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by Manish_P
16 Jan 2026 12:53
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3597
Views: 3153993

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

... May we know the questions? Very noob questions, Ramana ji. Almost ashamed to ask here. Since I don't have any engineering background whatsoever. But valuing knowledge more than shame here are a few... Is it like an add-on 'kit' which can be added on to existing shells (not exactly alike but alo...
by Manish_P
16 Jan 2026 07:04
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3597
Views: 3153993

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

.... The IIT Madras is a ramjet-assisted shell which is a quick or near-term deployment innovation that increases the existing shell architecture range by 50%. It's important as the previous shell/gun infrastructure is retained. Operationally, it enables the IA to hit targets deeper with the same l...
by Manish_P
13 Jan 2026 14:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12938
Views: 4452785

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

.... Officially there is no title as per an RTI response. This is a Congress run propaganda as they were the ruling elite for decades. If you really ask the people and get it voted, may be Netaji or Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj will emerge as the Father of the nation. ... Yes. Was aware of that. Als...
by Manish_P
13 Jan 2026 13:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12938
Views: 4452785

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

^ Last time I checked, the daddy (father) of the nation is still M.K.Gandhi.

For Indians like me..

Officially at least..
by Manish_P
13 Jan 2026 10:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12938
Views: 4452785

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

DJT is not the US president for life, just for 4 years. Gautam That’s what you think now…. :P :P :mrgreen: Asked ChatGPT to make a title for the Grand President... along the lines of dear old Idi Amin. response - His Tremendous Excellency, President for Life (Almost), Supreme Deal-Maker, Commander ...
by Manish_P
11 Jan 2026 12:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 2236
Views: 845717

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

A_Gupta wrote: 11 Jan 2026 12:20 ...
Exactly. And I see no reason for objections about using the Chabahar port to get to Afghanistan.
Well India didn't see any objection to refining and reselling Russian crude to Europe when they themselves were buying Gas directly from Russia, but then here we are...
by Manish_P
11 Jan 2026 10:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 2236
Views: 845717

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

A_Gupta wrote: 11 Jan 2026 06:26 I see an Iran that is not subject to American sanctions to be to India’s benefit. The northern route, route to Afghanistan, Chabahar port investment, etc., will be fruitful.
There are no need for sanctions when the ruler will be merely a puppet with strings in the hands of the US
by Manish_P
06 Jan 2026 07:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 8040
Views: 3053137

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

The Pakis should nominate Trump for the economics Noble and all shall be well
by Manish_P
05 Jan 2026 17:36
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Vehicles: News & Discussion
Replies: 242
Views: 399196

Re: Military Vehicles: News & Discussion

Not in service but a concept being proposed/offered? Pravaig Veer patented: Why this could change India’s defence landscape https://www.pravaig.com/homePage/veer5-extended.png https://www.pravaig.com/homePage/veer1-extended.png https://www.msn.com/en-in/autos/news/pravaig-veer-patented-why-this-coul...
by Manish_P
02 Jan 2026 21:20
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3597
Views: 3153993

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

Rakesh wrote: 02 Jan 2026 20:04No idea Saar.
Ok. The title of the article makes it sound like the shells are already under line manufacturing and on their way to field deployment
by Manish_P
02 Jan 2026 19:44
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3597
Views: 3153993

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

The article states that the system is still under development.

Have orders been placed?
by Manish_P
01 Jan 2026 21:35
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3597
Views: 3153993

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

What can private industry play during times of emergency and dire need?? Can our manufacturing base be turned to MIC during a prolonged conflict??... Weapons & ammunition production is a specialized engineering field which requires specialized machines and trained personnel. It is not easy to d...
by Manish_P
01 Jan 2026 14:36
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3597
Views: 3153993

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

Read somewhere pinaka capacity is 5000/month or 60,000/year. Is it enough? From open sources, Russia has been reported to have launched about a thousand missiles a month at Ukraine, near the peak of conflict. The number of artillery rounds is much much more in magnitude (estimated to be approx 20,0...
by Manish_P
31 Dec 2025 18:34
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3597
Views: 3153993

