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....The incident set off alarm bells within the US government and left Burns "fuming" with anger, one source explained. Some officials at the CIA viewed the chilling episode as a direct message to Burns that no one is safe, including those working directly for the nation's top spy, two sources...

That's a bit of a stretch. Modi was taken for a ride by the Chinese and led up a garden path. Joining a fight that the Chinese started is indeed indicative of courage but not of foresight. With almost no major purchases apart from the Rafale and an almost criminal neglect of artillery...

I agree with most except the China war, avoidable imo and brought on by Nehru's cussedness in dealing with the military. Nehru gets a bad rap with most on the RW but I see him as one of our great leaders, no matter if flawed in some ways. Hindsight is always 20/20 but with Patel dying early, we...

India had got independence after fighting a colonial power. It wasn't about to ally with the US openly in an anti communist crusade which would almost certainly have invited Soviet support to armed rebellion by communists and their supporters. That at a time when India was a very fragile...

Not reflective of the times. India had struggled to get independence, not to again join some group or the other, both of which would have resulted in us being targeted openly by the other. It would have been suicide. As far as Taiwan is concerned, it was not Nehru's decision no matter what...

I would assume that he has some health concerns and isn’t available. When he was defence minister, he briefed Vajpayee, Advani and Jaswant Singh in secret about the Su30 MKI deal that the BJP had concerns of bribery (PVN had advanced money to Russia, Mulayam Singh showed all the documents and...

Not uncommon at all. Makes sense doing it before a parliamentary session though not sure of its value with a guy like Rahul Gandhi around. Still a long standing policy to brief top opposition leaders on sensitive issues. Contrary to what many believe, there’s a lot of trust involved and it’s...

Always a bit weird to me that certain members with not a whole lot of history on this forum end up making these “provocative” posts. It’s either dissing the Indian government, Indian armed forces...usually couched in some supposed“concern”.

That's not the system of government we have and while domain expertise is invaluable, running a department is a different form of expertise. More domain expertise is needed within DoD, with the CDS post, there is that change now Inter service issues (also seen with theater commands) were as...

Too easy and far too convenient for all of us, blaming "babus". Secretary in the government department is as it is always, held by an IAS offcer with the required seniority. We misunderstand their purpose of the "babus", they are the civilian control over the department. Secretary is a...

I think too many here are critical of Biden to the point of ignoring self interest. There are no better options for us in the democratic front runners. Yeah, he's no longer sharp etc but so far, his team has been reasonable with us Will there be problems? That's a given, seeing where the...

Not in essential infrastructure. Not if government orders otherwise.

That’s your opinion. I don’t share it. You are free to think whatever you want. I also simply don’t care what the US is doing or not, China infringed on our borders, they should be severe consequences for that, including on the economic front.

Yes, the 2nd reference was from 2015. No longer valid in 2021. Not after the events of the last year and not after the alleged hacking of an electricity grid. No place for Chinese companies in Indian infrastructure projects going forward. Period...

Article from 9 years ago. Chinese companies must be given the boot from all infrastructure projects . Whatever relationships they have with whoever.

True of everyone we buy from. What we need is to hold adequate spares. While there is a risk of US sanctions, it’s nowhere as big as many think. We can’t spend all our lives running scared of possible nightmare scenarios, for all purposes, even the Tejas can be grounded by any American...

If they offer a deal on pricing and are flexible, we must consider it. It’s an absolute beast of an aircraft. It won’t be connected explicitly to the waiver though.

This is an argument put forth by many but all it means is that India is on India’s side, not America’s side and certainly not China’s side. Only morons think that is a bad idea.

The cameras being of Chinese make doesn’t mean the Chinese put them there. Most likely Imran Khan’s party put them there to keep tabs on voting.

In 1983, it was the Pakistanis who would have had American support, not us. They also had some F16’s delivered that same year, though I’m not sure of the exact timeline. Thrashing them may not have been as feasible then as we think now. Otherwise you wouldn’t have people like RR intervening and...