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by bharathp
26 Mar 2026 05:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
Replies: 84
Views: 8235

Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy

so Pakistan with a history of providing bases to US, thinks it can be trusted by Iran?
and pakistan with a history of hiding bin laden, thinks it can be trusted by USA?
by bharathp
13 Feb 2026 06:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 4414
Views: 1314677

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

addition to above, there are multitude of ways to "fund" these courses/education. usually a hefty donation through some agency (to route hawala money) or to name a library/chair etc (they can give the money to any one to fund that chair) results in kickback by the said university. it is a ...
by bharathp
13 Feb 2026 05:49
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Vayusena & Nausena Rafale: News & Discussion
Replies: 657
Views: 151895

Re: Vayusena & Nausena Rafale: News & Discussion

Instead of 114 Rafales, we should have got 1,000+ M88 engines and based our Tejas series on it.

I am hoping this will be a viable path for Mk2/AMCA as well.
by bharathp
12 Feb 2026 20:34
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Vayusena & Nausena Rafale: News & Discussion
Replies: 657
Views: 151895

Re: Vayusena & Nausena Rafale: News & Discussion

:D Tech developed for MK2, AMCA and so on will end up in Rafale as time goes by. It will be a repeat of T-90 saga. If the above happens, it will actually be a good thing. Why go to France for F6 or F7 upgrade, when you can do it in house? I doubt the French will allow, but hopefully what you say wi...
by bharathp
10 Feb 2026 19:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 4414
Views: 1314677

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

He is now saying either the former Chief is lying or Penguin is lying. Then adds a caveat that he believes the Army chief will not lie. Then says both cannot be telling the truth. This is deliberately targeting the Army's character. hIyW0Pu0DRw Everyone is lying but him and khangress It's vote chor...
by bharathp
05 Feb 2026 04:00
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India-US Defence Trade & Technology Initiative: News & Discussion
Replies: 205
Views: 172344

Re: India-US Defence Trade & Technology Initiative: News & Discussion

Whatever tech we are trying to get from there, unless it's fully absorbed, it can be cut off at whim and fancies of any new thumpavatars.
For the life of me, I cannot understand, we have clear requirements to buy from USA - ge engines - clear way to reduce the trade deficit between bharat and USA.
by bharathp
04 Feb 2026 19:38
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft: News & Discussion - 30 August 2019
Replies: 1051
Views: 768178

Re: Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft: News & Discussion - 30 August 2019

This is like the entry level job fallacy.
Entry level guy can't get a job because he has no experience.

We need to start at some point and allow for faults and mistakes while also trying to pick the most promising candidate to succeed in learning and improving on the job
by bharathp
17 Jan 2026 23:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 4315
Views: 1537162

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

They can't live with others, they can't live with themselves
by bharathp
06 Jan 2026 05:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 4414
Views: 1314677

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

Vayutuvan wrote: 06 Jan 2026 02:39 Hain? Why is Sree Satya Saibaba being dragged into this?
Maduro came to see Satya Sai Baba in Andhra Pradesh in 2005
by bharathp
02 Jan 2026 07:07
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 982
Views: 1096569

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

So almost one sqd of mk1 is ready. Wow! Have all the engines been delivered for these birds and integration of sensor suite/weapons completed? Both Mk1 squadrons are up & running. i believe Cain MArko saar was implying almost one sqdn of mk1"A" is ready - showing the "testing&quo...
by bharathp
26 Dec 2025 23:49
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Arihant Class SSBN: News & Discussion
Replies: 129
Views: 85420

Re: Arihant Class SSBN: News & Discussion

that map.. is dizzying..
where is colombo? karachi and islamabad in the ocean.. whats going on with that map?
by bharathp
12 Dec 2025 19:39
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Chandrayaan 4: Mission, Launch and Discussions
Replies: 20
Views: 37750

Re: Chandrayaan 4: Mission, Launch and Discussions

JAXA > Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (adding here as I had to search for it, and in case others need to search for what is JAXA)
by bharathp
06 Sep 2025 09:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 12820
Views: 3737785

Re: Understanding the US - Again

from that stephen miran read up, i found this apalling gem First, other nations could accept higher tariffs on their exports to the US, generating revenue for the Treasury. Second, they could stop unfair practices and increase imports from America. Third, they should raise their defense budgets, esp...
by bharathp
06 Sep 2025 03:03
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India-US Defence Trade & Technology Initiative: News & Discussion
Replies: 205
Views: 172344

Re: India-US Defence Trade & Technology Initiative: News & Discussion

i believe we can easily chai-biskoot any deals until winds turn favourable again. we dont need to pause any purchases - just need AoN, CCS, trials, if forced then a piecemeal order.. and this is just.. our normal IST.
by bharathp
06 Sep 2025 02:59
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Army Aviation
Replies: 202
Views: 160869

