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...I learned a small amount of Konkani from talking to older members of our community and struggled to speak to my grandmothers when I met them (I was six and both of them were about seventy) but has languished since I have now spent over fifty years in the UK. <OT> Never too late to learn... or re...

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^ i am just glad the ramp was at least partially up... the bovine might have jumped right into the plane for a test flight.

Our stoic IAF folks would have simply termed is as a test - 'Operation Buff Bluff'

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Is the tender restricted to only Indian made and manufactured vehicles? Or are imports allowed (which might account for the higher cost).

IIRC transport vehicles are on the import blacklist.

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Rakesh wrote: ↑15 Mar 2024 20:26 https://x.com/IAF_MCC/status/1765928204391641385?s=20=

Lovely location.

After that buffalo on that expressway I hope the pilots don't encounter a beached whale on this strip ...

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India is not 'pushing' anything.

India supports a 2 states solution, if both entities agree, just as it has in the past.

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Biden States that India and Japan are Xenophobic Countries https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-india-japan-china-russia-immigration-economy-74a50301fac4f48fd5e5a4cc9b1bb3ff He made this statement at a fundraiser where the audience was predominantly Asian Americans. So much for the MUTU's on this f...

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So back to Geopolitics, as Geo-economics is not working out?

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Rakesh wrote: ↑03 May 2024 06:19 VIDEO: https://x.com/NewsIADN/status/1786041338045268253 ---> Buffalo vs IAF C-295 MW. Who wins?

Holy cow.. or Buffalo

As if pilots didn't have enough worries about birds in the air..

It's good that the guards didn't get injured.

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sanman wrote: ↑02 May 2024 23:19 ..
Jews in the US number at approximately 3 million. Hispanics, by contrast, are 19% of the US population (~66 million people).

I meant socially... like what is their general view about the Jews - the US based and the Israel based .

friendly/tolerant/indifferent/unfavorable/hostile...

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uddu wrote: ↑02 May 2024 22:27 ... A weak U.S is in worlds interest.

Sir, you just reversed the famous saying to 'Like son, like Father'

(BRF saying - a weak Pakistan is in India's interest)

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.. Just a question out of curiosity. Is it possible to attach "wings" of some sort, a guidance system onto 155mm artillery rounds and turn them into glide bombs ? Has it been tried by anyone ? Just curious Possible - yes Tried by anyone - yes, the US is experimenting. General Atomics Long...

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But they are certainly capable of prevailing in a short, intense conflict. What are we doing about that, apart from buying piecemeal phoren maal? Some of us are trying to convince ourselves (and others) that since the nature of our enemies has not changed, their targets, tools, tactics etc would al...

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Rakesh wrote: ↑02 May 2024 20:51 ... the only ones profiting off this conflict are the Western MICs.
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And China

It's buying them crucial time... even if no orders for their stuff...so far.

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Rakesh wrote: ↑02 May 2024 20:51
Manish_P wrote: ↑02 May 2024 20:36 It's not my graph
That is why I request posters to put image source

Mea Culpa, Admiral sir.

I posted from mobile, as against my usual PC.. hence might have missed

It's from wiki

But I have seen similar figures (and graphs) from other sources as well. European and American.

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Rakesh wrote: ↑02 May 2024 19:53 ...We are doing piecemeal purchases of phoren maal and hoping that will deter the enemy

True. Maybe that is based on our assumption that the enemy is/are not ready for a protracted war - as it is not feasible for them too. So Catch 22?

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... That is not the point :) *IF* victory in war is based on how many died, then the Allies should have lost the Second World War. But that is not happened, is it? Even your own graph states that fact. .... It's not my graph :) Please see the blue column - 'deaths as a percentage of the population'...

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From Wiki Chacha --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II The death toll in World War 2 Military Dead (Allies): Over 16,000,000 Military Dead (Axis): Over 8,000,000 The last time I checked the history of World War 2, the Allies won. Nobody talks about the fact that the Allies lost more men th...

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^ and what if the opponent (we) refuses to co-operate and makes it clear that it is (we are) ready for a protracted war

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... But American public by and large seems to have turned their back on Israel and Jews... Out of curiosity what is the equation of the hispanic (latino) population in the US with the jews? Most of them follow Catholicism i think. Especially considering that they are around 20% now and will become ...

