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- 24 Jun 2023 06:48
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Russian Weapons & Military Technology
- Replies: 2093
- Views: 637484
Re: Russian Weapons & Military Technology
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/dissecting-west-point-think-tanks The Modern War Institute at West Point—a sort of think tank chaired by Mark Esper and which is a part of the Department of Military Instruction—released a very interesting in-depth analysis of Russia’s battlefield innovations in t...
- 24 Jun 2023 06:43
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
- Replies: 4091
- Views: 2010084
Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
To the extent that there was a missile strike on a Wagner base, I'm hearing that the British were involved. I wouldn't be surprised if that were true: it would be a classic British divide-and-conquer move. Wagner's Prigozhin is blaming Russia's Ministry of Defense for the strike, but they are saying...
- 11 Jun 2022 04:19
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Russia: News & Analysis
- Replies: 6071
- Views: 1272579
Re: India-Russia: News & Analysis
I'll post this here because I'm not sure where else to put it. May 25, 2022 https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/05/this-shouldnt-be-ignored.html The Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia confirmed its intention to withdraw from the Bologna process and give priority to the creation of ...
- 11 Jun 2022 04:03
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
- Replies: 4091
- Views: 2010084
Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
https://ria.ru/20220609/su-57-1794141220.html June 9, 2022 RIA Novosti (in Russian) During a special operation in Ukraine, the Russian military deployed a flight of four Su-57 fighters linked into a single information network in order to destroy air defense facilities, an informed source told RIA No...
- 28 May 2022 07:36
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
- Replies: 4091
- Views: 2010084
Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
"Life" (Russian magazine) "True Detective: How the Russian army "hacked" secret US howitzers in Ukraine" May 25, 2022 https://life.ru/p/1496855 Translated by Yandex (I haven't copied-and-pasted over the images and charts.) The first and most important problem with the u...
- 10 Nov 2021 09:04
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Armenia Azerbaijan Conflict - 2020
- Replies: 163
- Views: 45848
Re: Armenia Azerbaijan Conflict - 2020
Interesting American overview/analysis of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War. I don't have time to excerpt it--and I don't agree with all of it--but it's worth reading. Author: "Lt. Col. Edward J, Erickson, PhD, U.S. Army, retired, is a professor of international relations at Antalya Bilim Universit...
- 10 Nov 2021 08:55
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2824227
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
"ERs Are Swamped With Seriously Ill Patients, Although Many Don’t Have Covid" Kate Wells, Michigan Radio [partnered with National Public Radio, NPR] October 29, 2021 https://khn.org/news/article/hospital-emergency-rooms-swamped-seriously-ill-non-covid-patients/ “We are hearing from members...
- 09 Oct 2020 07:46
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
- Replies: 5960
- Views: 2328719
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
That CNN story adds an interesting detail I've not seen anywhere else: that the missile-carrier of the SMART system travels at Mach 3. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/06/asia/indian-anti-submarine-missile-ml-intl-hnk-scli/index.html The Print story states that SMART can be launched from a warship. h...
- 07 Oct 2020 07:17
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
- Replies: 5960
- Views: 2328719
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
I suspect that the supersonic missile in the SMART system is a modified BrahMos, rather than a Shaurya. I have no definitive proof for this, but the speed of the development, the weight of the torpedo, the two-way datalink, the range of the BrahMos in a high-high profile, the way the BrahMos is inte...
- 07 Oct 2020 04:25
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
- Replies: 5960
- Views: 2328719
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
[SMART] is an entirely new system and can be used in innovative ways to develop entirely new tactics and platforms. For example, we used to have some corvettes for anti submarine warfare and usually they would be deployed in own air cover. The idea was these would be used to persecute any submarine...
- 12 Jun 2020 11:15
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2824227
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
https://integrativemedicine.arizona.edu/COVID19/FAQ.html Nasal Irrigation: Q: Do you think there is a benefit to nasal irrigation with sterile NaCl for prevention of COVID-19? A: The benefit of saline nasal irrigation is primarily to moisturize the nasal passages, to reduce inflammation, and to impr...
- 24 Apr 2020 10:00
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2824227
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/17/davidson-uv-lights-could-be-used-to-fight-airborne-coronavirus/ It is not difficult to remove airborne microbes wherever people gather — in public libraries, waiting rooms, cafeterias, or restrooms where someone coughed hard moments earlier. Exhausting air outside ...
- 18 Apr 2020 09:15
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2824227
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
I so wish ICMR runs a study on the HCQ used by the medical professionals, police and contacts to see if it has helped to contain the viral load. These are high probability cases and given the size, would give us a fairly good data. Really don't know why we are not doing it. Anyone has data on any d...
