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by bharathp
12 Jan 2022 08:51
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Replies: 2749
Views: 1148059

Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019

Indranil wrote:They have not delayed. Aug22 was and continues to be the roll-out date. 6-8 months from rollout to first flight is typical.
this!!!. am looking forward to aug 15 2022. already asked for a day off from office. i ll have a few coconuts ready.
by bharathp
12 Jan 2022 01:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1902
Views: 532912

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

so long as we empower folks to speak against the ills of political islam without being vilified, I am good. I dont mind anyone not agreeing to dharma so long as they are not trying to convert folks with lure of money/posts/comforts. I also dont mind some othe religious folks criticizing dharma - so ...
by bharathp
11 Jan 2022 21:19
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Replies: 2749
Views: 1148059

Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019

it went from aug 2022 to "early 2023" now.. if they add another few months, it will be 1 year of delay.
by bharathp
11 Jan 2022 21:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1756
Views: 433097

Re: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis

i dont particularly like the economic political integration part. need to diversify the countries with different dahrmic traditions. so atleast some countries still have some strong dharmic institutions running at a given time. maybe my once bitten twice shy anxiety coming into play here.
by bharathp
10 Jan 2022 20:45
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Replies: 2749
Views: 1148059

Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019

from the same link: Hopefully by this year end or early 2023 we should have the first roll out of the aircraft, and one year after that it will be taking to the skies, Mr. Madhavan said. “We are targeting early 2023 but we should be able to do it slightly early.” the delays have started. HAL maintia...
by bharathp
10 Jan 2022 20:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1756
Views: 433097

Re: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis

Sri Lanka appeals to China to ease debt burden amid economic crisis Cash-strapped Sri Lanka has sought to reschedule its huge Chinese debt burden in talks with visiting foreign minister Wang Yi, the president’s office said. “The president pointed out that it would be a great relief if debt payments...
by bharathp
08 Jan 2022 09:00
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5273
Views: 1832886

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

+101 ... and because there is no direct threat IA and IAF will Carry on with MRFA., winter summer moon trials etc. We are the frog being boiled slowly ... Eleven and Imi is having internal problems so Modi India is a common bakra they are targeting the sudden increase in missile tests suggest other...
by bharathp
08 Jan 2022 08:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3177965

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

the anger is palpable and cong is alienating more and more "centrist" folks to the right. not sure what the BIF is gaining with any of this. honetly i haven only seen the resolve among the dormant hindu to get stronger and stronger. people talking here of ecosystem - there and umpteen yout...
by bharathp
06 Jan 2022 21:44
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: BR Forum Feedback
Replies: 1180
Views: 357092

Re: BR Forum Feedback

i have been a LONG time lurker and an occasional poster.. is there any outside BRF meeting/watsapp type group I could join? I feel like I already know most posters and their style of posting at this point - feels like a group I already know
by bharathp
06 Jan 2022 00:43
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
Replies: 2853
Views: 844071

Re: Terroristan - April 15, 2021

such reports will also be used by the "F" in the "FDI" to avoid investments.
by bharathp
04 Jan 2022 22:02
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Replies: 2749
Views: 1148059

Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019

@Rakesh ji - on the page 1, can you please update:
Future Milestones
• First flight expected in 2022

to "roll out in 2022, first flight 2024" ? (based on the inputs from above post)
by bharathp
04 Jan 2022 00:14
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 2346
Views: 1042345

Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread

Bakis are very high on the raw stuff.. saw some on Twitter claiming it is near 5th Gen and will kill 4.5 Gen Rafale within seconds... because the nose is bigger than the nose of the Rafale :mrgreen: by that logic they can put some of those pl15 mizziles on their PIA aircraft - much bigger nose - so...
by bharathp
16 Dec 2021 10:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7974
Views: 2292045

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

the increase in us fed rate hikes will make $$ more valuable. India faced this rate shock before and has been creating the shield of huge forex reserved - no such thinking from the donkey exporters.
by bharathp
15 Dec 2021 03:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7974
Views: 2292045

