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by Kanoji
26 Jan 2026 19:19
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 7237
Views: 3336276

Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion

Tried to gain an understanding via AI: any comments? ——— My thought is I would start with investing in the required test facilities. Technology development cycle is retarded without the ability to test. In addition, I would add doubling down on our material science R&D based on what your AI sea...
by Kanoji
26 Jan 2026 19:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 13001
Views: 4473813

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

It wasn't just a missed call: The currency clash behind the stalled US-India trade deal Putnaja ji, Thanks for posting this. Explains to a mango man like me the reason for US nervousness and sanctioning 50% tariffs on Trump's dear friend Modi's India. I am wondering what has changed - Bessent is no...
by Kanoji
26 Jan 2026 10:13
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 7237
Views: 3336276

Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion

... Kanoji saab, One answer is that in each of the above examples, we iterated. We built a small KN cryo engine and then a bigger one. UPI was gradually scaled up. Param series started out small in terms of FLOP speed. Tanaji Sir, The Kaveri program was approved in 1984 and funds released in 1989. ...
by Kanoji
26 Jan 2026 00:46
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 7237
Views: 3336276

Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion

I do not understand why the Government is not funding the Kaveri program to its fullest extent - for example flying test beds in India instead of depending on Russia. Given the right political push and financing our engineers and technologists have excelled and created huge impact with indigenous so...
by Kanoji
25 Jan 2026 18:24
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Vayusena & Nausena Rafale: News & Discussion
Replies: 352
Views: 78073

Re: Vayusena & Nausena Rafale: News & Discussion

GaN tech denied as part of Rafale deal and we developed it inhouse https://x.com/i/status/2015146187297566878 @dotcom_1106 ▶️Tech Denied, no problem. ▶️We will develop it inhouse. We are DRDO☠️ The article and YT interview expanding what was posted above. Youtube Video - DRDO’s Suma Varughese on wh...
by Kanoji
25 Jan 2026 12:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 3606
Views: 1163603

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

^^^^ Bala jee, I saw the news couple of days back and did not post it; Good political showmanship; focus on protecting/making them well defended first, rather than focusing on optics. Port Blair is now Sri Vijay Puram (in honor of Subhash Chandra Bose victory). Other islands named as Shaheed, Swara...
by Kanoji
21 Jan 2026 21:22
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Vayusena & Nausena Rafale: News & Discussion
Replies: 352
Views: 78073

Re: Vayusena & Nausena Rafale: News & Discussion

Rakesh wrote: 21 Jan 2026 18:56 I-want-be-a-regional-or-global-superpower-but-will-spend-even-less-than-the-bare-minimum is now coming to bite us back in the ass.
Well said sir.
by Kanoji
07 Jan 2026 12:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 12308
Views: 3528069

Re: Understanding the US - Again

The British Empire's Final Mistake -- America Is Repeating It by 2026

Not sure if this video has been posted before. An interesting comparison of USA in 2026 to the British in the 1950's and the final tipping point - the 1956 Anglo-French-Israeli Suez invasion.
by Kanoji
31 Dec 2025 09:21
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Education System
Replies: 4008
Views: 1178626

Re: Indian Education System

The Sanctions Paradox: How Washington’s Chip Controls Accelerated China’s AI Rise An article on Chinese experience with US tech sanctions. Similar to India's experience starting from Cray supercomputers, Cryogenic engines, Tejas FBW - with one major difference. Unlike India, China appears to have l...
by Kanoji
31 Dec 2025 09:02
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Education System
Replies: 4008
Views: 1178626

Re: Indian Education System

Spark 2: Every Rejected Scientist Is A Civilisational Loss. India's Losing Thousands. An article on the pathetic state of research institutions in India. https://swarajya.gumlet.io/swarajya/2025-12-30/nthdpo9j/b41b5c18-2cdd-4745-92f0-72e4cb62fd33.png?w=610&q=75&compress=true&format=auto...
by Kanoji
31 Dec 2025 08:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 12308
Views: 3528069

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Rogue State Meets A Paralysed Partner: How The US And Europe Are Eroding Their Own Power Under Trump, the United States is openly disregarding international law, harming allies as readily as adversaries. Europe, instead of recalibrating its interests, remains politically paralysed, unable to act in...
by Kanoji
08 Nov 2025 13:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 342
Views: 101205

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

Bihar Assembly Elections: All eyes on 'Jeevika didis' as Bihar breaks voter turnout record Read more at: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/bihar-assembly-elections-all-eyes-on-jeevika-didis-as-bihar-breaks-voter-turnout-record/articleshow/125167319.cms?utm...
by Kanoji
24 Sep 2025 11:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6898
Views: 2645705

