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- 09 Jan 2026 06:21
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
- Replies: 4978
- Views: 1246275
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
^^^^ For the record ..Added ( comparison table showing the key differences between ANEEL (Th + HALEU) and standard PHWR fuel, for a physicist-heavy audience :) ) | Feature | Standard PHWR Fuel (UO₂, Natural U) | ANEEL / Th + HALEU Fuel | | --------------------------------- | ------------------------...
- 09 Jan 2026 06:01
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
- Replies: 4978
- Views: 1246275
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Thank you for the illuminating posts AmberG. What are the byproducts of the Th+HALEU bundle CCTE are proposing? You mentioned they would be more radioactive, why? The byproducts of a Th + HALEU bundle are mostly standard fission products (Cs‑137, Sr‑90, I‑131, etc.), plus U‑233 bred from Th‑232, wh...
- 09 Jan 2026 04:23
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
- Replies: 4978
- Views: 1246275
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Some more "Physics First" reality using the PFBR- how material constraints and "neutron economics" dictate timelines. - The Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam is currently in the advanced stages of Integrated Commissioning. -BHAVINI (Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Ni...
- 09 Jan 2026 03:42
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
- Replies: 3462
- Views: 1136958
Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
^^^Multiple articles say portrait of SSB was displayed prominently in Maduro’s workspace and use that as a notable piece of reportage,,
- 09 Jan 2026 01:10
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
- Replies: 4978
- Views: 1246275
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
^^^ FWIW: A few layers to clarify why that 50–70 year window is a "hard" number: 1. The Math of Doubling Time The transition from Stage 2 (Fast Breeder Reactors) to Stage 3 (Thorium-based Reactors) depends entirely on how fast you can "breed" more fuel than you consume. In a Liqu...
- 09 Jan 2026 00:59
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
- Replies: 4978
- Views: 1246275
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
..I will not question your logical conclusions but do question the time taken for the three stage cycle. If you are saying it was designed as a 50-70 year cycle, is not something many know. That’s a fair question—and the timescale was never a secret so much as it was implicit. Adding to my earlier ...
- 08 Jan 2026 11:32
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 12022
- Views: 3487826
Re: Understanding the US - Again
^^^>>>UNFCCC, the 1992 agreement between 198 countries to financially support climate change activities in developing countries, is the underlying treaty for the landmark Paris climate agreement. Trump — who calls climate change a hoax — withdrew from that agreement soon after reclaiming the White H...
- 08 Jan 2026 09:53
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 12861
- Views: 4432045
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
May be .. America threatens 500% tariff on India through Russia sanctions bill “This bill would give President Trump tremendous leverage against countries like China, India and Brazil to incentivize them to stop buying the cheap Russian oil that provides the financing for Putin’s bloodbath against U...
- 08 Jan 2026 09:08
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
- Replies: 4978
- Views: 1246275
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
@AmberG, Can you please explain why their invention is so “ground breaking”? All I could decipher was they were mixing Th with HALEU and fabricating the fuel bundle in their own proprietary way whcih is where their IP comes in I suppose. This doesnt seem to be new physics to burn Th… what is specia...
- 08 Jan 2026 07:58
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Comparative Failures of Chinese Systems in Operation Sindoor and Absolute Resolve
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2297
Re: Comparative Failures of Chinese Systems in Operation Sindoor and Absolute Resolve
^^^ From what I know - Most missiles don’t go “looking” for a new target. If they lose lock, they usually self-destruct or just fly ballistic and fall. Retargeting is not normal behavior. The European case you’re thinking of (Ukraine, 2001) involved an old Soviet S-200 SAM (1960's model). It missed ...
- 08 Jan 2026 01:45
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
- Replies: 4978
- Views: 1246275
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
- The real unresolved issue is not stewardship, but narrative drift. The article treats patience as failure and staging as drift. India’s nuclear programme was designed on 50–70 year timescales because physics demanded it. Recasting that as a “crown jewel slipping away” is a retrospective impatienc...
- 08 Jan 2026 00:50
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
- Replies: 4978
- Views: 1246275
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
^^^ I got a subscription to a pro version of an AI. I asked for evaluate my comments: ‘ANEEL fuel fundamentally reshapes India’s thorium pathway’ https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/clean-tech/aneel-fuel-fundamentally-reshapes-indias-thorium-pathway/article70471152.ece CCTE CEO Mehul Shah'...
- 07 Jan 2026 12:43
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 12861
- Views: 4432045
- 07 Jan 2026 12:41
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
- Replies: 4978
- Views: 1246275
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
sharing: Nuclear Revolution! India Plans Big For Small Modular Reactors; Here’s How SMRs Can Boost Submarines, Satellites, Lunar Mission The Adani Group is reportedly in talks with the Uttar Pradesh government on a public-private partnership to build small modular reactors (SMRs) as India opens its ...
