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A question for many members who follow this topic - how does the distribution of vaccines take place in India? Is there a transfer of custody from the Central Govt to State Govt doctors? Or is the vaccine shipped direct from the manufacturer to the vaccination centers? Who manages the cold storage r...

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- My view: Armed forces (IA/IAF) will be making preparations for deployment to somewhere in central asia in coalition with regional powers (if green light provided). I suspect Brigade level operation with some air cover. Primary task will be border security. This is quite incomprehensible to me. Bo...

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Thank you, Sir. Makes sense now.

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17 (like 5 and 19 GUARDS) is now a Recce & Support battalion -- it is meant to track enemy armored formations, and screen own armored formations.. Sir, can you please elaborate on the sscreening role? The word 'screen' suggests that the position and strength of own armor is obscured from the en...

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YIP, but my question is - would the PLA have resorted to a hot war to relieve pressure on Moldo garrison? I doubt it. But the chances of a local flare-up, with tanks basically 1 km separation at the Spanggur Gap could not have been ruled out. I am not sanguine about our infrastructure development, g...

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I also forgot to add - given that the PLA doesn't seem to be in the mood for a shooting war this time around, we could have reduced the defenses in depth around the Kailash Range, thereby saving money and material, while still maintaining our hold on the passes and key features. Yes, it's not sound ...

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Hi YIP, The fallacy with that argument is that China has NO reason to come to a final settlement on the border, especially one that is equitable to India, if it is not forced to do so. As power differential grows, especially projectable power by means of infrastructure development, map boundaries ca...

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* 4 and 6 Divs are now deployed in Eastern Ladakh along with two infantry divs from 1 Corps. YIP, the 4 and 6 Divisions ARE ex I Corps, so there are aren't any more Divisions from I Corps deployed in Ladakh. The article makes for depressing reading on two counts: 1. What has the deployment achieved...

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The extension of ACM Bhadauria's service would appear to be aimed at putting him in line for the CDS. But Gen. Rawat is due to retire only in Jan 2023, which would require another extension for ACM Bhadauria. If that doesn't happen, Gen. Naravane would be the senior most serving Chief and would be i...

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All CDS appointments will be by selection. This rotation bokwas will be ended. Ramana, on what basis are you making this claim? I can't see how this is feasible, especially since the CDS is now touted to be an operational head, rather than a first among equals appointment. At the time of the CDS po...

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ParGha wrote:O3-O8.

Sir, can you please correlate the numbers to ranks? Thank you.

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A discussion on the implications of the autonomy granted to the State Bank of Pakistan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xb270c7l4o

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I wonder if the first deployment of Kalyani M4 is going to be in Burtse to negate the PLA's vehicular advantage in arriving at Y- junction. The speed, gradient, slide slope, approach angle etc all seem to fit in with the terrain requirement. And in contrast to the Tata Kestrel, it does not have a ca...

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A link to this site was posted in the Armd Discussion thread because the author did an economic analysis of T-90 vs Arjun order. I found many other highly readable snippets and two podcasts with an individual who served in Indian intelligence agencies. It's worth listening to. https://espionage.subs...

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Only in Pakistan!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax61dBu-x6E&t=646s

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exam time folks 1. what is the greenish thingy midbarrel where the vented cover ends? 2. Blackish where the same cover in Q 1 starts? Is the green thing a sight correction and the black thing a housing for an accelerometer? I am wondering whether the low weight of the ULH requires additional positi...

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Sir, I don't understand the economics argument with long service troops, especially in light of our revenue budget straining our capital budget. Isn't that the reason the Services are pushing for nore Short Service Commissions? How is a model of 2 year conscription, with the soldiers going on to non...

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The Chinese recruitment, training and organization is geared for industrial-scale warfare. While it is a weakness in small-scale border-skirmishes and proxy-wars, its purpose is different. They can scale up 5x in manpower in six months. In contrast, Indian Army's recruitment, training and organizat...

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jamwal wrote:Thanks. So these are hinges for real. I am just surprised to see 4 of them attached to outer body. Either the drag an stealth penalty is negligible or they just don't care.

What about during ejection? Seems like a suboptimal arrangement.

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Thank you, Sir. Can you elaborate on this point below? Is there such a precedent anywhere? Would even a Bradley IFV have protection against RPGs? Wiki says that only recently they have got active countermeasures to defeat rockets and missiles. If you need to stop and clear the enemy, you need someth...

