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by rkhanna
15 Nov 2023 14:35
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India-Qatar Fallout: News & Discussion
Replies: 191
Views: 56740

Re: India-Qatar Fallout: News & Discussion

I read somewhere that the Men are charged with espionage for Israel (not India) - any Idea on this?
by rkhanna
01 Dec 2022 10:26
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: INS Vikramaditya: News and Discussion
Replies: 1604
Views: 276486

Re: INS Vikramaditya: News and Discussion

That is beautiful. One question - Is it ok to use it outside of the national flag by private parties? Restriction is only for usage for 'Commercial Use / Commercial Gains'. Refer 'Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950' Restricted list includes National Flag, Ashoka Chakra, the co...
by rkhanna
17 Oct 2022 15:55
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
Views: 622077

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

NRao wrote:^^^^^

Russian foreign currency reserves are already back to pre-war levels. West stole $300 billion. Russia recovered that in 6 months or so.
Source?
by rkhanna
16 Sep 2022 12:37
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Vehicles: News & Discussion
Replies: 217
Views: 194443

Re: Military Vehicles: News & Discussion

Thanks, it surely looks like that. Interesting that, I was not able to find out when it was procured. Redit has another picture of this vehicle will Negave 7.62 machine gun mountain on it. https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianDefense/comments/wrlc12/indian_army_trooper_with_polaris_mrzr_all_terrain/ The ...
by rkhanna
16 Aug 2021 15:09
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5263
Views: 1736124

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/how-avert-disaster-afghanistan-191577 There is another possible future for Afghanistan, and while not pretty, it is strategically far preferable for the United States: a military stalemate, in which the Taliban holds some of the country and the government while ...
by rkhanna
16 Nov 2020 14:56
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Armed Forces
Replies: 3324
Views: 727418

Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Armed Forces

Air India One arriving at Fort Worth today from San Bernardino after getting this incredibly dull, bland, uninteresting livery when they could have done a much MUCH better job at projecting the very best of India :x Humbly requesting: Are there any artists on BR who can do some Photoshop livery des...
by rkhanna
08 Nov 2020 12:29
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5263
Views: 1736124

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

While I agree that the expectation of taking GB or Aksai Chin is ridiculous considering ground realities, your second assertion is equally wrong. Our force posture on the LoC has not been weakened even one bit by the strengthening of forces on the LAC. The capability for surgical strikes or Balakot...
by rkhanna
21 Sep 2020 20:16
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014
Replies: 4118
Views: 1185548

Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014

Unusual payload, just bombs and no AAM- even the Mig 29 landing at Leh was without armament. this looks like a Bombing run on the Test range. Wonder if IAF is husbanding AAM life for when things get hot with either the Pakis or the Chinis. Could be part of a more complex mix of AC trying out differ...
by rkhanna
12 Sep 2020 09:01
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
Replies: 1949
Views: 696011

Re: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion

I wish those who made that 5.56mm decision are asked or named for posterity. This is a proof that the decision makers in the IA believe in foreign-studies & brochures rather than their own experiences in COIN! Absolutely disgraceful. Its like the Panchatantra story about the "Brahmin and t...
by rkhanna
27 Jan 2020 17:01
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014
Replies: 4440
Views: 1239792

Re: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014

Question for Experts: I have always wondered, why there are no war stories of valor and sacrifice from IPKF campaign except maybe inside war colleges and some Libraries. Most of us know about 1948,62,65,71 and 99 but there is hardly any narrative about IPKF in SL. No movie, no war dispatches, hardl...
by rkhanna
05 Dec 2019 15:16
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Airborne Early Warning & Control: News & Discussion
Replies: 3965
Views: 1165968

Re: Airborne Early Warning & Control: News & Discussion

"Would be interesting to see if they intend to fuel up and instead switch off the radar in air to act as tanker" Won't that be a big no no in terms of Risk Mitigation/Management perspective. A singular Accident/slipup in Combat - you would end up loosing your AWAC as well as your tanker in...
by rkhanna
09 Nov 2019 14:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: The Ram Janmbhoomi Verdict: News and Discussion
Replies: 1043
Views: 189149

Re: The Ram Janmbhoomi Verdict: News and Discussion

Only thing is SC used Art 142 to give 5 acres which is beyond the case at hand. This is judicial overreach. Not necessarily. I think the 5 acre land was accorded due to the demolition of the mosque which the Supreme court called illegal. Article 142 states "make such order as is necessary for ...
by rkhanna
02 Nov 2019 11:21
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
Replies: 1949
Views: 696011

Re: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion

"Sig 7.62x51 is a very accurate rifle. I wonder if Army will use it as DMR also? By equipping it with a scope.
"

The DMR version of the SIG 716 is already in the service with the NSG
by rkhanna
22 Oct 2019 14:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
Replies: 1949
Views: 696011

Re: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion

" The Emirati gun is designed by the same persons who designed HK416. Being the third iteration and optimised for Hot and Humid conditions, it should be a very good fit our armed forces. SIG716 is the second iteration of HK416." Correct. the Chief Engineer at Caracal not only Designed the ...
by rkhanna
18 Oct 2019 12:52
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018
Replies: 413
Views: 205396