- 18 Apr 2020 08:45
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2824227
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Regarding Mumbai, this is a Twitter thread criticizing the change in testing protocol: https://twitter.com/MukulAgarwal66/stat ... 2192354304
This is a tweet from BMC (the authority in Mumbai) defending it:
https://twitter.com/mybmc/status/1250856201719615489
This is a tweet from BMC (the authority in Mumbai) defending it:
https://twitter.com/mybmc/status/1250856201719615489
- 18 Apr 2020 08:42
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2824227
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Regarding the change in testing protocol in Mumbai, I recommend reading this article. It seems fair and even-handed. https://indianexpress.com/article/coronavirus/mumbai-covid-19-deaths-cases-bmc-protocol-6366146/ It appears that the problem is this: there are not enough testing kits. So, Mumbai has...
- 18 Apr 2020 08:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2824227
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Georgia State University virologist Mukesh Kumar ramped up a testing protocol in February just after reports emerged of the first U.S. cases of COVID-19, and on April 15, he released his findings about a promising candidate called auranofin. Auranofin is a compound that contains gold and has been u...
- 17 Apr 2020 09:08
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2824227
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
The situation with the state government in West Bengal is getting noticed. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-testing-idUSKCN21W236 At around 3,000 tests for more than 90 million people, West Bengal has done just 33.7 tests per million, compared to a national average of arou...
- 17 Apr 2020 08:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2824227
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
https://m.timesofindia.com/city/mumbai/bmc-backtracks-on-use-of-anti-malarial-drug/articleshow/75171510.cms NO mass distribution of HCQ as prophylactic in mumbai.. Oh, that's disappointing. I worry for the people of Mumbai. There can be heart-related complications with HCQ, but those are almost alw...
- 14 Apr 2020 09:38
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2824227
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
I found this interview to be extremely interesting. My apologies if it's already been posted here on BRF. Published on April 10, 2020. https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/cover/roping-in-feluda-to-detect-covid-19/article31306946.ece# As India’s Covid-19 positive cases cross the 5,000-mark, wi...
- 14 Apr 2020 09:29
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2824227
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
https://m.timesofindia.com/india/maharashtra-may-hand-out-anti-malaria-drug-as-preventive-med/articleshow/75113510.cms HCQ will be given in slum areas as preventive med.. Thank you for this post. I am happy to hear this! Regarding HCQ, I recommend watching this video clip of Dr. Robert Hariri. It's...
- 20 Mar 2020 05:26
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: US military, technology, arms, tactics
- Replies: 3150
- Views: 914974
Re: US military, technology, arms, tactics
"N95 Mask Shortage Is A Horrific Manifestation Of America's Crazy "Defense" Priorities" Tyler Rogoway March 18, 2020 https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32556/n95-mask-shortage-a-horrific-manifestation-of-americas-crazy-defense-priorities The defense budget for the 2020 Fiscal ...
- 15 Mar 2020 10:06
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2824227
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
This is the best article I know of regarding what ordinary persons can do right now (March 14, 2020). It's written for an American audience, but much of it is applicable to India, too. I'm planning to share it with everyone I know. The hosting website has received so much traffic that the original w...
- 13 Mar 2020 09:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2824227
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/politics/congress-outrage-testing-covid-19/index.html 'We are flying blind': Lawmakers fume amid lack of coronavirus testing and answers By Haley Byrd, Lauren Fox, Manu Raju and Ted Barrett, CNN Updated 2:45 PM ET, Thu March 12, 2020 Republican and Democratic senators ...
- 10 Mar 2020 10:49
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2824227
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Regarding the coronavirus in the U.S., my opinion is that the situation is about to explode. There are three reasons for this. 1) There is now community transmission in many different parts of the U.S. It's not just in a few big cities. I was startled by the case of a school employee in Georgia. 2) ...
- 02 Mar 2020 22:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Levant crisis - III
- Replies: 12253
- Views: 1955855
Re: Levant crisis - III
The article to read regarding the current situation is this one by Elijah Magnier. It's excellent. https://ejmagnier.com/2020/03/01/erdogan-idlib-is-mine/ A significant development took place in Syria on Friday. A Russian attack on a Turkish convoy in Idlib in north-west Syria killed 36 Turkish sold...
- 01 Mar 2020 06:34
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Levant crisis - III
- Replies: 12253
- Views: 1955855
Re: Levant crisis - III
Some interesting comments from Saker's article regarding the current situation: http://thesaker.is/are-russia-and-turkey-on-a-collision-course/ "Are Russia and Turkey on a collision course?" February 27, 2020 FromSerbia on February 28, 2020 · at 10:03 am EST/EDT For the sake of avoiding pr...
- 23 Jan 2020 08:23
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Russia: News & Analysis
- Replies: 6071
- Views: 1272579
Re: India-Russia: News & Analysis
Has anyone seen the points that Putin wants to make changes on? Ramana, I recommend reading this article by Saker. (I consider Saker the best analyst of Russia in the English-speaking world.) He allows the full re-posting of his articles, so I'll do that here for archival purposes. Saker, "The...
