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by Cyrano
15 Mar 2024 14:13
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Flight Safety
Replies: 3363
Views: 893848

Re: Military Flight Safety

Yes, the immediate spread of videos on SM prevented useless heehaw.

The pilot ejected and survived, seemed lucid and visibly ok when the local janta came to his aid. The plane was seen flying level with landing gear down.

No chance for anyone to insinuate.

Let's wait for the CoI report.
by Cyrano
15 Mar 2024 14:05
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 4103
Views: 2073329

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

Yesterday Macron gave an incoherent prime time TV "interview". When asked what will the billions promised to Ukraine do, he said they will be used to produce munitions locally. When asked won't these factories get bombed too, he said that's why France and Europe need to move to a 'war econ...
by Cyrano
15 Mar 2024 13:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8810
Views: 2491777

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Both will bow and take inspiration from Ambedkar's statue in it's courtyard
by Cyrano
15 Mar 2024 07:13
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2719
Views: 686665

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

this seems to be a real video (else fact checkers from CNN BBC would have steam rolled it) But from 2 years ago when Roosi troops were in Kiev and a negotiation was promised But after roos left Kiev Nato forced them to fight Roos. This fits in line with Putin statement that Boris came to gaslight t...
by Cyrano
15 Mar 2024 00:43
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2719
Views: 686665

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Don't know... If it's a fake, then SKYNET is here
by Cyrano
15 Mar 2024 00:28
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
Replies: 4780
Views: 1541741

Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)

Isn't there a better word than martyr or Shaheed? Both have inappropriate meaning in the Indic context.
by Cyrano
14 Mar 2024 21:48
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2719
Views: 686665

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

https://twitter.com/BabinFrank1/status/1768256823272882460?t=8PkLsFYIpTNqzbQmPjlAIQ&s=19 Undated video having Hindustan Times logo. Elenski squealing and asking Macron to get Biden and others to speak to Putin and stop the war. Surely leaked by Macron's office, seems to have been filmed in the E...
by Cyrano
14 Mar 2024 14:59
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8452
Views: 3042210

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Bharat must ensure that any deal with the sinking west must be made only with the technological advancement of it's own industry as the prime motivation. We cannot sacrifice this objective at the altar of short term economic gains, GDP growth etc which will inevitably follow once we become technolog...
by Cyrano
14 Mar 2024 13:51
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 4103
Views: 2073329

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

For the moment the belligerent talk of Macron has found some support from Poland which covets some eastern Ukraine territory, Tchèque république, Moldova which risks losing Transnistria, and the three Baltic States that are perpetually crying wolf. Rest of EU/NATO countries haven't supported whateve...
by Cyrano
14 Mar 2024 13:33
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8452
Views: 3042210

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

TEPA provides an opportunity to integrate into EU markets. Over 40% of Switzerland’s global services exports are to the EU. Indian companies can look to Switzerland as a base for extending its market reach to EU. IMO this is the crux. Perhaps we are hoping to counter some EU regulations and upcomin...
by Cyrano
13 Mar 2024 15:14
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 4103
Views: 2073329

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

If Trump gets elected. Still won't be easy.
by Cyrano
13 Mar 2024 14:02
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8452
Views: 3042210

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

EFTA deal : Norway has oil and HUGE sovereign wealth fund, tiny Lichtenstein has power tools, Suisse has chocolate which they rip off from poor African countries using modern day slavery and sell to the world with fat margins. Besides Bjork I can't think of anything we can import from Iceland. Suiss...
by Cyrano
13 Mar 2024 12:57
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 1183
Views: 728828

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

This baseless cynical drivel is unworthy of BRF.
by Cyrano
12 Mar 2024 15:29
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Flight Safety
Replies: 3363
Views: 893848

Re: Military Flight Safety

Glad the pilot is safe. Let's wait for the investigation report. Could be even a bird hit...
by Cyrano
12 Mar 2024 00:38
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Ram Temple Consecration: News and Views
Replies: 153
Views: 56383

Re: Ram Temple Consecration: News and Views

Let's remember it's not the rich and the famous alone who fought for Ram over 5 centuries.

That said your point is 100% valid.
by Cyrano
12 Mar 2024 00:33
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 1183
Views: 728828

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

March 2019: ASAT test announcement by PM Ji March 2024: MIRV announcement March 2029: 10,000 Km ICBM (or) Thermonuke testing? Not to forget the rapid reaction launches against multiple aerial targets a few months ago. That would be the precursor for our own MD systems before the end of this decade....
by Cyrano
11 Mar 2024 18:50
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 1183
Views: 728828

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

Yes. It was ready for several years. The test and announcement are all about timing based on several geopolitical factors. Asat was prioritised at one point in time, and our team delivered it in record time since mirv was all ready.
There is a lot more happening.
by Cyrano
11 Mar 2024 03:51
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2719
Views: 686665

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

From the CNN article above: However, US officials were not certain they would know if Russia was moving tactical nuclear weapons into place. Unlike strategic nuclear weapons, capable of destroying entire cities, tactical or battlefield nuclear weapons are small enough to be moved quietly and could b...
by Cyrano
11 Mar 2024 00:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8810
Views: 2491777

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Chetak ji,
Let them troll na, those holier than thou wokes will only get discredited on the global stage. There is decades of piled up anti Bharat narrative that will need many JSs to de-pestify completely.

