Search found 7395 matches

by Manish_P
14 May 2026 17:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
Replies: 845
Views: 109915

Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy

A_Gupta wrote: 14 May 2026 17:02 Question: why the reveal at this moment?
Connected to the Trump-XI summit ?
by Manish_P
14 May 2026 16:19
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
Replies: 2596
Views: 1462870

Re: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion

Hope the army doesn't do a Arjun with it with a tincan. It will have to compete with the T-14 Armata But with the current state of Russia and the probability of the Ukraine war going on for another few years it might just be the desi breakthrough jingos want... a few hundred orders for sure, if it ...
by Manish_P
14 May 2026 13:30
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion
Replies: 2596
Views: 1462870

Re: Armoured Vehicles: News & Discussion

uddu wrote: 13 May 2026 09:59 ...
The Heavy Hitter (Ranjeet): Project Ranjeet will complete the triad as the principal Main Battle Tank. Prototype development is expected to mature by 2028–2029, with serial production targeted for the early 2030s.
...
At this point in time i am happy they didn't name it Abhimanyu
by Manish_P
13 May 2026 20:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: The BIF Thread
Replies: 28
Views: 5020

Re: The BIF Thread

The tentacles around the Great Nicobar project X thread by:- Office Of Vijay Patel - @VijayGajeraO https://i.ibb.co/hRbnG0fT/AN-1.png https://i.ibb.co/p8RRWv3/AN-2.png https://i.ibb.co/KRqdShy/AN-3.png https://i.ibb.co/35yqY5CK/AN-4.png https://i.ibb.co/rGrLbMCp/AN-5.png https://i.ibb.co/23Q5GSZC/AN...
by Manish_P
13 May 2026 17:49
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 999
Views: 208195

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

chetak wrote: 13 May 2026 14:52 ...
when roasted on a spit, these wild boar are quite tasty ...... 8)
Me humble vegetarian SDRE onlee, Chetak sir. And I don't have any tastes À la française .. except perhaps their aircraft :D
by Manish_P
13 May 2026 10:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 6221
Views: 2808471

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/did-pakistan-hide-iranian-planes-from-us-attacks-republican-senator-questions-islamabads-role-as-a-mediator/4238149/ Did Pak hide Iranian planes from US attacks? Republican senator questions Islamabad’s role as mediator ... the ummah countries have had th...
by Manish_P
13 May 2026 10:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 999
Views: 208195

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

add wild hogs with tusks to keep Jihadis away. These are useful beings to consider rearing wherever there is a demographic challenge. Not sure why no one has thought of it. Because of their high costs of feed and upkeep and destructive nature (uprooting ground). Much more difficult to take care of ...
by Manish_P
12 May 2026 23:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 999
Views: 208195

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

... Yes, India and Bangladesh have a standing understanding to use non-lethal weapons on the Indo-Bangladesh border to manage cross-border crimes and reduce fatalities, a policy largely in place since 2011–2012. ... Policies can be paused/changed right Chetak sir... Much faster than treaties (think...
by Manish_P
12 May 2026 21:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 999
Views: 208195

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

... I was only talking about the guns that were used by the BSF in the most recent attack by the smugglers :) ... I am quite aware, Chetak sir, that you know much more than me of all the weapons used by the various branches of the indian forces :) . And i do believe that the poster who asked for tr...
by Manish_P
12 May 2026 19:50
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 2531
Views: 1570806

Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion

Basically a cheaper heavy M2 browning type MG Turkish defence firm starts exporting heavy machine guns designed to counter drones Turkish defence firm Samsun Yurt Savunma (SYS) has begun overseas shipments of its CANiK M3 FALCON, a next-generation heavy machine gun developed to destroy drones and un...
by Manish_P
12 May 2026 19:39
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech
Replies: 3150
Views: 1688975

Re: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech

Ashokk wrote: 12 May 2026 17:37 Defence News | Sky Reaper Drone Unveiled: India’s New High-Speed Combat UCAV
...
Very heartening to see multiple initiatives in the drone space. Am bullish that we will have good products across a wide spectrum within the next few years.
by Manish_P
12 May 2026 19:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 999
Views: 208195

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

... those guns are called "pump guns", they are shot guns firing pellets, like any standard shot gun the two beedi smugglers who were part of a gang that entered the Indian border some days ago, to snatch and carry away cattle, were shot with these guns and they both died... Chetak sir, t...
by Manish_P
12 May 2026 17:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 999
Views: 208195

