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- 20 May 2024 16:03
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Military Flight Safety
- Replies: 3368
- Views: 914407
Re: Military Flight Safety
. Usually for VIP and VVIP pilots there is the added pressure of getting their clients to the site even if it's nit formally spoken, I don't know how the Iranian President would have handled being told he can't go to the location due to fog but it is possible there may be some backlash against the ...
- 08 May 2024 21:06
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
- Replies: 1224
- Views: 260132
Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
It’s a weird election I must admit. Both sides seem to have dissipated before the elections. Too much noise. Ram mandir and 370 seems a distant memory. Good thing is opposition alliance is equally if not more in shambles. que sera sera! I wonder if the length of the election in this energy sapping ...
- 05 May 2024 23:17
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: CT & COIN Operations in India: News, Images and Discussion
- Replies: 2905
- Views: 845590
Re: CT & COIN Operations in India: News, Images and Discussion
^^^ All understandable ideas but imo it paints a pretty poor picture of our CT/COIN success when convoys within our own country need to be in fully armored trucks with drone oversight. These are all addressing the symptoms and not the cause and that too only partially and with extreme costs There ar...
- 05 May 2024 00:07
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
- Replies: 2283
- Views: 888796
Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
The Air Force's own statement (rather carelessly imo) uses the word "militants" instead of terrorists, There is a difference between the two and we need to make sure it's clear that these are foreign sponsored armed terrorists attacking our forces and not just some anti government militants
- 03 May 2024 18:20
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3256
- Views: 2397698
Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
https://x.com/NewsIADN/status/1786282733372936666 ---> Indian Army to award contract for 250-280 units of 6x6 Multi Terrain Gun Towing Vehicles (GTV). The contract is likely to be concluded within 6 months and is valued around ₹2,000 crore. TATA and Ashok Leyland are the front runners. That comes o...
- 29 Apr 2024 18:11
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
- Replies: 1224
- Views: 260132
Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
^^^ You are not going to make any difference to the opinions of the western audiance by trying to speak to them directly. Because those opinions are shaped by people who can best be described as house slaves. Speaking to the massa what those slaves think massa wants to hear. The only way to defeat ...
- 29 Apr 2024 17:17
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
- Replies: 1224
- Views: 260132
Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
IMO, there are quite a few good content creators. The issue is not content creation. It is that none of the gatekeepers of the West will publish them. E.g., in the print media, a Rana Ayyub or Arundhati Roy will get a place in the New York Times, and similar folks will get into the New Yorker or Th...
- 29 Apr 2024 17:13
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
- Replies: 1224
- Views: 260132
Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Akshay ji, Why was there no support for republic TV why did no one from the right come out against the shameful "arrest" of arnab goswami the murderous ahole who led the arresting team carried an AK-47 arnab wound up fighting a lonely battle all by himself with no one from the BJP even sp...
- 29 Apr 2024 17:11
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
- Replies: 1224
- Views: 260132
Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Why blame the right wing? Have Hindu voters ever supported the right wing, from Bihar to Kolkata to Kerala to Tamil Nadu? Their first voting choice was rabid communists or anti-Hindu Congress or casteist regional parties. BJP and RSS were derided as unsophisticated. Because this is politics.. You c...
- 29 Apr 2024 08:39
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8497
- Views: 3100546
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Agree with everything in relation to economy , fit and finish, reducing poverty etc. I visit India at least twice a year from Oz. Sometimes thrice. Infact reached yesterday for a quickie cheeky visit. PUNE garbage issue is bad and no sign of getting better. Street Cleaners sweep every day. Sweep ev...
- 29 Apr 2024 08:28
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
- Replies: 1224
- Views: 260132
Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
'gori chamdi 'laal salaam', fully belagaam' is understood..even israeli tabloid's 'opinion' understood (they too have many lefshits)..but what explains japanese publishers' malcontent?! case of doing bidding for their funders who might be gori chamdi & dar-ul-hinslamiya nations? Whether its Jap...
- 24 Apr 2024 03:25
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wish list for Modi 3.0 administration
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4016
Re: Wish list for Modi 3.0 administration
The biggest improvement we need to make is in the quality of life of the average person 1. Clean Air to breathe - Air pollution levels are alarming and have been for long, We desperately need to do better as this is harming and killing millions of Indians each year 2. Clean streets to walk, Even dir...
- 16 Apr 2024 07:40
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
- Replies: 1900
- Views: 529637
Re: Social Media Watch Thread
In the recent few weeks a lot of anti India content has been amplified on Twitter which isn't any surprise to any of us but what might be surprising (to some people at least) is that a lot of the accounts doing this had huge Indian RW following and were cheered on by our own when the target was some...
