Bharat Rakshak

AkshaySG

Getting conflicting reports on the distribution. Some reports saying tri service command, Some saying it's 15 +8+8 split between IN, IAF and IA The Tri service would certainly make the most sense especially with Theatre commands coming into play but can never discount inter service rivalry especiall...

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I mean the DC Mall itself based on London's Mall which in turn has been a part of urban planning for a while now. A grand Avenue in a major city around which key governmental buildings are created along with monuments and memorials

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(" Their anti-India news sources are pranking the supposedly prestigious journal by feeding really stupid, easy-to-disprove rumors. Eg. It took me less than an hour to check from a few different sources - including checking the textbook) secondary. Hope the next time, they may want to do some ...

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Does the government have any real influence over NCERT and other such councils or is it still full of the DU professor crowd. Either way the kind of news that's been coming out is deeply problematic and a powerful weapon for BIF forces who then have it blasted all over social media and western news ...

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Coromandel Express collides with Bangalore - Howrah superfast and a Goods train. 50 dead, 350 injured with numbers rising.

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/c ... 2023-06-02

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The forces in this particular operation got unlucky. Or were lured into a trap. On the basis of the specific inputs. An identification of the root cause has to be done and SOP improved. There is not much else to it. . Yes and No. Obviously there are going to be important lessons to be learned from ...

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^^ This makes little sense.. So if Pak Army is causing these attacks and inflicting high casualties on our personnel we should shy away from attacking them directly??? What exactly do you think "would play into their hands" here if IA stages some direct attacks.. At max they might go cryin...

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5 men of the 9 Para SF were killed in action in an encounter with Terrorists in the Kandi Forest area of Rajouri Sector. https://twitter.com/ShivAroor/status/1654432748948570115?s=19 Operations were being conducted to flush out terrorists who were involved in the ambush of the Army truck a few weeks...

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Death Toll at 5 now.

https://twitter.com/ShivAroor/status/16 ... 2xG1Q&s=19

It's the highest loss of SF men in a single action afaik along with the action at Randori Behak a few years ago

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Yes and No.. While they were the biggest viewership draws currently that doesn't make them indespensible to Fox. There have been very popular anchors before them ( O Reilly, Ailes etc) and there are still some heavy hitters ( Hannity, Ingraham etc) still there If they can replace these guys smartly ...

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Very interesting. When there's a 800 million loss someone will have to pay for it but it's still surprising to see the viewership drawing public faces be canned as opposed to higher leadership inside the news division. Fox was up for its 10 yr cable rate renewals and the rumors were that they were g...

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Elites don't just want limelight, They want exclusive access to that limelight . There is no limelight to be got when the average dude can get the same feature for a small fee.. If Rihanna @Rihanna1 has a blue checkmark and so does @Rihanna_1 then the whole exclusivity of the feature is gone and so ...

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The blue checkmark stuff is some of the stupidest corporate decision making I've seen from a major company. Don't get me wrong it's fantastic for India and Indian thought since the previous leadership and their censorship actions were openly anti - Indian However as a tech company it is amazing just...

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I thought the fleet was grounded after the Navy crash?

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Unless it's extremely cheap for cannibalizing parts i don't see the point There have been some losses yes but we don't foresee Mirage 2000s serving beyond the early 2030s.. What good does a few extra airframes do right now Rather order more Mk1As or add this to the budget set aside for Mk2s and get ...

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please send the rajans, the cowschitt basus, and the gopinaths several cases of burnol each BTW, and also coincidentally, it appears that the governors of Fed, BOE, and, of course the RBI, are also history majors Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has been named the 'Gove...

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Fleetwide grounding of HAL Dhruv ordered.
https://twitter.com/livefist/status/163 ... _D7rw&s=19

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I took it to mean 7 for first flight and then 3 more (a total 10 for induction).... Although I guess it depends on if he means starting of induction or finishing the induction of all 126

The first flight estimates are all over the place though.. Have seen every year from 2024 to 2030 mentioned.

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HVT and the others in the know have come out swinging against any skepticism that HAL is biting off more than it can chew and I'm sure they have the most accurate info available However one cannot help but still feel that way especially knowing how stingy IAF and MOD have been in the past with suppo...

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In the run up to the 2016 elections Comey had the FBI open up the Hillary Email investigation again in late October even though there wasn't any new evidence... The likes of NYT even ran full page stories for multiple days and it's understood that was a pretty big factor in allowing Donald to scrape...

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Fantastic news.

The icing on the cake would be if IN ordered a squadron worth of N-LCA for training and shore based Ops.

Signals confidence in the program while taking away some of the workload from Mig29k while we acquire the winner of the MRCBF contest and work on TEDBF.

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Terrible news all round. On Shanti to pilot and strength to their families.

