tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post4436373313076951457..comments2024-03-27T22:21:20.855+05:30Comments on TRISHUL: Waging Retributive, Sustained HyperwarPrasun K. Senguptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.comBlogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-1776033349856275842016-12-20T09:58:49.018+05:302016-12-20T09:58:49.018+05:30sind is the gateway for balochistans freedom - ji...sind is the gateway for balochistans freedom - jiye sind freedom fighters should join hands with BLA to fight a common pakistani army ajitkumarnairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089910100772388186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-9292319528647035852016-12-20T08:53:43.858+05:302016-12-20T08:53:43.858+05:30what is the condition of chabahar port - how far a...what is the condition of chabahar port - how far are we from docking ships over there <br />ajitkumarnairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089910100772388186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-53268215126621164572016-12-20T08:47:05.964+05:302016-12-20T08:47:05.964+05:30ALL indian military personnel in war zones like j ...ALL indian military personnel in war zones like j & k and north east should be given personal weapons for protection - could be small hand held fire weapons and should be ready to fire - and everyone should be trained for self protection . loss of military personnel in war is loss to attrition - but getting killed by irregulars and taken by surprise every time makes us just uniformed men with guns - not soldiers - soldiers are supposed to fight and kill - ajitkumarnairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089910100772388186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-81619064570505948082016-12-13T22:36:11.303+05:302016-12-13T22:36:11.303+05:30Hi Prasun,
Great 8 article.
Chinese are using age ...Hi Prasun,<br />Great 8 article.<br />Chinese are using age old tactic perfected by british. They are also doing it in our neighborhood. Gdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906098684798646780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-70598861014500057712016-12-10T16:31:35.358+05:302016-12-10T16:31:35.358+05:30You mean agni-3 and agni-4? You mean agni-3 and agni-4? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-34355636263212862992016-12-10T05:31:12.028+05:302016-12-10T05:31:12.028+05:30The situation of ACM Tyagi is the old style of bla...The situation of ACM Tyagi is the old style of blaming the uniform for selecting a good product, not that commissions and kickbacks as standard for political coffers have not been given. ACM Tyagi will have to be let off after due process just as previously Mr.Ghosh of OFB was let off. The political crocs will swim free as usual only gazing at each other and muddying the watersKaustavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16081646795532432964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-65419544708235021632016-12-10T01:59:25.402+05:302016-12-10T01:59:25.402+05:30@Prasun da
1. your idea about both AW101 helicopt...@Prasun da<br /><br />1. your idea about both AW101 helicopter deal and EMB 145 plane seem to have gone wrong, with the arrest of SP Tyagi dont know whos next?<br /><br />2. the disaster of INS Betwa could have been prevented but now i think bouyancy balloons are the only way out to rescue the warship?<br /><br />3. My count that no. of Rafales wil go up have now been seconded by you, sometime you have yourself said that now Rafale M will be vordered both for INS Vikranty/INS Vishal my count says it will atleast 55 making Indian Navy bigger operator of these jets than French Navy?<br /><br />4. why is Boeing hell bent on building jets in India?<br /><br />5. With India now focusing on Baluchistan seems to me it has calmly forgotten sbout the plight of Tibet and Tibetans<br /><br />6. Wha is the issue with Mongolia being scared of China, have these countries now finally relaized that China was primarily trying to put these countries in a cycle of debt (lets leave out Pak it asked for it)<br /><br />7. Since the day you said that Manmohan Singh had rehashed and updated the policies of Rakesh Mohan committee in 1991 for economic reforms i have done lot of digging, read news and tried to remember things from 1980s, did 2+2=4 and this is what i could figure out however i may be wrong, but would like to get your opinion on these, here it is:-<br /><br />"by 1980s Indias economic situation was very serious, this is reason (if i remember correctly) India under Rajiv Gandhi took 2 huge loans from World Bank one to be paid over 25 ys & other over 35 yrs. Rajiv Gandhi well aware of the precarious situation asked Rakesh Mohan to head a committee to create a roadmap for economic revival in 1985, who promptly sat down and after suggestion from economist including Amartya Sen devised a revival plan that included many bitter pills by 1986. <br /><br />But Rajiv