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- 26 Jul 2025 12:26
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
- Replies: 694
- Views: 615144
Re: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
This is big. Didn't see much coverage so far. 'New All-Arms Brigades Being Formed': Army Chief Announces 'Rudra' On Kargil Vijay Diwas Under this, new all-arms brigades named ‘Rudra’ are being formed, and I approved it yesterday. This will have fighting components like infantry, mechanised infantry,...
- 16 Jul 2025 17:48
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
- Replies: 2982
- Views: 1696710
Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
^^^ Only in Indian defence procurement will we see “moving closer “ and “end of financial year” (9 months away and for a critical item) without a sense of irony.
- 16 Jul 2025 17:45
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6315
- Views: 1725447
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
If only they mandate video recording of cockpit…
- 14 Jul 2025 14:00
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6315
- Views: 1725447
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
How did they figure out that the captain seat moved ? That wasn’t in the AAIB report
- 14 Jul 2025 05:20
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6315
- Views: 1725447
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Only two questions:
- Is it possible to turn off both fuel control switches within 1 second of each other ?
- Is it possible that the switches turn off automatically (without manual intervention) under some circumstance?
- Is it possible to turn off both fuel control switches within 1 second of each other ?
- Is it possible that the switches turn off automatically (without manual intervention) under some circumstance?
- 01 Jul 2025 15:41
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
- Replies: 694
- Views: 615144
Re: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
This is a literal gold mine. Role of Army during Sindhoor. Has everything from ASLV, armor, IFG, 130mm (thought they were all getting upgraded), anti drone systems.
- 01 Jul 2025 15:34
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
- Replies: 1790
- Views: 470521
Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Some thoughts and analysis … 1. The Baki penchant for saving H&D is a huge weakness. What we claimed officially as the bases hit were only a subset of what we actually did. We don’t know how many LOC posts were destroyed, for instance. This opens up a huge opportunity for covert ops that cause a...
- 29 Jun 2025 11:44
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
- Replies: 4761
- Views: 3256428
Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Always wondered about these bike-mounted assaults by Russians. Looks like it is catching.
- 18 Jun 2025 10:59
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
- Replies: 1790
- Views: 470521
- 16 Jun 2025 16:47
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Israel-Hezbollah-Iran War
- Replies: 628
- Views: 154549
Re: Israel-Hezbollah-Iran War
Pakistan to drop nuclear weapon on Israel if Israel nukes Iran, says Rezaei https://www.turkiyetoday.com/region/pakistan-to-provide-iran-with-nuclear-weapons-if-israel-uses-one-iranian-official-3202916 Well, do your thing Israel! Very difficult to say which of the two is more probable - Iran lying ...
- 15 Jun 2025 14:48
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 10477
- Views: 3115633
Re: Understanding the US - Again
Why does the US Army march as if they are sleep walking ?
- 15 Jun 2025 09:21
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6315
- Views: 1725447
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Latest open source theory is that the Ram Air Turbine deployed which brings speculation back to dual engine failure and causes of that, because that is supposed to be extremely rare.
- 13 Jun 2025 22:12
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
- Replies: 1774
- Views: 1542235
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
^^ I presume this would have an SFDR motor to increase the range (like Astra Mk3). And a dual-mode seeker (like Stunner missile).
- 13 Jun 2025 18:15
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6315
- Views: 1725447
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
I don’t understand the conspiracy theories. Having watched dozens of Air Crash Investigation episodes, there are only a few occasions where malice caused a crash. The Swiss cheese theory says there are usually a lot of process failures that leads to crashes like this, and not a single cause. Hope th...
- 13 Jun 2025 13:29
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6315
- Views: 1725447
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
I saw one video which said that pilots could have retracted flaps by mistake instead of landing gear
- 10 May 2025 21:58
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
- Replies: 2938
- Views: 604775
Re: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
We should have had more faith in Paki-ness.
- 04 May 2025 19:31
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indus Water Treaty
- Replies: 3395
- Views: 1014685
Re: Indus Water Treaty
I was looking up the Kishenganga project and I was struck by an idea: since the Kishenganga water is diverted into Jhelum and to Wular lake, can't you just increase the capacity of the Wular lake ? Like take up desilting etc. And some Google searches later, I found that someone has already written a...
- 12 Apr 2025 10:10
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3536
- Views: 3066417
Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
^^ I don't know if the 105mm light gun is relevant anymore. I've been following the Ukraine conflict and it looks like anything till around 10km is taken over by FPV drones.
- 20 Mar 2025 11:59
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 10673
- Views: 3942290
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Looking at his Twitter timeline … I wish he could get deported to UK or Canada …
- 09 Mar 2025 13:29
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Renewable Sources of Energy
- Replies: 473
- Views: 287065
Re: Renewable Sources of Energy
The more I read about Hydrogen, the less I'm convinced about the logistics. I think it might be much better to convert "Green" Hydrogen to a more storage friendly form such as "Green" Ammonia (if it is possible efficiently) than use in the raw H2 form.
- 06 Mar 2025 09:42
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
- Replies: 4784
- Views: 1125717
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
An efficient nuclear battery would be ideal for submarine AIP.
