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- 02 Nov 2022 22:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5642
- Views: 1632193
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Rsatchi, are we looking at state enabled religious persecution? In Jail: 0.5% of population Buddhists -> 1481 ragebois 5% of population Abduls -> 13724 ghazis Abduls with 10 times population should have 14810 ghazis, a shortage of ~1000. So percent wise, Buddhists are far more in jail than ghazis de...
- 02 Nov 2022 21:48
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5642
- Views: 1632193
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Wow. From above stats, brits apparently jails a lot of Buddhists. Their crime lockers must be full of bronze buddhas used to whack people in their studies and drawing rooms
- 02 Nov 2022 21:31
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC 2): News & Discussion
- Replies: 196
- Views: 80053
Re: Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC 2): News & Discussion
Obviously Tier2 goras like the French cannot operate the switchboard of EMALS. Too complex for guys who frequently get Fields Medals? Same as Brits were worried if IAF can operate jet fighters or IN sailors cause the original vikrant to trip on its own propellers and fall on the quayside. Anglo conc...
- 02 Nov 2022 20:15
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
- Replies: 1182
- Views: 723606
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Great going. The booster looks interesting, particularly the fins. Like a larger diameter one used for lofting the SFDR version of Astra3 during ground tests. We might have already seen this in 2017 in the form of the ASAT weapon. True. That ASAT test fulfils almost all objectives of sensor-to-KV ch...
- 01 Nov 2022 20:35
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Nuclear Submarines -3
- Replies: 2005
- Views: 587192
Re: Indian Nuclear Submarines -3
That would be like taking out a functioning Kaveri from Tejas fleet, replacing it with F404 and howling at full moon about CATSAA. French tech will be good enough for optimising existing design but again, like “let us fix Kaveri” consultancy, cannot bank on them to fix anything. Don’t know what Tell...
- 31 Oct 2022 21:56
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021
- Replies: 928
- Views: 463455
Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021
PAF has been paranoid of an isolated cluster munition strike (by IAF aircraft or SRBM) on row-parked f16s for a while because it is one of the Cold Start type lower-threshold objective (significant destruction of military infra) that India has on the table after a large impact terror attack. Hence t...
- 31 Oct 2022 18:56
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1344136
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Establishment did have a soft corner for Imran for some time, even after his dismissal. Its only now that establishment and Imran are in no return zone. There seems to be a split in the establishment. The Faiz group and a few kernails and down seem to support Dimran. The Bajwa camp and a few "...
- 28 Oct 2022 21:13
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5642
- Views: 1632193
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
JEM, your chapathi story explains something for me: I once had a big argument with an Ethiopian mohatarrma running a restaurant in US, who claimed “Sambusa” is not Samosa while serving me what looked, smelled and later passed out of me like a samosa. Also another one who claimed yoga is derived from...
- 28 Oct 2022 08:41
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1344136
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
“We need to take over training of our cricket team on how to handle white balls”
- 28 Oct 2022 01:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3028854
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Varoon Shekhar, there are some aspects to to the migration story that is not much talked about inmedia. Some personal and some social. From what I have seen around me and after talking to some of the visa agents etc, folks migrate for: 1) financial reasons: higher income for better quality of life 2...
- 28 Oct 2022 01:00
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Siachen News & Discussion
- Replies: 3050
- Views: 503974
Re: Siachen News & Discussion
Dexter, isotope based RTG types are considered dangerous even in space probes and those isotopes are manufactured by very small bespoke fabrication labs in US (and earlier USSR). They are considered mostly for deep space probes beyond Mars. Kerosene is the primary heat source for almost all super-co...
- 27 Oct 2022 01:52
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3028854
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Doesn't look like Pakis are no position of demanding anything. I think you are thinking like a rational human here: pakis are in a good and familiar position. The GUBO one. Pakis in GUBO position demands all sorts of things and incredibly, the west indulges them. It boggles any sane person, but tha...
- 26 Oct 2022 21:44
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
- Replies: 1961
- Views: 774166
Re: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
Doesn't save any weight, rather adds a significant amount of weight. Allows to mount optics and accessories. That's it. Oh, did not know this adds extra weight. Is this specific to this offering? Because usually polymer and fiber based furniture shaves off some grams because it allows hollowed out ...
