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Avarachan

I think the Soviets are innocent ... The Anglo-Americans didn't need the Soviets' help to murder the Prime Minister. (As is well known, the US-UK had many Indian assets.) Involving the Soviets would endanger the operation ... With covert operations, it's not wise to involve more people than absolute...

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I always wondered about the timing of the 1965 war. According to Sidney Griffin in Crisis Games, the war eas gamed to begin in September 1966. The book foreward says book is based on a classified version of the game. We know Philip Talbot was working on his book on the War that changed the Indian s...

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This is an interesting, long article regarding the gutting of the U.S. Department of Energy (which handles both nuclear energy and the development of nuclear weapons). I recommend taking the reporter's pronouncements with a pinch of salt, but he's definitely on to something. https://www.vanityfair.c...

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We simply must decide whether these forums are general chatrooms or a place for addition of value. I accept that this may put a huge burden on mods, but that is a weak excuse. The highest quality sites either do not allow in everyone or there is tight moderation. Or let it be free for all and let f...

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It is true that Israel has helped India militarily. (Its assistance was particularly valuable in the Kargil War.) It is also true that Israel is deeply involved in the global drug trade (including that in India, using certain Russian Jews in Goa as middlemen.) I notice that many BRF members are exci...

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The single engine fighter rfp is such a waste of national resources - no meaningful ToT is expected - refer the Javelin proposal posted earlier. In my opinion, production of Mk1 FOC should be expedited to 24-30 a year on a war footing, including setting up a new line elsewhere if HAL Bangalore lack...

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India's MoD is neither stupid nor treasonous. The French offered to transfer the Mirage 2000 line to India to kill off the Tejas. The MoD wisely rejected that offer. Instead, India ordered more Su-30 MKI's as a capability boost. Sorry to come in late on this Sir, but why do you think so? Why would ...

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India's MoD is neither stupid nor treasonous. The French offered to transfer the Mirage 2000 line to India to kill off the Tejas. The MoD wisely rejected that offer. Instead, India ordered more Su-30 MKI's as a capability boost. I definitely want a source for the IQ level of the MOD Dorks! I mean B...

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As a side note, I think one of the biggest acts of treason against independent India was committed by the two MoD Babus who refused to allow the purchase of 126 M2K-5 as a follow-on order. India's MoD is neither stupid nor treasonous. The French offered to transfer the Mirage 2000 line to India to ...

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I agree that Germany/France/Italy/etc will take revenge on Britain for engineering WWI and similar machinations over the centuries. Because the British refused to repent of their crimes, karma is catching up to them. I've said this before, and I'll say it again. If the UK's economy shrinks significa...

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40227270 Prime ministers, in a more understated manner, have also come to believe in British exceptionalism, the idea that Westminster is the mother parliament, and that the UK has a governing model and liberal values that set the global standard for others to...

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https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2017/06/11/koalitsiya-sv-sniper-howitzer-enter-service-with-russian-army.html According to Rossiyskaya Gazeta, a Russian government daily newspaper, the 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV new 152mm self-propelled gun (SPG) will enter service with the Russian Army before 2020. ...

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An excellent source of information on new Russian weapons is Andrei Akulov. He's a retired Russian colonel who writes for "Strategic Culture." https://www.strategic-culture.org/authors/andrei-akulov.html This is his April 2017 article on new Russian hypersonic weapons. https://www.strategi...

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Good article regarding the future of Brexit. I recommend reading the whole thing. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-11/how-do-you-your-brexit-morning-hard-soft-smooth-english-or-late As Reuters' Alastair Macdonald reports, Theresa May's insistence on starting Brexit negotiations next Monday is q...

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K.P.S. Gill was a hard man. Nonetheless, he saved Punjab and India itself from murderers and rapists. In this, he was a patriot and true hero.

May God have mercy on his soul and grant him eternal bliss. My condolences to his friends, family, and colleagues.

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To understand the Khalistani menace, the best book to read is K.P.S. Gill's work, "The Knights of Falsehood." It's available free of charge online as an e-book. http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/publication/nightsoffalsehood/index.html For ten long years, Punjab was tormented by a virulent cam...

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Great find Avarachan. Anyway to obtain the full article? I put the link to the article in my original post. Here it is again: http://www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net/History/Oil_and_the_Origins_of_World_W/oil_and_the_origins_of_world_w.HTM Beyond that, one should purchase his book, "A Century of...

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The situation in the Persian Gulf today reminds me of Europe before WWI. WWI was engineered by the British to maintain the dominance of the British Empire. I recommend studying the Berlin-Baghdad Railway. It would have enabled Germany to obtain oil without threat from the British Navy. I also recomm...

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^^ Good points. Thank you.

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I don't know how accurate this is--I am skeptical of the claim regarding Qatar's economic collapse--but other aspects are interesting. https://syrianperspective.com/2017/06/whats-behind-the-qatari-maneuver-its-gas-my-boy-gas-deraa-alqaeda-devastated-as-syrian-army-reinforcements-arrive-to-kick-them-...

