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S-1 was just the test bed for the nuclear reactor, nothing more. You could look at the entire Arihant class SSBNs as a technology demonstrator, and that would probably be right in the larger scheme of things, but if you were to suggest that S-2 is a TD while S-3& S-4 are the real deal, then...

I don't know how or where this rumor was engendered, but I assure you, all the SSBNs of the Arihant class will have nearly the exact same dimensions, exact same specifications and identical capabilities. Do you see the INS Kolkata and the INS Cochin being different? Or for that matter the INS...

A rather sweeping statement. In reality, It's as good as back to the drawing board a far as Siachin is concerned. Unless of course Pak side authenticates the AGPL, which would be political suicide for the PA. India will never agree to throw away tactical advantage it holds over Siachin, without...

Sri Lanka is free to do as it chooses, vis-a-vis pursuing economic and diplomatic relations. We do not intend to influence that in any way. However, Sri Lanka's military relations are a subject of our interest, as it affects our security. We are well within our rights to protect our interests...

Leaving aside the debate on practicality and rationality of training students in use of fire arms, The fact is that if you are going to teach anyone to use firearms, you absolutely must teach them combat discipline. And the 101 of combat discipline is that when under fire, put something between...

You don't need to; anybody who ever tried understanding women either went mad, or went AWOL. Trust me, nothing good ever comes of it. But that aside, Praise 'ye Censor Board for saving my head from this atrocity of a movie. I was thinking of threatening the "I need space" talk to save my skin...

And psychologists can't figure out why you get the Mad Cow Disease everytime an article bashing India comes out? Some poor, hungry Indian stole your job?

The article talks of a contradiction in Netanyahu's narrative. But is that really a narrative or something else hiding just beyond the periphery. If I was the Israeli PM, and I was absolutely terrified and determined to get rid of Iran's nuclear program, I'd want the Iranians to break off...

Oh Satellites are an indispensable part of a robust ISR screen around the borders. When a division redeploys to a new area, it's not just 15,000 men moving to the area. For the IA, it's roughly 3000 vehicles plus mobile HQs, additional assets, attached formations etc that make their move...

Estimates for the T-72A as per US: (T72A closely resembles the Object 172-M1-E6, the designation for the Indian Variant) The T-72A Glacis is 215mm thick with 60mm RHA plus 105mm Steltexolite and 50mm RHA. Glacis = 40cm-48cm Side Hull = 7-12cm 21- 26cm Lower hull = 19cm 19cm Rear Hull = 6cm...

It was probably one of the very few sensible decisions made by the Army Brass regarding tanks. The T-72 chassis has a ~400 mm glacis thickness, which increase to roughly 700 mm with ERA. It would have been a meaningless exercise to go for the Tank EX with some 900-1000 mm thick armor at the...

You have no idea or information of the actual military deployments, do you? Against China, the current numerical superiority of actual deployed troops is something of the order of 200,000:15,000, and it is growing as more and more assets begin the their pivot east. And besides, We'd throw in a...

These are meaningless arguments, almost to the extent of being laughable. And they can be countered without any effort. 1. Pakistan is either close to imploding, or at the doors of IMF. For a country that is the exact antithesis of stability and peace to talk of stabilizing another region is...

For the benefit of the people who can't understand why some are shot on crossing the border while others are repatriated back by the BSF/IA in the Indo-Pak border: I know you asked that with the intention to troll, but I'll use this opportunity to explain why some get the bullet and some get a...

Such a hypothetical use of a ballistic asset in a conventional role isn't an impossibility, atleast in the theoretical paradigm. In reality, however, that will require an intense, almost abnormal amount of confidence in your adversary's ISR capability and rationality of strategic thought. That...

At the outset, it appears obvious that CVNs will have longer endurance than a CV. Reality, however, is not so straight forward. Sure the carrier can hold station indefinitely, however as far as combat effectiveness is concerned, it is another story. There are a lot of other variables at play in...

I'm in the mood for trivia today, so here's one for the nuke-e-moins on both sides: Apparently, The then PM Manmohan Singh had a little tete-e-tete with The chief of Army Services after 26/11. Here's a little version of the most interesting (and frightening) part of the talk: Manmohan Singh...

Some interesting trivia about the battle of the Bulge: 1. So frightened were the GIs of the English speaking Germans, American soldiers shot out the tires on British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery’s jeep, and one G.I. even briefly detained General Omar Bradley after he answered that the...

Oh you haven't seen nothing yet. Our economics professor is so far to the left, the current left is his definition of right.

Saras might be meaningless, but the others, absolutely not. These are long lead projects that take a very long time to develop, and it's better that their development start now, and not when we actually are desperate for them. Or else in 2030 we will be having the same circular debate, as to...