What if--->
- Withdraw 114 MRCA proposal.
- Say that the order should be split between 3 squadrons of Rafale and 3 squadrons of 5th Gen fighter
- Order 3 squadrons of Rafale
- Drag the 5th Gen proposal with Chai Biskoot sessions for years
- Finally cancel it and order AMCA
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- 26 Jul 2025 08:53
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: MRCA (Many Rakshaks Choose Aircraft) Contest - Episode III
- Replies: 3303
- Views: 1178809
- 12 Jul 2025 15:34
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
- Replies: 2052
- Views: 932506
Re: Social Media Watch Thread
I have noticed a sudden rise of social media handles complaining about Indian infrastructure... The handles are all verified and most of these posts are going viral... While it is true that there are issues with some infra projects, this sudden over focus on infra projects look unnatural... The patt...
- 07 Jul 2025 09:39
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
- Replies: 1779
- Views: 468064
Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
One thing is true... While we public do not know what US is doing inside Pakistan, Indian Armed Forces and intelligence definitely KNEW about US activities in Pakistani Air Base(s)... And India intentionally hit them... No one is going to believe that India randomly hit the bases without knowledge o...
- 30 Jun 2025 21:43
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
- Replies: 2937
- Views: 603860
Re: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
The words used by the Defence Attache are problematic... The Govt. does not decide the Rules of Engagement without consulting the Armed Forces... It is not like they will simply send the Armed Forces on some suicide mission... They put forward the ROE and the objectives and within these RsOE, the Ar...
- 30 Jun 2025 11:09
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
- Replies: 2937
- Views: 603860
Re: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
Remember... During Balakot strike, there were same Rules of Engagement... PAF was also on high alert... But we carried out the strike without loss of assets... So, it is not that IAF can't do the strike without SEAD/DEAD... IAF did plan the things within the given ROE... But once war starts, things ...
- 29 Jun 2025 10:07
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
- Replies: 1774
- Views: 1541989
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
The missile programs are just too many in number... It is getting difficult to follow up... Is it possible for someone in the know to list all Missile Programs in the 1st page of this thread...? 1) Ballistic Missiles 2) Cruise Missiles 3) SAMs 4) AAMs 5) ASMs 6) Rocket Systems 7) Others like ATGMs e...
- 24 Jun 2025 23:06
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
- Replies: 1779
- Views: 468064
Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Coming to think of it, the sub-conscious frustration that we Indians actually face is that Pakistan is not seen as "defeated" by Aam Pakistanis... Comments like "Losing media narrative", "Not inflicting enough damage" etc. comes from this frustration... ---- Losing H&am...
- 24 Jun 2025 22:44
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
- Replies: 2937
- Views: 603860
Re: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
In my latest blogpost, I comment on the most frequently asked questions from Op Sindhoor - claims of downed aircraft, options the IAF had to reduce the risk of losses, media management, foreign policy and the reasons behind the ceasefire. I also look at Operation Rising Lion to provide a context fo...
- 21 Jun 2025 21:20
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 5344
- Views: 2301804
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
As per the news, all posts created after 2020 have been dismantled... https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/india-china-border-patrolling-army-line-of-actual-control-disengagement-2628137-2024-11-05 "Both armies subsequently pulled back to pre-Galwan positions and dismantled tents and temporary...
- 21 Jun 2025 09:31
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 5344
- Views: 2301804
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Not sure if this is noticed & posted earlier a new Chinese forward post came up on Depsang plane during border stand-off at @35.2240917N, 78.1370764E It is located between PP10 and DSDBO Highway along the Raki nala-PP10 road (Approx 6.5 km from bottle neck). The current Gmap showing older image...
- 20 Jun 2025 23:01
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 5356
- Views: 2371968
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
This seems to be fake, but it is an interesting theory---> https://x.com/manamuntu/status/1935797343917687288?s=19 " 🚨 🎙️[LEAKED AUDIO – PENTAGON FILE #982-STRIKEPROXY] A disturbing recording has surfaced from inside the Pentagon allegedly captured during a classified briefing with Pakistan Arm...
- 16 Jun 2025 22:55
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Oil & Natural Gas: News & Discussion
- Replies: 1631
- Views: 598305
Re: Oil & Natural Gas: News & Discussion
Talking of Guyana, We should get into some part of Guyana oil industry and then send a contingent to protect our interests in Guyana. (against threat of Venezuela). Get a foothold in S.America. I work in Oil & Gas industry... Our company did some project in Guyana last year, though I don't know...
- 16 Jun 2025 21:01
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Israel-Hezbollah-Iran War
- Replies: 628
- Views: 154455
Re: Israel-Hezbollah-Iran War
Series of tweets on misconceptions doing rounds that Iron Dome failed... Sharing FWIW https://x.com/MohalJoshi/status/1934293288741478668?s=19 Thread 🧵 Couple of misconceptions floating around on social media (including X, FB and even on WhatsApp) in the wake of the current Israel-Iran conflict 1. &...
