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by bala
08 Jan 2026 01:00
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: HAL Dhruv: News & Discussion: 29 Dec 2025
Replies: 7
Views: 1413

Re: HAL Dhruv: News & Discussion: 29 Dec 2025

HAL Dhruv is a classic case of success (numbers deployed), with manufacturing introducing issues. This happens in all engineered products. Certain parts are critical for operations and enough margins are provided to make sure the part works in a rugged manner. It is quite gratifying to see work done...
by bala
04 Jan 2026 22:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 5902
Views: 2579429

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

India Decides To Advance Dulhasti Hydropower Project On Chenab River , Pak Call It A Violation India has granted environmental clearance for the 260-MW Dulhasti Stage-II hydropower project on the Chenab River. This move is part of a broader strategy to fast-track long-pending projects in the Indus ...
by bala
04 Jan 2026 21:33
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Manufacturing Sector
Replies: 727
Views: 777023

Re: Indian Manufacturing Sector

Here is an example of how difficult it is to compete with the likes of china for things like keyboard manufacture. WTO is in the way! https://x.com/isawsukul/status/2007747111161594219 Loads of people tagged me here. Sharing a few thoughts: 1. Let me preface by saying that we're actively working on ...
by bala
04 Jan 2026 21:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 3455
Views: 1135218

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

https://x.com/itsmeharsh_09/status/2007699135160561906

After 7 years of consultations and 3 drafts over the years, the government will finally introduce the much awaited ELECTRICITY (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2026 to reform the power sector in the upcoming Budget Session of Parliament.
by bala
04 Jan 2026 09:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 318
Views: 95893

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

Vayutuvan wrote: 04 Jan 2026 07:33 @bala ji, "harvard" faaw. He is an IITian. That takes precdence
Thanks Vayu! I saw it somewhere, maybe confused with P. Chidu.
by bala
04 Jan 2026 02:33
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Acquisitions, Partnerships & Developments
Replies: 3477
Views: 1432193

Re: Military Acquisitions, Partnerships & Developments

https://x.com/Defencematrix1/status/2007482259818127428 The Sukhoi SJ-100 aircraft, tail number 97024, painted with the Indian flag and HAL markings at Ulyanovsk - Vostochny Airport, Russia PS: The aircraft will make an appearance at the @WingsIndia2026 later this month in Hyderabad PC: Deniska Serg...
by bala
04 Jan 2026 01:42
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Acquisitions, Partnerships & Developments
Replies: 3477
Views: 1432193

Re: Military Acquisitions, Partnerships & Developments

India to become fully self-reliant in weapons in next 15-20 years: Rajnath Singh Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that over the next 15-20 years, India will become fully self-reliant in weapons. Defence Minister praised the growing trend of startups in th...
by bala
04 Jan 2026 00:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 318
Views: 95893

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G0X7X14bgAEzhPe?format=jpg&name=900x900 but these liars deliberately missed this https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G0Y9jPoWMAAgdLA?format=jpg&name=large Chekak saar, this Jairam Ramesh (harvaard edu) is becoming senile and more moronic than the princeling of Kangress. ...
by bala
03 Jan 2026 11:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Miscellaneous Topics thread
Replies: 144
Views: 57220

Re: Miscellaneous Topics thread

One of the inventors of the microchip (Intel 4004) at Intel is Federico Faggin. He also was involved in 8008 and the 8080. He left Intel to found Zilog which introduced a popular chip that was taught at various colleges throughout the world. After Zilog (funded by Exxon mobile) Federico went ahead a...
by bala
01 Jan 2026 02:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4970
Views: 1244916

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

Rosatom supplies nuclear fuel to India for Kudankulam NPP’s Unit 3 Rosatom's Nuclear Fuel Division has supplied nuclear fuel for the initial loading of the VVER-1000 reactor core at Unit 3 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in India.The fuel, including the initial reactor loading and some ...
by bala
30 Dec 2025 22:31
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
Replies: 2190
Views: 1292081

Re: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion

Bharat forge gets carbine order CQB for Indian Army worth Rs 1662 crore Bharat Forge Limited has secured a significant Rs 1,661.9 crore contract from the Ministry of Defence to supply 255,128 CQB Carbines to the Indian Army. This order, to be executed over five years, highlights the indigenous deve...
by bala
28 Dec 2025 03:50
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 9224
Views: 4302073

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

India’s GDP Boom, Urban Crisis, Global Narrative Game & More | Sanjeev Sanyal This YT is with Sanjeev Sanyal who is a historian, economist, author, and currently serves as a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India. He talks about INSV Kaundinya (a stitched ship), ...
by bala
28 Dec 2025 03:25
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Roads Thread
Replies: 3363
Views: 1067958

