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the longest lived regimes in world history have been thoroughly mercantile and autocratic, usually a monarchy or oligarchy of some sort. rome and the ottoman empire come to mind. the ottomans lasted some 600 years. the western roman empire 500, the eastern roman(byzantine @ constantinople) nearly 1...

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manju wrote:so much fluctuation in bitcoin.. no one interested.. the learned ones, we wait for thy utterings!!

Buffett on cryptocurrencies: 'I can say almost with certainty that they will come to a bad ending'

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The Chinese – IMHO - are playing ONLY ONE GAME. Ultimate control of the Indian and Eastern Pacific Oceans. Peregrine ji, IMO, the Chinese are playing only one game right now and that is control of Indo-China Sea. China wants to dominate what it calls the 'First Island Chain', that is, the arc from ...

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As regards the geopolitical scenario in the next 12 years - here is what I think 1. India: India will remain inward looking. The majority Hindu population has for a long time felt butt-hurt about the way their sensitivities have been handled. But this is going to be projected as an anti-Muslim and ...

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Who's behind the protests in Iran - an excellent and informative piece by Elijah Magnier. Elijah Magnier is one of the more informed analysts and columnists on the Levant crisis and has been closely tracking things in Middle East for some time. https://elijahjm.wordpress.com/2018/01/03/who-is-behin...

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Intel is today going through the pain of the revelation that it has built in backdoor for its Chips and the hackers are using these. Apple joined the pain. Backdoors are usually hidden - this was a security flaw that was openly visible. It was researched by security engineers at Google amongst othe...

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^^ low interest rates don’t lead to higher savings. In fact the opposite is true, low rates lead to higher borrowing. It forces savers to save more and lets borrowers to borrow more, cheaply. Financial Repression China's economic growth has been attributed to financial repression thanks to "lo...

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^^^ A huge problem with that example. PRC is a trading power so chinis had deliberately kept its exchange rate low (16 yuans per dollar in 2006) in order to cheat on trade. In the decade since, the US and EU had forced the chinis to loosen their peg so that the yuan rose naturally upwards to its mo...

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Have analysts look at images of vast swathes to figure out which are targets of interest ? The Indian ocean is 27.24 million mi² (google) let's assume only 100k sq miles. After something looks interesting then look at higher resolution ? Or assume the actual target has been identified and passed on...

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1. I'm not claiming that carriers cannot be detected at all - i'm sure they are all the time. 2. Detecting is not the same as tracking persistently enough to guide a follow on strike of some sort. from Gorgon Stare The issue is persistent tracking. Any sensor that picks up a target moving at 50mph ...

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Even if our satellites are shot down, we would still have inputs from the satellites of other friendly countries. No other country would keep quiet if their satellites were to be shot down by the hans during an Indo chinese conflict that had nothing to do with those countries. In retaliation, they ...

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nam wrote:There is a reason why NSA likes direct link in to Google and other's servers, rather than fiddling around with submarine cables.

That reason is strong encryption.

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The most honest answer I can give you is "This is what I have heard" I don't believe that there is any requirement for data to be stored in India. But let me state my view here. Forget about where the data is stored - most banks and bank staff don't have a clue that data requires storage ...

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Well, you cannot have exports without import substitution. No country produces goods only for exports, without selling to it's populace first. Boss what are you talking about ? Why can you not have exports without import substitution ? You can most definitely produce goods exclusively for exports -...

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To use a concrete example - he's not advocating that Indian manufacturers not making machinery at the same quality and price as say Germany. Just that don't put barriers on importing from Germany TODAY when Indian manufacturers are not competitive in that market and force everyone only to use India...

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There's an interesting bit from Soviet Capabilities to Counter US Aircraft Carriers - CIA Intelligence Report, May 1972 that's relevant to how the US perceived the infamous naval standoff between the USS Enterprise CBG and the Soviet naval contingent in the Bay of Bengal 1971. From page 32 The Sovie...

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Wrong way to Make In India: Why we must resist the temptation to return to import substitution mirage - Arvind Panagariya Put another way, if foreigners cannot sell their goods to us, they will not have the revenues to pay for the goods they buy from us. If we cut back on their goods, they will hav...

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Soviet Capabilities to Counter US Aircraft Carriers - May 1972 This is pretty dated, but still makes for a good reading. A carrier on the open ocean probably could avoid surveillance, at least during the initial stages of hostilities. Strict control of communications and other electronic emissions ...

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CBGs are vulnerable to sats,LRMP and now long-endurance drones.As rightly said,all it takes is for the detected task force's position to be relayed from Command HQ/NHQ and let its most capable assets take it out through massed missile strikes including those from subs. The Syrian conflict has shown...

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Something I've been pointing out to the forum submarine champions. SSKs score against carriers only in exercises, where the rules will be skewed to make it easier for the SSK to detect and track carriers. How otherwise can an SSK track down a CBG in the vast expanse of an ocean without enormous amo...

