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The fact that in the last several months, Khalistanis have been attempting violence in Canada, Oz & the UK and that these countries have done pretty much nothing to curb that, show that this is all well-coordinated with the blessing of these governments. Usually these Western countries want to h...

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India to send military teams for drills in US and Russia Continuing to balance its expansive defence ties with both the US and Russia, India will dispatch military contingents to the two countries on Saturday to take part in combat exercises, even as Washington announced a new arms package for Ukra...

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Amidst the recent purge in China of Qin Gang, Li Shangfu, and Wang Yi wonder about Wang Huning. What's the news about him? He is continuing, AFAIK. XJP might need his services more now, perhaps. Todays SCMP has this: China’s top political adviser Wang Huning urges support for Xinjiang in education,...

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MEA Briefing going on India has sought reduction in Canadian diplomatic strength. Yes, we've informed the Govt of Canada that there should be parity in strength in our mutual diplomatic presence. Their number is very much higher than ours in Canada ... I assume there will be a reduction from the Ca...

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ldev wrote: ↑20 Sep 2023 23:40 On the face of it this would indicate either a partial or whole GOI communication being intercepted by the SIGNIT network operated by the 5 eyes. Thus it cannot be fully shared with others including other G7 members as it would compromise sources and methods.

Thank you, ldev.

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India's diplomatic approach, military records with Canada continue, says Indian Army While addressing the curtain raiser event on the scheduled Indo-Pacific Army Chiefs conference, Indian Army's Additional Director General (Strategic Planning) Major General Abhinaya Rai said Canada's Chief of the D...

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ramana wrote: ↑19 Sep 2023 23:20 Qin Gang ouster could also be related to that.

I can only say the usual terse reply of Kamaraj, 'Paarkkalaam'.

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Still do not understand why this fool is seeking support from Five Eyes? A White Supremacist thingie?

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IMO, if there was a power struggle or factional feud, that should have happened during the meeting at Beidaihe several weeks before the 20th Congress when the new positions and inductees would have been discussed among the very top. <snip> Therefore, it has got to be a really solid reason for his r...

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Let me also tell you guys one more thing, if China had kept it's head down for another 10 years and Corona Pandemic hadn't occurred, China would have won the China Taiwan (US) war without even firing the bullet!! This incident cannot be equated with Corona or the coercion-cum-aggression indulged in...

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Besides, there is a fundamental difference in border disputes between India and China with their neighbours. India's border disputes are foisted upon it while China's border disputes are its own making coming as they do from its greed, fabrication of history, vague memories and imperial hubris such ...

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Drawing lessons from Russia-Ukraine conflict, India rebalances artillery plan - ET Drawing from the lessons of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, India is rebalancing its artillery modernisation plan to focus on higher mobility, self-preservation of guns and rocket systems, and attaining stronger...

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ramana wrote: ↑16 Sep 2023 20:11 Amidst the recent purge in China of Qin Gang, Li Shangfu, and Wang Yi wonder about Wang Huning.
What's the news about him?

He is continuing, AFAIK. XJP might need his services more now, perhaps.

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mody wrote: ↑16 Sep 2023 13:00By the way the news about the DAC sanction gives the max range of the Helina/Dhruvastra as 8kms.

Isn't that consistent with what we already know?

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Gaganyaan: AI-enabled Vyommitra robot is a challenge to evaluate on the ground, former Isro official says - ToI CHENNAI: Artificial intelligence-enabled Vyommitra -- a female-looking spacefaring humanoid robot designed for India’s first unmanned Gaganyaan mission -- poses a big challenge for qualit...

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SSS, I think we need an all points seminar on "What does India know about China?" We can rely on other sources. If you were a decision maker what would you like to know about China? Give me a 1-to n list of things. Please consider it as a serious request. ramana Sure, ramana. Will do so. ...

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The new map of borders and areas around China - Indian Express
The article with the below map.

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சீனாவின் அடங்காத ஆக்கிரமிப்புத் தாகம்(The Insatiable Thirst for Aggression by China) - Dinamani (Tamil)

By YT. Sorry only in Tamil as of now. If Indian Express publishes the English version, will update this post.

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From the joint statement after Modi-Biden Meeting yesterday, The joint statement said India and the US intended to increase coordination on planetary defence to protect planet Earth and space assets from the impact of asteroids and near Earth objects, including US support for India's participation i...

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India is on the Moon, but needs to avoid the “Moon Race” trap - Ajay Lele, The Space Review The North–South divide in a global context is well-known. The Global South gets viewed as a grouping of states that are classified by low income, inadequate infrastructure, and large populations. This groupi...

