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by ramana
26 Dec 2023 02:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping
Replies: 68
Views: 20466

Re: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping

https://x.com/ANI/status/1739323015517864127?s=20 Damage pictures to MV Chem Pluto https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GCNJ5wgaAAAeJ50?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GCNJ5w-aQAAe5lw?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GCNJ5xRacAAb-6B?format=jpg&name=medium and ht...
by ramana
26 Dec 2023 00:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping
Replies: 68
Views: 20466

Re: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping

ramana wrote: 26 Dec 2023 00:47 Quite clearly the strike on MV Chem Pluto is by Iran and not Houthis.
Question is with what? Targeting it 220miles from.Indian coast is delibrate and not happenstance.
The justification is poor that it's owned by an Israeli billionaire.
by ramana
26 Dec 2023 00:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping
Replies: 68
Views: 20466

Re: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping

Quite clearly the strike on MV Chem Pluto is by Iran and not Houthis.
by ramana
26 Dec 2023 00:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping
Replies: 68
Views: 20466

Re: Houthi drone strikes on Gulf shipping

Most likely Pakis have contacts on dark.side. The drone strike on ship 290 miles from India is definitely out of area for Houthi.
by ramana
26 Dec 2023 00:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping
Replies: 68
Views: 20466

Re: Houthi drone strikes on Gulf shipping

https://twitter.com/avijeet_writes/status/1739201101399007681?t=2XHfobM9pcDEZVTY_1wA2Q&s=19 Images in the Tweet https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GCLiLaWbUAAQQzt?format=jpg&name=medium Gabon flagged vessel is MV Chem Pluto and hit in the south Red Sea. It is the MV Saibaba that got hit 217 nm off ...
by ramana
26 Dec 2023 00:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping
Replies: 68
Views: 20466

Re: Houthi drone strikes on Gulf shipping

Why are the Houthi's targeting Israel? [Pics in next post] Understand this news in perspective with some context. A few weeks ago news came in that Qatar had put close to a dozen Indian naval officers on death penalty. Just recently there was a relief with their appeals for a court procedure, accept...
by ramana
26 Dec 2023 00:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping
Replies: 68
Views: 20466

Re: Houthi drone strikes on Gulf shipping

Visuals of damages onboard MC Chem Pluto.

The Indian Navy in a preliminary report has confirmed it was a drone strike.
by ramana
26 Dec 2023 00:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping
Replies: 68
Views: 20466

Re: Houthi drone strikes on Gulf shipping

MV Chem Pluto has reached the Mumbai Port, escorted by ICGS Vikram.

ICG, Indian Navy, and other relevant intelligence agencies to carry out a joint investigation to ascertain how and the reason to why the ship was attacked.
by ramana
26 Dec 2023 00:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping
Replies: 68
Views: 20466

Re: Houthi drone strikes on Gulf shipping

The Indian Navy has been pretty busy the past few days responding to threats close to Indian AOR waters. The incidents didn’t take place within Indian AOR, but within proximity. —> From aggregated info, at-least 06 Indian Navy Ships (Cruisers and Destroyers) are currently responding to the recent dr...
by ramana
26 Dec 2023 00:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping
Replies: 68
Views: 20466

Re: Houthi drone strikes on Gulf shipping

Another vessel (Gabon Flagged) MV SaiBaba was hit by another missile/drone today.

Indian Navy has responded to the situation.
by ramana
26 Dec 2023 00:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping
Replies: 68
Views: 20466

Re: Houthi drone strikes on Gulf shipping

A fire incident suspected to be caused by a drone attack on merchant vessel MV Chem Pluto in the Arabian Sea 217 nautical miles off Porbandar coast. ICGS Vikram has been directed to move towards the merchant vessel. The vessel has crude oil and was going towards Mangalore from a port in Saudi Arabia...
by ramana
26 Dec 2023 00:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping
Replies: 68
Views: 20466

Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping

Please post news of Houthi drone strikes on shipping in the Gulf and Arabian Sea here.

Houthis are hitting ships traversing this area

However MC Chem Pluto got struck by a drone. 220 miles from Indian coast


Damage is extensive but ship is large.
It's Indian crew but foreign flagged.
by ramana
26 Dec 2023 00:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
Replies: 1250
Views: 2438583

Re: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023

This so called Houthi/Iran Drone attacks are suspiciously attacking only Ships either going or coming from India, is there a Chinese/ Pakistani angle to this? IN assessed the damage on tanker ship M Chem Pluto. Says drone strke. We need to track these in a separate thread. Must be a big warhead to ...
by ramana
25 Dec 2023 23:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Miscellaneous Topics thread
Replies: 33
Views: 8995

Re: Miscellaneous Topics thread

VKumar wrote: 25 Dec 2023 23:15 Why are the aliens apparent only to Americans and Canadians?
Aliens contact only advanced humans as US and Canadians are!
by ramana
25 Dec 2023 23:36
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC 2): News & Discussion
Replies: 196
Views: 79930

Re: Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC 2): News & Discussion

Ajai Shukla's RR article reeks of lifafa journalism. Several incorrect assertions are made as definitive news. Apparently he knows more than the Naval chief on IAC-2. And he knows more than several respected journos on Rafale twin seaters. Treat all these as indicators of what's discussed in the al...
by ramana
25 Dec 2023 21:20
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
Replies: 5242
Views: 1531886

Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector

Is there a link to the Parliament report
by ramana
25 Dec 2023 21:09
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
Replies: 5242
Views: 1531886

Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector

https://twitter.com/alpha_defense/status/1737500595030774145?t=702tirIsCLbpaPSuVy_YzA&s=19 Key Takeaways from Parliamentary Committee On Defence : 20th December 2023 Report on DRDO 👉The committee suggested to develop not only each system, subsystems and components, but also infrastructures and t...
by ramana
25 Dec 2023 20:54
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kargil War Thread - VI
Replies: 1431
Views: 407498