- 16 Jun 2025 01:22
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Israel-Hezbollah-Iran War
- Replies: 628
- Views: 154455
Re: Israel-Hezbollah-Iran War
I asked Grok and it gave an estimated no. of 3000 missiles in Iranian inventory... Assuming they shoot 100 missiles per day, the attacks should last not more than 30 days... Since land invasion is not possible, the attacks may be expected to end in 10 or may be 15 days... ---- The main objective if ...
- 15 Jun 2025 21:46
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Israel-Hezbollah-Iran War
- Replies: 628
- Views: 154455
Re: Israel-Hezbollah-Iran War
Is there a reason why Israel is choosing the much riskier option of sending dozens of fighters into Iran to attack targets instead of returning the favor using ballistic missiles ? The chances of one or more fighters succumbing to SAM seems more and more likely as sorties increase. Besides, wouldn'...
- 13 Jun 2025 07:41
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6307
- Views: 1724751
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Anyone seen Akas Vatsa's video? He seems to claim that he traveled on the same aircraft from Delhi and deboarded at Ahmadabad because " the ac was not working". What is the truth? When on ground, AC does not work many times... Also in-flight system of Air India always turns on after Take-...
- 12 Jun 2025 19:42
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Pahalgam Terror Attack: News & Discussion
- Replies: 1184
- Views: 243075
Re: Pahalgam Terror Attack: News & Discussion
This was India's statement---> “Its perpetrators, backers and planners must be brought to justice.” ---- Conspiracy Theory Alert---> USA is technically a backer of Pak Terrorism... What if the attack on some top secret US stuff in one of the Pak Air Bases was not random happen stance, but intentiona...
- 12 Jun 2025 14:02
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
- Replies: 1779
- Views: 468064
Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Operation Sindoor: Rafales, Sukhois Shot Down Pakistan’s JF-17s, Mirages In Dogfight; India Set To Reveal Smoking Gun Evidence https://zeenews.india.com/india/operation-sindoor-rafales-sukhois-shot-down-pakistan-s-jf-17s-mirages-in-dogfight-india-set-to-reveal-smoking-gun-evidence-2914636.html "...
- 11 Jun 2025 12:20
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
- Replies: 1779
- Views: 468064
Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Analyzing the Strikes, still want some details 1. 8 What are the actual PAF losses in the Air- 1 JF-17, 1 Mirage 5 and 1 SAAB 2000 - plus what else was shot down Regarding No. 8, Nikhil Gokhale is talking about some internal assessment report and he is giving a figure of Combat Losses:- 4 F16s, 2 M...
- 11 Jun 2025 09:22
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
- Replies: 1779
- Views: 468064
Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
I personally believe we lost a couple of jets... But since no pilot is lost How is it possible that this happened, yet, there are no videos or pics either of the lost jet, or the pilot's ejection? With the population density in those area and the number of available phones, I find it very unlikely ...
- 11 Jun 2025 00:09
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
- Replies: 1779
- Views: 468064
Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
My theory is this---> "IAF used mix of dummy drones and real planes... PAF shot at them... PAF do not know which are real hits and which are dummy hits... Revealing the number or type would expose the difference between electronic signatures of real fighters and dummies... So, IAF is not reveal...
- 05 Jun 2025 21:40
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
- Replies: 1779
- Views: 468064
Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
The reason why India said Operation Sindoor is not concluded makes sense when we see the IWT...
I guess India is expecting a military response from Pak after things start effecting Pak agriculture on ground...
I guess India is expecting a military response from Pak after things start effecting Pak agriculture on ground...
- 05 Jun 2025 07:19
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
- Replies: 1779
- Views: 468064
Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Just wondering, Is Pak (and China) trying to get info on fighter jet crashes as they want to confirm whether their own tactics worked or not...? I mean, they definitely fired some AAMs and SAMs, but looks like they're not sure whether it worked or not... This might be the reason why India is not rev...
- 31 May 2025 22:01
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
- Replies: 1779
- Views: 468064
Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
One thing I'm quite surprised is that our side managed to successfully prevent actual photos of crash site(s) from leaking...
I never expected it...
I never expected it...
- 31 May 2025 17:41
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
- Replies: 1779
- Views: 468064
Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Congis are setting up a new narrative... They're saying something like this--->"Modi did a scam and bought 'sub standard' Rafales, which were easily downed by Pakis..." It is what Telangana CM Revanth Reddy said yesterday... These buggers are just waiting for a Rafale loss to start their p...
- 31 May 2025 14:53
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
- Replies: 1779
- Views: 468064
Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
CDS Gen. Anil Chauhan at Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore hints at India losing jets during interview with Haslinda Amin of Bloomberg. P.S. Understandable that we will have losses and we will drip feed the information out. But teh General's body language left a lot to be desired. While I didn't thi...
