Bharat Rakshak

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People who want 1000 miles of range, would realize you don't want that big of a range because unlike gas you don't loose weight as you drive more. Carrying a bigger battery is carrying dead weight when you have lower charge left on the battery which makes the entire solution in efficient. You will ...

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If the expectation is that BEV's need to behave exactly like ICE vehicles w.r.t to range and recharging times, then we are more than a decade away to reach it. But the current lot of EV's, especially the Tesla model 3, and Y are more than enough for the average family. The average driver in US driv...

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Vayutuvan wrote: ↑02 Aug 2023 11:40 @Mort Walker ji, welcome back.

Thank you Vayutuvan ji. However, I'm only here occasionally. Life & work are keeping me busy.

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I really hope Toyota or someone is able to create a commercially viable vehicle which uses a solid state battery soon. For too long it has seemed like one of those technologies which promises a lot but is perennially 5-10 years away from being a reality. Meanwhile Li-ion tech has plateaued and we n...

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Is there any parallel in history where the destruction of civilian infra and resultant hardship has caused a country to capitulate? The destruction of civilian infrastructure makes it difficult for a country to produce materials for war fighting. It may not cause immediate capitulation, but will re...

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Cyrano wrote:They have a country but not a society

This usually happens if a person has a drug conviction, criminal record, or mental illness. The best solution is to get out of that shithole known as California.

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Bond yield curve means little for a small economy country which has serious economic, energy & security problems. The Pound Sterling doesn't enjoy the acceptance of the USD or Euro. Some sabre rattling by the Russians can mess up the UK. Tell that to Liz Truss. If you borrow in GBP, which the g...

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Bond yield curve means little for a small economy country which has serious economic, energy & security problems. The Pound Sterling doesn't enjoy the acceptance of the USD or Euro. Some sabre rattling by the Russians can mess up the UK.

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I doubt the Tories will make Sunak as PM, all Brits are too racist against Indian Hindus. Sunak should avoid it as the UK is seeing sky high energy prices due to their egging on of the war in Ukraine; and their stupidity in excess public spending.

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I'm being lazy, but does anyone have the orbital inclination, apogee & perigee of each of the 36 satellites? TIA

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Lot of pain being felt by European companies. The longer this war goes, stronger the US's position gets. It's in the best interest of UKR, Rus, and Euro to arrive at a compromise and work over their insecurities. The current US regime and its supporters want nothing less than to dismember Russia fr...

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Pakistan off grey list!
PKR will stabilize to 200 vs. USD.
Thanks, Brandon!

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https://twitter.com/palkisu/status/1578385558895591429 First a $450 million F-16 aid package to Pak. Then US envoy visits Pak-occupied Kashmir. What’s worse he calls it Azad Kashmir(AJK),not UN term Pak Administered Kashmir(PAK). 2nd visit by a US official to PoK this yr. India conveys “objection.” ...

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I think people in kyiv and lviv better start taking cover. The Russians haven't used this option yet and my guess is that they'll do it slowly, step by step, well before even thinking of the nuke option. First, electricity and gas supplies will probably be taken out. Then water. They will bring the...

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It was so amusing to watch some US based posters go giddy at Bidenwa-Maami assuming office. Largest Democracies, shared values, natural alignment for a new world order, destined to come closer and what-not... :rotfl: I'm still waiting for the Nobel Prize laureates and Fields Medal winners to join t...

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The Biden administration WRT to India-US relations has been a shit show right from the start. 1. Insists on Freedom of Navigation between India and its island states. 2. Within weeks of gaining office withhold key chemical and biological components for COVID-19 vaccine manufacture while India gets h...

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Raghu Ram Rajan will be a waste. At least the Pak FM will teach them how to beg at IMF and hoodwink payments :rotfl: No worries. They will ask for another US Marshall fund, which the UK was the biggest recipient after WWII, and Xiden will turn on US printing presses to give Truss several billion li...

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https://twitter.com/TheLegateIN/status/1574041448655093761?s=20&t=MYfa4fZyqcXppxiyMr05Vg ---> Report: India may begin development of a 20-25 ton capacity military transport aircraft in 2025, with the plane envisaged to enter service in mid 2030s. Not yet clear if it will have turbofan or turbop...

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Looks like Pound Sterling is devaluing against the USD. 1.00 USD = 0.95 GBP. For a country that imports most of its energy, this is bad and will get worse as winter sets in. UK may go into a recession followed by a depression. GBP is devaluing against the INR too. 1 GBP = 85 INR.

