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by skumar
08 Jul 2025 18:41
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 1789
Views: 470132

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

Q for Asim Munir? -- Will Pakistan hand over to India the mastermind of Pulwama and Pahalgam terror attacks - :?: :?: PP Chairman and former foreign minister B Bhutto Zardari says Pakistan has no objection to extraditing “individuals of concern” to India as a confidence-building measure, as long as...
by skumar
01 Jul 2025 00:41
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
Replies: 2938
Views: 604597

Re: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!

The bigger concern is: who is authorizing these media untrained military babus to attend international conferences and publicly disclose our operational details and asset losses? While not a single admission has come from the Pakistani side, we have had senior officials our DGMO, CDS, and now the a...
by skumar
20 Jun 2025 22:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Israel-Hezbollah-Iran War
Replies: 628
Views: 154538

Re: Israel-Hezbollah-Iran War

... I think it came to a point where Khameni's advisors told him what he wanted to hear. The warning signs were there - Houthi missiles have been largely useless. Hezbollah folded in a month, doing less damage with their rockets, than they did in 2006 Nethanyahu has been lying for 30 years, that Ir...
by skumar
20 Jun 2025 06:13
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 1789
Views: 470132

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

Imagine Pakistan getting some Fattah missiles from Iran, instead of the cheap Chinese stuff.

If Iran has got these from Russia in turn, there are probably some checks in place.
by skumar
20 Jun 2025 01:06
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Israel-Hezbollah-Iran War
Replies: 628
Views: 154538

Re: Israel-Hezbollah-Iran War

DD Cyprus1Click shows some live feeds of the Tel Aviv skyline. Sometimes this feed also shows Haifa, Jerusalem and other locations.
by skumar
20 Jun 2025 00:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Israel-Hezbollah-Iran War
Replies: 628
Views: 154538

Re: Israel-Hezbollah-Iran War

Questions for Iran Does Iran still maintain its official policy of the destruction of the state of Israel and cultivating terrorist groups in support of this policy? Does any state deserve to have this existential threat hanging over it for decades? When will Iran abjure this stupid policy openly? Q...
by skumar
20 Jun 2025 00:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Iran News and Discussions
Replies: 3366
Views: 843930

Re: Iran News and Discussions

Questions for Iran Does Iran still maintain its official policy of the destruction of the state of Israel and cultivating terrorist groups in support of this policy? Does any state deserve to have this existential threat hanging over it for decades? When will Iran abjure this stupid policy openly? Q...
by skumar
19 Jun 2025 05:27
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 4761
Views: 3256341

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

Someone please tell Trump that Zelenskyy has skimmed so much money from US tax payers that he is now 10X richer than Trump.
by skumar
19 Jun 2025 05:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Iran News and Discussions
Replies: 3366
Views: 843930

Re: Iran News and Discussions

TriASB-F5UY MIT Prof Ted Postol critically examines the U.S. GBU-57 bunker buster bomb, its claimed capabilities, and the real-world limitations in using such weapons against deep, hardened, and potentially cleverly designed Iranian underground facilities. 🔨 The Claims: The GBU-57 (Massive Ordnance...
by skumar
11 Jun 2025 06:11
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 1789
Views: 470132

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

Mod Note : Please edit your post to learn how to post YouTube videos. I have edited your post. Please DO NOT post just the video and a title. Please provide a description of the video (either from the video itself or even in your own words). It helps readers and/or posters who are following the thr...
by skumar
03 Jun 2025 19:34
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
Replies: 2938
Views: 604597

Re: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!

This tme around....why are we even losing any fighters to pukis in air combat, let alone Rafale(s)? ... Bharat clearly said that the goals of the operation was to destroy terrorist targets and not target enemy AD. As a result of this mission objective, there was a conscious decision to NOT destroy ...
by skumar
31 May 2025 22:38
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: BR Forum Feedback
Replies: 1299
Views: 705582

Re: BR Forum Feedback

Rakesh wrote: 26 May 2025 00:08
skumar wrote: 25 May 2025 00:29...
Please review this post ---> viewtopic.php?p=2649759#p2649759
Acknowledged
by skumar
31 May 2025 21:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 1789
Views: 470132

