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- 18 May 2024 04:40
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
- Replies: 1256
- Views: 3289270
Re: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
kAfIYtpcBxo I would be interested in some views on this lecture. 1. Thoughts on Israel involved in a "genocide" in Gaza? 2. Thoughts on Israel has lost escalation dominance as it relates to Hezbollah and Iran? 3. I am familiar with views amongst millennials/gen Z of the US population on t...
- 12 May 2024 02:27
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
- Replies: 721
- Views: 225029
Re: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
Too few Integrated Theatre Commands, Need for a land-based air command, and a trimming of the role of Chiefs of Staff - Bharat Karnad To summarize: 1 Strategic Forces Command, 3 peninsular commands, 2 landbound anti-China commands plus the minor LOC command (for Pakistan contingency), and 5 support...
- 28 Apr 2024 20:37
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wish list for Modi 3.0 administration
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4029
Re: Wish list for Modi 3.0 administration
Williams and others let's start a numbered wish list for Modi 3.0 #1. Reform judiciary #2 Reform IAS and IPS #3. Move police from.State to Concurrent list #4 Crimes against women added to UAPA Und so Weiter.(usw) I wish these were from 1.0 itself, but nevertheless. 1. Incentivize private industry (...
- 31 Mar 2024 19:16
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Nuclear Submarines -3
- Replies: 2005
- Views: 596238
Re: Indian Nuclear Submarines -3
Indian SSBN in the deep waters of Bay of Bengal cuddled between IN’s A&N and Eastern command assets will be well protected even without SSNs. It would mean IN is already defensive against PLAN and cannot deploy any meaningful assets in the SCS to deter PLAN from entering Indian backwaters. I kn...
- 12 Mar 2024 18:55
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
Re: Deterrence
A long overdue forward step has been taken. FINALLY, Divyastra, 19 years late. Next up — Thermonuclear testing - Bharat Karnad The MIRV tech has been collecting dust at the Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), Hyderabad, for the last 19 years. It was a project lovingly shepherded to near completion by...
- 18 Jan 2024 07:00
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Books Folder - 2008 onwards!!!
- Replies: 1461
- Views: 256380
Re: Books Folder - 2008 onwards!!!
Cross posting: Can anyone recommend a definitive reference book on Ramjanmabhoomi temple , its history and the movement? Must cover Babari demolition as well. Definitely not from the likes of Irfan Habib and ilk Tanaji: Three works that may be of interest. 1. An older one from the reverative BB Lal...
- 06 Jun 2023 21:40
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
Re: Deterrence
A little more authentic Mumbaiya "Majaa karne ka!"ramana wrote:[
* As my Mumbai friends say watch and "enjoy karne ka!"
ShauryaT, it is not China that will object.
I am counting on China not objecting. China is a ruse. A ruse that sells in the corridors of Washington.
- 06 Jun 2023 01:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
Re: Deterrence
One thing to consider doing is to prep the nation MEA, bureaucracy, media, military, BARC, DRDO, NWS that India will have to test again - If China raises their numbers or does MIRV or does any aggressive deployment. It will put all on notice and the US will find ways to accommodate. Either ways Chin...
- 03 Jun 2023 18:44
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
Re: Deterrence
reposting to state the record is not clear. Nothing new. Now the shaft for S-1( the thermo-nuclear device at POK-2) was supposedly over 200 metres vs the 120-metre deep shaft at the bottom of which the TN device was placed The failure of India?s sole H-bomb is the latest in DAE and BARC?s long histo...
- 28 May 2023 20:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
Re: Deterrence
how exactly do you validate simulations if you dont have the data over full curve? https://web.archive.org/web/20191028030113/https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl1601/16010840.htm According to Dr. R. Chidambaram, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), and Secretary, Department of Atomic...
- 27 May 2023 16:48
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
Re: Deterrence
Will India play ball? A Nuclear Collision Course in South Asia Tellis hints at a tantalizing solution to India’s problems. The United States could provide India with a reliable thermonuclear weapon design. The trilateral security pact among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States that i...
- 19 May 2023 17:55
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
Re: Deterrence
Ask him if he has heard "rumours" that TN warheads are being fielded by SFC. Simple. The question was its credibility, that is what his two decades of writings are about. To the question of if there are TN warheads in the deployed arsenal, this question has been answered IIRC by multiple ...
