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drnayar wrote:India is hardly an "enemy" state , rather one of its biggest trade partners

I'm sure the "enemy state" he is referring to is Israel, i.e. Israel is an enemy state to Qatar, and these Indian sailors/naval officers are accused of spying for Israel.

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ramana wrote:Superb job. Congratulations.

Yes.

Shiv Aroor's next book (in the "India's Most Fearless" series) should have a write-up about this incident.

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SSridhar wrote:Yeah, he used to even open the car door of ZAB and ZAB used to call him ‘my monkey General’ . . .

Well, at least the story had a happy ending all around. ZAB and his Monkey are both with their respective Bahttar Hoors.

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Those 200 tanks are not all there in Ukraine. May be 50-60 ... I agree with your post, but want to address this issue in particular: claims of "200 tanks" are ridiculous bombast, nothing else. That number would make up a whole armoured division. IMO even 60 is an impossibility. I'll give ...

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Rakesh wrote:@ Roop: You will like these

Thanks, Rakesh. Nice pictures.

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... or should we also be proactive and start responding in kind? Granted, this question was not for me, but if you don't mind, I am going to give my 2 paise worth of opinion anyway: we should start responding in kind. In fact, we should have started long ago. Now, it is possible (and I am completel...

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But remember 10-12 aircraft with all the bells and whistles will be half a billion dollars ... India can afford it. Indeed, India must do it . Not just this, but other similar forward-thinking risk-taking actions. Decisions like this will affect the course of the nation fifty years down the road. I...

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There is no way US is gonna sell B-1 or B2 bombers to India. This is a pure fantasy. Agreed, that is pure fantasy. But what about this scenario? [Speculation] India is really concerned about the use of Chinese heavy air power on Indian targets in a future war, something the scale of which would be ...

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Hi Rakesh, Such platforms are sent to India to display the flexibility ... Yes, it is easy to see what America wanted to achieve by sending the B1. My question is, what did India want to achieve / demonstrate by allowing it? The only logical targets of this aircraft would be countries like Russia, C...

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Nato now seems to be saying we have boots on the ground, what are you going to do about it? At some point though there is going to be a huge miscalculation and the bear will strike back. I assume Russia already has special forces (Spetsnaz-type people) operating behind the lines in western Ukraine....

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... the USAF will deploy two B1 bombers, four to six F-15Es, one C-17 and two C130s during Phase 2 of the 11-day Cope India 2023 bilateral Air Exercise between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the United States Air Force (USAF). I find this very interesting. GoI has always been sensitive to the polit...

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ramana wrote: ...he asked for a delayed action fuze and was admonished.

Why was he admonished? Why was it considered a bad thing to ask for a delayed-action fuse?

Thanks for all the write-ups about the war. Much appreciated.

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C'mon guys, Russia will not use nukes on Ukraine soil or on its new territories or Crimea. Who said anything about Russia using nukes on Ukraine or Crimea? I spoke (hypothesized) about Russian reaction to a NATO (i.e. American) military attack on Russia proper -- whether it's Crimea, St. Petersburg...

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ks_sachin wrote:Its called information warfare. It builds a narrative that people will believe.
We have used it to devastating impact in the last few years.

Why are you surprised?

Who are you talking about here? Who is "we"?

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Nobody is going nuclear. Riiight ... and 15 months ago people were saying, with great confidence, "nobody is going to invade Ukraine. Russia is weak and incompetent". Fifteen years ago, when Russia objected to NATO expansion right up to its borders, saying that it was unacceptable, NATO/n...

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... the question for Russia is why so much blood and treasure for this? Is Ukraine's closeness to the west such an existential crisis for them to sacrifice so much of their men and material? Not to mention the economic losses this war is going to create for them in the years to come. It is astoundi...

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No one in Europe's leaders is thinking beyond the next drug dose of somehow humiliating Putin, however flimsy and ridiculous it may be. Its exactly that - crack addict behaviour, delusional, paranoid, reckless. It's not just Europe. Plenty of whackjobs like that in the US Senate and in the State De...

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Tanaji wrote:It will only take a single rabid Polish nationalist leader to point these weapons at Germany.

And there are plenty of those (rabid Polish leaders). The Baltic republics too (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia).

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... The submarine arm is quite secretive. ... 5 different potential combinations come to mind. ... 1) ... 2) ... 3) ... 4) ... 5) ... Point no 1) and 5) are most likely to meet the proposed timeline of 2027. Nice summary of options there, Pratyush bhai. Aapke muh me ghee-shakkar onlee! 8) My initia...

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One of the reasons why pakees denied balakot airstrikes is because admitting them would be admitting existence of terrorists in it's soil. NATO officially wants to refuse it's presence in Ukraine . So they ll cover up casualties is plausible . Exactly! This is the whole thing in a nutshell. This de...

