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by hnair
23 Jan 2024 21:33
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Ram Temple Consecration: News and Views
Replies: 144
Views: 36228

Re: Ram Temple Consecration: News and Views

Now I will have to go back to Ayodhya again, it will happen when it happens I do not know. https://www.india.com/viral/video-eagle-circles-over-ram-mandir-during-pran-pratishtha-ceremony-internet-says-garuda-divine-blessings-watch-6673141/ A personal anecdote: I grew up at Kunnukuzhy area of Trivan...
by hnair
08 Jan 2024 22:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India’s Ocean Territories (Andaman Nicobar & Lakshadweep)
Replies: 263
Views: 91268

Re: India’s Ocean Territories (Andaman Nicobar & Lakshadweep)

The jitters in l’dives is not just due to tapering off of Indian tourists. The first issue is investment in resorts. Indians (entrepreneurs and fund managers) use a lot of complex transactions to manage the whole Maldives resort economy at the highest levels. Investors ranging from Blackstone to sle...
by hnair
08 Jan 2024 18:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India’s Ocean Territories (Andaman Nicobar & Lakshadweep)
Replies: 263
Views: 91268

Re: India’s Ocean Territories (Andaman Nicobar & Lakshadweep)

PM Modi was doing snorkeling and not scuba diving as many are commenting above. This was the same mistake that the wannabe jihadi-bibi minister of Maldives did when she claimed Modi was scuba diving using a floatation vest. In snorkeling, you use a floatation vest to float on surface with minimal ef...
by hnair
30 Dec 2023 20:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: INS Vikrant: News and Discussion
Replies: 3269
Views: 794279

Re: INS Vikrant: News and Discussion

Judging by the dimensions of VLS caps against humans in background, looks like point defense SAMS and not MRSAM? But I hope I am wrong! With “Houthis” acting up, it is good they got these to go live for early deployment shakedowns!
by hnair
29 Dec 2023 22:44
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Replies: 6030
Views: 1214303

Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion

OTP is not a big deal if you enable international roaming before your trip, if you have a non-Indian line. MFA is a security requirement in India for nearly everything. So a sensitive and high value area like airports will have some form of the same. Anonymous connections are still traceable after a...
by hnair
29 Dec 2023 22:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7441
Views: 1625756

Re: Understanding the US - Again

A reminder: Do not bring in irrelevant-to-India political analysis rooted on personal preferences here, please!
by hnair
29 Nov 2023 23:08
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3200
Views: 1669596

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

From the specs posted by Rakesh, absolutely dig these highly practical aspects: - Solid Stability gear, that too electro mechanical and not high-altitude unfriendly hydraulics or pneumatics. - For Power Source: Can power another MGS 8) (pretty solid feature since a lot of concerns is power loss from...
by hnair
21 Nov 2023 09:47
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 2329
Views: 966621

Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion

The crass way in which this piece/rant is written, the name of the blogspot leads me to guess that the author is none other than the war wounded (in the testicular area) Retd Major Adil Raza, DHA (Discharged with Echandee). Yenjaay :mrgreen: One does not have to be a conspiracy theorist to believe ...
by hnair
27 Oct 2023 06:12
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India-Qatar Fallout: News & Discussion
Replies: 191
Views: 56742

Re: India-Qatar Fallout: News & Discussion

sudeepj, that would be enough fantasy about taking on a country hosting CENTCOM foreward HQ using Indian Navy etc. Please post analysis that makes sense. Nothing in Qatar or Bahrain moves a millimeter without Deep State approvals. These guys are the financiers and lodge-owners for keeping the pot st...
by hnair
27 Oct 2023 06:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
Replies: 1287
Views: 318638

Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses

A relieved CPC be: “Li Keqiang passed away Long Live Li Keqiang”

(So the brave chap heart attacked himself unlike the traitor Hu Jintao. All for his country)
by hnair
22 Oct 2023 10:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185219

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Guy on the bottom-right:

“Order! With this dove, he will show us where all ISI inappropriated him”
by hnair
20 Oct 2023 21:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: International Nuclear Watch & Discussion
Replies: 1417
Views: 231431

