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vonkabra wrote: ↑06 Dec 2024 13:03 ...
Something I have wondered about. In the next war, can we simply blitz Karachi with Gujarat based Brahmos missiles?

Doable. Especially with the longer ranged version

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^ the military was forced to remove the wooden part by the 'Save the Trees - save the World' lobby.

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Sir, we do have (or plan to have) birds other than the Su-30 MKI :) Of course we do - but they probably wont carry the large ordinance (the Su is a beast when it comes to this). The Rafale M, might have a lower range MRAShM. <OT> Perhaps. Still a useful capability to explore. We should really start...

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... I am not so sure on the C295 Refuellers - They lack the inherent range and the 'carry capacity' which will be required by a flight of already long range Su-30MKI's. It also will have to be positioned closer to the Malacca straits which puts in in range of hostile airspace as is. ... Sir, we do ...

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... The Rafale M operates primarily from where? @ Sea, aboard an aircraft carrier. Now when the carrier is somewhere in the Indian Ocean, how practical is it to send a wide body tanker (B737, B767, A310, A330, etc) from a shore based facility to meet up with a fighter, AEW platform, etc at a predet...

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... The Indian cricket must go to pukestan for the champions trophy. It is the least that we can do for our friends, the nice people across the border Chetak sir, just wait a few years. Then we can simply use a convoy of buses to transport our team to cross over to east pukestan to play west pukest...

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Why let a small thing like not being able to shoot straight stop you from making 1000+ aircraft worth 80+ million USD F-35A’s 25mm Gun Still Needs Tests To Verify It Works The Pentagon says more testing is required to demonstrate that the 25mm automatic cannon mounted internally on the F-35A variant...

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Light Utility Helicopter, where art thou? Indian Army Incorporates Civilian Helicopters In Operational Logistics Role ... Very disappointing, sir. I was very hopeful that this whirlybird would get lot of orders. And second that those orders for us would also translate into some good export orders.

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Kya dictator banega re tu!

South Korean Prez lifts martial law after backlash

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on early Wednesday announced the removal of emergency martial law, following a vote by the National Assembly calling for its termination.

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Very interesting development and a great move. Will be a force multiplier for the Indian Navy which is acquiring 22 Rafale Ms. ... In a pinch yes but wouldn't it be better if larger aircrafts, and not fighters, refuel larger recce/patrol birds? Edit - i get that it is the pod, and the Rafales capab...

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Sambhal violence: Cartridges made in Pakistan and USA found In a major development, the Sambhal police found a connection between the Sambhal violence and Pakistan, as an empty cartridge of a bullet made in Pakistan was recovered from the incident site on Tuesday. Six cartridges were recovered from...

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To the American apologists on BRF...read and weep... :rotfl: :lol: VIDEO : https://x.com/hu_nair/status/1863983535507275987 ---> “India ‘one of the worst autocratisers’: V-Dem report on democracy” - source The Hindu reporting about @vdeminstitute 2024 Report just before India conducted history’s la...

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vera_k wrote: ↑03 Dec 2024 09:57
Trump reportedly told Justin Trudeau that Canada should become the 51st state

Wasn't it already?

I thought Australia was fighting for becoming the 52nd state

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SRajesh wrote: ↑03 Dec 2024 11:31
Rakesh wrote: ↑02 Dec 2024 22:01
https://x.com/SJha1618/status/1862877483504370160 ---> The Indian defence minister's forthcoming visit to Russia is probably going to be the most significant one in years.
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Something big is being cooked!
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Or/and something stealthy

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AdityaM wrote: ↑02 Dec 2024 14:04 ...
So the powers that be don't know where the missile landed
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Only the Pakis are 100℅ sure everytime about where their missiles land... as they always land on their own territory.

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They can but why will they... if all they can hope for are orders of 12 units or 14 units and those also after 5 years or 10 years

They have much better chance with exports

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Let me add one more Use Case and a current critical capability gap. e) Electronic Warfare: AURA EW. I think we badly need dedicated EW bird with both offensive & defensive capabilities. a stealthy platform might be a wasted in a EW role, since EW activity is by definition not stealthy. Also, mk...

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Does this mean that Im the Dim is actually not TFTA enough for the goras hain? They elected an old bald non khiladi white man as chancellor... yawn - William Hague elected new Oxford chancellor British former Conservative party leader and ex-foreign secretary William Hague was elected as the Univers...

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Analakṣhya, India's Defence Game Changer IIT Kanpur has announced a breakthrough in stealth technology, which would make tanks and fighter aircraft invisible, or near-invisible to enemy radar. High-technology cooperation between indigenous defence industry and academia has begun yielding results. O...

