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by Mukesh.Kumar
13 Jun 2026 23:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 7967
Views: 2952977

Re: Internal Security Watch

Fire reported in South Kolkata. 4,000 EVM machines connected to 15 constituencies reported destroyed on 12th June 2026.

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Usual suspects already raising a ruckus.
by Mukesh.Kumar
09 Jun 2026 23:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 2823
Views: 1040464

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

X-Post from India-US relations: News and Discussions IV Navy attacks empty Indian crewed tanker in international waters off Masirah Island in Oman. A F/A-18 Super Hornet from carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) fired a precision munition into the ship’s engine room after the crew did not pay heed ...
by Mukesh.Kumar
09 Jun 2026 23:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 13674
Views: 4984395

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Navy attacks empty Indian crewed tanker in international waters off Masirah Island in Oman. A F/A-18 Super Hornet from carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) fired a precision munition into the ship’s engine room after the crew did not pay heed to U.S warnings. Ship was sanctioned by Treasury Dept fo...
by Mukesh.Kumar
09 Jun 2026 23:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Deterrence
Replies: 5285
Views: 1378356

Re: Deterrence

......... Qatal ki Raat" Warning: Prime Minister Narendra Modi famously communicated a strict ultimatum via intelligence channels—warning that India had aimed nine specific missiles at major Pakistani targets and that if the pilot was harmed, it would trigger a severe "night of bloodshed&...
by Mukesh.Kumar
03 Jun 2026 15:47
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Scenario - OPERATION NILKANTH
Replies: 30
Views: 5782

Re: Military Scenario - OPERATION NILKANTH

Nits-ji, Amazing writing. Are you looking at publishing for a wider audience? Some parts of this are a little concept heavy/ laden with jargon of military and diplomacy. Needed to refer outside help to understand. You may consider that angle- If audience is wider than BRF, rewrite some parts, else ...
by Mukesh.Kumar
03 Jun 2026 15:11
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Scenario - OPERATION NILKANTH
Replies: 30
Views: 5782

Re: Military Scenario - OPERATION NILKANTH

Nits-ji, Amazing writing. Are you looking at publishing for a wider audience? Some parts of this are a little concept heavy/ laden with jargon of military and diplomacy. Needed to refer outside help to understand. You may consider that angle- If audience is wider than BRF, rewrite some parts, else i...
by Mukesh.Kumar
29 May 2026 00:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 4987
Views: 1526730

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

In the long run, any external source of energy we depend on can become a knife to our throat. Witness what's happening with the Strait of Hormuz right now. With a pipeline this is mitigated somewhat, because (a) it's really difficult to blow up something that deep under the ocean (b) if there are m...
by Mukesh.Kumar
29 May 2026 00:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 4987
Views: 1526730

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

.Noob question. Can such a pipeline be subject to peacefuls blowing things up? In other words how can we guarantee security of this thing? In my mind once we have it, we will become dependent on it. How do we manage disruptions that will create a energy hostage situation. No guarantees Williams-ji....
by Mukesh.Kumar
28 May 2026 22:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 4987
Views: 1526730

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

India’s 2,000 KM Undersea Gas Pipeline Plan to Bypass Strait of Hormuz | Connecting The Dots lRAGIvQq7yY I am hope this happens. I have worked on aspects ofthis project nearly 20 years ago. Even today it remains closetomuy heart. At that time lack of GoI follow through resulted on it being shelved....
by Mukesh.Kumar
26 May 2026 21:08
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Scenario - OPERATION NILKANTH
Replies: 30
Views: 5782

Re: Military Scenario - OPERATION NILKANTH

Part 2 ................................................. 05:30 AST. Riyadh. The Saudi National Security Adviser read the material twice. He drank coffee. He read it a third time. At 06:20 he placed a four-minute call to a man in Rawalpindi whose name appeared on no roster, but who was understood, b...
by Mukesh.Kumar
26 May 2026 16:50
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Scenario - OPERATION NILKANTH
Replies: 30
Views: 5782

Re: Military Scenario - OPERATION NILKANTH

Rather engrossing start. Nits-ji please carry on.
by Mukesh.Kumar
07 May 2026 01:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 1102
Views: 258819

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

Suvendhu Adhikari’s PA shot dead. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjp-leader-suvendu-adhikaris-personal-secretary-shot-dead-in-west-bengals-madhyamgram-11459161?pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll Time to clean up the state ! Followed by another one. Imagine what would have happened if TMC won. These guys ar...
by Mukesh.Kumar
06 May 2026 08:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 1102
Views: 258819

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

A pretty rational and insightful post from Reddit on the importance of BJP's victory in West Bengal for India. Follow the link for a connect to previous posts from same author expanding on the theme. Why This Bengal Result Was Inevitable 📰 News | সংবাদ Told you Mamata will herself lose election, she...
by Mukesh.Kumar
05 May 2026 02:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 1102
Views: 258819