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India’s space economy will be $40 bn by 2040 - New Indian Express There were only four space startups in India in 2014 and that number has increased to more than 150 in 2023, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said here Monday, noting that currently, the country’s space economy is valued at USD 8 billio...

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ramana, two things. Firstly, the collapse of China is not yet a done deal. It is a WiP, has just visibly started, and everyone must contribute towards that as Gen. Schwarzkopf said on another occasion regarding the dispatch of the Iraqi troops to their Maker. In early 2000s, I remember reading Gordo...

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Yes ramana, as Chairman Mao also used to say, 'Give him an escape path'. Unfortunately for XJP and his PLA, Ladakh has turned out to be a very dangerous ground too. India is not willing to take the escape path and the present Chairman is perplexed what to do wth the failure of following his hero's d...

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Dumal wrote: ↑04 Sep 2023 11:33 Vikram soft-landed again!

Awesome. Like PS4 stage being employed after burnout as POEM (PSLV Orbital Experimental Module). Opens up other exciting opportunities and developmental efforts.

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The Halo Orbit is quasi-periodic but still needs station-keeping (i.e. engine burns to keep Aditya in correct orbit). We had a very precise lunar injection which preserved a lot of fuel, in the case of CY-3. We must hope that our SOI and the S-E L1 insertion are so precise that the life of Aditya wo...

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In a first, Isro uses high throughput X-band frequency for Aditya mission - ToI Isro has achieved a new milestone, graduating from the S-band telemetry and command regime used for communication with its space modules to a high throughput X-band frequency for Aditya-L1 , India's first solar space ob...

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The iconic and powerful voice behind #isro rocket launch countdowns, has faded away for eternity...Smt. Valarmathi passed away at a Chennai hospital on Saturday evening, after a heart attack.. OMG. She was not there for the Aditya mission. We have got so used to her over the years. I am saddened. O...

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Aditya-L1 healthy, first Earth-bound manoeuvre puts spacecraft in 245km x 22,459km orbit Isro scientists on Sunday successfully completed the first Earth-bound manoeuvre of Aditya-L1, India’s first solar space observatory mission that was launched on Saturday (September 2). “The satellite is health...

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ISRO has put the rover to sleep in just 10 earth days instead of full 14 earth days of a lunar day. Any idea why did they stop just in 10 days. Chandrayaan-3: Mission goals met, Vikram, Pragyan to be put to sleep Sunday Chandrayaan-3 project director P Veeramuthuvel told to TOI in an exclusive inte...

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nitzter wrote: ↑02 Sep 2023 12:47 We need more stations - ground or ship based. Dark periods are nail biting.

Additionally, we should start building Tracking & Data Relay Satellites (TDRS). Already two TDRSs are being made to be in place to support Gaganyaan.

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Excellent news. We now await Aditya reaching L1 Halo orbit on the S-E axis.

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In other words CCP is stupid? That stupidity comes from extreme arrogance. They are making not only an enemy out of every country on the periphery but also making these countries take a common stand. Like Philippines, Cambodia & Malaysia coordinating some of their earlier and continuing actions...

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G20: Chinese President Xi Jinping may skip summit, premier Li Qiang likely to attend mega event

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I would think Eleven would attend.

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Xi is more in control right now than ever before. This is an illusion. <snip> When a leader is cornered then irrational behavior takes over and he may resort to crazy adventures including attacking India. Taiwan attack is becoming next to impossible, his top staff have advised him against such a de...

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I would question these points. Xi is more in control right now than ever before. He is like Mao at his strongest. Mao even had put Deng under house arrest and had his wife and favourites designated to take over. The "gang of four" died in a plane crash and then Deng moved in. . . the publ...

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ramana, the Chinese populace largely believes that Indian lands are actually Chinese, Tibet & Xinjiang are theirs, Russian lands are actually Chinese, Japan belongs to China, Taiwan Straits is local Chinese waterway, Indo-China Sea belongs to China etc. Taiwan still maintains a Department of Tib...

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IAF contingent departs for Egypt to participate in biennial tri-service exercise BRIGHT STAR-23 - ET An Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent carrying 150 Indian army personnel departed today to participate in ExerciseBRIGHT STAR-23, a biennial multilateral tri-service exercise scheduled to take place ...

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I watched a few videos of the summit. Modi, as usual, shone through. Jinping looked worn out, doddering, and low on energy. Additionally, he distributed speaking assignments to his assistants and did only one speech himself. Yes, I agree. The one thing that struck me was the brief disappearance of ...

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This is expected. Not losing face is very important for XJP.

There are many instances of similar Chinese lying.

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