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Aditya_V wrote: ↑27 Nov 2024 10:48 In a country of 240 million- 4 people do not count, we need good numbers.

Both the 240 million and the 4 are 'official' numbers

But i do share the sentiment.

The higher double digit numbers have so far come only from the Balochistan or the NWFP. We need to see double digit growth in pakjab

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It's high time that the beedis were taught a lesson for life. kick all these SOBs out out of India .. That should have been standard SOP for us, especially from 2014 ... youanus has chosen the path of confrontation ... This is the opportunity to get the bangla hindus moved to the chicken neck and w...

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We need to fight indictment with indictment and up the ante with some arrests. Just leaving it to Adani to fight it out is the wrong move IMO... +1 That's how the Chinese/Russians do it. Arrest some yanks and then negotiate. No need for us to go to level... yet. But need to have the counter escalat...

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Glad to see no Bangladeshis have been picked for the IPL.... at least not yet.
Half expected KKR owned by the Khan to pick one

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/spo ... 654073.cms

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... This is FYI post. I came across the following page on Wikipedia which talks about escalation ladder before a nuclear exchange happens. First proposed by Herman Kahn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Kahn#Cold_War_theories .... In 1962, Kahn published a 16-step escalation ladder. By 1965 he ...

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+1 to both above posts Flying wing would help in larger carrying capacity and more persistence i think 1. UTA (Unmanned Tanker Aircraft) 2. UMPASA (Unmanned Maritime Patrol and Strike Aircraft) 3. UEWA (Unmanned Aerial EW Aircraft) would be my order of priority. Ease of making would probably be the ...

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It's no wonder that kenya junked Adani's projects with such alacrity, its puppet master decreed it Memorandum on the Designation of Kenya as a Major Non-NATO Ally https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/06/24/memorandum-on-the-designation-of-kenya-as-a-major-non-nato-ally/...

Manish_P · Re: 26/11/2008: Never Forget. Never Forgive Never forget. Never forgive

Never forget. Never forgive

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... These days the voters are very cagey and they either don't talk to the post pollsters or flip them off by giving some wrong info... Agree. Was true earlier as well but now it dis seem even more so ... The women are shrewd enough not to even tell their husbands and families who they voted for. M...

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... No doubt the viklage gets benefits from the local politico... Yes. In the cases I saw it was the village head who would do the organising (booking buses, arranging for food, giving petty cash etc). The village head would get reimbursement in cash and kind from the politico later. ... Another th...

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Yunus is just the Trojan horse for the Islamic fundamentalists; a decrepit old horse who’s inside the gates and will be pushed aside shortly, while the Mauleners finally take over. His drunken, lesbian daughter can be used as a reason by the jihadi zombies... Not that they need any real reasons any...

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srai wrote: ↑25 Nov 2024 14:04 ^^^
FC-1 / JF-17 ???

They already do that, don't they. I wondered if it was the J-10. Since they are trumpeting it as 4.5 gen equivalent

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... Earlier, it was booze, biryani and some cash for a vote. This was targeted towards the menfolk who drank it away and pissed it down the drain. End of story ... It still is. By the opposition. Because they can't do it electronically, at scale. This election, BJP has targeted the women, no matter...

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^ which aircraft are they repainting now?

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Pakistan and plots yawn - Pakistan ‘punches above its weight’ at COP29 AS thousands of delegates, observers, and journalists covering COP29 spent the better part of their days navigating the labyrinth of delegations’ pavilions, the Pakistan Pavilion made a splash, with several talks held every day f...

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^ Rather this is playing games as per their rules and restrictions

We need our own tankers as of yesterday.

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ernest wrote: ↑23 Nov 2024 22:45 ...
What has become the state of the deen in Pakistan! Can't even wait for Fridin for celebrations. Traditions are there for a reason.

BRF also broke away from tradition

This thread is now on page 121 instead of being halaal-ed at page 72

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Chetak ji, looks like freebies (ladki bahin) carried the day. Of course the Waqf board and the ullema with their demands helped as well.

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Connected? https://www.news18.com/world/mumbai-terror-accused-rana-appeals-to-us-supreme-court-against-extradition-to-india-9129068.html Having lost his legal battle in all the lower courts, Mumbai attack accused Tahawwur Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, has now knocked on the doors of...

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SRajesh wrote: ↑22 Nov 2024 15:36 ...
Why phoor holding hands in open??
Is it Haram??
bhy not cave to hold hands!!
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Maybe the place they are sitting is neither Pakistan nor China. Hence the rules of both Pakistan and China don't apply there.

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