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

One more thing. In a way it's the Left parties who triggered the avalanche that brought down Mamata. It was R.G. Kar, that broke the trust of women voters, young neutrals and even old left leaning 'bhodrolok' in Calcutta. And the truth is that unless the Left affiliated young doctors had stopped the...
by Mukesh.Kumar
04 May 2026 20:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 1102
Views: 258819

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

Just saw BJP cross 156 won. I can't believe my eyes. We have waited for this day for over three and a half decades. My uncles, my father were BJP supporters in West Bengal even before the Ram Janam Bhoomi movement. And like so many others they paid a price for this. Today, of 14 cousins, 11 of us ar...
by Mukesh.Kumar
25 Apr 2026 16:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 6523
Views: 2825735

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

'The Elephant in the Room' Nobody especially the LeLi, Left Looney's, Labour, Greens or even the Tories want to address. The scourge of unbridled illegal immigration has led to a parallel economy in UK. People who grew up watching Open All Hours (showing my age here) or their immigrants parents act...
by Mukesh.Kumar
20 Apr 2026 00:56
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: India Taxation Reform
Replies: 4
Views: 2521

Re: India Taxation Reform

In 1947 soon after independence India initiated massive land reforms that distributed land to the land user and not the land owner (shift from zamindari and ryotwari system) to ownership by land users. However governance did not demand that the land user pay a fair share of taxes for the land being...
by Mukesh.Kumar
20 Apr 2026 00:55
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: India Taxation Reform
Replies: 4
Views: 2521

Re: India Taxation Reform

Self delete. Repeated post
by Mukesh.Kumar
18 Apr 2026 16:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 4987
Views: 1526730

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

Prime Minister tui address nation today at 8:30 PM


https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ind ... 350274.cms
by Mukesh.Kumar
06 Apr 2026 23:18
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: MCA vs RPSA/UCAV: Advantages vs Disadvantages
Replies: 3
Views: 1017

Re: MCA vs RPSA/UCAV: Advantages vs Disadvantages

While I believe the overall RPSA vs MCA debate weighs favorably towards RPSA's, RPSA's are still vulnerable to hostile takeovers or spoofing. Whether it be signal interception, jamming, malaware introduction in embedded systems like a Day 0 attack (by Unkill/ Lizard), or even corruption of the AI Mo...
by Mukesh.Kumar
05 Apr 2026 17:21
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 7401
Views: 3629178

Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion

I find it odd that GTRE is opting for a Su 30 MKI platform. Using a modified Il-76 would cost less than USD 50 million, provide a huge margin of safety with quadruple engine redundancy, allow for real time data storage and long endurance monitoring by technicians on board. Is it a signal that all ba...
by Mukesh.Kumar
28 Mar 2026 01:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Iran News and Discussions
Replies: 3764
Views: 1069228

Re: Iran News and Discussions

bala wrote: 28 Mar 2026 00:43 Looks like Israel is enforcing the contract between Saudi A and Pak.
Unknown gunmen graduating to unknown mijjile men now? :rotfl:
by Mukesh.Kumar
27 Mar 2026 23:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Iran News and Discussions
Replies: 3764
Views: 1069228

Re: Iran News and Discussions

X-Post from Terroristan dhaga. Does not seem that Paki's initiative to broker peace will make much rapid progress, Everyone is bombing the Terroristani's. First it was India. Then came Afghanistan. Now Israel. Iran and Saudi will soon for not showing loaylty. Israel Bombs Jolt Pakistan Embassy In T...
by Mukesh.Kumar
27 Mar 2026 23:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 6260
Views: 2872614

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Everyone is bombing the Terroristani's. First it was India. Then came Afghanistan. Now Israel. Iran and Saudi will soon for not showing loaylty. Israel Bombs Jolt Pakistan Embassy In Tehran| 'Broker' Sharif Costs Islamabad In Iran War? Watch Israel Bombs Jolt Pakistan Embassy In Tehran| 'Broker' Sh...
by Mukesh.Kumar
26 Mar 2026 22:16
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: NavIC Reality Check: Clocks, Constellation, and What Actually Matters
Replies: 32
Views: 7812

Re: NavIC Reality Check: Clocks, Constellation, and What Actually Matters

AmberG-ji, thank you for starting this thread. Your posts are really appreciated for making difficult concepts simpler to comprehend without any fluff. Interesting poits you bring out below from a system perspective: On economics: Yes, LEO satellites are: smaller lower power cheaper per unit But the...
by Mukesh.Kumar
22 Mar 2026 23:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Iran News and Discussions
Replies: 3764
Views: 1069228

Re: Iran News and Discussions

The situation as I see it right now: - Iran sarkar (goremint, "mosaic" military, and mullah regime) seem functional with new people taking over ............................................................................ - For Bharat, other than the fuel disruptions, this seems another lu...
by Mukesh.Kumar
19 Mar 2026 12:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 2823
Views: 1040464

