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- 09 Apr 2018 21:56
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5655
- Views: 1651671
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
For exactly the same reasons that businesses go there. They can expect the courts to be independent of the ruling dispensation. Nobody goes to Moscow or Beijing, not even the children of the CPI leaders - Sitaram Yechuri's daughter lives in the UK ? Bullsh1t. They go to the UK because they know the...
- 09 Apr 2018 21:48
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
- Replies: 4318
- Views: 662780
Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Japan's economic miracle Since the late 1990s, the growth in Japan’s real GDP per head has outperformed every other major economy. And unlike other major economies, income inequality in Japan has not increased, remaining amongst the lowest in the developed world The article says given Japan's worki...
- 23 Mar 2018 10:48
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5655
- Views: 1651671
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Then why do so many scamsters like the the Mallyas and Modis make a beeline for the UK and US to squat and enjoy their loot? They're not squatting in Moscow or Beijing! For exactly the same reasons that businesses go there. They can expect the courts to be independent of the ruling dispensation. No...
- 23 Mar 2018 00:13
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5655
- Views: 1651671
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Yaaas.Britain welcomed the Ruusian scamsters and looters who fled afeared of Putin weilding the big stick.Briatin loves the sewer rats from all over the globe who fill their banks with their ill-gotten gains, granting even convicted crimials and spies convicted of treason politcal asylum in the bar...
- 22 Mar 2018 23:58
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
- Replies: 6236
- Views: 1810268
- 17 Mar 2018 12:21
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5655
- Views: 1651671
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
KK, you are right on many points.The USSR did collapse thanks to its internal contradictions.Putin has brought back stability to Russia in every sphere, but does acknowledge- watch his interview , that much has to be done in Russia , especially economically to reduce thd inequality gap.The West is ...
- 17 Mar 2018 11:48
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
- Replies: 2752
- Views: 545950
Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion
In return, the polite Hindus reciprocate with "hilsa" politics by studiously avoiding all references to beedi muslim genocide of the Hindu population. Exterminate Hindus at home and migrate to India for livelihood and better prospects. in return, India will continue to shower it's bounty ...
- 16 Mar 2018 12:04
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5655
- Views: 1651671
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Theresa May without any hard evidence to substantiate her conclusions, is expelling over 20 Ru diplomats.Plus, and they will not be missed at all, no UK politicos and royals will attend the World Cup.Activities of suspicious Russians will be curtailed , etc., etc. But the facts as of now are that t...
- 14 Mar 2018 02:13
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5655
- Views: 1651671
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
What happens if the British start doing the same ? We've seen how this confrontation ends before.Bart S wrote:Britain has reportedly 'Given the Kremlin 2 days to explain'. I wonder what they will be able to do if the Russians continue to show them the finger. Get drunk and start a football riot?
- 13 Mar 2018 11:37
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
- Replies: 2752
- Views: 545950
Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion
The only half-decent neighbour India has is Sheikh Hasina's Bangladesh. and yet the average beedi public sentiment is against India and the infiltration continues unabated. Nobody likes their much bigger neighbour, especially one that surrounds their country on 3 sides. India has not been able to m...
- 11 Mar 2018 01:56
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: VayuSena Rafale: News and Discussions - 17 Oct 2016
- Replies: 4661
- Views: 1593765
Re: VayuSena Rafale: News and Discussions - 17 Oct 2016
Heaven sent, if it goes through !Rakesh wrote:India & France In Talks For 36 More Rafales?
https://www.livefistdefence.com/2018/03 ... fales.html
- 03 Mar 2018 15:13
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
- Replies: 2752
- Views: 545950
Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Hope Zia is debarred from contesting elections by their court and her party splits into two so that Sheikh Hasina comes to power for another term and consolidate the gains her country has made in the regional relationships. Not much to choose there. Its six of one and half a dozen of the other. The...
- 24 Feb 2018 15:57
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: MRCA (Many Rakshaks Choose Aircraft) Contest - Episode III
- Replies: 2937
- Views: 735135
Re: MRCA (Many Rakshaks Choose Aircraft) Contest - Episode III
this govt cannot envisage a 20b deal of any nature with 2019 elections looming. the next govt whoever it is will keep kicking the ball down the court. There's always the possibility that some bipartisan consensus is reached. Incidentally from this previously posted article On the reasons for not ba...