- 26 Oct 2022 21:38
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3028854
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Pakis seem to demanding their pound of flesh from west for distancing themselves from cheen (unlike Kaptaan who got too close). That pound of flesh seem to be access to western PR streams like in the good old days of GOAT and GUBO. Leicester, floods, FATF, climate change reparations, cricket brouhah...
- 26 Oct 2022 21:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5642
- Views: 1632193
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Additionally, one practices accommodating polytheism (no threat to host country and believes in coexistence) while the other practices totalitarian monotheism (dream of replacing the host country's religion and culture with one's own, and doesn't mind collaborating with hostile foreign agencies / c...
- 25 Oct 2022 19:02
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
- Replies: 1961
- Views: 774166
Re: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
From the poster, looks mostly modernised furniture and mounts. Might save a kilo or two while increasing service life of older models with worn out furniture and capable of mounting modern sights.ramana wrote:Thakur What is the net improvement of both the upgrades to the Dragonov and AK-47?
- 25 Oct 2022 18:38
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5642
- Views: 1632193
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
What I find hilarious and a bit pathetic is the Indian liberal mocking anyone celebrating Rishi Sunak’s very overt Hindu religiosity. Mostly with “Andh bhakts are happy over Rishi becoming PM, but not happy with Sonia becoming PM” My question back is would any western nation elect Sonia with her mea...
- 24 Oct 2022 20:24
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5642
- Views: 1632193
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Next on the menu - reparations. They can start with the Kohinoor. Plus a formal apology for Jallianwala Bagh. If that sounds unrealistic, just remember what Rishi Sunak just pulled off today. This too will come in due time. I would be happy if idiot Americans will wake up and stop giving Oscars to ...
- 24 Oct 2022 20:02
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5642
- Views: 1632193
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Well said Rakesh! This is indeed a symbolic event orchestrated by a higher power and it is not our time or place to do half-assed guess about what fate has in store for him or whether he will be a friend of India. But right now, we quietly celebrate the burial of Macaulay and his douchebag dialogues...
- 23 Oct 2022 07:51
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 381479
Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
Hu Jintao’s “medical emergency” excuse is being propped up mainly by a small bunch of surprisingly loud western analysts and journalists. The Chinese govt seems to be not bothered with giving any details and is treating it as a routine change of guard. Which pretty much tells us these western folks ...
- 23 Oct 2022 03:25
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Nuclear Submarines -3
- Replies: 2005
- Views: 587192
Re: Indian Nuclear Submarines -3
KSingh, what does the above post got to do with Arihant? That too right under a post by SSridhar asking for folks not to do thread deviation.
Use the appropriate thread if you want to respond to others
Use the appropriate thread if you want to respond to others
- 22 Oct 2022 21:59
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 381479
Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
Phew… Breathtaking. For a few days, there was an anxiety in me that Xi will be replaced by a wily visionary like Deng who puts China’s interests before his own. Fortunately Xitler did not disappoint. If Kaptaan can come back to power via his Long March against the smooth-khakis and with the blessing...
- 22 Oct 2022 06:10
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5642
- Views: 1632193
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Gautam I think RS should sit this one out. The problems facing the UK may not be solvable in the short run. This winter, Pakistan is going to hit the fan. People will be without heat and food, and the poor and elderly will die. Whoever is the PM, he/she will be blamed for this catastrophe. Labour w...
- 21 Oct 2022 03:32
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5642
- Views: 1632193
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Get Sewerella as UK PM, Save the world!
- 18 Oct 2022 03:15
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1344136
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Imran Khan upsets ruling coalition, wins majority of seats in Pakistan by-elections However, Khan’s Party faced a defeat in a vital seat of Multan, where Mehr Bano Qureshi, Pakistan’s former foreign minister Shah Moshmodd Qureshi's daughter, was defeated by Ali Musa Gilani, the country’s former pre...
- 14 Oct 2022 01:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1344136
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
recalls that Dr Henri Coanada, known as ‘the father of fluid dynamics’, commented that the water in Gilgit-Baltistan is the best in the world, referring to it as ‘the fountain of youth’. It is true. Qamar Bajwa came out looking like the Murphy Baby after his helicopter fell into the spring due to o...
- 14 Oct 2022 01:10
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
- Replies: 1756
- Views: 420400
Re: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
rsingh-saar, the RAPE classes embedded deep inside money-providing western establishments need to project a “now on hard times but still the only Islamic TFTA country” charade since Ayub Khan. The country is one big dusty shanty but RAPE provides a chikni-wall around the shanty town, while pickpocke...
