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- 01 Sep 2018 07:50
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - July 27, 2018
- Replies: 2848
- Views: 498540
Re: Terroristan - July 27, 2018
Imran Khan Prefers Talking To Journo Hamid Mir , Instead Of The French President ! I’m busy here, tell them to call in 30 minutes; PM Khan on French President’s call ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday held a meeting with TV anchors and senior journalists where he asked them to give his...
- 01 Sep 2018 06:19
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018
- Replies: 2820
- Views: 1691629
Re: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018
^ Welcome back brar.
- 31 Aug 2018 07:29
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - May 2017
- Replies: 5116
- Views: 1933345
Re: Indian Missiles News and Discussions - May 2017
We had a successful last test. Must be waiting for the local engine before another test happens. Given the tomahawk talk, now it is confirmed we are making progress. And why are outraging over a rumor. US will not sell tomahawks to anyone other than UK. It will be violation of MTCR and doing it wil...
- 02 Aug 2018 03:24
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - May 2017
- Replies: 5116
- Views: 1933345
Re: Indian Missiles News and Discussions - May 2017
and stocking How? If a Su-30, Rafale & LCA each require a warehouse of stores, by standardizing on any one, we will still need 3 warehouses for the 3 Su-30, 3 Rafales or 3 LCAs. Assuming Su-30 has 12,000 parts, Rafale has 11,000 parts and LCA has 10,000 parts. Total 33,000 parts. Assume we stan...
- 30 Jul 2018 22:16
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 1375
- Views: 536410
Re: Indian IT Industry
India's first RISC-V based Chip is Here: Linux boots on Shakti processor! from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15685019 on why this is such a big deal: As the lead architect of Shakti and the guy who helped kick-start the project, I figure I am owed my 2 cents ! 1. We never positioned it as an...
- 27 Jul 2018 11:12
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014
- Replies: 4118
- Views: 1255060
Re: Su-30: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014
Nerd Fact:Austin wrote:https://twitter.com/vayusena
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#nerdfacts Hours flown by IAF MiG-21 Bisons in 2004-2008 : 38,000 hours
#Nerdfacts approx hours flown by IAF Sukhoi-30s between 2004 and 2008 = 20,000. Attrition - Nil
- 20 Jul 2018 08:11
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: China Military Watch - Sept' 2016
- Replies: 4649
- Views: 1847800
Re: China Military Watch - Sept' 2016
Around six years late....Austin wrote:The director of the FBI says the whole of Chinese society is a threat to the US - and Americans must step up as a society to defend themselves
Looks like US has now become absolute paranoid !
- 09 Jul 2018 09:54
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
- Replies: 4318
- Views: 669917
Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes
As opposed to? When was the last time any supercomputer was made without COTS processors and GPUs "stringed" together by highspeed networking? Don't make a strawman argument just for the sake. The point I am making is that the so-called Chinese supercomputers heavily rely on American chip...
- 09 Jul 2018 09:14
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
- Replies: 4318
- Views: 669917
Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes
...Intel and nVidia once owned the Chinese supercomputer space. Today both the chini satellite and supercomputing markets are among the largest in the world without any American share. ... Huh, say what? China, rather each Chinese province is in a pissing contest with the other, trying to make the ...
- 08 Jul 2018 13:14
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
- Replies: 6236
- Views: 1820977
Re: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
China’s next box office hit? A dark comedy about smuggling in cancer drugs from India Cheng’s character is based on the true story of Lu Yong, a textile trader who was diagnosed with leukemia, and spent more than $80,000 (link in Chinese) on Gleevec, a very effective treatment that wasn’t covered a...
- 04 Jul 2018 09:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
- Replies: 1811
- Views: 667652
Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread- June 2015
How is "Kinship group" caste? AFAIK, In Indic tradition, its called gothram.RoyG wrote:caste as in kinship group.pravula wrote: Tribal, not caste.
- 04 Jul 2018 04:36
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
- Replies: 1811
- Views: 667652
Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread- June 2015
Allegedly India's democracy has declined significantly over the last 10 years, per the report you can find on the front page here: https://www.v-dem.net/en/ Caste based societies will naturally be less democratic because the extended family structure tends to regulate itself. Weber made a very crit...
- 29 Jun 2018 05:02
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 9031
- Views: 2634429
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Krisna, three things. 1) China is still there, even if rapprochement with Roos is reached by Washington. It has been projected as an adversary since the Obama "Pivot to Asia" days. As its power increases its profile as a military threat will only become more publicized. 2) Roos can be pro...
- 27 Jun 2018 09:40
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
- Replies: 6236
- Views: 1820977
Re: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
NYT Article with lots of information on how China got Hambantota: How China Got Sri Lanka to Cough Up a Port Subscription site and I am unable to read the article. However, the excerpt shows direct Chinese intervention in the electoral process. An important but often neglected fall-out of holding s...
