Rishap Vats
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Lecturer | PolSci & IR | Studying Indian foreign policy and natsec issues. Tracking South Asia | RTs ≠ endorsements.
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Joined April 2012
My take for Stimson's @SAVoices on the past lessons compelling India to break free from ritualistic restraint and why the doctrinal shift stems not only from growing frustration with diplomatic protests but also orchestrated power transitions in Pakistan. https://t.co/7N5HM5CKZr
southasianvoices.org
Breaking free from ritualistic restraint has never been easy, but India's determination now goes beyond merely challenging Pakistan's nuclear bluff.
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Maoist Central Committee member and wife of slain Maoist leader Kishenji, Sujatha, surrenders in Hyderabad. She is among the first generation of comrades who went to Dandakaranya to establish a guerrilla zone. She was inspired to join the Maoists by her cousin, Patel Sudhakar
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Incredible interview @SandeepUnnithan . Thank you for bringing VAdm Puri to a wider audience. We badly need his depth of awareness still @PMOIndia .
India embarked on a project to develop the Kaveri engine, but why did it give up, and was it the right decision? Admiral Raman Puri explains on Sandeep Unnithan Show: https://t.co/VzvepFu22M
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#IndianArmy #Jets #kaveriengine #Trending
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The dumbing down of journalism in India, the PIB-ness of reporting, the WhatsApp briefs doled out in the name of analysis, the pussilinamity of editors, the inherent biases of star journalists who always claim to be speaking truth to power and rarely do it, the noise, the din —
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After the delivery of two F404 eng-one in March and July,GE was supposed to deliver another 10 eng by Dec 31st at the rate of 2 every month starting from August. Instead GE now plans to deliver only 3-5 by Dec 31st. GE is taking us for a ride in the name of supply chain issues.
HAL has received the third GE404 engine for LCA MK1A. One more engine is scheduled to be delivered by the end of September 2025. Engine supply chain improvement will pave the way for LCA Mk1A aircraft deliveries. @DefProdnIndia @SpokespersonMoD @RMO
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In the coming weeks we will have plenty of guys from MoD to IAF & retired vets explaining how 114 non-stealth fighters inducted at the gucciest of price is gonna let IAF keep the edge while PLAAF crosses 300th J-20 & will be inducting a 100 VLO fighters/year from now.
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Doable only if you increase the IAF capex significantly. If so, then it's possible, otherwise at $7 Bn yearly spend it is not possible. Per se the proposal is logical provided India focuses more on the 5Gen platforms rather than loading up on Rafale.
Given IAF’s depleting fighter jet squadrons, a possible solution that is being thought about may work out to be the best possible ‘interim’ arrangement. It goes something like this: Buy 3-5 squadrons of Rafales (with a mandatory Make-in-India component thrown in), simultaneously
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G7 "should join the United States in imposing tariffs on countries purchasing oil from Russia", US tells G7 partner countries PS: Countries purchasing oil from Russia 🇮🇳🇨🇳
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LCH deliveries will start in 2027-28 with key additions like indigenous A2G missiles, laser-guided rockets, nuclear detection, obstacle avoidance, secure datalinks & EW systems Upgrades also include an improved electro-optical pod & helmet-mounted sight https://t.co/vFLA4010tw
hindustantimes.com
India's Prachand light combat helicopters will feature advanced systems for enhanced combat capability, boosting self-reliance and production by HAL.
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Gentle reminder.
Point isn't that India is too poor to invest in R&D, but that India is not rich enough to keep spending lavishly on off-the-shelf imports, not do anything about ballooning pension expense, and also spend historical proportions on R&D on multiple def projects - at the same time.
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“Finance ministers from the G-7 nations will hold a call on Friday to discuss the possibility of imposing secondary sanctions on India and China over their purchases of Russian oil, according to people familiar with the plan.”
bloomberg.com
Finance ministers from the Group of Seven nations will hold a call on Friday to discuss the possibility of imposing secondary sanctions on India and China over their purchases of Russian oil,...
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Puzzling, since the same or more can be said about the US, on not effectively committing both the resources and adequate attention/focus needed to balance China. Asking everyone to aggressively deter China while US engages to find not just “guardrails” but deals is disingenuous.
“India was expected to act as a counterweight to China’s rise as the alternative Asian power. But India did little to fulfil that expectation, falling behind in modernising its military and maintaining control or even pre-eminence in its region.”
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What is this framework that could’ve prevented it all? Did it work for US allies? Unless, endless acquiescence is an institutional mechanism? Putting all the onus and blame on India for everything is one reason why Indians are growing wary of the imaginary “security alliance”
'Don’t blame Trump alone—India-US ties were on shaky ground anyway' Aparna Pande @Aparna_Pande, Director of the Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia at the Hudson Institute, Washington D.C., writes #ThePrintOpinion
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"Trump officials have signaled to the tycoon’s reps–which include a roster of high–powered lawyers in the US-that there will be no deal to end the cases over an alleged bribery scheme as long as bilateral tensions b/w the two countries remain heightened"
bloomberg.com
Billionaire Gautam Adani’s efforts to get US fraud charges against him resolved have stalled, sources say, prolonging the impact on the group's overseas expansion plans.
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How many individuals in that room can be technically classified as “Gen Z”?
The GenZ leaders in Nepal have given ultimatum to the army Brigadier General that if President doesn't appoint the interim Primeminister within 12 midnight, they are going to attack the president himself. They are ready to die in that process. Things are getting tensed. 😱😱
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A common (among many) denominators from the recent youth uprisings in Mongolia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and now Nepal is that they all began with the rich children of the political elite flaunting their ultra-luxurious wealth and lifestyles on social media.
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More from Merkel re European decision making on Russia. The last argument is spot on by the way.
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Merkel complains (in her memoirs) that Zelensky was unwilling to implement the Minsk agreements.
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Just saying private players should be welcomed (in-principle) is not enough, unless those who do the heavy lifting at their own accord and expense are rewarded in a timely fashion, so that they can build on the base they have created for themselves.
The engine (for Zorawar) was ready for delivery. After that, it did not leave Germany for 13 months. If a guy doesn't give me an engine, am I not going to produce a tank? So we bought another engine, says JD Patil on Sandeep Unnithan Show: https://t.co/54nAYY8vx7
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The only way to sell a strategic relationship with India in the US is to project India as a compliant state who follows the US lead. The only way to sell a strategic partnership with the US in India is to pitch it as the winning ticket to India’s great power status. Both these
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“we want the Indian market to open for our crude oil, petroleum products, LNG.” Indians like laughing on Europea lot, but that seems to be precise aim here, both on security and energy policy. And YoY figures of energy imports gives us an idea of the general trend on the latter.
Sergio Gor, Trumps' nominee to be US Amb to India: In the ongoing trade talks, we want the Indian market to open for our crude oil, petroleum products, LNG. India's Middle Class is larger than the entire US.
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