Re: Internal Security Watch

Father Devasagay Raj, former executive secretary of the Scheduled Caste and Backward Classes Commission of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, too said the death of Gaddar “is a great loss”. This is like Udupi Math or Sringeri Sharada Peetham setting up a Commission for Christian Dalits. Wha...
by Kanoji
22 Sep 2025 11:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 3606
Views: 1163603

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

Sanjeev Sanyal: Judiciary now India’s Biggest Roadblock to Viksit Bharat Thanks for posting this. At last some one is telling the judiciary about the way things are. I hope this is a precursor to some real judicial reforms and judiciary does leapfrog itself to the 21st century from where ever it is...
by Kanoji
06 Sep 2025 20:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 13001
Views: 4473813

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

uddu wrote: 06 Sep 2025 20:29 This is not an era when few elite Media control narrative. People drive it today.
Jai Shri Ram to that.

On a lighter note India should say sorry like this (A short Tamil comedy clip).
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bCceHenJTog
by Kanoji
06 Sep 2025 15:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 13001
Views: 4473813

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

https://x.com/MattooShashank/status/1963972848067752364 @MattooShashank "Whether its Russian oil or anything else, its our decision where we buy from. I'm outraged by the kind of disrespect shown to Indians and the colonial justification of the language used against Indians," says Finance...
by Kanoji
05 Sep 2025 14:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 3606
Views: 1163603

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

One has to admire albeit a bit sadly how NaMo has to navigate this term. ... If this is not Abhimanyu facing Chakravyuha then what is! I too want robust fiery responses for every insult and slight levied at us but may be that’s for the next generations. We will have to put our heads down and just g...
by Kanoji
31 Aug 2025 15:27
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft: News & Discussion - 30 August 2019
Replies: 986
Views: 731496

Re: Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft: News & Discussion - 30 August 2019

The problem is much of Indian power is still held by Western and other foreign powers, ... ... We have come a long way in the last 40 years and we should keep going. Aditya_V ji, You have articulated something that I was kind of suspecting. The same thought comes back when any one mentions the so c...
by Kanoji
30 Jul 2025 18:48
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 767
Views: 664664

Re: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

Posting this video on the no so good state of IT systems adoption in our military as stated by veterans.
No Indian Operating System: A Threat to National Security? | Lt Col Pavithran Rajan (Retd)
by Kanoji
29 Jul 2025 16:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 13001
Views: 4473813

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

I think the government should give a serious push for the use of BOSS and Indian cloud service providers.
by Kanoji
15 Jul 2025 15:15
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 2254
Views: 7014291

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

Look very few countries ... Just blaming HAL and thinking a 3 Lac crore import will not solve the problem. This over negativity will not help Aditya ji, better sense prevails at least with you.. what is the point in berating HAL ...HAL relies on imports, why dont the so called startups take manufac...
by Kanoji
23 May 2025 21:49
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 2191
Views: 694838

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

Manish_P wrote: 23 May 2025 18:17 Didn't this mohtarma get a stinging slap by A. Goswami yesterday...
Yes, posting the link for the benefit of members https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIuWiBi9PBo
by Kanoji
22 May 2025 00:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: European Union: Positive News
Replies: 653
Views: 504887

Re: European Union: Positive News

some weeks since France condemned their main opposition leader to - 2 years jail - 2 years with electronic bracelet monitoring - 100,000 EUR fine - 5 yr ban on elections Not a squeak for democracy rating agencies or global media Imagine the outcry if this was India "Western democracy" at ...
by Kanoji
21 May 2025 23:01
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis
Replies: 2191
Views: 694838

Re: Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

gakakkad wrote: 21 May 2025 20:29 A pro India OSint x account (osinttv) suddenly disappeared.
One more reminder to India that we should have our own platforms such as X, Facebook etc.
by Kanoji
14 Apr 2025 19:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 2002
Views: 1696260

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

India joins the Star Wars League: Uses Laser weapon developed by DRDO to shoot down aircraft, missiles and drones Not exactly missile related - an article about a short range directed energy weapon demonstrated by DRDO. Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh: For the first time, India has showcased its capability...
by Kanoji
10 Apr 2025 22:44
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: A Nation on the March
Replies: 899
Views: 541544

Re: A Nation on the March

Waqf Bill corrects injustice from colonial era, UPA’s 2013 amendment

It is another decisive step on the lines of the abrogation of Article 370, the criminalisation of triple talaq and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, underscoring the philosophy of 'Modi hai to mumkin hai
by Kanoji
24 Mar 2025 18:39
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 7237
Views: 3336276

Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion

It looks like we have not learned the lessons from the cryogenic engine or the earlier Cray supercomputer episodes. Our response to the Cray episode was the development of Param series of supercomputers - which IMHO was a good response.
by Kanoji
20 Mar 2025 16:19
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2419
Views: 885831

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

^^^ Yes, indeed. If interested, I think .. IITK library has an online version (It does also have "त्रिभुजस्य फलशरीरं समदलकोटी भुजार्ध संवर्गः" ( a triangle area is half the side multiplied by the perpendicular type of formulas too .. and sin/cosine tables calculated etc..Pretty impressive...
by Kanoji
20 Mar 2025 10:22
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2419
Views: 885831

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

Happy Pi Day! - pi = 3.1416 ( APPROXIMATION ) .. sharing a page .. Aryabhatta - 471 *** Just to put in perspective: Aryabhatta - this value of pi is not some small curiosity or his only work - His trigonometric tables for sin, cos etc are precise up to 4-5 digits. Of course, if you know, say sin of...
by Kanoji
19 Mar 2025 11:19
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 7237
Views: 3336276

Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion

India really needed to demonstrate aviation credentials 10 years ago. With what they had. Primitive turbojets were used for the Vulcan bomber, second generation jet fighters. And even the SR-71 engine was accessible to India’s current technology. Use two, use six. But get something flying. Jai Shri...
by Kanoji
21 Feb 2025 20:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 4214
Views: 1464420

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

^^I would rather see successful integration of Bhutan first.... Then Nepal.... These can be possible only if we are able to rein in the internal enemies in the form of NGO's and online news media funded from outside India. An opening has been provided by the USAID revelations $21 million for voter ...
by Kanoji
15 Feb 2025 14:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
Replies: 2297
Views: 1236032

Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015

A must watch response from Dr Jaishankar (starting at 20 minutes in the video) to the discussion in the Munich Security Conference about the health of democracies around the world. He forcefully bring out the point that the European view of the state of democracy is not applicable to the entire worl...
by Kanoji
14 Jan 2025 22:11
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: US military, technology, arms, tactics
Replies: 3345
Views: 1501306

Re: US military, technology, arms, tactics

Manish_P wrote: 14 Jan 2025 21:44 The sub underneath can be the USN Lewinsky
:D
by Kanoji
30 Dec 2024 16:42
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 2254
Views: 7014291

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

fanne wrote: 28 Dec 2024 22:48 No inside knowledge. Just reading the situation with all available data. One that I did not speculate (because it’s dirty and most probably wrong or so I hope), someone from inside sabotaging it (and the suspect will not be the political class but one of the obvious ones).
Thank you.
by Kanoji
27 Dec 2024 10:09
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 2254
Views: 7014291

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

Coming back to ghatak. Ghatak fbw will get/ is getting qualified in swift. It will still need to be qualified on Ghatak. Make an engine test variants of Ghatak (say 5-7 in number). If required have fin and rudder for more control. Qualify that design with adour engine (half the weight and thrust of...
by Kanoji
21 Aug 2024 16:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 12308
Views: 3528069

Re: Understanding the US - Again

@Kanoji ji, good catch. The problem is our ministers and baboonz are somewhat sloppy with their language. For example, Minister N. Sitharaman said "We want to computerize Samskrutam" and then WA groups started going crazy with hyperbole like "Sitaraman ji said we can use samskrutam t...
by Kanoji
21 Aug 2024 16:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 12308
Views: 3528069

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Kanoji sir, thanks for unearthing this entity. The fact that it is there is great but no one seems to be aware, common aadhmi is not tapping its resources. Besides perserving, they have to make it accessible for research students to study them at leisure. A campaign in Ads is required. The entity s...
by Kanoji
20 Aug 2024 18:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 12308
Views: 3528069

Re: Understanding the US - Again

^^ Do we have copies of these stolen documents? Or totally lost? This brings us to why GOI does not have a national program to archive all ancient sanskrit texts. Bala sir, The GOI has the National Mission for Manuscripts https://www.namami.gov.in/ . From what I have read in the press many years ag...
by Kanoji
22 May 2024 10:55
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 9252
Views: 4318334

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

"India On Cusp Of Long-Awaited Economic Takeoff; Sentiments On Income, Employment At Pre-Pandemic Levels": RBI

https://swarajyamag.com/news-brief/indi ... levels-rbi