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AmberG Saar, The worry is not so much as 'Taskent 2.0' but what public utterances the 'Blonde Bombshell' will come out with just before, during and immediately after the G7!! Given that there are two further engagements with China : BRICS and SCO all depeends on what compromises POTUS has made in h...

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Trump begins to discover the comprehensive immigration reform that has been talked about since George Bush Jr. times, if not before: Looks like some people here are not reading long posts with quotes and references to sources on this very same topic. We go round and round. Yes immigration reforms w...

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saip wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025 06:25 Israel has launched attacks on Iran. Now we know why USA is sucking up to Pakistan.

Exactly. It'll discard Pakistan as soon as it's objectives in Iran are achieved.

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This will be Trump's and America's new war. The lines were drawn years ago if you remember Wesley Clark's interview. It's basically a sunni (amenable to US hegemony) combine (including the Gulf states, Israel) vs the (Shia) Islamic regime, Iran, Iraq and Syria. The latter two they have more or less ...

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Looks like Orangie's little crypto stunt and performance of Russian hardware has turned the tables decisively. https://x.com/CNBCTV18Live/status/1932738551063715892 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GtJ3YG7aQAAhWfn?format=jpg&name=large Well, this could very well mean fewer rafale? Having said that s...

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Was not directed at you, but at the individual you were replying to :) You were in the firing lane unfortunately. Regardless, that issue has been dealt with. No worries sir. It did seem a bit uncharacteristic and took me by surprise. I was like... admiralsaab ko old monk ka do bottle pahunchana pad...

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Procurement of 97 upgraded Tejas Mk-1A jets from HAL likely to begin in FY27: Govt official https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/procurement-of-97-upgraded-tejas-mk-1a-jets-from-hal-likely-to-begin-in-fy27-govt-official-13101435.html 06 June 2025 HAL has enhanced the domestic share of compone...

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https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/defence-news/air/pakistan-to-start-inducting-fc-31-fighters Fc31 = jf35? One thing about TSP, they sure move fast. Inducted in months? Despite what common sense might suggest, I think India will purchase a few 5gen birds, the mrfa might just see an upgrade. But t...

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The engine weighed 1235 kg (improved from 1423 kg) - The engine could produce 70 - 75 kN, but IAF desired 90-95 1 Isothermal forging tech mastered for all five stages of HPC disks  2. Single-crystal casting tech achieved by DMRL  Well SC technology (second Gen SX, CMSX4) was already used in the Sak...

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... and we did not think US will mess with the supplies. That is precisely the problem -- the US appears to be playing dirty games again. We thought those days were over, but now it seems they aren't. Whether they actually are or not is almost irrelevant. There is a credible belief among us outside...

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Okay. This does not make sense to me. From what I understand: Accurate targeting data is only possible via x band fcr, which aew planes don't have. Is it possible that the AEW mid course updates are providing broad coordinates to the PL-15 to get it into the general vicinity of the target and then ...

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Why does the m88 4.0 higher thrust and sfc remind me of the mirages venerable m53... Gas guzzlers with poorish range. India lost a great opportunity to redesign the Tejas around a al31fp circa 2008. AL 31 FP is too heavy - 1520 kg and has poor service life. M88 could be an option, but probably it w...

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Pakis were claiming in the initial days that their AA missiles were course corrected mid air by SaaB eyries to hit IAF jets. I would not believe anything coming from Pakis. Their PL15 E apparently has course correction capability "The hybrid guidance system supports a mid-course two-way datali...

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So Shiv Aroor stated that as per a briefing received by IAF, he was told of 9 confirmed aircraft losses of PAF. Need to wait for the presser. https://x.com/ShivAroor/status/1929556231590428923 Have to agree with most of this... Narrative shaping and conceding to the enemy perception space is poor t...

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Best guess is that those were the crashed fighters that the media was buzzing about during the operation. It's hard to get local coverage when there's sirens buzzing and you're told to stay put for your own safety and to get out of the armys way. Even if the forces were able to quickly mop up the p...

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Let me put my 2 cents In the opening battle, we send many drones (banshee and other drones) that mimicked fighter aircrafts. Their whole purpose was to expose themselves, take hit and map the paki ew and ad assets. Many were (6?) shot down. In the mix were also flying Indian fighters. Now why is DG...

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If India lost one or two or three or four aircraft where did they fall Best guess is that those were the crashed fighters that the media was buzzing about during the operation. It's hard to get local coverage when there's sirens buzzing and you're told to stay put for your own safety and to get out...

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I prefer the S. Jaishanker method of narrative setting. He is unapologetic and shows that he doesn't give a damn about the European/ Western worldview of how they perceive India when they try their sermons on him. I think Modi govt. is setting the tone and narrative of a muscular response to TSP. T...

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Narratives are important because they influence decisions and create room for policy execution. in hindsight those decisions and policies could indeed be wrong, but that is not relevant. The job of the narrative is done. A perfect example is that of obl. Supposedly the seals went and took him out. D...

