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by pravula
10 Nov 2025 09:30
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
Replies: 1937
Views: 1331173

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 pravula
08 Nov 2025 09:33
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 2124
Views: 6932034

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

The article quotes HAL CMD as saying astra and asraam firing results are under analysis. My wild guess is that there is a kinematics issue at play given the astra mk1 missile has been primarily tested on the su30 which is a twin engined, powerful bird which can impart high energy from good launch p...
by pravula
08 Nov 2025 07:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Evolution of Indian Strategic Thought-1
Replies: 658
Views: 462714

Re: Evolution of Indian Strategic Thought-1

Vayutuvan wrote: 07 Nov 2025 11:14
pravula wrote: 07 Nov 2025 09:39

What software?
Can you contact Ramana gaaru for my coordinates? Thanks.
No worries, was curious onlee
by pravula
07 Nov 2025 09:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Evolution of Indian Strategic Thought-1
Replies: 658
Views: 462714

Re: Evolution of Indian Strategic Thought-1

Vayutuvan wrote: 07 Nov 2025 06:01 An anecdote. Prof. M. Vidyasagar wrote about our company and our software in a blog of a Theoretical CS professor. He knows about our software and thinks highly.
What software?
by pravula
07 Nov 2025 06:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 11627
Views: 3330588

Re: Understanding the US - Again

3 GOP senators have voted against iirc.
by pravula
06 Nov 2025 10:36
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Police System
Replies: 7
Views: 1503

Re: Indian Police System

IIRC, these smaller cities/towns get into agreements with bigger neighbouring towns/cities and pay them for these services. If not a local town, then the county. Also, there are state level cops who also can/will intervene. Yes. But ultimately it is all about citizens paying tax & getting more ...
by pravula
05 Nov 2025 07:49
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Police System
Replies: 7
Views: 1503

Re: Indian Police System

The US system having town level police units, sheriffs and state troopers can be tried out. But in such a scheme poor towns (i.e. less tax paying citizens) will not have a police unit, and in districts which has very high party dominance chances of the elected Sheriff being a politican from that pa...
by pravula
05 Nov 2025 07:22
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 4792
Views: 3306750

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

Well good for them Ukraine could get 150 advanced Swedish fighter jets under just-signed deal New NATO member Sweden has said it is willing to sell Ukraine up to 150 of its most advanced fighter jets, the first offer from a member of the alliance to supply significant numbers of jets to Kyiv, which...
by pravula
05 Nov 2025 07:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 11627
Views: 3330588

Re: Understanding the US - Again

sanjaykumar wrote: 05 Nov 2025 05:15 Why call Mamdani Indian origin? Does he?


One must respect people’s sentiments. In kaneda, I don’t call Sikhs Indians. But in India I call Sikhs Indians.
AFAIK, he calls himself African-origin.
by pravula
30 Oct 2025 23:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses
Replies: 834
Views: 573858

Re: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/exclusive-china-builds-36-aircraft-shelters-40-km-from-arunachal-border-9523393 China completed HAS shelters near Arunachal. China has rapidly taken steps to negate whatsoever disadvantages it has in terms of geography when faced against India. This is just one of th...
by pravula
27 Oct 2025 07:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 3180
Views: 1047112

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

Whats the obsession with Linux? I want support for BSD too or atleast a carveout for a RT version of Linux kernel What is an RT version? You mean Real Time? As you said, BSD has a more (the most?) liberal license. That said, more people are working on Linux and the RT versions of Linux. I forget th...
by pravula
26 Oct 2025 09:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 3180
Views: 1047112

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

Whats the obsession with Linux? I want support for BSD too or atleast a carveout for a RT version of Linux kernel
by pravula
20 Oct 2025 08:00
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018
Replies: 2977
Views: 2148514

Re: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018

If its unencrypted, then yeah.
by pravula
13 Oct 2025 02:49
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech
Replies: 3081
Views: 1557516

