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  1. Abingdonboy

    HAL LCH| Updates and Discussions

    Myanmar Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing checking the India's HAL Light Combat Helicopter (LCH)
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    Aero India 2017

    credits in pic
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    Maruti Gypsy to be phased out as Indian Army books 3,200 Tata Safari Storme SUVs

    This 3,200 unit order is for ONE specific role (General Staff Vehicle, GSV), there are many other roles that the Gypsy is used for right now that will be replaced by other vehicles in the near future. For instance, the light supply vehicle (LSV) for the general military that the Gypsy is...
  4. Abingdonboy

    Indian Army gets indigenous weapon locating radar

    For all those unable to understand why the world's largest arms importer is wasting its time "reinventing the wheel" by devloping its own systems: the Americans exported/doled out goods to Pakistan ( AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder radars) and sold us ( AN/TPQ-37 ) for a lot more money than both...
  5. Abingdonboy

    Italy acts...orders mosques as public space and bans preaching in arabic

    You are entirely ignoring the genesis for this anti-Muslim sentiment and pretending as though it is unprovoked. Muslims have been flooding into Europe for decades (if not centuaries) and on the whole were welcomed and treated well, it is only now that Europe has been on the receiving end of...
  6. Abingdonboy

    Italy acts...orders mosques as public space and bans preaching in arabic

    What's your point? Are Muslims being rounded up and put into concentration camps?
  7. Abingdonboy

    China-India Geopolitics: News & Discussions

    The Dalai Lama lives in INDIA and meets Indian officals all the time, nothing is going to change that. China and India aren't going to change the status quoe, the border will remain peaceful. Then you know nothing. What has he done since being PM to substantiate your assertion? India doesn't...
  8. Abingdonboy

    Italy acts...orders mosques as public space and bans preaching in arabic

    My Punjabi is fine, I know plenty of them from the Gurdwara and through family and extended family. I've never heard any of them say anything along the lines of what you are saying. The only Sikhs I have heard talk such cr@p are British born and no one takes them seriously. + @livingdead most...
  9. Abingdonboy

    Italy acts...orders mosques as public space and bans preaching in arabic

    For sure there are plenty of Punjabis/Sikhs going to the UK for economic reasons, many do so illegally also but I've not heard of any cases of Indians posing as Syrian refugees as of yet but I have seen plenty of Afghans and Pakistanis doing so. As for the persecution part, I know plenty of...
  10. Abingdonboy

    Italy acts...orders mosques as public space and bans preaching in arabic

    Just from the top of my head: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploitation_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year's_Eve_sexual_assaults_in_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Lee_Rigby...
  11. Abingdonboy

    Italy acts...orders mosques as public space and bans preaching in arabic

    The last refuge of the ultimate victim mentality. There is no such thing as "Islamophobia", Islam isn't a race, it is an ideology. And besides, a "phobia" is an irrational fear of something, Europe has PLENTY of reasons to have genuine concerns about Islam.
  12. Abingdonboy

    Italy acts...orders mosques as public space and bans preaching in arabic

    Anecdotal evidence, prove it or provide a verifiable source. Sikhs passing off as Syrians, now I've heard it all.
  13. Abingdonboy

    Breaking News: LCATejasSP4 completes maiden flight

    16-19 by 2019/20, can/will be expanded to >24/year with an increase in outsourcing from current target of 60% to 80% of LRUs with no additional infrastructure at HAL.
  14. Abingdonboy

    HAL Tejas | Updates, News & Discussions-[Thread 2]

    For sure, success componds success.
  15. Abingdonboy

    HAL Tejas | Updates, News & Discussions-[Thread 2]

    The intial 6 were troublesome AFAIK but now HAL are into their stride, all SPs up to SP11 are on the jig and work is going on flat out. SP-5 will be flying in the next few weeks, it should/could be handed over by late March, early April. Taking something from a prototype/LSP to full production...
  16. Abingdonboy

    HAL Tejas | Updates, News & Discussions-[Thread 2]

    There are 20 Mk.1 on order, the MK.1A will fly in 2018, production should commence from mid-2019. No, the MK.1A is based on the Mk.1 airframe and will have no changes to the airframe, the improvements come in the sensors, electronics and some other additions. This was the entire purpose of...
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