Gandhi couldnt find a situation to implement it as by mid 1986 India was struck by massive drought that lasted into 1987. In this situation Gen Sundarji came up with the Brassttacks plan which was a massive military exersize but essentially aimed at attacking Pak and size back Sir Creek in south and rescue PoK and permanently finish Pak support of Khalistan and shut the brewing problem of Kashmir militancy in the bud, he got full approval from Rajiv for that. <br /><br />Rajiv Gandhi had hoped to kill 3 birds with one arrow; one will stop Pak from supporting militancy forever, recover PoK and with public support completely behind him after that he will initiate massive economic revival with bitter pills to start with. As such everything was going as per plan, but someone talked and the news of impending attack reached Gen Zia ul Haq via the CIA or ISI and the willy gen flew down to Delhi in 1987 in a PAF plane to watch a India Pak cricket match (RAW was severely blasted for not seeing that coming) and in a manner similar to what Morarji Desai said in 1978 he said 'I know what do you want to do with Brassttacks' ie attack Pak. A flabbergasted Rajiv Gandhi was forced to stop all those plans and the economic revival plan based on Rakesh Mohan committee suggestions were sent to cold storage, but some years down the line in 1991 Manmohan Singh revised and relaunched the same plan under PV Narsimha Rao.<br /><br />this is what i figured<br /><br />thanks<br /><br />Joydeep Ghoshjoydeep ghoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00038225081192821456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-22503190213330583602016-12-09T22:05:56.891+05:302016-12-09T22:05:56.891+05:30Plastic money is on the way. Prasun ji, Modi gover...Plastic money is on the way. Prasun ji, Modi government is on the right way as per Your suggestions. Soubhagyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-25060540451472208362016-12-09T22:04:38.880+05:302016-12-09T22:04:38.880+05:30What the hell!!!!! S P Tyagi arrested..... What...What the hell!!!!! S P Tyagi arrested..... What's next. As per CBI evidence is available.Soubhagyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-81680923531135893642016-12-09T19:37:19.627+05:302016-12-09T19:37:19.627+05:30The price of money in India. A sobering article:
...The price of money in India. A sobering article:<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-38222672<br /><br />AnandaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-13647645590046707122016-12-09T17:45:30.111+05:302016-12-09T17:45:30.111+05:30PrasunDa
1.) Only 116 Nag Missiles? Isn't tha...PrasunDa<br /><br />1.) Only 116 Nag Missiles? Isn't that a very small order? Will a larger order be placed after they are satisfied with the series production?<br /><br />2.)What moves is Modi going to play next to curb black money after demonetisation ?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647940104050353613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-22392571659588339292016-12-09T15:51:54.734+05:302016-12-09T15:51:54.734+05:30Hi Prasun,
Further to your comments above, Presid...Hi Prasun,<br /><br />Further to your comments above, President Ghani's and USA (Gen Nicholson), is there a major divergence in the views of Russia + Iran with India's view wrt Afghanistan & Taliban?<br /><br />http://www.voanews.com/a/us-commander-taliban-pakistan-russia-iran/3621556.html<br /><br />If so, will this affect what India is trying to do at Chahbhar port?<br /><br />AjitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-55024207106747898812016-12-09T05:31:36.340+05:302016-12-09T05:31:36.340+05:3024 of each type24 of each typeKaustavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16081646795532432964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-18778551088070866642016-12-09T01:51:58.077+05:302016-12-09T01:51:58.077+05:30Prasun, how many agni-3 and agni-4 do SFC have in ...Prasun, how many agni-3 and agni-4 do SFC have in its armoury? Atleast any educated guess you can come up with? <br /><br />What is the range of A3 & A4? <br /><br />Media reports indicate A4 has a longer range than A3? How is that possible considering A4 is so much smaller? <br /><br />Can these two missiles penetrate Chinese BMD? <br /><br />Ajai shukla recently indicated this government may be about to announce CDS or even threater command? Do you have any info on this? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-37716839222976121952016-12-09T01:31:05.797+05:302016-12-09T01:31:05.797+05:30sir what's the status of chabahar project as w...sir what's the status of chabahar project as well as INSTC<br />now even mongolia asking for Indian help it seems mongols are pushing for India to increase her pace.<br />sir only through your blog i gained a habit of going through each and every comment, but while going through an article at idrw i got a sense that some Indians think if mongolia is asking for help means it is asking for money.<br />sometime back in a press conference during afro-India summit as the Algerians told the so called press corps that they need Indian help, one of the Indian press corpsman asked him how much money he is expecting from INdia. I was ashamed. when mildly he told him that algerian govt. has 100 billion dollars that can be mobilised for development, THEY just require technology.<br />i really sometimes think if India has grown too rich, that these a___holes consider every country is a beggar.<br />sorry for lengthy comment but i was unable to hold myself<br />SIDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-89740269185983093532016-12-08T20:10:25.941+05:302016-12-08T20:10:25.941+05:30Dear Sir,
