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The Chinese have worked on their logistics and honed it to a point. Tell me, have you read the controversy between Rommel and von Rundstedt on where to meet the Allied landings, when they happened, on the beaches or within, and why each argued what he did. That may help understand the...

Wow. That's all I can say, until I've caught my breath. Let's take these one at a time. The public writ large should be aware that India’s pressing need and quest for light tanks only emerged in the wake of the current Sino-Indian boundary crisis. Ask the smart alec whose condescending...

Just to remind ourselves - ALL light tanks are essentially armoured cars up-gunned, and serve essentially as tank destroyers, provided they are not put face to face against MBTs. Do we need to repeat the history of the nasty time that we had in 1965 against the Pakistani 12th Division? and...

Who said this? The same experts who left their pants behind when the North Koreans fielded the T34 in the Korean War?

The trouble is, with their extremely limited resources, with their shallow technology, they still manage to take sensible decisions, quickly, and they are ready. We are not. That is the essential difference, wisecracks about paint notwithstanding.

That's OK, let 'actual political science' handle it. I wouldn't bother about it.

This damn fellow has written such a deep piece that it's all or nothing. One cannot engage with it, except at the level of a serious critique - just to remind ourselves that a critique is NOT a critical piece, it is an intensely detailed evaluation, eg, Critique of Pure Reason. The French got...

Now why didn't I think of that? Anytime we need to know what's going wrong with Pakistani or Chinese programmes, all we need to do is to scan for tenders. Goes without saying that the opposite applies, Our nuclear sub status is known at all times by the tenders that we issue for it.

VERY impressive. Tell us more about your career in independent research.

I think we are agreed on that. It is a great consolation.

I understand. Your approach is - nothing could have gone wrong, so it must have gone right, it must have been subterfuge. Of course, the vessel was never made to undergo integration of some system that wasn't present earlier; never had anything done to its communications systems, and never...

Perhaps I am not wise. But then, I wouldn't bet too much on an unknown quantity like you either.

You are right. The hatch was my own extrapolation, and, in view of what people are saying, clearly not the case.

No, that is not what I remember reading. The report only said that there was extensive damage caused by water coming in. It was my assumption that it was through a hatch, as it is difficult to understand how else water would get into a nuclear powered submarine.

That's a bit difficult, considering the nature of the accident, and the absence of any facilities for walking up to the boat and asking to look around. You do understand we are not talking about a scooter accident.

Fake news from The Hindu is difficult to believe. When asked, people still in service pursed their lips and refused to comment. There was no vehement denial.

My cohort is ten years retired. I am 72. This is news from the juniors of juniors.

:eek: Are you suggesting we should sell the Ukrainians the Brahmos?

It follows up on its news very thoroughly. I would rather believe The Hindu than believe you.

A cover-up, with a service enquiry, and lakhs of rupees worth of damage? Just wait a moment, while I get my brain back in my skull. I hate to see it skittering around the floor.