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by putnanja
13 Dec 2020 17:59
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Project 75I - It Begins
Replies: 1844
Views: 591051

Re: Project 75I - It Begins

What prevents scorpene from offering a much better price as they already have most of the infrastructure/logistics established for current batch of 6? Ideally would have liked another order of 6 with upgrades
by putnanja
13 Dec 2020 17:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8808
Views: 2487598

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

This is in relevance to Hindus and Bharat. Hopefully, opindia writers would start differentiating as such instead of making it a Modi issue. Blow to anti-Modi ‘Minorities under attack’ narrative as US rejects USCIRF comments accusing India of violating religious freedom of minorities https://www.op...
by putnanja
27 Nov 2020 08:13
Forum: Military Issues Archive
Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
Replies: 3885
Views: 1874830

Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019

Is there any update on how Mk1A is progressing?
by putnanja
25 Nov 2020 07:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2837053

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Mod Warning : My mother was diagnosed with Covid last month. She had gone out once, to the market and that was enough ! The family physician immediately put her on Azithromycin even before the positive report. Given the situation at hospitals in kolkata we decided to go for home treatment after a d...
by putnanja
23 Nov 2020 16:33
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: HJT-36 Sitara Intermediate Jet Trainer: News & Discussion - 24 April 2019
Replies: 177
Views: 99047

Re: HJT-36 Sitara Intermediate Jet Trainer: News & Discussion - 24 April 2019

From Tarmak007's FB post ... Modified IJT commences spin flight testing (Unedited Press Release( The indigenous Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT) designed and developed by HAL to replace the ageing Kiran aircraft fleet of the IAF commenced spin flight testing in Bengaluru. The flight was piloted by HAL...
by putnanja
23 Nov 2020 15:20
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: OFB, MoD Companies: News & Discussion
Replies: 338
Views: 114256

Re: OFB, MoD Companies Discussion Thread

Surat to make fabric for uniforms of tri-services
Surat’s textile industry receives orders to manufacture 10 lakh metre of fabric for uniforms of Army, Navy and Air Force; delivery to be done by Jan 2021. Till now the fabrics were imported from China, Korea and Taiwan.

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by putnanja
20 Nov 2020 11:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2020 US election results discussion
Replies: 901
Views: 127803

Re: 2020 US election results discussion

Its extremely instructive to see how folks who loudly castigate this GOI on patriotism and loudly bemoan how India does nothing, is yet to develop decision making capability etc at the same time give a free pass to KH and JB for their prior actions, stating they are politicians and hence need not h...
by putnanja
20 Nov 2020 09:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
Replies: 2848
Views: 949826

Re: Terroristan - November 11, 2019

IA was very clear there wasn't any cross border strikes on 18th/19th. They haven't made any statement on any strikes or not at earlier dates
by putnanja
20 Nov 2020 08:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2020 US election results discussion
Replies: 901
Views: 127803

Re: 2020 US election results discussion

Despite seeing the pandering done to Islamists, and explicit opposition to internal affairs of India like CAA/Art 370 etc, some still think these politicians will be pro-India, and want India to work extra harder to win them over. If this is not groveling, don't know what it is. Its laughable someon...
by putnanja
19 Nov 2020 09:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2020 US election results discussion
Replies: 901
Views: 127803

Re: 2020 US election results discussion

Read about Kamala Harris' rise in CA as public official. I wouldn't use her tactics as a role model for any young girl! That would be downright disgusting. There is a whole chapter on Kamala Harris' shennanigans in "Profiles in Corruption" book. Read the article fully and it has lots more ...
by putnanja
13 Nov 2020 12:46
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018
Replies: 3611
Views: 1263516

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018

After the initial hiccup, MDL is churning out subs in regular interval without any major delay. Hope this becomes another manufacturing success story like HAL Dhruv and we continue in the similar fashion for a few dozen more. True that, I wish we had placed a follow-on order for at least another 3 ...
by putnanja
09 Nov 2020 08:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Biden Presidency impacts on India
Replies: 256
Views: 57387

Re: Biden Presidency impacts on India

Wow! The second most powerful officials in both the US and the UK are persons of Indian origin! (Kamala Harris and Rishi Sunak) This might be inspirational for Americans of Indian origin in US, but what's there to be proud of for India? Just because she has Indian genes, some people act as though s...
by putnanja
08 Nov 2020 09:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Biden Presidency impacts on India
Replies: 256
Views: 57387

Re: Biden Presidency impacts on India

Even for China, if Biden is going to avoid confrontation like Trump did and go for negotiations, its easy for them to go easy on the Quad and other initiatives. So they really don't need India for that, or will use India more as a pawn in their negotiations with China. It will be back to status quo ...
by putnanja
08 Nov 2020 09:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2020 US election results discussion
Replies: 901
Views: 127803

