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by Prem Kumar
17 Dec 2025 21:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6813
Views: 2620210

Re: Internal Security Watch

Places like Malappuram & Kasargod must be declared as enemy territories (or "disturbed areas" if we prefer euphemism)

The day is not far when we have to declare AFSPA, send troops and flush Islam out
by Prem Kumar
14 Dec 2025 09:43
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 2193
Views: 6988805

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

A stark wake-up call like this is a blessing. No more meandering or in-between zones Modi & Rajnath need to triple-down on Kaveri as the engine for the Tejas series I think they are stupidly letting babus, import-bahadurs from the forces & the lazy twats at GTRE convince them that fake-ToTs ...
by Prem Kumar
14 Dec 2025 09:34
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3575
Views: 3146577

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

This excalibur purchase is right up there with the robotic mule & jet-pack buys of the IA

The quantities involved are so small that it won't even last one afternoon

I can only surmise that this is some sort of baksheesh to the Trump to make him go easy on tariffs
by Prem Kumar
09 Dec 2025 10:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: The Rohingya Menace
Replies: 614
Views: 109433

Re: The Rohingya Menace

The real people having a heart attack are the INDI Alliance leaders, after seeing illegals being weeded out
by Prem Kumar
08 Dec 2025 15:13
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2843
Views: 1614045

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

^ Nose-turned-up, "we will fight with what we have" in action
by Prem Kumar
04 Dec 2025 20:22
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF): News & Discussion
Replies: 862
Views: 552016

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

Even if there is no carrier to operate from, the Navy can order a few TEDBF squadrons as a shore-based arm. It will free up Sukhois & Tejas from those duties. Plus gives invaluable carrier ops experience, given that N-LCA is not being ordered (which also needs to happen IMHO) When the time is ri...
by Prem Kumar
03 Dec 2025 21:57
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 747
Views: 655440

Re: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

Yes. Which is why it was galling to see the IA/MoD drooling over the useless Stryker which did not have amphibious capability, while cold-shouldering WhAP which did (Moroccans are smarter than us!) Now, we want to give Stryker a 2nd chance because they are going to do some jugaad and create an amphi...
by Prem Kumar
03 Dec 2025 15:42
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 747
Views: 655440

Re: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

Om Shanthi. Its tragic for the family Pretty sure its a T-90 or T-72. We have had personnel losses in these tanks due to flash floods in Ladakh, barrel burst etc If an Arjun had been lost this way, the wolves would be out in full force, calling it a "massive setback", like how they are try...
by Prem Kumar
02 Dec 2025 14:27
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Project 75I - It Begins
Replies: 2170
Views: 995072

Re: Project 75I - It Begins

The Govt, if it has clarity & cojones, will pull up the IN and tell them in no unclear terms that the P-75I is dead. A "whole of country effort" will be set in motion, starting now, to accelerate the development of homegrown SSK (Project 76) For just the cost of one P-75I boat, the ent...
by Prem Kumar
02 Dec 2025 14:17
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 1979
Views: 1672556

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

To be soon tested in operational configuration Mach 2.5 guardian: How SMART will secure India's seas https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/specials/indias-smart-anti-submarine-missile-deployment-d55dthsk The Indian Navy has exciting plans for SMART. They want to use it not just on warships, but ...
by Prem Kumar
01 Dec 2025 13:23
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 1979
Views: 1672556

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

Nope it was due to the weather. DRDO is trying to avoid Ships to sail in the cyclone affected areas for telemetry data collection. India would want the Chinese to see Indian capability for deterrence stability. Possible. We have been cat-n-mousing these tests for a long time, esp when it comes to A...
by Prem Kumar
01 Dec 2025 13:21
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 1979
Views: 1672556

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

SSridhar wrote: 01 Dec 2025 10:03 It can also be fired from torpedo tubes as it is 50 cm in dia. rather than only VLS.
NG is still some years away from induction. We have not even seen carriage trials yet. On that front, Brahmos Corp has been more talk than action (in an otherwise impeccable record)
by Prem Kumar
29 Nov 2025 14:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 3446
Views: 1131876

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

This is even without GST rate change, which happened on Sept 22

Next quarter will also look good - festive season + GST effect
by Prem Kumar
29 Nov 2025 13:37
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 7210
Views: 3304968

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 Prem Kumar
25 Nov 2025 18:52
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Analysis on Future Scenarios
Replies: 70
Views: 22380

Re: Operation Sindoor - Analysis on Future Scenarios

Capturing any part of Muslim's territory by infidels is something that is taken as a big defeat by Muslims and they rue that for generations. Muslims are programed to capture whole world for Islam (either through migration or conquest). When infidels capture land of Muslims, that is seen as a big r...
by Prem Kumar
21 Nov 2025 14:12
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
Replies: 2548
Views: 1379423

