Bharat Rakshak

Nikhil T

These ~~concentration camps~~ vocational training institutes sound wonderful. I hope China can give ToT to its best friend Pakistan, so Gen Bajwa can do the same.

Nikhil T

Meanwhile Philippines Defense Ministry confirms it will sign contract for BrahMos in Q1/Q2 https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/philippines-to-sign-contract-with-india-next-year-for-brahmos-missiles-1.68535123 "Signing of the contract will be in 2020. Possibly on the first or second quarter,&q...

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Regarding Imam Bukharis sudden common sense, It probably has something to do with a little squeezing from MAD. They possibly have the goods on most of these guys and will use them at crucial moments. Wonderful. Yep, agreed - MAD at work. This must be seen together with Sunni Waqf Board deciding to ...

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This ratio has been improving in favour of pukistan since some time. What could be the reason? Given that BSE is booming. I also read somewhere that Moody's has upgraded pukis and downgraded us. The rating is true, but we're still a couple notches above Pak on the Moody's scale. We're very far from...

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PM Imran Khan cancels Malaysia trip after Saudi Arabia visit Amazing turn of events - truly only possible in Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Remember only a few months ago in UN - Im Dim was ecstatic about the reception to his pompous, 45 minute speech on Islamophobia and his plans for a new Muslim o...

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chetak wrote:By "smashing" CCTV cameras can "evidence" be destroyed as this moron claims

It can if CCTVs are destroyed before the violence begins.

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India’s diplomatic heft on the wane in the US As young officers, they put everything else aside in Washington, lived shadow lives as Congressional aides, in a manner of speaking, and transformed a hostile House of Representatives into the friendliest place for India since Independence. It took more...

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The 16 per year figure is disappointing. HAL should target a production line of at least 24 per year otherwise there is no way that any export order could ever be delivered in time, assuming any export order comes through. At 16 per year for the Tejas Mk2 MWF, they'll be delivering Mk2s into the 20...

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Post edited. Don't engage in more bilious commentary, thanks much.

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That is a remarkable performance by Fair. She full well knows that this behaviour would get her escorted out of the room in the US. And probably banned from the premises. White privilege is okay in Watts or Harlem ma'am, I don't think Indians will give you the opportunity again. Kicked out of both ...

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Post deleted, user warned for an attack on BRF moderation and other posters.

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Knowing the Chinese penchant for putting a positive image to rest of world, they would have sent their best pilots for the exercise. That’s why I think we should take the results of this exercise as a lesson in the importance of BVR.

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Interesting Looks like Pakis had to use F-16 which clearly indicates there are huge shortcomings in the JF-17 and also they moved them to AFB Murid etc and did not operate from Sargodha and Jacocabad where they were Authorized from Well everyone knows that F-16s are better than JF-17, most of all t...

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How S Jaishankar set the record straight My respect for our current Foreign Minister increases every time I hear him. Great clarity of thought and ability to look at the big picture. Hope we can bring in more such professionals to head other ministries, especially where the politicians aren't contr...

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PTI govt secures $1.3b budget support and crisis response loan from ADB - Shahbaz Rana https://c.tribune.com.pk/2019/12/2112746-asian-1575608706-218-640x480.jpg Manila-based lender distances itself from govt's claim. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE :rotfl: ISLAMABAD : The Asian Development Bank on Friday appro...

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Another Modi surprise? This portal seems to have a lot of inside details of the Doval committees recommendations Lt Gen Naravane set to be first CDS Lieutenant General Manoj Mukund Naravane, the current Indian army vice-chief, is likely to take over as India’s first Chief of Defense Staff. Contrary ...

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Airtel may become a foreign company
https://www.indiatoday.in/business/stor ... 2019-12-09

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Labour market is growing at 1.3-1.5% not 2%. They are probably thinking of raising GST rates to compensate for the coming IT tax changes. I think this is not the right time to tinker with GST rates. Better to curtail expenditure for at least a year. In India the govt is obsessed with govt led growt...

Nikhil T

Unfortunately, have seen this over and over in PSUs. We stifle innovation with processes and procedures designed to prevent corruption, while corruption occurs in other places in full view. If something like this can happen to PM’s pet project, what chance does an Arjun or Tejas have to succeed?

Nikhil T

Four more Apaches landed in India last week - total of 8+4 =12 delivered now.

Nikhil T

It's not as simple as that. GDP per capita is equally important when you think of affordability, than just the size of the GDP. US has 350 million citizens that produce 20T - i.e. $62,000 per capita, we have 1400 million that produce 2.8T i.e. $2,000 per capita. China's per capita i $10,000. So, wh...

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An estimated "affordability" of an aircraft carrier is one per Trillion dollar GDP nominal GDP 2019 US 20 T China 13.4 T India 2.72 T But no getting around to the fact its not just affordability but the services requirements that counts, India does need 3 with one in reserve making a tota...