Re: Kargil War Thread - VI

Sad litany of LGB integration. M2K OEM pod was good only for French bomb. Litening was the solution, but needed software changes to make them work. Then the old IAF bugbear of fuzes struck. Note they had to find one in bomb dump. And note the effort to get approvals. And higher management demanding ...
by ramana
25 Dec 2023 20:46
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kargil War Thread - VI
Replies: 1431
Views: 407498

Re: Kargil War Thread - VI

Live fist publishes IAF account of LGB integration. https://www.livefistdefence.com/iaf-reveals-what-it-took-to-bomb-tiger-hill/ IAF Reveals What It Took To Bomb Tiger Hill December 25, 2023 / By Team Livefist In 2024, the Kargil War fought between India and Pakistan will be a quarter century old. O...
by ramana
25 Dec 2023 17:45
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6378
Views: 2071225

Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion

GE of late is more into civil airliner jets.
P&W is completely military jets.

China don't know.
by ramana
25 Dec 2023 14:17
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC 2): News & Discussion
Replies: 196
Views: 79930

Re: Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC 2): News & Discussion

Chetak or anyone, In the old INS Vikrant how much was the boiler capacity devoted to the steam catapult? Can we find out? I am thinking of one of the gas turbines to power an electric boiler/steam generator and steam stored in accumulator tanks to drive a steam catapult. Electric heat is quite effic...
by ramana
25 Dec 2023 14:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Documenting Hindu Temple Attacks in US 2023
Replies: 8
Views: 3085

Re: Documenting Hindu Temple Attacks in US 2023

Raja Krishnamurthy " The defacing of the Swaminarayan temple in Newark, CA is despicable, and I strongly condemn it.  I’m glad the community is rallying to the support of the mandir. We must stand united against bigotry in all its ugly forms. Those who did this vandalism must be held accountabl...
by ramana
25 Dec 2023 13:53
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3219
Views: 2055387

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

Was watching some YouTube videos on Ukraine. The Ukrainians are reporting M777 barrel exchanges at 2500 rounds firing. Lot of intensive firing. During IA trials one gun barrel had a shell blow up around 1150 rounds. Most likely a shell issue and not barrel issue as we can see in Ukraine. This is goo...
by ramana
25 Dec 2023 04:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Documenting Hindu Temple Attacks in US 2023
Replies: 8
Views: 3085

Documenting Hindu Temple Attacks in US 2023

Starting a new thread to document attacks on Hindu temples in US starting from 1992.

I would like location, date,,.any arrests to be listed.

These attacks are a subset.of Hinduphobia which has a much larger canvas.
by ramana
23 Dec 2023 11:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Replies: 3327
Views: 847719

Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1

Mona Soniaji decided to not attend Ram Lalla temple.inauguration despite getting invited.

She wants her Mainority vote bank.

BTW she refuses to.l go to Ganga Aarti in Rishikesh even at the ghat run by the foreign woman!!!
by ramana
23 Dec 2023 09:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8805
Views: 2476218

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Think of the 4/5 eyes as US munnas. As India rises US will use indirect strategy of using the munnas as proxies. Canada got caught in the retaliation and is nursing its wounds. US with Nick Singh case is saying don't go after my munnas. Modiji with his FT interview made clear the munnas and the back...
by ramana
23 Dec 2023 02:56
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: BRF Project: India's Kaveri Engine Saga (No Discussions)
Replies: 75
Views: 353147

Re: BRF Project: India's Kaveri Engine Saga (No Discussions)

Folks Air Marshal Chopra's institute is promoting this book. Please buy and make it a best seller.

https://twitter.com/Chopsyturvey/status ... RDCTw&s=19

Price Rs. 697.
by ramana
21 Dec 2023 03:48
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6378
Views: 2071225

Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion

Thanks. So key enablers are FADEC, propeller and gearbox.
by ramana
21 Dec 2023 01:51
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6378
Views: 2071225

Re: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion

Folks can the Shakti Engine be re-purposed with a new gearbox and made into a turboprop?
by ramana
21 Dec 2023 00:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
Replies: 1782
Views: 633301

Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015

Some huge realignment is going on between the big Four: US, China, India, and Russia. The Ukraine War has reduced UK, France, and Germany to non-entities. Japan is trying to.find itself but faces a huge China.
by ramana
21 Dec 2023 00:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
Replies: 1295
Views: 380827

Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses

Changing gears.

Some huge realignment is going on between the big Four: US, China, India, and Russia. The Ukraine War has reduced UK, France, and Germany to non-entities. Japan.is trying to.find itself but faces a huge China.
by ramana
21 Dec 2023 00:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
Replies: 1295
Views: 380827

Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses

I bought the book and waiting for the shipment. To me the big picture is how Song dynasty changed ancient China and the seeds were from 7th century ie Tang dynasty which had very good ties with India. The Song transformation was from a feudal setup to a bureaucratic setup. We see this transition in ...
by ramana
21 Dec 2023 00:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8805
Views: 2476218

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Sanman, US muscled their way into IMEC which is original India,.Arabs, Israel, Greece idea. It's revival of old Petra trade route. This was bigger in value than Old Silk Road. It was India that persuaded the two Sheikhs to agree. And IMEC will happen regardless of US participation or not. The land l...
by ramana
19 Dec 2023 05:55
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Replies: 2731
Views: 1116330

Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019

The TOT clause was to give GE incentive to get Congress approval.
It's not like GE is selling F414 like vada pav all over the world.

That's done.
No need for r/d.

Yes SD is making things difficult and is to be expected seeing geopolitics.
This too shall pass soon.