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

The BSF with their single barreled rifles and machine guns are enough sir. GoI needs to give clearance to local commanders to open fire on infiltrators.
by Manish_P
12 May 2026 10:01
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: International Naval News & Discussion
Replies: 3976
Views: 1555327

Re: International Naval News & Discussion

wig wrote: 11 May 2026 14:18 ...
British paratroopers from 16 Air Assault Brigade, lead airdrop onto Tristan da Cunha for suspected hantavirus case
...
Oops for a moment there i thought the Brits had sent a bomber to the island like the 90s movie 'Outbreak' :mrgreen:
by Manish_P
12 May 2026 09:57
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: The IAF History Thread
Replies: 1199
Views: 508115

Re: The IAF History Thread

A lot of racing drivers do that as well... wax lyrical about the pure driving machines of old era - no ABS, no traction control, no KERs etc. Doesn't mean they will prefer racing in them now - certainly not against other drivers in modern cars. They are just referring to the experience of pure unaid...
by Manish_P
12 May 2026 08:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 999
Views: 208195

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

... When kejriwal was to ascend, we had him on our airwaves 24*7 for about 6 months or so prior, so it was not a surprise when it eventuated. Vijay cannot have ascended without a sustained buzz, a buzz so big yet so silent apparently that nobody from professionals to amateurs caught it, a curious s...
by Manish_P
11 May 2026 20:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 999
Views: 208195

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

Meanwhile here is Himanta Biswa Sarma on the future of Assam. When, or if, at all we have future Hindu CMs in Keralam and TN they might well have to utter the same line...

by Manish_P
11 May 2026 20:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 999
Views: 208195

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

... Xtian conversion continues with impunity, while the populace is claimed to be of wonderfully high level of hinduism. ... Now I myself am highly critical of the situation in KL, but it is a real joke to find TN "apologists" claiming to be part of a "nationalist ecosystem". KL...
by Manish_P
11 May 2026 18:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
Replies: 845
Views: 109915

Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy

PM Modi has appealed to the nation PM Modi Calls For WFH, Travel Curbs Amid Oil Price Hike. What Other Nations Did Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged citizens to curb fuel use, revive working from home, pause gold purchases and reduce overseas travel to deal with a surge in global energy prices ...
by Manish_P
10 May 2026 17:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India and Japan: News and Discussion
Replies: 2192
Views: 593114

Re: India and Japan: News and Discussion

Whom to Blame? The Japanese for letting these cretins enter their country. Japan banega Pakistan. Should be deported and cleaned up. ... The collapsing population of Japan forced some knee-jerk ideas a decade or so ago. They desperately needed young labour to replace and also take care of the aging...
by Manish_P
10 May 2026 17:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13139
Views: 3931430

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Vayutuvan wrote: 10 May 2026 10:34 ^Crickets.

Small fry, but that is the sad reality of a war. Canon fodder go unmourned.
Until some Exec in Hollywood suddenly realizes that a movie on them will rake in the moolah
by Manish_P
10 May 2026 17:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 999
Views: 208195

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

... That awkward smile when you realise no one gives a flying duck about your presence, no one cheers for you and the limelight is somebody else[/b] ... Chetak sir, it might be an awkward smile but the gritted teeth tell a different tale The guy is making sure that folks know that his 5 MLAs are vi...
by Manish_P
09 May 2026 18:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 6221
Views: 2808471

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

72% halal whisky

Pakistan to resume alcohol exports after 50 years

https://youtu.be/P48Ak1J3bz4?si=PBvdmSWBKfq2Ey3c
by Manish_P
09 May 2026 10:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 999
Views: 208195

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

... Net net, on the ground level, people are not prevented from following traditions, so it doesn't translate into political consolidation... Agree. We will wait till they do and then start looking for heroes. Even non-filmy or non-TV types.... ...As for the conversion mafia, it is still below the ...
by Manish_P
09 May 2026 09:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 999
Views: 208195

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

...People do not understand external threats and seem oblivious to internal threats (e.g., X-men with conversion agenda). ... Hindus understand external threats only when the threat has a blade right up against their throats. Till then they are focused on 'local' issues onleee. As if local issues a...
by Manish_P
07 May 2026 14:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 999
Views: 208195

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

....Nainar Nagendran (need to google to find out) in place of K Annamalai who was even denied a seat run in this election. All this because of a dying dravidian party ADMK's insistence. ... Do tamils need to Google to find out who he is? Do abrahamics vote for non-abrahamics because they were not g...
by Manish_P
07 May 2026 12:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 999
Views: 208195

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

.... My lived experience is that Hinduism is pretty casual/diminished in rest of India while it is pretty serious in TN - it is rest of India that needs to catch up. This is why BJP finds it hard to play its brand of politics in TN. Tamils say we are already as Hindu as one can get - what are you e...
by Manish_P
05 May 2026 21:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13139
Views: 3931430

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Cyrano wrote: 05 May 2026 13:31 ...It may appear transactional but 4 eyes are under 1 eye's Sauron grip...
Absolutely.