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Avid wrote:... for accepting the FA-18SH ... especially if ... the aircraft arrives much sooner than Rafale-M?

What is the basis for this assumption?

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Mostly nonsense, but nonsense worth skimming through to get reinforced on the prevailing mindset in the UK ... Thanks for posting that, JEM. What makes this article interesting is the source -- The Spectator, closely tied to the Conservative Party and the conservative (with a small 'c') British est...

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JE Menon wrote:Fu(k it, will do it now, so here goes (the narrative thrust will be interrupted by explanatory paragraphs, etc, so please bear with me - and it will be long):

JEM: Excellent (and IMO right on the money) analysis. It now enjoys a permanent home on my PC personal archive.

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Does anyone have any links to Angela Merkel & others admitting that they negotiated in bad faith with Russia ? Here is what you're looking for -- an extract from that article linked by Srutayus (a German-language interview of Merkel): Und das Minsker Abkommen 2014 war der Versuch, der Ukraine Z...

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Pardon my ignorance, but does "TeT" mean Turbine Entry Temperature or Turbine Exit Temperature?

If "Entry", is that the same thing as Turbine Inlet Temperature?

TIA.

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vijayk wrote:... but Hersh may in the end prove to be right!

To me, there is no "may be" about it. Hersh is absolutely right here.

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https://bharatabharati.in/2023/02/12/emmanuel-todd-comments-on-the-russio-ukrainian-war-jurg-altwegg/ lot of great analysis You are right, lots of great analysis. Well worth everyone's time to read. Thank you for posting it. The biggest eye-opener to me was what he said about Germany -- that the US...

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Only thing I can't fathom about the huge AI order is why they chose to split the narrow-body order between the A320neo and B737Max. Well, the thing I can't fathom is: why buy even a single B737Max? Given the dodgy safety record of the thing, it seems a bit reckless. Much better, IMO, to either orde...

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That NYT article is b.s. -- probably Deep State propaganda generated for the neocons. Russia is using convicts/prisoners in its campaign. IOW, Russia is doing what western countries routinely do. Can you say "French Foreign Legion"? "Afghan mujahidin" anyone? Jabhat al Nusra? Has...

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NRao wrote:All nations that want a seat at the high table, will have assets analyzing this once-in-a-lifetime conflict. And, for that, they need their own data.

That's right, and I certainly hope India has her spies on the job in Ukraine.

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Pratyush wrote:A potential move in Iran looks like the US Deep state is preparing ground to offer the PRC the J2 as an accommodation in return for avoiding a direct military conflict.

What is J2?

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X-Post from the Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion thread... ... And, if - as I personally expect - China, as we know it today, ceases to exist ... Interesting, this is the second time (as far as I can recall) you have spoken about this possibility. Please do tell -- explain your reason...

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Tanaji wrote:... For those living in Europe with kids, is it too soon to worry about conscription?

Oh hell, never mind conscription, they should start worrying about nuclear war. It's not too soon for that.

As Lukashenko said, Poland and Lithuania have lost their minds.

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Uncle Sam is getting too uppity for the world's good. That's true! Sad but true. American (neocon) hubris is a clear and present danger to world peace at this time. It seems to me there is a realistic non-trivial possibility of this Ukraine conflict triggering direct war between NATO and Russia -- ...

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... If things get to that point, these idiot NATO leaders will only want to attack Russia collectively and get a Final Solution to the Russian problem - this is what Lavrov has been saying recently. And Lavrov is right. Frankly, I no longer think one can rule out the possibility that "these id...

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what if ... Nato attacks Russia... and nuclear seems out of window. US is inflicting heavy losses and Russia can do nothing about it, for how long, or does Russia accept US as superior power? Who says Nuclear is "out of window"?? Who writes these rules that a gang of warmongering neocon c...

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Karthik - minor nit. my understanding is either of the Design Reviews can be designated as "Critical Design Reviews" - or an inbetween called as a milestone. Any normal product development stage gate process has fixed Conceptual, Prelim, Detailed Design reviews Kartik is right. As per DoD...

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... So, what is the likelihood that AFU can do a better job this time of holding on to their defensive lines or go beyond and push back the Russians all the way to pre-1991 borders? The likelihood is close to zero, but we need to ask ourselves a different question : what is the likelihood that West...

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KSingh wrote:The main issue that all fighters other than the MiG-29K and NLCA have in terms of compatibility with the Vikrant is the RGS ...

What is RGS?

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Biden Admin wants India to be a Gungdin and cut ties to Russia more than containing China. After seeing the treachery and fecklessness of US/NATO in Ukraine, I may have to agree with you. This is all about a fanatical, almost mindless hatred of Russia. The DC swamp doesn't seem to have a problem wi...

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