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For the near peer conflict stuff (esp for China).... I feel there needs to be serious re-eval for USMC to bring back tanks into its doctrine. USN should have also kept CV-60 to CV-64 in reserve...and possibly CV-67 and enterprise (CVN-65) as well....rather than sending those to scrapyard A...

I agree with lot of this....disagree (or neutral) with some other bits....might get to it in more depth later. Kashmiris were given an especially raw deal in the 80s though (post 71 and sheik abdullah political repatriation) IMO India was robust enough to hold genuine elections and accept who...

In a year time smartphone exports went from about 3 billion USD to nearly 6 billion USD. Long way to go, but India is at inflection point in lot of places, good to see @Viva_vietnamm et al.

Gambit's impression stands....its like arguing with 12 year olds. lol! This thread is case in point.

The [Russian] private military company Wagner have held talks with the Hezbollah on sending fighters to Ukraine. They reportedly agreed to send 800 Hezbollah fighters to Ukraine for combat operations. 200 should arrive till the end of March - Russian opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta @500

Welcome bhai, make yourself at home. I will catch up with you in the various threads a bit later :D

LOL, where's shoigu? On the supposed reappearance of Russia’s defense minister, Sergey Shoigu, @MoscowTimes points out that today’s teeny tiny footage seems to match what we saw on March 11, his last sighting. Background, necktie, and clothes.

For firearm enthusiasts: https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2022/03/23/small-arms-of-the-war-in-ukraine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

The General Secretary of NATO Jens Stoltenberg sets out the plan to give more support to Ukraine. As well as strengthening battle groups from "the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea", NATO will bolster efforts on land, in the air, at sea and on the cyber front line with more ground troops, anti-tank...

Interesting read: https://warontherocks.com/2022/03/lessons-from-finland-for-ukraine-and-its-foreign-legion/

Fascinating claimed intercepted call from Russian officer near Mykolaiv to superiors in Russia. He says: - This is worse than Chechnya - 50% of troops have frostbite - They can’t evacuate the dead - Don’t have enough tents - RU plane dropped a bomb on their own position - One column was hit with...

Wonder if India and US will eventually cooperate on diego garcia basing too by way of Quad.

For Star Wars fans.....robot chicken skits were pretty great lol:

You really want me to show you the money the West has poured into Russia for 30 years first huh? They didn't know/understand better? 10 times more or 100 times more compared to any other? It is all supposed to turn and stop on a dime for the rest...but never them huh? Always an excuse when my...

I was planning to reply some more salient points....but I am short on time....and will get to it later. Please do stay tuned. There is stuff to address in both Alphamike and Saithan replies. @Baljak please do tell us anything you would like to share/analyse a bit more.

Its complicated. Definitely a loose end CCP perceives need tieing up. But no easy or guaranteed way in doing it. You cannot rely on the online trolls to form sound balanced impression though, that is my advice. CKS escape to Taiwan is interesting story just on its own. That civil war's...

@Madokafc @HTurk Trade still going on from EU to RUS (via BLR) So what gives with the sermon to developing world? This actual mess needs fixing first surely? I mean its 8 years since crimea...........not 8 months (excusable in hindsight) for sudentenland. What gives with facts on ground...