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- 06 Apr 2021 20:20
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: MiG-21 Bison shoots down F-16 in Kashmir
- Replies: 4099
- Views: 828808
Re: MiG-21 Bison shoots down F-16 in Kashmir
Manjgu, the ROE point is a transparent excuse by Tufail to explain away why PAF allowed IAF to operate with impunity during kargil war, bombing their mujahideen and army. The reality is they had no capability to stop IAF from doing so in the first place, if they flew in a hostile trajectory towards ...
- 30 Mar 2021 03:54
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 499
- Views: 77456
- 30 Mar 2021 00:25
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 499
- Views: 77456
Re: 2021 Five State Elections
only 20 for BJP in Phase 1 and Phase 2? How many total seats in these 2 phases? All the seats where BJP won/fared better during the Lok Sabha elections in WB in 2019 have elections in the first 5 Phases. The last 3 phases are in areas where the TMC is strong. South Bengal, where TMC is supposed to ...
- 30 Mar 2021 00:20
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 499
- Views: 77456
Re: 2021 Five State Elections
After Mahaguru Mithun joined BJP, bong youtube channels are getting flooded with videos on his younger brother who converted to Islam many years ago, and is now a big mullah in Bangladesh with a huge fanatic fundamentalist followers. I guess this is the handiwork of TMC elements. wiki says his brot...
- 23 Mar 2021 23:33
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Military Helicopters
- Replies: 5283
- Views: 1160027
Re: Indian Military Helicopters
From HVT himself !
https://twitter.com/hvtiaf/status/13744 ... 72322?s=19
LCH naming...
Suggestions https://t.co/RljhkebFoX
Go wild ! (On twitter, so that he can read it)
https://twitter.com/hvtiaf/status/13744 ... 72322?s=19
LCH naming...
Suggestions https://t.co/RljhkebFoX
Go wild ! (On twitter, so that he can read it)

- 15 Mar 2021 00:59
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 3395
- Views: 350513
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
JE Menon and I wrote an article in Swarajyamag analyzing the V-Dem ranking of countries, where India rated as 'Elected Autocracy': An Analysis Of The V-Dem Data On The Decline of Democracy In India Reveals Interesting Insights—About V-Dem The article is a purely a review of their raw data with some...
- 09 Mar 2021 10:00
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 499
- Views: 77456
Re: 2021 Five State Elections
Just watched PK’s interview. Presence of hidden psy war. His bet to leave the space of Political Strategist if BJP gets more than 100 seats. How can BJP do UP in WB?? Not Dhoti Shivering but curious question. Last election - 83% Turnout (Wiki) TMC - 45% @ 24,565,000 Votes VS 39% in 2011 Left - 20% ...
- 09 Mar 2021 09:42
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 499
- Views: 77456
Re: 2021 Five State Elections
Kutch origin, Bengal politician Dinesh Trivedi joins BJP https://www.deshgujarat.com/2021/03/06/kutch-origin-bengal-politician-dinesh-trivedi-joins-bjp/ the BJP is turning out to be a garbage collection service and it is already facing a dire situation in KAR where every two bit turncoat who joined...
- 01 Mar 2021 23:27
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Requests to Admins - 2019
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15198
- 28 Feb 2021 21:40
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Requests to Admins - 2019
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15198
Re: Requests to Admins - 2019
user vinu has been reactivated.
- 06 Jan 2021 09:30
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 9791
- Views: 1146158
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
I looked at what I posted here couple of months ago - charts using "super model" and the current "active" cases in India. (See my previous post: orange predicted by model - Blue actual till October. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eq3kR5ZXEAcm7eJ?format=jpg&name=large Current si...
- 06 Jan 2021 00:24
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: China Military Watch - Sept' 2016
- Replies: 4649
- Views: 1125739
Re: China Military Watch - Sept' 2016
Chola, no need to fall on your sword & commit harakiri here. Yes, china's mil development needs to be watched carefully & photos are one of the relatively unbiased ways of doing that. Thus far, we are in agreement. However, even while posting from non-chinese sources we have to be careful ab...
- 05 Jan 2021 23:32
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Military Flight Safety
- Replies: 2695
- Views: 430699
Re: Military Flight Safety
this thread man. heart always skips a beat when this is active.
anyway, good to know pilot is okay.
anyway, good to know pilot is okay.