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

Saudi Could complete the oil pipeline from Shybah to Duqm in Oman and it's about 600km. UAE could also join it. UAE is said to be planning to start loading tankers through pipeline from their eastern sector avoiding the strait. This though is again closer to Iran. Duqm is around 400 or so km away f...
by Mukesh.Kumar
18 Mar 2026 00:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13304
Views: 4047594

Re: Understanding the US - Again

X- Post from W. Asia thread. I believe that we need to have a conversation around this given that Pax-Americana is increasingly looking fraught. Increasingly, I am coming to view this war as America's Suez moment. Britain and France could have carried the Suez campaign militarily through, but it wa...
by Mukesh.Kumar
18 Mar 2026 00:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Evolution of Indian Strategic Thought-1
Replies: 698
Views: 540237

Re: Evolution of Indian Strategic Thought-1

X- Post from W. Asia thread. I believe that we need to have a conversation around this given that Pax-Americana is increasingly looking fraught. Increasingly, I am coming to view this war as America's Suez moment. Britain and France could have carried the Suez campaign militarily through, but it wa...
by Mukesh.Kumar
18 Mar 2026 00:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 2823
Views: 1040464

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

Increasingly, I am coming to view this war as America's Suez moment. Britain and France could have carried the Suez campaign militarily through, but it was their ally America, which withdrew support, and that signaled world opinion turning decisively against them. And so it feels about the US now. N...
by Mukesh.Kumar
18 Mar 2026 00:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Evolution of Indian Strategic Thought-1
Replies: 698
Views: 540237

Re: Evolution of Indian Strategic Thought-1

^Further to add to the above. Saying this with the greatest respect, pm modi is a bloodless man without any traction to any morals, he only seeks to extract the maximum benefit to the maximum possible swathe of indians with his every decision; and this is an admirable fact, ....... The downside to ...
by Mukesh.Kumar
18 Mar 2026 00:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 4987
Views: 1526730

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

Finland President telling the Canadian PM that his Instagram went massive after he said he watched Dhurandhar during his India visit! Respect to the team behind Dhurandhar The Revenge for creating something that even world leaders are talking about Canadian Prime Minister: How was your Instagram af...
by Mukesh.Kumar
14 Mar 2026 03:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 2823
Views: 1040464

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

The following is strait of hormuz. Note the hilly terrain shown. https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/photo/129557333.cms Q: is it possible to cut a canal in the land mass and allow ship traffic via the short stretch of the canal. This would provide safe passage for all oil tankers and others like gas, food ...
by Mukesh.Kumar
12 Mar 2026 20:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 2823
Views: 1040464

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

Apparently the US is considering moving the 82nd Airborne Division. to the Middle East.
by Mukesh.Kumar
12 Mar 2026 18:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 4987
Views: 1526730

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

If there is a real LPG ..... I have very high gut feeling that sooner or later there will be reports coming from KA, TN & KL of LPG shortages and how Yeevil Mudi & Co were denying the LPG cylinders and also giving misleading statements. As you said, it would be just like how the oxygen cyli...
by Mukesh.Kumar
11 Mar 2026 23:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Evolution of Indian Strategic Thought-1
Replies: 698
Views: 540237

Re: Evolution of Indian Strategic Thought-1

Reproducing something that I saw on FB recently. This makes sense and notwithstanding the euphoria of last year's Op. Sindoor resonates with what a lot of us has been raising on BRF. We are simply not preparing for the right war. In the next two decades more than a month eastern Pakistan it will be ...
by Mukesh.Kumar
11 Mar 2026 22:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 2823
Views: 1040464

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

A passage like the Panama canal or the Suez canal should be made to bypass the Hormuz straits What are you talking of? Have you seen the topography? Are you going to drill through mountains or escape a 1500 km channel across the desert? A pipeline makes sense, but even that has challenges. Any petr...
by Mukesh.Kumar
11 Mar 2026 22:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 2823
Views: 1040464

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

There seems no gas pipeline all the way to Oman's Duqm port. IF they had it, the loading can be done there and the ships need not have to enter Strait of Hormuz. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Oil-and-gas-pipelines-in-the-Middle-East_fig2_372240169 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/3722...
by Mukesh.Kumar
09 Mar 2026 21:22
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 9479
Views: 4621244

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Impact of #EpicFury on the economy already being felt. Government prioritizing domestic LPG supplies over commercial, and also increasing the wait period from 21 days to 25 days. I didn't realize we were this exposed. :( Also, a tad concerned if this is again one of those 7D Chnakyian chess moves th...
by Mukesh.Kumar
09 Mar 2026 21:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Iran News and Discussions
Replies: 3764
Views: 1069228

Re: Iran News and Discussions

LPG Shortage already starting to bite. The government is prioritizing domestic supply over commercial cylinders. And it seems that commercial extablishments are already warning of shutdowns-Bengaluru Hotels Association warns of shutdown from March 10 over LPG supply disruption