Indian Navy Submarine [Wallpaper]

Have been using this photograph of the Indian Navy Submarine as my wallpaper. It is a Sindhughosh class submarine, a variant of the Russian Kilo-Class Submarine operated by the Indian Navy. Providing the uncropped photograph so that you may crop it to suit your monitor's AR.

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Photo Courtesy: www.pib.nic.nic || www.photodivision.gov.in

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Indian Missile Wallpapers

Some photographs of India's indigenously developed Missile System & anti-Missile Defence Systems that I use as my wallpaper.

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Nuclear-capable Agni Ballistic Missile-series

Prithvi/Dhanush Short Range Ballistic Missile

Akash Surface to Air Missile [SAM]

Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile

Shaurya Hypersonic Surface-To-Surface Missile

Advanced Air Defence [AAD] Anti-Ballistic Missile

Indian Ballistic Missile Defense Program

via www.pib.nic.in || www.photodivision.gov.in

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Indian Army OT-62 TOPAS Armoured Troop Carrier [Photographs]

On the way back from the airport the other day, was pleasantly surprised to see the troop carrier having received a fresh coat of paint. Had promised myself to click a few photographs. Since it is located at  busy traffic signal near a school, standing in the middle of the road to shoot on weekdays is a near impossibility, even early in the morning, thanks to the school.

Not being an early riser by any stretch of imagination, getting up early in the morning to go and shoot pictures was going to be a near herculean task. After a few false starts, finally managed to get up early enough today.

Some pictures I took with the Nokia C3-00's 2 MP camera. Unlike the coconut tree climber last time, no elevated area nearby over here. So unable to take any top view photographs.

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By stitching together some individual photographs, created panorama pictures, which follow. Have higher resolution.

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This vehicle is placed at the traffic junction next to the All Saints High School in Khadki.

Some quick facts about the OT-62 Topas Armoured Personal Carrier [APC]:

Origin: joint venture between Poland & erstwhile Czechoslovakia

Crew: 18 (1 driver + 1 Commander + 16 passengers)

Power plant: 6 cylinder inline Diesel engine producing 300 BHP at 1800 rpm

Current Status: retired from service in the Indian Army

Also check out: Warbird in Pune: MiG-23 MF Flogger Aircraft [Updated]

In fact, the OT-62 too is located on the same stretch of the road as the MiG-23. Following the direction given to reach the MiG-23 [given in the post], if one carries on travelling ahead further around 1-2 km, you will find the APC placed at the traffic junction right next to the school.

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Machining Processes - Methods and Trends [Engineering Reading]

Amongst the things I enjoyed most in Mechanical Engineering was learning about the various machining processes, i.e, the metal-cutting operation. When going for industrial visits, watching a huge workpiece, often weighing a tonne or so, being machined with apparent ease on massive Machining Centers, as the cutting tool worked its way through the raw workpiece, engulfed in a flood of coolant, was a mesmerizing, almost hypnotic, sight.

India's Light Combat Aircraft [LCA], Tejas [Wallpaper-sized pictures] [Updated]

These pictures of the Light Combat Aircraft [LCA], Tejas were circulating in a mailing list. Don't recollect having seen a few of these earlier - did not have these in my collection. Some others that did appear had been watermarked by people who had not shot the pictures.