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by VinodTK
31 Dec 2022 23:30
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
Replies: 717
Views: 217360

Re: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions

Theaterisation will have its unique characteristics: Former Chief of Army Staff MM Naravane New Delhi | December 30, 2022 12:01:16 AM IST Former chief of the Indian Army General MM Naravane on Thursday emphasised on the importance of creating a Theatre Command system, which aims to increase coopera...
by VinodTK
31 Dec 2022 23:16
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
Replies: 717
Views: 217360

Re: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions

Rohit, Do we have the full text of his speech or youtube? Discussion on the topic: Starting at 2:03 Small clip of Naravane's speech Ex IA chief Malik and Ex IAF officer expressing their opinion on the show Le3K3N6aRrI Ex-Army Chief Questions Theaterisation Approach | MM Naravane | National Security...
by VinodTK
30 Dec 2022 19:47
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
Replies: 717
Views: 217360

Re: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions

VinodTK the former chief may have stated it while in office. He did not go to the media. Sachin Jee, the former Air force Chief did express his concerns about joint theater commands when he was in office; however I do not recall any statements from Naravane (unless I missed it), WHY NOW ?? Naravane...
by VinodTK
30 Dec 2022 01:33
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
Replies: 717
Views: 217360

Re: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions

First make a national security strategy, then theatre commands: Former army chief Gen Naravane NEW DELHI: India’s urgent need to have a national security strategy (NSS) that lays down long-term national and geopolitical objectives in the face of myriad threats came to the fore once again on Thursda...
by VinodTK
29 Dec 2022 04:01
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8446
Views: 3026303

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Billionaire Adani Says India Will Add $1 Trillion to GDP Every 12-18 Months (Bloomberg) -- Asia’s richest man Gautam Adani is betting big on India’s growth and believes the country will add a trillion dollars to its GDP every 12 to 18 months within the next decade given its large middle class and y...
by VinodTK
27 Dec 2022 20:59
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 1182
Views: 719185

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

rohitvats wrote: This domestic versus import discussion has been reduced to a zero sum game on this forum w/o looking into operational scenarios. Thank god the GOI has been more respective of such issues.
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by VinodTK
26 Dec 2022 22:27
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8446
Views: 3026303

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Cross Posting India’s Finance Minister Sitharaman Hospitalized, PTI Says (Bloomberg) -- India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi on Monday, Press Trust of India reported, citing unnamed people. The 63-year-old was taken to t...
by VinodTK
26 Dec 2022 22:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3013898

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

India’s Finance Minister Sitharaman Hospitalized, PTI Says (Bloomberg) -- India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi on Monday, Press Trust of India reported, citing unnamed people. The 63-year-old was taken to the hospital a...
by VinodTK
25 Dec 2022 20:34
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 1182
Views: 719185

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

^^^ Hope the news is true not many organizations (print of Youtube) are covering this news, hope they are running late on a holiday
by VinodTK
25 Dec 2022 20:24
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2272
Views: 861805

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

IAF deficiencies AIR Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari has pointed out ‘critical deficiencies’ being faced by the Indian Air Force (IAF), such as the shortage of fighter squadrons and force multipliers. Days after he reviewed the IAF’s operational readiness following the clash between Indian and Chinese t...
by VinodTK
23 Dec 2022 02:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2822750

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

The cure is already here: ‘Jesus eradicated Covid’, claims TS health director : : :The health director has ignited an uproar in the country by claiming that "Jesus eradicated Covid-19" from the country and that the worldwide pandemic had been cured in India through Christianity. He made th...
by VinodTK
23 Dec 2022 02:30
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2272
Views: 861805

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

Air Force Chief warns shortage of fighter squadrons must be addressed on priority :(
Shame on all the three involved parties (Services / Administration / Bureaucracy) for the current state; 31 Squadrons
by VinodTK
22 Dec 2022 21:27
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
Replies: 5242
Views: 1529574

Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector

Karan M wrote:
For a Govt that came in claiming it would change things, they've been played like a fiddle by the very set of folks who ran the setup all these years. For every one step they take forward, another backward when it comes to MIC devpt.
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by VinodTK
22 Dec 2022 19:12
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
Replies: 5242
Views: 1529574

Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector

DRDO didn’t achieve all objectives in 20 projects, listed them successful: CAG Some of these ‘mission mode’ projects were declared successful by DRDO but taken up again as new ones to realise the unachieved objectives of the projects closed earlier, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said in...
by VinodTK
21 Dec 2022 04:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Covid19 in China
Replies: 98
Views: 18035

Re: Covid19 in China

China's crematoriums, hospitals 'packed' as Covid cases rise | Top 10 points Top 10 points on Covid-19 spurt in China: 1. Eric Feigl-Ding estimates that more than 60 per cent of China and 10 per cent of Earth's population are likely to be infected over the next 90 days with deaths likely in the mil...
by VinodTK
21 Dec 2022 04:12
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5265
Views: 1795022

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

^^^ Why does the Indian population have to wait until an unfriendly incident to occur and slowly information starts to come out in drips and drabs! - Yet the Chinese build was never raised as a concern in the parliament, no budget requested to upgrading the roads - Why massive counter measures have ...
by VinodTK
19 Dec 2022 02:05
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Roads Thread
Replies: 3349
Views: 750073

Re: Indian Roads Thread

Eye on China, govt plans a 1,700-km 'frontier highway' NEW DELHI: The government, in the next five years, will build a new highway in Arunachal Pradesh that will run close to the India-Tibet-China-Myanmar border. At some locations, the 'frontier highway' will be as close as 20km from the internatio...
by VinodTK
18 Dec 2022 21:55
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3218
Views: 2033011

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

- The funniest contradiction that one sees on BRF, and now Twitter, is the constant call on one side for domestic development and lamenting about weapons trials. - Things get more complicated because we get bits and pieces of information w/o full picture or context and assume the worst (Arjun scena...
by VinodTK
18 Dec 2022 01:49
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Operational Art or War Doctrine
Replies: 120
Views: 53104

Re: Operational Art or War Doctrine

The Defender: Challenges Of Winter Warfare | 17 December, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ApCV7gFAvs
by VinodTK
12 Dec 2022 02:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pashtun Civil War
Replies: 525
Views: 167540

Re: Pashtun Civil War

^^^ Pakistan: 6 killed, 17 injured after Afghan Border Forces open fire in Balochistan province Pakistan: At least six people were killed and 17 others injured after Afghan border troops resorted to 'unprovoked and indiscriminate fire' across the border into Balochistan’s Chaman district. Heavy weap...
by VinodTK
10 Dec 2022 00:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: J&K Union Territory-2019
Replies: 4374
Views: 1426841

Re: J&K Union Territory-2019

Very intresting points of view from 2 former army officers about taking back POK
some of the statements made by them were shocking to me, if you do watch it please do so with an open mind.

by VinodTK
04 Dec 2022 09:40
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021
Replies: 1695
Views: 776037

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 12 April 2021

Govt approves project to tackle real-time maritime threats From Time Of India NEW DELHI: The government has approved a major National Maritime Domain Awareness (NMDA) project, even as the Navy keeps an eagle-eye on the expanding Chinese naval activities in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) while cranki...
by VinodTK
04 Dec 2022 03:01
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: International Naval News & Discussion
Replies: 3868
Views: 1082316

Re: International Naval News & Discussion



US largest military base in Asia; If this is retaken by US it will pose lot of problems PLAN because of the location of the port; close to China, Japan, and Taiwan
by VinodTK
03 Dec 2022 22:30
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: INS Vikrant: News and Discussion
Replies: 3269
Views: 831345

Re: INS Vikrant News and Discussion



The Defenders : NavIC
by VinodTK
03 Dec 2022 07:54
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Transport Aircraft for IAF
Replies: 4067
Views: 791172

Re: Transport Aircraft for IAF

IAF considers replacing AN-32 with C-295 to modernise fleet The Indian Air Force (IAF) is considering the possibility of replacing its Antonov-32 (AN-32) planes with the C-295s to modernise its transport fleet, senior officials said. The C-295 medium transport aircraft will be manufactured in India...
by VinodTK
01 Dec 2022 18:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India’s Ocean Territories (Andaman Nicobar & Lakshadweep)
Replies: 267
Views: 116608

