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by Mukesh.Kumar
05 May 2026 02:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 681
Views: 176640

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: 681
Views: 176640

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: 6507
Views: 2768137

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: 3
Views: 1031

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: 3
Views: 1031

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: 4734
Views: 1423572

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: 909

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: 7392
Views: 3549773

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: 3745
Views: 1021131

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: 3745
Views: 1021131

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: 6207
Views: 2792036

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: 6020

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: 3745
Views: 1021131

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: 2803
Views: 1002555

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: 13095
Views: 3905810

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: 691
Views: 520214

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: 2803
Views: 1002555

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: 691
Views: 520214

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: 4734
Views: 1423572

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: 2803
Views: 1002555

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: 2803
Views: 1002555

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: 4734
Views: 1423572

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: 691
Views: 520214

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: 2803
Views: 1002555

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: 2803
Views: 1002555

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: 9385
Views: 4521029

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: 3745
Views: 1021131

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
by Mukesh.Kumar
08 Mar 2026 13:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 2803
Views: 1002555

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

Things just went up by a notch. I don't know if this was intentional a misguided missile or debris bur reports from Bahrain indicate that a desalination plant was hit. More than power its these decision plants with their captive power generation seeps that make the Middle East livable. Major damage ...
by Mukesh.Kumar
07 Mar 2026 23:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Iran News and Discussions
Replies: 3745
Views: 1021131

Re: Iran News and Discussions

X-Post from West Asian thread. It's starting again.
Mukesh.Kumar wrote: 07 Mar 2026 23:32 It's started up again in Dubai. Marina rocked by explosion with direct hit on residential tower.

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by Mukesh.Kumar
07 Mar 2026 23:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 2803
Views: 1002555

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

It's started up again in Dubai. Marina rocked by explosion with direct hit on residential tower.

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by Mukesh.Kumar
07 Mar 2026 07:24
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Analysis on Future Scenarios
Replies: 122
Views: 64922

Re: Operation Sindoor - Analysis on Future Scenarios

The other learning Area for India should be how Iranians have kept a coherent strategy despite losing a large number of senior political and military officials. A large community line India needs centralization, yes. But I have a feeling we're too person driven and over centralized. This is ab areas...
by Mukesh.Kumar
07 Mar 2026 02:00
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 2145
Views: 1864116

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

X-Post as learning from Iran thread. How I mish the Indian military planners woke up from their love for gold-plated 'phoren maal' Interesting article in the BBC of all places how using locally developed ruggesd solutions can literally bleed your enemy dry. How Iran is using cheap drones to cause ch...
by Mukesh.Kumar
07 Mar 2026 01:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Iran News and Discussions
Replies: 3745
Views: 1021131

Re: Iran News and Discussions

Interesting article in the BBC of all places how using locally developed ruggesd solutions can literally bleed your enemy dry.

How Iran is using cheap drones to cause chaos across the Middle East
by Mukesh.Kumar
07 Mar 2026 01:51
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Analysis on Future Scenarios
Replies: 122
Views: 64922

Re: Operation Sindoor - Analysis on Future Scenarios

#EpicFury #Sindoor The Iranian low cost Shaheed drone (USD 20K) seem to be overwhelming the defenses of the GCC countries. It is not about the success rates, but the cost imposed on the enemy. Apparently the UAE for example is spending about USD 1 bn/ daily in trying to stop them . In fact for every...
by Mukesh.Kumar
06 Mar 2026 02:21
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech
Replies: 3144
Views: 1681770

Re: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech

Rakesh wrote: 05 Mar 2026 20:44 ...
This is indeed amazing news. If followed through, it kind of lets us find an asymmetric solution to our depleting squadron numbers. Once we can push through a new technology, even the IAF will jump on to the bandwagon.
by Mukesh.Kumar
05 Mar 2026 00:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 2803
Views: 1002555

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

My reading from ground isn't very encouraging. Despite what UAE government is saying, people are getting edgier seeing evidence of attacks. I have eyewitness reports of Fujairah oli storage, Jebel Ali port, oil facilities in Abu Dhabi hit. Qatar LNG had major fire, Aaramco refinery hit. Life in Bahr...
by Mukesh.Kumar
04 Mar 2026 14:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 2803
Views: 1002555

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

I am getting confused signals from the region. Logic says that Iran is on the back foot. But continued clamp down on news, murmurs on WhatsApp, saw videos oud oil taking in Fujairah billowing smoke, FB post of Austrian embassy Muscat celebrating evacuating tourists from Dubai, video of drone attacki...
by Mukesh.Kumar
28 Feb 2026 16:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 2803
Views: 1002555

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

Seems iwan attached UAE or American assets in UAE with ballistic missiles. Apparently suggestively intercepted. Official MoD release. https://x.com/modgovae/status/2027685238093279612?s=46 The UAE announces successful interception of several Iranian missiles targeting the country The Ministry of Def...
by Mukesh.Kumar
14 Feb 2026 23:06
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 4322
Views: 1586782

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

The beedis have already created a pressure point in asking for Hasina s extradition .. frankly a bit of quid pro quo is bound to happen but we ll see .. india has a lot of options to skin this beedi cat Since the people of Bangladesh has rejected Yunus, it's clear that the interim Govt that came th...
by Mukesh.Kumar
06 Feb 2026 22:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 7673
Views: 2855239

Re: Internal Security Watch

https://x.com/pradip103/status/2019467169806053582 @pradip103 ....... People of Bengal will soon give a very BEFITTING REPLY to this gross abuse of power! My gut feel is that there's a very cogent chance of the BJP getting waheed out in the Assembly elections. They have done enough to bring them to...