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by putnanja
11 Mar 2024 20:02
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 3952
Views: 1528738

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 ...
by putnanja
13 Feb 2024 20:11
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
Replies: 1649
Views: 686594

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...
by putnanja
29 Jan 2024 21:34
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
Views: 622129

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...
by putnanja
06 Jan 2024 08:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Replies: 3327
Views: 773255

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...
by putnanja
30 Dec 2023 14:25
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 808
Views: 510295

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.

by putnanja
28 Dec 2023 14:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406690

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...
by putnanja
20 Dec 2023 18:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2232040

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 ...
by putnanja
18 Dec 2023 07:43
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Replies: 2685
Views: 1019212

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...
by putnanja
13 Dec 2023 07:21
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
Replies: 1949
Views: 696207

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
by putnanja
07 Dec 2023 23:18
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Vehicles: News & Discussion
Replies: 217
Views: 194723

Re: Military Vehicles: News & Discussion

Thakur_B wrote: 05 Dec 2023 20:59 ...
Is there any reports on how many of these TATA QRFV were purchased by IA?
by putnanja
20 Nov 2023 16:43
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Light Tank: News & Discussion
Replies: 109
Views: 33587

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?
by putnanja
14 Nov 2023 20:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185328

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...
by putnanja
07 Nov 2023 20:39
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: BR Forum Feedback
Replies: 1178
Views: 289565

Re: BR Forum Feedback

Is there any plan to upgrade the forum software to include likes for posts?
by putnanja
23 Oct 2023 18:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Replies: 3327
Views: 773255

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 ...
by putnanja
21 Oct 2023 22:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2707424

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...
by putnanja
21 Oct 2023 08:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
Replies: 1225
Views: 1585789

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 ...
by putnanja
13 Oct 2023 12:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
Replies: 1225
Views: 1585789

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
by putnanja
12 Oct 2023 21:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
Replies: 1225
Views: 1585789

Re: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023

Cyrano wrote: 12 Oct 2023 20:33 Amber G,
I've made my point and said why. You are free to hold a different view.
If I read it right, Amber G endorsed your views
by putnanja
12 Oct 2023 07:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406690

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...
by putnanja
10 Oct 2023 09:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
Replies: 1225
Views: 1585789

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...
by putnanja
07 Oct 2023 12:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indian Interests_2
Replies: 633
Views: 238908

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...
by putnanja
25 Sep 2023 22:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185328

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...
by putnanja
22 Sep 2023 10:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406690

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...
by putnanja
21 Sep 2023 22:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Airborne Early Warning & Control: News & Discussion
Replies: 3965
Views: 1165997

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...
by putnanja
21 Sep 2023 21:23
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
Replies: 1949
Views: 696207

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...
by putnanja
15 Sep 2023 07:46
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Aditya-L1 (आदित्य -L1): Launch and Discussions
Replies: 119
Views: 31566

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...
by putnanja
10 Sep 2023 16:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5562
Views: 1510293

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

At least post-Brexit, he is the longest serving PM so far :rotfl:
by putnanja
04 Sep 2023 20:33
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
Replies: 1352
Views: 543566

Re: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions

Dumal wrote: 04 Sep 2023 11:33
Image
In this post-image, I think we can make out four depressions corresponding to the four legs of Vikram on the right of the image.
by putnanja
01 Sep 2023 12:45
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 855
Views: 2908852

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...
by putnanja
27 Aug 2023 10:11
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
Replies: 1352
Views: 543566

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...
by putnanja
23 Aug 2023 20:52
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
Replies: 1352
Views: 543566

Re: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions

sanman wrote: 23 Aug 2023 20:49 First image from Vikram of the Moon's surface following the landing:

Image

Can you please share the source of the image? Would be good to show the source when posting images
by putnanja
23 Aug 2023 17:56
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
Replies: 1352
Views: 543566

Re: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions

Vertical velocity decreasing now
by putnanja
20 Aug 2023 17:52
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
Replies: 1352
Views: 543566

Re: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions

rrao wrote: 20 Aug 2023 12:25 Dilbu saar aap ka moo mein bhooth jalokia :D
I don't think you have been on the forum long enough to understand the legendary anti-jinx power of Dilbu-ji! So ignore if you don't know or understand it :D
by putnanja
18 Aug 2023 16:20
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
Replies: 1352
Views: 543566

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 ...
by putnanja
27 Jul 2023 11:31
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
Replies: 1352
Views: 543566

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...
by putnanja
24 May 2023 10:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119259

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

williams wrote:
https://www.reuters.com/article/idINInd ... 3120080424
Ra agency should pay for it. they manipulated green Pakistan to sign up with Iran :rotfl:
Can you check the url as it’s returning an error
by putnanja
13 May 2023 20:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
Replies: 1718
Views: 388535

Re: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023

Since 1985, it has been difficult for incumbent govt to win reelection in KA. Also to be noted is that for the longest time, the central govt and state govt used to be different parties, and only last election it was the same. Problem in KA is that there is no one person who can attract the masses. ...
by putnanja
16 Mar 2023 08:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2232040

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Just because Raimodo had a good time in India doesn't mean they have to agree to her agenda. India also know how to wine and dine in public and disagree in private. If Garcetti tries to be too smart, he will be shown his place. Things have been just fine without boneheads like him becoming an ambass...
by putnanja
13 Mar 2023 21:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2232040

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Usually the govts sound out the host govt on appointment of ambassador. Indian govt knew for last couple of years about Garett and his shennanigans. Why didn't they inform US about the suitability of that person to take forward India-US ties? he seems to have revealed his true colors rather late in...