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Yes as a good Nair friend has often told me, part and parcel of clamping down on the martial arts/warfare schools too. It is good to see you around here again Joe, you have been missed by many.

I just found this fascinating thread, I hope you guys keep updating to it.....very nice read. You are correct there are curved swords found inside India that predated Islamic influence but these were different to talwar and shamshir which come via persian+islamic influence. What I think...

It was me that edited it out (it and later replies to it violated forum rules). I do not like to edit member's posts...but I feel keeping it deleted loses what the rest of the post/convo had for context of a later reader (as much as I may agree/disagree with its contents). I agree with your...

Some replies have been restored (with edits), some will stay deleted. Please do better next time folks. Thread unlocked.

Yes its easier route to sustain a current account deficit (a balm to slow various high fever signalling by the currency)....rather than do the hard reform as to why the deficit is there. i.e the govt "trust" in each other intervenes above what the market is doing by itself. Similar to "easy"...

Note: In CE-20 no more vernier thrusters are used, rather the rocket nozzle is gimballed to provide the requisite delta-T corrections.

Real legends:

ALH (mkIII) induction continues at pace, this time coastguard:

Bro, our establishment was terrible and now they are just a bit better (or the same) than that worst time. Hence there is huge missed opportunity with many initial ToT. HDW blacklisted (209/sishumar) and Bofors blacklisted come to mind for example for the 80s/90s...instead of making rules more...

I have had a busy few days lately (and so some thread activity was not nipped in bud like it otherwise should have). But don't think that is cause to bait--counterbait, troll-countertroll and flame-counterflame with no regard for the forum rules which you all know by now. This thread is locked...

8000 cr INR = about 1.1 billion USD

A related development or just coincidence on these "syndicates"? https://www.sify.com/news/suspected-chinese-spy-held-while-illegally-entering-india-from-bdesh-news-national-vgkr4xeafbaii.html Something fishy is going on for sure....

Some nice Marut renders, all credit to creator:

Navies of India, Thailand begin 3-day coordinated patrol in Andaman Sea https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/navies-of-india-thailand-begin-3-day-coordinated-patrol-in-andaman-sea/article34768022.ece India and Thailand navies have been bi-annually undertaking CORPAT along their international...

Turkey Debt was brought up a bit earlier in the thread just now. I would just like to add this, regarding the external debt: I am assuming a whole lot has not changed too much since 2019, given 2020 was effectively a stasis year. But of course some numbers finalised/published later can turn...

This "technocrat" blab is one of the more predictable over-used responses when the innards of CCP come up for discussion (be it some notion of "democracy" definition) We all saw for ourselves.... the results of the "technocratic" response in the crucial months leading to the Covid spread...

Yah, I mean like higher officer ranks, colonel and above. I'd say at least 30% (right off the bat), it could be higher esp now that Shan have joined and are joining.... The exact number is hard to determine...lot of Burma (by area given jungle) is very uninhabited and effectively not...