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Jan 18 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
1/4 [Thread with images] Putting images of the new Chinese bridge across the Pangong through some filters/adjustments. First, the original images. 📸: @Maxar Image
2. Long shot of the location ... 📸: @Maxar Image
3. Closeup of the bridge, post adjustments. 📸: @Maxar Image
4. Another image of the bridge, post adjustments. 📸: @Maxar Image

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Jan 21
1.Ignorant to pass off India Gate & the names inscribed as merely `a symbol of our colonial past.' More than 74,000 Indians were killed in WW-1, one of the largest volunteer forces in history. The legacy of the Indian Army, one of the greatest anywhere, stems from its past.
2. The bedrock of the Indian Army are its traditions. Its regiments have a strong colonial past - they are seeped in tradition. To ignore that past, & to simplify this proud legacy to Indians in WW-1 having fought `someone else's war' is crude revisionism.
3. Generations of Indians - officers and men - have followed in the footsteps of their forefathers - men who fought in the Great Wars. They were inspired by the stories of these men and their valour.
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Jan 5
1. SOURCES: Chopper crash of Gen Bipin Rawat was the result of Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) in cloudy weather conditions. (CFIT is defined in aviation as being caused by pilot error.) IATA definition in next tweet:
2. IATA (International Air Transport Association) - CFIT refers to accidents in which there was an in-flight collision with terrain, water, or obstacle, without indication of loss of control. (MORE)
3. IATA: The critical distinction in these types of accidents is the fact that the aircraft is under the control of the flight crew.
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Jan 3
1. THREAD: Dr.NK Arora, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) to India: '75% OF CASES IN METROS ARE OMICRON' #Covid_19
2. 'India is clearly in the third wave of COVID.'
3. 'The whole wave seems to be driven by Omicron.''
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Jan 2
1. THREAD: Multiple reports, with fragments of detail on the CDS chopper crash, skirt the possibility of pilot error. This report says ''CFIT [Controlled Flight into Terrain] means the helicopter was airworthy and the pilot was not at fault.'' Really?
indianexpress.com/article/india/…
2. - How exactly do you fly into terrain in a controlled manner without there being gross pilot error? Why would any pilot get into this situation at all? Its crucial for the @IAF_MCC to be transparent about what happened.
3. Aviators will tell you there is hardly ever a single cause of a crash. Crashes happen for multiple reasons - Here's what I would like to know ...
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Jan 2
1. The Vikramaditya and presumably the Vikrant are fitted with a host of very specific, closed-looping landing and navigation aids specific to the MiG-29K aircraft. This includes the LUNA optical landing system.
2. The Russian Resistor-E air-traffic control system is interfaced with the MiG-29K and provides landing and navigation to just 30 metres short of flight deck. Again, I assume this would be the basis of MiG ops on the Vikrant.
3. I don't think the elevator is a problem - there wouldn't be prospective trials if that were the case. Would be interesting to see what the load-out of a Rafale-M would be for operations on a ski-jump off Viraat.
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Nov 30, 2021
1. Sources tell me it will take between 4 and 6 hours at Delhi airport from Dec 1 to get results of an RT-PCR test before one is allowed to exit or take a connecting flight. They will process 400-500 PCR tests per hour. Lets do the math on what this will mean for passengers.
2. An average Europe to Delhi direct flight takes 8.5 hours. Add 2 hours at the airport prior to the flight (minimum). 6 hours at Delhi airport. 1 more hour minimum to clear customs and immigration and pick up your luggage. That's 17 hours minimum as you leave Delhi airport.
3. Add a minimum of 2.5 hours for a connecting flight through the middle-east. 19.5 hours.
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