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Oh dear. A reminder - my concern is not primarily with ideology, or with trolling. It's with precision and with accuracy. Remember the interest in ORBATs, and your own involvement? That should have been a hint enough for you; it's the devil in the details, not the one capering around the...

Amazing detail. This is definitely a note to be 'chewed'; a couple of days, easy. Thanks for pointing me in the direction.

Well said, but does that thereby mean that imprecision and hand-waving should be left to dry on the roadside, so that we can gather around the campfire in the evening and sing Kumbaya? Come, come. BTW, this has nothing to do with ideology, yet, although now that it has been raised, it is an...

So the opposite of jingoism is jingoism? Hmm, this really needs careful thought. :unsure:

I thought the lack of precision in the characterisation is, ah, precisely, what is in question. Does this go by majority vote? So answers to mysteries will be provided only to those questions supported by a majority of those reading these posts? This is getting fascinating.

I HAD? Drat! Back to the grab-bag.

Jingoism, hyper-patriotism, and an unshakable belief in what is fed to us by Festung Modi, is an extremely dangerous state of mind with which to face a war-like situation. I couldn't care less; my daughter, son-in-law and grandson are safely esconced in the US of A, and are beyond the reach of...

Without criticising your thorough and detailed narration, might I ask - no sarcasm involved - what is a full-scale military conflict? Were these military conflicts: Cho La Dokhlam Galwan Valley What would a full-scale military conflict look like? Platoon-strength? Company strength...

That is actually best done at a point a few hundred kilometres further south, on the Himachal/Uttarakhand borders with Tibet. Unfortunately, those are undisputed boundaries, so the PLA will claim that this is naked aggression; we - India - are expanding a dispute over boundary lines in Ladakh...

Will you tell them, or shall I?

Thank Heavens for this. Written by a fauji, it is worth noticing. Also interesting to see the dating. So, one good, one bad thing to emerge from this.

The first shots have already been fired. A shot in the air is still a shot. Now both sides are busy putting their spin on it. My take is that the PLA is not yet entirely confident about getting the upper hand. First, in 1968, then at Dokhlam, now, as it develops, with a lag, they are uncertain...

These are the extremist nationalist solutions, not necessarily mine, and are listed here as a border demarcation: Reduce the size of the Pakistan Army by 50%; Stop infiltrating into Kashmir; Surrender terrorist leaders or try them internally (in Pakistan); Simply not practical. Instead, the...

Do you mean practical ones, that have a hope of being accomplished in the existing socio-political environment, or theoretical constructs? I know Pakistanis who can attempt the first; I don't know enough about Pakistan to be able to accomplish it. I have suggestions about the theoretical...

Don't really see the point of listening to this idiot being interviewed. Or reading those. Let's face it, his ideas are shallow and two-dimensional, his solutions are long-lasting as plastic, his ability to lead all his people into a bright future is clearly not there. Why bother to listen?

MOD EDIT: Thread updated for all armour related news of IA. Modernized Sprut-SDM1 tank Russian Ministry of Defense will soon kick-off state trials of modernized Sprut-SDM1 tank. “The upgraded version of the Sprut-SDM1 light amphibious tank will undergo state tests. Based on their results, the...

OMIGOD, it's a surgical strike! @Nilgiri, what are you up to?

@Yankeestani Why did you look surprised? Was it something I said? Please feel QUITE FREE to Pillory me, and give no reasons for it; Contradict me, and give reasons for it; Question me, at whatever length you wish to.