Re: Indian Roads Thread

^^ sorry, how is the above relevant to "Indian Roads Thread". The above is about China and levitation systems more in synch with railways than roads.
by bala
24 Dec 2025 10:13
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
Replies: 1436
Views: 1376210

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion

Watch the LVM3-M6 / BlueBird Block-2 mission live , conducted by ISRO-NSIL, deploying the BlueBird Block-2 communication satellite of AST SpaceMobile into Low Earth Orbit.This mission marks the 6th operational flight of the LVM3 launch vehicle. LVM3-M6 will place the BlueBird Block-2 satellite into...
by bala
24 Dec 2025 00:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 5902
Views: 2579429

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Forget about arms, the biggest crisis is the dual IWT water and now Taliban blocking kunar river (known as chitral river) to the Pukes. Following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed 26 lives, India has officially placed the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance. The Taliban-led g...
by bala
22 Dec 2025 10:14
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 9224
Views: 4302073

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Don't know how effective this proposal will become, but is a start..PGurus explains. The Might US Dollar has a challenger - A Gold-backed UNIT by BRICS. What does this mean? The US Dollar has dominated global trade for decades—but that dominance is now facing a structured challenge. BRICS nations ar...
by bala
21 Dec 2025 03:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-Africa News and Discussion
Replies: 572
Views: 282757

Re: India-Africa News and Discussion

If India targets say 20 african nations like Ethiopia for trade, then India can easily make up for any US trade tariffs. African nations are wanting Indian leadership and products. Already motorcycles and scooters from TVS, Hero, Bajaj have won them over compared to the junk from China. These are mo...
by bala
20 Dec 2025 01:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 4169
Views: 1446537

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

IG made two mistakes post BD liberation from the Pukes. The first one is not releasing the afsaars of Pak Army (around 5K atmost) and using them to settle kashmore once and for all, ie. return kashmore completely to India. The next blunder is allowing the BDs to have an independent nation with armed...
by bala
15 Dec 2025 22:27
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 2195
Views: 6990521

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

Let us not shove all culpability upon HAL. We have the troika of MOD (orchestrater), Airforce (consumer), HAL (producer) involved with the mantriji atop. Rotting (btw spelling is Rot not rote which means something different) has happened everywhere, from decisions, cooperation, execution, planning, ...
by bala
15 Dec 2025 11:38
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 749
Views: 657212

Re: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

Technology Maxims For The Indian Army This talk and its gist was given at Army War College during their annual Defence and Strategy Seminar. Lt. Gen P R Shankar The talk is about the technologies required by the Army and how to get hold of them. A fundamental view is that India has adequate technol...
by bala
14 Dec 2025 21:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
Replies: 2248
Views: 1224922

Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015

https://x.com/TrendingBitcoin/status/2000086601330720783 Russia just accused the US of using crypto to wipe out its $35T debt. Putin’s adviser Kobyakov says Washington will shove debt into stablecoins, devalue it, and reset the system. Are they going to devalue the USD ? Tis the same trick the Brit...
by bala
14 Dec 2025 11:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Miscellaneous Topics thread
Replies: 144
Views: 57220

Re: Miscellaneous Topics thread

Hriday, I have come across many such things which cannot be explained. For instance the golden mean (sqrt(5) + 1 )/ 2 = 1.618 is the basis of many things in nature, the vedic golden ratio. Distance from Ankor Wat to Giza pyramids is 4754 miles. This distance multiplied by the Vedic Golden ratio of 1...
by bala
14 Dec 2025 00:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
Replies: 2248
Views: 1224922

Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015

quite a straight forward assessment, the questions would be: We have to look at the dynamics of R U I C going forward. The two powers, US and China, are debt driven economies grappling with supply and demand of commerce items (mainly low value trinket type stuff). The rest of the world are into tri...
by bala
13 Dec 2025 11:50
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 9224
Views: 4302073

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

xPost 100% fdi in insurance The Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday approved a landmark bill proposing to raise the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in insurance companies to 100% https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/insurance-amendment-bill-cabinet...
by bala
13 Dec 2025 11:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 3455
Views: 1135218

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

100% fdi in insurance The Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday approved a landmark bill proposing to raise the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in insurance companies to 100% https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/insurance-amendment-bill-cabinet-appr...
by bala
13 Dec 2025 11:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4970
Views: 1244916

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

SHANTI Bill: Cabinet gives nod to private participation in nuclear power sector under Atomic Energy Bill The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday approved the landmark atomic energy legislation, the Atomic Energy Bill, 2025 or SHANTI (Sustainable Harnessing of Advanceme...
by bala
13 Dec 2025 00:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-Russia: News & Analysis
Replies: 6125
Views: 1691367

