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by syam
27 Feb 2022 20:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 861433

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Well @John since you’ve been sourcing so much content from Reddit here’s one for you that you may not like: https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianDankMemes/comments/t2oqbu/not_a_meme_ukrainian_forces_beating_indian/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Looks like Ukrainian or Polish...
by syam
27 Feb 2022 13:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 861433

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Narrative became frantic in last few hours. Since yesterday if I am not mistaken.

Some one must be having good time taking notes. I sincerely hope GoI taking notes on all these developments.
by syam
26 Feb 2022 13:59
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2230978

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

India doesn't need to uphold the so called 'Hindu' values about morals and 'dharma'. It's secular state. Not Hindu country. We are not supposed to put 'Hindu' values in action here. We can be stupid and selfish. Let us think about our immediate future instead yapping about morals and things which ap...
by syam
25 Feb 2022 23:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 861433

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

If Nato doesn't do something in next 24 hours, they can kiss good bye to Ukraine.
by syam
25 Feb 2022 22:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 861433

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

I am saying based on the terrain, the distance and the opposition and what other calculation they using it base that decision on (May be from intercepted Russian intel) they expected it to fall in 48 hrs. Shortest distance b/w Belarus and Kyiv is 90 km. From seashore to Basra is 100km. Make your ow...
by syam
25 Feb 2022 22:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 861433

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

If this *SOME* is America, then that is laughable. America could never capture Afghanistan. They ran with their tail between their legs. 2001 - 2021. 20 Years. Iraq, another mess from 2003 onwards! Vietnam, another mess. But Russia did not achieve anything strategic in 1.5 - 2 days. Okay :lol: Unre...
by syam
25 Feb 2022 21:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 861433

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

It’s all about terrain and distance, Belarus is just 60 km from Kyiv. I been in that region it’s crazy how quickly you can get to another country just in a car. I think originally British Intel expected Kyiv to fall in 48 hrs. Are you saying US forces had to travel from America to Iraq for days and...
by syam
25 Feb 2022 21:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 861433

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Some saying Russia didn't achieve anything strategic in last 1.5/2 days. Are they serious? It took coalition 18 days to capture a major city in Iraq War. Another 3 days to capture Baghdad. World No. 1 armed forces and superior hardware, still took 18+ days. i am not saying Russians having it good. B...
by syam
25 Feb 2022 19:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 861433

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

#BREAKING: Chinese President Xi Jinping had a phone talk with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Xi said China supports the Russian side in solving the issue through negotiation with the Ukrainian side. I don't think our vote is necessary here. We are nobody in this conflict and in general. We...
by syam
25 Feb 2022 15:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 861433

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Time is of the essence. 2 days is worse than 1 day. A week is worse than 2 days. There may not be a "set point" at which failure becomes guaranteed for Moscow, but those are the types of dynamics involved. No way anyone can seize a capital city in 1 day. It's not as simple as deploying ap...
by syam
05 Feb 2021 09:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2782409

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Congress doing same thing what some Indians did thousands years back. They made pact with outsiders to defeat local king. It never worked in Indian favor. sometimes history repeats itself.
by syam
06 Dec 2020 11:10
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2079367

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Are the protesters mostly actual farmers or is some significant proportion of them the middlemen who don’t add value? Check their demands to the gov, murthy gaaru. 2 of the points are not at all related to farm bills. These farmers behaviour in the meeting is also another key point to analyse these...
by syam
05 Dec 2020 19:59
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2079367

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

For BJP to grow further in Telugu states, they need effective pr campaign against cbn and his fanatics. Without it, bjp will keep hitting unexpected road blocks every time. cbn somehow managed to brainwash large chunk of telugu folks against bjp and modiji. Without exposing that double forked snake,...
by syam
27 Jun 2020 17:48
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1524020

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

Demchok is the only strategic location in Ladakh which can reduce PLA threat? Care to explain that.... Have you been to Demchok to understand the geography? Do you know what AD assets we have there? DBO road is already under threat. (PP14, Recent build up at Depsang la). Lake area is under similar ...
by syam
27 Jun 2020 17:27
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1524020

