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by srin
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,...
by srin
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.
by srin
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…
by srin
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
by srin
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?
by srin
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.

by srin
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...
by srin
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.

by srin
18 Jun 2025 10:59
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 1790
Views: 470521

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

Amber G. wrote: 18 Jun 2025 00:50 FATF condemns Pahalgam terror attack.

“Such incidents couldn’t occur without support”.
Now that they have condemned it, they have taken adequate action and so likelihood of Bakis going to grey list is remote
by srin
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 ...
by srin
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 ?
by srin
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.
by srin
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).
by srin
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...
by srin
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
by srin
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.
by srin
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...
by srin
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.
by srin
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 …
by srin
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.
by srin
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.
by srin
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
by srin
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.
by srin
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 ?
by srin
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...
by srin
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...
by srin
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. ...
by srin
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.

by srin
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...
by srin
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...
by srin
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
by srin
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?
by srin
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?
by srin
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...
by srin
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 ?
by srin
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
by srin
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...
by srin
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...
by srin
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...
by srin
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...