The word meaning of deterrence is below

Once acted there is no longer deterrence.

Even a single nuke bomb can prevent or discourage an enemy from acting.

If we are looking at how many an enemy is gonna use at us, and we want to see how many nukes we want to use at them, then the term to use would be “Mutually Assured Destruction” MAD. God, I hope we never come to that, ever.

That is the fact, you cannot get the same assurance from your enemy. They are very eager to fight with you, they will attack your innocent civilians cowardly but you cannot prosecute them, they will harm you in many ways but you cannot do anything….. the world (USA) will come to your door and start talking about the result of war….MAD. Thats call the difference between a good enemy and ruthless enemy….

GSAT 4

Many new technologies will be applied in GSAT-4 satellite,

1. Indian higher thrust Cryogenic engine
2. Four Hall effect electric ion thrusters
3. Multi-beam Ka-band bent pipe and regenerative transponder
4. Navigation payload in C, L1 and L5 bands
5. TAUVEX ultra-violet telescope jointly developed by Israel and India

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/isro-preparing-for-gsat-4-launch-in-two-months_100249678.html

ISRO preparing for GSAT 4 launch in two months
September 19th, 2009 – 5:34 pm ICT by IANS Tell a Friend –

ISRO By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, Sep 19 (IANS) While the preparations for launch of India’s ocean monitoring satellite Oceansat 2 and six other nano satellites Sep 23 is on, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is getting ready for the bigger launch slated in the next two months — that of the communications satellite GSAT 4.

Speaking to IANS over phone from ISRO’s launch centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, M.Y.S. Prasad, associate director, Satish Dhawan Space Centre said: “Preparations are already on for the launch of GSAT 4 — the communication satellite using the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). The rocket assembling process has started.”

The first stage of GSLV with four strap-on motors has been assembled and assembling of the second stage is to start soon.

The third stage — cryogenic stage — will come from ISRO’s Thiruvananthapuram facility, he said.

“GSLV will blast off from the second launch pad with its third stage fitted with an India built cryogenic engine thereby making the country absolutely self reliant in building the bigger rocket,” S. Sathish, ISRO’s director of publications and public relations, told IANS over phone from Bangalore.

For all the five earlier GSLV missions, ISRO had used Russian cryogenic engines.

Last December, the indigenously developed cryogenic upper stage engine passed the flight acceptance test with the engine tested for 200 seconds.

The development of cryogenic engines involves mastering materials technology, operating rotary pumps and turbines which run at 42,000 revolutions per minute (RPM).

Weighing around two tonnes, GSAT 4 will carry a multi-beam Ka-band bent pipe and regenerative transponder and navigation payload in C, L1 and L5 bands. The satellite can guide civil and military aircraft.

GSAT 4 will also carry a scientific payload, TAUVEX, comprising three ultra violet band telescopes developed by Tel Aviv University and Israel space agency (ELOP) for surveying a large part of the sky in the 1,400-3,200 A wavelengths.

Meanwhile, ISRO officials are gearing up the next week’s PSLV launch carrying the 960 kg Oceansat 2 and six nano satellites totalling around 20 kg.

“We conducted the pre-launch rehearsal — all activities that have to be carried out ten hours before the actual launch — starting at 2 a.m. Saturday and completed at 12.30 p.m. Everything went off well,” said Prasad. He said the actual 49-hour countdown process will start Monday 8 a.m. The rocket will fly at 11.51 a.m. Wednesday.

According to Satish, Oceansat 2 will be placed in a sun-synchronous orbit 720 km above the earth.

Prasad added: “Oceansat 2 will cover the whole earth as the coverage strip will be moving since it is not geostationary satellite. The orbit is designed in such a way that the satellite will cross the Equator at 12 noon near India.”

Along with Oceansat 2, four overseas Cubesats each weighing 1 kg will be ejected from the rocket, while the two Rubinsats each weighing 8 kg will orbit attached to the rocket’s fourth stage, he added.

This will be the second time that ISRO will launch a cluster of nano satellites. In 2008 ISRO — launching its cartography satellite (CARTOSAT-2A) and Indian Mini Satellite (IMS-1) — also sent up eight nano satellites and set a world record of maximum number of satellites sent up in a single launch.

“The increased launch of nano satellites from foreign countries is expected to propel Indian universities to follow the footsteps of Anna University to build satellites,” Satish remarked.

Chennai-based Anna University became the first Indian university to build a small satellite Anusat which ISRO launched in April this year.

More scientists back Santhanam on Pokhran II

“He might have several compulsions that made him say this when he knew the true facts. He must have been motivated partly by personal glory,” claimed Gopalakrishnan.