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

You reference was to both DBO & Demchok while my reply was limited to DBO. We are talking past each other. Upgrading airstrip at DBO and making it into proper base for forces. means whatever runway we have there, needs serious upgrade. Making it into proper base means - our forces can stay ther...
by syam
27 Jun 2020 16:53
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1524020

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

1. Which SAM are you placing @ Demchok to block the nearest Chinese Airbase? 2. BTW which ALG did you want converted to an Airbase? You know that every reply has a context. IIRC, you wanted DBO ALG to be upgraded to an Airfield. Chinese have no Airbase around that areas. BOTH India and China deploy...
by syam
27 Jun 2020 16:17
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1524020

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

What will your SAM do to their SAMs while their SAMs will disable your airfield?!! Both of us can deploy SAMs on the LAC while only you have an airbase at the location . Who suffers? Few batteries at demchok. demchok!!!. :) check the location on map. also check PLAAF bases' locations. You can place...
by syam
27 Jun 2020 15:50
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1524020

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

1. Most current project are slated to be completed by 2022 including the most critical one. There is ofcourse another bunch of border projects lined up for after that. 2. To my limited knowledge, ALG i.e Advanced Landing Ground just simply means an airstrip to supply forwards deployments that canno...
by syam
27 Jun 2020 15:41
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1524020

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

Not to put too fine a point on it, but that is slightly shaky logic, sirjee. Evidence of damage is not the same as evidence of a crime. ~~snip~~ Our road connectivity in Ladakh has improved significantly in the past 6-8 years. New routes over high mountain passes, asphalt roads of good quality, etc...
by syam
27 Jun 2020 13:45
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1524020

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

Do you have any evidence for this saar? Either (a) for there being undue delays after the political go-ahead has been given, or (b) There being any sinister reasons for said delay? To accuse some one, we don't need full evidence of the crime, sirji. The damage is there as evidence. Who gets the bla...
by syam
27 Jun 2020 13:39
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1524020

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020


2016 video. I wonder what's the current state of infra there.
by syam
27 Jun 2020 12:25
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1524020

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

@syamji... these developments are happening. Certainly happening much faster since NDA took over and gave a general approval to BRO. Also look at the number of large scale tunnel projects being done in these areas, all of which will provide all-year access to areas that were previously inaccessible...
by syam
27 Jun 2020 11:30
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1524020

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

It's not about understanding tsunju or vedic wisdom. It's common sense. If we really want our guys to patrol all of these areas, we better provide good infra to back them up. DSDBO road and Durbuk-Chushul-Demchok road. Both can be made into single Highway. Another road to connect Durbuk to Leh. Main...
by syam
27 Jun 2020 11:14
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1524020

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

Fukche ALG is just about 30 km from Demchok, and the airstrip stops just feet short of the Chinese claim line, at least from what Google Maps suggests. Given the orientation of the runway, I doubt we can place it any closer to the border, lest our aircraft become sitting ducks for SAMs or AAA. But ...
by syam
27 Jun 2020 00:21
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1524020

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

^^ Demchok: Demchok is very much in India, going by all information. Is it true, though, that there was an older Demchok that was overrun by the Chinese in 1962? Not all of it is lost. If Modiji can push for construction of an airstrip there, half of the problems will be gone. A few defense systems...
by syam
26 Jun 2020 23:46
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1524020

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

Old report from 2011

Last year China objected to India's developmental work in Demchok in Ladakh, close to the border with India. Clearly wary of annoying Beijing, New Delhi has stopped all construction work here.
by syam
26 Jun 2020 23:30
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1524020

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020


Last village in south ladakh. Can give the much needed strategic edge to our country. Some chinis globe structure is visible on nearby hill.
by syam
26 Jun 2020 18:31
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1524020

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

It's clearly infra vs infra battle. 8) Modiji government focused only on DSDBO road so far. Time to up the ante. Upgrade DBO base. We need to build another base near to depsang la. Our army can use it for high altitude mil exercises during peacetime. Also it will be at opening/ending of Shyok river ...
by syam
26 Jun 2020 13:21
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1524020

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

If we compare GoI to computer, policies are like instructions. executive branch is like processor. As long as babus stuck in earlier 1st generation, they will never live up to our/general expectations. they execute things at their own pace. outdated and slow.
by syam
26 Jun 2020 12:27
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1524020

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

Can't we do similar build up in Demchok area? What's stopping GoI from building good infra in that area?