- 23 Feb 2018 22:42
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
- Replies: 5424
- Views: 1240336
- 23 Feb 2018 22:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - 4th Jan 2018
- Replies: 2862
- Views: 566963
Re: Terroristan - 4th Jan 2018
WSJ - With U.S. Push, Pakistan Placed on Terror Finance List
Saudi Arabia abandons earlier support for Islamabad under pressure from Washington
- 23 Feb 2018 21:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - 4th Jan 2018
- Replies: 2862
- Views: 566963
- 23 Feb 2018 21:07
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
- Replies: 5424
- Views: 1240336
Re: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
And He's Back!!! That Train's Never Late! :lol: And BTW, you are somewhere between Stage 1 and Stage 2 on the Five Stages of Grief (https://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7261&p=2253720#p2253720). Long way to go, but you will see the light at the end of tunnel :mrgreen: My cl...
- 23 Feb 2018 06:50
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
- Replies: 5424
- Views: 1240336
Re: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
:lol: The risk assessor in chief on BRF - who claims his predictions are * NEVER * wrong - has been humbled. How does that feel? :lol: My claim was the plan where LCA MK2 makes up the a bulk of shortfall due to upcoming retirements is risky enough, that imports are warranted. IAF's planning shouldn...
- 19 Feb 2018 08:21
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indian Foreign Policy
- Replies: 2500
- Views: 539280
Re: Indian Foreign Policy
Their reign of terror as one of the biggest swing producers is long gone. It is the US now which will soon become the world's largest oil producer and they are increasingly making inroads into the huge Indian market, both for oil and gas. Saudi Arabia is still the swing producer of oil. Why The U.S...
- 17 Feb 2018 07:50
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
- Replies: 5424
- Views: 1240336
Re: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
Typical desi dialogue-baazi - superficially profound and meaningless at the same time.Rakesh wrote:To know where you are going, you must know where you came from. You cannot deny who you are, to be someone whom you cannot be.
- 17 Feb 2018 07:48
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
- Replies: 5424
- Views: 1240336
Re: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
Long ago Pannikar wrote that there are only four natural big powers: US, Russia, China, and India. So all the diplomacy and machinations are to prevent these from colluding. Let me give example. In Cold War the line up was the US vs Russia and China and keep India non-aligned. This last was the Bri...
- 17 Feb 2018 07:05
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
- Replies: 5424
- Views: 1240336
Re: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
Thanks for reproducing it, I read it the first time around. Let me attempt to explain better.... Did I touch a raw nerve? I was just following from our last discussion, in which you requested things to be dumbed down for you. Just continuing on that path. I had asked for cost vs capacity as numbers...
- 17 Feb 2018 03:08
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
- Replies: 5424
- Views: 1240336
Re: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
This is exactly what is frustrating Tellis Saar.... https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/964399518153232385 ---> Neither America nor Russia can really afford to throw an 'either with us or with them' tantrum when dealing with India. New Delhi will always maintain diversified strategic industrial int...
- 17 Feb 2018 02:54
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
- Replies: 5424
- Views: 1240336
Re: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
Ashley's also advocating not abandoning the PAKFA - is he lobbying for the Russian MIC as well ? Read what he is saying again. But for ease, I will reproduce it... India should also REASSESS the decision to develop the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft indigenously and avoid weakening the collaborati...
- 16 Feb 2018 13:02
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Maldives Civil-Military Issues
- Replies: 1130
- Views: 265502
Re: Maldives Civil-Military Issues
Maldives is a test case for India’s strategic economic quest, and for Trump’s Indo-Pacific idea By disposition, President Nasheed was far from enthusiastic about Beijing’s newfound interest in the Maldives. His experience at the hands of autocrats at home gave him a jaundiced view of the Chinese Co...
- 16 Feb 2018 13:00
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Maldives Civil-Military Issues
- Replies: 1130
- Views: 265502
Re: Maldives Civil-Military Issues
China, Maldives: Beijing's Boats Send a Message to India "China has bolstered its naval presence in the IO. In addition to the anti-piracy task force...a group of Chinese military vessels have recently been deployed to the eastern part of the ocean...the timing suggests it's linked to the cris...
- 16 Feb 2018 11:29
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
- Replies: 5424
- Views: 1240336
Re: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
For all the talk that BRF's import lobby claims that the IAF will induct 250 - 300 Tejas aircraft in total (in addition to 200 F-16s and 100 F-18s), this is the actual reality. Almost two year old article, but still very relevant today. This is always the end goal of the American MIC. Troubles, The...
- 16 Feb 2018 11:24
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
- Replies: 5424
- Views: 1240336
Re: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
1) What stops India from getting Su-57, after all F-35 deliveries are complete? To honour that, would mean there has to be something in a F-35 contract that would bar India from getting any Russian stealth technology. Would India agree to such a thing? 2) What stops someone in maintenance - using y...
