHUS) project of DRDO??<br />5)What is the status of JVPC/MSMC?? Will it ever be inducted?? When do you think JVPC will be cleared for production??AVIRALnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-47109407756165554772017-04-11T20:40:03.717+05:302017-04-11T20:40:03.717+05:30Dear Prasun,
How exactly is the 50% offsets be co...Dear Prasun, <br />How exactly is the 50% offsets be complied to in Rafale deal? Is there any serious value addition in terms of transfer of technology?<br /><br />Why is there absolutely no news about other sister submarines of Arihant? Is Arihant deployed or still in trials?<br /><br />In regard to the AESA radar RFI for Tejasmk1A, will there be ToT or just off the shelf purchase? Which radar is best suited for Tejas?<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br /><br /><br />Vedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02144947209737421801noreply@blogger.com