- 03 Jan 2021 13:28
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Pakistan Order Of Battle (ORBAT)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5677
Re: Pakistan Order Of Battle (ORBAT)
jamwal wrote:...
please check email.
- 20 Dec 2020 22:29
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Pakistan Order Of Battle (ORBAT)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5677
Re: Pakistan Order Of Battle (ORBAT)
I have sent you a google docs link in PM. Please check I've already started marking positions of units on Google Maps, but waiting to be reasonably sure before doing all that. If you can do that in a better way, please go ahaead. I don't know how spreadsheet and kml work. The doc has a bit more inf...
- 18 Dec 2020 09:43
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Pakistan Order Of Battle (ORBAT)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5677
Re: Pakistan Order Of Battle (ORBAT)
JJ, could you put that data as a Google spreadsheet, we could then add lat long info and I can make an interactive kml file out of it to view on GE.
- 04 Dec 2020 08:18
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
- Replies: 2831
- Views: 700070
Re: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
Someone in Pak foreign ministry really hates this guy
This happens every couple of years. This is the third time an Arab country has rejected this guy due to his name.
https://www.daily-sun.com/post/518709/S ... ranslation

This happens every couple of years. This is the third time an Arab country has rejected this guy due to his name.
https://www.daily-sun.com/post/518709/S ... ranslation
- 30 Nov 2020 11:33
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 9791
- Views: 1146158
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Mod Warning : My mother was diagnosed with Covid last month. She had gone out once, to the market and that was enough ! The family physician immediately put her on Azithromycin even before the positive report. Given the situation at hospitals in kolkata we decided to go for home treatment after a d...
- 24 Nov 2020 20:40
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 9791
- Views: 1146158
- 24 Nov 2020 14:23
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 9791
- Views: 1146158
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
We did put her on ecospirin on alternate days on the advice of a BRFite. Her ECG & echo reports were fine. She is a HT patient coming with a family history of such ailments but it has been under control for years. Fingers crossed and all that. One strange thing was sudden drops in blood Hb week ...
- 24 Nov 2020 09:28
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 9791
- Views: 1146158
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Mod Warning : No more discussing US politics here folks. =========== My experience with Covid & Coronil. My mother was diagnosed with Covid last month. She had gone out once, to the market and that was enough ! The family physician immediately put her on Azithromycin even before the positive rep...
- 16 Nov 2020 20:21
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: BR Forum Feedback
- Replies: 1035
- Views: 113699
Re: BR Forum Feedback
I am on both and I think both have their place. The forum format provides a seamless news and detailed discussion feed that is very difficult to replicate on teeter. Twitter is good for unilateral monologues or bilateral discussions at most.
- 16 Nov 2020 02:19
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 10196
- Views: 1411480
Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
retired drivers as consultants whatever will these jobless babooze think of next :mrgreen: via @manishbpl1 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Emrf29XXYAAEZth?format=jpg&name=large consultant simply means contractual employee. any non permanent employee is a consultant. for retired employees they get s...
- 15 Nov 2020 16:46
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 9791
- Views: 1146158
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
folks with knowledge of pharma trials, is there a 'placebo' arm in human trials of vaccines ?
IOW, are there people in the study who do not recive the vaccine candidate but are exposed to COVID ?
IOW, are there people in the study who do not recive the vaccine candidate but are exposed to COVID ?
- 15 Nov 2020 14:28
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Happy Diwali!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 897
Re: Happy Diwali!
Happy Diwali to all BRFites and their families.
This year the cracker ban seems to have goaded people to burst more crackers. Funnily enough pollution levels are down in Delhi from yesterday ! Similar data from other cities in India pouring in.
This year the cracker ban seems to have goaded people to burst more crackers. Funnily enough pollution levels are down in Delhi from yesterday ! Similar data from other cities in India pouring in.
- 11 Nov 2020 23:40
- Forum: Technology & Economic Forum
- Topic: Indian Agriculture and Agro-based Industry
- Replies: 706
- Views: 149307
- 07 Nov 2020 21:03
- Forum: Technology & Economic Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 1228
- Views: 213689
Re: Indian IT Industry
My cousin who works for a big data products co. visits his office, which is a 2hour flight from his hometown, every couple of months or so. This has been the trend since last year, so well before Covid hit India.
