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- 18 Aug 2023 09:18
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses
- Replies: 551
- Views: 206683
Re: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses
What I am trying to say is its BRF that first spotted the CPC decline. In 2021. Others joined later. BTW all these folks want to guide your thoughts exactly as you have written. From my own post of Oct 9, 2021 , If you look at Chinese history, imperial dynasties collapsed whenever they embarked on ...
- 17 Aug 2023 06:35
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Joint Military Exercises: News & Discussion
- Replies: 603
- Views: 210063
Re: Joint Military Exercises: News & Discussion
IAF to host mega multilateral air exercise next year The Indian Air Force (IAF) will host a mega multilateral military exercise next year that was originally planned for October. The exercise, 'Tarang Shakti', is likely to be held in the middle of 2024 as a number of participating air forces convey...
- 17 Aug 2023 05:17
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018
- Replies: 2805
- Views: 1384009
Re: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018
SpaceX to launch 2 Starlink missions 5 hours apart - Space.com It will be the 13th and 15th launches and landings for the Falcon 9s flying on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, according to SpaceX. Those are impressive numbers, but they aren't reuse records: Two different Falcon 9 first stages h...
- 17 Aug 2023 05:09
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018
- Replies: 2805
- Views: 1384009
Re: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018
Same as why some Optical Earth Observation satellites are placed at GEO. To constantly monitor a certain area.
SAR will have the advantage of penetrating cloud cover.
- 16 Aug 2023 08:06
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
- Replies: 1354
- Views: 677960
- 15 Aug 2023 04:16
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Happy Independence Day - 15 August 2023!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21704
Re: Happy Independence Day - 15 August 2023!
Happy Independence Day all. Jai Hind.
- 14 Aug 2023 19:14
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
- Replies: 1354
- Views: 677960
Re: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
Thanks, S^3 & AG on LRA. I am aware of that and was not referring to that. I was referring to ranging the CY3 itself as it orbits the moon now in order to precisely determine the orbit. Satellites in earth bound orbits are increasingly being ranged through lasers with retroreflctors on the body ...
- 14 Aug 2023 11:29
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
- Replies: 1354
- Views: 677960
Re: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
Also, laser-ranging through laser retro-reflectors affixed on spacecraft. Don't know if CY3 carries any.
- 14 Aug 2023 07:05
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
- Replies: 1354
- Views: 677960
Re: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
There are quite a few theories about the water source on the lunar surface. The solar wind, meteorite and asteroid theories are three of them. Both meteorites and asteroids contain ice and their impacts could have left a lot of it at the permanently shadowed bottom part of the craters, especially in...
- 13 Aug 2023 13:14
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4402
- Views: 1296374
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Balochistan: Chinese company's convoy comes under attack near Gwadar. Heavy firing, explosions heard.
Details awaited.
Details awaited.
- 12 Aug 2023 13:33
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Joint Military Exercises: News & Discussion
- Replies: 603
- Views: 210063
Re: Joint Military Exercises: News & Discussion
India, Japan, U.S., Australia hold naval exercise off Sydney coast - Nikkei Asia SYDNEY (Reuters) -- India, Japan, the United States and Australia will hold the Malabar navy exercise off the coast of Sydney on Friday, the first time the war games previously held in the Indian Ocean have taken place...
- 12 Aug 2023 13:07
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
- Replies: 1029
- Views: 671525
Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
ISRO Conducts Drogue Parachute Deployment Tests for Gaganyaan Mission August 11, 2023 Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)/ISRO, successfully conducted a series of Drogue Parachute Deployment Tests at the Rail Track Rocket Sled (RTRS) facility of the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory, Chandiga...
- 07 Aug 2023 15:10
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
- Replies: 2732
- Views: 1092655
Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
How can 2 reports give such wildly conflicting timelines? Chances are one or both of them are clueless/lying My understanding is as follows: First prototype planned to be rolled out by December 2023. First flight by December 2024. 4 prototypes would be built and all tests would be completed by Dece...
- 05 Aug 2023 15:50
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4402
- Views: 1296374
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
SCMP Reports: Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan given 3-year prison sentence: ‘Don’t sit at home silently’, he urges supporters Khan’s political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said in a statement they had already filed another appeal to the Supreme Court earlier on Saturday. The conviction came just ...
