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Combat Squadron strength needs to double from current level before we have good core of dedicated a/c like that. Its make-do approach while we get there. Russians and Chinese also make-do with their airframes though they have larger squadron numbers. I really don't put flanker EW variants as...

Well finally we got a big confirmation on things....it has been long buildup. Congrats and good luck to Indonesia.

It is quite different nature and scope...at least that is what I have been told by lot of North Indians. The legacy of stuff weighs down lot of minds that is true....especially idle and not-well occupied minds. UP and Bihar sorely needed someone like Kamaraj to get their education basis at...

Greatly enjoyed reading a lot of the last few pages. I would like to add an additional possibility of aural transmission of various significant rivers (esp if they pertained to later battles, large ritual sacrifices or some other notable event) as part of an earlier bunch of compositions...

Hope you read Joe's reply above. It gives lot of useful context to the larger picture. I will add a few specific answers from my end to try comes at it from another angle. How representative this group of people is? ...well 50/50 but that is a catch 22 situation at some point you need to...

Pity the video calls itself that title in somewhat clickbait way (the "gains" from covid etc), because actually most of the content is larger contextual topic than that. The survey can be found here: https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/economicsurvey/ The HF indicator summary at the start...

Folks need to consider just how deficit (and stretched) IAF will be this decade in combat airframes. Neither will IAF have anywhere close to an adequate number of AWACS either. Hence there is need to optimise every single airframe (that we have and will have) with diverse swing roles as...

Yup swift as the scaled testbed will have to be fully proven till they start on Ghatak I would imagine.

@Jackdaws @Paro @Indos @crixus @Rajaraja Chola et al. When you have some time these 30 minutes are well spent watching this..... as Indian economy context, current and future are summarised quite eloquently (with strong evidence) by this gentleman. It summarises many hours and days of reading...

You have fairly good read on Pakistan's history. However Zia's admin did not happen overnight, there was a ticking time bomb effect prior to it. Some salient parts chronologically: 1) Objective resolution (w.r.t constitution) that was passed in the way it was (against much dissent by...

Avoid starting new thread for twitter based unofficial content etc. Use existing archive. New threads need an official news article etc.

Archiving completed to Early January 2022. February greetings to all members.

Yes the lyric that stands out most to me is "is liye suno ye kahani". More than any other descriptor....India is a story...of many stories. It is with heavy heart we say farewell to Lataji who has accompanied us for her part in it...in that indescribable way she did with her voice.

Seems we have talked about this before heh.... Indeed the "why" almost singularly originates from their patrician class being unable to directly deal any defeat+revenge to Japan and IJA/IJN. The whole resolution of that came only by the foreigner's action on Japan. Specifically how they...

@HTurk any follow up or further questions you have? Before I bring old friend here to give his 2 cents on it maybe.

Yes one look at world map of US bases locations and also other countries between them that can be asked/pressured to allow onshored US logistical chain says the story easily. This is massive significant strategic advantage US enjoys on world theatre.

You have mentioned this before, have you got a source for this?