Re: 2020 US election results discussion

Stop baiting other posters in this thread. You are expected to setba positive example and not a negative one. Kindly close this thread already. These America based posters forget that this is Bharat Rakshak forum and here you are supposed to write from India's national security viewpoint. But then ...
by putnanja
04 Nov 2020 11:13
Forum: Military Issues Archive
Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
Replies: 3885
Views: 1874830

Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019

Does Dynamatics produce the composite skins too or is it supplied by HAL? I think the next step would be fitting in more items in the front fuselage and deliver to HAL for final integration
by putnanja
17 Oct 2020 15:30
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5266
Views: 1801105

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

China insists Indians vacate Chushul heights, India says clear Pangong north China’s insistence on India vacating its advanced positions on the south bank of Pangong Tso as a precursor to discussions on Delhi’s demand for status quo ante of April has emerged as the new sticking point in efforts to ...
by putnanja
17 Oct 2020 11:54
Forum: Military Issues Archive
Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
Replies: 3885
Views: 1874830

Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019

Tsarkar ji thats the wrong conclusion to draw from that. Only if you place orders of reasonable and sizeable quality can you enable production tool chains. Im sure you would agree it is stupid and foolish to think one can make a production chain without producing sizeable quantities. To answer this...
by putnanja
12 Oct 2020 09:42
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5266
Views: 1801105

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

I think we do hold Black Top, but not the regular IA but SFF. Its held by Tibetians and not India in a way. I know its a play on words, but I think its possibly due to not wantng to give out whole truth. It could be a bargaining chip for Chinese to go back to Apr 2020 positions. Yes, Chinese occupie...
by putnanja
11 Oct 2020 09:14
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Replies: 5960
Views: 2333263

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018

More pictures of NGARM missile from twitter account of @palaksharmanews https://twitter.com/Palaksharmanews/status/1314582171957387266 Unseen images of today's 'Rudram' Anti-Radiation Missile test by @DRDO_India @nawegate @DefenceMinIndia @IndiaAheadNews https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej5VgXUVoAMf_3v?f...
by putnanja
30 Sep 2020 11:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
Replies: 6236
Views: 1796214

Re: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)

Interesting thought indeed. David ji, India has a choice of four or five weaker neighbors to pick fights with and deflect domestic attention. So Modi picked the strongest budding superpower neighbor and did "aggression" against it, at a time when that neighbor has a roaring economy and In...
by putnanja
24 Sep 2020 08:00
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018
Replies: 3611
Views: 1263516

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018

Whatever happened to the mine sweepers? If I remember right, we were supposed to get some South Korean ones and that contract got cancelled too.
by putnanja
22 Sep 2020 18:14
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5266
Views: 1801105

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

India-China faceoff: Worst-case scenario becoming 'new normal' in eastern Ladakh? ... The divergences are plentiful. From preposterous Chinese requests for the Indian Army and ITBP to move its bases westward from Finger 4 at Pangong Tso to refusing to even discuss the Depsang standoff, to no acknow...
by putnanja
21 Sep 2020 08:07
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018
Replies: 3611
Views: 1263516

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 03 July 2018

Received via Whatsapp ------------------------- *FISHING IN TROUBLED WATERS - A SUBMARINER’S STORY* ...  Thanks for sharing. Very gripping tale. Reminded me of watching movie U571 where they too are diving and approaching Red line. Salute to the unsung warriors who put their life on the line everyt...
by putnanja
20 Sep 2020 21:53
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Military Helicopters
Replies: 5318
Views: 2152590

Re: Indian Military Helicopters

A good write up on LUH from Ananth Krishnan

Rotor Recap: The Light Utility Helicopter story so far...
by putnanja
16 Sep 2020 12:24
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion
Replies: 1961
Views: 776230

Re: Small Armaments & Infantry Equipment - News & Discussion

Looks like the AD guns contract has been cancelled too ... Carbines, Anti Air Systems for Indian Army to be made in India after MoD cancels import In a special meeting held on Tuesday, chaired by the Defence Secretary, it has been decided that plans to procure close quarter carbines from a UAE based...
by putnanja
14 Sep 2020 18:16
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5266
Views: 1801105

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

Calm before the storm ... ? Nitin Gokhale's tweets ... https://twitter.com/nitingokhale/status/1305477242131083264 While the exact date of the next Corps Commanders level talks in Ladakh is awaited, Indian formations are on highest alert all along Eastern Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pr...
by putnanja
13 Sep 2020 14:52
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5266
Views: 1801105