- 23 Jun 2018 07:02
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 7683
- Views: 1803226
Re: Understanding the US- Again
Usa prefers fresh warm bodies off the MS treadmill followed by 20 years lockin of employer doing gc filing than people who are already into middle age with kids and houses and savings The young lads are much more desperate and will work harder for less Actually ageism is a factor everywhere incl in...
- 22 Jun 2018 21:47
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
- Replies: 4447
- Views: 1566157
Re: Indian Space Programme Discussion - Sept 2016
AFAIK, GPS has a positional accuracy of <30 cm https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/9/25/16362296/gps-accuracy-improving-one-foot-broadcom The non-military grade signal open for general use isn't that accurate. Only the US mil has access to the super accurate signal, no other entity or coun...
- 22 Jun 2018 08:52
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
- Replies: 4447
- Views: 1566157
Re: Indian Space Programme Discussion - Sept 2016
Two decades after US spurned India in Kargil, country replies with Desi GPS http://defencenews.in/article.aspx?id=558938 The GPS, on the other hand, has a position accuracy of 20-30 metre . AFAIK, GPS has a positional accuracy of <30 cm https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/9/25/16362296/gps...
- 11 Jun 2018 08:35
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 7683
- Views: 1803226
Re: Understanding the US- Again
Mediatek is taiwan and govt has approved its export to zte who can no longer use snapdragon Huawei has kirin but does not share with zte Samsung has exynos but for its own use only Apple has its Ax family for own use only Thats about the options in phone soc chips Replacing snapdragon with mediatek...
- 09 Jun 2018 09:26
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
- Replies: 4318
- Views: 669917
Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes
The Spectator Index @spectatorindex Share of global GDP (PPP). 1980 G7: 51% China: 2.3% India: 2.9% 2018 G7: 30.1% China: 18.7% India: 7.7% But then our population since 1980 has literally exploded from 697 million to 1.4 billion! You would think there is something in the human genome that would tr...
- 09 Jun 2018 09:07
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 6214
- Views: 1900542
Re: Internal Security Watch
Ok. Deleted my responses.Rahul M wrote: stick to internal security people, free wheeling discussion on socio-religious factors, while interesting is not for this thread.
- Rahul
- 08 Jun 2018 09:58
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Radar - Specs & Discussions
- Replies: 1148
- Views: 436771
Re: Radar - Specs & Discussions
^^OT: Air cushion vehicles: Is that another way of saying a hovercraft? ..many years back I used to dream of IA/IN landing on karachi to avenge 26/11 when a nationalistic govt would be in power Yep, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovercraft A hovercraft, also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, ...
- 01 Jun 2018 13:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Nipah Virus Outbreak IN Kerala-2018
- Replies: 114
- Views: 32811
Re: Nipah Virus Outbreak IN Kerala-2018
Depending on what you used to pay, maybe travel insurance can come into play. Some credit cards will cover this.SSridhar wrote:I cancelled my trip next week and airlines took away all the money !!
- 01 Jun 2018 10:26
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 9031
- Views: 2634429
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
engine embargo is 'when' not 'if'. Maybe that's exactly the sort of thing Kaveri needs. Fire under our asses. There are other things US can embargo, though not military equipment. Chips and chip manufacturing equipment. IBM refused to set up semiconductor facility for SCL recently citing military u...
- 01 Jun 2018 06:18
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: International Naval News & Discussion
- Replies: 3884
- Views: 1123521
Re: International Naval News and Discussion
Pentagon: US military has a lot of experience 'taking down small islands' in Pacific “I would just tell you that the United States military has had a lot of experience in the Western Pacific taking down small islands,” McKenzie said, when asked if the United States has the ability to “blow apart” o...
- 31 May 2018 04:09
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Military Helicopters
- Replies: 5318
- Views: 2356174
Re: Indian Military Helicopters
My last on this. This is no "Soap or autorickshaw or pharma" manufacturing line. from: https://www.f35.com/about/life-cycle/production The F-35 production strategy is based on flow-to-takt manufacturing implementation. Flow-to-takt is the movement of component assemblies, like wings and fo...
- 30 May 2018 21:01
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A News & Discussions: 09 February 2018
- Replies: 3909
- Views: 1482571
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A News & Discussions: 09 February 2018
Don't know what they mean by dual band? Any gurus have some idea. The news also states 'Long Range'. Maybe if we develop an IR-Astra like the MICA or ASRAAM, with our own IIR seeker, and thrust vector controls on the Astra, then a long range IRST would really come in handy. I think something which ...