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

Op Sindoor demonstrated the conclusive superiority of our integrated layered defense systems with AD systems integrating desi and foreign components. We used the S400s more effectively than Russia relying on low cost systems for dealing with smaller threats, exactly as it should be to ensure scalabi...
by skumar
25 May 2025 00:29
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 1789
Views: 470132

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

Mod Note : Please edit your post to learn how to post YouTube videos. I have edited your post. Please DO NOT post just the video and a title. Please provide a description of the video (either from the video itself or even in your own words). It helps readers and/or posters who are following the thr...
by skumar
25 Sep 2023 09:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 2959
Views: 1227206

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

I don't think the situations (Farmers agitation and Falsdu's allegations) are comparable. Also, it may have been a tactical retreat that is not a big deal in tge grand scheme. This situation has to be dealt with finesse as we are also sending a messafe to any wannabee two bit actors. That is a diff...
by skumar
25 Sep 2023 08:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 2959
Views: 1227206

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

If you see it as a fetish, so be it. You will see more messages from me on this, so deal with it. It is slightly more serious than a dog chasing a car. Modi ji may be making the same mistake he did with CAA and the farm laws allowing it to get out of hand. A direct address by him sets out the red l...
by skumar
25 Sep 2023 08:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 2959
Views: 1227206

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

SKumar, what is this fetish with the PM making a statement in the parliament over everything under the sun? What we have is a case of a dog chasing a car. Why do you think that the car driver should stop his car? Trudeau, made half cocked allegation against India in his parliament. He is a Canadian...
by skumar
25 Sep 2023 06:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 2959
Views: 1227206

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Am-mxT9MzDw Rishab Gulati on NewX has some of the best analysis. Modi ji has to address this issue in Parliament outlining things we already know - PM Trudeau raised the issue of Nijjar during G20; he did not provide any reasonable proof and we dismissed the allegations. We expressed concerns about...
by skumar
22 Sep 2023 02:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 2959
Views: 1227206

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Modi has to open his mouth on Canada, cannot let Trudeau get away with his brain fart. He should raise this issue in Lok Sabha and say that when Trudeau brought it up with him, he demanded evidence from Trudeau and it has not been provided yet (this was mentioned in MEA briefing today). Like the nat...
by skumar
10 Aug 2023 03:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: J&K Union Territory-2019
Replies: 4446
Views: 1847930

Re: J&K Union Territory-2019

Is anyone following the 370 hearings? I went thru the videos. Could not follow Can someone summarize the hearings? I am hearing from ZERO SIBAL and Judges but not Govt side. I have been trying to follow the proceedings. Since many petitions challenged Gov Order 272 diluting A370, SC has clubbed tog...
by skumar
14 Jan 2023 23:21
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2392
Views: 815443

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

Amber G. wrote: So allow me to post the solution: Which is very simple It is same as what Sudarshanji was hinting at but uses simple arithmetic , Enjoy:
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Enjoyed this but it is and it is not "simple arithmetic" :D
by skumar
14 Jan 2023 05:24
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2392
Views: 815443

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

Still working on case 1. But just by brute force Excel, case 1 also seems impossible. ^^^ Important clarification: "Two face diagonals" here means, two diagonals on the *same* face (which are equal in anycase). (IOW if one can find all sides integers, and one diagonal integer, another dia...
by skumar
01 Jan 2023 02:08
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Happy New Year
Replies: 14
Views: 28304

Re: Happy New Year

Happy New Gregorian Calendar Year to all BRFites who celebrate it! :D
by skumar
23 Oct 2022 00:16
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 3070
Views: 1234547

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Ukraine's official twitter account supports Boris for UK PM!

https://www.nationandstate.com/2022/10/ ... -politics/
by skumar
17 Aug 2022 09:11
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
Replies: 6769
Views: 2084231

Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry

Sad day for Indian football.
https://www.the-aiff.com/article/coa-statement

It will be interesting to see how milords, who are so accustomed to slapping others, take this slap on the face.

FIFA has overstepped its bounds.
by skumar
15 Aug 2022 20:12
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Happy 75th Independence Day!!!
Replies: 43
Views: 48981

Re: Happy 75th Independence Day!!!