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Ex-PAF Officer's hilarious editorial in Daily Times trying to diss India's indigenous military capabilities..ends up being a failure himself. Agni III's embarrassing failure This is not the first time that Indian missile tests have suffered catastrophes. In 2009, the variants of the missile system, ...

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I wish MoD would just issue a list of Indian contracts that adds up to Rs 1,96,000 crores instead of this poorly written Press Release. It would also be good to see the value of contracts it has signed with foreign companies. https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1595028 Anyway, I found it ...

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In July, there was news that the IAC 2's cost of construction of the carrier itself, without the aircraft, would exceed Rs 70,000 crore. That price tag is not a surprise because CATOBAR + EMALS + Hybrid conventional fuel/electric propulsion are all sensitive US technologies that will cost us an arm ...

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Engines fired up on INS Vikrant https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/engines-fired-up-basin-trials-next-for-indigenous-aircraft-carrier/articleshow/72324320.cms NEW DELHI: The engines on board the first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) being constructed at Kochi have been fired up and ...

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Hopefully this Jewar airport is viable. The project site is 72 kilometres from Indira Gandhi International Airport; 60 km from Noida & 70 km from Faridabad & Ghaziabad, about 48 km from Greater Noida, 65 km from Gurgaon.

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Yes, we should see Bajwa getting the extension tomorrow. I'm very curious to know why the CJP felt enpowered to challenge the COAS extension. The coming days should bring out the real story behind this episode. I don't really believe that CJP was using this to school Imran after the PM's outburst ag...

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+1 to Vivek's comments. We risk falling into the Paki trap of criminally underestimating the adversary's capabilities. E.g. a Pak soldier == 10 rice eating Endian soldiers. When China churns out DDG/FFG ships, we claim that they don't have the trained crews to man them. Well, how hard is it for a Na...

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https://twitter.com/utkarsh_aanand/status/1199200597397786624 Utkarsh Anand @utkarsh_aanand Operative part of the #SupremeCourt order today on the floor-test in #Maharashtra. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EKRqe0AVUAEC3NH?format=jpg&name=small Good decision. This spectacle of who gets the gaddi is...

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Shiv Sainiks taking an oath in the name of Sonia Gandhi and Abu Azmi is supporting a SS Gov't. After all these years of politics what are the INC and Shiv Sena cadre thinking. Other than money surely some will be seeing the ideological irony. Ideology always takes a back seat to money. Cong needs f...

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OT but the fact that we have contracted 18 P-8Is, but only 5 AWACS tells us about our missing inter-service prioritization. Hope CDS can solve such issues and I hope the 2 A330s are just the initial order in our quest for AWACS and mid air refuellers.

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Karthik S wrote:In indian context, which shore are we going to bombard?

Would like to know this as well. 2019 isn’t 1971 and Pak is certainly not Syria.

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Two A330 for AWACS may be approved next week https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/after-balakot-show-government-to-have-more-desi-eyes-in-the-sky/articleshow/72177176.cms NEW DELHI: Impressed with the performance of home-developed early warning aircraft during the Balakot air strikes e...

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^From former CNS Arun Prakash on Twitter: The first indigenous artillery gun (155 mm) has has just been produced by the pvt sector in 2019. A naval ‘gun-mount’ is far more complex compared to an (army) artillery gun. The only naval wpn OFB makes is a small 30 mm gun of Russian design. The MK 45 moun...

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What surprised me was that he disputed Arjun’s superior performance as compared to the T90, which has been the chief argument to procure more Arjuns. All in all very disappointing chat and maybe now the lack of Arjun orders is not as surprising to me. Did he serve in an Arjun regiment or a T-72/T-9...

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Order too few tanks. Then crib about lack of license production driven indigenization. Brilliant. What surprised me was that he disputed Arjun’s superior performance as compared to the T90, which has been the chief argument to procure more Arjuns. All in all very disappointing chat and maybe now th...

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I still don't get whats so special about these that cost 76 million dollars a piece? IMO I would rather just stick with Oto 76mm or couple 57mm guns for their point defense capability and ability to deal with attacks from fast moving patrol boats (suicide or armed with Anti tank missiles). Even wit...

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BTW why 13? 7 + 4 should have been 11, are we planning to build 2 more P 15B ? The remaining two are for training purposes - one at INS Dronacharya (gunnery school) and INS Valsura (electrical school). This is a perfect example of how inducting a new type is far more expensive than just buying them...

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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/confident-of-doubling-range-of-the-astra-will-be-the-most-lethal-air-to-air-missile-drdo-chief/articleshow/72120351.cms Is there a possibility of the Arjun Tank and its advanced variants also being ordered in significant numbers in the near future? ...

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