- 07 Jan 2026 10:40
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Comparative Failures of Chinese Systems in Operation Sindoor and Absolute Resolve
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2297
Re: Comparative Failures of Chinese Systems in Operation Sindoor and Absolute Resolve
Summary of the "Venezuelan Shield" JY-27A Radar - (China) - Anti-Stealth / Early Warning - Failed: Blinded by EW; failed to detect F-35s. JYL-1 Radar – (China) - 3D Long-Range Tracking - Failed: Neutralized by electronic suppression. FK-3 (HQ-12) – (China) - Medium-Range SAM - Inactive: N...
- 07 Jan 2026 09:33
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Comparative Failures of Chinese Systems in Operation Sindoor and Absolute Resolve
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2297
Re: Comparative Failures of Chinese Systems in Operation Sindoor and Absolute Resolve
About PL-15 IMO- One of the greatest intelligence "bonanzas" for IAF & DRDO i. It wasn't just that they were recovered; it was the condition they were in and the location where they were found that tells the real technical story. - Several PL-15s were found almost entirely intact in fi...
- 07 Jan 2026 09:20
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Comparative Failures of Chinese Systems in Operation Sindoor and Absolute Resolve
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2297
Re: Comparative Failures of Chinese Systems in Operation Sindoor and Absolute Resolve
Does Venezuela have Chinese ADS? The thread started by @Rudradev ji has details. As per his information, there is no indication that Chinese supplied radars to the Venezuelan defense establishment. Yes, Venezuela heavily relies on Chinese-made Air Defense Systems (ADS) and radars, which were centra...
- 07 Jan 2026 04:50
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Comparative Failures of Chinese Systems in Operation Sindoor and Absolute Resolve
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2297
Re: Comparative Failures of Chinese Systems in Operation Sindoor and Absolute Resolve
HOW THE U.S. NEUTRALIZED VENEZUELA'S RUSSIAN AND CHINESE AIR DEFENSES IN MINUTES While the world watched Maduro's extraction, the real battle was fought in the electromagnetic spectrum and high-altitude stealth corridors. The U.S. reportedly bypassed its F-16 fleet entirely, opting for the F-35 Lig...
- 07 Jan 2026 04:08
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 12861
- Views: 4432045
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Trump says Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “is not very happy with me because they are paying a lot of tariffs”. “India ordered 68 Apaches, and Prime Minister Modi came to see me, sir, may I see you, please? Yes. I have a very good relationship with him. He's not that happy with me because, you ...
- 07 Jan 2026 03:55
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
- Replies: 4978
- Views: 1246275
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
^^^^ Decided to add technically deep critique, from a viewpoint of a nuclear physicist steeped in the Indian program since the 1960s- long comment but It directly engages the article’s claims, point by point, and explains why the core premise is wrong at the physics level. Thread: Critique of “India...
- 07 Jan 2026 02:15
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
- Replies: 4978
- Views: 1246275
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
What to make out of this :roll: - https://www.businessworld.in/article/india-s-big-nuclear-flop-how-a-crown-jewel-slipped-away-585953 Sent this to the author: This article confuses a hard, physics-constrained, long-horizon program with a “flop”. India’s nuclear strategy since the 1960s was never ab...
- 06 Jan 2026 10:58
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
- Replies: 4978
- Views: 1246275
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
‘ANEEL fuel fundamentally reshapes India’s thorium pathway’ https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/clean-tech/aneel-fuel-fundamentally-reshapes-indias-thorium-pathway/article70471152.ece CCTE CEO Mehul Shah's interview: <snip> I gave following feedback to the author/article for the CCTE Inte...
- 06 Jan 2026 09:50
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
- Replies: 4978
- Views: 1246275
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Amber G. Saheb: Thank you very much for the detailed answer to my questions. It clarifies the situation for me. PHWR-->FBR-->AHWR is the correct path for India. Whatever I have learnt about nuclear technology has been by reading your posts on this thread. BTW, another development that might be of i...
- 06 Jan 2026 08:36
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Comparative Failures of Chinese Systems in Operation Sindoor and Absolute Resolve
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2297
Re: Comparative Failures of Chinese Systems in Operation Sindoor and Absolute Resolve
Few starting points: (Operation Sindoor): BrahMos vs. HQ-9 Chinese Integrated Air Defenses Collapsed. The SCALP How IAF 'Stealth-Killer' Radars in Punjab" Operation Sindoor Post-Mortem: Technical Lessons from the Failure JY-27A .. LY-80 Networks" Balakot to Bahawalpur: The Persistent Fail...