- 30 May 2018 05:18
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Military Helicopters
- Replies: 5318
- Views: 2356174
Re: Indian Military Helicopters
Our folks are very tough. No matter what DPSUs do they suck. Reminds me of 5Tantra story of "two men and a donkey". Should look it up. Ramana, I am no expert in production engineering, but a large number of warehoused product goes against lean manufacturing principles. Yes, it is better t...
- 30 May 2018 05:15
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Military Helicopters
- Replies: 5318
- Views: 2356174
Re: Indian Military Helicopters
Ahead of time is also indicative of bad manufacturing/production engineering. :eek: Are you serious? I have never heard anybody sulk about early deliveries in the aviation market. May be you can educate me here!!! Yes, customers will not sulk if you produce early and have them warehoused. Why would...
- 30 May 2018 02:37
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Military Helicopters
- Replies: 5318
- Views: 2356174
Re: Indian Military Helicopters
Ahead of time is also indicative of bad manufacturing/production engineering.
- 28 May 2018 21:53
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.2: News & Discussions - 25 February 2018
- Replies: 1082
- Views: 440211
Re: Tejas Mk.2 News & Discussions: 25 February 2018
Why Tejas MK2 being in Medium Weight category is not being celebrated as Lungi Dance fanfare moment by Rakshaks? Is it because of expected long delays and scope creeps? This likely means more orders for Tejas MK1A (assuming new MMRCA competition will die). Maybe no one is sure of the time line at t...
- 26 May 2018 23:55
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: PAK-FA and FGFA: News & Discussion - June 2014
- Replies: 2777
- Views: 636403
Re: PAK-FA and FGFA Thread - June 2014
Spl meaning detuned and derated? Nothing special about itPhilip wrote:Fantastic! Is this the stealth version with a 550km range for Russia? Some reports say that we will also get a spl. export + version with a range of 350km+.
- 26 May 2018 09:26
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 7683
- Views: 1803226
Re: Understanding the US- Again
along with the weekly ritual of a school shooting, a new meme emerges....armed citizenry confronting mass shooters and taking them down https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/24/us/oklahoma-city-shooting/index.html two armed citizens responded to sound of shots, by running to their cars and coming back wi...
- 26 May 2018 09:17
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: International Naval News & Discussion
- Replies: 3884
- Views: 1123521
Re: International Naval News and Discussion
israel test fires lora missile from freighter. could put in shipping container https://www.rt.com/news/393851-israel-containerized-missile-launcher/ When the Russians put Klub missiles in containers there was massive hue and cry. Not so much now. I have always felt a few floating barges with contai...
- 25 May 2018 09:11
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
- Replies: 6236
- Views: 1820977
Re: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
Nope, not serious nor offended.chola wrote:Don’t be so serious. I understand your point.pravula wrote:
Nice comeback . Its the same argument as "Have you stopped beating your wife?"
- 25 May 2018 08:26
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
- Replies: 6236
- Views: 1820977
Re: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
Nice comeback . Its the same argument as "Have you stopped beating your wife?"chola wrote:pravula wrote:
Its globally competitive labour arbitrage product. That doesn't make it vaunt. Indian IT is at the same soft power level as Chinese Walmart exports.
Who are we trying to defang here? Us or them?
- 25 May 2018 08:03
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
- Replies: 6236
- Views: 1820977
Re: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
Sorry, what makes you think Indian IT is "vaunt"? Its no such thing, not by a long shot. It had better be vaunted. It is the one globally competitive product that the country had decided to rest its laurels on until Modi’s MII. Its globally competitive labour arbitrage product. That doesn...
- 25 May 2018 07:45
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
- Replies: 6236
- Views: 1820977
Re: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
Sad. (How do I sign up?) Sad indeed. Software is American but this is something our vaunt IT sector should be doing. Capturing the top of the PRC’s mobile apps market and injecting social decay in at the same time. That said, if I did signed up I’d sugardaddy the 27-year-old from Xian and the 29-ye...
- 24 May 2018 21:58
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India - South & North Korea Thread
- Replies: 1370
- Views: 306194
Re: India - South & North Korea Thread
Did they run out of mountains? It should be easy to drill a few more ( if they haven’t already)
- 23 May 2018 08:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - April 24, 2018
- Replies: 2845
- Views: 546090
Re: Terroristan - April 24, 2018
LeT has developed an untraceable mobile, trains terrorists in underground facility, claims captured militant - Neeraj Cahuhan, ToI The Hafiz Saeed-led Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)’s student wing, Al Muhammadia Students (AMS), has developed a mobile handset meant exclusively for communication by LeT member...
- 22 May 2018 08:22
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Artillery: News & Discussion
- Replies: 4811
- Views: 1368077
Re: Artillery Discussion Thread
Geo locked.