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VikramS

Gentlemen & Ladies: 1. Have trust in India's military leadership. 2. The leadership will optimize for global objectives: long term goals not short term victories. Give them space 3. The media is full of agents with multiple loyalties. Do not let them run a psychological warfare. Listen but ignor...

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So far the area the Chinese are occupying is something which is hard for the IA to defend. The traingular area in Galwan or the Fingers 5-8 are hard to reach for India. The challenge for IA is that the longer the waiting game goes, the more reinforcements the Chinese will be able to bring in, weaken...

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Few pointers & questions to all here......... 1. Why we publicly declare about visit of Service chiefs to Forward locations ? In last week or so first it was mentioned for IAF chief than now for Army chief. Is it necessary to tell this information before the visit concludes ? During WW-II, Amer...

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Pangong Tso is the last place to be caught be surprise. You can easily see the fingers from the other shore or the lake. Question is whether IA had the political clearance to stop the PLA from construction or whether it is an area they could hold given the resupply situation. PLA constructed the ro...

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The fact that we weren't caught by surprise (unlike at Pangong Tso), and didn't back down in trying to get the Chinese out suggests both active surveillance by IA as well as (possibly) intel effectiveness. Pangong Tso is the last place to be caught be surprise. You can easily see the fingers from t...

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I think the Chinese want India to fire the first shot, so that they can paint us as the aggressor India doesn't want to provide the Chinese the moral fig leaf that we broke the border agreement on the non-use of firearms. As a well entrenched defender, it suits us to delay any action and watch the ...

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Funny that people talk about Chinese philosophy and then fall for their psych-ops. The situation is obviously not what anyone desired. Indian forces are on alert and responding. From what we know so far, the first truly offensive action has been the Ghatak attack on Chinese camps. The Chinese have b...

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There is no let-up in Chinese buildup.

One question to the Gurus: How tenable are their positions once Winter sets in?

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DFI has some chatter about Haji Pir being unavailable for terrorist infiltration

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Assuming India will move away from strategic independence, the first step would be to get a detachment of aircraft with better stealth/sensors to help IAF. They don’t have to shoot but can help spring a surprise.

Also more precision ammo and guns if needed.

And get the Indian MIC churning!

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That was a wonderful post Ravi. Looking forward to the part/2. It’s also clear that India has to treat the PA as an extension of the PLA; in fact they may have to do the work in the trenches. Strategic Independence may be tough right now for India to continue. I am confident that IA will hold its gr...

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In any conflict, especially with a adversary like the Chinese, deception is important. It is clear that India's primary goal was to get the 10 captured soldiers back. That is done successfully. Now the long game begins. This has also given an opportunity to move more hardware to the UT of Ladakh whi...

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Is losing face more important than escalating a conflict? Leaders should strive to achieve their strategic goals with minimal loss of life. As I had noted earlier, politically, there are no major elections upcoming, so there is no rush for GOI to get the Indian story out. On the ground Indian Armed...

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I am just sick of this argument that we let them not lose face. What about us losing face? We are ok with that. I just hope people in the MEA and DM does not think that way. We have been losing face for a long time now. Our boys are beaten to death. Is that not losing face? Exactly Is losing face m...

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This thing has been developing for over a month now with Chinese troops moving in strength - and everyone saw it. While idiot “analysts” on Twitter were warning us about this in the most vocal possible fashion, GOI was underplaying the whole thing, treating it like an ordinary incursion - which the...

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SIr just don't understand your cryptic language. I reiterate, if all is already in the public domain then what is the need for cryptology. Like the PA always wants to preserve its H&D, loss of face for the Chinese is a major issue. So India is better off keeping the narrative low key, while del...

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What is not defensible? The no use of firearms rule has led to almost no deaths. It does not stop IA from challenging PLA patrols. The question is of political will and military capacity to assert Indian perceptions of LAC. We know that the salami slicing has been going on for a long time. (eg: 640...

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All the people doing Rona Dhona on the non use of fire arms. Imagine if the LAC was also like the LOC? How many men could go down? What is the risk of a local incident leading to escalation? Please enough with this, this is not defensible. What is not defensible? The no use of firearms rule has led...

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All the people doing Rona Dhona on the non use of fire arms. Imagine if the LAC was also like the LOC? How many men could go down? What is the risk of a local incident leading to escalation? The protocol has worked for manny years and has helped maintain a quiet frontier. And when there has been pol...

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https://twitter.com/PhdParody/status/12 ... 0617269256

*update*
My source said 63 confirmed dead by the end of the day, many deaths occurred later due to exposure and complications.