- 06 Mar 2025 09:36
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 5356
- Views: 2372469
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
They want mineral deal with Trump in return for more alms. They know they are better beggars than Ukraine and avoid mistakes of Zelensky
- 02 Mar 2025 13:05
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
- Replies: 1774
- Views: 1542235
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
I always thought that Akash NG was a desi version equivalent to Barak 8, with all Israeli components replaced with desi ones.
- 28 Jan 2025 23:46
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8953
- Views: 4070021
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
^^^ Which expenditure do they need to reduce to balance the reduction in receipts ?
- 17 Jan 2025 09:24
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 10673
- Views: 3942290
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
One set of sanctions go and another set comes in ... Proposed US restriction on AI chip export threatens India's AI hardware plans: IESA The US administration has proposed a new framework that restricts the import of artificial intelligence chips due to national security concerns about the technolog...
- 17 Jan 2025 09:19
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
- Replies: 1774
- Views: 1542235
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Yes in this case the cost of the missile will be very low - the seeker is a miniaturized seeker and will use target matching algos to perform a proximity kill. Something as simple as a closed loop chip with a optical sensor is good enough for this. Considering the range at which it shall operate it...
- 06 Jan 2025 15:43
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
- Replies: 6769
- Views: 2084289
Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
^^^ To put it in chess terms, the Jeans-gate was a gambit opening from Carlsen, which put FIDE on backfoot since most people sympathized with Carlsen. Then, Carlsen fell into a trap by accepting the piece sacrifice by FIDE and lost tempo. Now, everyone is wary of Carlsen's influence on world chess. ...
- 06 Jan 2025 07:54
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
- Replies: 4761
- Views: 3256428
Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
UKR introdues powerful EW to counter Russian FPV drones. Russians already have drones with fiber optic links, but not in numbers. Terminal autonomous homing is the way I see this going forward.
- 05 Jan 2025 15:58
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
- Replies: 2982
- Views: 1696710
Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
The reason that Mk2 is being questioned today is because there was never a case for it. Mk2 happened because supposedly because Mk1 was too heavy and therefore it needed a more powerful engine. That would make sense if the Mk2 had the same or near the MTOW as Mk1 but that didn't happen. Mk2 is MWF w...
- 10 Dec 2024 06:02
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 6229
- Views: 2459116
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Two British Indian community leaders stripped of honours by King Charles; One had shown support for Bangladeshi Hindus, the other “accused” of supporting PM Modi https://www.opindia.com/2024/12/british-indian-community-leaders-stripped-of-honours-by-king-charles-amid-free-speech-row/ I'm really cur...
- 05 Dec 2024 15:25
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Military Acquisitions, Partnerships & Developments
- Replies: 3401
- Views: 1355900
Re: Military Acquisitions, Partnerships & Developments
^^^DAC only saar not yet at CCS level
- 19 Nov 2024 05:42
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: US Election Watch Thread 2024
- Replies: 620
- Views: 195791
Re: US Election Watch Thread 2024
I don't understand this tradition of "calling the result" by the media, and one of the candidates conceding the election.
Doesn't the US have an independent election commission to announce the results?
Doesn't the US have an independent election commission to announce the results?
- 11 Nov 2024 12:08
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Military/Defence Exports
- Replies: 369
- Views: 344771
Re: Indian Military/Defence Exports
Why do I have a feeling that they will only want it to supply Ukraine?
- 29 Oct 2024 06:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
- Replies: 2146
- Views: 1161374
Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
What we have now is indeed an imploded Pakistan. We don't want that cess pit to explode and splash all over us. Actually, I'd be ok. Let it implode first, we can handle it. I don't want the fear of "what are we going to do" to stop us from giving a nudge to them to implode quicker when th...
- 28 Oct 2024 23:51
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6315
- Views: 1725447
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Reading up on all the fake bomb threats to the flights esp Indian carriers, which results in massive waste of time and money, I'm wondering: historically, how many of the bomb threats have turned out to be true ?
- 28 Oct 2024 21:59
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
- Replies: 2140
- Views: 1225579
Re: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
Awesome interview with founders of SSS Defence
- 27 Aug 2024 20:45
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
- Replies: 4761
- Views: 3256428
Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
I'm trying to find a suitable WW2 parallel to the Kursk attack. Is it ... a) The battle of Kursk (original edition): where Wehrmacht attacked a fortified region, fell into a trap and lost its combat potential and opened itself for counter attack ? b) The battle of Bulge: the last gasp of a dying arm...
- 05 Aug 2024 18:51
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
- Replies: 3905
- Views: 1325937
Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion
We missed the bus in 1971!! I dont know if I am right but maybe we should have integrated the East Bengal into India instead of un official infiltration into India. Paki+Chini must be celebrating. Paki anlcysts on Al Hijra pontificating :rotfl: :rotfl: The bus we missed in 1971 was to keep the Chic...
- 17 Jul 2024 21:13
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
- Replies: 7059
- Views: 3100327
Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Not sure about the LCA fitment but its time to move beyond the fact that the RD-33 engine is very smoky. Improvements and refinements have significantly improved the engine smokiness, the same are manufactured in India. I see it repeated again and again and wanted to call it out. Anyone pitching RD...
- 14 Jul 2024 07:17
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 10477
- Views: 3115633
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
I'm deeply concerned about the democracy in America. This attempted assassination is the latest in a series of political intimidation of the opposition leader that is vehemently opposed to the ruling regime. This and the fact that only two parties are favored in the political process raises grave do...