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He's the CDS. It's a political appointment as much as a military one. If you can't talk the talk but can only walk the walk, the position might not be for you. At the very least, if you can't score points in international media, don't do PR. On the one hand India is sending shampoo boy delegations a...

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Just putting out there: speculation alert: India will get a solid deal at every level post op sindoor and in return for it's acceptance of the ceasefire. 1. H1b quotas may increase, opt barriers reduced 2. Road to gc might get expedited and backlogs removed 3. Free trade deal for high tech, defence...

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All is not well with India-France ties. In the same Shangri La conference Macron came up with an obnoxious == reference to Op Sindoor and I don’t know why Indian media didn’t go to town on that Of late India (SJ) had been quite loud in putting the euros in there place. Maybe the bonhomie with Trump...

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Aditya_V wrote: ↑31 May 2025 22:12 It's better to put out claims and losses in public now after that interview

Maybe all that media buzz about fighters being downed on our side was Iaf planes? Would explain why there's no enemy pilots in captivity.

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That one engine photo suggested the loss was a rafale, which would be painful, but then again India was the attacker and defenders often have certain advantages, esp. considering how much time the Pakistans had to prepare for the punch. There was zero element of surprise, so yeah a loss here and the...

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CDS Gen. Anil Chauhan at Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore hints at India losing jets during interview with Haslinda Amin of Bloomberg. P.S. Understandable that we will have losses and we will drip feed the information out. But teh General's body language left a lot to be desired. While I didn't thi...

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Just putting out there: speculation alert: India will get a solid deal at every level post op sindoor and in return for it's acceptance of the ceasefire. 1. H1b quotas may increase, opt barriers reduced 2. Road to gc might get expedited and backlogs removed 3. Free trade deal for high tech, defence ...

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Why does the m88 4.0 higher thrust and sfc remind me of the mirages venerable m53... Gas guzzlers with poorish range.
India lost a great opportunity to redesign the Tejas around a al31fp circa 2008.

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https://x.com/ShiroBarks/status/1908918491618455772 ---> Jeez. :eek: :shock: That's a very comprehensive suite. Multi band radars AND optical sensors. Full TVC, great internal fuel capacity, mad twr. full frontal stealth. When it comes with those suppressed engine nozzles and the izd 30,, it'll be ...

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Aditya_V wrote: ↑18 May 2025 19:03 They tried but L70 had a altitude limit of 41k feet, so that strategy also failed and drone operators were traced and taken out.

Hainji, what high altitude magic drone is Pakistan possessing that flies above 30k feet. Those furnish tb2s don't go above 37k.

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Did India really need the MQ9 reaper? recent reports don't inspire much confidence....

https://www.businessinsider.com/reign-o ... ing-2025-5

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I'm not sure how AWACS can guide missiles. Do they have x band fire control radars to begin with?

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Aditya_V wrote: ↑12 May 2025 08:45 IAF confirmed Shooting down lots of "High Tech" Jets, this along with AMRAAM / PL15E intact- meaning the missiles were Jammed and came down. Looks J10/JF17 Block 3 and F16 went Shaheed in front of Metoer/ Astra -1 etc.

Where/when did iaf make such a confirmation?

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williams wrote: ↑12 May 2025 01:24 BTW today is the day we celebrated the event of Buddha smiling again in 1998. I never imagined 27 years later Paki crown jewels will be squeezed this way with precision weapons. Buddha is laughing now.

It is Buddha पौर्णिमा after all

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I'm willing to bet that India has all the proof it needs via satellite imagery and possibly crashed planes that it will trickle out over a period of time, slowly. As and when needed. Now might not be the best time.

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Modi, Jayashankar, Rajnath, Doval quad has sold India short. Don't know what Trump promised Modi for the ceasefire. Probably nothing. No one is talking. The statement that the next terrorist attack on India would be considered an act of war is ridiculous. Can you imagine if the Americans issued suc...

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So what happened after cease fire violation? Are we back to wiping out bases or new ceasefire? Currently it seems like we did some retaliation with a few drone and missile strikes but will not take it much further. I think daylight will result in more de escalation measures being implemented. Good ...

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vijayk wrote: ↑11 May 2025 06:16 The scary news I heard is that they needed ceasefire for 3 hours and they played upon US by leaking wrong intelligence. JD Vance called Modi and pushed ceasefire.

Now the worry is in these 3 hours, China/Turkey transferred some weapons

They probably rebuilt their runways?

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My only response to the drubbing India took at the hands of tsp and converse hardware: India lost. Haha. Too bad. Chinese fighters and radars were awesome. Poor India... It got nothing in return except the ability to bomb deep inside Pakistan whenever it wants, not share Indus water whenever it want...

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So what happened after cease fire violation? Are we back to wiping out bases or new ceasefire?

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Cyrano wrote: ↑10 May 2025 23:01 Pak PM shahbaz sharif made a lamenting statement in their parliament today (video avl on SM) admitting their defeat against a technologically, economically, diplomatically superior India, and justified the stop fire. And asked for courage and sacrifice.

Any link to this? Would've been big news?

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