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Kaushal, When you are in B'Lore try to contact this gentleman.... 10 April 2002 9.30 am. NIAS Lecture Hall Speaker: Mr Arvind Kumar Title: Review on 'War and Diplomacy in Kashmir during 1947-1948' Abstract The recent revelations made by Sri C Dasgupta in his book 'War and Diplomacy in Kashmir during...

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From Tribune 10/30/02.... German author says life is peculiar in India IF saints and emperors-turned-saints inspired foreigners writing on India in the last century, “promising” politicians and “straightforward” censusmen are filling the gap in the 21st century. The new repertoire of inspiration inc...

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Kaushal, Raja Menon has some insight about this and I posted his review of Bharat Karnad's book in the Book Reviews folder in the SSI forum.

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=004987;p=3

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The IAF exercised with RAF and USAF in 1963 in Operation Shikshak. The aftermath was the decision to upgrade the air defence Netwrok with radars etc. The idea was what role could the Western Air Forces in case of need for help against China. Needless to say not much.

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Kaushal, Could the 1962 war be considered a part of the Great Game?

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Interesting article: http://www.columbia.edu/itc/ealac/barnett/pdfs/link16-grunfeld-part.pdf

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Johann, there is a book "On the roof of the world" by George Pattersen(?). It chronicles some exploits of Khampa rebels. There was also an old Reader's Digest article in late sixties.

I would look for accounts of US personnel on this subject and not GOI and their OSA rules.

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Tim Why dont you post them here and let everyone also share the info?

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From upi.com UPI hears.... 0- This week for the first time India's air force -- as opposed to its Agni-2 missile, still under development -- can nuke China, thanks to its new Russian-supplied Sukhoi-30 MKI. The new nuclear-capable fighter-bomber was modified to Indian designs to deliver an 8-ton bom...

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Book Review : Marshal of the Indian Air Force - Rupa & Co ---------------------- Marshal of the Indian Air Force Rupa & Co. August 28, 2002 Bigger Picture More Pictures Arjan Singh, DFC Marshall of the Indian Air Force Rupa Charitavali Series Rupa & Co. India Price: Rs 95 Pages 88 In Apr...

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Rangadu here is IOF. link on tank rounds.

http://www.ofbindia.com/defence_sector/ammunition_explosives/heavy_caliber.htm

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Thanks Nitin for the insight. From the Nag link you gave "Eight missiles are carried in two quadruple launchers. Launchers mounted on either side are linked to a nose-mounted stabilized thermal sight and a laser range-finder package. The weight is signicant for the ALH. That means the Russian 2...

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GD I saw the specs for the Dhruv for the IAF and IA version. Looks very good with 8 ATGMS and the 20mm cannon. Should make mincemeat of any TSP tanks. Some questions: - Why was the 20mm cannon chosen? - Was the 23mm gun of the Mi-35 too heavy? And does this mean IA/IAF have to get new 20mm ammo? - W...

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Per Clausewitz, War is an extension of diplomacy. So just publishing the MoD and IA archives is not enough. One should be allowed to see the MEA and the political masters and how they performed. As I recall the KRC had a lot of stuff expunged about the events from May 6 to May 24th. It was rumoured ...

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STRATMAG Private sector to work on Indian submarine THE INDIAN military has brought in private participation to work on parts of a highly classified nuclear submarine and test launcher for a nuclear-tipped sub-launched cruise missile (SLCM). According to the Jane's Defence Weekly, the Defence Resea...

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Sridhar or Vick would you like to summarize the info on this thread in say 1000 words and give the essential links for a summary article? A lot of good information is posted and its a pity if it gets lost as soon as the thread's life is over.

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N^3 is it Douglas you are referring to?

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Thanks Arun for the ringing endorsement but even Homer nods. The triggering was simulataneous but there was delay due to physical separation of the test shafts. Here is the description: Indian Explosions of May 11, 1998 : An Analysis of Global Seismic Bodywave Magnitude Estimates "The first thr...

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Sainik Samachar: A Joint Exercise for Greater Stability

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Punjab Regiment History released: A Chronicle of Bravery

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The explosions were conducted 1km apart and timed with .25 sec delay. The initial effects of the explosion are not detectable outside except for the cavity formation (by satellite pictures etc.) The seismic waves are of 1 hz to 10 Hz as Sunil says. Only the 1 Hz waves travel over teleseismic distane...