- 21 Jan 2020 10:39
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: US military, technology, arms, tactics
- Replies: 3150
- Views: 914974
Re: US military, technology, arms, tactics
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-says-u-s-is-ready-for-war-not-all-his-troops-are-so-sure ProPublica, "Trump Says U.S. Is Ready for War. Not All His Troops Are So Sure." January 17, 2020 T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose, and Robert Faturechi Over the past 18 months, ProPublica has d...
- 17 Jun 2019 10:03
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018
- Replies: 3611
- Views: 1260848
Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018
I don't think it's a new order, but I do think the submarine-launched version is now ready whereas in 2016, it wasn't. The timeline fits. At the 2017 Aero India, Dr. Christopher said that work on a submarine-launched version was proceeding. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/varunastra-drdo-defen...
- 15 Jun 2019 19:52
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018
- Replies: 3611
- Views: 1260848
Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018
This is great news! This article from "Sputnik" is emphatic that this version of Varunastra will equip both ships *and* submarines. (Different Indian outlets reported different things.). The quote from the BDL spokesperson implicitly confirms this. In 2016, only the ship-launched version w...
- 05 Jun 2019 22:09
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016
- Replies: 5322
- Views: 1834776
Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016
Well why is it a waste , when S400 , AK203 and dozens of similar imports are justified so is this . :) S400s and AK203s are arguably amongst the most important warfighting acquisitions we made. One which compensates somewhat for our falling a/c numbers. Another a design that just works everywhere a...
- 06 Mar 2019 08:33
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
- Replies: 6378
- Views: 2069505
Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
^^ But how much is that capability worth? Is Ajai Shukla correct in saying that Honeywell is now quoting $13.3 million per engine (i.e, $26.6 million per Jaguar)? https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2019/01/honeywells-high-cost-threatens-jaguar.html $26.6 million for the engines alone is prohibitively e...
- 05 Mar 2019 10:01
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
- Replies: 6378
- Views: 2069505
Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
JayS and Indranil, Can the HTFE replace the RR Adour? Yes. Read this article carefully. It's a synopsis of the propulsion presentations from the AeroIndia-2015 seminars. There are many nuggets. I don't want to copy-and-paste the whole article here because I think the author makes some money from bl...
- 01 Mar 2019 13:45
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: BR Forum Feedback
- Replies: 1178
- Views: 335695
Re: BR Forum Feedback
1) Can a sticky banner be added to the top of every thread (or, at least, the Balakot thread) to the effect of "The Enemy Is Listening," "Loose Lips Sink Ships," and "Bits of Careless Talk are Pieced Together By the Enemy"? These slogans come from WWII posters, and peop...
- 24 Feb 2019 10:59
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Pedophilia/Pederasty/Infidelity Crisis in the Roman Catholic Organization
- Replies: 122
- Views: 32279
Re: Pedophilia/Pederasty/Infidelity Crisis in the Roman Catholic Organization
Rod Dreher, "Francis the Fake Reformer" https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/francis-fake-reformer-zanchetta/ While the new Frederic Martel book, and this weekend’s big Vatican conference on sex abuse, tries to paint Pope Francis as a reformer trying to make the Church less of a ...
- 24 Feb 2019 10:45
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Christianity, Evangelism & its geopolitical impact
- Replies: 1237
- Views: 417291
Re: Christianity, Evangelism & its geopolitical impact
There's a lot of WhatsApp chatter among Indian Evangelical Protestants regarding a murder in Orissa on February 11th. Supposedly, an Indian Christian was murdered by Naxals, on the order of militant Hindus. I've seen no evidence to prove this claim as of yet, but many people are accepting this claim...
- 14 Jan 2019 11:50
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Armed Forces
- Replies: 3324
- Views: 763726
Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Armed Forces
These photos are astonishing.
- 14 Jan 2019 11:44
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Kerala Floods - Aftermath and Save Sabarimala
- Replies: 2419
- Views: 466957
Re: Kerala Floods - Aftermath and Save Sabarimala
Lilo, thank you for that detailed post. I knew some of that history, but not most of it. 1) Personally, I don't feel strongly about beef-eating. I would never force anyone to eat beef, and I think that those who desecrate places of worship should be punished severely. (That sort of nonsense triggers...
- 13 Jan 2019 13:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Kerala Floods - Aftermath and Save Sabarimala
- Replies: 2419
- Views: 466957
Re: Kerala Floods - Aftermath and Save Sabarimala
About the KL exceptionalism part, let me point out what I mean. Karan M, in general, I don't disagree with what you wrote ... In my previous post, I was directing my comments towards others, not you. 1) Regarding Kerala's uniqueness, I mentioned that in support of Dileep's proposal for a Kerala-bas...
- 12 Jan 2019 13:11
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Kerala Floods - Aftermath and Save Sabarimala
- Replies: 2419
- Views: 466957
Re: Kerala Floods - Aftermath and Save Sabarimala
I notice that some people on this thread are angry ... This is an emotional issue. As I've gotten older, I'm much calmer than I used to be. Lies fade away. The lie of Keralite Communism is fading away. Something new is being born, and we have the privilege of witnessing it. Regarding Islam, the bigg...