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The QR-SAM reminds me somewhat of the NASAMS 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAMS_2 A complete NASAMS 2 battery consists of 12 missile launchers (LCHR) (each one carrying six AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles), eight radars (AN/MPQ-64 F1 Improved Sentinel X band 3D radar), one fire control centre (CTOC), o...

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^^ Also, if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, it's noteworthy that the latest version of the U.S.'s Virginia-class submarines (Block V, built from 2019 onwards) will have 4 more Virginia Payload Tubes than previous versions. Block V of the Virginia class is very clearly drawing inspiratio...

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The message by Modi is classic Indian, praise the hosts. Putin's speech in turn smells of narcissism, lookie what we did for you, we rock. Sadly, if this attitude continues, India-Russian ties will continue to deteriorate, because India is seen by Russia as a captive market for Russian weapons, and...

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Every Chinaman and woman should be considered a spy/agent for the PRC. This is indeed a very important point. When the British/French/Dutch/Portuguese were colonizing, every sailor and every trader soaked up intelligence - whether political, military or economic. They used the political intelligenc...

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IUCNA was important., all the shitty-bitty/emptyPT/yenyessJi 3-4 letter word treaties had curtailed our economic growth and made us dependent on oil. The dolt nehru dynasty did not realize that cheap energy is basis for a civilization. Any civilization. They forgot the story of agni or prometheus. ...

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I suspect most of the Spying by China in US is a way of US giving them things covertly when they cant do it overtly due to official ban , Else the amount of spying and the depth of it by the admission of NSA and FBI officials you dont find any one in US congress raising an eyebrow ,no ZNN MSM cover...

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From DRDO Chief Interview to FORCE Mag on Kaveri program Dassault Aviation is keen to work on the next generation LCA , Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) or the Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle, Ghatak as part of the offsets in Rafale programme. They are willing to work on the configuration desi...

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^^ JayS, thanks for posting this. Great news!

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Indranil, SO this Aero India was a damp squib visavis LCA. No new capabilities or knowledge revealed. Uttam flight testing moving ahead + HAL RFP for track-2 AESA/EW suite were big reveals IMHO. The Uttam fully populated prototype is a beauty. I agree. To see that Uttam prototype was a dream come t...

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If Russia won't sell India the testing infrastructure India needs, India should approach Germany. Currently, Germany doesn't sell fighter aircraft to India, so Germany isn't immediately threatened by India's engine development the way Russia is. If necessary, India should link German assistance with...

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@Indranil, I have another question then. The Tejas is often photographed with 2 1200-liter fuel tanks. My guess is that those loaded tanks weigh about 1000 kg each ... Why does the Tejas fly with them if heavy loads threaten flight safety?

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1200 kgs. Even when heavy fighters fly with such heavy cruise missiles, their flight is severely restrictions. If you use a light fighter do so, you must be really desperate. You are putting the plane, crew and the missiles to in dire risk to gain ~20% additional range compared to the ground launch...

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@Indranil, do you know (and can you say) what the Tejas's inboard pylons are rated for? If they can carry 1500 kg's, that means that the Tejas will be able to carry 2 of the BrahMos NG's. Wow. I suspect that it'll be able to ... The Gripen C can carry 2 of the Taurus KEPD 350's, and they weigh 1400 ...

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Cosmo_R wrote:Name one Indian who heads up a Russian firm.

And how many Russians head up Indian firms?

I mean no offense, but your post reveals your mindset.

Avarachan

It seems that the agreement for the BrahMos-NG was signed during the October 2016 summit at Goa. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/mtcr-benefit-india-russia-to-develop-600-km-range-cruise-missiles-that-can-cover-entire-pakistan/articleshow/54926916.cms The Indo-Russian agreement, sign...

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http://www.janes.com/article/67399/russia-india-developing-lightweight-brahmos-variant-says-report India and Russia are developing a new lightweight variant of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile for use on submarines and the Sukhoi T-50 PAK-FA (Perspektivny Aviatsionny Kompleks Frontovoy Aviatsii...

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So how many Brahmos in Russian service? Edit: not being snarky. Just pointing out that it is merely a dressed up buyer-seller relationship. Our nuclear sub partnership is deep though and aimed squarely at China. So cooperation in parts in conflict in others. Anjan, the air-launched BrahMos will be ...

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Rudradev-ji, posting a response about Andrew Korybko. _____________________ ^^. Andrew Korybko was born and raised in the USA. He is of Polish descent. He came to dislike American foreign policy and settled down in Russia about three years ago. The reason I mention all of this is that Korybko has an...

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^^. Andrew Korybko was born and raised in the USA. He is of Polish descent. He came to dislike American foreign policy and settled down in Russia about three years ago. The reason I mention all of this is that Korybko has an extremely unusual background for a Russian analyst. He's an intelligent per...

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Ramana, I suspect that certain members are being compensated on a per-post basis. That would explain why there's so much noise. People respond to incentives, after all. In any case, this nonsense is degrading the quality of the forum. I'd be interested in threads where only certain senior members co...

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