Re: International Nuclear Watch & Discussion

And they were NOT preparing for it over last few months…. Just woke up brushed teeth and burst one <wink, wink>
by hnair
20 Oct 2023 21:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: International Nuclear Watch & Discussion
Replies: 1417
Views: 231431

Re: International Nuclear Watch & Discussion

“CTBT is dead. Long live CTBT” :shock: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-19/us-nuclear-test-on-day-of-kremlin-s-treaty-abdication-fuels-doubt US Nuclear Test Raises Concerns of New Arms Race With Russia Department of Energy detonated explosion at Nevada test site Arms control experts s...
by hnair
20 Oct 2023 21:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Why We Need Pokhran-3
Replies: 113
Views: 25566

Re: Why We Need Pokhran-3

It is no longer a rumor. It has been confirmed that US has tested a nuclear device at Nevada test site
by hnair
18 Oct 2023 02:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
Replies: 1225
Views: 1583996

Re: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023

The real reasons are unsaid and have to do with the bad experiences of multiple Arab countries with palestinian refugees in the past. There was this video posted below of a Kuwaiti guy ranting against Palestinians (and comically Netanyahu too, for being too nice to Palestinians). His comment about ...
by hnair
25 Sep 2023 09:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406670

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Do you mean to say that merely saying that the PM should address Parliament on this issue is a no-go on this forum? Yes. You are not “merely saying”, but demanding things off the PM. Trudeau is being dealt with at the appropriate levels (for now) by GOI and admins don’t want to deal with you contin...
by hnair
25 Sep 2023 08:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406670

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

If you see it as a fetish, so be it. You will see more messages from me on this, so deal with it. It is slightly more serious than a dog chasing a car. Modi ji may be making the same mistake he did with CAA and the farm laws allowing it to get out of hand. A direct address by him sets out the red l...
by hnair
24 Sep 2023 02:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406670

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

I think a seed has been planted here by NRao and later elaborated by ldev that US knows everything because they tap every communication channel in the world and apparently Government of India is naive to keep using these west controlled channels for such sensitive operations, which in the first plac...
by hnair
22 Sep 2023 06:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406670

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

I think the Canadians want us to think US gave them the intel. The friendly country that gave Trudeau the mp3 files must be China considering how friendly he is to chinese police stations inside Canada and how he let PLA do cold weather training in the tundra
by hnair
20 Sep 2023 07:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406670

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Remember Gerald Bull ? He was an actual Canadian, not an imported Khalistani. Um... I have never heard of Bull and how he got boffed in Brussels…. Due to his association with weird people, he was persona non-grata for Anglo-Saxon world for a long time before his death, unlike the much more valuable...
by hnair
20 Sep 2023 04:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406670

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Canadian journalist Daniel Bordman gives an excellent monologue on the whole thing https://x.com/ranting4canada/status/1704157790887973053 Canada vs India 101: Both countries have expelled diplomats over the death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar and relations are breaking down. Here's an explanation of why ...
by hnair
20 Sep 2023 01:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406670

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Terry Glavin: After Trudeau alleges murder plot, Canada-India relations may be irreparable https://nationalpost.com/opinion/terry-glavin-after-trudeau-alleges-murder-plot-canada-india-relations-may-be-irreparable This article is a keeper and needs to be widely disseminated around the world. Good to...
by hnair
19 Sep 2023 22:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406670

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Some inferences from the whole deal: - This was planned by the geniuses at Ottawa a while back before G20 - The lowclass PM of Canada came to India, made enough noises to assuage his votebank back in Canada - He did not have the fortitude to boycott G20, if he saw evidence and trusted his own intel ...
by hnair
19 Sep 2023 17:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406670

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

I would not take this escalation lightly. Ignoring Pakistan is one thing, trying to ignore Canada is is not. Nonsense. I would take this escalation very very lightly and if Canada want themselves to be considered at par with Pakis, that is their choice. India has watched 100s killed by drones witho...
by hnair
11 Sep 2023 03:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India's G20 Presidency 2023
Replies: 193
Views: 43111

Re: India's G20 Presidency 2023

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/09/what-modi-wont-show-g20-muslims-india I am impressed with the Muslim outrage industry’s indefatigablity. Every time you see them, they have flames shooting out of their a$$. So what does she want? Modi waiting at the tarmac with an album saying ...
by hnair
29 Aug 2023 00:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7441
Views: 1625756

