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by sum
18 Jul 2020 08:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 5G Technology News Discussions, Strategy and Impact to India
Replies: 146
Views: 45385

Re: 5G Technology News Discussions, Strategy and Impact to India

Where is CDOT in all this?

Dont see its name even in the IITM initiative. Been buried for good?( i know there were/are still quite a few good techie guys there)
by sum
10 Jul 2020 06:16
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8445
Views: 2976685

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

An issue you may want to ponder over. India has had the engineering presence of cutting-edge firms like Synopsys, Cadence, Qualcomm etc for 15+ years now. Still India is not known as a a creator or manufacturer of any well established SOC's in any domain ( personal computing, automotive, Vision, Te...
by sum
10 Jul 2020 06:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7488
Views: 1705864

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Here is the Wire pitching in on casteism in US: The Cisco Case Could Expose Rampant Prejudice Against Dalits in Silicon Valley San Francisco: Over 20 years ago, a student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay figured that a classmate was a Dalit. The discovery was made when the student didn’...
by sum
08 Jul 2020 10:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2782120

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Another day, another sad story in Bluru, supposedly among the better equipped cities: Another day, another death for want of O2 and response 25 hospitals, ministers, health officials contacted but there was no help or response. The patient died after nine hours for want of O2 and critical care Unabl...
by sum
01 Jul 2020 06:43
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2149271

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

The US has declared Huawei and ZTE as companies which are a threat to US national security. We should have done this already. Blocking off Huawei and ZTE from Indian telecom contracts is absolutely essential. Not sure what the govt. is waiting for. We even have a direct reason now because of the La...
by sum
25 Jun 2020 07:01
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1581576

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

There are so many naive assumptions - like Chinese will walk down the ravine and we will have turkey shoot and they will run away with their tails tucked. Chinese will line up in Depsang plain and we will blow them and they will loose face and go back home. But thankfully our Indian armed forces ar...
by sum
16 Jun 2020 13:51
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1581576

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

Causality on both sides. https://twitter.com/ShivAroor/status/1272796473839755264 Two updates: Casualties on both sides (unclear what nature/numbers on Chinese side). No bullets fired, clash was with stones and clubs. Several injured. Will update. How does one lose a colonel and 2 jawans just by st...
by sum
11 Jun 2020 06:46
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Naval Aviation
Replies: 2817
Views: 870018

Re: Indian Naval Aviation

^^ Very sobering read by the officer and points put across very well without any hyperbolics.

Can only hope and pray that the attitude and situation is better now at HAL/PSUs
by sum
08 Jun 2020 15:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2782120

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

amar_p wrote:Good to see most people wearing masks !
Actually really heartening pic indeed!
by sum
03 Jun 2020 06:21
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2149271

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Lot can be achieved by working on proprietary comms systems based on 4G/5G, massive MIMOs, LPI SDRs, cognitive systems, etc. RF and semiconductor test equipment platforms. Union govt unveils three schemes worth Rs 50,000 crore to make India self-reliant in electronics manufacturing The Union Minist...
by sum
25 May 2020 17:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
Replies: 2848
Views: 936685

Re: Terroristan - November 11, 2019

Why do we expend so much energy on this ***show OIC forum?
by sum
20 May 2020 05:59
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 2341
Views: 1001770

Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread

^^ Heartbreaking to have seen this fiasco literally happen in front of the eyes over the last decade. Even when the initial Netra prototype was ready in the late 2000s and IAF placed orders of 3, i remember the huge hue and cry on BRF to go and book a larger order( even if the product isnt 400% bett...
by sum
13 May 2020 14:20
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014
Replies: 4440
Views: 1280998

Re: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014

Very nice talk by Gen Arun in Chennai:

by sum
03 May 2020 18:25
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014
Replies: 4440
Views: 1280998

Re: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014

Massive failure of SoP if we go by the report!
Absolutely tragic to lose 5 men for some cannon fodder ( shades of the time we lost a brig and almost a general when a presumed dead terrorist detonated himself when post op inspection was on)
by sum
15 Apr 2020 08:39
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 2341
Views: 1001770

Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread

Suffering a failure is worrying since it means they are trying something more than just paintjobs.

I wish to go back to days of 400% success rate
by sum
14 Apr 2020 11:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
Replies: 2848
Views: 936685

Re: Terroristan - November 11, 2019

Maybe can start the match with his daughter offering the aarti?
by sum
06 Apr 2020 11:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2782120

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

^^ Cant see anything as shocking anymore once the name Jamat turns up. Not one among my "educated/liberal" IMs in my contact list has once said anything abt the Jamat antics or the mob videos attacking doctors though few are quick to jump into defending them and showing how the Jamat are &...
by sum
06 Apr 2020 05:44
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Discussion on Indian Special Forces
Replies: 4246
Views: 1188668

Re: Discussion on Indian Special Forces

3 SF killed in gunbattle
What happened here?
We lost 5 men( incl 3 SF) in this encounter
by sum
03 Apr 2020 11:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2782120