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Govt contracted $15.32bn foreign loans in FY21: report [ The report explained that a higher commitment during the last fiscal year was made “to mitigate the pressure on the current account deficit, strengthen foreign exchange reserves , enhance external debt servicing capacity and provide requisite...
by bharathp
30 Nov 2021 22:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3177965

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

been working on this for a while - why are many folks from India such "wokes" or "anti hindus". I come from a the much maligned "brahmin" community from hinterland of AP (now Telangana). all cousins/extended family from here turned into ultra left wingers - this despite...
by bharathp
26 Nov 2021 04:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7974
Views: 2292045

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

not going to post haram link - dont want to provide backlink $$ to them Pakistan’s debt, liabilities cross Rs50tr Burden increased by Rs20.7 trillion in past 39 months ISLAMABAD: For the first time ever, Pakistan’s total debt and liabilities have crossed Rs50.5 trillion, an addition of Rs20.7 trilli...
by bharathp
19 Nov 2021 01:12
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 04 January 2021
Replies: 1533
Views: 718631

Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 04 January 2021

I believe they'd do it anyway. A TejEx was on table for a while, an export friendly model like Jf-17 inherently is.I'll hazard a guess that will integrate everything we have to it... French/European, Russian, Israeli, Desi so that it can be exported to any country irrespective of affiliations. the ...
by bharathp
18 Nov 2021 22:43
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Light Combat Helicopter: News & Discussion: 10 August 2020
Replies: 531
Views: 658503

Re: Light Combat Helicopter: News & Discussion: 10 August 2020

rani lakshmi bhai (jhansi)'s birth annniversary on Nov 19th - perhaps a naming of LCH in the offing? Sarang was one og the horses that the Rani of Jhansi trained with. also - an acknowledgement going to the pre-gandhi era of independece movement. which until now was spoonfed into the school kids (we...
by bharathp
18 Nov 2021 21:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1902
Views: 532912

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

cannot and should not ban without lawful and legal proceeding - else it will set a bad precedent which can and will be used by other states (or other dispensations ) to do the same to throttle dharmic/sanatani/saffron folks.
exposing them on social media and the outrage you are showing is right IMHO.
by bharathp
18 Nov 2021 20:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1902
Views: 532912

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

Doesn't the CM has enough powers to publicly deny this on an emergency tv broadcast and ban TOI across Assam? Thereafter start legal proceedings against its editors and reporters under sedition laws, laws of inciting public and further more?? What can TOI do?? publish more such rubbish and get a bi...
by bharathp
18 Nov 2021 09:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-Russia: News & Analysis
Replies: 6071
Views: 1296339

Re: India-Russia: News & Analysis

the russians announced that they are building a heavy transport helicopter with the chinese. guess where the transport heli will be used?
by bharathp
18 Nov 2021 09:52
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 2346
Views: 1042345

Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread

cant spell organization (the BENIS material)
by bharathp
13 Nov 2021 03:49
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
Replies: 1705
Views: 831842

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021

this using of seemingly obscure sanskrutam words allows for the convent (un)educated indians and others to remember such words and research the etymology/meaning.
by bharathp
12 Nov 2021 22:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3177965

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

this is way to convert election funding through chanda/donations (Which are not required to be notified if within a certain threshold) into legitimate profit (SP would need to buy these bottles/perfume in bulk from from M strongman) - there by sharing the profits. this is not your usual election gim...
by bharathp
11 Nov 2021 09:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3177965

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

T https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FDGxdV2XMAg_7mr?format=jpg&name=large so this is my exact problem with the fluid gender and woke types the above being (wants to be called "they" them) says in their bio - "they are interested in sex" now please picture if any normal male (or fe...
by bharathp
01 Nov 2021 10:19
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
Replies: 4801
Views: 1568898

Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)

this was an amazing read. thank you vsunder ji. i ll look this up over the week during boring meetings
by bharathp
01 Nov 2021 10:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1902
Views: 532912

