Bharat Rakshak

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All said and done, Musharraf was a loser. He was PoW in 71 war, he lost the Kargil war (and the Pakistani narrative too), he lost his dictatorship and he lost his ability to stay free in his own country and had to run. He couldn't even get his so-called Kashmir peace-plan done when his counterpart w...

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^^^ I'm more concerned about the last paragraph - the precedent set that can be used against us by China on Brahmaputra. Because, if it is true that a significant amount of water of Brahmaputra comes from China, it'd adversely affect our calculations of withdrawal from IWT. Now, China doesn't need a...

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Didn't know the right thread for this.

Please watch this interview about Op Bluestar and then look at the comments.

The comments against the good general make for a sad reading.

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Sometimes, you find gems in Youtube recommendations. Here is one:

I think it is time to shed light on the "democracy" of the UK

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Exports to nine regional states shrink ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports to nine regional countries shrank 11.93 per cent in the first half of FY23 mainly driven by a drop in shipments to China, data released by the State Bank of Pakistan showed on Monday. The country’s exports to Afghanistan, China, B...

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India crosses T-72 with T-90 to create deadly hybrid tank The Indian Army, meanwhile, has created a unique hybrid tank by combining the main body of the T-72 tank with the turret of the T90 Bhishma. This hybrid tank, which boasts more firepower than the original T-72, has also been reinforced with ...

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What I want to know is if the BBC documentary sponsored by UK tax payer or some other organisation.

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The tendency to get SC approval for every decision of NaMo Govt that they don't agree with, is getting rather tedious. OTOH, having gone through some property transactions lately, the DeMo effect is long gone. Sub-registrar offices and RTOs are working as if DeMo didn't happen. IMO, DeMo was done pr...

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How did this guy rise up so high ?

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Speaking from an Indian perspective (since mRNA because it is irrelevant to Indian residents), I'm more puzzled that those who are fully vaccinated (2 doses + booster dose) can't take nasal vaccine booster dose. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/exclusive-those-who-have-taken-booster-dose-cant-take-na...

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This is Aljazeera, but still something that needs to be read How British colonialism killed 100 million Indians in 40 years Recent years have seen a resurgence in nostalgia for the British empire. High-profile books such as Niall Ferguson’s Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World, and Bruce Gilley...

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Good read.

The hidden story of the British Empire

Needs to be shown to BBC

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This is putting a disproportionate cost on India. Not militarily but politically. So much time wasted by the govt to make statements etc. China seems to have achieved its purpose here - keep the govt on its toes and get distracted. On the contrary, it has woken up the country to the chinese threats...

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Unfortunately, the Navy has dropped the ball regarding IAC-2 and P75I. We've been lost a lot of time chasing unobtanium and things are going in the same fashion as predicted on these BRF threads for a long time. This is the case of doing the right thing (2nd Vikrant class and not with EMALS/CATOBAR ...

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I don't understand: if a shopkeeper doesn't declare the sale (ie, issue a bill and charge GST), isn't he losing out on input tax credit ?

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Regarding Kaveri, I don't believe there is much chance it'll ever power any variant of Tejas. The reason is very simple - you shouldn't use a single engine fighter for engine testing. An engine failure can result in a crash and with it (esp given the foreign lobbies), it'll be curtains on Tejas. The...

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^^^ Shooklaw is claiming (on BS and in his blog ) that the recipient is going to be Armenia. He is claiming MoD sources but I still think KSA is a logical choice (it is hard to argue that Armenia is in a "non conflict zone", though I'm not sure why the BF had to use that epithet in the fir...

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fanne wrote:And just to be sure, will the f414 be assembled with full tot ? What does that even mean?

TOT is a marketing term and can mean a range of things. No idea what we're supposedly getting with the F414 local production.

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You are right. The Mk1A is powered by the F404-IN version. I was flummoxed by the same quantity of 99 each being ordered for both Marks 1A and II And GE will deliver 16 fully built F414 engines and the rest(83) will be assembled. It's always been F404 for the Mk1A. That the F414 powered Tejas Mk2 h...

