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by K Mehta
02 Jan 2022 21:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 2407
Views: 1118896

Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread

Why do you believe the F-16 has failed? The early model F-16s are around 40 years now and they once had low serviceability issues, due to lack of spares. But I believe even that has been resolved. Let me rephrase my words to fizzleya f 16 have failed as seen in swift retreat or they are unaffordabl...
by K Mehta
02 Jan 2022 21:49
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: General Bipin Rawat, 1958 - 2021
Replies: 53
Views: 403436

Re: General Bipin Rawat, 1958 - 2021

Om Shanti
by K Mehta
02 Jan 2022 21:47
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 2407
Views: 1118896

Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread

I think the main reason why J 10 is being bought is because the F16 has failed. There is a spare parts crisis which can also be leading to this.
by K Mehta
02 Jan 2022 21:41
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 2407
Views: 1118896

Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread

Found this interesting image in this dawn article The photo is very badly photoshopped reapat very badly. Note the folding of the pocket with the name tag. They have added name tag and bullet proof armor to the photos. I feel that they are ashamed to show normal photos and are adding bullet proof ar...
by K Mehta
06 Apr 2021 13:29
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: MiG-21 Bison shoots down F-16 in Kashmir
Replies: 4234
Views: 1311791

Re: MiG-21 Bison shoots down F-16 in Kashmir

I have a simple query Does any source refute that 1. Indian Air force attacked a target in Pakistan. 2. Indian Air force engaged and countered fizzleya fighters that tried to bomb us. 3. Does this not show a doctrinal change? If yes then it matters much more than any other aspects. This will cover a...
by K Mehta
04 Apr 2021 23:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7989
Views: 2420323

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Who’s who of the PSX-Dawn article Few data points to consider Out of total market capitalisation of the Pakistan Stock Exchange of Rs7.95 trillion on March 18 Fauji Foundation holds majority stakes in Fauji Fertiliser Company, Fauji Fertiliser Bin Qasim, Fauji Cement, Askari Bank, Mari Petroleum an...
by K Mehta
04 Apr 2021 22:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7989
Views: 2420323

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Regarding the bakistani debt bonds Well, then the question is "Why are Pakis doing this" My theory is bakis are laundering cryptocurrency and investing in their debt bonds. The basis of my theory is https://www.dawn.com/news/1613320/govt-plans-to-build-pilot-cryptocurrency-mining-farms-in-...
by K Mehta
07 Mar 2021 14:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 3046576

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Parents got vaccinated with covaxin couple of days back in Ahmedabad Gujarat. The whole mechanism is very first world. Kudos to the centre and state government. The message of vaccination with details like nurse name centre of vaccination etc received on phone.
by K Mehta
07 Mar 2021 12:57
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Military/Defence Exports
Replies: 333
Views: 188924

Re: Indian Military/Defence Exports

GRSE - Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (@OfficialGRSE) Tweeted: A contract for delivering 01 Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) was signed between Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) and Government of Seychelles. The Fast Patrol Vessel will be delivered to Coast Guard of Seychelle...
by K Mehta
07 Mar 2021 12:55
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Military/Defence Exports
Replies: 333
Views: 188924

Re: Indian Military/Defence Exports

GRSE - Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (@OfficialGRSE) Tweeted: “SCGS Zoroaster”, a Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), Kolkata, a Mini Ratna Category 1 & leading shipyard of the country, was delivered to the Coast Guard of Seyc...
by K Mehta
11 Feb 2021 20:59
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 04 January 2021
Replies: 1533
Views: 761954

Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 04 January 2021

Belated Congratulations to the team LCA and the airforce.
by K Mehta
11 Feb 2021 20:52
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Replies: 2796
Views: 1229714

Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019

JTull wrote: Plenty of things to do in the meantime. Priority would be to re-qualify CLAWS with change in CG, canard, more fuel tanks, hardpoints etc.
Yes, so it is a very sensible approach. Worst case scenario if the technology is not brought to fruition, it would not hold up the fighter development.
by K Mehta
11 Feb 2021 20:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7989
Views: 2420323

