91 Infantry Brigade – for amphibious warfare

First off, hello to all my distinguished contributors. It’s been a long time since I have been away.

I do not know if this has been discussed before but the 91st Infantry Brigade was trained in Amphibious warfare and are slated to be on INS Jalashwa.

While I do not know much about their actual location of posting (either sea based or land based), my main question is this :-

Instead of raising a 5000 strong infantry for amphib. warfare, why does not the Ind.Govt think of going ahead with raising MARINES as another force which would have an air / sea lift capability?

(I know we have the Marine Commando Force – but it is more of a mission-specific commando force than an expeditionary force) Would it not be a good idea to slowly raise an Indian version of the US Marines / Royal Marines / Phillipine Marines?

Any enlightening points would be highly appreciable in discussing this topic.

Cheers
Dandpatta

I dont understand ! Let’s assume if we do have 3 different types of IACs serving the Indian Navy, won’t it be an ‘inter-INOPERABILITY’ nightmare? What, with the different layouts of each aircraft carriers, different types of inside hull operations, systems et al?

The US has a range of carriers but their AIR CRAFT carriers are largely NIMITZ class types in the broad sense. IT is quite another thing that they have HELO carriers – but then HELO carriers and LHO carriers are a different category altogether as compared to (jet fighter aircraft carriers).

I respect Naval officers POVs. And when you have somoen like Verma stating that “it won’t be another copy” – well… good luck but … !!!

(Topic open to discussion)
Dandpatta

The hunter strafing the **** tank – looks like a cut paste job gone horribly wrong eh? Could rayrubrik put some light into the picture that appears on the newsprint?

Await reply eagerly.
Jai Hind

Found this..Longewala revisited.

Times of India should have known that we already have a SEA KING on Indian Navy ships decks. However those were made by Westland (which itself builds Sikorsky S.Ks under license).

I wonder how different the US Made SKs would be. Any knowledgeable / proficient experts willing to shed light?

Awaiting reply, cheers
Dandp.

HI
I know how it feels to have a faded look on ur a/c but looking at the two BA planes.. I’d suggest you still display them with soft lights (halogen lamps) angled in such a way that the fading is not too obvious. Trust me, angle the planes to the light source in such a way that they’d still look good.
It’s all in the tricks buddy… dont throw them off.
Cheers
Dand

Hi all – just discovered this forum today.

I’ve got all the 1:200 StarJets I know of, but for various reasons they’ve been in their boxes for over a year. Pulled them out last night and found, to my horror, that two of the tails have gone yellow. It’s only the BA A319 and BA A321 that have done this – the rest are fine.

Anyone else had something like this happen to them? I take it my only option now is to replace them (if that’s still possible) and keep the old ones for spares? 🙁

And don’t worry about the rest – I’m moving next week, so straight down to IKEA for display cabinets 🙂

Hmm? Women being able to take high Gs or not?
Ahem.. be it a flying plane or a soft plane, inverted or non-inverted (top-gun speak), on top or below, they are built for high Gs and thrusts.

Ok I can’t keep a straight face .. but I swear, they can take the push n a shove.

Movies that scared or made me cringe

1) Misery (psychological thriller)
2) The Grudge
3) and another japanese movie where people who watch a particular video die.. the last scene of that movie had the entire theater scream out of horror. (forgot the name of that one)

Most other movies which show diabolic creatures tearing apart human beings are more funny than horrifying in my opinion. It is the pychological thrillers that get my spine cold than a spoof like Alien or NMoE.Street

Anyways.. keep your lists coming in:)