Bharat Rakshak

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Refineries and such are a technical matter. That is different from the economic policy in place that desires to raise fossil fuel prices and drive down emissions. The money collected goes into a separate fund that the state is allowed to spend. Note, this is one state, but others have similar progra...

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The US only imports 2% crude oil from hormuz strait, the rest it produces. Why then are gasoline prices going up in the US. The crude oil produced in the US can be charged at less than going rate of crude price and hence gasoline prices don't need to rise. This increase is confounding to me at leas...

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So not yet Agni-6. This is the Agni-V MK2 variant. Probably Agni-6. Unclear why they otherwise have a need to announce this, given the following statement. One announces the first of something, not the second. But also true that Agni-6 will be a technology demonstrator as the K-6 SLBM will be the d...

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Question: does an economy of scale in manufacturing of nuclear plants hit if one is producing a thousand instead of a hundred? If India can use 100, can it find customers for 900 in the Global South? The only proven way to make nuclear economical is to scale up the size of the plant. Which is why w...

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I count 10 launch tubes, not 8. There's a couple near the flag.

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IMO, this person demonstrated genius in using the scientific approach to conduct the attack.

In that he went in with no assumptions that the hotel would be locked down and highly secure. Found an opening and exploited it. This attack stands out in its simplicity.

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There is a WSJ article today about potential US inability to defend Taiwan because weapons are being used up against Iran. If that's the case, then an aspiring nuclear Iran is a great monkey jar trap for both Israel and the US. Therefore Iran can go nuclear courtesy China once Chinese objectives are...

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Iran acquiring nuclear weapons will mean Uncle Xi made a decision and shipped some over (same as for Pakistan). It will mean Taiwan returns to China and end of the petro $.

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Well, Iran can always be bombed more.
Looks like Israel is not happy with Trump trying to get this done on the cheap.

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How gangs connected to India are terrorizing a California immigrant community

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California is a fuel island as much as Texas is an electricity island. $3 a gallon is not possible in California. Best bet for California with abundant solar is to require 15 year old cars to be junked to reduce demand for gas.

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Hearing that the dust-up between the pope/Trump arose after a trial balloon of taxing the pope and potentially the Vatican as the pope is a US citizen. Should be fun.

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If the blockade continues, then the Iran war, twitter, white house press briefings are all best termed a red herring. The outcome is highly favorable for the US while the rest of the world suffers.

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I'll say the JCPOA deal was bad because India was not involved! So, great it was blown up.

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Strangest theory that trump is deliberately losing the war to bring usa on top: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DW7ranziB2A/?igsh=MjN5YnFycnJ0bWhp Win or lose is immaterial if the war was sold to the White House as an enabler of this shift. Its no secret that there's been a push to sell US oil and g...

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Is Russia about to bomb Germany for 6 weeks akin to Iran? What sites would be targetted?

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Based on that tweet, USCIRF is the highest profile hate group funded and supported by the US government! It has bipartisan support, so not a D vs R issue at all.

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Still need power during the monsoon somehow.

Solar energy, cheap battery storage can meet 90% of India's power demand at affordable costs

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There's other types of aircraft besides fighters that can be embarked on catapult based carriers.

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Quite the trick this one enabled by loose standards. Looks like this was discovered only because the dog's owner posted a picture on social media. Dog voted in California election A dog was registered to vote by its owner, who submitted a ballot in the pet’s name in California's 2021 gubernatorial r...

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The US has only domestic political constraints against this going on forever; while Iran keeps losing infrastructure, so it will hit physical limits; though perhaps supplies from Russia and China can keep it going for a longer while. Which side is going to outlast the other? The domestic political ...

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Theory 2 certainly, since Israel and Iran have been in conflict since 1985.

Sold to Trump as helping with #3. And #$, Trump saw a way to justify a military buildup and make some $$$.

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There's a track record here. It's not the first time Israel has contemplated action or acted against against a potential nuclear state. My count is 2/3 (Iraq, Iran) have succeeded. This time they had stronger backing from their partner, the Americans. Note how the USA weighed in in favor of Pakistan...

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Global oil price stuck in triple digits. Goldman Sachs says it may stay there for years In the worst-case scenario, the bank estimated that Brent prices would be around $111 per barrel by the fourth quarter of 2027 if oil supply through the strait remained very low for over two months and productio...

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Iran pilots are finding work in India per this report.
War is pushing Iran’s pilots out — and India is where many are turning

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That Spy magazine quote may seem flippant, but it is a sign of the times with morons on all sides if you will. At that time, the US non-proliferation industry was busily overlooking Pak and China collaboration. Seems the 1980s are back again - 'Grab their oil installations': Trump shares his 1987 in...

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In 2.5 years at most given a president is anointed for 4 years. Unless the elixir of life is found

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Well, its an international religious war. The USCIRF should take care of it.

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The "grant great power, but be able to hold accountable for abuse of power" model that obtained in the US for some decades is badly broken. The Congress is toothless; and the courts rely on the executive to enforce their decisions. The President can abuse his pardon power and give immunit...

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They can protest the Supreme Court immunity decisions of course. Buts its a fundamental feature/flaw of the US constitution to separate the executive from the legislature to allow the president to take independent action. I wonder if this was a setup that worked best while the US was not a great pow...

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Cost is an issue for transition to electricity in many unanticipated ways. That means cost for both the equipment (2 wheelers/cars, water heaters and cooktops), infrastructure like adding higher power sockets or charging points, upgrading connections provided by the state SEB, and finally the electr...

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Apologies for being a wet blanket, but this "news" does not compute without more information. The engine was reported to be 135kg overweight in 2008. Since then, a composite bypass duct was implemented, which should reduce weight by 20-25kg. A new AFADEC was designed, which should reduce w...

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Smaller town between Mumbai and Pune. All of the equipment is newer and was bought with an eye on efficiency.

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That price includes a lot of US premium surely. Something's wrong with that electricity bill - maybe someone's stealing electricity? We have 5 3 star A/Cs with 6 tons of cooling, a double door 26 cf fridge, electric tankless water heaters, dishwasher, washer/dryer and the electricity bill has not ex...

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There's still scope for startup ideas with induction. For example, take a look at this cooktop that includes a battery and a ring to enable round bottom cooking. Aside from enabling cooking during an electrical outage, the battery allows using a low power outlet instead of a high power outlet. Impul...

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Indeed, it does work for high temp frying and woks. The one limitation is that the induction wok is heavy because of the induction compatible base. Which means that one can't air toss stir fry unlike with a lighter weight carbon steel wok. But otherwise, induction will heat up faster. Which can be a...

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Induction cookware is widely available in India. We brought back a lot in baggage to avoid tariffs since we were moving to induction cooking for its ability to cook faster. Cost is certainly a concern, since a single induction plate costs much more than a multi burner methane/propane stove along wit...

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Induction cooking is surprisingly uncommon in the cities. Perhaps because of past experience with reliability of electricity and views of LPG as a luxury good due to memories of the socialist economy. This would be a good time to roll out induction stoves in commercial establishments. All that solar...

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That thread is instructive. It looks like a clash of personalities, with a new administration abandoning old work on the GTX engine that was being incubated. Wonder if we're seeing a repeat of this now, with new engine programs being spun up, while the old one with Kaveri has not been completed.

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What's going on here? BCCI paid off someone to reduce competition for eyeballs perhaps? The Union sports ministry has asked the Differently Abled Cricket Council of India (DCCI) to stop using the words "India" or "Indian" in its name and activities, stating that the body is not r...

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