Bharat Rakshak

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LCA aerial display at Dubai Saar, the link does not work. Can you please post just the link? I will edit your post to put in the correct link code. Thanks. So sorry Rakesh I missed this. Here's the full link (but I see it already posted above as well) https://youtu.be/4owkriuLwHg?si=R1otcWMTm5827XEt

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LCA aerial display at Dubai

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Amazing that so much passion and energy is being spent on this. What communications? Between who? If they are not with the party that executed the murder, what validity do any other communications have as "evidence"? Person A randomly taking credit in a communication to Person B for the mu...

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Canada claims it has communications.
Begs the question that if it has communications that implicate a diplomat, then why did they call it credible allegations not evidence?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/sikh-n ... -1.6974607

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Jagmeet Singh started his career as a criminal defense attorney.

Does anyone know if his clients were members of the Khalistani gangs?

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Folks - any assumption regarding R&AW being directly or indirectly involved in any of these killings is presumptuous. As with any extremism movements -- they operate in nexus with criminal activities such as human trafficking, arms trafficking and drug trafficking. There is a well documented tra...

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AmberG garu is it Wed(IST ?) are there comm stations(accessible online) that are looking for awake signal from CY-3 The solar panel is oriented to receive the light at the next sunrise expected on September 22, 2023. The receiver is kept on. From: https://x.com/isro/status/1698010732128764164?s=20

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Sequence of events. - Before coming to G20, Canadian govt. adds India to the list of China and Russia as countries "meddling in Canadian internal affairs" - Trudeau comes to G20 accompanied with head of Canadian Intelligence. His "evidence" gets him nowhere. (more on this later) ...

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Rana wrote: ↑19 Sep 2023 18:52 India needs to draw parallels between the Kanishka bombing and 9/11 and say Canada not only did not pursue the hijackers, but also welcomes and actively supports the equivalent of Al Queda and Taliban in their country.

Did they support India's call for full and transparent investigation?

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Interesting proposition by Mihir Sharma of the ORF https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-09-19/india-should-cooperate-in-investigation-of-canada-sikh-killing IMHO -- India could demand a joint-commission to investigate the broader issue that includes investigating support for terrorism and...

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Ukraine is claiming to have destroyed a S400 system in Crimea.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66805897

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Rakesh, thanks for the succinct post reminding of the relevant history of the evolution of needs vs. wants. Considering the rapid evolution of drone (and associated tech.), along with major advances in ISR... IMHO, it makes little sense to incur a major capital cost of a super-carrier. A supercarrie...

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Maj Gen G.D. Bakshi take on Russia-Ukraine war. He talked with the Brit armed forces for a proper assessment of the war. They believe that Ukraine is going to lose. He also talks about the Russia-Ukraine war heading towards its decisive phase. He talks about Russia having an upper hand in the war a...

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FYI - the other most commonly used video showing explosion and crash of Prighozin's plane -- turns out to be a fake. It is a video of when Wagner shot down a Russian military plane.
https://x.com/gerashchenko_en/status/16 ... KTVPwEMajg

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From video footage, the small civilian plane appears to be shot by a missile, AD perhaps. Whether PrigorDjinn was on board is to be confirmed. Accidental or intentional ? We have the rest of this century to find out. WSJ was showing that video but has since removed it. Same with other sources. I su...

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Safran is offering 100% ToT and co-development of 130KN engine. Source: https://www.livemint.com/news/india/france-india-may-co-develop-engines-for-fighter-jet-safaran-indian-air-force-drdo-11688265433042.html India Defense Updates also indicates that French Govt. has approved the offer https://yout...

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A point about Progozhin: He isn't the founder of Wagner, nor does he run it operationally. Wagner was set up by Russian military intelligence (GRU). They wanted Russia to be disassociated from some of its operations and chose Prigozhin to be the front (though Progizhin has probably expanded its ope...

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Yagnasri wrote:The economic problems of the US will be increasing by the day, and Biden's defeat looks the most likely outcome. Trump or anyone from GoP may not be too keen on this war.

Caution on those hopes.

Dems were not pro Iraq/Afghanistan etc. -- and it still took from 2008 to 2021

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Great analysis from John Mearsheimer about current state and what he sees as possible outcome of this war.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-rHBRwdql8

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Unsure of the version given. Some OSINT accounts claim that the versions handed over are A2G and launch platform is Su-24. IIRC, there were reports(rumours?) of UKr fighter pilots training abroad.So this would make sense as the role is highly specialised. Then the Rivet Joint flight deep into Black...