Re: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion

This idiocy is right up there with the IA order for jet-packs

All this while, our average infantryman does not have proper bullet-proof jackets & helmets, while our industry is exporting them to the West
by Prem Kumar
20 Nov 2025 00:24
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 2179
Views: 671858

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

Lets hope Op Sindoor 2.0 finishes what 1.0 started Given that Paki PM officially acknowledged their hand in the Delhi terror attack & Ricin biowarfare plan, time to take the gloves off Nothing should be left of Pakistan except burning embers and civil war among clans in a country broken into 10 ...
by Prem Kumar
20 Nov 2025 00:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 3446
Views: 1131876

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

Its one of the dumbest takes on what it means to be a Hindu

Classic Sangh Parivar idiocy
by Prem Kumar
13 Nov 2025 15:32
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Explosion @ Red Fort, Delhi - News & Discussion
Replies: 208
Views: 36092

Re: Explosion @ Red Fort, Delhi - News & Discussion

We should bomb Pakis, not just now but proactively. Irrespective of whether they bomb themselves. That has no bearing on our actions It was annoying to see reports of "150 jihadis assembled in PoK launchpads" even post Op Sindoor Similarly, JeM and LeT are on money-collection drives all ov...
by Prem Kumar
13 Nov 2025 15:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6813
Views: 2620210

Re: Internal Security Watch

Govt likes to create govt jobs. Then why not create system to police SM and media? Make laws too. How come biggest national party of the world can’t ideate and implement this. Instead of giving MNREGA increase police salaries give them incentives specially against terror. We all need $ at least inv...
by Prem Kumar
13 Nov 2025 14:54
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Explosion @ Red Fort, Delhi - News & Discussion
Replies: 208
Views: 36092

Re: Explosion @ Red Fort, Delhi - News & Discussion

Its mission-critical for NTRO to have every Muslim in India under 24x7 surveillance. Their landlines, cellphone calls, sms, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, what they browse, who their 1st, 2nd and 3rd level contacts are, what news they consume, what Facebook/Instagram post they react to etc Physical sur...
by Prem Kumar
13 Nov 2025 11:00
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Explosion @ Red Fort, Delhi - News & Discussion
Replies: 208
Views: 36092

Re: Explosion @ Red Fort, Delhi - News & Discussion

I am sure unknown-gunmen will be activated. Need to do so in Turkey as well - one group's handlers were in Turkey. But that cannot be our only response The scale of these twin terror plots: 2.9 tons of explosives + Ricin, is so massive and in NBC territory, that our response should not be muted. It ...
by Prem Kumar
13 Nov 2025 10:56
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Explosion @ Red Fort, Delhi - News & Discussion
Replies: 208
Views: 36092

Re: Explosion @ Red Fort, Delhi - News & Discussion

How does one get a job after being dismissed on terror charges? And how is one not even in prison for this? We need to massively lower the threshold for terror arrests. Like what Himanta is doing - anyone expressing joy at the bomb-blast or calling it a Modi-Bihar-conspiracy is being rounded up in ...
by Prem Kumar
13 Nov 2025 10:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 318
Views: 95401

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

Axis is predicting a close election... Now I'm dhoti shivering... Yes. I’m getting the same info from BJP supporters in Patna. We need Dilbu here. Now! Amit Shah, post campaigning, was not ebullient. He said they will form Govt. Some BJP spokies said it will be a tough election but they will win At...
by Prem Kumar
12 Nov 2025 13:42
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Explosion @ Red Fort, Delhi - News & Discussion
Replies: 208
Views: 36092

Re: Explosion @ Red Fort, Delhi - News & Discussion

Unlikely. Even the usual terror-apologists have stopped calling it a false-flag. Because that would mean the JeM sleeper cells in India were working with Modi to make him win Bihar!

This is absurd even for their inbred brains
by Prem Kumar
12 Nov 2025 13:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6813
Views: 2620210

Re: Internal Security Watch

^^ Satya Vachan

Even Islamic nations know that this is the only way to deal with radical Islam (is there any other variety?)
by Prem Kumar
12 Nov 2025 13:11
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Explosion @ Red Fort, Delhi - News & Discussion
Replies: 208
Views: 36092

Re: Explosion @ Red Fort, Delhi - News & Discussion

Trump's USA , much like Munir's Pakistan, seems to believe in “good terror” vs “bad terror.”.. Entirely Shameless and evil. Just compare the State Department’s statements on the terror attack in India and the explosion in Pakistan - the contrast speaks for itself. A Brahmos salvo on PAF & ISI a...
by Prem Kumar
12 Nov 2025 13:05
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Explosion @ Red Fort, Delhi - News & Discussion
Replies: 208
Views: 36092