- 19 May 2023 17:36
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
Re: Deterrence
Read the whole thing, from an expert on the topic. A lot of Twaddle about AI and nuclear weapons, tacnukes I have no patience anymore for uninformed commentaries on nuclear deterrence penned by people who wear their unfamiliarity with the broad swath of deterrence literature and with the empirical e...
- 19 May 2023 05:12
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
Re: Deterrence
101 level podcast on nuclear deterrence its evolution and trajectories.
- 19 May 2023 01:36
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
- Replies: 721
- Views: 225029
Re: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
Sea based S400? That is news!pravula wrote:Will they survive s400 and clones that prc is gonna deploy in numbers? Both land and sea based…
- 18 May 2023 19:40
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
Re: Deterrence
@RoyG: These are all plausible theories and something that has been debated on these threads ad nauseam. The credibility of a theory is based on evidences and proofs demonstrated. The value of deterrence comes from an understanding of proven capabilities. On the issue of EU designs, they are irrelev...
- 18 May 2023 17:35
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8979
- Views: 2615704
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Takshashila Discussion Document - Assessing Arguments Against Closer India-US Ties Our own Yusuf ji sets 12 points of view with references in this well written paper, to set his basis for conclusions. India’s goal is to become a developed country with a capable military and a great power. It requir...
- 18 May 2023 16:39
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
Re: Deterrence
Understood. So the design of S-1 is the basis. Thanks.RoyG wrote:Bharat Karnad himself admitted it.ShauryaT wrote:Any sources or basis for these designed payloads and its rationale?
- 18 May 2023 02:46
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
Re: Deterrence
THE NUCLEAR CLUB - JONATHAN HUNT On this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Jonathan Hunt talks about his book, The Nuclear Club: How America and the World Policed the Atom from Hiroshima to Vietnam. Hunt starts out with an anecdote about the origins of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty under U.S. P...
- 18 May 2023 02:44
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
Re: Deterrence
Any sources or basis for these designed payloads and its rationale?RoyG wrote:Rumour is we have high confidence 125&175kt TN designs in the inventory.
- 18 May 2023 02:43
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
Re: Deterrence
Thanks for the summary. Same question as Anujan, what has Astrosat to do with Shakti-1?disha wrote: 2. For any detractors of Shakti-1 (the TN shot), please check out Astrosat.
- 16 May 2023 06:41
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
- Replies: 721
- Views: 225029
Re: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
I think you are confusing two things in my post. I said TC is delayed due to IAF which is the first part. Second I asked AM Jyal about how the strategic value of air power can be provided without bombers since 1973. The second part is addressed to his essay. It is not to IAF. Thanks for the clarifi...
- 13 May 2023 23:27
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
Re: Deterrence
The Dynamics of an Entangled Security Dilemma: China's Changing Nuclear Posture Starting around 2015, China has been accelerating the modernization of its nuclear arsenal, including expanding its forces. The U.S. Defense Department projects that China will have about 1,000 warheads by 2030. Even th...
- 13 May 2023 21:20
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
- Replies: 721
- Views: 225029
Re: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
It was supposed to be announced on Independence Day 2022. It got delayed to 2023 due to IAF. I have a question for AM Jayal. How does he expect to provide the strategic value of air power when IAF has shunned bomber planes since 1973? Canberra was already obsolete in 1965 as many pilot accounts sta...
- 12 May 2023 21:44
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
- 12 May 2023 05:17
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
Re: Deterrence
I was going to write, Ramana do not click, nothing there :) In fact, just not him 95%+ of the authors who write/talk on the issue are under inspiring to people who have followed things closely. I would even say RG delayed the order for too long. The matter was out in the open since at least 1985 and...
- 12 May 2023 03:07
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
Re: Deterrence
Mr. Gupta opines on his knowings of the event.
- 10 May 2023 17:14
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
Re: Deterrence
A series of articles on ORF marking 25 years from Shakti series of tests.
25 Years Since Pokhran-Il:
Reviewing India's Nuclear Odyssey
25 Years Since Pokhran-Il:
Reviewing India's Nuclear Odyssey
- 07 May 2023 17:07
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India-US Defence Trade & Technology Initiative: News & Discussion
- Replies: 122
- Views: 48006
Re: India-US Defence Trade & Technology Initiative: News & Discussion
We are now at a stage beyond the foundational agreements. This is next. INDIA-US TO SHARE AIR INFORMATION A very high ranking Pentagon official, the US Air Secretary Frank Kendall, who kept a close watch on China's military modernisation through technical intelligence for over a decade has proposed ...