Re: Indian Army Aviation

Meanwhile, the reality of the Army's acquisition of the AH-64 Apache. Army HQ made this bed, now they can have fun lying in it. For all the folks who were peddling (led by the Risk Assessor-in-Chief) US fighters for India, shame on you people. https://x.com/alpha_defense/status/1946815322386022458 ...
by bharathp
05 Sep 2025 18:23
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Army Aviation
Replies: 202
Views: 160869

Re: Indian Army Aviation

pravula jee, agreed with you that Iranian f-14 and f-4s will show up as threat for a US made threat library.but it should NOT show up as an adversary for us (We are onlee fighting TSP onlee.. ) and thats because Iran is threat to US - TSP is not. so why would an actvely supplied/replenished f-16 by ...
by bharathp
05 Sep 2025 10:31
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Replies: 3127
Views: 1897112

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

whoever is giving these deadlines and dates from HAL - needs to come on news channels to give the dates. so the same dates can be played over and over again to them. can you please give a realistic date for once? i dont mind it changing once or twice.. but changing it every month by arithematic pro...
by bharathp
05 Sep 2025 10:27
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Army Aviation
Replies: 202
Views: 160869

Re: Indian Army Aviation

ok, my main reverse engineering of indian mil logic on importing USA made Apaches which have US based "threat" library and basing it in rajasthan. (obviously for TSP centric warfare). please allow a noob to put his thoughts here. and somehow it just.. doesnt make sense to me. - TSP has che...
by bharathp
05 Sep 2025 10:03
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Replies: 3127
Views: 1897112

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

whoever is giving these deadlines and dates from HAL - needs to come on news channels to give the dates. so the same dates can be played over and over again to them. can you please give a realistic date for once? i dont mind it changing once or twice.. but changing it every month by arithematic prog...
by bharathp
24 Aug 2025 02:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 13328
Views: 4675304

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

my conspiracy brain keeps saying, it is the chinks who asked thumpasura to reduce India's stature in return for a tariff bargains. and it is easier to be number 1 and number 2 longer and stronger when the only other competitor (the rising number4/3) is halted in its tracks with no other in sight. pa...
by bharathp
26 Jun 2025 07:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 4315
Views: 1537162

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

India illegally deporting Muslim citizens at gunpoint to Bangladesh, say rights groups https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/19/india-deporting-indians-muslim-citizens-bangladesh-say-rights-groups-border how exactly do you "legally" deport someone who entered illegally?
by bharathp
07 May 2025 03:03
Forum: Terrorism Archive
Topic: Pahalgam Terror Attack: News & Discussion
Replies: 1196
Views: 381973

Re: Pahalgam Terror Attack: News & Discussion

One factor I always think about . At the end of the day the pakees have nothing to lose .they are worse than a shit hole and how much worse can we even make them . Indians have a lot to lose . A bully's most used phrase: even if you show me as a bad boy, it only increases my stature. I have nothing...
by bharathp
06 May 2025 07:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 6107
Views: 2708715

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

they are banking on the fact that, at the maximum, we will oust them from our lands. and there is still a chance they can get a few inches of land. with their B team (OGWs) and C team (Khangress) and D team (fifth colimnists) and many such teams batting for them. the surgical strike and the airstrik...
by bharathp
24 Apr 2025 23:59
Forum: Terrorism Archive
Topic: Pahalgam Terror Attack: News & Discussion
Replies: 1196
Views: 381973

Re: Pahalgam Terror Attack: News & Discussion

just another data point:
earlier, PoK retaking had the additional character of the CPEC road passing through the area (so cheen can get involved)
with the CPEC in shambles.. this maybe a blessing for Cheen to use as pretext to drop CPEC. they anyways got the monies they wanted to get.
by bharathp
11 Apr 2025 04:41
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: India's Power Sector
Replies: 1776
Views: 771681

Re: India's Power Sector

https://i.ibb.co/XZk9tfvk/electricity-generation.png Mort Walker ji.. please note the growth in cheen's electricity generation is also directly related to the number of manufacturing companies coming up over there. its not just per capita comsumption but an oversized export oriented manufacturing i...
by bharathp
28 Mar 2025 06:55
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: HLFT-42 Lead-In Fighter Trainer: News & Discussions: 02 August 2022
Replies: 77
Views: 47069

Re: HLFT-42 Lead-In Fighter Trainer: News & Discussions: 02 August 2022

"what are the chances of exporting a place that IAF may not buy" the chinese do not use the jf-17 - but have exported it to so many countries as of now. IAF is no barometer to decide what is a good product for other countries. we dont know the engine - true -i am hoping its an engine not ...
by bharathp
26 Mar 2025 02:52
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: HLFT-42 Lead-In Fighter Trainer: News & Discussions: 02 August 2022
Replies: 77
Views: 47069

