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- 24 Aug 2015 16:59
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: MBT Arjun - News and Discussions
- Replies: 1820
- Views: 574801
Re: MBT Arjun - News and Discussions
Viv S wrote: No, the 'main point' was your assertion that Arjun exports were a non-starter while the Dhruv had a huge amount of export potential. The curious thing is, only one those two would compete with a Russian product in the export market. I suppose its a 'coincidence' that its the same one t...
- 24 Aug 2015 15:04
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: West Asia News and Discussions (YEMEN, gulf)
- Replies: 4734
- Views: 678961
Re: West Asia News and Discussions
So Turkey aided the formation of the 'Islamic State', than a month or so ago, the Turks asked IS to attack the leftist pro-Kurdish students/activists in Suruc. Turkey then works out a deal with the US where the US is allowed to use Incirlik Air Base. In return Turkey gets a carte blanche from the US...
- 21 Aug 2015 12:25
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: West Asia News and Discussions (YEMEN, gulf)
- Replies: 4734
- Views: 678961
Re: West Asia News and Discussions
Leaked photo of naked Kurdish PKK female fighter sparks online furor Quote: After being shot dead by the Turks, Kevser Elturk – who used the nom de guerre Ekin Van – was stripped naked and photographed. Leaked images of her battered corpse have gone viral, with Kurdish activists furious at the attem...
- 21 Aug 2015 11:41
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-2014)
- Replies: 4147
- Views: 884058
- 20 Aug 2015 15:54
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: West Asia News and Discussions (YEMEN, gulf)
- Replies: 4734
- Views: 678961
Re: West Asia News and Discussions
Modi Makes New Strategic Inroads in the UAE In the UAE, Narendra Modi lays the foundations for a strong partnership between New Delhi and Abu Dhabi. http://thediplomat.com/2015/08/modi-makes-new-strategic-inroads-in-the-uae/ Quote: The two sides also agreed to expand their cooperation on defense mat...
- 18 Aug 2015 11:14
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: MBT Arjun - News and Discussions
- Replies: 1820
- Views: 574801
Re: MBT Arjun - News and Discussions
Export of the Arjun tank can not be allowed by the Congress/'leftist' parties, not because of 'ahimsa' or whatever, but because export orders too would help create an indigenous defense industry. Export of the Arjun tank would also cause the Indian public to wonder why the army/government of other c...
- 16 Aug 2015 14:36
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-July 10, 2015
- Replies: 2850
- Views: 352633
Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-July 10,
RajeshA wrote: All our wars with Pakistan were before Islam turned into "Islamists without boundaries" and "digital Islam". Yes we can counter that too if we all adopt the Kshatriya way of the ancient times, but as things stand, Bharat in its current avatar, i.e. India, may bite...
- 08 Aug 2015 09:59
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: West Asia News and Discussions (YEMEN, gulf)
- Replies: 4734
- Views: 678961
Re: West Asia News and Discussions
The link to the article posted by Falijee is not working, here is the correct link:
Saudi Arabia Might Just Have Blinked In The Oil War
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timtreadgol ... e-oil-war/
Saudi Arabia Might Just Have Blinked In The Oil War
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timtreadgol ... e-oil-war/
- 05 Aug 2015 23:49
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-July 10, 2015
- Replies: 2850
- Views: 352633
Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-July 10,
KLNMurthy wrote: May I ask why? Is there a forum policy to exclude or limit consideration of psychological aspects relating to pakistan? Much of intelligence involves 'getting into the mind' of the opponent/enemy. You aim for a psychological profile/description of behavior as accurately (nuanced) a...
- 05 Aug 2015 21:31
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-July 10, 2015
- Replies: 2850
- Views: 352633
Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-July 10,
The Abrahamic religions (and the resultant civilisations) and Indic faiths like Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism asked themselves a key question about power and its durability. They came to opposite conclusions. Both recognised the transient nature of individual power — ultimately we all die, powerle...
- 05 Aug 2015 20:50
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-July 10, 2015
- Replies: 2850
- Views: 352633
Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-July 10,
RajeshA wrote: The thing to ask is why is Ms C Fair so engrossed with the situation in "Sooth Asia". What goes of her father? She is active obviously because she and her sponsors have an agenda. American interest is simple to understand. Put pressure on Pakistan so that Pakistan is willin...
