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Prasanth
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Username: Prasanth
Post Number: 64060
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 115.113.118.199
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 06, 2012 - 12:45 am: |
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so ipudu immediate war oste bokka ani seppings aa? |
Blazewada
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Username: Blazewada
Post Number: 18149
Registered: 08-2008
Posted From: 218.186.17.228
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 06, 2012 - 12:44 am: |
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Prasanth:
army lo weapons loki saripada ammunition (bullets and other missiles) levvi. airforce lo vadevi outdated and naasirakam 2nd world war lo vadinayyi cosmetic changez sesi inka vadutunnar 95% toppasvi ani annar
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Prasanth
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Username: Prasanth
Post Number: 64059
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 115.113.118.199
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 06, 2012 - 12:40 am: |
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blaze tammi....konchem rendu line lalo seppavaa...puurtiga chadive teerika ledhu right now |
Blazewada
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Username: Blazewada
Post Number: 18148
Registered: 08-2008
Posted From: 218.186.17.228
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2012 - 11:37 pm: |
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Sachinfan:
97 per cent of India's air defence guns are obsolete
Anubha Bhonsle CNN-IBN | 05-Apr 22:19 PM
New Delhi: A vast majority of the Air Defence guns are of World War II vintage and the the Indian Army has admitted that 97 per cent of them are obsolete. The admission has left our political leadership embarrassed. In a clear message, the Directorate General of Air Defence is pressing the panic button. It has told the top brass that its air defence capabilities are hollow.
CNN-IBN has the details of the presentation and the facts are shocking. The network, set up to protect the Army field formations and vital installations from air attack, has been called vintage and obsolete.
"Some of the equipment we have is from the Second World War," said General VP Malik, former chief of army staff.
Majority of the Army's air defence equipment has reached its full life, of which, the following four are the worst of the lot:
- The KVADRAT has been in service for 30 years and has been at least two years over its full life.
- The L-70 air defence guns have now been in use for nearly 44 years.
- The third on the list, the SCHILKA, self propelled weapon system, has been in service for 34 years.
- And the TWIN barrel gun has been in service for 31 years.
Some of the systems have been modified cosmetically, but such is the combat inventory that the Army says that some of its Strike Corps could hold nothing by 2010.
"Unfortunately, the DRDO puts a spoke in whatever the defence services want to acquire," said Lt General Shankar Prasad, former Director General Infantry.
The Army believes it has reached the critical situation because projects like the Trishul and the Aakash either failed or simply did not meet the time line.
Despite the changed threat perception from the air, the gun levels have remained constant over the past three decades.
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Sachinfan
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Username: Sachinfan
Post Number: 31493
Registered: 10-2010
Posted From: 96.231.164.32
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2012 - 10:22 pm: |
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Signature... inka edi decide kaaledu 
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Blazewada
Mudiripoyina Bewarse
Username: Blazewada
Post Number: 18145
Registered: 08-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2012 - 9:40 pm: |
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New Delhi: While the focus has been on the power struggle between Army Chief General VK Singh and the Defence Ministry, lost in the process is the real crisis facing the armed forces. General Singh had listed some of the critical deficiencies in ammunition and equipment in a leaked letter to the Prime Minister. Now, a CNN-IBN investigation shows that the problem could be much worse than imagined. In some cases, ammunition for just 10 days of war is left.
Army has repeatedly made the presentation to the political top brass that war reserves are below critical level. The presentation, a copy of which is with CNN-IBN, shows how the Army doesn't have sufficient reserve of certain ammunition in case there is war.
Among the list of critical imported ammunition that will last for just 10 days in case of conflict is key mainstay 125 mm tank ammunition called the Fin Stabilized Armoured Piercing. Reserves for it in 2009 were just for 5.85 days. However, 16000 more rounds are under procurement from Russia, which are yet to arrive.
The 122 mm high energy reduce charge used by the artillery will last for just 1.27 days if there is a full-scale war. The procurement has once again been re-tendered.
Imported items aside, the ones being manufactured by indigenous Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) are no better. Once again there is a list of ammunition that is stocked for less than 10 days of war.
According to the presentation in June 2008 the 120 mm Mortar Bomb was available for just 7.43 days of war. The government is still struggling with a fresh tender.
Ammunition for the 155 mm illuminating gun is available for just 4.65 days of conflict. The OFB is yet to make up this deficiency. The 155 mm SMK, smoke ammunition will last for 6.29 days.
There is a realisation that the deficiency for this smoke ammunition is likely not to be fulfilled since the OFB in an year manufactures ammunition that will last for just about 1.85 days of war. As if the shortage was not worrying enough a large amount of ammunition provided by the Ordnance Factory Boards have been found dud and faulty.
In 2008 as this document shows more than 86,000 rounds of 125 mm ammunition was found faulty, in many cases causing injury.
The ammunition for the basic INSAS rifle has been found faulty to the tune of more than 137 lakh rounds.
Till recently the government maintained war reserves for just 30 days of conflict. In the face of that number too much of the ammunition is at a hopeless level. War reserves for certain ammunition have also declined mainly because of the blacklisting of certain firms by the government. Sadly the depleting war reserves are only lately getting some attention.
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