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18 Mar, 4 tweets, 1 min read
1. The Indian govt has been ''trending away'' from democratic values ... the Chairman of the US Committee of Foreign Relations tells the the US Secretary Defence ahead of his India visit tomorrow onwards. Very strong quotes in his letter ... as follows:
2. ''The Indian government's ongoing crackdown on farmers peacefully protesting new farming laws and corresponding intimidation of journalists and government critics only underscores the deteriorating situation of democracy in India.''
3. ''we must acknowledge that the partnership is strongest when based on shared democratic values and the Indian government has been trending away from those values.''
4. The US Committee on Foreign Relations reiterates the need to sanction India if we are to procure Russian built S-400 surface to air missiles.

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1. Come to think of it, the SMART system is possibly an Indian carrier-killer using an approach very different from what the Chinese have done with the DF-21D.
2. Instead of the DF-21D's terminal guidance which homes in on an enemy aircraft carrier before engaging in exceptionally complex end-stage manoeuvring against a moving target, this missile - which is essentially the Shourya with a torpedo payload uses a more pragmatic approach.
3. The SMART system flies out to close to 2000 kms in the direction of an enemy carrier or fleet, it drops its torpedo payload which then loiters till it picks up its target and engages.
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5 Oct 20
1. This weapon system ... the existence of was not known to many of us who track indigenous defence tech developments closely ... is a potential game-changer. A few observations and questions on this thread ...
2. The missile-torpedo combo is a fairly large weapon system and the launch cannister appears very long. If this launches in VLS mode only, I wonder if it could be considered for deployment on our ballistic missile submarine though that would be the `loss' of one precious silo.
3. The launch-tube appears too big to comfortably fit inside a warship - though a warship DOES appear to be the best choice of platform to launch this weapon from.
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20 Sep 20
1. ICU bed availability with ventilator support for COVID patients continues to plummet at PRIVATE hospitals in Delhi. Leading hospitals such as Max (most branches), Apollo have 0 ICU bed availability.
2. Capacity DOES exist in a handful of large govt hospitals, NOT AIIMS. ImageImageImageImage
2. The numbers keep changing but as of about 10 am, there were approximately 78 ICU beds in a total of 82 private hospitals, several with not more than 1 bed available.
3. AIIMS Delhi presently has only 5 beds available, last night they had none. Patients being shifted to a facility in Jhajjar with more capacity.
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19 Sep 20
1. Easily among the saddest days in the history of the @indiannavy . The carrier Viraat, ``mother'' for generations of Naval officers and men has embarked on her final journey. This is the equivalent of `dead man walking.' She is on her way to the ship breakers. @RoyalNavy
2. In our country ... sadly ... there is no sense of maritime history strong enough to have preserved her as a museum ship. Viraat meets the same fate as India's first carrier, Vikrant. She will be broken up to pieces, her metal sold as scrap.
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1. Amidst reports of India giving up territory in the disengagement process, the MEA issues its strongest statement yet - ''There is absolutely no change with respect to India’s position on the Line of Actual Control. We are fully committed to observing and respecting the LAC''
2. ''Any unilateral attempts to change the status quo along the LAC are not acceptable.''
3. ''Both sides have agreed at specific points to re-deploy towards their regular posts on their respective sides of the LAC. These are mutually agreed reciprocal actions to be taken by both sides.''
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