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Wrong way to Make In India: Why we must resist the temptation to return to import substitution mirage - Arvind Panagariya

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THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN INDIAN NAVAL DOCTRINE : Assessing the Likely Usefulness of the Flattop in an Indo-Pakistani War Scenario : US Naval War College Most experts argue that Pakistan’s undersea capabilities are particularly ominous. 43 Diesel-electric submarines (SSKs), such as Pakistan’s two Has...

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So WTF is the US going to do about Chahbahar when it stops turning a "blind eye" to India's involvement in Iran and wants to "do something" about it? do explain if you are able and willing. We all keep hearing the same old stupid nonsense that pretends US is some sort of superpo...

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US is already using all the IMF/world bank clout against pakistan, without results so. Not really. India is not going to "take risks" and put Indian troops on the ground, and definitely not as a sepoy army for the US, like the paki army. There are many ways to stabilize afghanisthan witho...

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periaswamy wrote: India is not about to .. make US's life easier in Afghanisthan.

Indian governments of all hues have generally insisted that the US stay put in Afghanistan.

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Their need for an aircraft carrier is dictated by the needs of the expeditionary warfare since the US Military is expected to fight abroad. There are only a limited number of ways you can generate sorties in support of the various joint mission needs across the globe with varying degree of theater ...

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I can't understand why perfectly sensible Indians believe that nations can and will "transfer" the technology that they need to stay ahead of the game. I mean - its different from the Vedas that need to be shared freely. France will never "teach us" how to build LEU reactors. Te...

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Forget Brahmos. If a flotilla of 5 Chinese ships comes a sailin' a sailin' across the straits of Malacca 1. How the hell would enyone know they have cone? 2. How would they be identified? 3. How would they be followed? Not sure how they'd identify individual ships in busy shipping lanes, but MPA ma...

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7cY9jiFvSDM What is he talking about ?? Pakistan has definitely proven the two nation theory...the longer that Pakistan exists the proof of the two nation theory becomes more evident. 1971 proves the muslims of the subcontinent are not a nation - the two nation theory is not just hindus and muslims...

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>>What of the scenario ? Is it not inevitable if you create systems that are autonomous, self-learning, and ultimately independent of humans for their energy needs? The reproduction problem is solvable mechanically no? And more to the point does it even need physicality? Sorry if I’m going ot here....

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Here's a scenario: AI proliferates and mutates for 5 years or so and, one of the mutations becomes self-aware on a laptop of a hacker permanently linked to VPNs and P2P networks. As part of its constant autonomy enhancement activity, it then decides that it's top priority is to protect itself from ...

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That is why I am being scathing about all these predictions about swarms being game changers in war. If I was a developer working on AI in Amreeka, I would say such things simply to get the military interested and get funding. And with that funding something will develop and that devlopment may lea...

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The change in India's war plans from 1.5 wars to a full fledged 2 front war and the consequent raising of the MSC was done under the obsequious UPA. The intent was laudable but it lacked seriousness by denying any serious funding to take it forward. The UPA had hobbled the Forces completely with ch...

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The Indian Air Force’s Tyranny Of Arithmetic - Sanjay Badri-Maharaj There is no way for production of the Tejas – even if it were to reach 16 aircraft per annum – to replace those thirteen squadrons. If the IAF is not desirous of accepting more Tejas Mk.1 squadrons– although a compelling argument c...

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China trades more with Australia than Russia. China - Russia trade is USD 80billion . China - Australia trade is AUS$ 155 billion ~ USD 118 billion . I hope you occasionally make more sense than the NYTimes. That is because if low oil price when Oil is at 50 % had the oil been in $100 that figure i...

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The black swan event for the hans and for the CPEC is Modi, like a bolt from the blue and far removed from the pliant, fearful and oily congi+manmohan whom the hans had well trained to be obsequious in their approach to Indo han relations. The IA in its new avatar under Modi cannot be trifled with....

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The whole idea of aircraft carriers may be outdated inside 5 years, if NoKo/cheen manage to hit the US fleet/ send them back empty-handed. Nothing is permanent. I don't see how to defend a large target like a supercarrier, from hypersonic-cruise missiles. What do hypersonic missiles bring that supe...

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Last official reports Official report? Care to post one official report on the PAKFA/FGFA here. JSF: The writing is on the wall but spin doctors can't seem to read it.Let's wait for the next Pentagon report shall we. Yeah would love to see the hundreds of billions spent on concurrency changes and y...

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The Atlantic Council - South Asia Session - Nuclear Strategy and Security in the Second Nuclear Age Conference (Day 2) - Interview with Brigadier Saliq

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The question is why Australia should be involved -- I can buy the argument that if Australia becomes a supplier of nuclear raw material, then they are bringing something tangible to the table, and a quad arrangement would not be unreasonable. periaswwamy, for the following reasons, I suppose, in no...

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