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- 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...
- 26 Dec 2023 00:56
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping
- Replies: 68
- Views: 20466
- 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.
- 26 Dec 2023 00:46
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping
- Replies: 68
- Views: 20466
- 26 Dec 2023 00:41
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping
- Replies: 68
- Views: 20466
- 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.
- 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 ...
- 26 Dec 2023 00:23
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping
- Replies: 68
- Views: 20466
- 26 Dec 2023 00:19
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Houthi/Iran drone strikes on Gulf shipping
- Replies: 68
- Views: 20466
- 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...
- 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.
The Indian Navy in a preliminary report has confirmed it was a drone strike.
- 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.
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.
- 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...
- 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.
Indian Navy has responded to the situation.
- 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...
- 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.
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.
- 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 ...
- 25 Dec 2023 23:38
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Miscellaneous Topics thread
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8995
- 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...
- 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
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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.
P&W is completely military jets.
China don't know.
- 25 Dec 2023 14:54
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC 2): News & Discussion
- Replies: 196
- Views: 79930
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
I would like location, date,,.any arrests to be listed.
These attacks are a subset.of Hinduphobia which has a much larger canvas.
- 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!!!
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!!!
- 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...
- 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.
https://twitter.com/Chopsyturvey/status ... RDCTw&s=19
Price Rs. 697.
- 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.
- 21 Dec 2023 03:44
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
- Replies: 1782
- Views: 633301
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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.
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.