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- 21 Apr 2024 13:45
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
- Replies: 4093
- Views: 2028761
Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
I believe almost a third of the money will go to US defence dept as they have already transferred the weapons from their stockpile to Ukraine and it will be to replenish their stocks. The amount for weapons also will go to US companies as US will buy the weapons and give them to ukraine. So 90% of t...
- 14 Apr 2024 18:41
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Iran-Israel Conflict: News & Discussions: 14 April 2024
- Replies: 72
- Views: 19590
Re: Iran-Israel Conflict: News & Discussions: 14 April 2024
Iran is surrounded by sunni islamic countries, which will be providing overt or covert support to US/Israel and try to negotiate with them for support.
- 10 Apr 2024 15:00
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
- Replies: 624
- Views: 163588
Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Very anecdotal, I was speaking to few AP colleagues and friends, and almost all of them were cursing YSR for bankrupting the govt and not having anything to show for it. Infrastructure is a mess, 3-capitals idea was a mess and lot of people lost money in that craziness. No money to repair roads or o...
- 11 Mar 2024 20:02
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
- Replies: 4093
- Views: 2028761
Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Russia Resurrects Soviet-Era Bombs to Gain Edge in Ukraine Conflict In the midst of escalating military losses, the Kremlin is deploying some of its most formidable weapons. In an effort to cut production costs, Russia is reaching back into its Soviet-era arsenal, retrofitting old weapons with new ...
- 13 Feb 2024 20:11
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
- Replies: 1695
- Views: 779460
Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
Defence ministry signs Rs 2,269-crore deal with Bharat Electronics Limited for the procurement of 11 Shakti warfare systems "The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Hyderabad on February 13 for procurement of 11 Shakti Electronic Warfare Systems alo...
- 29 Jan 2024 21:34
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
- Replies: 2716
- Views: 683427
Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Hungary accuses EU of blackmail over Ukraine aid stand-off Hungary accused the European Union of blackmail after a leaked document reportedly suggested that the bloc plans to sabotage Budapest’s economy if it vetoes fresh aid for Ukraine at a summit later this week. Hungary’s minister for EU affair...
- 06 Jan 2024 08:31
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 847719
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Their primary audience is MNCs/US politicians/US public. They want to use that to put pressure on USG to slow down on relations with India and bring up "democracy/human rights" concerns in their dealings with India. They want the US govt/senators/orgs to interfere in India and influence ch...
- 30 Dec 2023 14:25
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
- Replies: 822
- Views: 638132
Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
The final episode, short one with Dr Kota flying the simulator shown for couple of minutes.
- 28 Dec 2023 14:23
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
- Replies: 1880
- Views: 466925
Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Surprising that they are leaking news that they will arrest the perpetrators shortly. Who does that if they are seriously going to do that? They will keep everything under wraps to prevent the suspects from escaping. Looks like they are deliberately releasing this news so that the people they are su...
- 28 Dec 2023 14:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
- Replies: 1250
- Views: 2438636
- 20 Dec 2023 18:42
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8805
- Views: 2476224
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
If US is asking for extradition and investigation into CC-1 by India for plotting to kill Indian citizens, India should do the request the same about Pannun and others who are advocating violent session from India. Indian lives are equally important as US citizens'. India should ask for reciprocity ...
- 18 Dec 2023 07:43
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
- Replies: 2731
- Views: 1116331
Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
We need our own engine, no doubt. Whether Kaveri which was initially targeted at F404 specs can scale up to F414 is a suspect, given that it is yet to even match F404 specs for LCA Mk1/1A. Unfortunately there is no other competitor. M88 engine which is same as in Rafale would have been good if it wa...
