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by Mukesh.Kumar
18 Nov 2025 21:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12678
Views: 4302069

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

X-Posting: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017 India's US exports jump despite 50% tariffs as trade tensions ease PeePeeSee Link Apparently, it's a month-on-month growth and remains to be seen firstly, if the growth is at net exports level, and if so, which sectors are driving the gr...
by Mukesh.Kumar
18 Nov 2025 21:38
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 9112
Views: 4200667

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

India's US exports jump despite 50% tariffs as trade tensions ease PeePeeSee Link

Apparently, it's a month-on-month growth and remains to be seen firstly, if the growth is at net exports level, and if so, which sectors are driving the growth. But for the moment, this is a spot of good news.
by Mukesh.Kumar
20 Oct 2025 00:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 4036
Views: 1394085

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

Some important developments: Oct. 14, Oct 16, and Oct. 18 - three days, and three mysterious massive fire "accidents" have caused losses worth thousands of crores of Taka. First it was Mirpur Chemical factory fire - it was a devastating one. Then it was followed by Chittagong Free Economi...
by Mukesh.Kumar
20 Oct 2025 00:00
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018
Replies: 2986
Views: 2158622

Re: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Signals from 50% of older Geostationary satellites above North America can be intercepted by commercial off-the shelf equipment costing less than USD 1000. An interesting article from PCMag covers how University of California, San Diego and University of Maryland research...
by Mukesh.Kumar
16 Oct 2025 01:02
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality
Replies: 857
Views: 350393

Re: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality

The Arctic routes opening up are going to change dynamics in the Indian Ocean. Chokehold on Malacca to strangle Chinese exports, Singapore as a transhipment hub, importance of Suez and even to a certain extent importance of Panama Canal for spring between West Coast and Europe will change. Of course...
by Mukesh.Kumar
15 Oct 2025 19:34
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 2150
Views: 626585

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

Those guns were useless, they can kill an unarmed man, if they were any hood, Faujis will be dead, Fauji's rule cause they have the guns otherwise Awam would replaced them. Saar, " Quantity has a Quality of its own. " But seriously speaking the cottage gun industry in Pakistan is rather d...
by Mukesh.Kumar
09 Sep 2025 22:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 2165
Views: 818891

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

Israel seems to have attacked Hamas leadership in Doha, If this is true, then it's going to set the cat among pigeons. Let's see if the Gulf monarchies bridge their divide to stand up to Israel, or, they play along. Israel launches attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar, blasts heard in Doha https://www....
by Mukesh.Kumar
09 Sep 2025 19:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 2165
Views: 818891

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

Israel seems to have attacked Hamas leadership in Doha, If this is true, then it's going to set the cat among pigeons. Let's see if the Gulf monarchies bridge their divide to stand up to Israel, or, they play along.

Israel launches attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar, blasts heard in Doha
by Mukesh.Kumar
08 Sep 2025 23:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Nepal and Bhutan News and discussion
Replies: 1944
Views: 591818

Re: Nepal and Bhutan News and discussion

Keep an eye out for this character- Rabi Lamichhane. Looks like Kejriwal/ Yunus redux. Halfway between India and China Nepal is of special interests to the old chefs.More for India than China.

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by Mukesh.Kumar
15 Aug 2025 01:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Non-Western Worldview
Replies: 1110
Views: 281823

Re: Non-Western Worldview

ramana wrote: 15 Aug 2025 00:42 My thoughts on recent developments in the West

*The Historical Trajectory of Western Civilization: From Ancient Greece to the Decline of the West in the 21st Century*

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Thank you Ramanaji. There references by themselves are a treasure trove.

Are you thinking of getting this published?
by Mukesh.Kumar
15 Aug 2025 01:19
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Happy Independence Day!
Replies: 21
Views: 8891

Re: Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day BRFites.

I pray that the Indian military will soon organize a shandaar fireworks display in our Western backyard
.