Happy Independence Day!
by skumar
12 Aug 2022 01:02
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2700
Views: 1502090

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

... “No foreign brochure left behind” seem to be MoD motto nowadays. So someone should take glossy pics of Arjun/Tejas/Nag etc using one if those shiny coconut-eyes phones, open a POBox at Singapore/Dufai and make some brochure with those photos+POBox address at local DTP shaap. Then come to Delhi ...
by skumar
09 Aug 2022 23:51
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 3070
Views: 1234547

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

NRao wrote: ;)
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Originals (as you said, have removed the originals):
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Tweet asking if anyone has downloaded the vid. :)
Yes.

by skumar
09 Aug 2022 23:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3945695

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

MxPB8wCmT-I Political analysts feel that this is a victory for NDA. I feel sorry for the people of Bihar that they will be under the chungal of RJD/INC and JDU for 3 years thanks to the stupidity of the BJP. BJP has undermined its own leadership in Bihar for the sake of the alliance and Nitish Kuma...
by skumar
08 Aug 2022 06:50
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 3070
Views: 1234547

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

.. Aug 5, 2022, CBS News: https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1555701550319898625 The new CBS Reports documentary, "Arming Ukraine," explores why much of the billions of dollars of military aid that the U.S. is sending to Ukraine doesn't make it to the front lines: " Like 30% of it re...
by skumar
07 Aug 2022 00:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 3070
Views: 1234547

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

https://twitter.com/DagnyTaggart369/status/1555867569684418561 Dagny Taggart - Zelensky is in big trouble, first Amnesty International, now the German mainstream media publishes evidence of a huge corruption and his direct involvement. In my opinion his days are numbered, from “ hero “ to zero . htt...
by skumar
05 Aug 2022 05:06
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Replies: 2982
Views: 1696682

Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019

... We have to understand what Air HQ is looking for in the MRFA purchase. Peel away the layers that Air HQ loves phoren fighters (and they do!), that Air HQ is staffed with fighter jocks (which it is) that love hot rods, that Air HQ has little to no faith (which is true) in HAL to deliver a qualit...
by skumar
03 Aug 2022 07:34
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 825
Views: 671666

Re: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion

China has reaffirmed its status as a bully. Xi will be hardpressed to explain this in the 20th National Congress if he survives that long. Popcorn time. Not sure why the US still says that it stands by the One China policy - probably because it is loosely defined and plausible deniability. Biden rea...
by skumar
02 Aug 2022 05:28
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 1783
Views: 6813139

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

Which Chief? The last senior German officer to resign was due to a political statement he made. Also he was Naval Vice Chief. https://www.dw.com/en/german-navy-chief-sch%C3%B6nbach-resigns-over-comments-on-putin-crimea/a-60525709 You were probably confused since his rank says Vice Admiral. :) The l...
by skumar
01 Aug 2022 23:02
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2700
Views: 1502090

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

Guys - a request, lets not personalize the issue to one individual, the CAS etc. His position deserves respect. This is more of an institutional thing. He is likely pushing for what his planners want. The issue then is institutional, not with one individual. That is a very lame argument. The role o...
by skumar
01 Aug 2022 20:23
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2700
Views: 1502090

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

ACM Dhanoa was brilliant in planning Balakot and dealing with Pakis. I will always have respect for him. Plus he pushed the Government the right way regarding getting back Abhinandan, he also called political leadership a spade, a spade and showed the cowardice displayed in Nov 2008. I don't know h...
by skumar
01 Aug 2022 01:39
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2700
Views: 1502090

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

... If you still wont order the Mk1, boost Mk1A numbers, accelerate the production rate. Commit to Mk2 openly. The PM was right and he was blunt, import addiction is a real issue and it needs to be fixed. Modi should have done this 2-3 years back and fired a couple of CAS like ACM Dhanoa. No use cr...
by skumar
01 Aug 2022 01:36
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2700
Views: 1502090

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

In any other country, the Mk1 itself would be ordered in number, the claims that the Mk1A was essential to salvage it, dont pass muster given we have managed with maintenance hogs like the MiG-29, never mind the much heavier transports and what not. Sadly we have no independent procurement decision...