- 07 May 2023 16:48
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India-US Defence Trade & Technology Initiative: News & Discussion
- Replies: 122
- Views: 48006
Re: India-US Defence Trade & Technology Initiative: News & Discussion
It will be best to arrest the discussion in this thread to iCET, which is the successor to DTTI. DTTI is dead. FACT SHEET: United States and India Elevate Strategic Partnership with the initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) Strengthening our Innovation Ecosystems Signing a new Implem...
- 06 May 2023 16:11
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India-US Defence Trade & Technology Initiative: News & Discussion
- Replies: 122
- Views: 48006
Re: India-US Defence Trade & Technology Initiative: News & Discussion
Ramana-ji, read this excellent rebuttal from Kanwal Sibal. He takes apart Ashley Tellis' article.... Tellis’s narrow self-serving view on India-US ties overlooks the big picture https://www.indianarrative.com/opinion-news/telliss-narrow-self-serving-view-on-india-us-ties-overlooks-the-big-picture-1...
- 01 May 2023 21:03
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India-US Defence Trade & Technology Initiative: News & Discussion
- Replies: 122
- Views: 48006
Re: India-US Defence Trade & Technology Initiative: News & Discussion
Interesting read from Ashley Tellis. Takleef from not buying an American made fighter. The Amreekis want a win *SO* bad in India. Some how, some way, some manner....get India to purchase an American made fighter. America’s Bad Bet on India https://www.foreignaffairs.com/india/americas-bad-bet-india...
- 30 Apr 2023 03:21
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Light Tank: News & Discussion
- Replies: 109
- Views: 37307
Re: Indian Light Tank: News & Discussion
The Arjun turret on the T72 did not work. The chassis could not take the weight. Too much of weight reduction through ammo and armr makes the tank a lovely parade piece Correct. The US tried the 105 mm on a Stryker platform weighing 20 tons and it has not worked well. The main gun of a light tank i...
- 29 Apr 2023 22:29
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Light Tank: News & Discussion
- Replies: 109
- Views: 37307
Re: Indian Light Tank: News & Discussion
Personally I have not understood the entire light tank requirement. A lightly armoured and lightly armed vehicle would stand little chance against a plethora of man portable ATGMS and the proliferation of a range to loitering ammunition and UAVs. Probably IA intends to use them to strike and occupy...
- 24 Apr 2023 19:23
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 5135
- Views: 942832
- 24 Apr 2023 17:18
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Social Problems in Punjab and their Strategic Impact
- Replies: 483
- Views: 125205
Re: Social Problems in Punjab and their Strategic Impact
A view point from Ajai Sahni one of the foremost experts on the topic. His leadership and work through the SATP.org portal is well known to all who follow Indian security issues.
- 23 Apr 2023 21:43
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
- Replies: 721
- Views: 225029
Re: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
Thanks. So instead of just collapsing the current 17 commands to 7 theater commands the military transformation is underway into three commands. I like the idea of three commands. It seems, we will still have the 17 commands in parallel with these three for a while. Political leadership will have t...
- 20 Apr 2023 03:18
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Nuclear Submarines -3
- Replies: 2005
- Views: 596238
Re: Indian Nuclear Submarines -3
Correct me if i am wrong., SSKs are better than SSNs in littoral waters as they can hide better ., deep diving subs esp SSNs need a special steel that is not suitable for littoral vessels as again detection becomes easier., things might be different with some new generation materials and propulsion...
- 20 Apr 2023 01:09
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Nuclear Submarines -3
- Replies: 2005
- Views: 596238
Re: Indian Nuclear Submarines -3
I keep going over this basic equation: 3 SSK cost = 1 SSN cost. In the Indian context the SSK would be imports (at least major components) and the SSN would be highly indigenous the costs are comparable and not 3:1. Closer to shores -- is it better to have 3 SSK spread out and create a net or 1 SSN...
- 19 Apr 2023 22:10
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Nuclear Submarines -3
- Replies: 2005
- Views: 596238
Re: Indian Nuclear Submarines -3
Given the geography, India does not need its subs in South China Sea or the Pacific -- so time to station is not a big factor; and with a solid growth of AIP capabilities -- IMHO, SSK would be a good deterrence. With SSK one can hide, but not hunt or run against a surface or sub-surface fleet of pe...