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The Ordnance Factory Ambajhari (OFAJ) is all set to enhance it's manufacturing capacity of Pinaka rockets from the present 1,000 rockets to 5,000 every year for the Indian Army. (March 20, 2012) I can't post the sources as I don't have enough number of posts, but a simple google search will...

Russians have a habit of changing their positions vis-a-vis the Indian deals. No different this time around either. They could pretty much put a clause in the contract that their commitment(s) and/or agreements that the contract will be held hostage to their whims and make our lives easier. But...

This demand at this stage would be premature, to put it mildly. The first stage for asking such demands would be the Chief of Defense staff. Allow me to explain why. Any such high council will want a single point representation for a branch, not more. For the military, it might mean the three...

The logic behind the DSI as stated by Code about separation of boundary layer flow by One magazine is certainly true, irrespective of whether it enhances stealth or not. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to know, but knowledge of fluid engineering certainly helps. The same principle is...

Do not read much into any comparative reports you might find about this exercise. The French are notorious for using exercises like this to gather electronic intelligence, especially about the radar and the EW systems. During the previous Indian participation in Red Flag, the French had sent...

The article states that it was a I.E.D. explosion which claimed the life of the braveheart. If this is accurate, then it implies that the soldiers were following strict S.O.Ps wrt to separation among the individual soldiers. It's impressive to think that such discipline are being maintained on...

Don't write crap. However much you think you know about Assam and its problems, you know zilch.

Those are ITBP, no doubt, but they are anything but a paramilitary force there. You could call them the "heavyweight boxers" of the paramilitary, if you want. There are a lot of proposals and offers for "more celebrated" units to take over security of Indian consulates in Afghanistan. There is...

Sometimes, it's just better to set yourself ambitious targets than some seemingly easy target. We have seen time and time again, from governments to cricket teams, from business corporations to humanitarian organizations, the organization failing to achieve easy targets simply because the men...

perhaps yes, perhaps no, but whatever be the position of the K-15 w.r.t. the strategic Forces ORBAT, it would be illogical to have the K-4, which by official count has had just a single successful launch, be the first launch from the INS Arihant. The K-15, with its numerous successful launches...

I'm asking one simple question: Why would India, the superior party in the conflict under consideration, accept loss of territory currently held by it? It's not as if the current positions are vulnerable or untenable, or for that matter overwhelmingly expensive for the G.O.I. It flies in the...

You are drawing your theories based on the 1962 situation. Fair enough, history is always a precedent. However, as has been demonstrated countless times, events do not always walk upon the path lit by history. Emperor Wilhelm couldn't capture Paris in 4 years of war. 25 years later, the inferior...

So in essence you are putting the gun on your head and threatening that unless I get more bullets, I'm gonna shoot myself clean. Pretty neat trick to get something.... Do tell us if it does succeed. We do have the bigger guns. Should get us quite a bit more.

That would be a theory, of course, but as far as possible, every army wants to secure its positions from counter attacks in the future. This is the reason why India took over Kargil in 1971 & the Israeli's took over Golan Heights in 1967 (or maybe 1973??). Having such a large plain sweeping...

fair enough, But as a resident of North East, I'll point out the difference between your opinion and mine. You're free to disagree if you like. It is certainly true that all nations that go to war estimate and expect casualties. It's already factored into their battle plans and logistics plans...

Not to ruin anyone's jubilation, but this first deployment is just to ratify operational procedures and hone seamen skills for daily operations. The priority for this deployment would be to generate performance statistics which can be repeated again and again to precision, in effect giving us...

The last time somebody decided their neighbor was an uncivilized race, primitive, inferior race, the rude shock that followed pretty much ended right at the doors of Hitler. So, if you want to declare India all that, be my guest. And btw, about the no skilled technician part, I'd need to stifle...

Unfortunately we have an army,a paramilitary and a police force composed exclusively of humans. And by humans, I really do mean imperfect humans leading imperfect lives surrounded by incredible difficulties both on and off work. As such, it is inevitable that some will crack, some will collapse...

I don't think the national mood or priority is to teach Pakistan a lesson right now. And irrespective of who forms the government, I expect the current stance vis-a-vis pak to continue. All that of-course is subject to the absence of a large scale provocation by terrorists based in Pakistan on...

The problem with invading big countries is that time is never on your side. As long as you secure a rapid and overwhelming campaign to force the country into submission, its all well and good. But the moment your offensive gets bogged down for whatever reason and the enemy, a colossal enemy at...