Re: HLFT-42 Lead-In Fighter Trainer: News & Discussions: 02 August 2022

I am not a regular poster, but a daily reader. The Chinese have used their jf17 to great effect to pull smaller Air forces into their fold. And having an entire ecosystem of fighter aircraft development in house or in control has a value proposition in itself. Arming a Sri lanka or Myanmar with us e...
by bharathp
25 Feb 2025 05:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
Replies: 2323
Views: 1272738

Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015

US join Russia on a vote on Ukraine !! The UN has adopted Ukraine’s resolution condemning Russian aggression and demanding the immediate withdrawal of Putin’s forces, marking the war’s third anniversary. ***The U.S. joined Russia, North Korea, Belarus, and Hungary in opposing the resolution*** I di...
by bharathp
16 Feb 2025 16:45
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: MRCA (Many Rakshaks Choose Aircraft) Contest - Episode III
Replies: 3472
Views: 1332167

Re: MRCA (Many Rakshaks Choose Aircraft) Contest - Episode III

lease/buy strategic bombers from the americans?
i mean, if its the trade deficit he is after.. buy that much of GE stock.. or a 1000 engines and stockpile them
buy raw naterials. oil.. anything to preserve our budding MIC
by bharathp
25 Jan 2025 04:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 4315
Views: 1537162

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

^^^Fascist Government of Yunus hits another low.. per reports .. Yunus Govt will seek "international intervention" to pursue Sheikh Hasina's return from India....at the same time he denies the reports of atrocities on Hindus. ..Bangladesh blames India for spreading "misinformation&qu...
by bharathp
26 Dec 2024 05:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 4315
Views: 1537162

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

All I see is typical weak kneed reaction from India when it comes to its neighbors. This reminds me of the time when Chinese troops in Tibet were kept fed by grains supplied via Kolkata port. Same ole same ole. We can strangle them whenever we want. The silence on the Indian official side means, so...
by bharathp
21 Dec 2024 09:51
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 2442
Views: 7110943

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

this complete silence on mk1a is baffling! i fervently hope we dont kill the project!
by bharathp
14 Dec 2024 05:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 4414
Views: 1314677

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

the fear against one nation one election in here somehow doesnt set with me. I am not just hopeful but very much lookiing forward to decimating BIF and one nation one election is a path forwards to it. it exposes the dotty alliance type parties that have no ideology but align in state A, adversaries...
by bharathp
11 Dec 2024 08:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bakistan: Emirate of New-clear Inquilabi States-Bojitiv Newj
Replies: 2199
Views: 910766

Re: Bakistan: Emirate of New-clear Inquilabi States-Bojitiv Newj

https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/topstories/pakistan-s-ex-isi-chief-faiz-hameed-indicted-for-political-interference-and-misuse-of-authority/ar-AA1vBhgp?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=2e40f84cf8ab4a39bdf2c35c8e58cec9&ei=14 Bakistan's ex-ISI chief Faiz Hameed indicted for political interferenc...
by bharathp
07 Dec 2024 05:53
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
Replies: 7032
Views: 2319439

Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry

Mollick Saar and also Vayutuvan Saar, Normally its best to ignore the stands of movie stars and only bring backlash when something outrageous is said. Most of the actors whether in bollywood or any of the south of India woods ( Tolly, Mallu, Sandal etc) all utter something to bring themselves into ...
by bharathp
27 Nov 2024 17:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 4414
Views: 1314677

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

via @Indian_Analyzer Lalit Modi: "Sunanda Pushkar had $0 in Kochi Consortium but owned 25%, along with 15% Revenue Share of the Team for FREE! ~ I refused to sign. Tharoor called & threatened ED Action. BCCI Prez said He is getting calls from 10 Janpath (Gandhi Family)" WATCH VIDEO Th...
by bharathp
09 Oct 2024 06:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 6107
Views: 2708715

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2501535/chinese-engineers-killed-in-karachi-attack-were-key-to-energy-debt-talks-aurangzeb Chinese engineers killed in Karachi attack were key to energy debt talks: Aurangzeb “The ones killed were the Independent Power Producers engineers with whom Energy Minister Awais...
by bharathp
17 Sep 2024 04:12
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 982
Views: 1096569

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

^^ tejas at 00:48 and then ana amazing shot at 00:51
by bharathp
27 Aug 2024 23:28
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 2442
Views: 7110943

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

Rakesh, the Ukraine war cut off alloys from Russia that go into US engines. Now they are looking at alternates. So there is a delay. Govt will take right decision. Very interesting that Russia supplies alloys for US jet engines! which really got my thouhts into a tangle.. then Russia could easily &...
by bharathp
14 Aug 2024 18:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indian Interests_2
Replies: 666
Views: 398154

Re: Indian Interests_2

Ramsuresh/ sanman garu - if I have to guess the "India+China VsUS" in the US backyard - that would be pressuring Canada
While China is busy trying to use NAFTA and such instruments to increase its economic heft
India taking the khali elements off from Canada.