But all that is not JSs core focus. So its fine for me.
by Cyrano
11 Mar 2024 00:01
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2719
Views: 686665

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

We don't need nalapat to tell us that. It was part of the pressure tactics to get India to change its position on the Ukraine war - didn't work, to get us to join the sanctions bandwagon and stop buying Russian oil - didn't work, get us to sell Russian made atry, tanks, all kinds of munitions to Ukr...
by Cyrano
09 Mar 2024 11:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8810
Views: 2491777

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

I don't see Dr SJ being defensive at all. He is a foreign minister, not a social media warrior, and knows that he will often have to deal with and find convergences with people he totally disagrees with, to further the interests of Bharat. I see how EU leaders behave every day, making inane and insa...
by Cyrano
08 Mar 2024 22:35
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2719
Views: 686665

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Macron's statements "to support Ukraine without limits" was quickly refuted by other NATO countries. He has convened the reps of all these countries to Paris today to force them to take a stand "for or against". French people are in principle divided, though some have still bough...
by Cyrano
07 Mar 2024 01:16
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2719
Views: 686665

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

RT blocked in EU land of freedom of expression
by Cyrano
06 Mar 2024 22:37
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2719
Views: 686665

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Rakesh ji, As I posted in stratfor: >>> Time for Vicky to go out and benefit from all the unaccounted billions for a while, until some crazed neonazi Ukrainian snake she has force fed comes back to bite her in the Musharraf to end her story. <<< Poor brar_s didn't survive the first contact with the ...
by Cyrano
06 Mar 2024 14:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8810
Views: 2491777

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Time to go out and benefit from all the unaccounted billions for a while, until some crazed neonazi Ukrainian snake she has force fed comes back to bite her in the Musharraf to end her story.
by Cyrano
05 Mar 2024 22:48
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: AI/Machine Learning, Bharat and Bhartiya IT Industry
Replies: 436
Views: 182313

Re: AI/Machine Learning, Bharat and Bhartiya IT Industry

Musk has sued OpenAI since it has violated it's not for profit mandate and made money by licencing parts of the developed tech to Microsoft, conflict of interest deals made by Sam A etc...

He is trying to force the issue of AI regulation looks like.
by Cyrano
04 Mar 2024 18:21
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 4103
Views: 2073329

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

Lots of BS from the losing side...
by Cyrano
04 Mar 2024 12:34
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8452
Views: 3042210

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

The focus on job creation is not the solution for further poverty alleviation, it will never be never enough nor will it lead to prosperity. Entrepreneurship is. Now that we have experimented with Mudra loans and it works, time to scale it up 10x, even 100x and monitor closely against misuse. Over t...
by Cyrano
04 Mar 2024 12:22
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Clean India - Places, Options, Initiatives & Results
Replies: 123
Views: 113164

Re: Clean India - Places, Options, Initiatives & Results

It's not just visible litter. Was in Vishakhapatnam traveling towards Rishikonda. The whole route and areas smelled very foul. Later I found out its due to open sewer canals though there was no overflow. Was going to Hyderabad airport last week at 3 AM. Very foul chemical smells that was hanging lik...
by Cyrano
03 Mar 2024 15:31
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Ram Temple Consecration: News and Views
Replies: 153
Views: 56383

Re: Ram Temple Consecration: News and Views

JSD and Pankaj echo pretty much what I have said above and go into deeper discussion:

by Cyrano
03 Mar 2024 10:37
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2719
Views: 686665

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

It was interesting to see the air time given to strident frock-shivering ministers and reps from eastern European countries during the recent Raisina Hill and ORF conferences. Of course nothing changed in India's position officially and the crowd was luke warm at best. We have resisted the temptatio...
by Cyrano
02 Mar 2024 15:38
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Renewable Sources of Energy
Replies: 332
Views: 133511

Re: Renewable Sources of Energy

Thanks Mort ji The units used in the graphs BUs and MUs is very telling... ! Net Zero gaya "tale" leney :rotfl: If a country like India which is close to the equator can't generate meaningful solar power, imagine EU countries wallowing in energy transition delusion! BTW, IMO renewable ener...
by Cyrano
02 Mar 2024 10:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indian Interests_2
Replies: 643
Views: 270049

Re: Indian Interests_2

All financed by the dollar propped up using brute military power, if I may add...
by Cyrano
01 Mar 2024 12:44
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8452
Views: 3042210

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Travelled extensively across North India and in TS & AP through big/smaller cities and pilgrimage sites this month. Marked reduction, almost total absence of begging on streets in most places visited. Even the poorest were trying to make a living, something is working damn right well now. This a...
by Cyrano
01 Mar 2024 12:28
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
Replies: 4780
Views: 1541741

Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)

I’m impressed by the vastly improved livery of Indian trains. Previously it was utilitarian, and that’s being charitable. Unfortunately it was not my experience on the 3 train trips I've undertaken recently. Delhi - Lucknow Shatabdi was an old rake in tatters (all chair cars) with sudden unexplaina...