Do you think Afghanistan will be able t...Dear Sir,<br /><br />Do you think Afghanistan will be able to purchase from India as well? From the news it seems that current afghan budget is 80% from USA + allies. How much control does the Afghanistan have on its budget? Can we not donate some of the old T-XXXX to them?<br /><br />BHAVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-70380543211876931202016-12-08T19:55:12.664+05:302016-12-08T19:55:12.664+05:30Sir,
Previous years there was lot of chatters ab...Sir, <br /><br />Previous years there was lot of chatters about CLGM in DRDO's newsletters, but now suddenly this project is like non existential ? <br /><br />What happened to it? <br /><br />Also if Indian Army planning to purchase more Arjuns next year, so which missile they going to choose? Arpit Kanodiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16467626553252165462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-38089476332446901432016-12-08T19:32:56.908+05:302016-12-08T19:32:56.908+05:30India, Russia and Donald Trump, all seem to be tre...India, Russia and Donald Trump, all seem to be treating Pakistan666 in their own different manners. But their central task is the same i.e. to obliterate Pakistan completely. Rajesh Mishranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-48926160218070872822016-12-08T18:35:49.826+05:302016-12-08T18:35:49.826+05:30PrasunDa,
Indian Army has once again filed a RFI ...PrasunDa,<br /><br />Indian Army has once again filed a RFI for a Sniper Rifle apparently to replace the Soviet era Dragunov sniper rifles. <br /><br />Given the fact that some sections of the military are already using either the Israeli Galil or the US made M-107, is there need for another sniper rifle?<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Sujoy<br /><br />SUJOY MAJUMDARhttp://www.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-78815830705940919822016-12-08T17:59:47.737+05:302016-12-08T17:59:47.737+05:30hi prasun
I think we have a big headac...hi prasun<br /> I think we have a big headache in the form of the chinese VLRAAM that has bee test fired out to a range of more than 300km!. It seems to be using aesa radar or a radar from the russian agat. Mach 6 , plus data link etc . Very large no escape zone etc. Of course the radar to guide it, data link , jamming , targeting data etc are hurdles, but they have started the process.<br /><br />A large volley of these missiles fired from far will definitely scatter the enemy formation and startle them .They want to out gun the amraam, meteor i think.?<br /><br />Time to go for the k-100?What do we do ??<br /><br />radnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-85997521377147851622016-12-08T15:25:38.388+05:302016-12-08T15:25:38.388+05:30And the fifth and last question:
When will India ...And the fifth and last question:<br /><br />When will India shed her inertia and formally become part of the US-Japan-S Korea-Taiwan axis? abshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16004186397379721457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-52277411583019743732016-12-08T15:23:19.402+05:302016-12-08T15:23:19.402+05:30Hi Prasun Da,
It's been a long time since I h...Hi Prasun Da, <br />It's been a long time since I have posted, but let me assure you, that I do follow all your posts and comments quite regularly. A few questions:<br /><br />1. In one of your last blogs you had detailed the rough contours of how a future war with Pakistan could be waged with an aim to seize whole of PoK from Pakistan. You had prescribed some urgently needed acquisitions to bolster the preparedness and carry out the operations. <br /><br />Because it entails lots of new procurements, accretions and modifications to existing weapons systems, I don't see a war to regain PoK happening in another 5-7 years. You agree with my assessment? <br /><br />2. The news on developing nano-sats with communications and SAR payloads, which could be launched just before the onset of war is a very cost effective work that India-Israel are doing. I wonder how long it could take to get operationalised though? And till then what would happen of the requirements for IA and IN specific comm and RISAT like surveillance and target acquisition sats for the services? <br /><br />3. The outgoing US government just announced 900 million USD military aid for Pakistan. Are you sure the US will be serious about De-Nuking Pakistan? If so, what kind of Geo-political scenario to mature is it waiting for? <br /><br />4. Heard rumors that the present GoI is serious about instituting the CDS and that the first CDS is likely to be from the Army. Is there any truth to the rumours? abshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16004186397379721457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-29885780227776520582016-12-08T07:56:09.728+05:302016-12-08T07:56:09.728+05:30Hi Prasun,