- 12 Apr 2024 16:42
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
- Replies: 1030
- Views: 6035271
Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Where does "issuing a tender" fall in our AON—CCS—DAC clearance etc etc 27 step procurement process?
Is the only thing left is for HAL to respond to the tender and start contract negotiations or is there additional clearances/procedures still remaining
Is the only thing left is for HAL to respond to the tender and start contract negotiations or is there additional clearances/procedures still remaining
- 10 Apr 2024 18:07
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8979
- Views: 2615622
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
While I wouldn't completely rule out the chances of some of these killings being connected there are a couple of more reasons why we are hearing more on Indian student fatalities these days 1. The Indian student population in the US has exploded in the last 5-7 years, The amount of Indian kids that ...
- 05 Apr 2024 18:17
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
- Replies: 4794
- Views: 1561131
Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
Sachin ji to add on to that on really busy days especially near a holiday weekend even AC 3 tier and AC 2 tier are sometimes overrun with vagabonds and people with no tickets and they seem to have hit on a great strategy of quantity If there was 1-2 guys the passengers or TT could object but if ther...
- 03 Apr 2024 22:25
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
- Replies: 1256
- Views: 3289223
Re: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
A couple of days ago news came out that World Central Kitchen workers died in a recent strike by Israel. This is a very popular aid org and Chef Jose Andreas who started it runs in the liberal circles of Clinton/Obama and is extremely popular among the standard college educated white demograhpic. Th...
- 03 Apr 2024 00:10
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
- Replies: 1256
- Views: 3289223
Re: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
Israel will do what it thinks is best but that will not take away from the fact that this scorched earth approach will lead to a lot more radicalization within Palestinians and arabs and help Hamas/Iranian recruitment for the next several decades Not to mention it will weaken its standing with the A...
- 27 Mar 2024 18:23
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
- Replies: 1703
- Views: 827984
Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
Submarine drones and unmanned sub tech is also getting better day by day, Previously an enemy sub couldn't risk using all it's detection capabilities lest it gets found out itself but with unmanned/drone subs that will not be the case anymore As with every technology there will be a counter and then...
- 26 Mar 2024 18:52
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4497
- Views: 1385448
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Gotta hand it to them though. These Pakistanis kill more Chinese in a year than we or the US does in 10. Jokes aside I wonder by when Chinese officials will start protesting against Pak based postings, Wonder if they get any hardship payments for it Modern day equivalent of being sent to work in the...
- 25 Mar 2024 05:26
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
- Replies: 1045
- Views: 770508
Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
More Astronaut candidates to be selected from IAF in 6 months https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/after-fab-4-next-round-of-astronaut-selection-may-begin-in-6-month/articleshow/108503855.cms I have a question around the number of test pilots that are qualified every year. I somehow hav...
- 21 Mar 2024 00:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8979
- Views: 2615622
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
From the initial bluster from the government on this it does seem to be a little bit of a capitulation on our end. The internal reality could very well be different and it may have been a rogue however what do we gain from sharing an official confirmation w US. If someone in CIA or SD took matters i...
- 19 Mar 2024 21:39
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018
- Replies: 2811
- Views: 1684644
Re: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018
^^^ PAF getting multiple options for 4.5/5th Gen fighters with Chinese and Turkish designs. except the moolah :mrgreen: The moolah will automatically come if India starts progressing too much w AMCA. For both Cheen and US there is no better way to keep India in check than have it tied up with Pak r...
- 16 Mar 2024 06:46
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
- Replies: 1703
- Views: 827984
Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
VIDEO : https://x.com/SpokespersonMoD/status/1768576868629041238?s=20 ---> Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the newly constructed headquarters of the Indian Navy "Nausena Bhawan" in New Delhi. While I am very happy that the services are getting newer HQs and much better digs h...
- 14 Mar 2024 21:06
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 10/7 vs 9/11 (Israel-Gaza) Strategic Fallout & Implications
- Replies: 313
- Views: 123635
Re: 10/7 vs 9/11 (Israel-Gaza) Strategic Fallout & Implications
Frankly at this point meddling in foreign conflicts and lands is more "American" than anything in the Constitution It is country and empire built on foreign expertise and wealth sometimes via immigration and sometimes via wars. Besides any "superpower" whether rising or fading hi...
- 06 Mar 2024 20:12
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Kargil War Thread - VI
- Replies: 1433
- Views: 412778
Re: Kargil War Thread - VI
Been re-reading Lt Gen Mohinder Puri's book Kargil: Turning the tide. A few observations below ( Apologies if all this has been discussed previously in this thread) 1.The bit about 9 PARA SF not being able to really seize the initiative on some of the tasks assigned to it seems interesting, The Lt G...