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

The Chinese were also said to be concerned about “local politics” delaying the return on China’s infrastructure investments. Add to this the recent praise of Shahbaz Sharif by an outgoing Chinese diplomat. This would mean that Chini abbu wants noon league back in power. Especially with the complete...
by K Mehta
11 Feb 2021 20:26
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Replies: 2796
Views: 1229714

Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019

Very informative interview Prasad. One thing everyone is missing is first few prototypes of mk2 will be for baseline which can then be improved by induction of newer technology. This is to buy time for under development technologies like irst retractable probe etc and qualify the basic airframe simu...
by K Mehta
10 Mar 2020 17:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7989
Views: 2420323

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Bakistanis migrating to India is a real danger. And hence the protests against CAA and future NPR/NRC/UCC. The nuclear bomb Bakistan has is its useless population. They are better diverted towards Qatar or Turkey or Iran and towards Cheen than over to India. It is already happening. What do you thi...
by K Mehta
08 Mar 2020 19:01
Forum: Military Issues Archive
Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
Replies: 3885
Views: 2023167

Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019

Thakur ji saying next week flight of sp 21, egr done and low speed taxi trials ongoing
https://twitter.com/hvtiaf/status/12359 ... 73504?s=20
by K Mehta
08 Mar 2020 18:46
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018
Replies: 3611
Views: 1328657

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018

After reading Commodore Maolankar's article on LCA, I feel we need to have a three carrier navy. Not because of it's capabilities as a force projection but rather about the result of this induction to promote indigenous capabilities. The amount spent on maintaining a carrier can be compared with mai...
by K Mehta
28 Jan 2020 20:00
Forum: Military Issues Archive
Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
Replies: 3885
Views: 2023167

Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019

I think there is a comma missing after both.
That is munitions both indigenous and others, our own odl and sdr.
naird wrote:new guided munitions from both, our own ODL and new radio
by K Mehta
01 Jul 2019 06:54
Forum: Military History Archive
Topic: Operation Balakot: News & Discussion
Replies: 5107
Views: 1537394

Re: Operation Balakot: News & Discussion

Please also post the name of paper and authors. This article is just a trial balloon. It is based on unnamed source talking about reduced infiltration and also makes an assumption that the tip off from Pakistan is from the establishment. Mainly a trial balloon for security agencies have also warned ...
by K Mehta
30 Jun 2019 00:02
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Flight Safety
Replies: 3416
Views: 985646

Re: Military Flight Safety

mmasand wrote:Hindustan Times just put up the video released by IAF MCC on YouTube and called the drop tanks a 'practice bomb'. Matlab kuch bhi..
The Jaguar aircraft had drop tanks and practice bombs.
It dropped both drop tanks and practice bombs.
by K Mehta
18 Jun 2019 14:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7989
Views: 2420323

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

abhijitm wrote: Against Iran staging area would be Saudi Arabia not pakistan.
Pakistan would be also used and be benefited from this.
by K Mehta
17 Jun 2019 13:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7989
Views: 2420323

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Sir, Jacobabad base was used for ops in AFG, not for US-Iraq war. CSF was for supporting operations in AFG not in Iraq. Sir why do you have to select Iraq over Afghanistan. The crux of the matter is that pakistan received money when a neighbouring country is invaded. Whether that country is Afghani...
by K Mehta
08 Jun 2019 14:27
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Naval Tejas Mk1/Mk2: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Replies: 688
Views: 427271

Re: Naval Tejas Mk1/Mk2: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019

There is one arrested landing, with the aircraft coming to a complete halt. And some technical analysis of it
by K Mehta
06 Jun 2019 11:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7989
Views: 2420323

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

This news is actually misleading. It is a voluntary cut on increase in budget. Budget of Pak fauj will still increase, just the amount of increase is reduced.
by K Mehta
06 Jun 2019 10:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7989
Views: 2420323

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

How? Did US-Iraq war benefitted Pakistan. It may lead to completely opposite of what you mention. Oil prices will go through the roof leading to more pressure on Paki economy. with Saudi backing US and Pakistan backing Saudis Paki will see more internal conflicts between Shia and Sunni. Plus if US ...
by K Mehta
20 May 2019 15:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7989
Views: 2420323