- 06 Jan 2026 08:22
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Comparative Failures of Chinese Systems in Operation Sindoor and Absolute Resolve
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2297
Re: Comparative Failures of Chinese Systems in Operation Sindoor and Absolute Resolve
(Re) Posting:
This video provides a detailed breakdown of the HQ-9 system's technical claims versus its actual performance during the Indian strikes, which is central to understanding the "Export-Grade" failures discussed.
This video provides a detailed breakdown of the HQ-9 system's technical claims versus its actual performance during the Indian strikes, which is central to understanding the "Export-Grade" failures discussed.
- 06 Jan 2026 08:16
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Comparative Failures of Chinese Systems in Operation Sindoor and Absolute Resolve
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2297
Comparative Failures of Chinese Systems in Operation Sindoor and Absolute Resolve
@BRF Admins - I am starting a new thread, on a topic due to recent event. Please take a look at it's - it can be a temporary thread or can be be merged into an existing appropriate thread - now or later. Following the total operational failure of the JY-27A and HQ-9 networks in both Operation Sindoo...
- 06 Jan 2026 06:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 12022
- Views: 3487826
Re: Understanding the US - Again
I have seen some interesting comments about AI (trusting or not ) here so sharing.. When asked ChatGPT about details about Venezuela on Saturday, and its reaction in India - it not only didn't recognize it happened, but it thought it was preposterous to even *ask* .. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G977...
- 06 Jan 2026 06:14
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 12022
- Views: 3487826
Re: Understanding the US - Again
Interesting stat:
In 1992, US Elected a president born in 1946!
In 1996, US Elected a president born in 1946!
In 2000, US Elected a president born in 1946!
In 2004 ,US Elected a president born in 1946!
In 2016, US Elected a president born in 1946!
In 2024, US Elected a president born in 1946!
In 1992, US Elected a president born in 1946!
In 1996, US Elected a president born in 1946!
In 2000, US Elected a president born in 1946!
In 2004 ,US Elected a president born in 1946!
In 2016, US Elected a president born in 1946!
In 2024, US Elected a president born in 1946!
- 06 Jan 2026 05:55
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 12861
- Views: 4432045
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Sharing: Joint Statement by Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Durbin:

There is no legitimate basis for excluding the Senate Judiciary Committee from this briefing.
- 06 Jan 2026 01:39
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
- Replies: 6926
- Views: 2224300
Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
India is the USA of Cricket. Most other boards wouldn't survive if not for India. Bangladesh is the Venezuela of Cricket. They make no difference to the world of cricket, offer nothing of value, have no money, and nobody would care if Bangladesh played or not. And Pakistan is the Pakistan of World c...
- 05 Jan 2026 11:03
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discussion
- Replies: 1156
- Views: 409854
Re: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discussion
Venezuela not only took his oil but Nobel peace prize too... :shock: Recent comments made by Trump dismissing Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado as the person to replace Nicolás Maduro, stating that she doesn’t have the “support or respect” needed to become the President of Venezuela,...
- 05 Jan 2026 10:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 12861
- Views: 4432045
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Trump has warned of fresh Tariffs on India over oil trade with Russia:
“PM Modi is a very good man. He's a good guy. He knew I was not happy. It was important to make me happy. They do trade, and we can raise tariffs on them very quickly”.
- 05 Jan 2026 02:56
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 12861
- Views: 4432045
- 05 Jan 2026 02:54
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discussion
- Replies: 1156
- Views: 409854
- 05 Jan 2026 01:24
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
- Replies: 6926
- Views: 2224300
- 05 Jan 2026 01:06
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
- Replies: 6926
- Views: 2224300
Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
^^^ Thx. Another one about Ikkis: If you are hurt by Dhurandhar destroying your carefully created Aman ki Asha dream, you can watch Ikkis and feel better. It's about the 1971 war hero Lt Arun Khetrapal, MVC. The story shows his father, Brig Madan Lal, travelling to Pakistan years later and meeting B...
- 05 Jan 2026 01:02
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 12861
- Views: 4432045
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Marco Rubio just said the quiet part out loud. Rubio didn’t cite law, trade, or consent... “ Why does China need their oil? Russia? Iran? This is the West. This is where we live.” Russia, China, and Iran must “get out,” Rubio said — because the Western Hemisphere is ours, and no one from “outside o...
- 04 Jan 2026 05:03
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
- Replies: 3462
- Views: 1136958
- 04 Jan 2026 05:01
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 12022
- Views: 3487826
Re: Understanding the US - Again
India has not issued a high-level political statement ( Modi or EAM Dr S. Jaishankar) expressing support or condemnation of the U.S. strikes or the capture of Nicolás Maduro as of now. However, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has issued a travel advisory following the U.S. military operation ...
- 04 Jan 2026 04:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 12022
- Views: 3487826