- 31 May 2025 04:26
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
- Replies: 1779
- Views: 468064
Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
The sudden change in US stance is what surprised everyone in India who was closely following the events... ---- The matter of the fact is, US Deepstate is simply allowing Trump to do his stuff as long as their long term assets & programs are left untouched... Pakistan is a huge asset for US Deep...
- 23 May 2025 10:12
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
- Replies: 1779
- Views: 468064
Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
What I'm saying is, they won't really try to escalate... Just come and sit at the border for few months, but create a narrative that they're not afraid of Indian equipment...
- 23 May 2025 06:42
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
- Replies: 1779
- Views: 468064
Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
I have a feeling that China will do some misadventure... I feel they won't escalate but will create a stand-off situation... - Reason why I'm saying this is becoz. Chinese weapon systems were dominated by Indian Armed forces... So, they will create a stand-off situation and will parallelly push this...
- 19 May 2025 03:00
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 5356
- Views: 2371968
- 11 May 2025 10:12
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
- Replies: 2937
- Views: 603860
Re: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
Reason why this Ceasefire narrative is not going down well with many in India public---> 1) Many feel damage should have been much more on Pak side... 2) Pakis are going around declaring it as some sort of victory while Indians are very silent about it... 3) There seems to be no regret on Pak side f...
- 11 May 2025 03:06
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
- Replies: 2937
- Views: 603860
Re: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
What really bothered me since the events of Balakote Strike was Drone warfare... Two major events took place after that, Armenia-Azerbaijan war and Russia-Ukraine war... Both the wars saw high level of drone warfare... I knew that the next event between India and Pakistan will involve huge drone bat...
- 11 May 2025 01:29
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
- Replies: 2937
- Views: 603860
Re: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
The issue here is not.about the stated objectives of Operation Sindoor...
The issue is that events after Operation Sindoor gave India a huge opportunity to destroy Pak once and for all...
The frustration & fear is that Modi Govt. may be wasting that opportunity...
The issue is that events after Operation Sindoor gave India a huge opportunity to destroy Pak once and for all...
The frustration & fear is that Modi Govt. may be wasting that opportunity...
- 11 May 2025 01:23
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
- Replies: 2937
- Views: 603860
Re: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
What were India's stated objectives at the start of the conflict...? Actually nothing... ---- To what level did India want to take things...? If we see the chronology of events till now, We wanted to take revenge for terrorist attacks and we did kill some of them... We did expect response from Pakis...
- 11 May 2025 00:37
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
- Replies: 2937
- Views: 603860
Re: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
What jingos expected from Modi---> "With all the word jugglery of proportionate, adequate, non-military, non-escalatory etc., Modi Govt. is laying ground work to prove Pakistanis as aggresors and make them attack India first so that India could freely unleash its power on Pakis... This was some...
- 10 May 2025 09:25
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
- Replies: 2937
- Views: 603860
Re: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
Some Paki guy is doing overtime on NikkeiAsia page...
Posting Anti-India propaganda repeatedly...
Pakis do have huge no. of moles in many international media houses...
Posting Anti-India propaganda repeatedly...
Pakis do have huge no. of moles in many international media houses...
- 09 May 2025 22:19
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
- Replies: 2937
- Views: 603860
Re: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
Pakistan Army uses statements from Congress leaders to deflect blame onto India...
Videos of Mallikarjun Kharge, Dhruv Rathee, Neha Singh Rathore, and Rakesh Tikait were shown to support their narrative before international media...
https://x.com/erbmjha/status/1920859242418114919?s=19
Videos of Mallikarjun Kharge, Dhruv Rathee, Neha Singh Rathore, and Rakesh Tikait were shown to support their narrative before international media...
https://x.com/erbmjha/status/1920859242418114919?s=19
- 09 May 2025 22:13
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
- Replies: 2937
- Views: 603860
Re: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
Looks like Pak started fresh attacks on Jammu and Punjab...
That should put an end to all Off-Ramp speculations...
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Only thing I'm waiting for is India to up the ante from proportional response to disproportionate response...
That should put an end to all Off-Ramp speculations...
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Only thing I'm waiting for is India to up the ante from proportional response to disproportionate response...
- 09 May 2025 19:49
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
- Replies: 2937
- Views: 603860
Re: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
I really doubt their pilot is captured... I don't think PAF would have flown so close to Indian Air space, let alone cross it... Coz. they know it will be a huge H&D loss after what they did to Abhinandan... Even if their jet is shotdown by our SAMs, there is very less chance that it will fall o...
- 09 May 2025 19:09
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
- Replies: 2937
- Views: 603860
Re: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
I feel things are not yet over... 1) IPL has been suspended... If things are wrapping up, this will not be required... On contrary, IPL suspension would mean things may escalate... 2) There was hightened security at all airports, temples and other public places since yesterday evening... Airlines se...