Jai Hind
by Mukesh.Kumar
10 Aug 2025 23:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
Replies: 2196
Views: 1199618

Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015

Does anyone feel a pre-World War I deja vu that the "big" powers determine the borders and economic policies of the "little guys"? Instead of Indian economic policy being determined in London, it is now attempted to be determined in Washington, DC. I would not put it beyond Trum...
by Mukesh.Kumar
03 Aug 2025 16:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12678
Views: 4302069

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

If you want to pay fair value (I mean value the labor properly) $35 should really be $70. Labor will not get paid even at $70. Take the $5 textile example. Probably BD gets .25c for stitching one shirt/blouse. The other cost is material cloth, buttons and of course rent/electricity/machines etc. Th...
by Mukesh.Kumar
17 Jun 2025 13:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12678
Views: 4302069

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Trolls Apart What is happening in Kaneda?? Trump leaves end of first day. He doesnt wait to sign the declaration but has time to sign a deal with Bratanistan!! NaMo attends Tuesday in abscence of Trump What is happening to Ab Ki Baar ..... Sarkar!!! Is it to do with Indo-Pak Conflict of May or lack...
by Mukesh.Kumar
13 Jun 2025 18:35
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Replies: 6343
Views: 1794790

Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion

I don’t understand the conspiracy theories. Having watched dozens of Air Crash Investigation episodes, there are only a few occasions where malice caused a crash. The Swiss cheese theory says there are usually a lot of process failures that leads to crashes like this, and not a single cause. Hope t...
by Mukesh.Kumar
13 Jun 2025 15:09
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 9112
Views: 4200667

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

X- posting from India US Relations thread.

Mukesh.Kumar wrote: 13 Jun 2025 15:07 El Presidente claims to have reached a satisfactory trade deal with China.

Wool have serious implications on India, EU now.

by Mukesh.Kumar
13 Jun 2025 15:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12678
Views: 4302069

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

El Presidente claims to have reached a satisfactory trade deal with China.

Wool have serious implications on India, EU now.

by Mukesh.Kumar
12 Jun 2025 16:22
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Replies: 6343
Views: 1794790

Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion

The plane crashed into a Medical College. There were students having lunch when it crashed into the building where there mess was situated.
by Mukesh.Kumar
12 Jun 2025 15:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 5804
Views: 2514189

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

SUPARCO’s space projects receive Rs5,418 million budgetary allocation Manned Space Mission and Lunar Exploration Rover? Tut, tut - they should have planned for a Mars Exploration Rover at the very least... Manned Space Exploration is Spacing out budget. More of the stuff they smoke when they are ma...
by Mukesh.Kumar
31 May 2025 14:42
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
Replies: 2951
Views: 683297

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

X-Post from Post Conflict Analysis thread CDS Gen. Anil Chauhan at Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore hints at India losing jets during interview with Haslinda Amin of Bloomberg. Bloomberg TV India Confirms It Lost Fighter Jets in Recent Pakistan Conflict May 31st, 2025, 11:29 AM GMT+0400 Anil Chauha...
by Mukesh.Kumar
31 May 2025 14:41
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 2150
Views: 626585

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

CDS Gen. Anil Chauhan at Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore hints at India losing jets during interview with Haslinda Amin of Bloomberg. Bloomberg TV India Confirms It Lost Fighter Jets in Recent Pakistan Conflict May 31st, 2025, 11:29 AM GMT+0400 Anil Chauhan, chief of defense staff of the Indian Arm...
by Mukesh.Kumar
29 May 2025 17:27
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: BR Forum Feedback
Replies: 1307
Views: 726968

Re: BR Forum Feedback

Currently sometimes CloudFlare gives the message that there is a problem with the SSL certificate. Hi. Let us know if you are still seeing the issue, I would have expected this issue to no longer be there since we are fully migrated to Cloudflare. Thanks Firefox on desktop seems OK now. Thank you.
by Mukesh.Kumar
29 May 2025 17:27
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
Replies: 2951
Views: 683297

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

https://x.com/Indian_Analyzer/status/1927970150222835876?t=YmfmA5PDUoe5XNo9OWHuFA&s=19 As Deans explained here population of PoK was known for highly radical Islamic views. I don't think Modi govt will accept this reality. Anyway salami slicing on PoK by India will cause the population to move ...
by Mukesh.Kumar
23 May 2025 18:53
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: BR Forum Feedback
Replies: 1307
Views: 726968

Re: BR Forum Feedback

Currently sometimes CloudFlare gives the message that there is a problem with the SSL certificate.
by Mukesh.Kumar
23 May 2025 18:52
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: BR Forum Feedback
Replies: 1307
Views: 726968

Re: BR Forum Feedback

Manish_P wrote: 23 May 2025 18:13 The site is acting strange since getting up again.