Re: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018

"There is something else India needs to note. Pakistan gave the centrifuge blueprints to Iran even though it is Shia, while Pakistan is Sunni. It means that Pakistan would not mind Iran acquiring nuclear capability. That suggests their ties are close, despite occasional incidents." Could b...
by rkhanna
18 Oct 2019 12:18
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Discussion on Indian Special Forces
Replies: 4246
Views: 1164680

Re: Discussion on Indian Special Forces

Special Forces hold wargames in Andamans against `intruders` https://zeenews.india.com/india/special-forces-hold-wargames-in-andamans-against-intruders-2240719.html/amp AFSOD seems to be shaping up well. IMO a seriously missed opportunity. The powers that be are missing the forest for the Trees. Ho...
by rkhanna
02 Oct 2019 10:28
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Discussion on Indian Special Forces
Replies: 4246
Views: 1164680

Re: Discussion on Indian Special Forces

So a Unit or a "Task Force" announced a year ago is already conducting Joint Exercises?

So does this confirm that there is no selection / training regime for this unit?

IMO Missed opportunity
by rkhanna
09 Sep 2019 15:01
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
Replies: 1949
Views: 696011

Re: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion

Why the Navy Seals Rejected the SCAR-H https://thenewsrep.com/118625/former-navy-seals-break-down-why-they-hate-this-legendary-socom-rifle/ "Reid goes into detail about his experiences on deployment with the SCAR and how he (as well as many other SEALs) suffered through repeated malfunctions u...
by rkhanna
05 Sep 2019 15:05
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
Replies: 1949
Views: 696011

Re: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion

Why the Navy Seals Rejected the SCAR-H https://thenewsrep.com/118625/former-navy-seals-break-down-why-they-hate-this-legendary-socom-rifle/ "Reid goes into detail about his experiences on deployment with the SCAR and how he (as well as many other SEALs) suffered through repeated malfunctions un...
by rkhanna
29 Aug 2019 14:24
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: MiG-21 Bison shoots down F-16 in Kashmir
Replies: 4234
Views: 1188720

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

Aditya_V wrote:I have found this twitter link where it was recorded
https://twitter.com/NikhilIndian5/statu ... 0948156418
Many thanks!
by rkhanna
29 Aug 2019 13:23
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: MiG-21 Bison shoots down F-16 in Kashmir
Replies: 4234
Views: 1188720

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

Tom Coopers account makes greater sense now, PAF did not factor these aircraft would be in the air and add to the IAF numbers soo quickly and hence went cold quickly before getting bombs on target on 27-Feb-19. Hey, Have tried searching for Toms commentary on ACIG but no luck. Any chance of posting...
by rkhanna
23 Aug 2019 10:56
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014
Replies: 4118
Views: 1185548

Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - August 9, 2014

Flying & fighting in the Sukhoi Su-30 ‘Flanker’: A pilot interview https://hushkit.net/2019/07/20/flying-fighting-in-the-sukhoi-su-30-flanker-a-pilot-interview/ "The thing that worries you most is that you don’t want to be the dumbass when it comes to firing Smart Weapons" :rotfl: :ro...
by rkhanna
13 Aug 2019 16:49
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Military Helicopters
Replies: 5318
Views: 1891150

Re: Indian Military Helicopters

What does Apache bring that lch can’t? Ordinance, Payload, Networking capability (to both fly and take cues from UAVs), Longbow Radar - From what I have understood (speaking to IA folks) the "grand plan" is for the Apache to lead composite rotary packages of LCH and Rudra's with each one ...
by rkhanna
22 Jul 2019 12:25
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Armed Forces
Replies: 3324
Views: 727418

Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Armed Forces

https://preview.redd.it/7toajz5bzkb31.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=4c60cb2feaa5942cc1fa6940e8203e9af58605e0 Indian (Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim) pilots who flew Birmingham built Spitfires during WWII defending Britain. courtesy Kanchudeep (Reddit) "Seated, second from the left ...
by rkhanna
17 Jul 2019 17:46
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Balakot: News & Discussion
Replies: 5107
Views: 1367864

Re: Operation Balakot: News & Discussion

Yogi_G wrote:Hafiz Saeed is arrested, airspace is opened up - once can guess if there is a link somehow of a back door agreement? Or could be theatrics from Paks for the FATF stick.
IK is visiting America i believe. Probably looking for fresh handouts.
by rkhanna
03 Jul 2019 12:42
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Small Arms Thread
Replies: 4653
Views: 1438681

Re: Small Arms Thread

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/army-to-modify-ak-47-to-counter-new-terror-tactics/795178.html army to modify AK-47 to counter new terror tactic excerpted from above They want to burden the soldier with this extra filed modification kit while they do cordon and search operations? Did these...
by rkhanna
15 Jun 2019 14:57
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018
Replies: 3611
Views: 1214487

