Bharat Rakshak

My problem with Burka Bibi's WP sly drivel is that she is peddling the Congoon theory, albeit with some sugar coating, that other than public acknowledgment, the recent surgical strikes are nothing new. It is still a step up and some positive change from the usual articles by the likes of Pankaj Mi...

Demographics make and break everything- economy, defence preparedness, imposition of geopolitical strategems. China falls of demographic cliff in 2030. Russia already has fallen off the cliff. USA sustains demographic strength based on its 'current' ability to attract talent(past performance is no ...

Russia-China bonhomie: India has no reason to worry A perspective - worth reading! The author summarises - In the larger scheme of things, from the Russian point of view, cooperation with the Chinese has obvious limitations and is more useful for sustaining a balance of power in the South China Sea...

I just wish GOI would stop using the phrase "befitting reply", prior usage has left severe psychological scars....OTOH, did anyone notice dossier diplomacy has gone out of the window, dont read much about it anymore. The problem was never the statement. The problem was that it was all tal...

JE Menon wrote:Tharoor is releasing "An Era of Darkness" about British India

http://www.indialivetoday.com/shashi-th ... 42273.html

Apologies if posted earlier

Seems to be already on sale at Amazon.

Yes exactly. Except that a telescopic crane as the mount would be more maneuverable. The idea is to look into each window one by one. So a swiveling base, with an inclined telescopic arm on a mobile platform would be ideal. Something like this, but adequately armored and protected. Probably not sui...

I think AIP, USHUS and Brahmos are a given for the P-75I. Hopefully it will be built by L&T and not Mazagoan. I don't see any diesel electric sub carrying K series, Nirbhay hopefully. And what should MDL do with its hard earned sub building skills ? Sell MDL to L&T. In fact just move/merge ...

Singer from the Mohammadden Terrorist fomenting Islamic Republic of Pakistan by name of Shafqat Amanat Ali and son of one Ustad Amanat Ali Khan, writes Amaan Ki Asha type article in the Indian Express. Author seems to share the majority view of citizens of the Mohammadden Terrorist fomenting Islami...

quoting praful bidwai as some authority on Indian nuclear program, firing ballistic missiles from torpedo tubes, this chap calls himself a defence journalist ? :roll: swarajya must do better, speaking as a subscriber. The author is a well known pro-Russian shill and works for a Russian news outlet ...

Why can't we collaborate with Japan to make a land-only version out of it which could be our MTA and fill the C130J kind of role. It uses the same engines and has some very good technology. This would kill multiple birds such as filling MTA requirement, make in India, and driving down costs due to v...

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^^^^^^^ The ruias hope to retire some debt. Even after all the cash from this deal, they are still hocked up to their eyeballs. Their steel business may be the next to go, eventually. congi gone, company gone!! They made a pretty penny on the sale of Hutch stake to Vodafone as well, but seem to hav...

This Essar deal will put Mukesh Ambani in an awkward position. Essar and Reliance have their biggest refineries in Gujarat, which were just a striking range for Pakis. Now, Essar has gone to Russia, Pakis will think twice before hitting it, but Reliance has no such immunity (do not know if Bade Bha...

^^^ This was a brilliant catch Shiv Ji though it should be an obvious catch for a Paki watcher. There is a need to be cynical on any news coming out of that sick country. :) Thanks. It is important to remember that 1. Pakistani rulers (army/RAPE) make a very clear distinction between Urdu (domestic...

Since corruption and kickbacks are an integral part of Indian defence imports, it wouldn’t be out of place to question why India imports knockoffs – albeit better than shoddy INSAS – from countries like Romania and Poland. Why not import directly from Russia which is the home of the Kalashnikov, an...

^As per this link the current value of 62 million in 1960 GBP is between 1.2 Billion and 4.4 Billion GBP. Not only is it a massive amount in its own right, but it was especially massive in 1960 when we were struggling with severe poverty and famine. That money could probably have built a dam or save...

Gus wrote:will there be corresponding data on the servers of the GPS service provider?

I don't think so, not on the GPS service provider (which is the US Govt) certainly since the GPS is just a signal broadcast and not a two-way application. But perhaps on the servers of the mapping/navigation application.

Along the lines of Ab Ki Baar Modi Sarkaar...Ab Ki Baar Pakistan Ke Tukde Chaar

JayS wrote:Wonder why he said it seems "hacking".

Vocabulary issues, especially on IT-Vity terms. 90% of the country would probably do the same. Of course it is possible that it was a genuine hack rather than an intentional/inadvertent leak as well.

The problem with the above is Islam. Do we want millions of crazy Muslims running around in India declaring Jihad? I think if we get the land without the people that would be good. Or if the people convert to Dharmic religions. Partition was a good thing all things considered. We don't want to undo...

A pretty positive article on the Indian Economy
http://thinkingaloud.aberdeen-asset.co. ... nt-awakens

X-posting from the Economy thread. Some patronizing tripe by an aide in the Chinese embassy. No down some of our new age Gunga Dins will think it is a positive spin, but the narrative is very clear as are the careful wordings that betray the continuing insecurity and middle kingdom mindset: http://w...

Some patronizing tripe by an aide in the Chinese embassy. No down some of our new age Gunga Dins will think it is a positive spin, but the narrative is very clear as are the careful wordings that betray the continuing insecurity and middle kingdom mindset: http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/vXudGM5lvCO...

Uri Friedman in the Atlantic writes that the Islamic Republic of Pakistan “ is the biggest nation to be leaving Brazil without a medal ” :lol: . While above is a true statement, it would have been a lot more complete if it had instead read that the Islamic Republic of Pakistan “ is the biggest nati...

Any idea what is going on with MQM leaders being arrested in Karachi? Altaf Hussain being accused of making an anti-Porkistan speech. Even the rabid pro-establishment nut job Amir Liaquat seems to have been arrested.

Any ideas folks, how would the reduction in FCS be achieved?? RAM coating, Electronic way, external shape change..? I was reading somewhere that "internal weapons bay" is being planned for the upgrade program. No idea how it would be achieved. If they are successful, that would significan...

^ The levels of delusion are amazing. They guy says that nuclear weapons secured Pakistan physically and CPEC and China will secure Pakistan economically. It's like a pig being fattened in a Chinese village, thinking that it's future is secure because of it being fed all the waste food from the fami...

chetak wrote:
or are the lessons learned being applied assiduously??

By the Chinese, perhaps.

^ What is really concerning is this part at the end of the article: Shinde said such conflicts don’t concern him and Wang. “True archaeologists don’t care about politics,” he said. “We are dealing with a time before there were national borders.” The whole article explains how the Chinese archeology ...

There won't be another kargil, It will be useful in taking PoK though. OT but: Hope they can leverage the thermobaric expertise to build a wider family of thermobaric weapons, along the lines of the Russians have developed over the decades. They have systems for urban warfare, and those have been u...

prahaar wrote:Does this also indicated eventual reduction of diesel locos?

That's the plan:
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indi ... 37653.html