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by Arun.prabhu
13 Mar 2020 18:14
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016
Replies: 5322
Views: 1858600

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016

I was ignoring the business side of things, but a cheap domestic jet plane built around the HTFE25 engine with the sensors and weapons package and instrumentation we've built for the Hawk-i will be a good sales prospect as it will be cheap and allow affordable and effective force projection by the b...
by Arun.prabhu
13 Mar 2020 17:59
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Very Long Range Precision (VLRP) Fire Systems Study
Replies: 37
Views: 52937

Re: Very Long Range Precision (VLRP) Fire Systems Study

This is probably a thread hijack. If it is, tell me where this should go because we worry too much about the Chinese bogieman when all evidence indicates our armed forces have a good handle on the problem. I think of long range precision fire as our magic wand to utterly dominate China in any future...
by Arun.prabhu
13 Mar 2020 13:20
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016
Replies: 5322
Views: 1858600

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016

Spoken like someone who thinks unless the warplane is at the absolute cutting edge, it is useless. I'd say that, properly armed with capable BVR, WVR and sensors - of which three, we're got or are getting there with two local systems - trainers can take on the best that our neighbors can field at an...
by Arun.prabhu
12 Mar 2020 10:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 9028
Views: 2634176

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

The Bernie wing will not vote for Sloe Joe-Pocahontas ticket. The moderate democrats - and isn't that a laugh, calling pro-war, pro-globalist, anti-union, pro-baby killing, pro-perverts of all sizes and kinds moderate - will not vote for Bernie. If the Dems had a good argument against Trump, they wo...
by Arun.prabhu
12 Mar 2020 09:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 9028
Views: 2634176

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

No chance in hell and when hell freezes over pretty much summarizes her chances. She is not part of the pro-China, pro-war, pro-big business, corrupt wing of the party for all that she is a liberal. Look how she has been sidelined for the last couple of months ever since she took out Kamala Harris i...
by Arun.prabhu
12 Mar 2020 09:32
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016
Replies: 5322
Views: 1858600

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016

Ah! Apologies are on order then. Please do accept mine.
deejay wrote:
Arun Ji, I was only writing on fighter aircraft.
by Arun.prabhu
12 Mar 2020 07:16
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016
Replies: 5322
Views: 1858600

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016

Think of it this way: I think, current and past IAf personnel can correct me if I’m wrong, trainers won’t be counted towards the official squadron limits of the IAF. So that’s several squadrons of planes that aren’t exactly ready for dogfights, but which can fight BVR or do CAS or point defence of s...
by Arun.prabhu
11 Mar 2020 18:23
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016
Replies: 5322
Views: 1858600

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016

How is that inventory list accurate? the IAF does not operate fighter bombers alone. Their mission includes ELINT, reconnaissance, strategic and tactical air lift, airborne refueling, VIP Transport, helicopter ops - utility and attack - and command, communication and control. We operate roughly 30 s...
by Arun.prabhu
19 Feb 2020 11:47
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3259
Views: 2405486

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

If the requirement can’t be met by the domestic MIC, one sees no objections to buying foreign. I would recommend that the armed forces point our R&D towards the capability gap so that we will have the capability when we need to replace those line items. I would however object to the argument tha...
by Arun.prabhu
19 Feb 2020 08:55
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3259
Views: 2405486

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

We are one of the few countries that don't boycott Israeli goods or summarily vote against Israel. We maintain good relations with them and that, I think is friendship enough when Israel sells weapons to China just as willingly as they do to us. If it is infact a lifafa article then the RM or offici...
by Arun.prabhu
19 Feb 2020 08:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2883383

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

You read that as well? I discounted that part as propaganda offhand. :) Also, I read about ppl coming with body bags as soon as u fall down.... but lots of ppl lose consciousness briefly. Like NCC Aug 15 parade in the sun after they steal your banana rations. So that can't be true either. They make ...
by Arun.prabhu
19 Feb 2020 08:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2883383

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

It is potentially anti-chinese propaganda from Chinese malcontents. But news of bodies on the street have been trickling down for weeks now. I'm not willing to discount it all just yet. This is how an ncov cardiac arrest event looks like: you drop dead just like that. The location is Uighur in the C...
by Arun.prabhu
19 Feb 2020 08:49
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3259
Views: 2405486