- 13 Oct 2022 23:21
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5642
- Views: 1632193
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
KLPDubey, no questions on frock-fiction please. Just go with the holy dirge.
- 13 Oct 2022 22:24
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5642
- Views: 1632193
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
gakakkad…. Good to see you back, doc. Incase you haven’t, Google for “Vizhinjam protests church” to figure out why anthro-meteorologist wants be around my neck of woods. Summary: If a polar bear scratches its furry cold arse in Antarctica, it is blamed on evil Adani’s port project at Vizhinjam and i...
- 13 Oct 2022 21:33
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5642
- Views: 1632193
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
I already got clarification on what this means etc from sources who are doing damage control: this is just a fluff piece PR, since outflow of nurses has been accelerating since 2019. But point is this CMO post (which is as official as it gets) still claims “agreement between UK and Kerala” in the fi...
- 13 Oct 2022 21:10
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3028854
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
This should have been disposed off right at this two-bench level, instead we have this: "It (wearing of hijab) is a matter of choice, nothing more and nothing less,” Justice Dhulia, adding what weighed on his mind the most was whether we are making a girl student's life better by putting such r...
- 13 Oct 2022 20:58
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5642
- Views: 1632193
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
lady Sewerella (or is it Suarella?) might be balking and talking, but our “People’s Republic of Kerala” have already sent the tallest Komarade Kommissar yonder and clinched this sub-national deal: FB post Translation: “By grace of St Marx, We have signed agreement with albionese govt for allowing sm...
- 12 Oct 2022 23:31
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3028854
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
chetak, good to see you back :D Cyranoji, I think this is a common problem with BRF. This is my third incarnation in this forum, having lost my password, I had to register again and again. But as long as the atman is the same, it does not matter what name or form we assume while reincarnating. Gauta...
- 06 Oct 2022 21:36
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
- Replies: 2731
- Views: 1117080
Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Many times I keep wondering, how helpful would it have been if only the unspent budgets are retained with the defence forces. For very many years, govt. kept on showing huge defence layouts without spending most of the capex at the end of financial years. basant, from my conversations with both sid...
- 06 Oct 2022 21:04
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
- Replies: 2274
- Views: 865545
Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Also kit, can you not do 1) one liner replies by quoting bigger posts ? In this age of phone browsing, it is a pain when you keep doing that. I have requested you to not do that before too 2) posts in hot-pink fonts. If you want your posts to attract attention and be read, post something that makes ...
- 06 Oct 2022 01:47
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: BR Forum Feedback
- Replies: 1178
- Views: 337162
Re: BR Forum Feedback
naraswami, if you don’t like someone’s post, report it. If not, contest it with points. So dial down on sarcasm and engage in more productive posts.
No more explanation is needed nor forthcoming.
No more explanation is needed nor forthcoming.
- 01 Oct 2022 22:13
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8449
- Views: 3034455
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Buying a 40rs milk packet from a shop about 1km away is a pain for lots of folks. You either walk or use two wheeler. Then there is the charming thing in Bangalore called gridlock, which can add to fuel costs for driving. Then you get a parking like, further half kilometer away. The other option of ...
- 21 Sep 2022 18:50
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8805
- Views: 2480015
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
The chutzpah of pointing out reliability of Russia, a week after loading up Pakis with 400millions worth of F16 spares.
Fire up EAM Jaishankar! This needs another epic beating
Fire up EAM Jaishankar! This needs another epic beating
- 16 Sep 2022 19:48
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
- Replies: 2343
- Views: 1023497
Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
something to think about is what if the pakis had AIM 120Ds instead of the C5s Nothing to think about there. PAF fired five of the c5 miscalculating the opponent’s training and tactics. They would botch D series up too. AMRAAM C vs D range comparisons is moot because an opponent like IAF is not det...
- 16 Sep 2022 18:45
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
- Replies: 2343
- Views: 1023497
Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
The US State Dept is absolutely correct: the f16s of PAF are used mainly during anti-terror campaigns. The anti-terror campaigns of India. As a way to mission kill any ops. The F16s seem to be used primarily for: 1) doing advanced FLIR based ground surveillance of border areas against India, Afghani...