Bharat Rakshak

V_Raman

Why this bill now - it came as a surprise - is there any angle here I am missing? Prep for 2024?

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i dont get how touch controls on a lcd/led screen is safe for plane. you need to look at them to make them work - cars are now going back to buttons to improve safety

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This whole catapult based carriers might become obsolete pretty fast due to mainstreaming of VSTOL especially with drones. RR VSTOL module seems reusable across engines.

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Why do we need catapult based carriers when VSTOL modules are now mainstream? cant india develop a domestic one with RR VSTOL module used in F35?

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Bharat and China have earned good positions to not be messed with on a whim thats all. They can still be messed with if the intent is there. Most serious observers consider Bharat and China as status quo powers since last 2000 years, they don't need to "earn anything". Others come and go....

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I expected Iran to put up a good fight. Shah was the tinpot regime with elites oppressing the majority - and this is the legitimate govt of Iran - it is western propaganda to call it mullah regime. But global empire is still just one - USA. Bharat and China have earned good positions to not be messe...

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Further: By abdicating responsibility for the strait and saying it should be someone else’s problem, America is inviting into existence a rival economic and military alliance. … … It is one thing to inch away from the obligations of empire. It is another thing entirely to create the conditions for ...

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Massa is a rich ass country - all this inflation talk - is just hyperbole. They can handle it - especially if this means extending Pax America

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I dont want to sound pick me - but how come Pak is always in such situations to host mediation meetings - why cant it be India?

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One outcome of recent wars - conventional BMs are useless in a war

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I don’t think Russia.will intervene. It is busy replenishing the coffers with oil sales to India. Who has a single crew for a ship? Maybe idk how these things work - can’t they rotate the crew and continue to operate the carrier? V_Raman ji, Rotate over 5000 people at one go........... :mrgreen: No...

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There is no way this operation is a overnight Trump tantrum - curious if NaMo was given a heads up during his Israel visit.

I wonder if they crossed a point of certainty with the location of the underground bases that made this operation viable.

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Since when does BR quote anti-semitic tropes to dismiss facts - that is a low bar for the forum...

What the british ambassor said is the fact and needs to be accepted.

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I don’t think Russia.will intervene. It is busy replenishing the coffers with oil sales to India.

Who has a single crew for a ship? Maybe idk how these things work - can’t they rotate the crew and continue to operate the carrier?

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I would not be surprised if USA mounts a full scale assault with casualties to get Hormuz under control. That will secure Pax Americana for another century atleast with a very small price to pay compared to WWII. Trump is very capable of that IMO and they have the perfect situation for that - Russia...

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This following may help explain why the US is in such deep doo-doo. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/03/05/in-25-country-survey-americans-especially-likely-to-view-fellow-citizens-as-morally-bad/ https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2026/03/pr_2026.03.05_international-mo...

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Well if people are listening to me and bothered by what I say when I dont care about them any which ways - i will publish a report as well - Free entertainment - It is India's mistake that we care about these things!

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I dont think we should have LPG for home and work towards moving to all electric coupled with aggressive home based solar over next decade. IMO that is more sustainable, even cheaper, and furthers energy security!

LPG subsidy could be added to home solar subsidy if used for cooking!

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GCC - has been shown for that they are - the are a bunch of pu..es who cannot do anything with the 100s of billions they spent on their military - defensive weaponry on the cheap by the thousands is the need of the hour for such countries - huge opportunity for India IMO - we might even setup manufa...

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USA today reminds me of the tamil movie Saamy - new police hero will go to the head goonda and tell him what he is going to do and then do it. Then the goonda will compliment him - this guy is not bad. He is telling me what he is going to !! This feels similar. Suits India well - paying lip service ...

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I think we should disabuse ourselves of the notion that any gulf country will have influence over IM - regardless of their type of govt - those days are gone! Same goes for Pak/Bdesh!!

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IMO USA has cornered itself by saying it is only against the regime and that restricts their bombing surface area. This cannot be like Iraq. So interesting times ahead. India Oil/LNG - they might need to find backup sources asap . V_Raman ji, Russia steps in with 9.5 million barrels as India braces...

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IIRC - there was something about some kind of tooling being included in the bid that tilted it to GE404 instead of EJ200 and Europeans were bitter about it - but I am not able to find those articles now! from Gemini - GE's bid included crucial technology transfer elements such as jigs, assemblies, a...

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we are getting caught in western media echo chamber IMO.

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i dont think syria model will work here. iranians are a proud homegenous civilization and public dont want violence. it will fail to make headway.

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IMO USA has cornered itself by saying it is only against the regime and that restricts their bombing surface area. This cannot be like Iraq. So interesting times ahead.

India Oil/LNG - they might need to find backup sources asap.

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I am still amazed that Iran developed the Shahed drone system with their meagre resources and mighty Russia adopted it as well!

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This will be the same feeling in the capitals of UAE and Oman as well. https://x.com/MeghUpdates/status/2028401384383824253 @MeghUpdates EXPLOSIVE A Saudi official: “America has ABANDONED us and focused its defence systems on protecting Israel, leaving the Gulf states that host its military bases a...

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IMO - su-30 is coming up a cropper in almost all the engagements!

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IMO India will not get any meaningful assistance for engines. It is the crown jewel - asking for it is like asking ASML to give their Litho tech to you. We might make everything else on our own. But we are on our own for engines.

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again consider lead times for procurement of materials , labour machinery and financial aspects for new., if the requirement is now , stick to what is available right away., its usually what you have now ., in case of high tech products. but indian procurement process is not known to consider "...

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that is a great detailed reply! is it a simple addition of 127+95 -> the cost of the parts in that 95 million will be saved from the 127 mil cost right? if the new aircraft is 30% more - isnt that better than upgrade? This seems to be the logic that led to M2K upgrade which at this point seems like ...

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Isnt INF treaty dead? Are we saying USA has no appetite to develop such missiles as that would also mean warhead development and hence wants START including China?

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I dont get it. why is massa going global with START while withdrawing from everywhere else? USA/Russia are still top dogs there by a wide margin!

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is the achieved Kaveri thrust not even enough for empty LCA to take off/land/fly dry thrust mode? if it can, has it reached the state of reliability where it can be installed on an LCA for trials?

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India is at the cross roads of change. For last two millennia India's internal system was influenced by external forces starting from Darius invasion to British colonialism. For first time India is influenced by internal changes which will drive its external posture. A very wise leader said this as...

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If India rolls this out sucessfully - that would be henceworth be called the "Dollar Wars I" with India winning it - USA would have an axe to grind against India and everyone except USA will be ok with it - including EU - India is being egged on by RoW to head the Dollar Wars and we need t...

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A_Gupta wrote: ↑27 Jan 2026 18:39
Basically it is a way to get the Indian Parliament to have some urgency to ratify the FTA.

I dont think parliament needs to ratify anything here - AFAIK there is no such process in India unlike USA.

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Therein lies the definition of pakiness - no shame - and bdesh might learn it the hard way...

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I honestly dont think EU/Russia/USA is threatened by Mk1A or Mk2 or AMCA or TEDBF ityadi. This level of tech is nothing for them or the neighborhood. We would have needed Rafale and SU-57 (likely coming) even if we can manufacture Mk1A with engines today and there are no supply issues with GE engine...

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