A look into the deliberate intelligence lapse, scapegoating and bad generals immediately after the conflict, article from 2000.
@Jackdaws @Marlii @Gessler et al.
https://www.mansworldindia.com/currentedition/from-the-magazine/kargil-army-take-wrong-man-task-lapse/
Its about time. Building just 3 of a class (or 3 + 3 in A, B-upg format) is not sufficient given lack of true economy of scale and the force levels PLAN has achieved already. 8 ship builds is minimum going forward.
BTW, INS Imphal did a test:
tbh, I couldn't care much. I liked the Sachin era of cricket I grew up with and I remember the best moments fondly. Test Cricket is also the highest form that counts the most for me, ODI is just equivalent of rapid chess (rather than long time control chess where the true art occurs mostly). I...
Basically we have confirmation now that LUPEX is separate mission to CY-4 (which will be done later).
LUPEX will be a joint mission with JAXA it seems (which is pretty much the best country India can cooperate with space if you look at what JAXA has developed in unique ways which they are very...
Junta has cooperated with India a number of times in past, in flushing out anti-India separatist militias (ULFA et al) that had taken refuge in Myanmar etc....to ambushes Indian army set up (and allowing some discretion to Indian army to operate inside Burma border zones in this endeavour as...
It is just that joint venture (DRAL) rather than any large part of the Reliance group. Reliance finances have not been in the best of shape and they have been apparently reluctant to invest more into DRAL. Reliance capital (large holding company within the conglomerate) racked up all kind of...
BD MRCA is in far worse shape given the basic fiscal pressures and constraints. BD govt has expended ~ 30 billion USD in a short manner of time to defend the Taka in the current range setting....more than half its reserve apex around ~2019.
Then there is the election season and post-election...