- 13 Dec 2023 07:21
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
- Replies: 1961
- Views: 773078
Re: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
Interesting. There were reports of glitches in the Sig rifles purchased earlier. Now they are going for another batch of 70k. Looks like the glitches were not major
- 07 Dec 2023 23:18
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Military Vehicles: News & Discussion
- Replies: 218
- Views: 259923
- 20 Nov 2023 16:43
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Light Tank: News & Discussion
- Replies: 109
- Views: 36555
Re: Indian Light Tank: News & Discussion
Isn't the T-90/T-72 engine around 800HP? Couldn't the same be used for Zorawar? The T-90 engine powers around 50-55 ton tank, so it should be sufficient for the 25 tonner. Aren't we manufacturing these engines in India now?
- 14 Nov 2023 20:08
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1343087
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Cash-strapped Pakistan sold weapons worth USD 364 million to Ukraine: Report ISLAMABAD/LONDON: Cash-strapped Pakistan reportedly earned USD 364 million in an arms deal with two private US companies last year to supply ammunition to Ukraine in its war with Russia, according to a media report. A Brit...
- 07 Nov 2023 20:39
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: BR Forum Feedback
- Replies: 1178
- Views: 336607
Re: BR Forum Feedback
Is there any plan to upgrade the forum software to include likes for posts?
- 23 Oct 2023 18:23
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 847719
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
https://www.deccanherald.com/business/companies/wagh-bakri-scion-parag-desai-passes-at-49-after-attack-by-stray-dogs-2737931 I am sorry I put this here as not sure where to add as Ramanaji closed the previous thread where Stray D were discussed. This is becoming a serious menace and not so much as ...
- 21 Oct 2023 22:55
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2827267
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
"Health Canada has confirmed the presence of a Simian Virus 40 (SV40) DNA sequence in the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, which the manufacturer had not previously disclosed" "Health Canada has confirmed the presence of a Simian Virus 40 (SV40) DNA sequence in the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, w...
- 21 Oct 2023 08:02
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
- Replies: 1250
- Views: 2438636
Re: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
I think Israel is waiting for background negotiations going on to release the hostages. The primary objective of ground offensive of Israel is to secure release of hostages, as mentioned by Israel itself. They have said they will invade to get the hostages released. If the hostages are all released ...
- 13 Oct 2023 12:03
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
- Replies: 1250
- Views: 2438636
Re: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
I think Israel will establish a bigger buffer zone by razing the buildings to ground and ensuring that there is no place for terrorists to hide among civilians and fire rockets into Israel. Netanyahu mentioned that middle-east will change, and it might point to redrawing some of the borders
- 12 Oct 2023 21:54
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
- Replies: 1250
- Views: 2438636
- 12 Oct 2023 07:34
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
- Replies: 1880
- Views: 466925
Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Canadian diplomats remain in India as withdrawal deadline passes Probably due to dire shortage of drug free airplanes to ferry returning diplomats :wink: . There is always this option via the Attari crossing. Our neighbors are not quite particular. From the link above ... ... Ottawa was trying to r...
- 10 Oct 2023 09:29
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
- Replies: 1250
- Views: 2438636
Re: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
Awesome analysis as always SSridhar! I think the Iran-backing of Hamas is what might make UAE/KSA/Jordan stand out or just publicly make some noises while privately ignoring them. The power play will decide how quickly this issue ends. If Hamas is allowed to get away with it, it will embolden Iran a...
- 07 Oct 2023 12:26
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indian Interests_2
- Replies: 643
- Views: 268380
Re: Indian Interests_2
My niece in India aged 9 was having vaginal bleeding advised by the gynecologist to stop drinking cow milk and the problems stopped. She gave the same reason - cows generally give less milk than buffaloes and are regularly being doped with hormones to increase milk production, which despite boiling...
- 25 Sep 2023 22:18
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1343087
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Faujis to farmers ... Will they win this one at least? :rotfl: From tanks to tractors: Pakistan army taking over 1 million acres of land to grow food According to a report in Nikkei Asia, Pakistan's army is taking over large swaths of government-owned land to grow food for the poverty-stricken masse...
