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I would think Eleven would attend.

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Xi is more in control right now than ever before. This is an illusion. <snip> When a leader is cornered then irrational behavior takes over and he may resort to crazy adventures including attacking India. Taiwan attack is becoming next to impossible, his top staff have advised him against such a de...

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I would question these points. Xi is more in control right now than ever before. He is like Mao at his strongest. Mao even had put Deng under house arrest and had his wife and favourites designated to take over. The "gang of four" died in a plane crash and then Deng moved in. . . the publ...

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ramana, the Chinese populace largely believes that Indian lands are actually Chinese, Tibet & Xinjiang are theirs, Russian lands are actually Chinese, Japan belongs to China, Taiwan Straits is local Chinese waterway, Indo-China Sea belongs to China etc. Taiwan still maintains a Department of Tib...

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IAF contingent departs for Egypt to participate in biennial tri-service exercise BRIGHT STAR-23 - ET An Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent carrying 150 Indian army personnel departed today to participate in ExerciseBRIGHT STAR-23, a biennial multilateral tri-service exercise scheduled to take place ...

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I watched a few videos of the summit. Modi, as usual, shone through. Jinping looked worn out, doddering, and low on energy. Additionally, he distributed speaking assignments to his assistants and did only one speech himself. Yes, I agree. The one thing that struck me was the brief disappearance of ...

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This is expected. Not losing face is very important for XJP.

There are many instances of similar Chinese lying.

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Sushant Sareen, hat tip.

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4UK45AaoAAcvaj?format=jpg&name=small Lander specifications Power : 738W (Winter solstice) Does this mean that the power is enough to keep the lander in hibernation till the next lunar day? Is there any possibility that the lander will call the rover 'back inside' at...

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But Holy Smokes Batman, this is awesome Absolutely no doubt, Rakesh. Especially when earlier on, about two years back, there were some doubts about IAF's commitment to Tejas. But, in AeroIndia recently, the IAF Chief had said that an additional 50 Mk1A would be ordered. Now he has added another 50 ...

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We can see that 150m, the lander hovered, found the site unsuitable and re-targeted and then landed. Therefore, I do not see any obstacles in the form of boulders or inclinations.

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Awesome ! Waiting for the Next Sequential Steps in Progress, such as Pargyaan sliding down, roving, doing the tests and Vikram doing its own. It would also be great if the two can survive the Lunar night and come back roaring after that. The whole launch all the way to the landing has been extremely...

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LSP7 testfires Astra at Goa today

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In a first, Indian submarine deployed all the way to Australia - Rajat Pandit, ToI In an extended-range deployment, an Indian submarine will reach Australia for the first time on Sunday , even as the four “Quad” countries are separately conducting the high-voltage Malabar naval exercise off Sydney....

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Their sight on Taiwan could be a false redirect, the actual goal could be an attack on India (both the US and Russia would shy away). XJP's stars have started dimming. When an authoritarian ruler faces collapse, he does unpredictable things without thinking about consequences. Mao did that when his...

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What I am trying to say is its BRF that first spotted the CPC decline. In 2021. Others joined later. BTW all these folks want to guide your thoughts exactly as you have written. From my own post of Oct 9, 2021 , If you look at Chinese history, imperial dynasties collapsed whenever they embarked on ...

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IAF to host mega multilateral air exercise next year The Indian Air Force (IAF) will host a mega multilateral military exercise next year that was originally planned for October. The exercise, 'Tarang Shakti', is likely to be held in the middle of 2024 as a number of participating air forces convey...

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SpaceX to launch 2 Starlink missions 5 hours apart - Space.com It will be the 13th and 15th launches and landings for the Falcon 9s flying on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, according to SpaceX. Those are impressive numbers, but they aren't reuse records: Two different Falcon 9 first stages h...

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Pratyush wrote: ↑15 Aug 2023 09:00 Why do you want to place a synthetic aperture radar in such an orbit?

What are the real advantages of doing this?

Same as why some Optical Earth Observation satellites are placed at GEO. To constantly monitor a certain area.

SAR will have the advantage of penetrating cloud cover.