- 05 Aug 2023 15:40
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4402
- Views: 1296374
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
OK, finally where would he end up at the end of Kot Lakhpat incarceration, Jeddah or Jahannum?
It's the same precise cycle all over again in TSP, isn't it? Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
It's the same precise cycle all over again in TSP, isn't it? Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
- 05 Aug 2023 15:32
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 360371
Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
Utter Disaster.
- 04 Aug 2023 18:11
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India's Polar Engagement: News & Discussion
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3785
Re: India's Polar Engagement: News & Discussion
Are we speaking of just Antarctic south polar region, or also north polar region? The north polar region seems to be a focus of increasing competition among the major powers. The heavy Russian investment in development of northern sea routes, including building of various large bases, and hydrocarb...
- 04 Aug 2023 14:10
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Urgent need for a Pakistan desk/Pakistan chair in India
- Replies: 61
- Views: 9770
Re: Urgent need for a Pakistan desk/Pakistan chair in India
There has been nothing that bested BRf of those days.
The first post of every Terroristan thread has distilled knowledge of that.
- 04 Aug 2023 07:10
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Urgent need for a Pakistan desk/Pakistan chair in India
- Replies: 61
- Views: 9770
Re: Urgent need for a Pakistan desk/Pakistan chair in India
In India, Pakistan occupies very little Indian focus these days. We need multiple Chairs on China.
- 04 Aug 2023 06:44
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India's Polar Engagement: News & Discussion
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3785
Re: India's Polar Engagement: News & Discussion
India to have its first polar research vessel in five years: Union minister Kiren Rijiju - PTI India aims to have its first Polar Research Vessel (PRV) in the next five years in order to sustain its bases in Antarctica, Union Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Thursday. Replying to a quer...
- 04 Aug 2023 06:40
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India's Polar Engagement: News & Discussion
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3785
Re: India's Polar Engagement: News & Discussion
I am starting this new topic as the polar regions begin to gain more strategic importance, especially the Arctic. While there is a fairly robust system of treaties governing Antarctica (India joined the Treaty in c. 1983), the Arctic is largely governed by the eight-member Arctic Council. India join...
- 04 Aug 2023 06:39
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India's Polar Engagement: News & Discussion
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3785
Re: India's Polar Engagement: News & Discussion
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- 04 Aug 2023 06:39
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India's Polar Engagement: News & Discussion
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3785
India's Polar Engagement: News & Discussion
The Sino-Russian partnership has expanded not only qualitatively, but also geographically with some of their interaction reaching the Arctic Circle. In April 2019, Russia announced plans to connect the Northern Sea Route, along which Moscow plans to begin year-round navigation in 2022-2023 with Chin...
- 03 Aug 2023 18:03
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses
- Replies: 551
- Views: 206683
Re: Challenge of China_ Political, Economic & Military Responses
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202308/1295575.shtml After Indo-Pacific and Quad the Northeast concerns for the Emperor The hubris got the better of the Chinese. That’s driving all major powers to the opposite camp. I am referring to the arrogant statement by the Chinese last year that the Taiwan S...
- 02 Aug 2023 04:17
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 360371
Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
Which institution will provide the succession leadership? It has to come from core CPC leadership. I do not foresee a Yuan Shikai type of power usurpation by PLA. Warlords in China have ruled here and there even in Imperial times. But, Emperor has to establish a dynasty and continue it. CPC is a we...
- 01 Aug 2023 15:21
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 360371
Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
SSridahr, About two years back I suggested CPC is another Chinese dynasty and XJP is one of its most powerful Emperors. All emperors fade away. Do we have the contours of his successor? Will it be another CPC or PLA or like in Communist regimes an Internal Security person?* ramana, I agree with you...
- 01 Aug 2023 11:24
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 360371
Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
BTW Qin Gang or Chin Gang is being rehabilitated as his references are being put back. That itself is a topic for analysis! Was QG always in Foreign Ministry? ramana, the references are being put back because the Foreign Ministry scrubbed clean all references to QG as though he never existed. Then ...
