Mahendra Negi
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Mahendra Negi
@MvsNegi
Naval Aviator-Pilot, Destroyer Captain, Strategic & maritime affairs, Defence Tech. Otherwise motorcyclist, golfer, angler, ham operator, DIY geek, mountains





Oh, @TheEconomist has always been closet racist. As India’s economy grows at 700% the rate of Britain’s economy, the racism drips out of the closet.


एक भीषण अग्निकांड में 22 लोग जान गंवाते हैं, जांच में पता चलता है कि रसोईए केशव नेगी ने इंडक्शन चूल्हे पर आग लगते ही स्वीच ऑफ कर बिना किसी को सूचित किए भाग गया। लिहाजा इलेक्ट्रॉनिक दरवाजे बंद हो गये। पुलिस कार्रवाई थी जिसमें होटल मालिक को गंभीर धाराओं में गिरफ्तार किया गया और केशव नेगी को पूछताछ के बाद। तंत्र में गड़बड़ी है पर सिर्फ पहाड़ी होने से केशव नेगी पाक साफ साबित नहीं हो जाता। यह अजीब सा ट्रैंड बनता जा रहा है कि पहाड़ी है तो विशेष इम्युनिटी मिले। केशव नेगी को जांच में सहयोग करना चाहिए। तंत्र को भी सौ लानत कि इतना बड़ा अवैध होटल बन गया पर तंत्र होता रहा

📅 JUNE 8 DAY 14 | HOT TAKE: THE BOFORS IRONY IS THE BEST SUMMARY OF INDIA'S POLITICS Let me be direct today. The Bofors scandal lasted for over a decade in Indian courts and politics. The gun at the center of it won Kargil. That one sentence summarizes something essential about Indian democracy that we don't like to say out loud. We are extraordinarily good at political warfare. We are considerably less good at defense preparedness. The Bofors deal was probably corrupt. There were almost certainly payments made that shouldn't have been. The investigation, though slow and ultimately inconclusive in courts, was legitimate. But here is what nobody wanted to say in 1989, or 1991, or 1999: The gun worked. It was a good gun. It was the right gun for what India needed. Whatever happened in the procurement process, the weapon that Indian soldiers carried to Kargil was capable, accurate, and battle-winning. We spent 10 years debating how it was bought. We spent zero years ensuring we had enough ammunition for it. A political system that is more energized by the question of "who got the kickback" than "are our soldiers equipped" is not a system serving its military. This isn't a defense of corruption. It's an indictment of misplaced priorities. Post-Kargil India slowly began correcting this. Defence budgets increased. Procurement reforms began. The private sector was gradually opened to defence manufacturing. These are real and meaningful changes. But they came after 527 soldiers died on peaks that had been occupied while India's intelligence slept, and whose recapture was complicated by ammunition shortages that nobody had planned for. The Bofors irony should be required reading for every defence ministry official in India. The question isn't just how you buy the weapons. It's whether you buy enough of them, maintain them, and stock the ammunition. Kargil taught us that. At a price we should never have paid. #Kargil27 #KargilVijayDiwas



Outside bet on a Franco-Indian new gen fighter anyone?

Well, even the AMCA pre-bid meeting isn't immune to delays.





Let me get this straight > nearly every major democracy restricts mail in voting > they also require real, government issued ID > mail in votes (with no confirmation of citizenship during registration) switched the CA election > thus election in CA is one of the most insecure processes in the developed world There’s no question that fraud happened. It’s statistically certain The only question is whether CA can vote itself out of this mess, or if it’s already too far gone When is enough enough?



The most significant story with strategic implications you’ve read in some time.. Who’d imagine Pakistan watching so from so many satellites of its own.. Another @soumya_pillai exclusive… ‘Pakistan’s spy satellite network watching India has grown faster than ever in just 16 months’ #ThePrintExclusive t.co/9bNuFg0XVp

At @ILA_Berlin, we introduce the Airbus U145: an uncrewed, fully autonomous variant of the H145. Optimised for cargo with no cockpit, an integrated nose door, and full autonomy, its first flight is set for late 2026.