Quite a few times I submit a post and the login screen is shown

In fact just to submit this post I had to try thrice
Which browser are you using? This is a common problem with Firefox. Been there for some time.
by Mukesh.Kumar
20 May 2025 16:14
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: BR Forum Feedback
Replies: 1307
Views: 726968

Re: BR Forum Feedback

Was BRF down yesterday and earlier today?

Even using VPN, could not access BRF for a long time.
by Mukesh.Kumar
16 May 2025 16:51
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 2150
Views: 626585

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

ATE analyses press briefing of Senior Indian military officers. ATE Chuet- Pierre Henri has some interesting history as per rumours on the net. Reddit story on how he was on Chinese pay. French youtuber "Até Chuet" (made some DCS videos and dogfights with Growling Sidewinder, most notably...
by Mukesh.Kumar
12 May 2025 16:27
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 2150
Views: 626585

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will address the nation tonight st 8 PM IST.
by Mukesh.Kumar
12 May 2025 16:26
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
Replies: 2951
Views: 683297

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

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will address the nation tonight st 8 PM IST.
by Mukesh.Kumar
09 Apr 2025 14:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1771
Views: 574341

Re: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis

Here's a contrarian view from Sri Lanka which I found circulating on SM. Sri Lanka: From Banner Blunders to National Blunders Reading it feels like an hysterical reaction to India-SL cooperation on defense, Tincomalee and connecting power grids. However, given the number of shares and the people it ...
by Mukesh.Kumar
28 Mar 2025 18:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-Myanmar news and discussion
Replies: 656
Views: 661734

Re: India-Myanmar news and discussion

Horrible earthquake hits Myanmar.

Time for getting in with aid, and possible better relations before the Chinese move in.
by Mukesh.Kumar
19 Mar 2025 11:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Books Folder - 2008 onwards!!!
Replies: 1488
Views: 409235

Re: Books Folder - 2008 onwards!!!

Lt Gen P R Shankar of Gunners Shot has a good overview on the Indian Ocean islands, including Maldives, Mauritius, Diego Garcia, Seychelles, etc. Modiji's recent visit to Mauritius goes a long way to tighten India's grip of the IOR as China seeks to establish its influence there. Understanding thes...
by Mukesh.Kumar
16 Mar 2025 02:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5836
Views: 1390034

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

There's more trouble in the Balkans.

Chaiwala hinting at fresh flash point in Bosnia Herzegovina with Serbia intervening ( with Russian backing). EuroForce and NATO protesting to intervene.
by Mukesh.Kumar
16 Mar 2025 02:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 4036
Views: 1394085

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

sanjayc wrote: 15 Mar 2025 22:30 Is this Pinaki Bhattacharya dude suffering from a death wish or is he just a useful idiot for Islamists? How is this Hindu joker working for an Islamist takeover of Bangladesh? Does he want all Hindus roasted in Bangladesh? What a race traitor
He converted to RoP. His family disowned him.
by Mukesh.Kumar
14 Feb 2025 17:09
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
Replies: 5353
Views: 2145487

Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector

A very insightful and detailed discussion into the history of India's aerospace industry along with insights into what ails us systematically. Talk by Group Captain (Retd) R.K. Narang . Newbies like me will find this insightful. sVnzubW0dRo TLDR: Covers how HAL was founded, initial success within on...
by Mukesh.Kumar
14 Feb 2025 16:48
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 3098
Views: 1278494

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Queering the pitch for negotiations?? X-Posting from Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy Reports of Russian drone attack on Chernobyl nuclear sarcophagus. I find this hard to believe but posting it here for future reverence. Source: Reddit https://packaged-media.redd.it/kqxsm4hb72je...
by Mukesh.Kumar
14 Feb 2025 16:46
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 4794
Views: 3319502

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

Reports of Russian drone attack on Chernobyl nuclear sarcophagus. I find this hard to believe but posting it here for future reverence. Source: Reddit https://packaged-media.redd.it/kqxsm4hb72je1/pb/m2-res_480p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1739534400&s=765c1d42847fdb022abb969167551f12539...
by Mukesh.Kumar
14 Feb 2025 15:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12678
Views: 4302069

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Two bits of news, but the dimensions of Indo- US Relations for the next four years is becoming clearer. As many forum members posited, Trump is not a friend of India, neither is he an enemy. It's going to be a hard-nosed biz relationship. Why do I say so? Check out Gaurav Arya's video on how the new...