- 05 Aug 2015 14:01
- Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
- Topic: Abdul Kalam passes away Oct 15, 1931 - July 27, 2015
- Replies: 222
- Views: 82400
Re: Abdul Kalam passes away Oct 15, 1931 - July 27, 2015
APJ Abdul Kalam didn't even own fridge or air conditioner APJ Abdul Kalam has left an indelible mark on the hearts and minds of Indians in a manner few other public figures have in recent memory. In death he achieved the kind of acclaim in people's hearts that politicians covet but may never come cl...
- 05 Aug 2015 13:54
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Many dead, including Police SP in Gurdaspur Terror attack
- Replies: 1054
- Views: 135274
Re: Many dead, including Police SP in Gurdaspur Terror attac
After Ajmal Kasab, another terrorist captured alive in J&K's Udhampur; 3 civilians rescued
http://zeenews.india.com/news/jammu-and ... 41809.html
http://zeenews.india.com/news/jammu-and ... 41809.html
- 02 Aug 2015 21:01
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Many dead, including Police SP in Gurdaspur Terror attack
- Replies: 1054
- Views: 135274
Re: Many dead, including Police SP in Gurdaspur Terror attac
Shreeman wrote: We think bakistan related oddities are novelties like dasheri mangos, unique. Take a look at the hispanic immigration problem and associated crimes -- drugs, money, slavery. The lot. It will take some serious sacrifice on someones part to disturb the steady downhill status quo, but ...
- 02 Aug 2015 18:50
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Many dead, including Police SP in Gurdaspur Terror attack
- Replies: 1054
- Views: 135274
Re: Many dead, including Police SP in Gurdaspur Terror attac
KLNMurthy wrote (page 17): Mods excuse the gustaak, but Harpal Bector's posts actually have valuable information. If his posts here are typical of Indian bureaucratic thought processes as he was suggesting, it gives us some clues as to the character and intellectual propensities that have been driv...
- 31 Jul 2015 03:13
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Many dead, including Police SP in Gurdaspur Terror attack
- Replies: 1054
- Views: 135274
Re: Many dead, including Police SP in Gurdaspur Terror attac
Harpal Bector wrote: The default assumption has become that Pakistanis are bunch of stupid inbred idiots who can never do anything this sophisticated. There is so much confidence in India's superiority over Pakistan that people don't get that India's rise over Pakistan's reach is going to make the ...
- 30 Jul 2015 12:09
- Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
- Topic: Abdul Kalam passes away Oct 15, 1931 - July 27, 2015
- Replies: 222
- Views: 82400
Re: Abdul Kalam passes away Oct 15, 1931 - July 27, 2015
MN Kumar wrote: I would like to call him as a "Kaarana Janmudu" (One who is born for a specific purpose). Yes, looking at how he lived his life, not just the things he achieved but the principles he lived by, his pursuit of truth and working for the common good, not caring about status, m...
- 30 Jul 2015 09:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Many dead, including Police SP in Gurdaspur Terror attack
- Replies: 1054
- Views: 135274
Re: Many dead, including Police SP in Gurdaspur Terror attac
Finding definite material evidence of Pakistans involvement is irrelevant. It's an exercise in futility. India should do a thorough investigation and analysis of this (and every other) terrorist attack, not so much to present Packees or 'the world' with evidence, but rather to figure out the Packee ...
- 27 Jul 2015 22:58
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Many dead, including Police SP in Gurdaspur Terror attack
- Replies: 1054
- Views: 135274
Re: Many dead, including Police SP in Gurdaspur Terror attac
shiv wrote: Rajnath Singh has given the most Khangress like response and I find it absolutely disgusting. He said "We will give a befitting response" The words befitting response should not be used. Just respond. Stop farting. This is obviously the most sensible approach. Instead of annou...
- 27 Jul 2015 20:55
- Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
- Topic: Abdul Kalam passes away Oct 15, 1931 - July 27, 2015
- Replies: 222
- Views: 82400
Re: Abdul Kalam passes away Oct 15, 1931 - July 27, 2015
Oh I wish there could be an impressive memorial in Delhi...He has done SO MUCH for his motherland. Same here. Major roads named after him, a major university, important city squares, colleges. And at least one bronze statue of Dr. Kalam in New Delhi. He lived a virtuous life, was an idealist and a ...