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

We'll keep our fingers crossed. But I'll go on record and say that buying Israeli artillery would be tantamount to Crossing the Rubicon for me and a lot of others. There were no domestic equal or superior weaponry before. There is now and like I said, there can be no excuse. Your criticisms are very...
by Arun.prabhu
19 Feb 2020 07:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7683
Views: 1803102

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Rony, I’m going through the study. If I have the time, I’ll post my comments within a couple of days. A couple of observations off the top of my head; that the study refers to low information white working class indicates several biases and the fact that it handwaves the whites who voted for Obama a...
by Arun.prabhu
19 Feb 2020 06:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2883383

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

1. He was moving forward so I would expect his knees to bend. 2. I looked closer and I was more concerned about his arms breaking his fall. I bow to your greater wisdom in spotting what is potentially more propaganda. :) This is how an ncov cardiac arrest event looks like: you drop dead just like th...
by Arun.prabhu
18 Feb 2020 22:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2883383

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Xi said that he has been in charge of the response since January 7. Apparently doctors in Shanghai recommended disease control procedures and protocols in public places on jan 5. The govt did not do anything until the party meeting concluded on jan 17... https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd/status/1229...
by Arun.prabhu
18 Feb 2020 22:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7683
Views: 1803102

Re: Understanding the US - Again

It’s vox. They think everyone white is racist.
Rony wrote:I prefer Trump too and yes, there are non-racial reasons too for his win but based on that study, race seems to be the first among equals why he won in 2016.
by Arun.prabhu
18 Feb 2020 21:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7683
Views: 1803102

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Ah, yes, Vox, that wonderfully centrist publisher. I know dozens of those trump voters and I support him myself, and I can tell you not one of them cared that trump was white. Hillary was white as well, remember. To some of my friends, trump was a murder weapon against globalism. To others, a forlor...
by Arun.prabhu
18 Feb 2020 21:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2883383

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

This is how an ncov cardiac arrest event looks like: you drop dead just like that. The location is Uighur in the Chinese west.

https://mobile.twitter.com/jenniferatnt ... 9356151808
by Arun.prabhu
18 Feb 2020 21:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2883383

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

They should have entered on the 15th or 16th. The CDC team certainly didn’t. The Chinese refused to accommodate any American. As for the rest of the crew, the Chinese released data that 1700 doctors and nurses have been Infected and the WHO began to squeal in alarm. Haven’t seen any indication the W...
by Arun.prabhu
18 Feb 2020 20:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7683
Views: 1803102

Re: Understanding the US - Again

That’s just unkind. How many white folks voted for Obama the first time around? Other than Gabbard, everyone else on that list is doggone nuts. That’s why they won’t get the votes. Bloomberg and Sanders are Jewish Buttigieg is gay Gabbard (hated by DNC) is Hindu and a women Yang (now withdrawn) is T...
by Arun.prabhu
18 Feb 2020 20:18
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3259
Views: 2405486

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

If I understand you right, the Army made a decision to procure a decade back. The procurement process took a decade - can we say procurement abortion of a process here? - and in the meantime, we built up quite an artillery industry domestically. And yet, the army continued to negotiate for the Israe...
by Arun.prabhu
18 Feb 2020 19:49
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2883383

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

UBN, 1. My sarcasm scale just blew a fuse. :) 2. There seems to be a communication chasm here. Just so we're clear, I'm not talking about allowing reporters in. I'm talking about allowing qualified doctors - epidemiologists and infectious diseases specialists - to enter China, observe what's happeni...
by Arun.prabhu
18 Feb 2020 17:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2883383

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Dr Weiler in the ACE2 receptors and the disease. The post by Idev on ACEII expression amongst the various races Is not the same as ACE 2...

https://jameslyonsweiler.com/2020/02/16 ... ypothesis/
by Arun.prabhu
18 Feb 2020 16:31
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018
Replies: 432
Views: 235036

Re: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018

There is a reason the Chinese and the Russians are moving away from western software and to the extent possible, hardware. If Edward snowden is to be believed, pretty much everything is compromised by the NSA - the chips, the communication infrastructure, the encryption standards in widespread use.....
by Arun.prabhu
18 Feb 2020 16:21
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3259
Views: 2405486

