This is just raw force potential.
How its deployed and integrated is another matter. That is open to near endless discussion/debate past US being clear no. 1....especially given US has no threat in its super-continent at all and has oceans separating from the threats on other continents. This...
I think they got better chance than most (non-Han) since they actually have their own country (Mongolia). Quite unlike Uighurs and Tibetans (though Tibetans arguably have himalayan sanctuary areas in India, Nepal and Bhutan etc where pristine Tibetan language and culture is nurtured). Uighurs...
https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/pli-scheme-may-add-usd-520-billion-to-gdp-in-5-years-report/2152846/
The production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme launched to boost local manufacturing may add USD 520 billion to the gross domestic product in the next five years, according to a report...
Overall a good synopsis for members here to have a look to see how the issues at hand (that many know in much greater resolution here) implant into the more regular media presentation + regular audience. This conveyance carries significance to broader public take on things.
Turkey vis a vis...
Are things as bad as the article says they are? What have members heard about this?
It is high time (imo) that India isolates+atrophies the natasha lobby embedded in south block babusphere. Russia is inertia-driven relationship, its not aligning with our interests geopolitically increasingly...
https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/mtar-technologies-files-for-650-crore-ipo-11608368673212.html
MUMBAI: MTAR Technologies Ltd has filed a draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities Exchange Board of India for an initial public offering (IPO).
The Hyderabad based precision...
Honestly its not my field of expertise.
I would prefer Indian MIC gets good at both developing and producing artillery since its such a basic thing.
So from that sense I would prefer ATAGs any day even with some cost premium...given others have amortisation + economy of scale from their...
Frankly very expensive (opex) to Indian needs. Refurb costs could be quite high too for remaining service life that can be done that way.
Also US will pull out the nuclear reactor for sure and India will find that too big obstacle to have happen in any such deal...not to mention finding a new...
It not surprising, they been force-fed "communism" is the bestest thing ever, its the only thing they know (strangely most don't even understand communist theory itself).
The supremacists inevitably rise to power and stay there cocooned because of this absolute zero-sum thinking and then there...
Yes I'm sure it (what every country in the world does regarding its enemies) explains away all this too:
https://theconversation.com/poll-finds-more-favourable-attitudes-towards-indian-immigrants-than-pakistanis-and-bangladeshis-why-96040
...or the fact you can simply go to a certain "Defence"...
I guess GUMS will be like a Turkish THAAD. Do we know if its a single stage or double stage rocket?
From this earlier (2019) release, interception profile is given at around 30 km "and over" ...
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/14/china/china-xinjiang-icc-biden-intl-hnk/index.html
Hong Kong (CNN)China will not face a case at the International Criminal Court over its treatment of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang -- for now.
Beijing is accused of numerous crimes against Uyghurs and other ethnic...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-sanctions/us-blacklists-dozens-of-chinese-firms-including-smic-dji-idUSKBN28S0HL
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States added dozens of Chinese companies, including the country’s top chipmaker SMIC and Chinese drone manufacturer SZ DJI Technology Co...