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Siva509, good write up: film industry personalities include Padmini, Shobana, Jeyaraman, R.Madhavan, Vidya Balan etc. Small Correction: Yesteryear actress Padmini and her niece Shobhana are both nairs from Trivandrum. Padmini and her siblings were known as Travancore sisters. Jayaram, is Tamil brahm...
by hnair
23 Aug 2023 18:21
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
Replies: 1352
Views: 543165

Re: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions

Just woke up after suffering multiple mini-strokes during that hover phase at 100+ meters…. Remembering all the stalwarts known and unknown, who worked all their lives to reach this moment. Because back in the 80s, when the first ASLV launch broke up over Bay of Bengal, I saw the sadness of the folk...
by hnair
07 Aug 2023 11:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7441
Views: 1625756

Re: Understanding the US - Again

KL Dubey, when an admin posts a warning about OT, then please do take heed. You continued to post ignoring a warning/reminder post. If you like US better than other countries, that is ok. Just don’t post its internal politics in post after posts on Bharat Rakshak Forum. Matters like “personal opinio...
by hnair
03 Aug 2023 02:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7441
Views: 1625756

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Folks, a periodic reminder: this is not a thread for betting on any US politician or partisans debating endlessly about that country’s banana republic democracy.

Any further discussions that has no relevance to India, Indians or PIOs will result in admin action.
by hnair
01 Aug 2023 17:23
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
Replies: 1352
Views: 543165

Re: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions

UAE is much smaller than us, and yet they also sent a mission to Mars not long after us . It shows they are not small on ambition, howsoever small their size. Meanwhile I see that indian tendency is to strut a lot in advance, and then stumble on execution. Usually I ban a poster for posting claptra...
by hnair
29 Jul 2023 02:42
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Multi-Role Helicopter: News & Discussion: 06 Feb 2021
Replies: 108
Views: 70392

Re: Indian Multi-Role Helicopter: News & Discussion: 06 Feb 2021

nachiket-saar, BrahmosNG is onlee 1500 kg…. Just leaving that out here
by hnair
25 Jun 2023 22:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185219

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

It's not geopolitics anymore. It's geoeconomics. A strategic thinker told me once. Is he the same guy who warned us of India’s dire sea-locked, air-locked and outer space loneliness state unlike bakistan’s cozy proximity to sheep-grazing areas of world ? Also how did the pakis with predictions arou...
by hnair
25 Jun 2023 08:42
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 3952
Views: 1527806

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

Admin note: KrishnaK off for a fortnight to a Belarus honeymoon, for trolling around.
by hnair
21 Jun 2023 00:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 1108
Views: 596743

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

We did not hear much of Akash-1S after tests, so yes, it could be an early iteration or original name of Prime. Akash-NG seem to be a totally new design using dual pulse and not ramjets. Visually, the NG seem to be derived off the LRSAM project. This order book looks good since it shows the older ra...
by hnair
15 Jun 2023 19:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2231764

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

RaviB, good points. However I would add there are many ways to negotiate: being nice and agreeing to provide neo-slave labour to a post-colonial globalist west is one way. But crying in a corner about past grievances of colonialists and acting coy is another strategic position to make the big table ...
by hnair
15 Jun 2023 04:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8678
Views: 2231764

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Disha - I ignore about 99% of your posts -- as most of them scientifically are silly - but now your persistent ugly personal irrelevant quoting, trolling, and real idiotic 'analysis' is *worse* than Rahul Gandhi and the gang in terms of logic .. so no point in responding. The thread is going down t...
by hnair
13 Jun 2023 04:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7441
Views: 1625756

Re: Understanding the US - Again

A_Gupta, good to have you back after a gap, but do desist from posting obsessively about a specific US politician if it has zero relevance to India. Thanks.
by hnair
12 Jun 2023 20:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Deterrence
Replies: 5129
Views: 860769

Re: Deterrence

I have to say, my impression is that this Sudarshan fellow (from the tone of the article) appears to be some kind of desi NPA, delighted that the test "failed" (in his opinion). This is pure malice, not a technical assessment. Article is more or less ghost written by the long dead and unl...