- 22 Sep 2023 10:50
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
- Replies: 1880
- Views: 466925
Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Beyond STEM topics, what is the real value of a Canadian education for Indian students. Unless they are going to remain back in Canada. Majority of the students going abroad to countries like UK/US/Aus/NZ/Can want to stay back there, very few want to come back. They would have taken loans etc to go...
- 21 Sep 2023 22:58
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Airborne Early Warning & Control: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3965
- Views: 1211484
Re: Airborne Early Warning & Control: News & Discussion
IAF looking for 6 more Netra Mk-I ... IAF plans to buy 6 more indigenous 'Netra-I eyes in the sky' surveillance planes "Two of the Netra AEW&C surveillance aircraft also known as the ‘eyes in the sky’ are already in the Air Force after being developed by the DRDO. There is now a plan to bui...
- 21 Sep 2023 21:23
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
- Replies: 1961
- Views: 773078
Re: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
Wow, a first for Indian pvt company as per PTI report on Twitter Indian Army to get Made-in-India sniper rifles developed by Bengaluru-based SSS Defence. Photos from https://twitter.com/VivekSi85847001/status/1704855704958648455 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6jdGjpbsAA8RT5?format=jpg&name=small h...
- 15 Sep 2023 07:46
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Aditya-L1 (आदित्य -L1): Launch and Discussions
- Replies: 119
- Views: 39948
Re: Aditya-L1 (आदित्य -L1): Launch and Discussions
Aditya-L1 completes 4th Earth bound maneuvre (EBN#4), to begin journey to final destination on September 19 From ISRO facebook page and Twitter: Aditya-L1 Mission: The fourth Earth-bound maneuvre (EBN#4) is performed successfully. ISRO's ground stations at Mauritius, Bengaluru, SDSC-SHAR and Port B...
- 10 Sep 2023 16:50
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5642
- Views: 1630898
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
At least post-Brexit, he is the longest serving PM so far
- 04 Sep 2023 20:33
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
- Replies: 1354
- Views: 742159
- 01 Sep 2023 12:45
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
- Replies: 1010
- Views: 4468889
Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
One still needs final assembly lines to assemble all the parts in one location. Even Boeing and Airbus have multiple assembly lines for their aircraft. Both of them have parts being manufactured by different vendors all across the world. All of them are brought together at their main location and as...
- 27 Aug 2023 10:11
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
- Replies: 1354
- Views: 742159
Re: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
Picture is worth 100 words. Attempting with real simulation Salvi ji, Amber ji and others - thank you for your responses to my questions. Hoping that I have understood you guys properly and am taking the liberty of using a simplistic metaphor by using earthly props that an aam abdul will be able to...
- 23 Aug 2023 20:52
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
- Replies: 1354
- Views: 742159
- 23 Aug 2023 17:56
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
- Replies: 1354
- Views: 742159
Re: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
Vertical velocity decreasing now
- 20 Aug 2023 17:52
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
- Replies: 1354
- Views: 742159
- 18 Aug 2023 16:20
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
- Replies: 1354
- Views: 742159
Re: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
From ISRO Facebook page, 1st deboosting operation of lander successful Chandrayaan-3 Mission: The Lander Module (LM) health is normal. LM successfully underwent a deboosting operation that reduced its orbit to 113 km x 157 km. The second deboosting operation is scheduled for August 20, 2023, around ...
- 27 Jul 2023 11:31
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
- Replies: 1354
- Views: 742159
Re: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
As per ISRO tweet: The orbit-raising maneuver (Earth-bound perigee firing) is performed successfully from ISTRAC/ISRO, Bengaluru. The spacecraft is expected to attain an orbit of 127609 km x 236 km. The achieved orbit will be confirmed after the observations. Today's update from ISRO on their faceb...
- 24 May 2023 10:27
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 7956
- Views: 2248483
Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Can you check the url as it’s returning an errorwilliams wrote:
https://www.reuters.com/article/idINInd ... 3120080424
Ra agency should pay for it. they manipulated green Pakistan to sign up with Iran