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by Manish_P
07 Nov 2025 10:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 163
Views: 64783

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

Doesnt a higher number of voters, especially at the start, indicate a trend towards anti-incumbency?
by Manish_P
07 Nov 2025 08:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 11591
Views: 3322753

Re: Understanding the US - Again

... Don't worry. Both those things can happen, and are very likely to happen to any Hindu Indian-American who pulls & uses a gun, even in claimed self-defense. We aren't Kyle Rittenhouse to get away with manslaughter and have FOX News cry righteous tears on our behalf. ... Probably yes but then...
by Manish_P
07 Nov 2025 07:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 11591
Views: 3322753

Re: Understanding the US - Again

... The problem with carrying guns and firing them in self-defense is a tricky proposition. One needs to prove that it was done to protect oneself. I am not sure if one can get off with the argument that one is trying to protect a family member. .. As the old saying goes -:Better to be judged by 12...
by Manish_P
07 Nov 2025 07:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12621
Views: 4251320

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Mort Walker wrote: 07 Nov 2025 02:28
It’s higher than you think.

@Mort Walker I think (rather I would like to think) about one in five. Is it more than that? Any data?
by Manish_P
06 Nov 2025 22:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12621
Views: 4251320

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Apologies if this is OT for this thread - wanted to check if there is any data on gun ownership by Indian origin people in the US. The koreans, I read somewhere, armed themselves during previous riots (LA - Rodney King ?) With MAGA, MSM and others painting a crosshair on Indians it will be wise if t...
by Manish_P
06 Nov 2025 19:14
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: MRCA (Many Rakshaks Choose Aircraft) Contest - Episode III
Replies: 3418
Views: 1227524

Re: MRCA (Many Rakshaks Choose Aircraft) Contest - Episode III

A few 35's from Unkil for the tariff reduction a few Tornado from Germany to ask them to move some factories here....all happy. Event the spectator at aero india can enjoy UN aircraft display. Tornado? You mean the Typhoon right If we have to keep the Germans happy i rather we go with their submari...
by Manish_P
06 Nov 2025 19:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 11591
Views: 3322753

Re: Understanding the US - Again

uddu wrote: 06 Nov 2025 09:44 @ProfVemsani
It’s Hackenkruez! Not Swastika. Use the original term Hitler used.

....
The christians use the word Swastika to deflect

Do the Jews at least call it the Hackenkruez ?
by Manish_P
06 Nov 2025 07:23
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: MRCA (Many Rakshaks Choose Aircraft) Contest - Episode III
Replies: 3418
Views: 1227524

Re: MRCA (Many Rakshaks Choose Aircraft) Contest - Episode III

Russian team submits report, says HAL already possess 50% capacity to produce Su-57 stealth fighters at home ... The good - we can do 50% of the Su 57 in house :) The bad - we can do 50% of the Su 57 in house :( The ugly - the AMCA will probably be able to do more than 50% of what the Su 57 can.
by Manish_P
05 Nov 2025 21:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12621
Views: 4251320

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

...The Chinese threat is very physical, territorial, economic, political, and collusive on multiple fronts. It is a very formidable enemy which is out to destroy us and is impossible for us to take on single-handedly. It is existential, immediate and very real unlike any other threat. Of course the...
by Manish_P
05 Nov 2025 09:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Project 75I - It Begins
Replies: 2153
Views: 969314

Re: Project 75I - It Begins

The Hangor might not be at the cutting edge of stealth but they still represent a tough challenge due to the inherent difficulties of submarine detection in the open seas at long distances. Also need to take in account that the Chinese have mapped out the Indian Ocean well over the past years. This ...
by Manish_P
05 Nov 2025 08:50
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 4792
Views: 3304914

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

.. They use GE414 engines. Lets see how WH reacts... Yes. The WH would have given the go ahead least the Ukrainians tried to go with the Typhoon (or Rafale)... An interesting parallel, is unconfirmed reports of Armenia thinking of going with the Su-30 MKI over direct purchase of the Su 30 from Russ...
by Manish_P
04 Nov 2025 19:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 6345
Views: 2527623

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

Several times the question is asked - What, or Who, is the 'deep state' ?

Here is ex PM Liz Truss shedding some light about the British Deep State

"These people really run the UK"

by Manish_P
04 Nov 2025 17:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 8032
Views: 2973054

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Need to note that Pakistan uses the somalis for various activities. They will be used against indian shipping.

