French twitter guy doesnt understand how inflation works and is factored into the cost estimates in todays dollars.
Also it was aussie own anti-nuclear approach that cause them to go for SSK (shortfin) to begin with (and earlier candidates with downselection).
That anti-nuclear lobby still has...
Yes I agree. Taiwan should be the major focused step in process now given what resides within it.
Past the security gesturing like you mention, there is something even bigger: working with Taiwan in more meaningful economic ways....India has not done enough to grow ties there.
The pesky troll got dealt with.
I was joking with a friend just recently this is why PLAN submarines stick out so easily, they likely have political commissars like this fella inside them making quite a din all the time...
https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/science/indias-first-manned-ocean-mission-samudrayan-launched/2359887/
India’s first manned ocean mission ‘Samudrayan’ was launched here on Friday by Union Minister Jitendra Singh and with this the nation joined an elite club of nations having such...
The first user trial of Agni-5, India's first intercontinental ballistic missile, has been successful. It comes amidst the Ladakh standoff; the missile has a range of over 5000 km, which means it can cover the whole of China. On 'The Gist', StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale is in...
http://trishul-trident.blogspot.com/2021/10/pakistan-navys-first-type-054ap-ffg.html
A well armed ship for its size, any additional thoughts? @Bilal Khan(Quwa) @Anmdt @AlphaMike et al.
https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/hal-delivers-the-200th-gun-bay-door-for-boeing-f-a-18-super-hornet-121102900456_1.html
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has delivered the 200th gun bay door for Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet.
Bengaluru-headquartered HAL said it has been...
Well IMO, it is something more broader than just air power.
In the modern era, there has been noticeably one major power that has demonstrably been the largest factor for the decline and eventual end of the Ottoman era....by series of wars and warfare it imposed on the Turks.
It made decision...
We sent doval to meet the holiness too?
lmao...
Maybe there is something to the vatican conspiracies (in geopolitical illuminati power structures etc etc) after all....
Reads all too familiar to me.
Pak-origin buddy of mine (he is born in Canada though, only nominally identifies as Pakistani past it)....his father and I developed a valuable friendship....he is a mentor to me in quite a number of ways.
His son (my bud) is very intelligent too (apple doesnt...
Let's take a step back fellas. I like you both and what you have to share.....but this is just internet space to chat.
Don't have to measure and prove who we are and what we know and who we know etc....
Its nothing some time wont solve as to see what surfaces in the end. Till then lets just...
They (US) need to prove what this CAATSA waiver thing is all about...making a few noises now, but there need to be solid resolution on it soon....
Till then India is not going to budge much on quad "improvement"....as status quo serves us ok for time being.
US also needs some time to sunset...
ICGS Sarthak (commissioned recently as 10th in this OPV class):
IMG source
Samarth class OPV wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samarth-class_offshore_patrol_vessel
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News...
Back to business as usual....3 billion is like 3 tail-enders (picked by saudi cricket board, not PCB) to send out after wickets fell and see how they do...
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2326870/sbp-pumped-12-billion-to-defend-rupee-wb
The team captain's recent musings were pointed out to me by...
Happy republic day to 🇹🇷 and Turkish members.
Some of my recent and earlier thoughts and musings on your founding father and the republic....
https://defencehub.live/threads/combat-analysis-war-history.488/page-4#post-44234