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by sum
26 Jan 2024 10:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1184935

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Wow I actually thought some of the Wierd, undiplomatic stuff mentioned were the reporter’s interpretation but amazing he said the stuff he said in public as a COAS
by sum
28 Dec 2023 14:37
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech
Replies: 2937
Views: 982408

Re: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech

Wow!

End of the dream of seeing a desi reaper.
ADE really does need a revamp and now I wonder the “real” status of the Nirbhay as no news doesn’t seem to mean good news in some instances
by sum
07 Dec 2023 15:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1184935

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Truely seems all floodgates have been opened somewhere
by sum
30 Nov 2023 16:31
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018
Replies: 413
Views: 205396

Re: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018

Lots of activity happening behind the curtains. U.S. charges Indian national in alleged assassination plot of Sikh separatist in NYC The Justice Department announced charges Wednesday against an Indian national for allegedly taking part in a murder-for-hire scheme on U.S. soil orchestrated by an Ind...
by sum
27 Nov 2023 14:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 26/11/2008: Never Forget. Never Forgive
Replies: 757
Views: 312871

Re: 26/11/2008: Never Forget. Never Forgive

Adani and 26/11 close shave
Even Adani was in the hotel at the time of the attack and barely escaped.
Amazing number of HVTs at the one place!
by sum
16 Nov 2023 16:52
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018
Replies: 413
Views: 205396

Re: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018

Long but good read with lots of nuggets: rabinder-singh-spy-scandal-exposed-raws-ugly-sides-but-india-hasnt-learnt-from-its-mistakes There were several, less-spectacular cases of possible compromise, though never conclusively established. Shamsher Singh Maharajkumar, an ex-IPS officer posted in Isla...
by sum
25 Oct 2023 19:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1184935

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Wasim Akram lashes out after Pakistan's 'embarrassing' loss: 'Swallowing 8kg of mutton everyday; where's the fitness?' many go to the gulf to beg and pickpocket but some come to India only to eat these guys are truly beggars, in every sense of the term https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/wasim-a...
by sum
23 Oct 2023 16:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1184935

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

More 72 houris needed
Founder of Pakistan terror outfit Lashkar-e-Jabbar gunned down
Dawood Malik, a terrorist involved in antiIndia activities and considered a close aide of wanted terrorist Maulana Masood Azhar, was shot dead on Pakistan soil by unknown gunmen
by sum
11 Oct 2023 13:51
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018
Replies: 413
Views: 205396

Re: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018

Amazing that this is the first time am hearing of this 24 scum being released as a 'CBM'!?
by sum
05 Jul 2023 16:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-2014)
Replies: 4145
Views: 836119

Re: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-2014)

Extraordinary wordings indeed: "Now that's enough... Facing these savage hordes, asking for calm is no longer enough, it must be imposed! Restoring the republican order and putting the apprehended beyond the capacity to harm should be the only political signals to give. In the face of such exac...
by sum
12 Jun 2023 16:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Deterrence
Replies: 5129
Views: 860736

Re: Deterrence

Does anyone actually have a copy of Weapons of Peace ( hardcopy or PDF)?

Have tried a ton all over but never been able to get hand on a copy of it
( think had even mailed the author but he just replied that need to pick it from a library as it is no more published)
by sum
03 Feb 2023 18:18
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 1108
Views: 596431

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

Classified information like drawings, engineering specifications and audits of
Pinaka rockets, Brahmos, Akash, several warheads, mines, bombs and other sensitive defence products
have ended up on the darknet for the highest bidders to buy.
:shock: :shock:
by sum
07 Jan 2023 19:16
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: CT & COIN Operations in India: News, Images and Discussion
Replies: 2894
Views: 792088

Re: CT & COIN Operations in India: News, Images and Discussion

shaun wrote:Do folks here remember a diary being published in rediff , a SF operative telling his many escapades in the valley ??
Was actually scouring the same one as lost my bookmark in an older computer
:x
Anyone have the link?
by sum
05 Jan 2023 15:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1184935

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Al Qaeda-linked group, TTP claim spies’ murder LAHORE: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Wednesday registered a case under terrorism charges against a suspect involved in the murder of two intelligence agency officials in Khanewal on Tuesday. Meanwhile, two groups, including the banned Tehr...
by sum
03 Jan 2023 14:46
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
Replies: 6359
Views: 1308692

Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry

Does UAE allow citizenship for foreigners ( esp Desi folks) for all these ¨UAE folks¨ to represent the country?
by sum
30 Dec 2022 18:43
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018
Replies: 413
Views: 205396

Re: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018

srin wrote:How did this guy rise up so high ?
Can’t get myself to see this guys utterances as BP goes out of control( after seeing his previous statements during his book release)

Could any kind soul point out what major things he says here in this video?
by sum
23 Dec 2022 14:20
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: INS Vikrant: News and Discussion
Replies: 3269
Views: 794253

Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion

^^ The more it changes, the same it stays! :cry:

Even a newbie on BRF would have predicted this situation will happen 5 years ago and exactly the same story plays out!
by sum
13 Dec 2022 14:32
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2209
Views: 769547

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

I guess that is the IAF/IA firing range in costal Andhra
by sum
08 Dec 2022 14:25
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
Replies: 1649
Views: 685979

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021

Shows what a true force-multiplier UAVs are! Those who gripe about the utility of UAVs in a contested AD environment, don't realize the kind of value they bring during peacetime. With news of Tapas-UAV completing a 18hr endurance flying, hope we induct it in numbers & develop a naval version wi...
by sum
22 Sep 2022 21:01
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018
Replies: 413
Views: 205396

Re: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018

Seems some activity in Nepal ISI currency launderer gunned down An ISI agent who was the biggest supplier of fake currencies in India was shot dead in Nepal's Kathmandu on September 19. A man who worked as an agent of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was shot dead outside his hideout in ...
by sum
22 Aug 2022 14:10
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5263
Views: 1736117

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

I thought the general process was ¨no prisoners policy¨ if the caught guy happened to be a non-Indian, esp after the Kandahar hijackings?

