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  1. nitesh

    India’s defence imports to reach $30 bn by 2010

    Isn't this is too much of a sweeping statement. Why India should not demand ToT? What is wrong with that? And do US is correct in asking about End user Verification? Can you please clarify.
  2. nitesh

    Indian Airforce A-50 EI Spotted

    HAL to hand over first export Dhruvs HAL to hand over first export Dhruvs Ajai Shukla / Hal/ Bangalore February 09, 2009, 0:21 IST Visitors to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL’s) high-security helicopter hangars in Bangalore nowadays confront a startling sight. Dominating the...
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    AERO INDIA 2009

    HAL to hand over first export Dhruvs HAL to hand over first export Dhruvs Ajai Shukla / Hal/ Bangalore February 09, 2009, 0:21 IST Visitors to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL’s) high-security helicopter hangars in Bangalore nowadays confront a startling sight. Dominating the...
  4. nitesh

    India's Nuclear Agreement

    ooooo The Hindu News Update Service Indian American physicist Shiva Subramanya dead Washington (IANS): India-born US nuclear physicist Shiva Subramanya is dead. He was 76, a family member said Friday. Subramanya, who was a space scientist and a management consultant, was twice nominated to...
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    AERO INDIA 2009

    India Balks at C-130, P-8 Restrictions - Defense News India Balks at C-130, P-8 Restrictions U.S. Resale and Other Limits Could Snag Future Sales WASHINGTON and NEW DELHI - Washington's restrictions on resale and other conditions could dampen New Delhi's interest in American defense goods...
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    Indian Airforce A-50 EI Spotted

    interesting read: this could seriously ruin US chances India Balks at C-130, P-8 Restrictions - Defense News India Balks at C-130, P-8 Restrictions U.S. Resale and Other Limits Could Snag Future Sales WASHINGTON and NEW DELHI - Washington's restrictions on resale and other conditions could...
  7. nitesh

    India’s defence imports to reach $30 bn by 2010

    There is an RFP for purchase of second line of subs around 25000 crore rupees (5 billion dollars). Follow on order for Phalcons is there. That will come to nearly 1.5 billion dollars. IAF has to buy more refueling tankers. And why should the internal effect should fail? Two (only) tests happened...
  8. nitesh

    India’s defence imports to reach $30 bn by 2010

    Shiny Indian armed forces normally places the orders in small batches take an example of smerch batteries. They need them in numbers but first order was for around 30 launchers then over 6 years time they increased it to 83. After mating them effectively in there doctrine.
  9. nitesh

    your response was superb mate...

    your response was superb mate http://www.defence.pk/forums/pakistan-india-crisis/21358-open-letter-sikh-leader-begs-clinton-intervene-india-post296650.html#post296650
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    Indian Navy Anti-Piracy Efforts

    India sends second warship to Gulf of Aden to fight pirates- Politics/Nation-News-The Economic Times India sends second warship to Gulf of Aden to fight pirates 8 Feb 2009, 1731 hrs IST, IANS NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy has sent warship INS Tabar to the Gulf of Aden to conduct anti-piracy...
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    HAL Tejas | Updates, News & Discussions

    moved to the aero india thread
  12. nitesh

    Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions

    aditya the answer is complex. First let's understand what this particular deal is all about. The deal is not just about getting a plane. The deal is about getting a plane which gives a right mix of weapon systems standardization of weapon systems in a long run. And above all which serves the geo...
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    Indian Army thread

    how come? This news item clearly suggests that how Chinese were stopped and army was ready but political leadership has not allowed.
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    Indian Army thread

    Natwar Singh recounts 1986 showdown with China Natwar Singh recounts 1986 showdown with China New Delhi : In the midst of the eyeball-to- eyeball confrontation between Chinese and Indian forces in Sumdorong Chu valley of Arunachal Pradesh in 1986, General K S Sundarji, then Army Chief, had...
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    AERO INDIA 2009

    The Hindu News Update Service India's biggest aerospace show sees large foreign presence New Delhi (PTI): Eyeing India's over USD 30 billion defence market, 592 global and Indian defence companies will showcase their aircraft and weapon systems at the seventh edition of Aero India starting in...
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    HAL Tejas | Updates, News & Discussions

    Broadsword: The King is dead.... long live the King! Sunday, 8 February 2009 The King is dead.... long live the King! TD1 photograph To the left is a photograph of the first Tejas (TD-1) being prepared for burial. All essential and salvageable parts are being recovered from the (now...
  17. nitesh

    Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions

    this is interesting, Computer virus 'grounds French fighter planes'- LATEST NEWS-The Economic Times Computer virus 'grounds French fighter planes' 8 Feb 2009, 1333 hrs IST, PTI LONDON: A virus attack on French military computers has grounded the nation's naval fighter planes after pilots...
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    Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions

    Boss have you checked the 3 letter word that I mde BOLD. :) I know that companies are not fools that they are getting in to the competition without even getting the calculation about there cost structure and profitability. Hence which ever competitor is there knows they can fit in the bill...
  19. nitesh

    Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions

    Please don't use the BOLD word ok :) Last I check it is priced as 122 million dollars. But if they win the deal then the manufacturing has to happen in India for at least 108 fighters (18 to be delivered by the contract winner). 74 is optional. If we want we will buy it. Manufacturing cost...
  20. nitesh

    India ready for ban on nuclear weapons: NSA(India)

    This whole move is really good India was/is and always be against the CTBT or NPT and other discriminatory treaties. Now as mr. Obama tries to pass the CTBT in US congress and force India to accept it. India will conveniently say that we want complete ban on nuclear weapons. On which reaching to...
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