Uncle will look the other way as he will need the services to hit russian shipping.
by Manish_P
04 Nov 2025 13:29
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021
Replies: 1166
Views: 873820

Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021

In these 57 squadrons plan how many will be western engined and how many will be with Russian engines?
by Manish_P
04 Nov 2025 11:17
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018
Replies: 2977
Views: 2147475

Re: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018

Beautiful videography. A must see for fans of aviation

RIAT 2025 - Air to Air Arrivals

https://youtu.be/dbZhvGbbt-8?si=deM2xpPIMVvTLUP2
by Manish_P
04 Nov 2025 10:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 5780
Views: 2494099

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Don't forget the JST component.

Jizya Service Tax
by Manish_P
04 Nov 2025 09:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 26/11/2008: Never Forget. Never Forgive
Replies: 771
Views: 631991

Re: 26/11/2008: Never Forget. Never Forgive

Meanwhile the India legal system crawls along at its own merry pace... After 7 years trial set for resumption The trial of LeT suspect Zabiuddin Ansari, alias Abu Jundal, accused of coordinating the 26/11 Mumbai attacks from Karachi, is set to resume after seven years. Bombay HC Monday set aside as ...
by Manish_P
04 Nov 2025 07:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 8032
Views: 2973054

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

^ 6th gen warfare only

By reducing their fleet of merchant ships the Pakis are saying to the Indian Navy 'Take that you SDREs. No targets for you to hit'

:mrgreen:
by Manish_P
02 Nov 2025 19:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12621
Views: 4251320

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

^ Due respect Sridhar sir, China is the primary threat for now but not the only threat.
by Manish_P
01 Nov 2025 09:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-2014)
Replies: 4178
Views: 1205218

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

Japan was already entering the technology age during the close of the 19th century. The Meiji restoration. They had and have an intense xenophobia possibly given their sequestered geography. ... Their entry to the technology age was via the west (as is true for all nations given that the industrial...
by Manish_P
01 Nov 2025 07:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-2014)
Replies: 4178
Views: 1205218

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

sanjaykumar wrote: 01 Nov 2025 01:17 South Korea was converted wholesale decades ago. More to do with the Korean War, American troops, and poverty ( at the time)
True but japan was also decimated by the same Americans just a few years ago in WW2
by Manish_P
31 Oct 2025 21:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-2014)
Replies: 4178
Views: 1205218

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

sanjaykumar wrote: 31 Oct 2025 20:01 Education wealth and culture usually make for good inoculation.

Compare with let’s say India.
I would give more weightage to Culture

Right next door is South Korea. Comparable in wealth and education but a large chunk got taken over by the Christian faith.
by Manish_P
31 Oct 2025 13:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4902
Views: 1178883

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

drnayar wrote: 31 Oct 2025 13:25
Mort Walker wrote: 31 Oct 2025 12:19

India needs hundreds of Tsar Bomba.
"Twenty 50-kiloton warheads can destroy nearly three times the area leveled by a numerically equivalent 1-megaton weapon."
Ok. We need twenty 50-kiloton warheads, fifty 1-megaton warheads and hundreds of Tsar Bombas

:mrgreen:
by Manish_P
31 Oct 2025 09:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6619
Views: 2524685

Re: Internal Security Watch

Mumbai's Fake Scientist Likely Had Access To Nuclear Data, 14 Maps Found In a crucial development after the arrest of a fake scientist at the country's premier nuclear research unit, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai police have recovered suspicious nuclear data and 14 maps from the susp...
by Manish_P
31 Oct 2025 06:55
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021
Replies: 1166
Views: 873820

Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021

Jay wrote: 29 Oct 2025 22:40 ...
The answer is not in MKIzing SU57, but adapting AMCA to include SU57 elements where needed
.....
What are the Su 57 elements which can be included in the AMCA - apart from the engines
by Manish_P
30 Oct 2025 16:57
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 860
Views: 692699

Re: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion

sajaym wrote: 30 Oct 2025 11:22 ...
These pics look exactly like the tailess delta design of the LCA which used to be there on the internet many years ago.
...
True.

The law of Physics and the rules of Aerodynamics and low RCS are pretty rigid. The shaping will be very similar.
by Manish_P
30 Oct 2025 16:53
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 860
Views: 692699

Re: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion

sajaym wrote: 30 Oct 2025 11:15 ... everyone realised that the Mig-25 was.... literally....a brick! :D
A brick which nevertheless could move very very fast... and a brick is still pretty useful against houses whose windows are big and made of glass.
by Manish_P
28 Oct 2025 20:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 5780
Views: 2494099

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Meanbile in jihadistan Yawn - Information ministry rubbishes ‘completely fabricated’ report on Pakistan sending troops for Gaza peace force The information ministry on Tuesday rubbished what it said was a “completely fabricated” report about an alleged deal between the United States’ Central Intelli...
by Manish_P
28 Oct 2025 20:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: European Union: Positive News
Replies: 607
Views: 480412

