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Avarachan

So you want a new political party. If only it was that easy. To form a political party one needs heavy investments and time apart from ideology and narrative. And kerala is short on both. To throw such arguments is just stalling and escaping one's responsibility. While orthodox christians may not b...

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Because people are using the term "Abrahamic" in this thread, I'm posting an article link questioning the very term "Abrahamic." I know we're not supposed to discuss religion on BRF, but because the term "Abrahamic" is so widespread, there's no way to avoid the issue. N...

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Loyalty is a two way street. Indian voters are quite self centered, focused on their pet peeves and ditch the BJP at the drop of a hat. Most couldn't give a fig for high falutin concepts like Dharma, national concerns the likes of which members in this fora obsess over. Karan M, what we are witness...

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Supratik, that may happen. We may see a KL based yindoo party that serve the KL Yindoo interest soon. They may have an issue based alliance with NDA. Dileep, I haven't posted in this thread because I'm an Orthodox Christian, and Sabarimala is an internal issue for the Hindu community. Nonetheless, ...

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This is a very interesting article regarding how outsourcing to China has compromised the American military-industrial base. November 4, 2018 "The Pentagon Realised What It Has Done – the Chinese Put the US Army on Its Knees" http://thesaker.is/the-pentagon-realised-what-it-has-done-the-ch...

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Rod Dreher, December 29, 2018, "Trust in the Church" https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/trust-catholic-church-cupich-vatican-sex-abuse A Catholic friend asks me what expectations I have for the big Vatican meeting in February about the sex abuse scandal. The answer? None. The f...

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Cross-posted from the "Geopolitics" thread. __________________________ This is an extremely interesting article by Pepe Escobar. Russia wants to create “`a common space for economic, logistic and information cooperation, peace and security from Shanghai to Lisbon and New Delhi to Murmansk....

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This is an extremely interesting article by Pepe Escobar. Russia wants to create “`a common space for economic, logistic and information cooperation, peace and security from Shanghai to Lisbon and New Delhi to Murmansk.'” http://thesaker.is/how-the-new-silk-roads-are-merging-into-greater-eurasia/ He...

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Regarding "Southern Baptists" in the U.S., I recommend reading the following document. This is a detailed, 71-page report, "Report on Slavery and Racism in the History of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary." See pages 5-8 for a summary. http://www.sbts.edu/wp-content/uploa...

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There have been interesting stories in the past few days regarding corruption in American evangelical Protestant communities. I'm posting the links in this thread because these communities lead the missionary efforts in India. The truth about what their communities are really like is eye-opening. ht...

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This is a very interesting article. China makes microprocessor chips, but doesn't make the machines which are used to make advanced microprocessors.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12- ... ally-about

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I see posts speculating on Mr. Chau's ethnic background. I looked at his public Instagram photos: his father was Chinese, and his mom was Caucasian.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVfKBYhBN8a

https://www.instagram.com/p/BFLIhqZD1Pb

Avarachan

^^ It seems that the Pantsir has teething problems. Nonetheless, the previous-generation Tor missile system performed well (an 80% success rate).

Avarachan

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24997/russia-releases-first-official-video-of-its-su-57s-on-their-absurdly-short-trip-to-syria In addition, earlier in November 2018, Viktor Murakhovsky, military expert and editor-in-chief of Russia’s Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine, also claimed in a social ...

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There are going to be backfires too old and no plans for new production run Singha, are you aware that Tu-22M3's are being upgraded to Tu-22M3M's as we speak? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-22M Tu-22M3 for the Russian Air Force with engines from Tu-160M2 (NK-32-02), upgraded avionics (SVP...

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Pralay, can be easily adapted for air launch, but we cannot. No platform. I know that the last 40 Su-30 is for strategic purposes to remove (over) dependence on France. The platforms are hardened in ways that only the worthies know, But AFAIK, there were no change in the capacity of the hardpoints....

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Indranil, remember this. You are (IMHO) absolutely on the right track. See Air Launched Missile on the right. https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/the-big-story/story/20101129-the-secret-k-missile-family-744797-2010-11-20 And, Karan M, the Rafale can carry unusually heavy loads on a few of its hardpo...

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Also, these missiles will grow in scope, weight and dimensions. The Su-30 won't. I suspect that the 42 MKI's ordered in 2010 are capable of carrying significantly heavier payloads than the standard MKI's. To become aware of the possibilities, look up the weight of the air-launched Moskit. The GoI h...

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^^ For the above article, there's an interesting comment by Lee Podles. Podles is the author of perhaps the best book on the pedophilia/pederasty/infidelity crisis, "Sacrilege: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church" (2008). Curiously, he remains a Roman Catholic. As an Orthodox Christian, I ...

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https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/roman-catholicism-geographic-solution/ Rod Dreher, "The Church’s ‘Geographic Solution’" November 9, 2018 Back in 2003, I had a conversation with a Dallas plaintiff’s lawyer who had been involved in sex abuse lawsuits against the Catholic Churc...

