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The Indian Army plans to stop all imports of ammunition from the next financial year, as the domestic industry has increased its capacity to meet demands and potentially gain a share of the global market. Report By : @manupubby https://x.com/alpha_defense/status/1788089105668088057 These words are ...

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Abram tanks to Humvees lined up in Moscow for selfie and parade :lol: VIDEO : https://x.com/Trollstoy88/status/1787796967235490143 ---> The video of the German Leopard 2 tank aged like a fine wine. Some have responded by showing old clips of T series being hit and transforming into a flaming christ...

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sanman wrote: ↑08 May 2024 14:20 .... Because Indians are pushovers, and unlikely to do anything - unlike Canada and Pakistan...

Yes. India did nothing when the Khalistan movement was at it's peak in the 1980's

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... I wonder how much on board electrical power will be required for those to be adapted for jamming low end drones. The system down in the photo above was reportedly used by the USMC to bring down a medium size Houthi drone targeting a berthed ship in the gulf. So it should have sufficient power t...

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... With the availability of drones everything and everyone is seen all the time. The solution is to develop the ability to disrupt the signals controlling the drones. .. Recognizing the danger we are looking to fast track the vehicle mounted jammers, to offer a protection bubble. https://alphadefe...

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Its not "stark". This is basic war fighiting doctrine.... The plain fact is that the wars we fought in the previous century have been short. Then terms like 'next generation warfare', 'irregular warfare', etc have been used so much in the last few decades that 'basic warfare' has been rel...

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^ this is what happens when you go to war against a manufacturing nation thinking it will be a quick & short war before the politicians step up in the nick of time to broker a deal.

A stark wake up call for us.

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Most important question - will the 'Qamar' satellite be properly facing Mecca 5 times a day to ensure it is 786% sharia compliant...

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^ as can be seen from the photo, the first volleys are targeted on the drivers cabin, to make the vehicle stop or crash.

At the bare minimum we need to make the drivers cabin bullet resistant

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RCase wrote: ↑07 May 2024 12:21 Maulaners, I have a pooch ...

If Bakistan's set-e-lite orbits chand, then chand will always be visible. IED will be celebrated prematurely. Will this be halal?

RCaseullah, only the tellyiscope sanksioned by the Ruhat-e-Hilal komittee ij halal

The set-e-lite will istop working bephor next Eid

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^ Next time there is a black person shot by the US cops, all the black students should demand a pass in their course claiming they are irrevocably shaken.

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/5-iaf-personnel-injured-after-terrorists-open-fire-on-two-security-vehicles-in-jks-poonch/articleshow/109843365.cms ... My full support and sympathies with the soldier on the ground, but it quite clear that the morons in-charge are totally clueless and are ...

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^ Depressing would be an understatement :( Just curious, nobody has shown this in a spotlight to the powers-that-be over the years? I would have thought that the erstwhile DM Shri Parrikar, and maybe even the PM would have eased the funding path if they had been given a very clear understanding of t...

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4 Piston engines?

The payload of 100 kg seems quite less..

I see a lot of fun being poked at it on twitter.

I am no aero engineer but I was instantly reminded of the 'Egg' shaped Otto Celera 500L

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-spac ... 180978683/

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We need to halal a few Paki AF personnel...

Use 'Unknown men'' option perhaps

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^ Whistle blowers against Boeing and Bidens are dropping like flies

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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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