That is a good way of putting things - no wonder court cases drag on and on. However Kashmiri Muslims who make a living in other parts of India ask why are they being ill treated by the locals. If they do not wish to welcome Indians into what they consider to be their land then then should not...
And yet India chooses not to attack Pakistan. The lack of adequate worthy aircraft in PAF will be acute if in a few years time Indian procurement from domestic and international markets becomes substantial.
It is not very clear why Pakistan chose not to bank on J-10 series. It was apparent that...
Only a foolish set of people will ask their pilots to stress the aircraft till it is 'ready to crash' - the increased crashes do not send the required message to opposing air forces. Either it is just a bad time for IAF or that sortie rates have increased suddenly without adequate maintenance...
For my second paragraph, for greater clarity, i should have added this line - Some Indian posters repeat that Pakistan's existence for now and forever is only because of Islam and India (against whom Pakistan has to fight for Islam). Is it right to say this? Likewise your post about national...
India does not require warmongering to keep national cohesion - you know that.
Pakistan was created as a separate land for Muslims in the subcontinent. Would it be right to say that if suddenly Islam goes out of favour then Pakistan would disintegrate? Or if (Hindu) India would not be there...
Can it not be that Indian planners are trying to make our posture more vague rather than an actual change in doctrine?
So we take steps to show that we are trying a lot of measures to blunt Pakistan's nuke policy via missile defence, while at the same time allow some important folks to say that...
Very good point. It also goes to show that we are not an advanced military in some important areas.
I meant that you have changed the language you use now. The construction of your sentences are what a balanced middle aged person would use (not that you weren't balanced before), for example...
Thanks for the detailed & illuminating reply.
I thought as much about point 1, especially since the DG ISPR told that not even a drone would be allowed to cross LOC - says a lot about the strike.
The Israeli angle, what can i say - its both good and bad for us.
On a side note, i wonder how...
Were the drones of a totally different kind - very silent types that could not be detected by the Pakistanis? If not very silent then how can they go deep inside where the SFs went? Can someone elaborate on this? @Vibrio @Oscar if you can kindly share your viewpoints.
Would the extra manpower have meant an escalation of costs? Labour is cheaper here. For example, ISRO's designs are not the most efficient, but their effectiveness is high since they do the job well and at much cheaper rates in comparison to western equivalents.
Maybe HAL would have taken more...
Got busy, so was not in the right frame of mind to reply. But even this time the reply will be short and not enough for your intellectual appetite.
There are some voices from respectable institutions who praise some of BJP's (Modi's) efforts. What cannot be ignored is the Modi-Shah-RSS...
Because faking such a thing (especially if it was decided to tom-tom about it) will mean that we'll become a laughing stock in front of world powers.
India seeks to be considered as an important world player, if not now then in a decade or so. Faking it doesn't help us.
The targets would have...
No need to start abusing when i have not done so. You have not responded to my answer to your statement 'which not only lower their credibility but also embarrassed the educated class of Indians'. Neither have you replied to my statement: The strike was never showcased as attacking PA army...
Knowledgeable Indian members say that such a strike happened. So on this side of the border it never lowered the credibility of IA nor did any educated class get embarrassed - i heard of no such embarrassment thing on our side. What you are saying is your perception of what we feel here.
The...
Good that such a statement has been made. Some worthwhile push-back from at least some section of the military.
Too much politicization is counter-productive for us. Also forces Pak to man the border more effectively as was suggested by @Joe Shearer. Bipin Rawat also unnecessarily listened to...
I'm under the impression that JF-17 and LCA have similar electronics and capabilities, so both can have a good time with each other.
IAF was afraid of losing access to western aircraft if they gave importance to LCA. Likewise ADA etc. fear irrelevance if they are told to think about AMCA.
If...
It will have superior electronics and weapons than Mig-29 currently has. Plus the Migs / Jags / Mirages will not be upgraded beyond the current set of upgrades.
Since AMCA will take time, LCA can be used to develop avionics, weapons etc. which can be used in future aircrafts.