Of course. Bajwa asking Russia to withdraw from Ukraine etc, has not gone unnoticed by China.
But the Chinese have always factored this in, if you look closely at how they have layered CPEC to begin with.
It is high on symbolism more than anything truly grounded (in the economic model proven...
There will be a readjustment period, but I don' think the PRC loses that much at all.
It was Sharif clan et al (again under fauj diktat just like now) that the Chinese started CPEC with to begin it (IK at that time was criticiing it fairly heavily till he came to power with fauj help and fauj...
Evidence (quickly left behind) of utterly garbage artillery ammo handling by Russian army.
My (ex British army) buddy reaction:
“Good ammunition handling practice is for imperialist pigs. Here comrade, hold my wodka, I’ll show you how it’s done…”
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It reminded me of stories of Nazi thugs beating up jewish ww1 veterans. I forget which were documented, and which were anecdotal....it was all so long ago I read them deeply.
One produced his WW1 iron cross in one account, and the Nazi thugs left him alone after having...
AFAIK, generally all these countries are saying "need to resolve NATO internal commitment first" to pass the buck there etc...while they are more flexible in provision of immediate tactical weaponry etc.
So it didn't matter which country UKR approached first for NATO (retired IFV, tank etc)...
Hope Macron wins, world can use continued stability from French realm.
Le Pen will be shaking things up way too much on that....at time that world is going through lot of problems more than usual.
Simply the largest amounts of a reliable enough platform nearby to the war theatre. Ukraine and allies have to keep doing their best to get Germany to commit a significant % of these now....it is best to fight this war here and now rather than somewhere else later.
Interested members can use this thread to air out their thoughts w.r.t the unfolded/unfolding political situation in our neighbour Pakistan:
https://www.news18.com/news/world/imran-khan-has-been-bowled-out-of-pakistans-political-pitch-but-what-does-it-mean-for-india-4959659.html
Please be...
Green circus forum is providing us lot of entertainment lately lol
Even some mods have changed flags (predictably to ertugul tendency) and dont get their own self-inflicted irony lol:
@crixus @Jackdaws @Paro @Milspec @Rajaraja Chola et al.
It was just my visceral reaction (from cold recesses of my mind) to extreme depraved type that is able to do that kind of thing in fog of war.
They are lowest of low and dont survive long (without ample isolated protection from prison guards) due to honour code that exists among the more...
824 crore INR = 108 mln USD
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/hal-lt-wins-over-824-cr-contract-for-making-5-pslvs/articleshow/90736339.cms
BENGALURU: Manufacture of polar space launch vehicles (PSLVs) — which was the preserve of premier agency Isro for nearly three decades —...
Total depraved lost causes rotting in hell is not good enough.
They need send off on Earth here....a tenure in a prison, with whole prison population knowing what he did....and guards looking other way.
Lesser criminals mete out the proper justice (over long enough time) to these kinds of...
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pm-modi-food-security-scheme-pmgkay-extreme-poverty-imf-study-1934080-2022-04-06
Working paper found here:
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2022/04/05/Pandemic-Poverty-and-Inequality-Evidence-from-India-516155
Change of pace.....Up close look at mango juice production in India:
I will restart (bit later) where I left off the larger dialogue with you @Blackbeardsgoldfish ..... bit busy again lately heh.
These are very good developments from Indian private sector.
@Gessler @Peace Lover et al may have further comments.
@Amardeep Mishra might also have some insight to share on the control logic of larger formation of these loitering drones.