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

Indeed some southern languages use words that are closer to Sanskrit and old Hindi than current-day Hindi which has significant component of Urdu. In the list posted earlier, I did not see: ameer/rich (dhanik), gareeb/poor (nirdhan), kurbani/sacrifice (nyauchaawar), merherban/mercy-ful (kripa), kam...
by bharathp
31 Oct 2021 12:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 9006
Views: 2629856

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

i still remember when trump lost the elections, the jingos were berated "namaste trump et al - all gone down the drain". "biden will impose sanctions on hindu right wing extremist mudi".
not even a pip squeak now after this pic.
by bharathp
31 Oct 2021 11:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
Replies: 1902
Views: 532912

Re: Social Media Watch Thread

if you scrub out the urdu/arabic influence from hindi
and sanskritize the language a bit more
no telugu/tamil/kannada/hindi speaker will have any difficulty in learning the other indic languages
by bharathp
25 Oct 2021 20:35
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech
Replies: 2945
Views: 1088790

Re: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech

do we know (in any open/available sources) the final size this is expected to be? this looks like scaled down model but still looks enough capable to do a few hours of endurance - enough to get us started.
also, this probably could be scaled to multiple sizes - lots of potential in there.
by bharathp
18 Oct 2021 08:36
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Replies: 2749
Views: 1148059

Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019

Another thing I see is if we start churning MK1 at higher speeds then Navy might also order least 2 sqdns as a trainer, They definitely need a reliable trainer which can train pilots from shore and also allow pilots to log training hours. Tejas fits the role with its high availability and cheaper c...
by bharathp
15 Oct 2021 09:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3177965

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

not sure - but I havent seen any posts on the details of Gati Shakti new push from the PM: The Gati Shakti Master Plan is a national plan for multi-modal connectivity. It involves setting up a new single portal which will include information on all the current infrastructure projects including Bhara...
by bharathp
13 Oct 2021 09:02
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
Replies: 4801
Views: 1568898

Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)

vsunder ji. just wanted to let you know that I follow your updates every day and look forward to your nuggets of insights. would it possible for you to succintly put some major differences that the present GoI has brought in the railway infra development? perhaps we can circulate that when the time ...
by bharathp
12 Oct 2021 10:20
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Oil & Natural Gas: News & Discussion
Replies: 1620
Views: 459767

Re: Oil & Natural Gas: News & Discussion

only OECD countries can become mebers of IEA - looks like that rule may be going away then?
by bharathp
11 Oct 2021 09:30
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Acquisitions, Partnerships & Developments
Replies: 3256
Views: 965454

Re: Military Acquisitions, Partnerships & Developments

kit wrote: Look at it this way., if India is already sanctioned for the S400., would it matter ?!
it would matter to the countries importing this missile - they fear (or the above write up wants to put the fear) that they would get CAATStrated
by bharathp
08 Oct 2021 02:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: J&K Union Territory-2019
Replies: 4384
Views: 1502057

Re: J&K Union Territory-2019

The only way to respond to the latest napaki moves with drugs, weapons dropping and their state sponsor actors killing our 5 Indians, is by firing artillery rounds on napaki border post or bombing the training locations. In the end, one napaki is equal to 10 Indians - to send the message we should ...
by bharathp
07 Oct 2021 06:19
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Replies: 2749
Views: 1148059

Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019

Changing the engine in a fighter program this late in development when the design is frozen and the first prototype a year away from being rolled out would be disastrous. The program would get delayed by years and probably fail . This is leaving aside the question of which engine? Neither the Russi...
by bharathp
07 Oct 2021 03:26
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
Replies: 2853
Views: 844071

Re: Terroristan - April 15, 2021

Anujan wrote:He was angling for the COAS job. The current COAS (who probably wants an extension) did not take kindly to it.
being a corps commander is usually a requirement to become the COAS for TSP. this may be a stepping stone for the guy.
by bharathp
05 Oct 2021 21:42
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8518
Views: 3117541

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

this is also to reduce Aus dependency on china. allows us to also gain australia's coal at cheaper prices.