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phrozenflame

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ACuriousPLAFan said:
If this keeps on going, we'd be in the 2030s when the PLAAF already operates 6th-gen platforms - And this comment would still hold true (figuratively).

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We're approaching a possible timeline where PAF may have more FC-31s than combat ready LCAs.

Who'd have imagined this in 2005 when PAF had no BVRs while InAF had them loaded from Bisons to MKIs.
 
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Which ain't doing the job
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India needs China's Himalayan water (eg Brahmaputra) and China's world's best hydrologic engineering before its groundwater reservoirs are emptied and collapse.
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ASPI states the obvious
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[US Indo-Pacific Command analyst Neely Hably's] new ASPI
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released today assesses the geopolitical impact of a possible new dam proposed by China at the Great Bend of the Brahmaputra. In particular, it examines the dam as a potential source of coercive leverage China may gain over India.
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A hydrologic engineering education including map-reading and geography should concentrate minds
The Brahmaputra River, nicknamed the ‘
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, exists as a hydropower goldmine because water flow and the steepness of elevation drop determine the amount of available energy in moving water. The greatest point of hydropower potential on the Brahmaputra is the Great Bend, which is a point on the river in China where the water takes a sharp turn, dropping 3,000 metres through a gorge before gushing cross-border into [the contested territory] Arunachal Pradesh, India.

The Chinese Government has for years toyed with the idea of a massive dam at the Great Bend, and, in 2020, in the midst of a military crisis on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), it
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. A possible hydropower project would involve a tunnel that cuts through terrain, linking the river at relatively higher altitude before the Great Bend, with the river at relatively lower altitude after it.
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pokepara

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didklmyself said:
I can tell you being an Indian that the govt. will not compromise on the border issue. Modi wouldn't budge even while enjoying a decade of overwhelming mandate. Our elites have huge ego. They recognize that having a large Chinese presence on their borders is problematic(everyone keeps talking about two front war) but they will not stop antagonizing China.

However, if a de-escalation does happen it would be great for both the countries. I still dream of the day when the great Eurasian continental powers unite, it will usher in an age of peace and prosperity never witnessed before. (The Eurasian continent was haunted primarily by nomads and later westerners, the nomads are no more and the westerns are weakened.)
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Some more news:
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Seems like they're using a buffer zone to resolve the border issue for the time being:

A senior Indian official told the national news agency PTI about the need to take a “nuanced approach” towards foreign direct investments (FDI) from China, and that the government is open to considering FDI proposals from Beijing in sectors involving high-end technologies like electric vehicles and batteries as well as modern capital equipment of different types.

This is of a piece with a palpable shift in Indian policy through the past six-month period. The interplay of three key factors accounts for this shift. First, the stabilisation of the border situation, thanks to the new mechanism for managing border tensions — ‘buffer zones’ to separate the two armies where both sides would withdraw troops and cease all patrols — is having positive fallouts.
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Such zones have already been established at five out of the seven flashpoints. The government has not bragged about this remarkable achievement, but its synergy in closer commercial ties matters to both countries who are facing the headwinds of escalating trade barriers worldwide. There has been a steady relaxation of Indian restrictions on visas for Chinese professionals in some select industries.
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The other two things they talk about is the need for FDI and the geopolitical situation (US decline revealed due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict).
 
aahyan

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India to add 2nd nuclear submarine to its fleet​


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India is now all set to commission its second nuclear-powered submarine armed with nuclear missiles for strategic deterrence, while the project to build two nuclear-powered attack submarines with conventional weapons is also headed for final approval amid China’s fast-expanding naval footprint in the Indian Ocean Region.

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PiSigma

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aahyan said:

India to add 2nd nuclear submarine to its fleet​


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India is now all set to commission its second nuclear-powered submarine armed with nuclear missiles for strategic deterrence, while the project to build two nuclear-powered attack submarines with conventional weapons is also headed for final approval amid China’s fast-expanding naval footprint in the Indian Ocean Region.

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Only 2? That means only 2 hatches open away from having any nuclear subs.
 
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