It's very close to G219. Good choke point from our perspective. An airbase which can have 25-30 aircrafts. And few acres of army basecamp. There is a river close by which can provide water too.
by syam
24 May 2020 18:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
Replies: 6236
Views: 1737766

Re: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)


Very informative video. don't know who is lying. but very informative. eerily similar to what happens in our country. either same guy using these tactics at different places or this became standard warfare for everyone now.
by syam
23 May 2020 09:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2707166

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

I think mumbai situation is more than little suspicious. even with poor infrastructure, every state in India managing the crisis very well. but somehow mumbai messed it up. very sad. they didn't vote for it, but reaping bad karma.
by syam
18 May 2020 20:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2707166

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Spanish antibody study points to 5% of population affected by coronavirus MADRID (Reuters) - Preliminary results from a nationwide coronavirus antibody study show that about 5% of the overall Spanish population has been affected, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, adding that results varied wid...
by syam
16 May 2020 21:00
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875763

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

india is already 3 trillion dollar economy. why do we have to follow japan, korea or china at this stage?

TN,KA,AP+TG,MH,GJ are already doing great. what we need is to expand the industry in other parts of the country and kick start the growth there too.
by syam
15 May 2020 15:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Post Wuhan-Virus(Covid19) World and India
Replies: 484
Views: 128750

Re: Post Wuhan-Virus(Covid19) World and India

Secretary Pompeo @SecPompeo The U.S. welcomes TSMC’s intention to invest $12B in the most advanced 5-nanometer semiconductor fabrication foundry in the world. This deal bolsters U.S. national security at a time when China is trying to dominate cutting-edge tech and control critical industries. amer...
by syam
15 May 2020 15:06
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: J&K Union Territory-2019
Replies: 4374
Views: 1344004

Re: J&K Union Territory-2019

Lesson for us. Let's not be responsible to feed more mouths. Our problem is feeding our people. saar, PoK has very little population and few roads. what's there to feed? most of the people there are recent settlers. if we bomb them now, they will run back to their homes. Also the land is ours, we a...
by syam
15 May 2020 14:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Endgame of NaPakistan: How and what afterwards
Replies: 831
Views: 226424

Re: Endgame of NaPakistan: How and what afterwards

Sorry to say, but this is the Pak way of getting in to a war. Remember Kargil? You don't get in to a war with no end goal. Sir, who told you we don't have end goal? this thread is full of it. I didn't elaborate the post-war scenario as it is off-topic for that thread. We can explore it here to our ...
by syam
15 May 2020 11:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: J&K Union Territory-2019
Replies: 4374
Views: 1344004

Re: J&K Union Territory-2019

Why would India ever want to take over BD or Pakistan? The concept does not make sense at this time. We have millions of illegal bds in india. where will we settle them? taking over western bd makes perfect sense if you think about future bd immigrant crisis. it doesn't make sense. sounds like trol...
by syam
15 May 2020 11:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: J&K Union Territory-2019
Replies: 4374
Views: 1344004

Re: J&K Union Territory-2019

And then what? Who will rule over those pieces? Should we rule those pieces and get in to Iraq style insurgency? Who will feed those pieces? We cannot keep friendship with tiny Nepal, what are the chances of those pieces being friendly with us? It is delusional to think, breaking Pakistan in to mor...
by syam
15 May 2020 11:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2230978

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Also, another reason this is happening is because Indian dharmics are not united and making their presence felt on DNC's radar. Indian dharmic group has to unite a build a narrative that percolates into every section of US society from your neighborhood community/groups to schools, colleges, politi...