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This is Shiv Aroor’s thread, he deleted an old one - this broadly matches up with what Nitin Gokhale said: Thread on what happened, as I understand it. In the absence of official information, here's the best I can do at this time: After Lt Gen-level talks 10 days ago, *token* disengagement had begu...

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/16/three-indian-soldiers-killed-clash-chinese-border/ Lately, I have had a hard time trusting Indian media as it is scared of speaking against the government. Article says “34 Indian soldiers” missing. Are there other sources to back this up? This off-topic,...

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Leaders have to pick the battles they have to fight. And fight the battles at the time and place of their choice. Right now the primary focus is to cut off the terror inflow from POK. Any action on the Aksai Chin border will be a distraction from that goal. Strategy with the Chinese to hold your gro...

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All these points might make technical sense. But MKI was sold as the next best thing to sliced bread! I still remember IAF chief gushing about it on induction and how it takes IAF to one of the most formidable AF in the world. Yet, it cannot even be used for a strike like Balakot?! From practical e...

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@manjgu: Smart weapons too need accurate targeting; including continuous lighting up of the target. The targeting aircraft may have been forced to break its lock once the Mig21 emerged, and the Kopyo with its 50-60Km range started lighting up the RWR. As others have noted, lobbing an LBG into a mili...

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@naird: WingCo Abgi has visual confirmation of the F-16 kill. It was a shot taken at around 10Km Range and a few seconds is all that was needed. We have numerous videos and eye-witnesses of multiple plane down in PoK. We have NO news of any Su-30 on the ground anywhere. It would be next to impossibl...

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He was classmates with Benazir, Romila Thapar of Mughal love fame is a relation. Of course, a paki lover. I avoid commenting on someone's pedigree, but hate to mention his father was none other than General Pran Nath Thapar who was born in La whore, and holds the title of being only army chief to l...

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Samir Joshi's observation that the R73 shot was a frontal aspect shot into the F-16 turning in towards the Mig21 is something which is not getting the attention it deserves. Could the Big White Puff be the R73 exploding in the frontal plane of the F-16 with the expanding rod warhead forming the circ...

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Karan M wrote:
rohitvats wrote:I guess times like these calls for all hands on deck!
Welcome back.

I too have posted after years....

Have been sharing your blog with people

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I am strictly against contributing to more space debris just for showcasing weaponisation and deterrence. This will soon lead to ocean plastics like situation. The space is already overcrowded. In any case every commercial space launch leaves behind 10 - 20 pieces of space debris ... probably more....

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Unfortunate but true In what way what is true? Can you please post your assumption and conclusively prove that those assumptions from the information given from the above mentioned article proves it? With the Mi17 coming down in the manner it did there were suspicions of: Jehadi ManPad PAF Long Ran...

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Budgam: Indian missile fired before Mi17 V5 chopper crash Preliminary findings show system was activated after Mi17 V5 showed on radar; IAF for tough action. Read more at: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/budgam-indian-missile-fired-before-mi17-v5-chopper-crash/articleshow/68623744....

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Don't worry about this video its probably not related. Last time I saw it was updated on 26feb, while the engagement happened on 27th feb. That date depends on the location of the update so it is not reliable. One thing struck me that the plane which went down in the fireball was falling nose down....

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One thing to keep in mind is that A/D is a layered effort. Not every inch can be protected by a CAP cover and that is why the Ground based SAMs are important in providing cover to vital installations. Another big takeaway is that numbers matter. The PAF could not engage with the M2Ks going to Balako...

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the question is when do operations get over. Not that I want them to over, but this operation has to end and ongoing operations have to start taking place. I believe the objective is to stop terrorist attacks on India coming from Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. Operations should continue in...

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BTW on f-16.net Tom Cooper is giving it to the TSPAF fan-boys.

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Dear Ulan Batori, Bishwa & others, He had a R-73E lock that he communicated to Ground Controller. What happened thereafter we dont know. We dont know whether ground controller gave permission. I leave it there. Rest assured, our pilot's bravery and our equipment was not short on performance her...

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The Pakis have confirmed what happened. Very likely WC Abhinandan fired the longer range missile and while the F-16 was busy evading it, closed in to finish the deal with the R73. The missile remains confirm that the explosive charge triggered which can only happen with the proximity fuse is engaged...

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Why do the good die young...

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The twitter video which shows both the white puffs from the F-16, and the second explosion (Mig21) shows the contrails of the weapon which hit the 2nd aircraft.

And given the structural integrity of the Mig21 it was not a direct hit but a proximity hit.

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