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Probably not (fwiw, there are around 3000 front-line tanks, not 4K). About 20-30% of the Armoured Regiments may end up being converted to Armoured Infantry battalions, and another 20% may end up as light armored regiments and/or RSTA regiments. Don’t be surprised if the Brigade of the Guards begins...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHGjVWDM1dc

Gen. Ata Hasnain explains his hybrid warfare framework of Chinese actions in Ladakh. His take on Pakistan's collusive potential in info warfare is instructive.

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Posting this here for 2 reasons - (i) the topic is about the degree of influence CCP has in various bodies including universities and (ii) the letter of support lists the names of 153 scholars studying the CCP influence, which can be useful for us to follow their writings. https://www.europeanvalues...

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https://theprint.in/opinion/in-35c-the- ... na/514234/

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As for a previous poster noting strategic goals running counter to other nations' sovereignty, that's often the case in geopolitics, isn't it? It's a common obstacle, and the way to overcome it is power, hard or soft. No!!! Strategic goals running counter to other countries' strategic goals is comm...

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https://youtu.be/ecuaJaL3TFw

Here's an interesting incident near Thangla in 1999, during the Kargil war. More of the same chut****apa from the Chinese.

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I had an 'a-ha' moment now. For a while now, veterans in the media have been pointing out that the Galwan response by India has given the Chinese pause. I wondered how a spontaneous tactical action by IA could have such strategic ramifications. Until I put it in our own context. In 1962, Gen. Kaul w...

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My response as a Chinese strategist 6. India will not dare escalate by bringing in the Navy and diplomatic talks will be initiated soon as there is any danger of the IN being used. We will control Indian domestic opinion and combine the diplomatic option with the military actions to prevent an all ...

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In the Nitin Gokhale interview, AVM Subramanian (R) says that the Chinese seem much more comfortable with "soft-kills" at worst i.e. cyber attacks, info wars, maybe satellite kills, and are reluctant to get into a no-holds barred fight. It doesn't sit well with the image the CCP wants to p...

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How does square with our capabilities sir? Can we pull all this off simultaneously? I am no expert at this, Sachin, but I think with stand-off weapons from the IAF and the willingness to take casualties it's possible i.e. a severe degradation in their Rutok, Sirijap and Ngari garrisons and they won...

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KL Dubey wrote:You are taking it too seriously. The participants are not Indian goremint representatives. They're just discussing their personal views.

Trial balloons and opinion shaping is never done by Govt. employees. In any case, I hope I am wrong and that we stare China down like never before.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIdSXzxGJMw Useful discussion, but it disappoints me because it seems to be paving the room to prepare Indian public opinion for concessions ('give and take', 'bold political action'). If India now compromises under the threat of force, we will take a body blow in cr...

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I will hold the PLAAF in a defensive role in the western sector due to payload penalties, etc. I will attack in the eastern sector using strategic bombers taking off from Chengdu or Lijiang to target areas bordering South Tibet (I will not bomb Arunachal since it is my territory with my people, but...

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Regarding combat experience, or lack of, of higher ranked officers: Unless we are talking about a large scale (in both time and space) war, with a lot of fluidity, I think this lack of full scale war experience is not really a lacunae. Where terrain dictates what is possible in terms of objectives a...

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Regarding the Pakistani plan of forcing India to war now by including Gilgit Baltistan as their province; we only need to remind ourselves that in 1971, another province of Pakistan was liberated at a time and place of our choosing.

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Mody, 2 essential things PLA got right in 1962. They concentrated 1 Division behind Thagla ridge to face our 7 Bde in Arunachal Pradesh, which frontline units suspected but our higher command didn't believe. They had plenty of time to observe our deployment and plan their attack. Secondly, their att...

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I get your point. However. Thank you KLN Murthy, for elaborating, without any defensiveness or rancour. It's clear to me now and I appreciate you taking the time to spell out your reasoning patiently. I will admit that the Chinese actions grate on me equally. We are all in this together and though ...

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https://www.claws.in/loc-isation-of-lac-pragmatic-appreciation/ Worth reading this article by Lt. Gen. Rakesh Sharma (R), ex-GOC 14 Corps, in full. Some snippets: The LOC has sectors in high altitude, and in certain sub-sectors in super high altitude. Along the LOC there is precipitation, the exist...

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Ok, I read this rant and am still "head-scratching". Cleo Pascal says that the Indian reaction to Chinese hegemony, is in many respects, ahead of the rest of the world. She particularly singles out 3 Indian think-tanks by name and recommends that people go to the source directly since thes...

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https://theprint.in/ilanomics/end-the-domination-of-public-sector-banks-not-simply-recapitalise-them-thats-true-reform/510501/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sglqZkUvr3o Placing these two links here for critical appraisal by our forum's economics experts. Prof. Patnaik elaborates on her article in...

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