Re: Explosion @ Red Fort, Delhi - News & Discussion

Physicians that turn terrorist are dismaying - none of the medical ethics, Hippocratic oath of doing no harm had any effect. We like to think that the *identity* of being a doctor, with its associated Hippocratic oath, is adopted by all doctors. But this is a wrong frame Muslims, from birth, are dr...
by Prem Kumar
10 Nov 2025 18:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6813
Views: 2620210

Re: Internal Security Watch

This week in Islam

1) 2900 Kgs of explosive materials
2) Ricin manufacture attempt

Difference between an uneducated & educated Muslim is that the former becomes a suicide bomber, while the latter does the wiring
by Prem Kumar
10 Nov 2025 17:55
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 1979
Views: 1672556

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

Major lapse. Silver lining: we didn't induct Pragati anyway. The P-series missiles were cold-shouldered (Prahaar, Pranaash, Pragati, Pralay etc). Just like the G-series munitions (Gaurav, Gautham etc). Trials have been going on for 1 - 2 decades for many of them. Orders, if any, are too paltry to be...
by Prem Kumar
09 Nov 2025 23:22
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
Replies: 1980
Views: 1370208

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021

India will have to contend with new Pakistan submarines from next year https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-will-have-to-contend-with-new-pakistan-submarines-from-next-year/articleshow/125072697.cms 04 Nov 2025 This is shocking! Pakis have moved with 10X the agility as IN 1) Fast-orderin...
by Prem Kumar
09 Nov 2025 23:05
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 7210
Views: 3304968

Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion

https://x.com/DefenceDecode/status/1987057171742532056 @DefenceDecode RM Rajnath Singh stated that within the next year, India will achieve a significant milestone whereby the engines for all fighter aircraft will be manufactured domestically - by Indian companies and by the skilled hands of the In...
by Prem Kumar
09 Nov 2025 22:57
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3575
Views: 3146577

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

Baba Kalyani: We got ATAGS order in January. I don't know why 180 guns when they need almost 1000 guns."

I'd love to know what he *really* thinks! He is 100X downplaying his anger, frustration & disappointment with our Armed Forces leadership. But he can't say everything he feels
by Prem Kumar
07 Nov 2025 10:19
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021
Replies: 1179
Views: 893649

Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021

These are world-class capabilities! But without adequate Astra orders (to arm the Sukhoi & Tejas fleets), these just remain tech-demonstrators. Or useful only in small skirmishes

We have cheap & cutting-edge missiles - a rare combination. What we need are large inductions
by Prem Kumar
06 Nov 2025 11:01
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 1979
Views: 1672556

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

@Kartik: to address your points: 1) Why did IAF order an upgraded junk version of R-77 when we spent years proving a much superior Astra-1 on Su-30 MKI? 2) Astra-1 orders were a paltry 200 (though there were rumors of an additional 250, which thanks to DDM reporting, was opaque). BDL is still delive...
by Prem Kumar
05 Nov 2025 12:35
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 1979
Views: 1672556

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

If R-77 was a stopgap, why was it ordered instead of Astra-Mk1 *post* Balakot, when it was hopelessly outranged? PL-15E threat is known but its quite irresponsible for the IAF to say that "Till we have a longer ranged missile than PL-15E, we won't induct anything" . Abhinandan took down an...
by Prem Kumar
05 Nov 2025 12:24
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 2193
Views: 6988805

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

Given the delays, I think it was the wrong decision to make all 83 Mk1a be fitted with ELTA-2052 We should have capped it at 40, inducted these with just Derby & progressively upgrade them to be compliant with Astra. This *was* the original plan Starting 41, it should have been with Uttam a) Thi...
by Prem Kumar
04 Nov 2025 12:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Deterrence
Replies: 5241
Views: 1248729

Re: Deterrence

And to those people who argue that Four 250 Kt warheads will wreak more havoc than a single megaton weapon, they are forgetting that ABM defenses are becoming stronger If we shoot four 250 Kt warheads and three are intercepted, the damage done by the fourth might be considered *acceptable* by a craz...
by Prem Kumar
02 Nov 2025 19:44
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2843
Views: 1614045

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

We have a bunch of defense journos: Shiv Aroor, Vishnu Som, Sandeep Unnithan, Rajat Pandit etc Not one has so far asked even a moderately tough question to any of our Chiefs. Too afraid to "lose access" Actually its the Chiefs/MoD who need to be afraid of being grilled by the media. They w...
by Prem Kumar
01 Nov 2025 20:17
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2843
Views: 1614045

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

Article that exposes that Rafales are without Meteors https://zeenews.india.com/india/a-billion-dollar-jet-without-its-killer-missile-was-game-changer-rafale-deal-only-half-the-story-2978214.html Disgustingly shameful behavior by successive IAF Chiefs and MoD headed by Rajnath Singh. But most of the...