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday appealed to everyone to voluntarily adopt a blackout at 9 pm on Sunday and light a lamp, I think he is gauging for compliance fatigue. The leftrolls are out in full force. Some even predict that like Janata Curfew was a precursor to a full lockdown, this is a ...
by sum
02 Apr 2020 12:31
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2149271

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

GoI (and state governments) appear unnerved and clueless as to how to deal with Muslims, be it the Shaheen Bagh protesters, Tablighi a****les or the aam crowd pelting stones on cops and healthcare workers. How shameful is it for a country of India's size to send the NSA at 2:00 AM to convince plead...
by sum
02 Apr 2020 12:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2782120

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

In the Andaman case, all 10 are related to TJ. The 10th case is the wife of a jamaati. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/tablighi-link-to-9-of-10-andaman-coronavirus-cases/articleshow/74923065.cms Probably the case for some infected in other states too. Too many similari...
by sum
02 Apr 2020 08:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2782120

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Momeens are really ensuring that any semblance of fence-sitters are also now turned against them more and more with most newspapers now openly printing every incident of stoning/assaulting health workers/roughing up doctors etc and almost every state new case being traced to the Jamaath gathering. T...
by sum
01 Apr 2020 14:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2782120

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

The only "silver lining" if it can be called that will be the near decimation of this org in India with security agencies getting a free hand since they are very secretive and generally untouched in the name of "secularism"
by sum
31 Mar 2020 05:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2782120

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

One single lady of a church cult in South Korea caused the numbers to shoot from 20 odd to 6000. So just hoping that this Jamat isnt Indian version of that!
by sum
26 Mar 2020 12:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6207
Views: 1738229

Re: Internal Security Watch

Meanwhile, one peaceful shot at in Blore for doing the usual wheelie+stone throwing routine: Bengaluru Police open fire on man for assaulting them The Sanjayanagar police opened fire on a man identified as Tajoddin, a resident of North Bengaluru, for assaulting policemen when he was taken for spot i...
by sum
24 Mar 2020 11:24
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018
Replies: 3611
Views: 1245827

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018

Not sure which wall one has to go and bang head against to help understand the logic of this move
by sum
23 Mar 2020 04:56
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2149271

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Watching hundreds of videos and images from every corner of India where people voluntarily put themselves under curfew and came out to their doors,windows,balconies at 5 PM to clap for the health workers, emergency staff, security personnel is both deeply emotional and heart warming . The most touc...
by sum
22 Mar 2020 20:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2782120

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Agree.

Anyways that was Korean talk all around when they were #2 in tally and were being taunted,esp by Japan with lots of travel bans etc

It all died down once Europe, murica etc overshot Korea by some margin and became a worldwide thing
by sum
22 Mar 2020 20:23
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2149271

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Watching hundreds of videos and images from every corner of India where people voluntarily put themselves under curfew and came out to their doors,windows,balconies at 5 PM to clap for the health workers, emergency staff, security personnel is both deeply emotional and heart warming . To think this...
by sum
22 Mar 2020 20:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2782120

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

why Japan has less death than Italy, because the Italians did not take the damn thing seriously. The Japanese went on hard borders as soon as the Chinese region exploded. The Italians were carrying out "hug a chinese" exercise during that time. Koreans say Japanese numbers arent reliable ...
by sum
18 Mar 2020 13:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
Replies: 2848
Views: 936685

Re: Terroristan - November 11, 2019

^^ Saar, do you really believe any numbers coming out of TSP and do you think they have any testing infra to even bother to test?
by sum
16 Mar 2020 13:41
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Real Estate Sector
Replies: 1122
Views: 241065

Re: Indian Real Estate Sector

What a pathetic situation with zero solutions in sight.

Literal sub-Saharan situation with even zero level basic needs being absent in the "IT belt" of India
by sum
05 Mar 2020 19:09
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2149271

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

[quote][Saying "proud Hindu" in India celebrates Hindu supremacy. Saying proud Muslim at a time when Muslims are attacked for being Muslim, is like asserting Gay Pride when being gay is stigmatised.[/quote ]
The line between parody and reality really blurs :-?
by sum
01 Mar 2020 20:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India and ASEAN / East Asia
Replies: 721
Views: 142362

Re: India and ASEAN / East Asia

How the F*** does one have this enery to cling onto power at 94?

Seems to be outdoing gold standard desi politicos and making them look like novices
by sum
01 Mar 2020 17:06
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: MRCA (Many Rakshaks Choose Aircraft) Contest - Episode III
Replies: 2935
Views: 717714

Re: MRCA (Many Rakshaks Choose Aircraft) Contest - Episode III

Saar, all our indigenous jets will have Amriki powerplants for very long foreseeable future.
Also, literally all our transport fleet, Naval recon fleet, helo fleet etc are getting more Amriki and getting standardized on it

So they have us by the b@lls for ages to come
by sum
29 Feb 2020 22:39
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Military Helicopters
Replies: 5318
Views: 2050025

Re: Indian Military Helicopters

https://twitter.com/writetake/status/1232965865089294341 ---> Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the newly-inaugurated LCH final assembly hangar of HAL in Bengaluru today. ... What a bizarre event, honorable minister goes to inaugurate a assembly facility without placing any actual orders! Check out...