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by williams
01 Sep 2025 11:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Amber G. wrote: 01 Sep 2025 10:34 ^^^ May be this means Trump is finding new oil from the man in background (extreme right)..enjoy the picture. (Is their some oil in that red bowl ?)
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It is photoshopped but very nicely done :rotfl:
by williams
31 Aug 2025 10:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Gor will find it hard to get Senate confirmation as ambassador if he can’t even get a security clearance even under the Trump administration. As special envoy to South Asia he won’t need Senate confirmation but I bet India gives him the cold shoulder. The implicit “I’m mediating between Pakistan an...
by williams
29 Aug 2025 21:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

The way the Americans are braying about India's purchase of Russian oil, and in light of recent Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries, I think they are setting up an attack on Reliance's Jamnagar refinery using their proxy, pak. Pakis in fact already threatened to attack Reliance's refinery. Firs...
by williams
27 Aug 2025 22:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gAPXxR08Pw4?feature=share Why Every American Wants to Apologize to India gAPXxR08Pw4 Sounds good sir, but it is AI fake. Some one who likes India made it. So to that extend kudos to our tech folks :D I know many Americans don't like Trump policy and are screaming. How...
by williams
26 Aug 2025 23:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-uA60KPfXQ ................... ......... pls use this link to access the video US Stuns India: Washington Claims Control of RBI Dollars - Global OUTRAGE Erupts! [youtube]9-uA60KPfXQ[/youtube b][color=#FF0000In a stunning move, U.S. officials demanded that India must...
by williams
25 Aug 2025 22:21
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 1927
Views: 6856144

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

Some very interesting facts from GE statement on March 25, 2025. I missed these parts. So dilly dallying on further Tejas order costed us 5 long years. There is some justification for the supply chain delays from GE point of view. Restarting a production line after shutting it down for 5 years is no...
by williams
25 Aug 2025 21:55
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 1927
Views: 6856144

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

It's very sad, and borderline shameful, that the MPs agreed to pose such for a photo. Looks like the IAF wanted to make a statement.... but it doesn't look good for the IAF themselves. Photos like this are not taken, without approval from the top stakeholders. The photo in question is taken out by ...
by williams
24 Aug 2025 02:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

It’s about whether the U.S. will continue to sustain the scientific ecosystem that made it a global leader—or whether political whims will drive top researchers elsewhere. The generation around at Indian Independence lived through the collapse of the British Empire; this generation is living throug...
by williams
22 Aug 2025 09:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Slowly but surely both Biden and Trump are inadvertently destroying American consumer spirit. Problem is when that spirit declines the surplus capacities that is built by businesses to cater to that consumerism is going to decline. China is suffering right now due to that but at some point that is g...
by williams
22 Aug 2025 04:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

What prevents countries from off loading their dollar reserves or converting to gold. What can you do with gold? You can't eat it, you can't drive it, you can't get hours of entertainment out of it (or maybe some people do - just by looking at their gold for hours and feeling good), you can't read ...
by williams
21 Aug 2025 23:14
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 1830
Views: 1567336

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

The fact that it is recategorized as IRBM means there is a thinking of using it in conventional role. However if we are interested in bunker buster role against the Pakis we can use some of the shorter range missiles. No need to use Agni for it.
by williams
21 Aug 2025 10:20
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 1830
Views: 1567336

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

S_Madhukar wrote: 21 Aug 2025 00:09 So did the Santa Barbara get good shots 🤪 because we won’t be shown the petals landing
Actually petals will be landing south of BIOT (Diego Garcia). 21st Operations Group's latest RADAR would have seen how SDRE IRBM performed :D
by williams
21 Aug 2025 10:03
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 1830
Views: 1567336

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

So from an ICBM nation we became an IRBM nation so soon. :lol:
The maya continues. :D
by williams
21 Aug 2025 07:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