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Strongly recommend forum members interested in US/India relations to watch this.
It is a different perspective, and in many ways a straight talker.

https://youtu.be/SFqDTwXMYjY

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CNN Exclusive: UK has supplied Ukraine with multiple Storm Shadow cruise missiles, giving Ukrainian forces a new long-range strike capability in advance of a highly anticipated counteroffensive, multiple senior Western officials tell me. -CNN Mind Games. Londonistan may have handed over a handful o...

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It is in Russian interests to maintain a strong relationship with India. So that, it has options in dealing with the PRC. Regardless of how close the relationship between PRC and Russians are. If Russians tilt slightly towards China. In it's dealing between India and PRC. It runs the risk of losing...

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konaseema wrote:What I found most interesting is the fact that we have tested Brahmos 106 times (if I heard it right) according to Mr. Atul.

If 1 in 30 is used for training/testing (whether developmental or operational) -- that would put produced number of Brahmos at 3k+

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The Pavlohrad explosion was truly massive, to an untrained eye it could have looked like a tactical nuclear strike. It looked to me that the target was holding a lot of solid rocket propellant. The tell tale blazing burning chunks with bright white smoke trails being thrown up was quite something.....

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Looks like after Seymour Hersh expose on Nordstream pipeline blow up got more traction than what the West expected, an attempt to put out a competing cover story blaming the Russians https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65461401 No reason given as to why exactly they would do sabotage their own ...

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Neoliberals are at it again -- by none other than Ashley Tellis America’s Bad Bet on India New Delhi Won’t Side With Washington Against Beijing https://www.foreignaffairs.com/india/americas-bad-bet-india-modi After going on about how India is not really worth all the attention etc. etc. he recognize...

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A systematic analysis of multiple wars overlapping into a "Ukraine War"
A good watch. Playback speed of 1.25 to 1.5 is totally understandable.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65446525 Pavlohrad, a logistics hub near the central city of Dnipro, was hit ahead of a much-anticipated counter-offensive by Ukraine. ... The most significant damage was in Pavlohrad, a city in Ukrainian-held territory around 70 miles (110km) from the frontlin...

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Tanaji wrote:There is another article that states that Ukraine has now gotten 98% of their required weapons for the counter offensive.

The reality is probably somewhere in between as usual

What proportion of the 98% do we think got targeted in the latest missile strike?

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Russian Arms Sales to India Stall on Fears Over US Sanctions India payments for Russia military equipment stuck for a year Impasse threatens to hurt India’s readiness on China border https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-21/russian-arms-sales-to-india-stall-due-to-fears-over-us-sanctions?...

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On the XLUUV According to the document, the XLUUV may have a maximum ‘length with payload’ of up to 50 meters, width of up to 5 meters, height no more than 10 meters and gross weight without ballast under 300 tons. Why height of 10m max? Is it with the mindset of equipping VLS? or some other reason?...

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India Initiates Development Of Massive Armed XLUUV

India is studying the feasibility of developing one of the largest XLUUVs in the world.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... med-xluuv/

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Ukraine will win by the end of the year and return Crimea,ex-commander of US troops in Europe Ben Hodges. The counter-offensive will begin in a few weeks and will be aimed at isolating Crimea.The Armed Forces of Ukraine will strike at Sevastopol and other targets on the peninsula https://twitter.co...

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Russian Arms Sales to India Stall on Fears Over US Sanctions India payments for Russia military equipment stuck for a year Impasse threatens to hurt India’s readiness on China border https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-21/russian-arms-sales-to-india-stall-due-to-fears-over-us-sanctions?...

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A good listen (1.25X playback speed is recommended)

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With SSK one can hide, but not hunt or run against a surface or sub-surface fleet of peers. It is only SSN that allows for this luxury and a vital need both to deter and play an offensive game with PLAN. I would rather prioritize the SSN over the SSK's both due to its capabilities and its indigenou...

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The issue isn't 'a bureaucracy', it's the 'nature of the bureaucracy' The nature in India's case is both collusive and subversive to productivity and innovation. I am generally averse to painting with broad brushes. I will accept that "parts of bureaucracy" are that. Because clearly DRDO,...

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Ocean going SSKs are, IMVHO, a red herring. It is for countries who want SSN capability but do not want to fork up the cash for a SSN fleet. It is for this very reason the Govt of Australia cancelled the Attack Class (Shortfin Barracuda) SSK program and jumped head on into the SSN program. See this...

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Worthwhile read. https://www.newsweek.com/2023/05/05/exclusive-navy-will-spend-200-billionequal-ukraines-gdp-subs-it-barely-uses-1795014.html Exclusive: Navy Will Spend $200 Billion—Equal to Ukraine's GDP—on Subs It Barely Uses ... The U.S. Navy can deploy barely a quarter of its attack submarine fo...

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