- 13 Feb 2018 12:33
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Indian Military Aviation - 21 Sept 2015
- Replies: 4456
- Views: 1049970
Re: Indian Military Aviation - 21 Sept 2015
The HAL-RTOS provides a comprehensive feature set based on international specification - ARINC-653 - to support Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) architecture. Key features include address, space and time partitioning, priority pre-emptive process scheduling and health monitoring . Unfortunately th...
- 08 Feb 2018 08:09
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
- Replies: 4447
- Views: 1558965
Re: Indian Space Programme Discussion - Sept 2016
vs wings and landing gear.nam wrote:If we want to compare weight, you have consider propellent weight, those landing legs as well.
- 07 Feb 2018 22:19
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Transport Aircraft for IAF
- Replies: 4074
- Views: 802886
Re: Transport Aircraft for IAF
the thing with "China" is that it is a State, unlike Tata. The State not only had vision but had the authority to take risks - funds AND time. Tata has neither. I doubt the Indian State will fund such efforts AND absorb the results without complaining - like the Chinese. NRao-ji, I would ...
- 07 Feb 2018 10:21
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Transport Aircraft for IAF
- Replies: 4074
- Views: 802886
Re: Transport Aircraft for IAF
Cheen has also purchased the AN70 IP btw. expect the new round of workhorse C130-clone rolling to be done on that. LRMP, AEW etc etc What the hell! I haven’t heard that one. I thought it would be one of the crown jewels that Ukraine keeps. They sold the An-225 IP to Cheen but that is a white elepha...
- 02 Feb 2018 03:49
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India and ASEAN / East Asia
- Replies: 721
- Views: 146198
Re: India and ASEAN / East Asia
The biggest danger is not the PRC attacking a member of ASEAN. It is members of ASEAN accepting chini takeover of the gray zone as fait accompli because Cheen always does things that are short of actual warfare. One of the biggest reason ASEAN acquiesces to China’s creeping takeover of the shared c...
- 27 Jan 2018 08:22
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
- Replies: 5424
- Views: 1240336
Re: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
This has already gone on for too long, so my last argument here. Krishna, come on! This was only warm up. https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png I'll try to restrict myself though See, your reasons for the SEF purchase is all wrong. For this, one must go back to the early 80s. - The PAF acquir...
- 27 Jan 2018 03:06
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
- Replies: 5424
- Views: 1240336
Re: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
This has already gone on for too long, so my last argument here. That said It only needs to meet deadlines better than the LCA MK2. That is not the goal of SEF. The goal of SEF acquisition is to shore up the numbers. Nice try. So I ask yet again, how is the SEF going to meet the deadlines that the I...
- 26 Jan 2018 13:20
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
- Replies: 5424
- Views: 1240336
Re: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
All fine and dandy. But I ask again, how is the SEF going to meet the deadlines that the IAF needs? It only needs to meet deadlines better than the LCA MK2. The IAF likes certainty, but neither of the aircraft in the SEF competition offer that. The Gripen E is vaporware and the F-16 - while a prove...
- 23 Jan 2018 06:10
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
- Replies: 5424
- Views: 1240336
Re: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
I believe the SEF is being talked about to reduce IAF's dependence on the MK2 being delivered in requisite numbers on time. The LCA MK1A acquisition continues apace AND an SEF is ordered as well. Why does it need to be one or the other ? Wrong Sir. SEF acquisition is to shore up the depleting squad...
- 23 Jan 2018 01:37
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
- Replies: 5424
- Views: 1240336
Re: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
And what do the IAF fight with if the Tejas (MK1A and/or MK2) can't be scaled up to deliver numbers in time ? At that point Tata/Adani will be too little too late. So let us take that scenario to its logical conclusion. ... So here lies the logical conclusion --> What happens when China comes knock...
- 22 Jan 2018 02:32
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Afghanistan News & Discussion - April 2016
- Replies: 3095
- Views: 810743
Re: Afghanistan News & Discussion - April 2016
Though a kinetic response is essential I’ll give you one simple non kinetic response just for a thought experiment - release all the details of the riches of the Pak generals and Pak Army (the biggest commercial enterprise in Pak ) to the Pak people. Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy
- 22 Jan 2018 01:43
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
- Replies: 5424
- Views: 1240336
Re: 'Make in India' Single engined fighter
The Tejas is India's SINGLE ENGINE FIGHTER ...warts and all. Either platform - F-Solah (Amreeki tantrums) or Gripen E (vaporware) - comes with its own set of risks. Why take the headache? Why waste $20 billion of FOREX, with zero return? The GOI and the IAF have both got to invest their energies in...