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Fact of the day - The Franco-British Union proposal

During World War II when France was about to capitulate, a proposal was sent by Churchill and De Gaulle to French in 1940 to create a union of Britain and France.
The official 'Declaration of Union' sounded as follows: 'France and Great Britain shall no longer be two nations, but one Franco-British Union. The constitution of the Union will provide for joint organs of defence, foreign, financial and economic policies. Every citizen of France will enjoy immediately citizenship of Great Britain, every British subject will become a citizen of France.'
Unfortunately, even though it had full support of the Prime Minister Paul Reynaud, the proposal was rejected by the French Cabinet.

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Fact of the day :-
Grenade, the term.
Hand Grenade is the most commonly used explosive that can be thrown by hand at a moderately distant target.
First built Hand Grenades were roughly similar to a fruit called in Frensh the 'Pomegrenate', hence the name.
They were similar in size and shape.
The fruit also is full of seed particles beneath the crust and when over riped, it explodes spreading the seeds onto a wide area.
Earliet known illustration of a Grenade is from a 10th Century Painting at Dunhuang, China.
Modern Grenades started to appear at a wider scale among professional armies of Europe by the start of 20th century.

Many armies across the world attach great importance to hand grenades. Some depict the Grenade symbols as ornaments at their attire, while others derive their unit names from the Grenade.

French Army cap containing a Grenade badge.

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Cluster bomb :-
A cluster bomb is an air-dropped explosive that releases smaller sub-munitions from within. The sub-munitions dispersed are designed to kill enemy personnel and destroy vehicles. The bombs are considered second only to nukes in terms of the effect and danger they pose. The enormous number of small bomblets that spread over a wide area can wipe out even the huge civilian settlements as well.
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Cluster bombs have been used in many wars in the past decades such as Chechen war, Croatia, Serbia, Afghanistan, Iraq,
Unexploded cluster bombs munitions pose a great danger to civilians in the regions of on going or past wars.
Due to the lethality of these bombs, there is active lobbying to get the bombs banned forever just as proposed for the nukes.
Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) is one such body campaigning to ban cluster munitions.
 

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John Travolta is a qualified 747 First Officer flying for Quantas airlines. He was also the first non-test pilot to fly the Airbus380.
"John Travolta a pilot? How hard could it be?"
 

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Fact of the day :-
Grenade, the term.
Hand Grenade is the most commonly used explosive that can be thrown by hand at a moderately distant target.
First built Hand Grenades were roughly similar to a fruit called in Frensh the 'Pomegrenate', hence the name.
They were similar in size and shape.
The fruit also is full of seed particles beneath the crust and when over riped, it explodes spreading the seeds onto a wide area.
Earliet known illustration of a Grenade is from a 10th Century Painting at Dunhuang, China.
Modern Grenades started to appear at a wider scale among professional armies of Europe by the start of 20th century.

Many armies across the world attach great importance to hand grenades. Some depict the Grenade symbols as ornaments at their attire, while others derive their unit names from the Grenade.

French Army cap containing a Grenade badge.

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The badge looks similar to that of the Ordnance Corps, whose members refer to it as the "flaming pisspot.".

U. S. Army Ordnance School / Corps - Fort Lee, Virginia

 

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In history, till today,

it is Indian Air-Force who draw the last blood for the legendary Mig-21 fighter and Mig family in the entire world. remember Atlantique Incident ??? since then Mig-21's were never engaged in action in any part of the world. it is also the last kill of the MIG family in the entire world.

India Airforce was the largest operator of Mig-21 outside russia.
let me play the devil's advocate for this one. i know most members will be alarmed by this reactin but the fact is i wouldnt call it a "kill" in pure sense because atlantique dint carry any weapons only sensors.
 

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Tipu Sultan and Military Technology :-
As a ruler, Tipu Sultan was strongly interested in use of technology in warfare. Mysore had 27 brigades called Kushoons; each brigade had a company of rocket men called Jourks. Tipu's artillery superiority helped him win major battles against the British between 1972 and 1979.
His rocketmen were skilled in adjusting the elevation of the rocket depending on its size and the distance to the target, and they launched rockets rapidly using a wheeled cart with ramps.
The rockets' range was typically 2.4 kilometres, an outstanding performance for the time, attributable chiefly because of the use of iron tubes for holding the propellant; this enabledhigher bursting pressures in the combustion chamber and hence higher thrust and longer range for the missile. The rockets consisted of a tube ,fastened to a sword or 3 m bamboo pole. Indian iron and steel had long been about the best in the world, and permitted increased bursting pressures and hence higher propellant packing density. (European rockets still used some kind of pasteboard.)

Two of the rockets fired by Tipu's troops in 1792 Seringapatam war are on display at the Royal Artillery Museum in London.
The British were so impressed by these rockets that they soon began a vigourous technology programme led by Colonel William Congreve. Several Indian rocket cases were sent to Britain for analysis. In 1801-02, Congreve confirmed with tests that the biggest sky-rockets then available in London had a range less than half that of the Mysore rockets.



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Tipu Sultan and Military Technology :-
As a ruler, Tipu Sultan was strongly interested in use of technology in warfare. Mysore had 27 brigades called Kushoons; each brigade had a company of rocket men called Jourks. Tipu's artillery superiority helped him win major battles against the British between 1972 and 1979.
His rocketmen were skilled in adjusting the elevation of the rocket depending on its size and the distance to the target, and they launched rockets rapidly using a wheeled cart with ramps.
The rockets' range was typically 2.4 kilometres, an outstanding performance for the time, attributable chiefly because of the use of iron tubes for holding the propellant; this enabledhigher bursting pressures in the combustion chamber and hence higher thrust and longer range for the missile. The rockets consisted of a tube ,fastened to a sword or 3 m bamboo pole. Indian iron and steel had long been about the best in the world, and permitted increased bursting pressures and hence higher propellant packing density. (European rockets still used some kind of pasteboard.)

Two of the rockets fired by Tipu's troops in 1792 Seringapatam war are on display at the Royal Artillery Museum in London.
The British were so impressed by these rockets that they soon began a vigourous technology programme led by Colonel William Congreve. Several Indian rocket cases were sent to Britain for analysis. In 1801-02, Congreve confirmed with tests that the biggest sky-rockets then available in London had a range less than half that of the Mysore rockets.



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Was India Pioneer in War Rocket Technology?

Question might seem strange for many who witnessed success of Agni and other range of missiles developed by India. These rockets are hailed as one of the finest in the world and have been developed indigenously by Indian Defense Research and Development, which was spear headed by Dr. A P J Abdul Kalaam.

But for many it is a little known fact that the early usage of War Rocket Technology was indeed developed in India. Rockets as such were invented by Chinese around 1000 AD, however entertainment was the prime purpose. It was in the period of 1750 AD and 1799 AD, when Haider Ali and his son Tippu Sultan have improvised the technology and use them in battles against British Troops.
Tippu's army launched a rocket assault on British troops, which caused massive destruction and lead to their defeat in the Second Anglo-Mysore War. He however lost the Third and Fourth Anglo-Mysore Wars. Tippu Sultan, died in 1799 saving his city, Seringapatnam, when British troops took over the City. The troops which captured the city found unused rockets which were then moved to Royal Artillery Center in London.
William Congreve, reverse engineered these rockets to develop new ones for British troops which were used by them in Wars fought later. Few of the rockets that were acquired during the siege of Seringapatnam are still at display in Royal Arsenal Museum in London.
 

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