- 06 Mar 2024 18:09
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8979
- Views: 2615622
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
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- 24 Feb 2024 05:54
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3256
- Views: 2397698
Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
We should shadow buy some Israeli or Swedish firm and have them repackage ATAGS, Arjun etc to sell to Indian Army
Some goras to wine, dine and lobby the Chandigarh crowd and the orders will start flowing in
Some goras to wine, dine and lobby the Chandigarh crowd and the orders will start flowing in
- 04 Feb 2024 23:10
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 867560
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
She will have no problem with BJP at the centre, if she has a free hand in WB. There, BJP might agree to follow the Odisa model, of a few seats at the state and peaceful co-existence. This is probably much more Mamata reading the tea leaves and distancing herself a little from the decimation the do...
- 04 Feb 2024 07:29
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4497
- Views: 1385448
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
^^ Surprised the analysts didn't say that a new Sharif government will end the Ukraine war and bring world peace.
- 01 Feb 2024 10:27
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 867560
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Everyone using the 39 number from 2019 Bihar results must realize that BJP on its own only won 17 and that JDU and LJP got the other 22 so the results weren't as tilted towards BJP isn't as some may remember . Even an older weaker JDU is still good for 10+ seats and that it seems is worthwhile to br...
- 26 Jan 2024 10:28
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 7561
- Views: 1783251
Re: Understanding the US - Again
Wrt Trump every sentence should end with "for now".. There is no ally /no person /no country he wouldn't do a 180 on if it guarantees him safety and popularity If China is able to turn his head and promise him a few choice things I wouldn't be surprised to see him go against India the next...
- 25 Jan 2024 02:28
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
- Replies: 4202
- Views: 2464532
Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
I think both sides here means NATO and Russia, Nato personal, resources are also being used up in a big manner. Normally something like the Houthis would have been finished off in 10 -15 days , but the cupboard is clearly pretty exhausted. The Chinese seem to be the winner here, they have chance to...
- 25 Jan 2024 00:16
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: VayuSena Rafale: News and Discussions - 17 Oct 2016
- Replies: 4661
- Views: 1597218
Re: VayuSena Rafale: News and Discussions - 17 Oct 2016
This user/channel essentially puts different liveries on existing aircraft.. So for example an Air India livery on MD-11, etc, etc.Rakesh wrote: ↑23 Jan 2024 23:24 Cannot verify the veracity of this picture, as some are saying it is photoshopped. But FWIW...
https://x.com/aeroconcepts1/status/1749 ... 26668?s=20 --->
- 22 Jan 2024 01:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 7561
- Views: 1783251
Re: Understanding the US - Again
a side bonus of the understanding us thread is that also allows one insight into the people living in the us ... fmO-ziHU_D8 You touch on several lines of thought that I have also had when viewing this thread or any other forums/discussions where Indians discuss American politics. However I would l...
- 21 Jan 2024 02:55
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 7561
- Views: 1783251
Re: Understanding the US - Again
You choose a VP to either gain or shore up a particular voter base that the you are lagging behind with and in that regards I don't think either Ramaswamy or Haley bring in any significant voters that Trump already has.. Not enough to tip the scales anyway. I think he will end up choosing either a w...
- 24 Dec 2023 20:32
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: CT & COIN Operations in India: News, Images and Discussion
- Replies: 2905
- Views: 845590
Re: CT & COIN Operations in India: News, Images and Discussion
Elections are coming next year...SS 3.0 is not far off That may be good enough for electoral chest thumping but nothing much beyond that. We've essentially proven to Pak that we have a very high threshold to undertake major operations like cross border strikes and if they continue to attack 3-5 of ...
- 13 Dec 2023 18:53
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
- Replies: 1966
- Views: 807021
Re: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
Honestly the "cost related" concerns when buying a major assault rifle platform for the whole army make me groan. You are talking about the most important, the most used, the most necessary piece of equipment for the entire defense forces, Something which will be the tip of our spear for d...
- 08 Dec 2023 19:41
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 7561
- Views: 1783251
Re: Understanding the US - Again
Ramaswamy's goose is cooked for 2024 but he may come out of this with a much bigger profile and a genuine shot at 2028 if he keeps his wits about him Trump holds too much of a sway with the repubs for anyone else to be a worthy challenger and he won't want anything less than a complete yes man for V...
- 07 Dec 2023 21:29
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC 2): News & Discussion
- Replies: 225
- Views: 90254
Re: Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC 2): News & Discussion
And i honestly feel we are displaying the same lack of foresight by not going for 2 follow on carriers. For budgetary purposes even if IAC 2 gets approved in 2024 and IAC 3 in 2028 or something we should try to keep the design similar or as close to similar as possible in order to get them out quick...