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Even drop tanks can be used as weapons?
Drop tanks are not designed to be used as weapons, but they can potentially be used as improvised weapons in certain situations. For example, in a desperate situation where an Continue Reading
HAL LUH vs HAL Cheetah at Siachen
Question: HAL Cheetah is well know for its high altitude operations at Siachen glacier, can HAL LUH match it’s capabilities? Answer: Over the course of trials, the LUH’s capability to Continue Reading
Indian SSBN Effort
Question: What happens to INS Arindham? ~ Prem Prakash Starting with the S1 ATV Hull and the experience gained by manufacturing and operating the S2 INS Arihant, we have conquered Continue Reading
Indian fighter aircraft platforms in the pipeline
KK, one of our readers put forward this question. “What are the total number of fighter aircrafts the HAL and ADA working on, presently?” Now we all have for the Continue Reading
A-50 Beriev AEW&C in IAF, PLAAF & how does it compare to others
How does the Beriev A50 AWACS operated by IAF compare in quality, performance and capability to Chinese AWACS and E3 Sentry operated by USAF? Is there anyone who has flown Continue Reading
The India angle in Bhutan-China border dispute.
Question: Why are armed forces not pushing chinese through bhutan?~Dhananjay Gosavi The Bhutan- Tibet border like India-Tibet border is not officially recognised by the PRC. This has led to similar Continue Reading
Future SRBMs of India!
Question: Whats status of Pralay and Agni 1p missile systems? ~Dhruba The workhorse of our forces in Short Range Ballistic Missile category for long have been Prithvi III and Agni Continue Reading
Lessons learnt after 27th Feb Pakistan aggression?
Question: What changes IAF has made after 27 Feb incident? Are our Sukhoi’s and Mig’s having new A2A missiles or the deliveries are still pending? If similar situation comes again, Continue Reading
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