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by Altair
09 Jan 2016 16:54
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Pathankot AFB terrorist Attack After Action Analysis-I
Replies: 1006
Views: 142253

Re: Pathankot AFB terrorist Attack After Action Analyisis-I

ravip wrote:Image
Two service chiefs, NSA, PM in less than 100 square feet.
All the pics have Modi in serious mood.
by Altair
07 Jan 2016 10:59
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Retaliation Options to significant terrorist strikes
Replies: 1228
Views: 263521

Re: India's Retaliation Options to significant terrorist str

The title of this thread says retaliation options for significant terrorist strikes. Well, Atleast for Pathankot strike, we need to send a message across. I agree we need to send a disproportionate response and deploy S-400 and take Baluchistan but these things are strategic response and may take ti...
by Altair
05 Jan 2016 10:39
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Retaliation Options to significant terrorist strikes
Replies: 1228
Views: 263521

Re: India's Retaliation Options to significant terrorist str

Get 12 S400 systems with 96 launchers to provide saturation defence to block any Pakistan retaliation. And do it if necessary by paying the Russians a premium of $10 billion to have those systems in place within the next 2-3 months. And then for every terrorist attack into India, launch a salvo of ...
by Altair
04 Jan 2016 08:15
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pathankot AirForce base under attack
Replies: 1213
Views: 163840

Re: Pathankot AirForce base under attack

Just in: Fresh Firing and Explosions heard.

Meanwhile,People gather to pay respects to Lt.Col.Niranjan Kumar in BEL Grounds, Bengaluru.

I request folks here typing away from Bengaluru to just stop what they are doing and show your support by visiting the hero.
by Altair
03 Jan 2016 20:50
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pathankot AirForce base under attack
Replies: 1213
Views: 163840

Re: Pathankot AirForce base under attack

I believe Pathankot airbase was chosen as a target because they had help from inside. Plain and simple. Let us not be naive that our armed forces are super beings who can never do wrong. A siege like this on a huge military base needs weeks of planning not days. This attack was activated after Modi ...
by Altair
31 Dec 2015 21:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Nov 21, 2015
Replies: 2868
Views: 340965

Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Nov 21, 2

When relentlessly abused by one with the power to decide your fate, some develop a Stockholm syndrome. Pakistanis do have a perverse love for Modi. It comes throgh their media quite clearly. It's not just Modi. Muslims in general and Pakis in particular just respect 1 thing. Strength. You cannot ne...
by Altair
18 Dec 2015 13:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: The Levant crisis.(Israel,SYRIA,Lebanon,etc) - II
Replies: 4115
Views: 416914

Re: The Levant crisis.(Israel,SYRIA,Lebanon,etc) - II

Just to point to something here. India just confirmed to buy out rightly 5 S-400 Systems at a whopping 6 Billion US Dollars. from Mother Russia This is an acknowledgment of the threat matrix India faces today. I think the speedy acquisition process may have taken into account the current situation i...
by Altair
11 Dec 2015 17:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: The Levant crisis.(Israel,SYRIA,Lebanon,etc) - II
Replies: 4115
Views: 416914

Re: The Levant crisis.(Israel,SYRIA,Lebanon,etc) - II

Now the Russians say that they activated air defense missiles, the famous S-400 I guess, to make sure this doesn’t happen again. Does that indeed preclude the Turks interfering with the Russians carrying out strikes in that area? The answer is no, but it’s a hell of a threat. The longest range vers...
by Altair
10 Dec 2015 12:03
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Telugu States' News and Discussion
Replies: 2477
Views: 138560

Re: Telugu States' News and Discussion

Jagan in Warangal https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CT_D5Z8UkAATQhp.jpg The namaste being performed by Christian Nuns here is Anjali mudra commonly known as "Namaste" The gesture is used for both greetings and farewells, but carries a deeper significance than a simple "hello" or "...
by Altair
04 Nov 2015 16:07
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Telugu States' News and Discussion
Replies: 2477
Views: 138560

Re: Telugu States' News and Discussion

Warangal police on Wednesday arrested former Congress MP Siricilla Rajaiah, his wife and son in connection with the mysterious death of his daughter-in-law and three grand children at their residence in the wee hours of Wednesday. The police and investigation teams sprung into action to determine w...
by Altair
31 Oct 2015 21:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: The Levant crisis.(Israel,SYRIA,Lebanon,etc)
Replies: 4033
Views: 431524

Re: The Levant crisis.(Israel,SYRIA,Lebanon,etc)

This is a huge error in judgement by the Americans that scaring Russians will do the trick. This is not 80s and this is not Gorbochev at helm. If Americans crossed the line here, Putin will not hesitate to hurt Americans where it would hurt most. Consider it done that, Iran will dominate in coming d...
by Altair
18 Oct 2015 16:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Sept 05, 2015
Replies: 2850
Views: 331597

Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Sept 05,

Saars.
Regarding Nawaz's life in danger,
This only means Pakistani Army cannot guarantee the safety of Nawaz Sharif any more and he will get the lamp post or sun roof lever shortly. India is the patsy.
by Altair
18 Oct 2015 10:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Sept 05, 2015
Replies: 2850
Views: 331597

Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Sept 05,

This is the next level of escalation. Now that engineering riots in India have failed since past year despite the best efforts from Rajdeep Sardesai, Barkha Dutt, Sonia Gandhi and their friends, spiking Modi is even more important. It appears that Paki Military and ISI feel that Sharif is a worthy b...
by Altair
18 Oct 2015 10:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Sept 05, 2015
Replies: 2850
Views: 331597

Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Sept 05,

http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-201038-RAWs-plan-to-assassinate-PM-Nawaz-Sharif-disclosed RAW’s plan to assassinate PM Nawaz Sharif disclosed - October 17, 2015 - Updated 2053 PKT - From Web Edition RAW’s plan to assassinate PM Nawaz Sharif disclosed LAHORE: The Punjab Home Department has issued ...
by Altair
18 Oct 2015 10:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Sept 05, 2015
Replies: 2850
Views: 331597

Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Sept 05,

http://www.dawn.com/news/1213905/raw-may-try-to-kill-pm-warns-punjab-govt RAW may try to kill PM, warns Punjab govt INTIKHAB HANIF — UPDATED ABOUT AN HOUR AGO LAHORE: The Punjab home department said on Saturday it had received intelligence reports warning that RAW could carry out attempts on the li...
by Altair
22 Sep 2015 17:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Relations : News and Discussion- II
Replies: 4037
Views: 470700

Re: India-US Relations : News and Discussion- II

Singha wrote: ridiculous waste of precious money best devoted to ramping up domestic artillery and missile production.
Hence my original question! What exactly are we getting in return? Apart from shiny toys that is..
by Altair
22 Sep 2015 17:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Relations : News and Discussion- II
Replies: 4037
Views: 470700

Re: India-US Relations : News and Discussion- II

Are we buying from Khan because Bear is selling 20 Mi-35 Hind to Pakistan? Because it sounds silly!
by Altair
22 Sep 2015 16:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Relations : News and Discussion- II
Replies: 4037
Views: 470700

Re: India-US Relations : News and Discussion- II

This is for IAF. Its mentioned in the article.
by Altair
22 Sep 2015 16:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Relations : News and Discussion- II
Replies: 4037
Views: 470700

Re: India-US Relations : News and Discussion- II

Nice way to get Americans excited before the visit. What is the benefit we would derive from Unkil at that cost? They are probably gonna sell that to Pakis for much less
by Altair
22 Sep 2015 16:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Relations : News and Discussion- II
Replies: 4037
Views: 470700

Re: India-US Relations : News and Discussion- II

NDA awards 3.1 Billion Dollar deal to Boeing for 22 Apache attack and 15 heavy lift Chinook helicopters NEW DELHI: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US, the cabinet today cleared the purchase of Boeing's Apache and Chinook helicopters in a deal worth around $3.1 billion, governme...
by Altair
19 Sep 2015 15:35
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions (YEMEN, gulf)
Replies: 4734
Views: 645881

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

Here is a snippet from Wikileaks about the dead prince Rashid (C/NF) As mentioned reftel, HbM was born on November 14, 1982 and is MbR's second oldest son by his first official wife, Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Jumma. MbR's oldest son, Rashid, does not play a public role in Dubai affairs. (Note: I...
by Altair
19 Sep 2015 14:54
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions (YEMEN, gulf)
Replies: 4734
Views: 645881

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/dubai-rulers-son-dies-of-heart-attack-1219370?pfrom=home-lateststories 33 yo son of the dubai PM and VP al-maktoum has died of a heart attack. he was a fit athlete and participated in equestrian in asian games. i wonder if this is a warning from the d-company/tsp-pasa...
by Altair
16 Sep 2015 14:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Sept 05, 2015
Replies: 2850
Views: 331597

Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Sept 05,

krithivas wrote:NEWS FLASH: Xerox Khan vows not to use any Apple products to protest PM Modi's meeting with CEO Tim Cook. Hope PM Modi meets the CEO of Fruit of the Loom.
That AQ Khan account is a fake account saar.
But Pakistan is itself a fake country so it doesn't matter.
by Altair
16 Sep 2015 13:50
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 623528

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

Gold does have industrial applications and it has a history of being valued. The point is, Euro can't fill the void as the reserve currency simply because it is experiencing high volatility which will continue to worsen over time. The world needs a common denominator for international trade which i...
by Altair
16 Sep 2015 11:45
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 623528

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

There are probably hundreds of families in Andhra and Kerala who own more than 500 Kgs of Gold! ! let's see now, that's 1 kilogram = 32.15 troy ounces 500 kgms = 16,075 troy ounces 16,075 troy ounce x $1100 = $17,682,500 hundreds of families have this? very impressive, I would have to say. I may be...
by Altair
16 Sep 2015 11:34
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 623528

