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by ManjaM
26 Jan 2014 20:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Positive News from the USA
Replies: 3095
Views: 454656

Re: Positive News from the USA

North Carolina police encouraging smooth movement of traffic at McDonalds drive through.
PoPo wants yall to know, those fries are to die for.

by ManjaM
25 Jan 2014 01:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Positive News from the USA
Replies: 3095
Views: 454656

Re: Positive News from the USA

johneeG, you aint playin dis right.
by ManjaM
24 Jan 2014 06:04
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4037366

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

How does one contribute monetarily the to NaMo campaign?
by ManjaM
21 Jan 2014 00:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

India should highlight the fact that in it overzealous pursuit of DK GOTUS has torn apart a family and separated a mother from her children. The true tragedy of the entire stupid episode. This is the only one that will resonate in USA. Yet hardly anyone mentions it. If it was the USA there would be...
by ManjaM
16 Jan 2014 19:04
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Acquisitions, Partnerships & Developments
Replies: 3248
Views: 946796

Re: Military Acquisitions, Partnerships & Developments

On wiki Global 5000 has service ceiling of 51000 feet and cruising speed of 904 km an hour, doesn't it make it fastest and highest flying civilian jet? Gulfstream G650 is the fastest certified civilian jet, clocking in @ average 915kmph in the around-the-world effort. Service ceiling is 51000ft as ...
by ManjaM
15 Jan 2014 18:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Even if the case against DK is dropped and ( if ) apology issued, I see no reason to grant unilateral privileges. Unilateral privileges must be gone for good forever irrespective of the outcome on the DK issue. However, Salman Kurshid made it ambiguous by saying 'for now' in his TV interview. This ...
by ManjaM
13 Jan 2014 22:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

China routinely kicks out this type of journalist. Obedience to the big panda official line is demanded and obtained. So Chidananda Rajaghatta living in massa has to call the internet activists Trolls and justify WM and AMM behavious and comments in order to continue getting access to the top level...
by ManjaM
13 Jan 2014 16:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Guys Is there a name for the NSA types who monitor BR ? We really need a nice name to tell him hello like when he squirelled across to get the FB page deleted. It is pretty amusing to see how they don't understand various countries-may be thought that these vegetarian $apists will rush the US Embas...
by ManjaM
13 Jan 2014 01:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

TSJ,

What repercussions will the Mays face? Bad mouthing the brownies might not be worth anything more than a a slap on the wrist. I seriously doubt it is going to be any more than that. The Foreign service throwing one of their own under the bus because Preet Bharara and SD messed up? no way.
by ManjaM
13 Jan 2014 01:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Waynes-World-Was-expelled-US-official-a-bleeding-heart-or-an-Ugly-American/articleshow/28719329.cms nice work Anmol!! The Facebook flub gets picked up by Chidananda Rajaghatta from TOI through an article titled "Wayne's World" :mrgreen: WASHINGTO...
by ManjaM
11 Jan 2014 23:19
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 4037366

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

RajeshA, i retweeted this hillarious tweet of yours.
by ManjaM
11 Jan 2014 20:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

i setup and twitter account and tweeted the FB chats to a few people, including News channels. Pretty egregious stuff.
by ManjaM
10 Jan 2014 19:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

^^^The Headley affair was and will remain a perfidy. The US complicity is beyond words bordering on involvement in 26/11. Somebody needs to find out the names of Headley's CIA handlers and make them accused in 26/11 case. It was a perfidy, as was the "electronics" that were lost in US aft...
by ManjaM
10 Jan 2014 18:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Khobragade Fallout: India Expels Senior US Diplomat The unnamed Director-rank American diplomat based here was given "a little more than 48 hours" to leave India even as Khobragade was on her way home from New York, where the US government finally approved her accreditation to the UN whic...
by ManjaM
10 Jan 2014 17:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Is the diplomat usually un-named in cases where they are expelled?
by ManjaM
10 Jan 2014 05:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/left-right-centre/india-us-headed-for-deep-diplomatic-freeze/304640?hp&video-featured Relevant portion is till 24:45 1. Ajai Shuklas defense of the indefensible, at the cost of an Indian diplomatic officer, 2. His absurd defense of the Raymond Davis affair. 3. Ca...
by ManjaM
08 Jan 2014 03:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

If PB indicts, and looks like he will ,is there a chance now that Ms Khobragade will serve time in prison if convicted or will her current immunity status mean she can just walk away inspite of the conviction? You may already know it but, indictment is just charging (formally). It is not conviction...
by ManjaM
08 Jan 2014 00:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

If PB indicts, and looks like he will ,is there a chance now that Ms Khobragade will serve time in prison if convicted or will her current immunity status mean she can just walk away inspite of the conviction?
by ManjaM
07 Jan 2014 18:51
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Replies: 6031
Views: 1329404

Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion

Nachiket, thanks for that.

Does anyone have updates on the NAL-Saras and where it is in the development cycle now? Not much in the news about the goings on.
by ManjaM
07 Jan 2014 18:09
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Replies: 6031
Views: 1329404

Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion

is there any existing plane with common fuselage between turboprop and jet variants having entirely different wing designs? I am not aware of any. There are aircrafts with sections of the fuselage common to other aircrafts of the same family, but never heard of the entire fuselage being common. The...
by ManjaM
06 Jan 2014 23:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Kiran Kumar Karlapu @Scarysouthpaw The Invincible Prince of the Monsoons. Swears in Telugu but dreams in English. Sarkari Babu. Airport ka Raja. Sambar Lover. Superman. Lost in Bombay Kiran Kumar Karlapu ‏@Scarysouthpaw 11h "Excuse me. I have an US official passport" "Back in the lin...
by ManjaM
06 Jan 2014 21:35
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Replies: 6031
Views: 1329404

Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion

In an aircraft there is much more than Engine that needs to be imported the list is quite big and exhaustive .......I am not sure how much core competencies we have in these area. Sukhoi SSJ reportedly 60 % made of imported components and Brazil Embraer has 95 % imported content , The list of impor...
by ManjaM
06 Jan 2014 05:15
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: INS Vikramaditya: News and Discussion
Replies: 1604
Views: 292057

Re: INS Vikramaditya: News and Discussion

Pranay saheb, Looked it up on the interwebz and found a picture. Looks like they can probably be rotated up as well as the top and LH view seem to indicate Yes, i'm aware (I have served on an aircraft carrier) - these antennae can be pivoted up and down - they are horizontal during flight ops... Pl...
by ManjaM
06 Jan 2014 04:21
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: INS Vikramaditya: News and Discussion
Replies: 1604
Views: 292057

Re: INS Vikramaditya: News and Discussion

what are the "fishing poles", 7 in number" on the left side of Vik. They would support a netting for safety reasons They are Pole (communication) antennae... Pranay saheb, Looked it up on the interwebz and found a picture. Looks like they can probably be rotated up as well as the top...
by ManjaM
06 Jan 2014 01:26
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: INS Vikramaditya: News and Discussion
Replies: 1604
Views: 292057

Re: INS Vikramaditya: News and Discussion

what are the "fishing poles", 7 in number" on the left side of Vik.
by ManjaM
06 Jan 2014 00:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Public does not mean foreigners have access to it I don't think you guys want a trade war. If you do, then you are barking up the wrong tree. You want to sling mud at the diplomats, fine. Frankly, that's what they are there for. But a trade war won't just hurt the US. A desire to keep sensitive Ind...
by ManjaM
05 Jan 2014 00:11
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Transport Aircraft for IAF
Replies: 4067
Views: 796671

Re: Transport Aircraft for IAF

There should be a better plan to consolidate the IAF transport aircraft fleet.Ideally there should be two categories : Heavy and medium lift aircraft. ... Instead, watch as we acquire the most diverse fleet of transports known to mankind in a bid to be "diverse" and "fair" to al...
by ManjaM
04 Jan 2014 18:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

US has successfully managed to polarize MEA and PMO. How so? Lets give ourselves some credit when its due. INSPITE of the current PM AND being caught off gaurd, India has managed a robust response clearly telling the US what it needs to do to untangle this situation. I don't see the difference of o...
by ManjaM
29 Dec 2013 07:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Devyani-Khobragade-case-on-backburner-US-poised-to-irretrievably-lose-unilateral-privileges/articleshow/28077308.cms WASHINGTON: In the annals of diplomatic exchanges across the world, it has long been understood that the United States will get more consular ...
by ManjaM
26 Dec 2013 17:48
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Business and General Aviation - India Focus
Replies: 3
Views: 1347

Re: Business and General Aviation - India Focus

Came across this little piece of information while reading the "Flying" magazine - "Reports from a Chinese news source last week indicated that Meijing Group, a Chinese real estate developer, was negotiating to buy 80-year-old Mooney. It's unclear whether Meijing Group is related to S...
by ManjaM
26 Dec 2013 17:40
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: LCA News and Discussions, 22-Oct-2013
Replies: 3957
Views: 572420

Re: LCA News and Discussions, 22-Oct-2013

Thanks Karan.
by ManjaM
26 Dec 2013 05:40
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: LCA News and Discussions, 22-Oct-2013
Replies: 3957
Views: 572420

Re: LCA News and Discussions, 22-Oct-2013

That aux intake/depressurization cock panel seems to have taken a beating -- it has a crumpled look to it. Any ideas what could have caused it? There also seem to be some paint chips missing in the other pictures (you can see the yellow primer underneath), but that is to be expected from an airfram...
by ManjaM
21 Dec 2013 18:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Need to keep an eye on when the non-reciprocal benefits to amreekis in India will be restored. I expect that the amreekis will push for full restoration of benefits before elections.
by ManjaM
20 Dec 2013 21:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

I think its time to move on to looking into the legal aspects of the case itself. It appears that the charges will not be dropped, in spite of the feeble murmurs from GoI. One can get away with anything in the US, depending on how good a lawyer one can afford. GoI should seriously consider suing the...
by ManjaM
20 Dec 2013 21:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Good god, why is the very senile Meghnad Desai invited to the 2X4 split-screen panel discussion? The channels seem to be taking the onus of providing an viewpoint that is alternate to the GoI one, while that responsibility is entirely that of US Government. There was one discussion where Mr Parthas...
by ManjaM
20 Dec 2013 20:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Good god, why is the very senile Meghnad Desai invited to the 2X4 split-screen panel discussion? The channels seem to be taking the onus of providing an viewpoint that is alternate to the GoI one, while that responsibility is entirely that of US Government. There was one discussion where Mr Parthasa...
by ManjaM
20 Dec 2013 03:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Theirs is a weird dichotomy, one one hand lots of Repubs talk of doing away with minimum wage and on the other hand, most FoxNewsish boards are wailing about how DK exploited her help by not paying minimum wage.
by ManjaM
20 Dec 2013 03:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Hope the govt. is looking at options to smuggle Khobragade out of the US clandestinely. It doesn't look like the SD is willing to relent. Getting her and her family back to India by hook or by crook is paramount. She must not be allowed to be held hostage. Disguise her and give her a passport with ...
by ManjaM
20 Dec 2013 03:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1547888

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/No-retroactive-immunity-for-Khobragade-US-says/articleshow/27667159.cms The US state department said on Thursday that any diplomatic immunity for Devyani Khobragade, the Indian consular official charged with visa fraud, would start from the day she is confirm...