Re: European Union: Positive News

^ Excellent - May Ireland go from Green to darker green as quickly as possible :mrgreen:
by Manish_P
28 Oct 2025 20:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 4000
Views: 1378631

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

There was an X handle (usually gives unbelievable news) who claims , India took some land from Bangladesh and increased its chicken neck corridor to 60 Kms I doubt it. Would be happy to be proven otherwise Actually we lost approx 40 sq kms of land to the beedis From wiki - Under the agreement, Indi...
by Manish_P
28 Oct 2025 20:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 5780
Views: 2494099

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

... Islamic reality is the preferred one of the multiverse possibilities. Where India has lost its territory to marauders and is burdened with their brothers biding their time. ... The only reality that Islam understands is land and numbers. And it is a reality that a) India has lost land to them a...
by Manish_P
28 Oct 2025 15:12
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Acquisitions, Partnerships & Developments
Replies: 3431
Views: 1390095

Re: Military Acquisitions, Partnerships & Developments

HAL signs MoU with Russia PJSC-UAC to produce SJ-100 passenger aircraft in India https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/hal-signs-pact-with-united-aircraft-for-indian-sj-100-production/165058.article The twin engine narrow body plane with 46–49 t (45–48 long tons) MTOW typically seats 87 to 98 passe...
by Manish_P
28 Oct 2025 06:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Multi-Role Tanker Transport: News & Discussion
Replies: 13
Views: 1778

Re: Multi-Role Tanker Transport: News & Discussion

Boeing expected to block IAI’s bid to convert 767 into aerial tankers https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-boeing-seen-spiking-iais-iaf-tanker-bid-1001248908 06 August 2018 :) That's a problem with conversions The OEM can still throw a spanner in the works by refusing replacement parts / servicing of...
by Manish_P
27 Oct 2025 15:43
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018
Replies: 2977
Views: 2147475

Re: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018

The US Navy lost a F18 F super hornet and a MH-60 Sea Hawk, from the carrier Nimitz, within a few hours in the South China sea.

All 5 aviators recovered safely
by Manish_P
26 Oct 2025 22:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 12621
Views: 4251320

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

https://x.com/Indianinfoguide/status/1982119623266029766 @Indianinfoguide Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu urges Indian immigrants to come home:says 'Why stay where you are not welcome Seeing quite a few youtube and X channels harping about gold being hoarded by Indians, especially women. I fear that this is...
by Manish_P
24 Oct 2025 18:28
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3545
Views: 3104269

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

^ The US HIMARS system typically loads in about 10 minutes. The firing vehicle has the inbuilt crane and the entire magazine of 6 rockets gets hoisted and loaded at once wnUk4n7BElE Not saying one is better than the other. There are trade offs. The inbuilt crane might make the vehicle heavy. If it h...
by Manish_P
24 Oct 2025 09:01
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 4792
Views: 3304914

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

Well good for them Ukraine could get 150 advanced Swedish fighter jets under just-signed deal New NATO member Sweden has said it is willing to sell Ukraine up to 150 of its most advanced fighter jets, the first offer from a member of the alliance to supply significant numbers of jets to Kyiv, which ...
by Manish_P
24 Oct 2025 08:51
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: MRCA (Many Rakshaks Choose Aircraft) Contest - Episode III
Replies: 3418
Views: 1227524

Re: MRCA (Many Rakshaks Choose Aircraft) Contest - Episode III

AM A.P. Singh should go to that defence ministry department with a few Garuds and beat every one there with steel TMT bars. With that A.P. Singh's career will be over...but then so will be this MRCA Saga also! Not really. Only the AMs career will be over. And this thread And then promptly a new thr...
by Manish_P
24 Oct 2025 08:31
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Multi-Role Tanker Transport: News & Discussion
Replies: 13
Views: 1778

Re: Multi-Role Tanker Transport: News & Discussion

^^^ If the above figures from Google Chacha are correct, one can see that the A330 MRTT (new build) is really expensive. The Israeli model is a lot cheaper, but you have to also factor in utility and usability. Age of airframe is also another factor. Noted. Actually i had queried ChatGPT, Perplexit...
by Manish_P
24 Oct 2025 08:16
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Multi-Role Tanker Transport: News & Discussion
Replies: 13
Views: 1778

Re: Multi-Role Tanker Transport: News & Discussion

I don't wish to derail this thread. Is there a separate thread on Air refuelers ? We don't have one and your idea is a good one. So I just created one right now. Unfortunately, I could not move your post to this thread, as the time stamp of your post would precede the header (first) post. So I am q...