Re: India-Russia: News & Analysis

Chetak saar, thanks for digging up the dirt on Neverwho and his daughter IG's food habits. The clan of Pundits in Kashmore are all meat eaters which is anathema to Hindu principles for priesthood. This seems to seep into the rest of India, bengali brahmins eating fish etc. The true definition of Bra...
by bala
12 Dec 2025 08:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 5902
Views: 2579429

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Sindudesh clash in Krachi, with a call to modi ji to help. Baluchistan on the other side and now Sindudesh. The Afghans in the north are at odds. Po JK is in flux.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csGXODADH3E
by bala
11 Dec 2025 23:59
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 9224
Views: 4302073

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Looks like TN is growing at faster rate than the others - Maha, UP, knataka, guj

https://x.com/prasannavishy/status/1999132077623857480
by bala
05 Dec 2025 22:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 3455
Views: 1135218

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

It is about time Made-in-India Toyota for dignitaries is replaced with home grown motors like Tata or Mahindra. A state car like Russia'a Aurus Senat or the copied cadillac of Emperor can be made by them. Does not matter how many crores it costs, since India is inching upto #3 in the world. These ar...
by bala
05 Dec 2025 03:24
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Project 75I - It Begins
Replies: 2170
Views: 995662

Re: Project 75I - It Begins

One other thing mentioned by V. Adm Thakare is about Scorpene subs and the need to get 6 more. When India wanted to add 6 more and keep HLES 80 line open, the French increased the price a lot on scorpene. This just shows how bad contracts are created initially and how 1 exam wonder babus fail in rud...
by bala
04 Dec 2025 10:48
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Project 76 SSK: News & Discussion: 20 July 2025
Replies: 27
Views: 6600

Re: Project 76 SSK: News & Discussion: 20 July 2025

Uddu ji, thanks for the above YT on submarines. Vice Admiral Kishore O. Thakare (Retd.) is a man seasoned on the entire life cycle of submarines and every word/sentence of his is worth its weight in gold. I hope the decision makers watch this episode with Sandeep Unnithan. Indian Navy requires at le...
by bala
04 Dec 2025 01:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses
Replies: 846
Views: 590817

Re: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses

Not just military, but the entire system is quite corrupt. Some years back the Guy in charge of China HSR stole billions and ran to Kanada for good. Most CCP & PLA blokes have a second family parked in places like the US, Kanada, Europe and funnel their loot to them. Most of the chinese are in s...
by bala
03 Dec 2025 23:08
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF): News & Discussion
Replies: 862
Views: 552381

Re: Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF): News & Discussion

It is quite daft on the part of Indian planners to leave critical things into the hands of imports. When you have an aircraft carrier, the aircraft on board is the important component. With the Mig29 K, India had the luxury of Russia as supplier. France is the next nation in terms of reliability. Bu...
by bala
28 Nov 2025 23:10
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 7211
Views: 3307980

Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion

This French Safran deal is about kicking the can down the road. The problem of engine is immediate. Kaveri and its derivatives are absolutely needed by India. Even a slightly underpowered engine is much better than importing engines (which is subject to sanctions). Using incremental improvements it ...
by bala
28 Nov 2025 21:15
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 7211
Views: 3307980

Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion

The biggest buffoons for India are the 1 exam wonder IAS babus which promises a lot but under delivers or not at all delivers. These guys/gals are the worst blight on the nation. Which initiative have they taken to improve the nation, mind you the entire administration apparatus is under them. Have ...
by bala
28 Nov 2025 00:08
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Physics Discussion Thread
Replies: 3128
Views: 7728602

Re: Physics Discussion Thread

Biggest Physics Breakthrough in Decades: Scientists Catch Dark Matter in Action Dark matter, the mysterious substance making up 85% of cosmic mass, has been detected through a stunning gamma-ray signal. Join us as we break down the research by a University of Tokyo astrophysicist who believes he ha...
by bala
25 Nov 2025 00:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Tradition, Culture, Religion & Law in Indian Society
Replies: 820
Views: 480178

Re: Tradition, Culture, Religion & Law in Indian Society

Rajiv Malhotra Reveals 108 Frameworks Rajiv Malhotra introduces 108 frameworks of Indian thought - decades of debates, encounters, and challenges crystallized into structured frameworks. Fragmented training data leads to contradiction and why frameworks solve this based on the most important aspect...
by bala
21 Nov 2025 10:06
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
Replies: 2551
Views: 1380577

Re: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion

This is screwdrivergiri order by IA couched under Make in India ... // what happened to WHAAP, etc. Indian Army Picks L&T–BAE to Produce All-Terrain Armoured Vehicles The Indian Army has awarded contracts to Larsen & Toubro and BAE Systems to produce the BvS10 Sindhu, an all-terrain armoured...
by bala
20 Nov 2025 07:55
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
Replies: 1436
Views: 1376210

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion

This tweet from X has all the private player rocket types being developed. Each one has a video.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1989135271112433944