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by Neshant
13 Jan 2019 22:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: J&K News and Discussion - 2016
Replies: 3305
Views: 955421

Re: J&K News and Discussion - 2016


Better question yet - how have thousands of illegal Rohingas settled in J&K. Utterly insane.
by Neshant
13 Jan 2019 22:45
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian IT Industry
Replies: 1375
Views: 500443

Re: Indian IT Industry

if govt says we will provide the data centers to store this for FREE and hospitals/clinics just use patient consent to pull , change and update back this data, the SJW / NGO / MSM will howl about privacy, big brother, targeting of minorities, evil mudi and various demons of the jungle. Data securit...
by Neshant
13 Jan 2019 22:40
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Solar energy in India
Replies: 1113
Views: 233842

Re: Solar energy in India

World's largest solar park to come up in Gujarat. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today approved setting up a 5,000 MW capacity solar park at the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR), which would be the largest such entity in the world after its completion. This is great, but where are these...
by Neshant
13 Jan 2019 00:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6211
Views: 1800046

Re: Internal Security Watch

Citizenship amendment bill has been passed in LS. Not clear whether it will pass in RS. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/citizenship-amendment-bill-passed-lok-sabha-assam-protests-1426345-2019-01-08 I think the citizenship-amendment-bill is a very good thing. The protests from certain district...
by Neshant
12 Jan 2019 12:10
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
Replies: 4447
Views: 1543359

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016

Millisecond level Fast Radio Bursts have been detected from extremely far away galaxies.

Apparently nobody knows what is causing these mysterious signals.

by Neshant
12 Jan 2019 11:04
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014
Replies: 4440
Views: 1303612

Re: Indian Army News & Discussions - 11 June 2014

First General in IA to even talk about AI.

Meanwhile China is pouring gobs of money into it.


Engage private industry for AI projects.

If that task is delegated to inefficient DRDO, the country is dead.

by Neshant
12 Jan 2019 10:28
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: International Naval News & Discussion
Replies: 3873
Views: 1090048

Re: International Naval News & Discussion

A bit of bot news for the weekend.

China's attempt to assert itself as a hegemonic power in the Indo-Pacific region post 2008 has not produced the realignment away from the US and towards itself that it was expecting.

by Neshant
11 Jan 2019 21:46
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A News & Discussions: 09 February 2018
Replies: 3909
Views: 1463588

Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A News & Discussions: 09 February 2018

ArjunPandit wrote:^^could it be for gauging the capabilities of JF17??

More likely it is a fishing expedition with no intention to purchase anything.
by Neshant
11 Jan 2019 10:01
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: International Naval News & Discussion
Replies: 3873
Views: 1090048

Re: International Naval News & Discussion

sent to (not) confront is more like it.

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Chinese Navy Sent to Confront USS Chancellorsville in the South China Sea

by Neshant
11 Jan 2019 09:51
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Small Arms Thread
Replies: 4653
Views: 1501740

Re: Small Arms Thread

Supposedly some Indian gun was mentioned in a rap song.

Anyone know what the gun was and what the rap song was?

I think the gun was the JVPC carbine but I'm not sure.

Update : Oh wait, i found it. It is indeed the JVPC also known as the MSMC

by Neshant
11 Jan 2019 08:49
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018
Replies: 2810
Views: 1481157

Re: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018

Trump’s new Pentagon chief reportedly said the $1 trillion F 35 is ‘****** up‘ and shouldn’t have been made

by Neshant
11 Jan 2019 07:26
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: International Naval News & Discussion
Replies: 3873
Views: 1090048

Re: International Naval News & Discussion

I got killaz on my payroll

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Beijing announces deployment of 'carrier killer' after US warship sails near South China Sea

by Neshant
10 Jan 2019 09:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7956
Views: 2252860

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

anupmisra wrote:Debt stocks hit record Rs 26.4 trillion mark
They are going to need the Prince of Nigeria soon to bring in additional revenues.

