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| 'There is a lot of Vodka in our Rasam' | Thinker | Cynic | Def-Aficionado | Geo-Strat/IR | @TinTin Fan | @bharatrakshak | Naval Gazer |
Dec 13, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
1.The buildup of the 9th December at #ThangLa started around last week of November 2022 when the frequency of face-offs in the sector spiked suddenly.

Battalion Commanders alarmed by the sudden increase in sightings of #PLA patrols in their AOR quietly reinforced their flanks. 2. Alert troops at posts overlooking known PLA ingress positions with HHTI (Hand Held Thermal Imagers) reported large body of PLA troops forming up using the fog as cover.

SITREP at 6am on 9th December 2022 was sent to Brigade HQ and QRTs placed strategically were mobilized.
Dec 13, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
1. Mago marks the southern entrance of the valley and Chuna the northern end of it bordering the LAC.Steep mountainous terrain which needs hours of trekking to reach posts
#TawangClash 2. Peak XXX sits to the west of this area and has commanding view of the ridges and tracks across the LAC deep into Cona County.The PLA sent in roughly 300 troops with melee weapons with a clear intention to kill/miam the IA troops holding the area.
Jan 14, 2022 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
Thoughts on @indiannavy's Carrier Based Fighter Trials : 1. The Rafale-M and F-18 SH are optimized for CATOBAR operations and fielding them on a STOBAR carrier will come with performance penalties.
Dec 12, 2021 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Call recording of Hafiz Farooq Ahmed Khan(Lecturer at PAF College Lower Topa)
&
Sqn Ldr Hassan Mehmood Siddiqui (PAF) after an aerial engagement between IAF and PAF on 27th Feb 2019
soundcloud.app.goo.gl/8ijSy This call recording assumes significance in light of this news article on @Dawn_News
dawn.com/news/1663307/l…
Nov 23, 2021 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
The @IAF_MCC needs to gear up for Large Force Engagements (LFE) in intense EW environments.This might entail jammed comms, data-links, sat-nav and FCRs (no firing solution)

All of this amidst a series of RWR warnings as Enemy SAMs paint you red over hostile airspace. IAF will need to quickly bridge the tech gap between the plethora of aircraft in its inventory so that any LFE mission has measurable success against enemy targets despite attrition.A downed Rafale should not result in a scrubbed mission.
Aug 18, 2021 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
A quick read on Taliban 2.0 and the fall of Kabul :

1.The change of regime was engineered by the US in full public gkare including promises of a transition and interim government

2.The ISI did not subscribe to the idea but asked the Talibs to play along regardless 3.The old guard (Northern Alliance) Amarullah Saleh , Ata Muhammad Noor and Abdul Rashid Dostum were sidelined by Ghani on the directions of Zalmay Khalilzad

4.The fissures in the government were visible in the public posturing of the old guard which smelt a rat from the outset
Aug 15, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Air Traffic near #MazarESharif and #kabulairport.The Cessna Grand Caravan is off to #Tajikistan ImageImageImageImage The C-208 can take off from Remote Airstrips and could possibly belong to either the Afghan Airforce or the CIA.
Feb 12, 2021 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
As India and China are in the midst of a drawdown in Ladakh , I summarize key information gleaned from a Chinese website

The PLA is digging in for winter and the current withdrawals are only "return to nodes" from where they can redeploy at a short notice
#LAC The conditions for the PLA soldiers on the ground have been anything but easy.

Death and injuries due to exposure ,

HAPE (High Altitude Pulmonary Edema )

and

HACE (High Altitude Cerebral Edema)

My theory is that this is exacerbated due to smoking addiction in the PLA.
Apr 19, 2020 • 26 tweets • 7 min read
1. @khamenei_ir's statement needs to be seen in the context of the "Battle for Dominance" of the Islamic World between Iran and Saudi Arabia

Riyadh's position as the leader of the Muslims has been under threat from Tehran right after the Islamic Revolution of 1979 2. The genesis of this war is a war of ideologies among the two sects of Islam ; 'Shia' and 'Sunni' with Sunnis being the dominant population in the Middle East , North Africa , Pakistan , Indonesia , India and Malaysia.
Apr 5, 2020 • 21 tweets • 7 min read
It is not often that a news article gets stuck in your mindspace.With #COVID19 spreading a pall of gloom ; new infections , deaths , ventilators , PPE and above all #China dominates every piece of breaking news
Images from @JetPhotos However a recent story by @Ashoke_Raj for @ANI @livemint and @EconomicTimes broke the mould and brought a smile on many a face.Special Evacuation Flights by @airindian , an extra cheerful Pakistani ATCO (Air Traffic Controller) and loads of pleasanteries and praise
Mar 26, 2020 • 26 tweets • 4 min read
Drawing from Yun Sun's take on China's Strategic Assessment of India , it would be prudent to delve intio aspects other than Doklam which impact Sino-Indian dynamics.

1. The resurgence of Indian covert capabilities have gradually deleveraged the Chinese MSS in the North East. 2. The MSS used a network of human assets , training camps and ports in Bangladesh , Myanmar and Thailand to facilitate insurgency in the North-East.This included sheltering key leaders like ULFA's Paresh Barua and NSCN-K's S.S.Khaplang inside Chinese Territory.
Dec 9, 2019 • 8 tweets • 6 min read
"A lie told often enough becomes the truth." - Vladimir Lenin

An article on @TheNatlInterest by @KyleMizokami was published 3 times since 2017 as a targeted smear campaign against @DRDO_India's Arjun MBT

Let me try and piece this together in a series of tweets The article in question is a crude attempt at a 1000 word school essay on the Arjun MBT by @KyleMizokami which has been published thrice since April 2017.The links are shared below for verification

nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/meet…

nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/35-y…

nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/indi…
Dec 7, 2019 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
The Chinese are lying through their teeth. An attempt to present timelines of events with plots and maps provided by the ever resourceful @detresfa_

1. The Shiyan 1 attempted the first ingress into Indian EEZ on 09/08/2019

2. Abruptly changed course on 11/08/2019 (Snag ?) 3. Took a new course across the Great Channel and reached Phuket on 20/08/2019

4. Docked at Phuket for 5 days (Repairs ? Replenishment ?)

5. Left Phuket on 25/08/2019 and took a new course crossing Indian EEZ on the Southern Western tip of Little Andaman.
Dec 4, 2019 • 17 tweets • 5 min read
On Navy Day , I look into the reported violation of Indian EEZ in the Andaman Sea by a Chinese Survey Vessel Shiyan 1 in August-September 2019. Shiyan 1 was reportedly engaged in 'research activities' around 200 Nautical Miles off Port Blair was first sighted by a @indiannavy Doriner-228 Maritime Patrol Aircraft.A warship was duly dispatched which ordered the vessel to leave
Dec 3, 2019 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
The @firstpost report by Yatish Yadav on problems plaguing the Akash Missile in @IAF_MCC service is an arms lobby sponsored hit-job. It is an attempt to weaken the government's thrust on procurement of indigenous weapon systems.I elaborate in the thread below :- Allegation 1

The report states that "On 3rd June, 2018, Akash Missile's Transportation and Loading Vehicle (TLV), parked at an Air Force Squadron, was jolted after a sudden burst of tube followed by shearing off wheel bolts due to impact.