All good..., except tariffs are taxes on your own people. It sure denies some access to your market, but if you do not have the economic advantage to produce those goods and services domestically, you are not gaining anything economically. Trump bahadur and his minions think they can turn tariffs to...
by williams
19 Aug 2025 07:17
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 7088
Views: 3130395

Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion

Can we expect anything substantive for Kaveri 2.0, in terms of testing infrastructure, or a KDE+AB flying on a Tejas or a mig29 after PMs passing reference during the independence day speech? KDE never had any fanfare or PR until the testing in Russia was almost completed, and it exceeded the desig...
by williams
18 Aug 2025 20:44
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 1927
Views: 6856144

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

Given the situation that is unfolding with the U.S, iam listing here what I think are the alternate power plant options for the Tejas. I am very hopeful that even if the U.S pulls the plug on both the 404 and 414 GOI will not let the tejas program die. 1. The Safran M88 will be a quick fit since it...
by williams
18 Aug 2025 10:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Time for India to issue a short statement on the lines of - " There would be no need to "continuously maintain the ceasefire" and peace in the region if the US can prevail on its friend Pakistan to desist from terrorist activities. If Pakistan tries its misadventures again, we can as...
by williams
18 Aug 2025 06:03
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 1927
Views: 6856144

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

The past second-class treatment of funding local engine development is haunting us now. Hopefully with some kid glove treatment, we can get by the next few years without additional supply disruptions of engines from America. However, with this kind of attitude, I would advise GoI to tread very caref...
by williams
18 Aug 2025 01:48
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 1927
Views: 6856144

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

https://x.com/defenceglobe/status/1955275541742760201 ---> GE has silently shifted the engine delivery goalpost again, but no one to say maza nahi aa raha or no media to write long articles about how bad GE is. Now two engines per month from October, this makes it 6th or 7th goalpost change. Sad St...
by williams
17 Aug 2025 04:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

My bet: EU will NOT impose sanctions or tariffs on India. ..... I agree broadly with this prediction. However, I would like to see how the EU CBAMs will be handled in a mutually acceptable manner for exports of energy-intensive products from Bharat. The latest I could find on the India-EU FTA talks...
by williams
17 Aug 2025 00:53
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!
Replies: 2944
Views: 627063

Re: Operation Sindoor - Bharat Strikes Back: Jai Hind!

Whatever the Pakis are planning...another thing they have planned is to have more US personnel - either military or civilian, to be stationed in Pakistan so that the next time they attack us THEY (Pakistan+ US) will threaten us that if we retaliate, US citizens will be harmed. THAT is the next blac...
by williams
16 Aug 2025 08:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

A couple of questions for the members? 1) What is driving Trump against India? Give listed reasons like a) ...b), c)... 2) What do members think of people like Asha Motwani (specifically) who are interjecting themselves into Indian foreign policy? Again give answer a).. b)... c).... Note with respe...
by williams
15 Aug 2025 12:38
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 1830
Views: 1567336

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

So strategic restrain is gone and the gloves are coming off. :D
by williams
15 Aug 2025 08:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

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Few questions come to mind with respect to the above post about Bessent’s comments. 1. Assuming the intent is to really influence allies’ wealth at the command of US president, why would US Treasury secretary make such public, colonial-ish comments to humiliate the allies (they are lap dogs anyways...
by williams
15 Aug 2025 01:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Not sure but if Putin offers an economic deal to Trump then expect India to be sacrificed. They will paint the good boy as the bad boy. Because then US can pivot to Asia Pacific knowing it is secure. At what point will India want to add a digital tax on MS etc, if at all. I think this playbook was ...
by williams
15 Aug 2025 00:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