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Thanks for the information Ramanaji. This FMS opens the door for even more sales and US & NATO member aid. It brings Paki defence forces more aligned to the west all thanks to Brandon. PAF F-16 fleet gets: 1. Reliable airframes for several more years. 2. Reliable engine repair and overhaul. 3. U...

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Biden needs to resign. He can’t manage the largest economy in the world with most incompetent Sec. Of Treasury. The previous administration was criticized for being ignorant, but this administration has no effing clue on budgetary allocations, regulations, energy, gov. investment and taxes, causing ...

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Don’t know the details. Maybe brar_w has gone through the DoD budgeting documents.

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The US has gone back to its bad habits with Xiden. It was just a matter of time. They’ve done a lot of damage to India-US relations.

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No worries. Xiden is giving them $450M for F-16 upgrade program. Never mind the floods, let them eat F-solahs according to Xiden!

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Electrolytic lithium ion batteries are a dead end. Solid state batteries are around the corner. Until then, EVs should be limited to 65 KWHr battery packs. It will take 5-10 years.

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Indian defence attaché now has unescorted access to Pentagon: US Air Force . This is a huge step from USA. Major Defense Partner is becoming reality. -#USAF Secretary Frank Kendall: “As of 15 Aug, #Indian attaché team now has unescorted access in the #Pentagon which is commencement with our close r...

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Happy 75th Independence Day to everyone!

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Rather than this false bravado, why doesn't the PLA take on the US carrier battle groups... When the Dems and RINOs are going to lift tariffs on China, this is all posturing, and the PRC provides false bravado but at the same time is laughing all the way to the bank. The US MIC will continue to por...

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I don't see Pak economic situation deteriorating further. The US & UK will help. It is more than likely the Xiden admin, and RINOs in US government, are working tirelessly behind the scenes to secure IMF and other bailouts for Pak. They may just let 1 USD = 250 PKR become stable so that Pak mili...

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Aditya_V wrote:The USSR finally ended up invading a friendly Government in Afganistan in 1979

Don’t forget Hungary 1956 & Czechoslovakia 1968. For the US the most egregious was Diem in South Vietnam March 1963, JFK Nov. 1963 & Trump 2020-present.

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“Conversations with the Crow” may be questionable. However, from the mid 1950s through 1970s, the US did destabilize friendly and allied governments. Everything from political assassinations and killing key officials was US practiced policy. It still exists to this day, but on a smaller scale. Centr...

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India is about to cross the 2 billion vaccine dose mark by Monday evening IST.
Total Vaccination : 1,99,98,89,097 (25,59,840)

https://www.mohfw.gov.in/

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This is certainly good news and a welcome development. If one squadron more could be produced per year, would push all versions of the Tejas along. Just think of the aerospace development and knowledge base gained.

I see no need to import foreign fighter aircraft.

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^^^It’s deliberate to sabotage India-US relations. The memo/letter was most likely drafted by some woke-gender-confused liberal arts / law flunkey.

I think MEA is smart enough to see this. At a minimum they should politely ask Blinken to reassign said flunkey somewhere else.

#FJB

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I am COVID +ve as well. Probably got it from airport last week - the crowd was like ranganathan street that day!! symptoms - high fever, chills, 80% loss of taste. fever control is the main part - very hard. on 1000mg of tylenol 4 times a day and fever hovers around 99.4 to 101 randomly. Get better...

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So sad to know of this. I was shocked when alerted by WSJ this morning. I remember seeing pics of Abe & Modi at the SC Bose memorial in Japan. It was very touching.

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GHG are irrelevant in the Indian context. Clean air is the first priority. In India air quality index in Parts Per Million (PPM) volume or AQI as ug/m^3 is used. Particulate Matter (PM) is the primary concern. Big metros like NCR track AQI and post them on signboards along the highways. https://www....

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I trust the ICMR more than the US FDA and CDC. When they don’t recommend vaccinations for under 12 years at this time.

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Don’t get caught up with political parties. They’re different sides of the same coin. Dems and Reps have colluded on the abortion thing because the number of abortions in the US are on the decline due to an aging population. It gives the Reps a big thing in exchange for the presidency. This diverts ...

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^^^This was going to happen anyway regardless of internal US judicial and legislative actions.

Throw in endless foreign wars, financing & arming terrorists, and interference in other countries. In a generation, 20-30 years, the US will be completely unlivable.

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