Loss of two of our Frontline fighters in a time where there is an acute shortage is the salt on the wounds

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Ridiculous scenes from PM Modi's car road show rally in Hubli https://twitter.com/irohitr/status/1613499343553843201?t=9iIowf89z-FV9quOfo7ccA&s=19 A man breaches the security cordon and comes till touching distance of the PM holding a garland until he is lightly pushed back by the SPG. Have we n...

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So the arresting gear system is compatible with the much heavier Su-33s but not with Rafales and Shornets?

How does that work.

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We need to really take a look at our Operational needs, current situation and plan accordingly. We aren't making enough use of the the natural and geopolitical advantages that we possess and neither are we paying enough attention to the glaring holes in our Naval situation We need to take full use o...

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And it will. The talk of a repeat Vikrant order is just starting, Nothing will be actually happening until a few more years at least.. So there's plenty of time for IN to decide bw the Raffy or SH and also see how the TEDBF is progressing. Besides the only real issue right now for Vikrant is lift si...

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Going over the "expose" by Musk last night it seems that Twitter execs were high on their own supply of being the moderators of the truth. The Hunter Biden story itself was embarrassing but nothing that would have crashed Biden's campaign and from the looks of it the Biden campaign didn't ...

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What my tiny brain still fails to comprehend is to why Mumbai Police could not gather 100 armed constables for a CAT. There were only 10 terrorists in 5 groups - 20 armed constables hunting each group would have boxed them in if not eliminated them. I am proud of the personal heroism and bravery of...

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Elon is being led by his ego.. Could have backed out of the deal by paying a 1 Bill fee but instead held on stubbornly and paid 44 Billion for something that will never be worth as much again. Any attempts to put the whole thing behind pay wall will mean people jumping ship in droves and that takes ...

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isn't it too much of a coincidence, hitting 3 cows in such a short time These VBs need better designed cowcatchers so that the dome is not affected. I wouldn't think so..last year there were over 15000 animal hits with Railways but the old engine style is so rough that there is next to no damage to...

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It's only a walkback if you think of it as separate from Biden's words and not part of their SOP 1. A few statements and decisions being pro Pak from Senior officials to keep Pak happy and extract promises from their jernails 2. India gets riled up, So a few praises for India and a few statements by...

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The Vikramaditya Mig 29k combo is heading from somewhat useless to completely useless A "carrier" that isn't available most of the year and a fighter with an equally bad servicibility. And if you do manage to get it up in the air then it's crashing 2x a year. Build a follow up Vikrant and ...

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Rishi must be absolutely relieved that he is not in the drivers seat. He knew perfectly well where things were headed, and in fact he proposed a much harder line which would have caused pain and made him instantly unpopular. It is good that he didn't become PM. He can come back in a year or two and...

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It’s easier to convert a naval fighter for the land role than the other way around. Why should this be something the IAF fear? The F18 is a perfect example of this not being an issue. And ORCA offers the IAF to satisfy their MRFA lust without throwing 30+ billion and the next 2 decades away on a fo...

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+ to add onto what I’ve outlined above, putting dates to the MRFA fantasy really does highlight why the IAF’s radio silence on ORCA is unjustifiable. ORCA would be on par with Rafale with any differences being incredibly marginal and timelines even if stretched (they’d be better if IAF was onboard)...

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AMCA will be for door buster role esp with bakis..in that case expect more no.s. We need to remember 42 is minimum and that too for defence on one front and full throttle attack on another and then switch later to the first front..in my opinion both tedbef and orca have a place in IAF..however, wit...

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So Akshay how many AMCA do you think will need to be inducted? At least 6-8 squadrons i'd say for the per unit costs to be spread out and based on the threat from China That would leave us with 8 AMCA, 6 Mk1A squadrons, ~14 Su-30 , 12 Mk2/MWF and around 2 Rafale squadrons That takes us to the suppo...

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ORCA relies on TEDBF getting sanctioned and TEDBF relies on more Aircraft Carriers for IN. If we are to just do 1:1 replacement of Viky sometime in the 30's then I feel a follow up order of MRCBF (F-18 or Raffy) will be done and delay with. Unless the IAF really pushes hard for ORCA which I don't se...

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https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/scoop-laal-singh-chaddhas-disastrous-performance-simmering-rift-viacom-18-studios-aamir-khan-productions-comes-fore-internal-blame-game-begins/ Knives out between Reliance entertainment (Viacom18) and Amir Khan productions after LSC disaster and reven...

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Nambi Narayanan's claims in 'Rocketry' are utter lies: Sasikumar. Interesting. Looks like the only folks who are still milking the emotions of people and minting money are the film-wallahs. The Pandits still remain in shelters but Vivek Agnihotri & Co got the money. Now Madhavan & Co made '...

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