- 24 Jul 2015 04:55
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indo-UK News and Discussion - April 2013
- Replies: 3962
- Views: 625383
Re: Indo-UK News and Discussion - April 2013
vayu tuvan ji, I do not think of Shashi Tharoor as "The knight in shining armor to the rescue of our fair Bharat mata" for a even a fraction of a second. My assessment of him is that he is motivated by personal ambition rather than service to Bharat Mata, as Sri Narendra Modi is. But why b...
- 24 Jul 2015 01:36
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: West Asia News and Discussions (YEMEN, gulf)
- Replies: 4734
- Views: 678961
Re: West Asia News and Discussions
Suicide Bomber in Suruc Is Said to Be a Turk With Possible Ties to ISIS The suicide bomber who killed at least 32 people at a cultural center in southeastern Turkey has been identified as a Turkish citizen who is believed to have had ties to the Islamic State, a senior government official said Wedne...
- 23 Jul 2015 20:19
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: West Asia News and Discussions (YEMEN, gulf)
- Replies: 4734
- Views: 678961
Re: West Asia News and Discussions
ramana wrote: The KSA arrests and Turkey blasts could mean the ISIS wave is being deflected into these sponsors lands as Assad's Syria is turning out to be hard target. Jihadi wave is turning on itself. Ramannaji, I do not think the attack in Turkey a case of blowback. You only have to look at the ...
- 23 Jul 2015 19:32
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indo-UK News and Discussion - April 2013
- Replies: 3962
- Views: 625383
Re: Indo-UK News and Discussion - April 2013
surinder wrote: Sashi tharoor speech is great. Awesome. We should all watch this 100's of times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=f7CW7S0zxv4 I agree, it does not happen often that an Indian with Shashi Tharoor's eloquence gets to tell the truth to the Brits. It's not abo...
- 21 Jul 2015 23:03
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-2014)
- Replies: 4147
- Views: 884058
Re: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-20
US authorities allege Oregon imam assisted radicals U.S. authorities are seeking to revoke the citizenship of an Oregon imam who they say tried to conceal past associations with radical Islamic groups. Mohamed Sheikh Abdirahman Kariye raised money, recruited fighters and provided training for insurg...
- 21 Jul 2015 22:50
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India and Japan: News and Discussion
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 382396
Re: India and Japan: News and Discussion
Japan demands China halt oil exploration in part of East China Sea Japan called on China on Tuesday to halt construction of oil-and-gas exploration platforms in the East China Sea close to waters claimed by both nations, concerned that Chinese drills could tap reservoirs that extend into Japanese te...
- 21 Jul 2015 22:35
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: China Watch Thread-I
- Replies: 815
- Views: 182289
Re: China Watch Thread-I
Beijing's push on South China Sea rattles Pacific nations China’s aggressive project to build small islands in the South China Sea has seized the attention of the White House and US policymakers. But China's creation of small military installations, including a 10,000- ft. landing strip, on various ...
- 21 Jul 2015 22:10
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: West Asia News and Discussions (YEMEN, gulf)
- Replies: 4734
- Views: 678961
Re: West Asia News and Discussions
'Isis suicide bomber' strikes Turkish border town as Syrian war spills over Islamic State militants suspected to be behind blast that has killed at least 30 leftwing activists at cultural centre in Suruç, near Kobani, in worst attack since 2013 ... The blast hit a cultural centre in the small town o...
- 21 Jul 2015 22:06
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Positive News from the USA
- Replies: 3095
- Views: 452426
Re: Positive News from the USA
Police probing death in LA find 1,200 guns, 2 tons ammo Police investigating the death of a Los Angeles man uncovered an arsenal inside his home and garage — more than 1,200 guns and about two tons of ammunition, authorities said Monday. Los Angeles Police Department Cmdr. Andrew Smith called the n...