Or maybe he was a cultivated asset who went rogue again, else doesn't make sense being sent back when not a ¨official agency spy¨ of TSP
by sum
19 Jul 2022 01:20
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Project 75I - It Begins
Replies: 1806
Views: 520861

Re: Project 75I - It Begins

Doesn’t this entire saga cast a poor light on the technical capabilities of the IN if RFQs are so poorly drafted that all vendors reject or are unable to meet them even after a zillion years of back and forth ( and this is even before it comes to pricing which will blow the socks off any govt it is ...
by sum
10 Jun 2022 19:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Afghanistan News & Discussion - April 2016
Replies: 3095
Views: 765264

Re: Afghanistan News & Discussion - April 2016

Fact is that India no longer needs to operate a hospital across Amu Darya or have a presence at a military base in Tajikistan, which is opposed to the Taliban regime and is virtually caught in a Chinese debt trap. Is this some kind of a face-saver claim to show all is well when in reality, we might...
by sum
27 May 2022 13:28
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6363
Views: 1977682

Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion

Sadly, the same points were written 20 years back ( which i remember reading on BRF) and i believe i will be reading the same points a decade from now but with no real change on the ground At that time 2 decades back , there was a big ray of optimism and enthusiasm for at least an ¨almost there¨ Mar...
by sum
18 May 2022 14:09
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 553
Views: 263485

Re: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

With the Army confident about the product, they have re-ordered the indigenous ECWCS, rather than importing it from Switzerland, Vietnam or even Sri Lanka, as they earlier used to do.
Sri Lanka and Vietnam... :roll: :roll:
Downright sad as to the state of affairs all these years
by sum
10 May 2022 16:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6203
Views: 1639154

Re: Internal Security Watch

I believe the Pakis are already getting a taste of every mis-step from time to time and am sure that there will be some vacuum burst in some prominent place soon.

Atleast, one knows that as long as this govt is around, Newton's 3rd law will be in place
by sum
10 May 2022 12:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6203
Views: 1639154

Re: Internal Security Watch

Wow....it has really escalated fast!
by sum
27 Apr 2022 12:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1184935

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Wonder why not ground operations and only Amriki style air strikes?
by sum
16 Apr 2022 00:36
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
Replies: 1649
Views: 685979

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021

Second time in the last 25 years. The cost or human resource redeployment will not be considered by the Indian MOD. If and when a decision is made to build submarines again at MDL. The worst part is that the new sub building centre has the ability to construct 11 submarines at one time. That facili...
by sum
13 Apr 2022 20:48
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2209
Views: 769547

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

Indian Air Force chief laments too many different aircraft https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/indian-air-force-chief-laments-too-many-different-aircraft-122041201307_1.html 13 April 2022 Is this sarcasm or what exactly is the purpose of this statement when it was the IAF which...
by sum
17 Mar 2022 10:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2782673

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Interesting statement:
Muslims Make Up 35% Of Assam, Not Minority: Chief Minister Himanta Sarma
People ask me if Assamese people will face the same fate as Kashmiri Pandits. It is the duty of Muslims to allay our fear," Himanta Biswa Sarma said
by sum
14 Mar 2022 21:31
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Replies: 5960
Views: 2250157

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018

“There are many joint probes in the past pending with Pakistan. As a neighbour Pakistan should accept this as a mistake and move forward,” New Delhi posited.
:shock: :shock:
Seems like we are just toying with them going by the kind of wordings used in official statements
by sum
09 Mar 2022 13:30
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3200
Views: 1668215

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

Pratyush wrote:The final nail in the coffin of gun import lobby.
Would really really wait for the actual thing to happen before getting too excited ( common rule of thumb related to any desi induction with IA or IAF)
by sum
07 Mar 2022 19:27
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
Replies: 2853
Views: 771354

Re: Terroristan - April 15, 2021

Wonder what is the status of all the other turds ( both hijackers and released ones) ?
by sum
26 Feb 2022 18:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 861552

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

^^ +100

Can’t imagine the level of fear in Taiwan top circles

I think they must be seeing the writing on the wall
by sum
23 Feb 2022 14:00
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech
Replies: 2937
Views: 982408

Re: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech

What is happening with the Rustom, BTW? Small snippets once every 2 years come out about some imminent milestone and then back to incognito mode. I still remember seeing the full scale models and excited news about induction when i was a school kid 2 decades back during the initial Aero India's and ...
by sum
19 Feb 2022 11:37
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Project 75I - It Begins
Replies: 1806
Views: 520861

Re: Project 75I - It Begins

Wonder if HDW drawings and TOT is already there , why not build upon that ..maybe its not too simple like the Bofors tech transfer !! Well, the reverse engineering effort on Bofors with Dhanush seems straight into the bin after all the initial hype with IA claiming design issues So need to see if w...