Chidambaram went on to receive the Padma Vibhushan after the May 11 tests.

Why personal attacks?? Jealousy?? :confused:

Dr Gopalakrishnan called for a technological committee comprising of international experts to review the “methodology used by Chidambaram and his colleagues to establish their claims”. Dr Chidambaram and S K Sikka — both weapon designers for the thermonuclear device — should “present their methodology to a technical committee involving international experts too. After that you should have a national peer review”.Another former BARC scientist, with intimate knowledge of weapons designing, expressed the doubt whether anybody in BARC had a fullscale understanding of a thermonuclear device.

Experts from Pakistan? China? North Korea? We don’t have people in India to judge this? lol Now it will be the most shameful chapter of Indian R&D, when one of India’s most secret technological advances have to proof in front of foreigners which is one of the pillar of India’s security. My India is Great! :rolleyes:

“The service chiefs should put their foot down and not accept the thermonuclear weapon even if it has been weaponised,” he noted, pointing out that repeated tests for assurance was normal in any scientific endeavour.

From the whole article it is known that this scient has little knowledge about India’s thermonuclear device development, its just because of jealousy they are currently spitting on Dr. RC and Dr. Kalam? Where were they, when the test conducted? :diablo:

INS Kochi side view from BR

INS Kochi

Stealth destroyer INS Kochi launch video…. (better quality)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxjvHt2Z7kY

On the CG, I can locate:
1 Arsenal A-190E main gun (?)
16 Brahmos VLS Anti-Ship missiles
32 Barak-1 SAM for Anti-missile role
4 AK-630 as CIWS
2 Twin-tubes Torpedo launcher
2 RBU-6000 anti-submarine missiles

But where are these: 48 BARAK-8 LR-SAM for primary air defence role?

Just behind the main gun, there are 2 x 24 Barak-8 LR-SAM, after that 2 x 8 Brahmos VLS and near the helicopter deck there are 4 x 8 Barak-1.

INS Kochi launch video,

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videoshow/5026410.cms

The ship looks very advanced and clean shaped. 😀

Well science does not work on the premise of faith and belief , there needs to be peer review of the data does by some organisation which is independent government organisation or group of scientist who have no association with BARC or the organisation which developed the H bomb.

OK as you said, if we do not believe the people who lead our country to be a thermonuclear power than whom should we believe? What is that independent org outside AEC/DAE???

If they have nothing to hide , then they can have a peer review done by Ex BARC/DAE/DRDO chief like PK Iyenger , Santhanan and RC himself.

Who said they have nothing to hide? Our nuclear development was one of the secret of 20th century, should we reveal it to the public for the sake of one or two scientists??? Dr. Santhanam himself was not associated with TN development programme, he was the DRDO representative there.

It is a question of credibility of our nuclear deterrence and not a faith in any individual , the credibility of our countrys nuclear deterrence is far greater than any individual be it RC,APJ or any one.

I want to tell you exactly same. This is not a matter of any individual nor Dr. Santhanam nor Mr. Kalam!!! Its AEC/DAE/GoI all about. They are the proprietor of Indian nuclear programme, they have the burden to secure India so I think when they have developed it, they know it better. On the other hand if it dont work than there was no point of starting development at all, I think GoI and Indian armed forces are well aware of this.

Clearly a lot of doubts has been raised on the credibility of TN test be it known scientist like PKI ,Santhanan or Defence forces chief like Army Chief , Airforce and Navy chief , so its certainly the country needs to think about seriously.

Let aside Dr. PKI, I have seen one of his interview where he was supporting a complete backward political view of a third class political party in India. About Dr. Santhanam, he already said that he wants the GoI should not sign the CTBT or NPT thats why he opened his mouth. If he is correct than I support him very much and GoI should not sign NPT/CTBT at any point but if he is wrong than he should be prosecuted for not revealing such a significant fault in our security when he was the test site director as well as Mr. Kalam and Brajesh Misra. Forget higher authority orders, there is nothing more important than national security. So I think he wanted a debate, nothing more.

Project 15A Destroyer INS Kochi To Be Launched This Week

http://livefist.blogspot.com/2009/09/project-15a-destroyer-ins-kochi-to-be.html

The design is pretty cool and modern, though I fell absence of a long range land attack cruise missile. With such large displacement the ship should have place for atleast 24 Nirbhay missile. I expect it will be included her weapon package after the missile is ready. But again Indians!! Delay… delay and delay… hail the great Indian Babus….. :diablo:

There are five modern ships (3 P-17 & 2 P-15A) launched at MDL alone but none of them have been inducted into the Navy. Quite sad story.