I think the next target will be the Indian pharma industry - this will be under guise of India not respecting patents and a demand that India outlaw forced patenting (even though it has been rarely used). Trump has threatened US pharma with pegging them to MFN status unless they reduce prices. Ther...
by williams
12 Aug 2025 04:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Depends on the pakis. We won't do anything if they don't do any terrorist attack. Orangeutan will stay their hand at least before midterms. If the GOPers get good majority in the house and in the senate (it is highly likely considering DNC being in total disarray with the likes of AOC and Mamdani g...
by williams
12 Aug 2025 00:06
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

The problem with both the Pakis and the Americans is that they are good in planning something offensive, but are poor to understand defensive posture. During Op Sindhoor they were so poor to defend themselves and all they could keep doing is send more drones for offensive task. Now let us talk about...
by williams
10 Aug 2025 08:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Right now our achilles heel are the GE engines. As long as we can mollycoddle American defense industry to keep up with the supplies, we can manage the rest. However, at no point in time we should give in to feed Trump's ego. If we stay indifferent to his tantrums for now and look for the opportune ...
by williams
10 Aug 2025 07:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

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The competitors are Israel and Belgium. Let's say they double, no, triple their capacity. Still leaves a huge shortfall. I wonder how elastic the diamond market in the US is. Nope Belgium just has the trading houses, no capacity for cutting, polishing and labor intensive operations. Israelis specia...
by williams
10 Aug 2025 06:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 2440
Views: 938085

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

Lisa wrote: 09 Aug 2025 23:15 WHY INDIA IS THE ONE COUNTRY THE WEST CAN’T DEFEAT | Piers Morgan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUGc__E ... waytoLight

Apologies if already posted or if its the incorrect place.
Its AI fake
by williams
09 Aug 2025 21:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

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Don't indulge in over analysis of Trump's action. He wants publicity and he needs to feed his ego. When that is not done, he will go to any lengths to get that. His minions have different agenda but will have to fall in place to his whims and fancies or fall out of his inner circle. As far as India ...
by williams
07 Aug 2025 22:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

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Trump's 25% tariffs wen't into effect yesterday. It seems that US companies could place orders till yesterday and recieve shipments till September. So this drama will continue at least till September when the real impact will be felt. We can simply subsidize those industries that is affected by thi...
by williams
07 Aug 2025 15:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Tharoor (whose view I respect despite the past) is calling for counter tariffs and he could be right. Orange baboon is feral and any weakness will be preyed upon. Time for GOI to make life difficult for those yankee businesses that are invested in India(coke, Pepsi etc) so that the message gets pas...
by williams
04 Aug 2025 23:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Per AI, if Russian oil is eliminated from the world market and other producers increase their production, even in the optimistic scenario the world is short of 3 million barrels a day. This is not about India, it is about Russia and pressure on it to make a deal on Ukraine. India just happens to be...
by williams
03 Aug 2025 23:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
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Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV



Indian diplomatic thinking and insights into what goes behind the scenes.
by williams
03 Aug 2025 12:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

There is nothing called lazy company :) Everything is based on supply, demand and RoI. Kodak even invented the digital camera. Yes it would cannibalize their film revenue. But instead of moving with the technology, they became obsolete. The Kodak example can be multiplied N times. So may let's not ...
by williams
03 Aug 2025 12:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Is this deep state? https://x.com/davegreenidge57/status/1951754381927276626 This is Medvedev’s response to Trump’s repositioning of 2 nuclear submarines towards Russia. I think the only people who don’t know Trump’s a child sex pervert are his cult. “Trump should not think that the video archive o...
by williams
03 Aug 2025 00:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

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Lazy Indian companies rely on American market, as that is already highly developed with a ready demand. But putting all your eggs in one basket is risky, as your access can be blocked anytime. Export diversification is critical, not only in terms of basket of goods and services that we export, but ...
by williams
02 Aug 2025 02:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 11730
Views: 4069041

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Trade deals are just formalization of understandings between countries. Trade on the other hand is like pouring water on cements floor. It will find its crevasses and penetrate where possible and spread around if that is not possible. It is based on the good old supply and demand.Trump bahadur fooli...