This at a time when the world e-KHAN-omy looks like its about to have a repeat of 2008 within a year or two.
by Neshant
10 Jan 2019 09:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
Replies: 6236
Views: 1796135

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

yensoy wrote:TSMC having the technology is equivalent to China having the technology in some ways.
+1

Trump's latest moves to restrict the flow of fab machinery/technology to China won't be effective because that simply make a detour through Taiwan via TSMC.
by Neshant
10 Jan 2019 08:48
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A News & Discussions: 09 February 2018
Replies: 3909
Views: 1463588

Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A News & Discussions: 09 February 2018

The article seems to suggest the selling point of the 2 seater LCA is as an "advanced trainer" which doubles up as a fighter - on a budget. Only a few aircraft in the world fit this profile. The F-5 was one - used as both aggressor squadron trainer and in various air forces. The Hawk tries...
by Neshant
10 Jan 2019 08:36
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Replies: 6031
Views: 1321619

Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion

Gagan wrote:600 Airbus NEOs ordered in India, should mean that they should be MAKE IN INDIA, not MAKE in China or Make in France
Indian negotiators usually do a sh&t job of negotiating useful offsets for India, despite tens of billions spent.
by Neshant
08 Jan 2019 12:12
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: International Naval News & Discussion
Replies: 3873
Views: 1090048

Re: International Naval News & Discussion

Its stupid to ridicule any possibility as it adds nothing to the discussion. I'm open to the possibility it could be anything - of extra-terrestrial origin, a secret program, or something else. My point is that none of it makes any sense either way. The circumstances under which these craft are enco...
by Neshant
07 Jan 2019 09:16
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: International Naval News & Discussion
Replies: 3873
Views: 1090048

Re: International Naval News & Discussion

Note, this wasn't the first encounter with such objects in that area. There were multiple encounters with video footage of it taken by the USN. Some of the footage you see towards the end of the Nimitz Encounter video are from those other sightings. Now if it were a mistake, how many times would thi...
by Neshant
07 Jan 2019 05:16
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: International Naval News & Discussion
Replies: 3873
Views: 1090048

Re: International Naval News & Discussion

This was probably a major failure to properly firewall a SAP and the subsequent inability to control the event has probably made the situation even worse by involving the usual "Aliens/UFO" crowd. But stuff like this happens at times with SAPs. I believe Ben Rich's book has a few accounts...
by Neshant
06 Jan 2019 23:52
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: International Naval News & Discussion
Replies: 3873
Views: 1090048

Re: International Naval News & Discussion

Why have they authorized the release of this info now ? i.e in the past year

Interestingly even Neil Armstrong spoke about chasing these objects on full afterburners with air bases up and down the coast launching intercepts unsuccessfully.

by Neshant
06 Jan 2019 23:51
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: ALT-Tech Dhaga
Replies: 59
Views: 19936

Re: ALT-Tech Dhaga

by Neshant
06 Jan 2019 03:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
Replies: 6236
Views: 1796135

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

If PRCs economy deleverages badly, the Emperor will need to start hostilities somewhere to distract the mobs looking to unseat him.
by Neshant
06 Jan 2019 03:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
Replies: 6236
Views: 1796135

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

PRC-Taiwan is nothing more than a dog & pony show. Ultimately once PRC gets rich, Taiwan will voluntarily unify with them. Taiwan has been a great conduit of US technology to PRC especially semiconductor manufacturing. Essentially Taiwan has passed on all it got from US to PRC causing great harm...
by Neshant
05 Jan 2019 18:53
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 655278

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

I'll watch this later, but it does seem interesting at first glance. Little old grannies are going to be eating dog food if equities cave in. Happy 2019 BRFites... The bigger issue is that there is a section of population which is on "defined benefits", i.e. their pensions - often ridicul...
by Neshant
04 Jan 2019 21:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8808
Views: 2486902

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

India should have replied to Trump that :
"US knows the origins of these terrorists in Afg but chooses to do nothing about it".
by Neshant
04 Jan 2019 21:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6211
Views: 1800046

Re: Internal Security Watch

NRC should be implemented in all states, not just Assam.