Re: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech

https://www.twz.com/air/chinas-stealth- ... al-airbase

China’s Stealth Sharp Sword Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles Deployed To Operational Airbase

Looks like they are deployed to Tibet
by pravula
11 Oct 2025 04:20
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2808
Views: 1566369

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

Yes, the cheapest option is just to add a garage door.
by pravula
10 Oct 2025 08:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - South & North Korea Thread
Replies: 1424
Views: 420216

Re: India - South & North Korea Thread

Senior Scholars Depart for Chinese Universities Amid 65 Retirement Mandate South Korea's 65 retirement age drives scholars to Chinese institutions, risking research expertise and national security https://www.chosun.com/english/industry-en/2025/10/10/3FCGYKELWVEX3FWGVFUZ5UETVQ/ Domestic universitie...
by pravula
10 Oct 2025 05:27
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2808
Views: 1566369

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

This is not new. IIRC, US Army started making them in 2004 and called Land Phalanx Weapon System
by pravula
04 Oct 2025 01:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12627
Views: 4259318

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

But Canada does not have the depth and cutting edge work that will entice Indians (Hindus). But they are no slouches when it comes to research in Mathematics and Computer Science. They made fundamental contributions in Theoretical CS and Algorithms. Stephen Cook for proving 3SAT an NP Complete prob...
by pravula
03 Oct 2025 01:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: European Union: Positive News
Replies: 607
Views: 480640

Re: European Union: Positive News

It's much more than that. In the past two decades, we've seen strange cycles of cause-and-effect in dozens of European cities. ... ... Islam in the West is essentially: "nice country you have here, it would be a shame if something happened to it". That leverage applies to everything in ev...
by pravula
02 Oct 2025 11:24
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2808
Views: 1566369

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

^ :shock: Less than 10 feet seems very very low. That's less than tree top height. Even less than a truck height. The height of the jaguar itself is around 16 feet. Extremely dangerous even for a slow moving helicopter let alone a fast attack jet. I thought the lower ceiling would be set a bit high...
by pravula
02 Oct 2025 07:49
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 2124
Views: 6932034

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

KAAN is using F-110 engines. IIRC, no one other non-us plane, except the Japanese F-16 clone (F-2) uses it. The F404 and the F414 are used extensively by non US planes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_E ... plications). I don't think we are in the same boat, but could be...
by pravula
27 Sep 2025 07:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 11627
Views: 3330588

Re: Understanding the US - Again

One has to just look at the top companies by number of H1Bs awarded. How many body shops does one see? Do these people think H1B is the cheapest way to get bodies into companies? H1B is the least prefered way AFAIK.
by pravula
23 Sep 2025 08:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12627
Views: 4259318

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

US Ambassador Nominee to India Sergio Gor meets External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar in New York. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1ecIf5WcAAfYmU?format=jpg Way off-topic: Its fun to see different styles of jackets and how people sit with them on. I see most single breasted jacket people unbutton ...
by pravula
23 Sep 2025 05:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 11627
Views: 3330588

Re: Understanding the US - Again

100k signon bonus/RSU/Annual award/Performance Bonus is not uncommon in the bay area. That is not part of LCA either, so nothing will stop these companies from reducing comp to equalize. As long as they do not link to H1B fees, which would be illegal.
by pravula
22 Sep 2025 09:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Nepal and Bhutan News and discussion
Replies: 1944
Views: 586545

Re: Nepal and Bhutan News and discussion

Where are the Indian traders filling in the gap? For nearly two months, hundreds of containers loaded with festival-targeted goods have been stuck in Tibet after landslides and floods severed Nepal’s vital trade routes with China. At the Rasuwagadhi border crossing, a flash flood from China in July...
by pravula
22 Sep 2025 04:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12627
Views: 4259318