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This has huge security implications for us. If we go for widespread 2 way datalinking, we will have to create two sets of networks - one for our tactical assets, i.e. delineate between our datalinks and the ones tapped into COMCASA, and the data from COMCASA enabled networks, e.g. Link-16 type has ...

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As Shri Abdul Kalam repeatedly stated, "Strength respects strength, not weakness." That's what's going through my head right now. What's strange about this decision is that I don't see the need for it. China's nuclear submarines aren't so quiet that India needs cutting-edge technology to d...

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question for serious IAF historians. I sometimes have conversations with gentlemen who claim to be experts on the Indo-Pak and other wars and find myself politely nodding and smiling whilst complete bakwas is spewed at the other end. However, one story that resurfaces often (and for which I have se...

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I notice that posters in this thread are making all sorts of claims regarding Christianity, the origins of the Bible, etc. First, please stay on topic. If you want to discuss Christianity in general, please open up a separate thread. I'm not sure the moderators will allow it--BRF has a long-standing...

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https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/catholic-cold-war-turns-civil-war/ One of the enduring mysteries of the contemporary Catholic Church is why so many priests know about practicing homosexuals in the priesthood, but don’t do anything about it .... There are liberal Catholic priests, both...

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/opinion/pope-francis-catholic-church-letter.html Pope Francis must resign. That conclusion is unavoidable if allegations contained in a letter written by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò are true. Archbishop Viganò, the Vatican’s ambassador to the United States from 2...

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https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/episcopal-sodomy-fear-grips-the-vatican August 19, 2018 While Shapiro did not directly hint at RICO violations per se, other states' attorneys general have begun laying the preliminary groundwork for their own grand jury investigations, as Church Militant ...

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This is my post from June 26, 2018. https://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7004&p=2280121&sid=cfc02d22a1e3adef0c95f3d7cc96c8ae#p2280121 This is an eye-opening instance of how the Roman Catholic Organization (I refuse to call it a church) wields political power to cover up ...

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The Roman Catholic Organization is in the beginnings of a major crisis. The reason I'm creating this thread in the "Strategic Issues and International Relations Forum" is because this crisis could well become as significant as the Protestant Reformation. That irrevocably changed Europe pol...

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Regarding China, I think the threat is overblown ... In terms of noise levels, for instance, India's nuclear submarines are approximately 15 years ahead of China's. (I make this assessment on the basis of publicly available information. To know more, one can start with this article: https://fas.org/...

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US Envoy Nikki Haley Speaks To NDTV On Iran, 2+2 Summit: Highlights https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/us-envoy-nikki-haley-speaks-to-ndtv-highlights-1874813?browserpush=true Here are the highlights of her interview with NDTV. On the postponement of "2+2 summit", she says it won't affect US-...

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This is an eye-opening instance of how the Roman Catholic Organization (I refuse to call it a church) wields political power to cover up its crimes. https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/grand-jury-report-abuse-looms-six-pennsylvania-dioceses Mark Dent, "Grand jury report on abuse looms...

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Could Akash be developed into a naval SAM system too? I know that the B-8 supposedly a JV with Israel but depends hugely upon it, has been earmarked for our principal warships as principal anti-air/missile defence.However, a secondary desi SAM system based upon Akash could be very useful also and p...

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There is something specific about the S-X00 ADS that makes the US cr@p its pants. Remember how they freaked out and screamed "red line" when there was even a chance that S-300 may get sold to Syria or Iran. And right now it's specifically the S-400 sale that's being cited by the US in its...

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In retrospect, what did we gain from the Rafale purchase? 1) Because of the ties between Russia and China, it is best to use a non-Russian aircraft for the air-launched nuclear-deterrence role. 2) The Rafale deal keeps the strategic cooperation with the French going. As I've written on BRF before, ...

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By the way, for those who wonder about the Russian strategy towards Pakistan, it is aimed at the U.S. There are analysts (Catherine Austin Fitts, etc.) who say that the U.S. stock market is propped up by the money laundering associated with drug trafficking (from Afghanistan/Pakistan/etc.). If that...

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By the way, for those talking about the high cost of Russian spare-parts (a mark-up of 600-800%), it's common for the mark-up from European companies to the U.S. government to be similar. The solution to this issue is for the Indian military-industrial complex to indigenize, as Saurav Jha says ... I...

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No fan of the author, but even he wouldnt have the cojones to make up a story like this. https://www.indiatoday.in/world/europe/story/ins-vikramaditya-india-relieved-indian-navy-russia-shiv-aroor-217727-2013-11-17 The author has 400% made it up. My first cousin, then a Lt. Cdr. and helicopter pilot...

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This is the briefing by the Russian MOD. (I prefer the full statement, rather than the summary provided by TASS.) I got the link via Saker's site: http://thesaker.is/briefing-by-russian-defence-ministry-official-major-general-igor-konashenkov-april-16-2018/ http://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/mor...

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Singha wrote:good read on why usa is so pissed about the east ghouta liberation

https://ejmagnier.com/2018/04/15/the-us ... -revealed/

That's an interesting article. Thanks for posting the link.

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