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Originally posted by kamdev: Also I am simultaneously posting on 3 different forums, so I am not all that concentrated alone here. Hope you understand. PS: next time should you find anything controversial, pls delete it or ask me to do it. This way i wont feel that i am being harrased for nothing.[...

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kamdev I note a lackadaiscal outlook on your part while participating in the Forum . You generally throw some facts and scoot or reply with what appears to be a superior attitude. I am putting it down to newness with the forum and mistaking it for soc.culture.indian free for all. In future if you ci...

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GD this is for you!!!
Pioneer has Prvin Sawheny : Conventional parity with Pakistan

Will post the text in the other forum and can discuss there.

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The Gole interview is from The week published three years ago.

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Yogi thanks for the insight. Have you read Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh's three volume book on India's wars since Independence? May be Dsandhu can look it up. In it he mentions how he had come up with a plan in for all the divisional guns to fire in unison to deliver large amounts of shells to support a m...

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Kaushal I stand corrected about Averroes date of death. But if he is the high point of Islamic intellectuals then the Islamic inroads into India were while it was on the wane. Here is an opinion in Rediff, from Israel on how Kashmir fits into the global jihadi policy. Messrs Musharraf and Arafat ---...

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The Arjun might yet see the day in its sibling Bhim. So if the 155mm self propelled arty program picks up parts of the Arjun could still be around.

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Raj very good summary and conclusions. The key was the 1990s trials and foot dragging. Wonder if the Army types are held accountable for the blue sky requirements or they get prmoted and eventually retire with great honors? In the US there is an Act of Congress which decress that all purchases for t...

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Hindu reports: Army effects major shake-up of field commanders

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The Jihad conquests article is interesting for two reasons. Inspite of globalization it has a narrow focus on Judeo-Christians and ignores the Hindus who suffered equally if not more under jihad. The Hindus were treated worse than dhimmis as they were not of the book. The compromise of the Middle ag...

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For sake of completeness. ramana Member Member # 356 posted 20 June 2002 10:21 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Review: Our Ally, our problem ----------------------------------------- June 18, 2002 8:45 a.m. Our Ally, Our Problem Pakistan i...

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Arun, While the Khilafat movement was marignal in its impact on restoring it in Turkey (yes the Turkish emporer took that title and it was being abolished by Attaturk) it had a seminal impact on some Indian muslims and served to rally them under a unifying cause. htis was later converted not the mov...

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The state of Pakistan came into existence on August 14, 1947 after Partition from British India. Since its formation it has embarked on a collision course with India. In addition to starting three wars, the Kargil war like situation it has carried on a proxy war in Kashmir and supported terrorists m...

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The UPI link is provided here: Analysis: Al Qaida's privileged sanctuary "The latest reports from Pakistan are ringing alarm bells throughout the Western intelligence community. Disinformation about U.S. intentions is being circulated by "midlevel" Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) ag...

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Thanks Nandu. So Dowd was calling it a red herring! Kudos sunil. We bow to thee and Umrao jaan.
Aside for UJ. If you werent so prolific with your witticisms we would have understood your message earlier. And I did tell you this in your other avatars!!!

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Thanks a lot Rak. And hats of the Sunil for thinking the situation through and wonderng about red herrings.
What are 'head fakes'? Does she mean head shakes implying that Z is shaking his head in response to questions? Or something else all together.

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Sunil I heard on NPR that Maureen Dowd has a column in NY Times(June 12, 2002) where she thinks that this Muhajir guy was set up by Al Zubeydah. So maybe he sacrificed a pawn (goat) to protect a higher piece?
Can anyvone post full text of this column please?

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Umrao yes you have been telling about this for a long time. In fact in the Pak nuke thread you made a post on June 7th about the dangers of a suitcase thing from Pakistan and how Tim had poohpoohed us. So you were ahead of the curve. I should have made myself clear that jash was the one to make the ...

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jash is right. This is no AlQ/OBL operation. Training in radioactive compounds is involeved. It means the TSP govt agencies are involved no matter what the spin is. Rememeber the scientists connected to TSP establishment who were OBL sympathizers? All this points to one thing the nightmare scenario ...

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George Please re-send. Thanks, ramana

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