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi99LGg3-XrAhXQb30KHUoaAbAQFjAAegQIARAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theindianhawk.com%2F2020%2F09%2Findia-china-troops-within-shooting-range-at-spanggur-gap.html&usg=AOvVaw0PS7r...
by putnanja
13 Sep 2020 11:33
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5266
Views: 1801105

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

Not sure how credible it is, but looks like there were fresh clashes on Friday night Ladakh Standoff: Fresh clashes at Pangong Tso, Indian Army repulses PLA attack on Black Top In a serious escalation that could further worsen the already tense situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Lad...
by putnanja
11 Sep 2020 11:33
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5266
Views: 1801105

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

Baba's and other twitter handlers reporting that chinese tried to intrude into finger 3 area yesterday night when the FMs of India china were meeting. #BREAKING : At the time when the foreign ministers of India and China were talking in Russia last night , at the same time PLA tried to move its troo...
by putnanja
10 Sep 2020 14:20
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5266
Views: 1801105

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

There is an article in the Rag - The Print - worth a glance mainly for the fairly detailed map it provides. https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/newsindia/why-indian-troops-secured-kailash-range-crestline-and-the-importance-of-chushul-bowl/ar-BB18T7FS?ocid=msedgntp#image=1 The map provides a good perspec...
by putnanja
10 Sep 2020 13:41
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Military Helicopters
Replies: 5318
Views: 2152590

Re: Indian Military Helicopters

What is the increase in payload of LUH at siachen compared to Cheetah? From Sonam post for e.g.?
by putnanja
09 Sep 2020 20:15
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5266
Views: 1801105

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

Didnt find this analysis posted earlier, so here it goes, https://theprint.in/opinion/india-sits-on-black-top-with-helmet-under-its-boots-a-1962-tactics-by-china-is-now-likely/498462/ India sits on Black Top with Helmet under its boots. by LT GEN H S PANAG (RETD) ... Lt Gen H S Panag PVSM, AVSM (R)...
by putnanja
08 Sep 2020 14:45
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5266
Views: 1801105

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

Looks like India occupied one more post near Chushul this Monday, as per GT and the chinese troops might now be close to this post https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1303034754724278272 The #Indian army again illegally crossed the Line of Actual Control in Shenpao mountain near the south ban...
by putnanja
08 Sep 2020 14:42
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5266
Views: 1801105

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

Manu Pubby and couple of other handles reporting same issue

https://twitter.com/manupubby/status/13 ... 8031933440
Close quarter standoff near the Mukhpari peak in Chushul continues.

40 PLA soldiers take up positions very close to an India forward post.

Situation very tense.
by putnanja
08 Sep 2020 14:03
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5266
Views: 1801105

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

What is the Doval statement that is supposedly put out by Chinese mouthpieces that our MEA denied? Also, did India occupy any additional points in Chushul area that the chinese tried to grab back? Also did anyone read their statement on "chinese troops trying to negotiate" in the night? I ...
by putnanja
03 Sep 2020 20:42
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1606963

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

Gen Ved Prakash on twitter
No LAC 'perceptions' issues hereafter. It is free for all in the so-called 'disputed areas', along the deliberately kept un-delineated LAC by China.
It had to happen sooner or later.
by putnanja
02 Sep 2020 23:00
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1606963

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

bhailog..garma garam news from my good frnd Tsering who is a rifleman in L scouts..'saar order hi ki agar haalat kharab ho raha hai ho to fire khol do ".. he is convinced that there was goola baari in the recent skirmish... Gloves are coming off. China now has to realize that any further provo...
by putnanja
01 Sep 2020 18:37
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1606963

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

As per baba's tweet ...

https://twitter.com/drapr007/status/1300773693094653952
Just for your knowledge

The Indian Army has also captured the Spanggur Gap, the Spanggur Lake and the Chinese road along its shore in eastern Ladakh.
by putnanja
01 Sep 2020 13:04
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1606963

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

Shiv Aroor reports... https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/india-chinese-tanks-firing-distance-pangong-tso-lac-tense-1717334-2020-09-01 ... According to sources, Indian and Chinese tanks have been stationed within firing distance of each other even as fresh military talks continue for the second da...
by putnanja
01 Sep 2020 09:59
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1606963

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

Interesting thread on twitter https://twitter.com/reportersujan/status/1300385652106620929 Making sense of the topography in which the clashes between the Indian and Chinese militaries happened on the night of August 29/30. Here goes: The Pangong Tso is a boomerang-shaped lake. Like a wide 'V'. At i...