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Ah - such a secular country ! Hindu Rishi Sunak to give advice to King on Church of England due to loophole Mr Loch said: "Although Rishi Sunak is a Hindu, he will still be able to advise the King on ecclesiastical appointments. "Only Jews and Roman Catholics are barred from doing so by st...

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Am I the one reading this strategic direction wrong? It started like this 1) GE reluctant to give us engine tech 2) India wooing safran hard, and safran playing coy (not full ToT but some) Then 3) RR offering full ToT, give us the money 4) GE sees that and offers full ToT (i.e. screwdrivergiri in I...

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^^^ The cost of Pilatus is not straightforward. This was the first deal using the insane Lifecycle cost model. Read the CAG report on different costs (upfront cost, maintenance cost etc): https://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/download/C&AG-AirForce-CapitalAcq-PerfAudit-Report3-2019.pdf Read and ...

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the CE20/C25 is generally more reliable and less powerful than the Staged-combustion CE7.5/CUS. @Disha Is it less powerful? The specific impulse of a gas generator cycle (used in CE20) is less than the specific impulse in CE7.5 (which itself was a drop in replacement for the Russian RD56 engine) th...

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There is a great article about Renewable Energy in The Economist. For my surprise India is on the top. They are calling it 2nd green revolution. Must read. Please post it if someone has subscription. Here it is ... https://archive.ph/Okopl . Please provide the parent link next time, it'll be much e...

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The UK and the US have an agreement to allow their workers to repatriate social security savings into each others' pension systems upon moving, yet when India asks for the same thing, we are looking to "claw it back" as though it's someone else's money. It's basically loot to the tune of ...

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RRR is the Rahul Gandhi of economics. It'd be interesting to speculate on the state of UK economy once he is done.

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Btw, why not two 83MW reactors instead of just one?

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https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1571081373720649730?s=20&t=fZfqBUpD9z0akWYqQdU4fw President Droupadi Murmu emplanes for London, United Kingdom to attend the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and offer condolences on behalf of the Government of India. I am not aware if our Presidents go to fune...

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Depsang remains unresolved ?

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That is a fantacy from a drug addled mind. If this is here to spy on Indian military comms traffic. Then she has to listen and not emit. Collect as much information as possible and then analyse it later. If she is going to be used for satalite tracking and collection of telimetery data. Then she is...

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If the bomber's supposed role is to launch standoff or long range missiles, why go for Tu-160s when you can go for customized civilian aircraft which have much better spares availability ? I'd posted this before, but this is the kind of firepower that takes my fancy: 72 Tomahawks on a single 747 !!

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^^^ A small nitpick. Never is too strong a word here. There have been instances.

During the dying days of Obama administration, the Speaker invited Netanyahu to address Congress despite the Presidential opposition. IIRC, Netanyahu didn't even meet Obama during that visit.

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^^^ When you now have a captive and rich customer like Australia (which has also burned its fingers with its Collins class), why would anyone provide them an existing design ? It is better for the MIC of US & UK to milk it for all its worth - offer a concept design, fully paid for by the Aussies...

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^^^ Easy - Qh7+ would be my move. Qh7+, Nxh7; Bxh7+, Kh8; Rxf8+, Qg8; Rxg8#

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Looks like Adani has purchased Haifa port in Israel.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/in ... 956615.cms

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Looks like a guided variant of 70mm rocket to me ...

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P75I is Navy's MRFA. They won't understand nor will they give up. And this, before they have seen the price. Once the commercial bids are opened (that looks unlikely), the MoF is going to collectively faint at the price tag

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They will never, ever agree to such an arrangement. Nepal and more recently Bhutan are directly dealing with China despite the Chinese relentless salami slicing occupation of Nepalese and Bhutanese land, so much for them being Indian protectorates. I'd be interested to know how Srilanka plans on re...

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I don't understand the merger conversation. Separation is easy, but merger is quite difficult. Bigger question is - is it in our best interest ? I don't know. The best thing is to do an EU-like union with smaller countries - freedom of movement, free trade etc. Will work for SL, Nepal and Bhutan. I'...

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I'm really surprised that neither Rafale-M nor the Shornets will be tested on the actual carrier where they are going to operate. While I'm sure that simulations etc can figure out useful load at different speeds (baselining from the SBTF) and they can also figure out whether the aircraft can fit in...

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