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

... Are we to have three types of shells: Regular GPS guided like Excalibur And lastly the Ramjet powered Can someone explain the cost, benefits and scenario to use for the above mentioned three please thanks. Has been discussed in separate posts over the years. Chat GPT types can help I put a deta...
by Manish_P
30 Dec 2025 15:33
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
Replies: 1988
Views: 1376188

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021

For the future we need to have XLUUV drones to do the job. Granted they will not have as large a capacity as the ship naturally but they will be stealthy. They will be useful against the Pakis and the Beedis if we can lay mines close to their own coasts and force restrictions on the movement of thei...
by Manish_P
30 Dec 2025 13:53
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 911
Views: 719505

Re: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion

drnayar wrote: 30 Dec 2025 11:46 :mrgreen: which is actually the whole idea , so the idea flips to cheaper and precise munitions at range
'cheaper and precise munitions' in military procurement are usually oxymoronic, a contradiction in terms.
by Manish_P
30 Dec 2025 09:33
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 911
Views: 719505

Re: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion

drnayar wrote: 30 Dec 2025 04:00 ...
China Disguises ICBM Launchers as Construction Cranes
So from now on all heavy vehicles on the road are legitimate targets.. all 9000 of them onlee. No problem.
by Manish_P
30 Dec 2025 08:45
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 911
Views: 719505

Re: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion

... But the Govt appears to live in a world where it believes that diplomacy will win the day ..... Admiral sir I would be even more worried if it was the other way round - that the armed forces would believe that the Govt diplomacy alone would save the day while the Govt would believe that the arm...
by Manish_P
29 Dec 2025 18:34
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 911
Views: 719505

Re: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion

^^^ https://x.com/Ignis_Rex/status/2005258178179801272?s=20 ---> The West Invented Military-Civil Fusion, But Fears China’s Scale. The Wall Street Journal’s recent article on China’s defense industry is yet another example of Western double standards. It frames Beijing’s military-civil fusion strat...
by Manish_P
29 Dec 2025 12:13
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 911
Views: 719505

Re: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion

... No, they don't. If container ships are converted, then all container ships become legitimate targets. Even from the above article ... That is the point Instead of tracking 'x' military ships the op-for now has to track, and be ready to attack, x + y ships (where 'y' is much, much larger than x)...
by Manish_P
29 Dec 2025 08:27
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 911
Views: 719505

Re: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion

drnayar wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:32 ...
They can take out that arsenal ship first.,
...
For that you need to know which is an arsenal ship and which is a regular container ship... so in effect your Recce systems now need to expand their scan to hundreds of ships, identify the arsenal ships and then keep them under watch.
by Manish_P
27 Dec 2025 20:21
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 911
Views: 719505

Re: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion

Chinese Cargo Ship Packed Full Of Modular Missile Launchers Emerges https://www.twz.com/sea/chinese-cargo-ship-packed-full-of-modular-missile-launchers-emerges 25 Dec 2025 China has packed a deck of a medium-sized cargo ship with 60 containerized vertical launch cells, radar, and close-in weapons. ...
by Manish_P
25 Dec 2025 11:29
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: US military, technology, arms, tactics
Replies: 3342
Views: 1496215

Re: US military, technology, arms, tactics

New MBT planned to honor Trump to be the largest, bestest in the world. Seig Hei.... oops :oops:

Image
by Manish_P
21 Dec 2025 18:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 342
Views: 99552

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

Looks like the two cousins are going to have a very public falling out soon :mrgreen:

There were reports of fighting over seats allocation but they were suppressed by the media owned by the onion merchants and their partners
by Manish_P
20 Dec 2025 17:28
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018
Replies: 490
Views: 365720

Re: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018

China’s Big Tech Secret: Lab Copied Dutch Chipmaking Machine extracts Reuters has learnt that early this year China achieved an initial part of this goal by completing a giant machine that fills nearly an entire floor and is now being tested.... China’s machine is operational and successfully gener...
by Manish_P
20 Dec 2025 12:46
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
Replies: 2191
Views: 1295176

Re: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion

Thakur_B wrote: 20 Dec 2025 09:19 https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india ... ian-firms/

Long overdue. Bids invited for Procurement of 1 lac 9 mm sidearms.
Who are the front runners? Sig, Glock in JV tie-up with Indian partners for 'Make in India'
by Manish_P
18 Dec 2025 20:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12938
Views: 4452785