- 31 Jul 2023 15:56
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4402
- Views: 1296374
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Police suspect Daesh involved in deadly suicide attack on JUI-F Bajaur rally I am not surprised, Gautam. The attack was on JUI-F, the guy Fazl-ur-Rehman who played a role in supplying men & material to the Al Qaeda, Taliban & the TTP. The guy organized a baiyat ceremony at Peshawar just the...
- 31 Jul 2023 06:29
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4402
- Views: 1296374
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Another Scam in the making. Cash-strapped Pakistan approves projects worth billions of dollars to Gulf countries for investment purpose In a major development, cash-strapped Pakistan has in principle approved 28 projects worth billions of dollars that would be offered to Gulf countries for investmen...
- 30 Jul 2023 07:37
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
- Replies: 1029
- Views: 671525
Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
It was a dedicated launch for Singapore. The PS4 stage would be deorbited as a responsible spacefaring nation to reduce orbital debris. In July 2022, ISRO set up a comprehensive SDA (Space Domain Awareness) facility known as ISRO System for Safe and Sustainable Operation (IS4OM) for ‘safeguarding In...
- 29 Jul 2023 17:32
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Transition from Indic to Post-Indic in South East Asia-1
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3878
Re: Exploring Indic links to East Asia-1
Remnants of curry dating back 1,800 years found on stone tools in Southeast Asia is oldest outside India - SCMP Forget references India and Pakistan (huh?), the article is interesting. An international team has uncovered the oldest evidence of curry outside India and shown the historical significan...
- 29 Jul 2023 17:02
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4402
- Views: 1296374
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Pakistan should give up agriculture and become a proper slaughter house with a fully meat based diet. Agree. After all, rice, wheat & vegetables are for the SDRE and the TFTA need to discard these, shouldn't they? That was what Jinnah said justifying why the Hindus and the Muslims of the insuff...
- 29 Jul 2023 08:18
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
- Replies: 1029
- Views: 671525
Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
The primary concern in a human space flight is reliability, in my view. Cost, optimization, jazz,sophistication, hi-tech etc. come second to it. Of course, nobody tries immature technologies on critical projects like Gaganyaan. They are not needed too as they would be rare events. The bread-and-but...
- 29 Jul 2023 06:57
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
- Replies: 1029
- Views: 671525
Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
ISROs ambit or mission is to support India’s space requirements - be it satellites or launches. Commercial launches are an after thought. Yes, it makes a tidy side income with these launches, but that’s not the main purpose. This is opposed to SpaceX which is an out and out commercial venture that ...
- 28 Jul 2023 17:36
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
- Replies: 1029
- Views: 671525
Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
In my opinion ISRO is optimising for costs rather than payload as they probably have a curve where it makes more sense to do so given the falling prices for payload in the launch market. SpaceX uses maraging steel as well. Whatever it is, we have to think of booster reuse sooner than later to reduc...
- 28 Jul 2023 17:04
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 360371
Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
Yeah, no need to speculate, but we can analyze perhaps. IMO, if there was a power struggle or factional feud, that should have happened during the meeting at Beidaihe several weeks before the 20th Congress when the new positions and inductees would have been discussed among the very top. We remember...
- 27 Jul 2023 05:49
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
- Replies: 1158
- Views: 683101
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Way back when Avinash Chander was DRDO Chief, there was a project dubbed XR-SAM. There were two variants of XR-SAM then talked about. One with 250 km range another with 400 km range. XR-SAM could engage aircraft, cruise missiles, UAVs/Drones and even hostile ballistic targets. XR-SAM was supposed to...
- 27 Jul 2023 05:44
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
- Replies: 1354
- Views: 677960
Re: Chandrayaan 3: Launch and Discussions
^ The photo was captured using a Polish Telescope.
- 26 Jul 2023 13:53
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 360371
Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
Qin Gang has been replaced by Wang Yi as the foreign minister, he has been missing for a month, supposedly health reasons There are also other rumours within China such as an affair, and having an out-of-wedlock child both contrary to Confucian values, which XJP is trying to instil. In other words,...
- 18 Jul 2023 16:13
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
- Replies: 1029
- Views: 671525
Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
Mystery object that washed up on Australian coast is 'upper-stage engine from Indian rocket' - AP/ToI Authorities in Canberra are currently investigating whether a cylindrical object, resembling a small car, that washed up on a remote Australian beach is space debris from a foreign rocket. The disc...