From: gnreddy@cbnewsf.att.com (G.Narotham Reddy)
Subject: Indian Satellites can also be used for weapon targetting
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 21:32:30 GMT

Source	: The Embassy of India
Date	: July 25, 1992
Country	: India

Topics:
* Third Stage Rocket motor successfully tested (PSLV)
* INSATs' can also be used for weapon targetting
* RBI Rates for July 24:
* Floods in Jammu
* Security Forces claimed to have wiped out a militant outfit 
* Two top militants of KCF killed 
* Breakthrough on Ayodhya appears to be in sight
* Market for Indian Software and Services (1991-92)

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* Third Stage Rocket motor successfully tested (PSLV)

Bangalore: Indian Space Research Organization has accomplished a major
task in the preparation for the launch of Polar Satellite Launch
Vehicle (PSLV) with the sixth successful testing of it's high energy
solid propellant third stage rocket motor (PS-3) at Sriharikota, in
the south Indian state of Karnataka.
	the qualification programme of PSLV's third stage had now been
completed and "go ahead" signal has been given for the preparation of
the flight motor for the launch slated for March 1993, according to an
ISRO release.
	PS-3, a very sophisticated solid upper stage, employs a
larger composite Kevlar motor case, high energy Hydroxil terminated
Poly-Butadine propellant, thermal protection system, flexible nozzle
control system and ignition system with remote mounted safe-arm unit,
the release said.
	The motor developed at the Vikram Sarabhai Space center at
Thiruvananthapuram, is about 2 meters in diameter and 2.3 meters in
length.
	it propels the PSLV fourth stage and the satellite from an
altitude of about 160 km to 400 km, imparting an incremental velocity
of 2.1 km/sec.

* INSATs can also be used for weapon targetting

Who says India's space programme is only for peaceful purposes? Here
is an extract from a recent issue of Aerospace, the Singapore based
civil aviation journal:
	"Apart from other peaceful uses, Indian satellites will also
help the country's defence requirements.  A computerised system capable
of identifying military targets from digitized satellite imagery is in
the advanced stage of development at India's Defence Electronics and
Applications Laboratory (DEAL), part of the DRDO.
	"Pictures from the domestically developed IRS-1A/B remote
sensing, and INSAT-1D weather satellites are being used for
photo-processing and weapon targeting under a higg priority defence
project that is ushering India into the era of satellite
reconaissance and communication.
	"When fully commissioned, this system will increase India's
capability for targeting its cruise and ballistic missiles for
counter-base and counter-force operations, as well as giving the
country's armed services a near real-time theater reconaissance and
battle-damage assessment capability.
	"INSAT's telecommunications links came in very handy during
Indian Peace Keeping Forces in Sri Lanka from 1987 to 1990, and
immediately after the invasion of Kuwait in August 1990."

* RBI Rates for July 24:

Bombay: Following are the RBI rates for the spot sale of U.S Dollar
and for purchase of U S Dollars and Pound Sterling. 
( Rates per Rs 100.00 )

                    U.S Dlr   Pound Sterling

Spot Selling        3.6530    2.0327
Spot Buying         3.8720    2.0445

* Floods in Jammu

Jammu: Three persons of a family were killed when they were washed
away by flash floods in a steam near Gujri-Nagrotra in Kathua district of
the northern Indian Jammu region.
	Four members of a family were washed away by the floods while
crossing the stream near Gujri Nagrotra village. Meanwhile, water
level in river Tawi in Jammu has crossed the danger mark.

* Security Forces claimed to have wiped out a militant outfit 

Five unidentified militants were killed in an encounter with the police
near Udhanwal village in Batala Police district last week.  
	The bullet riddled body of one Balbir Singh was recovered
near Nue Nangal village in Majitha police district.
	A report from the city of Amritsar said that the security
forces claimed to have wiped out the militant outfit "Baba Wadhwa
Singh Khalistan Jatheband" with the killing of five of its top
leaders. They were killed in an encounter with the Tarn Taran police
in village Dubli last week.
	The killed included the Chief of the out fit, Amrik Singh,
Deputy Chief, Harjinder Singh Randhawa and Area Commander Nishan
Singh alias Pappu. The other two could not be identified when reports
last came in.
	
* Two top militants of KCF killed 

Chandigarh: July 24: Two top militants of Khalistan Commando Force
were among nine militants killed in the northern Indian state of
Punjab.
	According to a late night report from Amritsar, two militants
of the K.C.F identified as "Lt.Gen" Gurdiyal Singh Alias Gind and "Area
Commander" Ajit Singh alias Bai, were killed after a hot chase by
security forces in Tarn Taran police district.
	One AK-47 Chinese assault rifle, one 303 rifle, two tube
bombs, four detonators and two kgs of explosive powder and fifteen
meter fuse wire were recovered from the spot.

* Breakthrough on Ayodhya appears to be in sight

New Delhi: A breakthrough to resolve the impasse created by the
non-compliance of the court orders prohibiting construction in the
disputed site in Ayodhya by the government of the northern Indian
state of Uttar Pradesh appears to be in sight following talks between
the Prime Minister Narasimha Rao and the VHP leaders and saints.
	official sources said that after the hour-long deliberations,
the meeting ended on a hopeful note.
	The BJP leadership expressed similar sentiments when newsmen
approached the BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani at the farewell reception
of the outgoing President Ramaswamy Venkataraman at the Rashtrapati
Bhavan.
	VHP sources said that the present Kar Seva might be shifted to
another area in the vicinity which was also acquired by the U.P
Government.
	The new site has an area of 42 acres and is not disputed, the
sources said and added that the Kar Seva would be undertaken in the
new site so that the court order was not violated, VHP sources said.
	The Prime Minister assured the VHP and other religious leaders
that once the construction was stopped, he would initiate a dialogue
with the concerned parties to resolve the vexed issue.
	The VHP general secretary, Acharya Giriraj Kishore, told
reporters that "any compromise in the process of fulfilling our
objective of constructing the Ram temple is always welcome."
	According to official sources, the VHP told the Prime Minister 
that the matter had been festering for the last 40 years and no
worthwhile solution had been found.
	They made it clear to Rao that the platform built in the
disputed site in Ayodhya was not of permanent nature.
	They also told the Prime Minister that if there was some sign
of finding a solution to the isse through dialogue, they would welcome
it.

* Market for Indian Software and Services (1991-92)

USA	- 61%
Europe	- 19%
Japan	- 3%
W Asia  - 4%
S E Asia  4%
Rest	  9%

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