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

KSA are a lucrative market, but we better make our peace with the fact that the Pakistanis will have access to the guns, that the saudis may in fact ship the guns to Pakistan for use against us in a war and that the guns will be used in Yemen (which I don’t have an objection to as we need our weapon...
by Arun.prabhu
18 Feb 2020 12:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 9028
Views: 2634176

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

I would assume little in return, but perhaps we’ll be pleasantly surprised. Trump and lighthizer are very clear about everyone’s position in the hierarchy wrt America.
Vayutuvan wrote:hmm. what are we getting in return?
by Arun.prabhu
18 Feb 2020 12:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2883383

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

The doc doth protest too much.it’s not as if there’s been no precedent for the Chinese government lying about outbreaks. SARS comes to mind. The Chinese lied for four months about everything being hunky dory then before world governments forced them to confess they had a novel virus inflicting death...
by Arun.prabhu
18 Feb 2020 09:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2883383

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

And as proof that official sources are thoroughly compromised by the Chinese, we have this:

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/healt ... 910d16340e
by Arun.prabhu
18 Feb 2020 09:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2883383

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

What are we supposed to post then? Chinese propaganda pieces? Because that is mostly what’s there in the MSM as the Chinese haven’t allowed anyone in and given them unfettered access to make independent observations. The rest is US State and intelligence fanning the flames of suspicions about the re...
by Arun.prabhu
18 Feb 2020 06:27
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3259
Views: 2405486

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

What existing local one? Having pieces in the lab is not the same as an established production line supplying weapon systems for soldiers in the field. I like this logic.let us outsource all our satellite launches to France, America, Russia and Japan so that we reduce the risks that depending on a s...
by Arun.prabhu
17 Feb 2020 19:48
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3259
Views: 2405486

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

Arjun overlooked, LUH has IOC but no orders, Tejas still struck with just 40-odd solid orders with the rest remaining unsigned. MMRCA to compete with Tejas... baba Kalyani bought BAE’s barrel factory, packed it over to India and created guns out of his own initiative and we give his guns the cold sh...
by Arun.prabhu
17 Feb 2020 19:24
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3259
Views: 2405486

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

Yep. Looking at the plight of our various weapons programs, disgust pretty much describes my feelings towards the Indian Armed Forces at this point. That is just insane logic. What exactly are the Israelis buying from us to buy our friendship? I despair looking at the procurement insanity the Indian...
by Arun.prabhu
17 Feb 2020 19:17
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3259
Views: 2405486

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

That is just insane logic. What exactly are the Israelis buying from us to buy our friendship? I despair looking at the procurement insanity the Indian Armed Forces and MoD inflict on vitally important defense of the realm. ^^i think these are political purchases to 'buy friends' ..or may be in case...
by Arun.prabhu
17 Feb 2020 12:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2883383

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

I did note that it was maybe politics at play in my original post. A political job, potentially, yes, but aimed at China or aimed at someone specific? As for diseases breaking containment in Chinese labs, that apparently happens with startling regularity at 20 times the frequency such incidents happ...
by Arun.prabhu
17 Feb 2020 12:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2883383

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Try zerohedge link. I thought this might happen and downloaded the file from scribd back when this initially came to light. I’ll see if I can share it here. That one has the link to the research paper. You need to share your email id and other details to download direct or you could follow the secon...
by Arun.prabhu
17 Feb 2020 12:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2883383

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

The first identified case was on dec 1. If that lab allowed the virus to escape, they wouldn’t have waited a month before lockdown. End of December was when Dr Li sent his message warning his friends about the virus. I would suggest that the naval biowarfare folks went to investigate, verified the c...
by Arun.prabhu
17 Feb 2020 12:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2883383

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

https://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7800&start=480#p2413941 That one has the link to the research paper. You need to share your email id and other details to download direct or you could follow the second link (zerohedge) and from there download the paper from scribd. The m...
by Arun.prabhu
17 Feb 2020 12:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2883383

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Anmol:
Your information sources are three or four days lagging in the case of the research paper and about two weeks lagging on the subject of patient zero. :)
by Arun.prabhu
17 Feb 2020 10:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2883383

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

The map is from the research paper. The authors are chinese. ^^^ The laughable part of the above "story".. look at that "map" In the map the distance between "Wuhan Seafood Market" and "Wuhan center for Disease Control and Prevention" is given as " 277.73...