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No genuine citizen will be left out of NRC, assures PM Modi

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ind ... 382455.cms
by Neshant
04 Jan 2019 17:17
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Replies: 6031
Views: 1321619

Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion

How far are we from an efficient battery to power air taxis over short ranges?

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by Neshant
04 Jan 2019 14:19
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: China Military Watch - Sept' 2016
Replies: 4649
Views: 1809559

Re: China Military Watch - Sept' 2016

CCP's propaganda is so laughably unsophisticated.

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China Parades "Re-educated" Uighur Muslims On State TV To Extol Prison Camps

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01- ... ison-camps
by Neshant
03 Jan 2019 15:17
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Health Care Sector
Replies: 1211
Views: 233802

Re: Indian Health Care Sector

Not surprising sir. Here is another example. https://www.nextnature.net/2014/01/how-modern-sanitation-gave-us-polio/ I've wondered as to the health benefits of probiotic drinks. It supposedly prevents a host of adverse health issues related to an unbalanced gut micro flora. Although how consuming a...
by Neshant
02 Jan 2019 18:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
Replies: 1782
Views: 636021

Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread- June 2015

Sharing is caring.

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Poland Wants France To Share Nukes And Voting Seat On The UNSC

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01- ... -seat-unsc
by Neshant
02 Jan 2019 00:13
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: China Military Watch - Sept' 2016
Replies: 4649
Views: 1809559

Re: China Military Watch - Sept' 2016

Now here's a thought. If US actually takes this dumb ass up on his offer, will India automatically be enrolled in a war on account of the naval servicing agreement with the US. --- Chinese Admiral Wants To "Sink Two US Aircraft Carriers" Over South China Sea "What the United States fe...
by Neshant
01 Jan 2019 19:09
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 655278

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

I'll watch this later, but it does seem interesting at first glance.

Little old grannies are going to be eating dog food if equities cave in.

by Neshant
01 Jan 2019 19:03
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic changes
Replies: 4318
Views: 655278

Re: Perspectives on the global economic changes

Personally i think the banking establishment wanted some guy like Trump to become President so he could be blamed for the crash. However his unpredictability since becoming President gives them pause for thought! If there is anyone who can shut down their game of stealing from productive society thr...
by Neshant
01 Jan 2019 05:49
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Health Care Sector
Replies: 1211
Views: 233802

Re: Indian Health Care Sector

Interesting that leading too "clean" of a lifestyle makes childen vulnerable to immune system issues like Leukemia. Leukemia is far less prevalent in poor countries compared to rich countries. --------------------------------- ‘For 30 years I’ve been obsessed by why children get leukaemia....
by Neshant
31 Dec 2018 11:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6211
Views: 1800046

Re: Internal Security Watch

Very disturbing , we got saved by whiskers this time a 10 member module buster near Delhi ncr region. How come they got a locally made RCL :eek: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nia-raids-16-places-in-delhi-up-over-new-is-module/articleshow/67253528.cms JEM sir , very good article indeed I...
by Neshant
29 Dec 2018 11:28
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Military Helicopters
Replies: 5318
Views: 2151619

Re: Indian Military Helicopters

Rakesh wrote:VIDEO: https://twitter.com/livefist/status/1078509592559132672 ---> The Indian Army just put out this video on the salvage and retrieval of a crashed Dhruv helicopter on the Siachen glacier.
it did not crash.
by Neshant
28 Dec 2018 03:35
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Currency Demonetisation and Future course of Indian Economy
Replies: 7884
Views: 1462571

Re: Currency Demonetisation and Future course of Indian Economy

Let’s look at it a little differently. In a simple term, Does Benefit of doing DeMo outweigh shortcomings? Option 1. What is Positive of DeMo. Option 2. What is Negative of DeMo. Option 3. What if DeMo was not done. Big misconception is that govt taking away people's earnings is a good thing. Or th...