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

How can a giant like JPM is left with just 335 Kgs of Gold? I am baffled! It is so tiny that, if it was not so tragic it would have been a comedy! Even middle class families of South India hold atleast 0.5 to 1 Kg of Gold at any given time. Well to do families hold atleast 100 Kgs of Gold. This is m...
by Altair
16 Sep 2015 11:21
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 623528

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

JP Morgan has 335 Kgs of Gold left One week ago, when we reported the record plunge in registered gold held by the various Comex gold warehouses in general, and JPMorgan in particular, which saw the "gold coverage" ratio, or the number of paper claims through open futures interest for eve...
by Altair
13 Sep 2015 13:40
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2189495

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

Americans hastened Soviet Union's demise. Can we do something like that? It looks vulnerable enough now, Can't we create an opportunity to exploit? I don't believe in waiting for opportunities but to give ourselves a fair chance to exploit it when we can create it.
by Altair
12 Sep 2015 19:29
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)
Replies: 10352
Views: 2189495

Re: Managing Chinese Threat (09-08-2014)

What would it take to break China like Soviet Union?
Will the current economic scenario be helpful in anyway to crack the dragon open?
by Altair
11 Sep 2015 19:53
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions (YEMEN, gulf)
Replies: 4734
Views: 645881

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

You ask as if Americans go anywhere with a plan? There is no grand conspiracy or plan. They just make stuff up and create chaos. They do it because American war machine benefits from chaos.
by Altair
11 Sep 2015 13:17
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015
Replies: 4573
Views: 1050435

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015

In US the COMEX is totally bankrupt. For every 200 Oz of Gold traded, they have only 1 Oz of deliverable Gold at any point of time, sometimes even 300 for 1 Oz. This is unsustainable. I fear The Americans will get a leverage on Indian Gold somehow. I may be paranoid but I have my reasons. This Gold ...
by Altair
10 Sep 2015 21:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Sept 05, 2015
Replies: 2850
Views: 331597

Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Sept 05,

Qui Bono??
Did some grand old political party in India consider this forum to be a threat to "Idea of India"??
:evil:
by Altair
10 Sep 2015 17:20
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 623528

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

We know crude price has been manipulated by OPEC, but atleast there is an intrinsic utility to it. Gold is sort of special - there is no basis to attach any fair value to gold. Gold has a value because everybody attaches it a value. How would you say 1300 or 1600 is the right price for that value ?...
by Altair
10 Sep 2015 17:15
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 623528

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

Scenario-1 I exchanged 1600$ 2 years back to get 1 oz of Gold. I exchange my 1 oz of Gold today and get 1110$ back in cash. Scenario-2 I bought 10 pounds of wheat at Walmart for 7.5 $ in 2013 I bought 10 pounds of wheat at same Walmart for 8 $ in 2015 Assumption-1 Gold value is constant Does it mean...
by Altair
10 Sep 2015 16:32
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 623528

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

There are few things which got cheaper and I see why people can get confused with terms like Deflation. There is lot of manipulation going on in the markets. The Crude price is manipulated. The Gold price is manipulated. Yes, Gold price is too manipulated. There is no reason in the world that Gold h...
by Altair
09 Sep 2015 13:39
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions (YEMEN, gulf)
Replies: 4734
Views: 645881

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/09/middleeast/al-baghdadi-isis-slave/index.html al-baghdadi kept 8 yazidi girls in his house, beat them with a hose and belt, raped the american hostage repeatedly, avoids cellphones... I dont think he has broken any law he believes in. Will Americans let some new rea...
by Altair
07 Sep 2015 13:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Sept 05, 2015
Replies: 2850
Views: 331597

Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Sept 05,

Pakis are appearing more and more like North Korea with threats of nuclear war and Raheel more and more like Saddam?? with his mustache!! :rotfl:
Pigeon is spooking them.
by Altair
07 Sep 2015 07:10
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015
Replies: 4573
Views: 1050435

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015

Image

India looks bad on No of Coalition partners and Govt Debt % GDP
by Altair
04 Sep 2015 21:16
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions (YEMEN, gulf)
Replies: 4734
Views: 645881

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

Karma is ruthless. On a long enough timeline None escapes Karma. Eyeropeans are sucked into Karmic black hole for all their deeds in past 1000 years. Slowly Slowly Shadow of Karma will spread all over ME/WA. It's inevitable , law of nature must be obeyed and blood of Crores of innocents demand retr...
by Altair
04 Sep 2015 09:09
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions (YEMEN, gulf)
Replies: 4734
Views: 645881

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

Karma is ruthless. On a long enough timeline None escapes Karma. Eyeropeans are sucked into Karmic black hole for all their deeds in past 1000 years.