NAG ATGM won't be inducted in larg...Hi Prasun,<br /><br />NAG ATGM won't be inducted in large numbers? After all these testing, only 113?<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04795710329214985820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-38393215737294238262016-12-08T03:45:03.918+05:302016-12-08T03:45:03.918+05:30Will Punjabistan be able to face the 'Pashtun ...Will Punjabistan be able to face the 'Pashtun problem' KC Singh talked about? More than 1 million Pashtuns have became homeless in KPK and FATA because of zarb e azb. Can this push them into joining hands with their fellow Pashtuns from across durand line against any future conflict with Punjabistan? Did Pashtun soldiers also took part in op in Pashtun areas? What can India do to benefit from it? One thing is sure - the worse is yet to come for Punjabistan.Varunnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545138702780178046.post-84535081130005978912016-12-08T01:58:09.582+05:302016-12-08T01:58:09.582+05:30To SATYAKI: No, I’m not. Rs.8 trillion exists as b...To SATYAKI: No, I’m not. Rs.8 trillion exists as black cash, not black income stashed away in real estate, gold, foreign currency etc. Assume for a moment that if Rs.5 trillion is returned to banks with a tax penalty of 50%, then that is a tax gain in 2016/201717 of Rs.2.5 trillion. At a lower 30% tax rate in the future, this is an extra Rs.1.5 trillion in perpetuity because these individuals will now be permanently in the tax net with a higher level of income than before. At a 5% discount rate, Rs.1.5 trillion in perpetuity is Rs.30 trillion. This is under the assumption that black cash has a low shelf-life because smart money doesn’t keep black income in cash. So a proper static benefit cost analysis of the demonetisation policy is as follows. In 2016/2017, costs are Rs.1.5 trillion and benefits are Rs.1.5 T + 2.5 trillion, or Rs.4 trillion. Just a one year calculation shows a more than 200% return on investment! But future gains, through higher direct tax revenue collection of Rs.1.5 trillion means a very, very large return on the investment. This result is predicated on the assumption that two-thirds of notebandi reflected legitimate income or savings, and only one-third was illegal. One can change various assumptions (amount of legitimate returns, discount rate etc), the result will not be changed. Even on a static no-future-policy-change base, the demonetisation policy will likely be a huge success. But, if other policy measures to reform India are not forthcoming (decline in personal income tax rates to discourage tax evasion, elimination of stamp duty and long-term tax rates on property, a clampdown on the extortion power of tax officials, and reform of election funding), then history will view demonetisation as a colossal failure of thought and reform. It would be so unlike PM Modi to stop here, and I am not betting that he will.<br /><br />To PUMPEYA: It’s a small no, only 116 missiles. What is now awaited is the production clearance of the HELINA, which will be issued next year. <br /><br />To RAD: LoLz! Rest assured that Pakistan will procure air-defence hardware only from China. Both Israel & India are engaged in co-developing nano-satellites for military applications as I had explained a few months earlier to GESSLER. IRNSS will be fully operational by early next year. Hand-held GPS receivers are to be mass-produced in India by an Indian OEM for which three companies, including BEL, have been shortlisted. <br /><br />To VIKRAM GUHA: It’s elementary, as I had explained before. 1) Any naval carrier-based MRCA needs to be designed starting with the landing gear, & then designing the airframe around it. This wasn’t done for the Tejas Mk.1’s LCA (Navy) Mk.1 variant. This was a monumental error of epic proportions & one can only blame all the npast ADA Directors for overlooking this fundamenbtal reality. 2) ADA has been unable to design a new-generation cockjpit for the Mk.2 & therefore the IAF has specified the Cockpit NG design from ELBIT Systems. Similarly, ADA has stated that it will be impossinle to incorporate canards & therefore the only option now left for achieving super-manoeuvrability is the incorporation of GE Aero Engines’ AVEN thrust-vectoring nozzle on the F414-INS6 turbofan.Prasun K. Senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625525921341864605noreply@blogger.com