Re: India’s Ocean Territories (Andaman Nicobar & Lakshadweep)

From DNA India test-fires anti-ship version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from Andaman Nicobar Islands India on Tuesday test-fired the anti-ship version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory, news agency ANI quoted sources as saying. The test ...
by VinodTK
28 Nov 2022 01:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
Replies: 1295
Views: 379518

Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses

China's anti-lockdown protest reaches Wuhan, where Covid pandemic began | 5 points Hundreds of people took to the streets of China's Wuhan – the city where the deadly coronavirus pandemic originated in 2019 – as the anti-Covid lockdown protests gained momentum for the third day on Sunday. A wave of...
by VinodTK
27 Nov 2022 11:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India’s Ocean Territories (Andaman Nicobar & Lakshadweep)
Replies: 267
Views: 116608

Re: India’s Ocean Territories (Andaman Nicobar & Lakshadweep)

G20 event: Heads of foreign missions perform Yoga at beach in Andaman and Nicobar islands Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) : Heads of mission and delegates of other international organizations on Saturday performed Yoga at one of the beaches in Andaman and Nicobar islands, as part of the G2...
by VinodTK
26 Nov 2022 23:13
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3218
Views: 2033011

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

From Defence Cafe (MAG-ER) Mountain Artillery Gun-Extended Range Developed by Kalyani Strategic Systems The gun can fire 12 rounds in 3 minutes in an explosive burst, and 42 shots in 60 minutes in a continuous burst.The gun has a digital fire control, and KSSL claims that it may be used in high moun...
by VinodTK
25 Nov 2022 18:48
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 669
Views: 321051

Re: Chinese Armed Forces: News & Discussion

From:telegraphindia.com Facility with 63 hangars gives strategic advantage in region India faces new Chinese border threat as Beijing builds massive heliport in northern Tibet: Report China is building a giant heliport at Golmud in northern Tibet within striking distance of its borders with India. T...
by VinodTK
25 Nov 2022 18:47
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5265
Views: 1795022

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

From:telegraphindia.com Facility with 63 hangars gives strategic advantage in region India faces new Chinese border threat as Beijing builds massive heliport in northern Tibet: Report China is building a giant heliport at Golmud in northern Tibet within striking distance of its borders with India. T...
by VinodTK
19 Nov 2022 16:10
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Replies: 3218
Views: 2033011

Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion

^^^ Good interview: - Gen. Deepak Kapoor had no good answer as to why other nations are thinking of buying Indian made guns but Indian Army has not taken placed any orders for made in India guns. - Towards the end of the interview he did say the army should hasten the trials Wonder why no opposition...
by VinodTK
19 Nov 2022 01:46
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5265
Views: 1795022

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

November 18th, 1962 battle of Battle of Rezang La narrated by Major Gaurav Arya

by VinodTK
14 Nov 2022 09:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Endgame of NaPakistan: How and what afterwards
Replies: 831
Views: 236578

Re: Endgame of NaPakistan: How and what afterwards

ramana wrote:Truth about Pakistan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QSf8KsdTiY&t=2520s
Very insightful debate, good quote
"Pakistan has the intent but lacks the capability
India has the capability but lacks the intent"

So true
by VinodTK
12 Nov 2022 09:54
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
Replies: 717
Views: 217360

Re: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions

Every time the Chinees intrude into in Indian terotories in the east, middle, and west are strategeically planned intrusions to gain strategic advantage; hope the stratergy folks in the office of CDS pay attention and there are no mor surprises (frankly lame excuses for lack of being prepared). CHIN...
by VinodTK
10 Nov 2022 16:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3013898

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

^^^^ Unbelievable thanks for finding the link
by VinodTK
05 Nov 2022 07:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India’s Ocean Territories (Andaman Nicobar & Lakshadweep)
Replies: 267
Views: 116608

Re: India’s Ocean Territories (Andaman Nicobar & Lakshadweep)

Cross Posting from : Indian Air Force News & Discussion - thread https://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7848&start=1600 -Finally India wakes up to the importance of Lakshadweep -Govt is planning a 2500-metre-long airstrip at Minicoy -Large Indian Navy & Indian Air Forc...