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Chandrayaan-3 vs. Luna-25: Are India and Russia racing to the moon's south pole? - Space.com

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Happy Independence Day all. Jai Hind.

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Thanks, S^3 & AG on LRA. I am aware of that and was not referring to that. I was referring to ranging the CY3 itself as it orbits the moon now in order to precisely determine the orbit. Satellites in earth bound orbits are increasingly being ranged through lasers with retroreflctors on the body ...

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SSSalvi wrote: ↑14 Aug 2023 10:08For that there is a separate fixed frequency beacon used exclusively by satellite operator in conjunction with Ranging equipment using Tx/Rx for accurate measurements )

Also, laser-ranging through laser retro-reflectors affixed on spacecraft. Don't know if CY3 carries any.

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There are quite a few theories about the water source on the lunar surface. The solar wind, meteorite and asteroid theories are three of them. Both meteorites and asteroids contain ice and their impacts could have left a lot of it at the permanently shadowed bottom part of the craters, especially in...

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Balochistan: Chinese company's convoy comes under attack near Gwadar. Heavy firing, explosions heard.
Details awaited.

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India, Japan, U.S., Australia hold naval exercise off Sydney coast - Nikkei Asia SYDNEY (Reuters) -- India, Japan, the United States and Australia will hold the Malabar navy exercise off the coast of Sydney on Friday, the first time the war games previously held in the Indian Ocean have taken place...

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ISRO Conducts Drogue Parachute Deployment Tests for Gaganyaan Mission August 11, 2023 Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)/ISRO, successfully conducted a series of Drogue Parachute Deployment Tests at the Rail Track Rocket Sled (RTRS) facility of the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory, Chandiga...

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How can 2 reports give such wildly conflicting timelines? Chances are one or both of them are clueless/lying My understanding is as follows: First prototype planned to be rolled out by December 2023. First flight by December 2024. 4 prototypes would be built and all tests would be completed by Dece...

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SCMP Reports: Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan given 3-year prison sentence: ‘Don’t sit at home silently’, he urges supporters Khan’s political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said in a statement they had already filed another appeal to the Supreme Court earlier on Saturday. The conviction came just ...

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OK, finally where would he end up at the end of Kot Lakhpat incarceration, Jeddah or Jahannum?

It's the same precise cycle all over again in TSP, isn't it? Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

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Utter Disaster.

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Are we speaking of just Antarctic south polar region, or also north polar region? The north polar region seems to be a focus of increasing competition among the major powers. The heavy Russian investment in development of northern sea routes, including building of various large bases, and hydrocarb...

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Manish_P wrote: ↑04 Aug 2023 09:51would suggest to add

h) Ayesha Siddiqa - Military Inc.

There has been nothing that bested BRf of those days.

The first post of every Terroristan thread has distilled knowledge of that.

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In India, Pakistan occupies very little Indian focus these days. We need multiple Chairs on China.

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India to have its first polar research vessel in five years: Union minister Kiren Rijiju - PTI India aims to have its first Polar Research Vessel (PRV) in the next five years in order to sustain its bases in Antarctica, Union Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Thursday. Replying to a quer...

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I am starting this new topic as the polar regions begin to gain more strategic importance, especially the Arctic. While there is a fairly robust system of treaties governing Antarctica (India joined the Treaty in c. 1983), the Arctic is largely governed by the eight-member Arctic Council. India join...

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The Sino-Russian partnership has expanded not only qualitatively, but also geographically with some of their interaction reaching the Arctic Circle. In April 2019, Russia announced plans to connect the Northern Sea Route, along which Moscow plans to begin year-round navigation in 2022-2023 with Chin...

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https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202308/1295575.shtml After Indo-Pacific and Quad the Northeast concerns for the Emperor The hubris got the better of the Chinese. That’s driving all major powers to the opposite camp. I am referring to the arrogant statement by the Chinese last year that the Taiwan S...

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Which institution will provide the succession leadership? It has to come from core CPC leadership. I do not foresee a Yuan Shikai type of power usurpation by PLA. Warlords in China have ruled here and there even in Imperial times. But, Emperor has to establish a dynasty and continue it. CPC is a we...

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