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018

Is India The World's Best Bet To Counter China? https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/india-counter-china-indian-ocean_in_5cffa232e4b0b02180874458?utm_hp_ref=in-homepage ""If India has the will and enough capabilities, the Indian Ocean will become India’s Ocean," said Japanese security ...
by rkhanna
12 Jun 2019 15:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018
Replies: 413
Views: 205396

Re: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/did-handlers-use-peer-to-peer-software-to-contact-pulwama-bomber/articleshow/68040176.cms an article on the use of peer to peer software service YSMS in the Pulwama Attack by terrorists. do read in full excerpts Quite probable that the Pakistanis developed/...
by rkhanna
11 Jun 2019 17:17
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: VayuSena Rafale: News and Discussions - 17 Oct 2016
Replies: 4656
Views: 1449908

Re: VayuSena Rafale: News and Discussions - 17 Oct 2016

Kashi wrote:It's not for the French minister to decide or comment on matters of our sovereignty. I wish this was something lost in translation.
He did not.

You can roughly take the translation as - The Rafale is an instrument to enhance the national security of India -
by rkhanna
11 Jun 2019 17:14
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018
Replies: 413
Views: 205396

Re: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018

" allegedly by a private aerospace engineering company."

Indian or Phoren?!!!!
by rkhanna
05 Jun 2019 10:39
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 2329
Views: 966592

Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread

any cuts woulds be made up by transferring costs to non-military budget items. ..is right. Expect some Sialkoti stats to demonstrate that def budget is being trimmed, while a lot of expenses are taken off the books or assigned elsewhere. Also expect the Baki "budget" to make increased all...
by rkhanna
18 May 2019 16:32
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Discussion on Indian Special Forces
Replies: 4246
Views: 1164680

Re: Discussion on Indian Special Forces

The SOD is not SOCOM. Its our JSOC - i.e a Tier 1 Counter Terrorism Unit. Current SOF structures will remain and they are providing the initial feeding stock to the SOD. Basis the information available so far, AFSOD is actually more like SOCOM than JSOC. Even under SOCOM, each organization has its ...
by rkhanna
18 May 2019 13:15
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Discussion on Indian Special Forces
Replies: 4246
Views: 1164680

Re: Discussion on Indian Special Forces

... PS - Technical Services Division was nothing more than rolling in ELINT/SIGINT/Humint Capabilities with Door Kickers I am not sure what door kickers means, but sounds like this is what a Special Operations unit should be? I meant Assaulters - Military muscle to the Spooks The TSD was closest to...
by rkhanna
16 May 2019 14:29
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Discussion on Indian Special Forces
Replies: 4246
Views: 1164680

Re: Discussion on Indian Special Forces

we need to set an example. and the easiest ones are zakir naik and mehul choksi who are not under foreign state protection. a shadowy KGB spetsnaz, mossad type unit reporting directly to director RAW, NSA and PM is needed drawn from SG, marcos, RAW, IB, NRTO, NIA to go after high value targets both...
by rkhanna
16 May 2019 14:25
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Discussion on Indian Special Forces
Replies: 4246
Views: 1164680

Re: Discussion on Indian Special Forces

^^ From ANI: Major General AK Dhingra appointed as the first Chief of the Armed Forces Special Operations Division. The tri-services formation will have Special Forces commandos from Army’s Parachute Regiment, Navy’s MARCOS and Air Force’s Garud Commando Force. Finally, our own 'SOCOM' I guess SG i...
by rkhanna
09 May 2019 13:26
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operation Balakot: News & Discussion
Replies: 5107
Views: 1367864

Re: Operation Balakot: News & Discussion

Shukla getting takleef over the lady's reporting! :rotfl: He is engaging her on twitter!!! :lol: https://twitter.com/ajaishukla/status/1126071439583408128 ---> Not an ounce of proof presented to support this third-hand story, which seems to be full of holes. Why is it coming out 70 days after the s...
by rkhanna
07 May 2019 11:20
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: China Military Watch - Sept' 2016
Replies: 4649
Views: 1727255

Re: China Military Watch - Sept' 2016

Some Interesting Stats on Chinese BARF (Belt and Road Forum) - 37 heads of state attended, up from 29 last year, with expanded commitments to international infrastructure investment; - total value of projects nominally in place estimated at over… $3 trillion - chinese government is well aware of int...
by rkhanna
04 May 2019 14:54
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 2329
Views: 966592

Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread

^^^ Agree, Karan ji, that Cheen is a complex, paradoxical nation with both Soviet and Western elements. But here is my take. Mind you, I am free market biased. To me, the most interesting fact is that Cheen should have any Western elements (mainly the East Asian form of Western -- Japanese, Taiwane...
by rkhanna
23 Apr 2019 13:14
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Military Helicopters
Replies: 5318
Views: 1891150

Re: Indian Military Helicopters

Cybaru wrote:IAF will try and kill LCH acquisition, they just want foreign maal.
The value of the LCH is in High Altitude Warfare. The LCH is not going anywhere and will be integral to any brawl with Chin