- 07 Nov 2020 20:53
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 10196
- Views: 1411480
Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Any national governing system based on universal sufferage is a tragedy of gargantuan proportions and sooner rather than later will collapse under its own weight. Universal sufferage means universal mediocrity. Hain ?? :shock: What kind of government would you rather have ? One where the electorate...
- 07 Nov 2020 09:54
- Forum: Technology & Economic Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 1228
- Views: 213689
Re: Indian IT Industry
D-Link Corporation is a Taiwanese multinational networking equipment manufacturing corporation headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. It was founded in March 1986 in Taipei as Datex Systems Inc.
- Wikipedia
all D-link items were made in china anyway.
- Wikipedia
all D-link items were made in china anyway.
- 04 Nov 2020 09:08
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2020 US election results discussion
- Replies: 901
- Views: 64885
Re: 2020 US election results discussion
ramana wrote:The then Democrat frontrunner rented a tent and harangues Modi and India.
Just curious, who was it?
- 28 Oct 2020 12:46
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018
- Replies: 248
- Views: 95745
Re: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018
wrong thread, please continue in CDS thread.
- 23 Oct 2020 03:23
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XV Kaalkut
- Replies: 60
- Views: 12888
Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XV Kaalkut
Very well researched jamwal !
waiting for more.
waiting for more.
- 23 Oct 2020 01:11
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Let us Understand the Chinese - II
- Replies: 178
- Views: 28299
Re: Let us Understand the Chinese - II
He passed away some years back.
- 23 Oct 2020 00:08
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 9791
- Views: 1146158
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
no issues. just select a human sounding name & let us know.
- 18 Oct 2020 15:34
- Forum: Technology & Economic Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 6233
- Views: 1424080
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Why on earth are we still exporting iron ore ?? Suraj, the article says that various econometric techniques were used by the respective paper authors to separate out various factors and single out the effects of demo. It's one of the central points of the piece. People more familiar with such techni...
- 16 Oct 2020 23:34
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Achievement Tracking - Modi 2.0 Govt - No Discussions
- Replies: 1238
- Views: 307551
Re: Achievement Tracking - Modi 2.0 Govt - No Discussions
Stock taking of the Demo long term effects after 4 years. X-post https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/academic-studies-have-endorsed-the-benefits-of-demonetization-11602599307453.html Academic studies have endorsed the benefits of demonetization A study by International Monetary Fund chief ...
- 16 Oct 2020 23:33
- Forum: Technology & Economic Forum
- Topic: Currency Demonetisation and Future course of Indian Economy
- Replies: 7877
- Views: 954255
Re: Currency Demonetisation and Future course of Indian Economy
Stock taking of the Demo long term effects after 4 years. X-post https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/academic-studies-have-endorsed-the-benefits-of-demonetization-11602599307453.html Academic studies have endorsed the benefits of demonetization A study by International Monetary Fund chief ...
- 16 Oct 2020 23:32
- Forum: Technology & Economic Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 6233
- Views: 1424080
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/academic-studies-have-endorsed-the-benefits-of-demonetization-11602599307453.html Academic studies have endorsed the benefits of demonetization This article is a keeper ! It is the newspaper equivalent of an academic review paper that looks at the multi...
- 07 Oct 2020 09:21
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Armenia Azerbaijan Conflict - 2020
- Replies: 159
- Views: 29548
Re: Armenia Azerbaijan Conflict - 2020
How to fight a tank war under an opfor UAV umbrella. Very good points made here. Worth a read https://rusi.org/publication/rusi-defence-systems/key-armenia-tank-losses-sensors-not-shooters The Key to Armenia’s Tank Losses: The Sensors, Not the Shooters Jack Watling RUSI Defence Systems, 6 October 20...
- 05 Oct 2020 03:11
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Armenia Azerbaijan Conflict - 2020
- Replies: 159
- Views: 29548
Re: Armenia Azerbaijan Conflict - 2020
Thank you MK sir, I never went away but these days get very little time to post. ================ This is background of the disputed region, from their POV. While not strictly military, althought it does cover some of those, it's still good starting point to understand the genesis of the conflict. T...