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Vayutuvan wrote: 22 Sep 2025 04:51
pravula wrote: 22 Sep 2025 04:10 Turkey has an application open for EU, doesn’t it?
A small part of Turkiye West of Bosporus is in Europe.
Yes, but just calling out that Turkey considers itself an European country
by pravula
22 Sep 2025 04:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12627
Views: 4259318

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Turkey has an application open for EU, doesn’t it?
by pravula
21 Sep 2025 08:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12627
Views: 4259318

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

H1B requires LCA, and GC requires LC. They sound similar, but are not.
by pravula
21 Sep 2025 07:15
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Vayusena & Nausena Rafale: News & Discussion
Replies: 167
Views: 46802

Re: Vayusena & Nausena Rafale: News & Discussion

Lets temper this a bit...We didn't have a simple power amp for LCA and had to spin off a project...
by pravula
21 Sep 2025 02:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12627
Views: 4259318

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

H1-Bs cannot lead to any cost savings
Not true. It reduces salary negotiation power and has been instrumental in keeping it under inflation growth rate IMHO. Also, H1b can be hired and sent to low cost areas, further reducing the need to hire in say NYC, NoVa, Bay area etc...
by pravula
20 Sep 2025 09:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12627
Views: 4259318

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

This is an annual $100K fee levied by the DoS not DHS. Court challenges may be difficult as this an executive branch fee. They may be able to put a fee on H-1B processing through DoS upon entry, but the amount could be reduced. It is effectively a bypass of the H-1B law that would need amendment by...
by pravula
20 Sep 2025 08:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12627
Views: 4259318

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

williams wrote: 20 Sep 2025 08:45 Technically Congress need to authorize the legal scope of a declaration. I am not sure if H1B comes under labor law or foreign policy/international trade. If it is the former then a declaration has no legal effect.
usics is self funded. congress does not set the fees iirc
by pravula
20 Sep 2025 08:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12627
Views: 4259318

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

It might offset the expected blood bath in entry level software jobs on the short term. Parkalaam onlee
by pravula
20 Sep 2025 03:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12627
Views: 4259318

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Is that 100k per application or 100k for any company wanting h1 ? If it's the later it's not even lose change for the companies . Anyway I think h1 is getting anti India . Hopefully we can retain talent in India . Particularly the massa educated stem ones . They can keep the humanities ones. Will h...
by pravula
18 Sep 2025 01:44
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Prachand LCH: News & Discussion: 03 October 2022
Replies: 275
Views: 435529

Re: Prachand LCH: News & Discussion: 03 October 2022

Food for thought: Though LCH Prachand is lightest of the military attack helicopters, it also suffers from much lower ferry range of about 700 kms ( much lower than compatriots of ~ 1100 kms). HAL designers could have extended the engine overhand to the mid body area to get more space in the fusela...
by pravula
17 Sep 2025 08:00
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: MRCA (Many Rakshaks Choose Aircraft) Contest - Episode III
Replies: 3419
Views: 1229628

Re: MRCA (Many Rakshaks Choose Aircraft) Contest - Episode III

Nothing is stopping them from shoving a receiver module there. But for using a VHF based anti stealth, that may not be distributed enough, unless it is tied into some dynamic SAR. The compute and bandwidth would be extrodinary...
by pravula
14 Sep 2025 02:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12627
Views: 4259318

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

There is no need for smaller tankers. One can do the same with other normal tankers, which is what is being done right now. There is regular update on black listed ships for this reason. But then, the ships just change their name/registration/flag and the cat-mouse games continue. https://en.wikiped...
by pravula
13 Sep 2025 02:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Nepal and Bhutan News and discussion
Replies: 1944
Views: 586545

Re: Nepal and Bhutan News and discussion

(some fun - portuguese was a nato member - but article 5 was not invoked - different post maybe in another time) Article 5 was not invoked because of Article 6, which states Article 6 For the purpose of Article 5, an armed attack on one or more of the Parties is deemed to include an armed attack: o...