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That's because of the boorish behaviour and sense of superiority displayed by a certain section of the public. These people will not show off in front of a westerner. There always was an underlying sense of Hindutva which never really got national prominence due to the ruling political parties...

There is an Indian defense forum where one of PDF's ex-members openly celebrated the death of our first CDS Bipin Rawat. After a few posts he was given a warning and no more - no ban nothing. There are also some Indian forums which insult Pakistanis a lot. PDF has degraded a lot by design and...

They dominate in some sections, not everywhere. They do not dominate in the education sector and in the top government jobs.

As you know, everyone is to blame. Excessive bureaucratic delay in decision making coupled with the availability of equipment from Russian and some Western countries. So IAF keeps gunning for the best aircraft available to be purchased which are of course better than the Tejas, and so they try...

Not referring to the Mig-21 kill but to the MKI kill that has no proof.

The same logic can be applied to our MKI fleet. Both airforces have awarded their pilots for publicly unverifiable kills.

Well no one at his level really cares about what people write in some silly forums unless some major info is leaked. PDF, BR etc aren't Facebook or Whatsapp. Sure, we'll regret the politicization of aspects of our society which were relatively insulated, or at least appeared / forced to be...

Or maybe he has decided to counter the narrative that makes people happy here at PDF. He must have also decided to spread amongst Indians the analysis that makes members of forums like Bharat Rakshak sleep peacefully at night (and perhaps during the day too).

If it's the Tejas, then it cannot be just for palm oil imports which can be stopped anytime as we did previously. It must have to do with backing from the US. India cannot compare with China on the influence level though the ill advised Chinese intrusion into/near Malaysian airspace is an...

Making such statements helps to force France to offer the next order of Rafales at more competitive rates. Also, asking for 114 aircraft is a signal to GoI that LCA MK2 apart, we need more top end aircraft without too much delay since our security needs have rapidly changed.

This what happens when there is severe power asymmetry. Other than a hypothetical control over Taliban ruled Afghanistan helping Chinese interests, Pakistan has very limited influence over China. When India was much much more weaker than she is now and was unofficially aligned with the Soviet...

The Pakistani intelligence and deep state have orchestrated the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan exceedingly well. One can't help but admire this capability. Now China will keep humouring Pakistan for CPEC and BRI somewhat like US couldn't do anything worthwhile against Pakistan.

I was referring to the events of 26-27 Feb 2019. That's why i mentioned to the BJP IT cell which promotes one type of narrative. On the Pakistani side we have prominence given to another narrative. Guess we'll have to wait for a good book to be written on this, a few decades from now.

I haven't found them although @Dustom999 seems to make some types of Indian members here unhappy. The stories you are referring to need to be fished out since pro-BJP articles are given high prominence by the BJP IT Cell. Any leads to find the stories? Well, i did write in my post that Are...

Even if, as you say, IAF is less competent than PAF, it will be a bad thing as long as India is not significantly above Pakistan in terms of economy, GDP per capita, technology, human resource indicators etc. If India goes much above Pak pretty soon then these factors will be sufficient to cease...

IMHO the main point is not that US Navy will procure what India gives. They'll have more feasible hardware. For us it is an advertisement that we have a high-tech product that is worthy of being offered to the world's foremost economic, technological and military superpower even though what we...

We were always buying things from outside - lower end stuff for mass usage and higher end stuff for various applications and reasons. We also made some of the low-end stuff through different means - self design or by getting know-how. Now we are in a position to transition to more advanced...

Did you quote the wrong person?

Valid point. However the fine print needs to be seen. I think that the decision amounts to local production and not locally designed systems. As @Novice09 has said, 74% FDI has been approved. The armed forces will not easily let go of western and Russian arms. Plus the weapon systems cannot be...

When i said '..., we have been told ...', i mean we Indians. I did not even move towards agree to disagree. All i'm saying is that since GoI and IAF deny anything about MKI being hit, they can as well send MKIs to satisfy the domestic audience. I'll stop here. I don't think that i'm getting an...