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

The only thing that can save Pakistan is a war between US and Iran. Similar to the war on terror in Afghanistan.
by K Mehta
04 May 2019 22:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7989
Views: 2420323

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

The above Figure of Terroristani Reserves being US$8.805 billion is BALDERDASH. COBBLERS AND PIFFLE PAFFLE! I I stopped "Posting Terroristan's Forex Reserves" :rotfl: Cheers http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/smilies/beer.gif Lol Note that the "official" figure of 8.8 is even ...
by K Mehta
04 May 2019 22:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7989
Views: 2420323

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Crunch time for universities Cutbacks for scientific equipment, reduction in travel grants for conferences abroad, fewer government overseas scholarships, and elimination of research grants for fresh PhDs are now happening. Construction work on some new university campuses has stopped. Although the...
by K Mehta
04 May 2019 21:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7989
Views: 2420323

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

This seems to have escaped from the cheel ki paini Nazar Khasadars protest non-payment of salary WANA: More than 1,400 personnel of the Khasadar Force boycotted duty and abandoned their checkposts in Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan tribal district, to protest non-payment of salaries for t...
by K Mehta
04 May 2019 21:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7989
Views: 2420323

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Central bank’s forex reserves down by $196mn Foreign Exchange reserves held by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) fell by US$ 219 million to US$8.805 billion , a data released by the bank said on Thursday. It said during the week ending April 26, the SBP’s reserves decreased due to external debt servicin...
by K Mehta
17 Apr 2019 06:43
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 2407
Views: 1118896

Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread

After reading the other links, I have changed my opinion, fizzleya may have 6 erieye now. With chinese chapati the total aewc will be 10.
by K Mehta
17 Apr 2019 06:23
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 2407
Views: 1118896

Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread

Bart S wrote:
K Mehta wrote:Saab 2000 != Erieye. It is a jet aircraft
Incorrect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erieye
And from the same link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_2000
by K Mehta
16 Apr 2019 22:56
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 2407
Views: 1118896

Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread

Saab 2000 != Erieye. It is a jet aircraft
by K Mehta
16 Apr 2019 22:31
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 2407
Views: 1118896

Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread

Quwa news is a fake news site run by ispr. It has done this before. This news is in connection to the revival of awacs program by India.
by K Mehta
14 Apr 2019 20:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7989
Views: 2420323

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Utility Stores running out of food items ISLAMABAD: Over 10 companies have stopped supplying their food products to the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) as it owes them over Rs8 billion. The USC has asked the government to pay 10% to 15% of this amount to the companies and also sought a 75% advance...
by K Mehta
08 Apr 2019 00:28
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: Terroristan - October 8, 2018
Replies: 2857
Views: 909952

Re: Terroristan - October 8, 2018

Some observations of the press con squeals of Qureshi 1. Entire conference was in khaalis Urdu, meaning it was for local audience. 2. The words "kaarvai" and"naatak" were from Hindi. Infact kaarvai was used repeatedly. I may be wrong but generally they would use an Urdu alternati...
by K Mehta
06 Apr 2019 22:51
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: Terroristan - October 8, 2018
Replies: 2857
Views: 909952

Re: Terroristan - October 8, 2018

Take that you kuffars
Pakistan has abolished statistics
Na raheiyga baans na bajegi bansuri
by K Mehta
06 Apr 2019 22:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7989
Views: 2420323

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Take that you kuffars
Pakistan has abolished statistics
Na raheiyga baans na bajegi bansuri
by K Mehta
03 Apr 2019 20:31
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Bharat Ke Veer - GoI Website for Braveheart Martyrs
Replies: 25
Views: 41044

Re: Bharat Ke Veer - GoI Website for Braveheart Martyrs

https://mobile.twitter.com/rajnathsingh/status/1110136079510835200 A delegation of CRPF Wives Welfare Association (CWWA) led by Dr Manu Bhatnagar presented a cheque of Rs 40 crores as contributions to @BharatKeVeer today. I deeply appreciate the efforts made by CWWA to collect contributions for sup...