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Chetak sir, Lot of posts circulating on X about some major hit to PM Modi or a big BJP minister due to come out tomorrow from the US. Looks like just a lot of gas with some using the farts from loudmouth SS mouthpiece to justify the impending doom Quack Astrologers also chiming in with gloomy scenar...
by Manish_P
18 Dec 2025 19:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 4174
Views: 1454194

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

Chetak sir, From AI The number of Bangladeshi people in India varies greatly by source, with official census data showing millions (around 3.1-3.7 million in 2001) and unofficial estimates ranging from 3 million up to 20-40 million, often referring to illegal immigrants, though precise, current figu...
by Manish_P
18 Dec 2025 06:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 4174
Views: 1454194

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

A_Gupta wrote: 18 Dec 2025 01:43 ...the more time that passed, the more permanently these refugees would be lodged in India.
And here we are half a century later and more to the point so are they
by Manish_P
16 Dec 2025 14:39
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 4796
Views: 3353916

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

It was only a matter of time... Next evolution step is underwater drone submarines killing underwater submarines Russian submarine blows up as Ukraine claims underwater drone strike; first such attack Ukraine's security service announced on Monday that its underwater drones successfully struck a Rus...
by Manish_P
15 Dec 2025 21:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6847
Views: 2633929

Re: Internal Security Watch

uddu wrote: 15 Dec 2025 19:17 Congress Workers Chant 'Death To PM' Before Rally, BJP Demands Apology | Kiren Rijiju
....
Chants of "Modi teri kabra khudegi, aaj nahin to kal khudegi"
,...
Isn't that an Islamic term ?

The low IQ morons keep scoring own goals
by Manish_P
14 Dec 2025 22:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-Australia News and Discussion
Replies: 2393
Views: 745566

Re: India-Australia News and Discussion

^ Tsk tsk

What an idiot... The least he could have done was to wear a red thread around his wrist

Absolute amateur noob
by Manish_P
14 Dec 2025 18:07
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: US military, technology, arms, tactics
Replies: 3342
Views: 1496215

Re: US military, technology, arms, tactics

The Columbia Class SSBN will still feature vertical launch tubes. The cutaway shown in the picture is deliberately illustrated in the horizontal plane, for a clearer view. I am actually waiting for some smart alec DDM wallah to say that we should have such side firing missile tubes. The missile sho...
by Manish_P
14 Dec 2025 17:54
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 2209
Views: 6998719

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

Prem Kumar wrote: 14 Dec 2025 09:43 A stark wake-up call like this is a blessing. No more meandering or in-between zones
...
We have been waking up and then going back to sleep like clockwork for decades now

Doctors say such type of regular habits are good for the health
by Manish_P
14 Dec 2025 16:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-Russia: News & Analysis
Replies: 6125
Views: 1694037

Re: India-Russia: News & Analysis

^ SOP for most communist dictators
by Manish_P
14 Dec 2025 16:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-2014)
Replies: 4192
Views: 1245889

Re: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-2014)

Jihadi attack in Australia as per tweets on X

Shooting on jews at Bondi beach

10+ killed
by Manish_P
14 Dec 2025 09:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-Russia: News & Analysis
Replies: 6125
Views: 1694037

Re: India-Russia: News & Analysis

... Putin, like trump, would have taken the wise precaution of dining before he came to dinner. ... His food & drink for the entire period is carried from Russia. The preparation is also done by his chefs/cooks who travel with & even before him. The cleaning & sanitizing is also managed...
by Manish_P
14 Dec 2025 09:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12938
Views: 4452785

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Rudradev wrote: 13 Dec 2025 10:33
...
Will Western governments ever learn?
It's actually these self-righteous, hero-complex journos & analysts who never learn

Western governments do not go out to learn, but to earn.
by Manish_P
13 Dec 2025 20:18
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Multimedia - Indian Armed Forces
Replies: 2253
Views: 740964

Re: Military Multimedia - Indian Armed Forces

Rakesh wrote: 13 Dec 2025 18:43 ^^^ LOL :lol:

This is a 70s era bird. You will see everything.
Just to be clear, I don't mind the bumps, dents ityaadi.... like an experienced boxer with bruises and scars

As long as the bird can fight and kill it's targets, it is fine with me.