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^ I look at that pic and visualised an IAF IL78 refueling a CH-47 which is carrying a Tejas. Mind that the scenario is not required as such.. am just imagining it for fun (Gurus please don't jump on me with calculations of stall speed of the IL78 and top speed of the Chinook with an underslung Tejas)

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^ American Urban Naxals... are a significant percentage of them of Arabi Nassal?

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srai wrote: ↑30 Apr 2024 05:05 ..
Cannibalisation for spare parts to support existing Ukrainian AF MiG-29s and Su-24s. They can get a “few” more years out of them until replaced by F-16s.
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Understood, sir. I was wondering what would be there to salvage for the low prices. Then again 1 USD is about 440 kazak tenge.

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Well if all else fails, they can be set on fire and shown to be shot down and used for propaganda purposes... U.S. Purchase of 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft fuels speculation: Aid for Kiev? U.S. reportedly purchases 81 retired Soviet-era warplanes from Kazakhstan, sparking debates about their potent...

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Then what is COAS Moonir hain?? Yawn - PM Shehbaz secures more investment assurances from Riyadh Over a hectic working weekend, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday secured assurances on investment from Saudi Arabia and won plaudits from his hosts, who dubbed him ‘a man of action’. Meanwhile, Fin...

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vcsekhar wrote: ↑29 Apr 2024 13:10
Manish_P wrote: ↑28 Apr 2024 11:56 Probably met a Paki/s there and was 'influenced'
The pull of virtue signalling is very strong in the younger college kids in the US. ...

Yes, there is that too.. sometimes it starts with a desire just to blend in.

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all good, Manish_P ji, forum is looking a little bleak in terms of articles and factual discourse, either members are not reading much or they are holding out on sharing interesting literature, dont know which is worse A loss for those like myself who wish to learn and understand. Also bulletin boa...

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A_Gupta wrote: ↑28 Apr 2024 17:42 Pakistan tops the list!
https://x.com/DaveAtherton20/status/1784501493103526193

It also consistently tops the list for the variations with 4 legged creatures like donkey, goat, ...

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A_Gupta wrote: ↑28 Apr 2024 05:50
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She most recently worked with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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How did this young woman get caught up in this Israel-Palestine mess? A real pity.

Probably met a Paki/s there and was 'influenced'

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How Russia Produces 3 million artillery shells a year .... How are you supposed to win against this production volume!!!! Obiviously have a larger production volume Seriously though, it is amazing capacity. An article reports that the US was planning to increase capacity 6 times to produce some 1 m...

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^ Thank you for sharing

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^ the speed factor would be lesser as compared to the length though.

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Amazing skills, capacity and capability

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Interesting that the Turkish think that you can operate the Hurjet and a potential naval varient KAAN from a 25 knot aircraft carrier and that too without any catapult. Does the speed of an AC become a limitation parameter for it's aircraft? Anyway the article does state Since these are preliminary...

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India's Advice to US Over Gaza Protest in Colleges

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Wallah... results of bakistan kirket team aphter training by world number 1 Pak fauj. Yawn - Pakistan lose series 2-1 to B-team of New Zealand New Zealand, missing a host of players due to Indian Premier League , injuries and unavailability, can feel elated at their bench strength going into the Wor...

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Ohh, everyone thought that CPEC was the game changer. Is it no longer the flavor of the season? How can Mard-e-Momin have any such deal with the kafir? I had always felt that All’ah Taala has been singularly cruel to the only Islamist state founded on religion. Sridhar sir, as you very well know, B...

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The first of many, one hopes Attack on High Commission in London: NIA makes first arrest In a major breakthrough, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday made first arrest in a case related to the attack on the Indian High Commission in London in March last year. Inderpal Singh Gaba, a r...

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partha wrote: ↑24 Apr 2024 21:14 ..
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2463713/3t ... hsan-iqbal
$3tr economy possible by 2047: Ahsan Iqbal

“Pakistan targets a 9% growth rate to realise this goal,” he said,

It's so simple isn't it.

All the eggspurt analcyst needs is an excel sheet and a PPT.

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A crash of a unmanned aircraft... IAF aircraft crashes in Jaisalmer, no injuries reported A Indian Air Force aircraft met with an accident on Thursday near Jaisalmer during a routine training, the IAF said. "One Remotely Piloted Aircraft of the Indian Air Force met with an accident near Jaisalm...

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.. With each NATO European members increasing their defense budget to a minimum 2% of their GDP, €100 billion military donations over 5-years easily doable... Understood Also, one thing to remember is that 70-90% of “aid” money remains within their own home country. So really each of the countries ...

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