There is only one Lord of the Rings and he does not share power... no matter what the likes of Saruman or the NATOguls think...
by Manish_P
05 May 2026 09:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 999
Views: 208195

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

KL Dubey wrote: 04 May 2026 17:59 ....
BJP successfully continues its mission of neutralizing family run and mafia parties.
...
+1
by Manish_P
05 May 2026 09:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 999
Views: 208195

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

Is there a Yogi Adityanath clone to head Bengal? Will anything less suffice? Why assume that only a sanyasi can do it? Suvendu Adhikari has been working diligently and firmly resisted TMC goons without any fear. Also he is not a grhastha (no wife/children). +1 Himanta Biswa Sarma is no sanyasi either
by Manish_P
04 May 2026 14:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 999
Views: 208195

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

So have the TMC thugs started to approach the BJP shakhas for membership...
by Manish_P
03 May 2026 11:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 6221
Views: 2808471

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

... all in all, there are around 20 odd lakhs of pakis in the UAE ... What kind of jobs do the Pakistan do in the UAE? In today's world it is the labour class (drivers, plumbers, electricians, sanitation, .... Etc etc) who are actually more in demand than managers, executives etc. Until the Robots ...
by Manish_P
03 May 2026 06:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Nepal and Bhutan News and discussion
Replies: 1975
Views: 658887

Re: Nepal and Bhutan News and discussion

ricky_v wrote: 02 May 2026 20:58 ...
The nepali society and establishment take every advantage that India offers but it shames them and so they justify themselves with possessing superior values and morals and a right to appropriate indian resources.
...
Well put.
by Manish_P
02 May 2026 15:56
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 2181
Views: 1883183

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

it sounds bogus that india did not know about pl-15 capabilities and now r-37M will neutralize it. if india did not really know about pl-15 capabilities - then it is a unmitigated disastrous failure!! Was the PL-15 used anywhere operationally and recovered for analysis before we got hold of it? Did...
by Manish_P
02 May 2026 10:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13139
Views: 3931430

Re: Understanding the US - Again

... Second-- it seems you may be misinterpreting my use of the term 'transactional' to mean only one-off or short-term exchanges that take place between equals. I don't think transactions have to be that. Transactional relationships can also exist between patron and client(s), and can continue for ...
by Manish_P
02 May 2026 09:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13139
Views: 3931430

Re: Understanding the US - Again

A_Gupta wrote: 02 May 2026 03:04 ...
I think intelligence sharing, and arrangements such as Five Eyes happen only if relations are more than transactional.
...
Depends on what, when and how much is being shared.
by Manish_P
01 May 2026 19:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13139
Views: 3931430

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Vayutuvan wrote: 01 May 2026 17:40 It is permanent.
Nothing is permanent, sir. Absolute disaster in the short term definitely. Long lasting friction and mistrust probably. Permanent animosity unlikely.

Remember that we had almost forgiven, but not forgotten, 1971.

All relations between nations are ultimately transactional.
by Manish_P
01 May 2026 10:21
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
Replies: 2109
Views: 1494814

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021

uddu wrote: 01 May 2026 08:22 Expert of everything strikes again | Great Nicobar is no use for the Navy? | हिंदी में
...
Anything by this guy belongs to the propaganda thread..
by Manish_P
30 Apr 2026 22:55
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: US military, technology, arms, tactics
Replies: 3374
Views: 1606626

Re: US military, technology, arms, tactics

USAF is planning to buy 200 plus F-15 EX Eagles.

https://www.twz.com/air/f-15ex-buy-was- ... fect-sense

Even the uber super power feels 4.x gen still has a role in the near future
by Manish_P
30 Apr 2026 21:46
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
Replies: 2221
Views: 1377002

Re: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion

^ Good. Perhaps they might consider making an attachable under-barrel shotgun for our troops. Like the M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System which could be attached to M4 carbines Added - I missed that we are transitioning to the AKs. As such haven't seen AKs with under-barrel shotguns. So might not ...