#BREAKING: PLA takes the cloak off secretive project; showcases underwater tank designed to fight Indian Navy fighters conducting anti-submarine operations in Pangong Tso.
Note that our #expert#OSINT team was the first to discover that the Indian Navy was using Sea Harriers for anti-submarine warfare 👇🏻
And in collaboration with our partners at the defence portal LoveFest, we had also identified the Navy’s deployment of Sea King helicopters at the lake.
Credible claims:
- 🇮🇳 executed strikes on terrorist infra in several locations in Pak.
- 🇮🇳 managed to destroy vital infra at nearly all PAF bases. These strikes were mostly symbolic.
- 🇵🇰 shot down at least two manned Indian aircraft.
Semi-credible claims:
- 🇮🇳 destroyed AWACS/fighters inside a hangar.
- 🇮🇳 targeted and damaged Pakistan nuke storage/command sites.
- 🇵🇰 shot down three or more manned Indian aircraft.
Thread on "Human Error" or "Pilot Error". These are widely misunderstood terms, and that lack of understanding is being used to float unhinged conspiracy theories. 🧵
People often see "human error" as an indictment of the pilot, an accusation that he or she made a mistake that could have been avoided. That is not so. It’s more about the limits of human interaction with fast-moving machines in high-pressure situations.
The human body has a natural sense of balance which ensures that people doing everyday activities don’t fall over. That sense hasn’t evolved to deal with high-speed flight in difficult conditions (say dense fog that blanks out all visual references). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_of_…
Patio furniture procured from Home Depot demonstrates how dependent the two countries are on the US for critical needs despite their professed independence.
Putin has his hands clasped tightly, while Modi's has cupped his palms together, demonstrating Russia's unwillingness/inability to provide what India wants despite Indian requests.
In short, the Russians treat indirect fires as the primary element, with maneuver forces only helping artillery get into position and seizing an objective after it has been devastated.
So the artillery footprint is very large, and the firepower is incredible, although imprecise.
Quick thread: Some I lessons learned, not from the Ukraine invasion in particular, but in following domestic/international crises and conflicts over the last few years, and from life in general. Nearly all arise out of my own failures/missteps/botch-ups.
1. Things aren't always what they seem at the start. Finding accurate information in a sea of propaganda is close to impossible. Wait for a situation to develop; don't celebrate/surrender prematurely.
2. Most real-time commentary (a.k.a OSINT) is garbage. The worst is often peddled by anonymous handles.