Year: 2010

Images: The Atlantis launch-7

The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch.

Images: The Atlantis launch-6

The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch.

Images: The Atlantis launch-5

The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch.

Images: The Atlantis launch-4

The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch.

Images: The Atlantis launch-3

The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch.

Images: The Atlantis launch-2

The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch.

Images: The Atlantis launch-1

The high resolution images of the lift-off were provided by the Boeing Company, which facilitated your correspondent’s visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the Atlantis launch.

Boeing offers systems for India manned space flight

Boeing Defense, Space and Security has offered India crucial human support systems for the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) planned manned mission to space in 2015. The systems on offer include a Launch Escape System, Vehicle Monitoring System and Abort Trigger, Life Support System, Environmental Controlling System and systems for CO2 (Carbon dioxide) removal and humidity control.

Images: INS Shivalik (II)

Marine Commandos (Marcos) on patrol around the INS Shivalik. The 76 mm SRGM (Super Rapid Gun Mount). The 76 mm SRGM (Super Rapid Gun Mount). The RB-6000 Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Rocket Launchers. The RB-6000 Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) rocket launchers. A view of the fos’cle from the bridge. The missile systems are between the SRGM and…

Images: INS Shivalik (I)

[/caption] The INS Shivalik, just before commissioning. A side-view of the RB-6000 Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) rocket launchers. The 76 mm SRGM (Super Rapid Gun Mount). One of the two hangars to house a helicopter. One of the two hangars to house a helicopter. The RB-6000 Anti-Submarine Warfare Rocket Launchers. Note the Electronic Warfare suite on…

INS Shivalik: Stealthy force multiplier

Vice Admiral HS Malhi, retired from the Indian Navy, calls the Indian Navy’s new stealth frigate, the INS Shivalik, the largest stealth frigate in the world. He should know, as chairman of the shipyard that manufactured it, Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL). He says the warship, displacing 6200 tons, is larger than the Talwar class (Krivak III) or the French Lafayette class.