- 15 Jul 2015 18:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Positive News from the USA
- Replies: 3095
- Views: 452426
Re: Positive News from the USA
Passersby injured by debris from empty building collapse in Brooklyn Passersby suffered injuries from falling debris on Tuesday when an empty building collapsed in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, authorities said. A spokeswoman for the Fire Department of New York said "a few" people...
- 15 Jul 2015 17:47
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-2014)
- Replies: 4147
- Views: 884058
Re: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-20
ISIS child executioner ignores prisoners' pleas to spare them... then shoots them in the head without hesitating: Shocking footage shows how Islamic State's evil has spread to the next generation • Islamic State fanatics release sickening new footage of mass execution • Included are horrifying scene...
- 15 Jul 2015 17:13
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 22 April 2015
- Replies: 4210
- Views: 753363
Re: Indian Naval News & Discussion - 22 April 2015
Russia offers India a super submarine Russia could offer to build its latest nuclear submarine, possibly the multi-purpose ‘Yasen’ class sub suitably modified for India, analyst Zachary Keck wrote in an article for The National Interest. A modified ‘Yasen’ class submarine, Russia’s latest nuclear su...
- 14 Jul 2015 23:27
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discussion
- Replies: 1089
- Views: 239068
Re: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discuss
Mexico drug lord escape tunnel was too elaborate to miss The digging would have caused noise. The planners would have needed blueprints and maps. The entrance would have to be in a place beyond the view of security cameras at Mexico's toughest prison. As authorities hunted Monday for any sign of Mex...
- 14 Jul 2015 23:13
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Positive News from the USA
- Replies: 3095
- Views: 452426
Re: Positive News from the USA
Mother, uncle charged in death of Maryland boy beaten over cake The mother and uncle of a 9-year-old Maryland boy who authorities say was handcuffed and beaten for sneaking a piece of birthday cake have been charged with murder and child abuse, police said on Monday. ... Police said Garcia's boyfrie...
- 14 Jul 2015 20:12
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Iran News and Discussions
- Replies: 3300
- Views: 586366
Re: Iran News and Discussions
RamaY wrote: Turkey is EU's Pakistan. RamaYji, Turkey isn't yet EU's Pakistan but it has the potential to be one. For this to happen, the layer of Westernization Kemal Atataturk imposed on Turkey has to peeled off, dreams of a Greater Turkey have to be encouraged. Militaristic expansionism is alrea...
- 13 Jul 2015 23:10
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
- Replies: 5804
- Views: 965577
Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Poroshenko faces new security crisis in western Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko confronted a fresh crisis Monday as a deadly standoff continued between interior ministry units and armed Ukrainian ultranationalists in a western enclave near Hungary. ... The weekend battles were sparked by Pravy Se...
- 13 Jul 2015 22:56
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Positive news from the Middle Kingdom
- Replies: 68
- Views: 18447
Re: Positive news from the Middle Kingdom
China's Millionaires Are Leaving China The jury may be out permanently on the old question of if money can buy happiness, but that hasn’t stopped wealthy Chinese families from trying. There is a growing trend among China’s richest to use their wealth to move themselves and their families abroad. Thi...
- 13 Jul 2015 22:43
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-2014)
- Replies: 4147
- Views: 884058
Re: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-20
Son of Boston Police Captain Arrested as Possible Terrorist The estranged son of a respected Boston police captain was arrested July 4 by FBI agents as part of a counter-terrorism operation against alleged ISIS-inspired domestic terrorists, federal officials told ABC News today. Alexander Ciccolo, 2...
- 12 Jul 2015 17:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Positive News from the USA
- Replies: 3095
- Views: 452426
Re: Positive News from the USA
Psychologists adjusted ethics code to Pentagon & CIA post 9/11 torture The US’s leading professional psychologists’ organization helped justify CIA and Pentagon torture programs, a new 542-page report shows. The psychologists involved later profited from torture-related contracts. The report, c...
- 11 Jul 2015 14:05
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Nations and Empires that Grew on Genocide and Slavery
- Replies: 204
- Views: 33749
Re: Nations and Empires that Grew on Genocide and Slavery
My South Carolina university is whitewashing its complex racial history While Clemson University supports removing the state’s Confederate flag, it is failing to address its own racist monuments “Blacks must remain subordinate or be exterminated – Tillman,” read one of the pieces of graffiti spray-p...