Iran War assessment after 72 hours. The resilience, missile/drone capacity and asymmetric strategy of the Iranian regime has come as a surprise to US-Israel. The intent now, in next 3-4 weeks, would be to destroy nuclear, military and economic (oil and defence industry) infrastructure and continue targeting the political/military leadership hoping for a psychological collapse of the regime. The result is contingent on Iran’s residual ballistic missile and drone capacity. If the regime remains resilient, then US will declare victory and try to negotiate favourable terms and exit, if at all it can. Short of regime change it would be a political defeat for US-Israel. Boots on ground will lead to a bigger defeat. A devastated Iran will have no reason to negotiate. It will switch to asymmetric warfare leading to prolonged turmoil in Middle East including political upheaval. Trump has opened Pandora’s Box. Next one week will show up a more discernible trend.

Salute!

Yes! Have covered many of these commendable evacuations by the Navy & IAF from conflict zones over the years.

RT @Aakar__Patel: @SushantSin @alterlaw @BezwadaWilson ajay gandhi of samvad observed that wilson was the only man he knew of for whom nobo…

I wrote this 6 hours after the war started. The article was published by The Print next day - Khamenei is dead. What is the next political objective for US and Israel in Iran? - The war played out as predicted. By all yardsticks a strategic defeat for US! theprint.in/opinion/khamenei…

I wrote on 19 March : What's the prognosis of the US-Israel-Iran war? Strategic defeat of the US is ordained theprint.in/opinion/whats-th…

Canada asks mil.officers details of full service and doesn't give visas to those having served in some areas.

Forget reverse engineering the whole machine, just replicating the automatic blade-fold mechanism on ALH was beyond us!

Brilliant explanation. Highly recommended.

This will not absolve the lack of remorse and regret for the killing of 3 Indians at sea.

Who’s fooled by this breathtaking hypocrisy, I wonder. BJP/RSS lost many to militancy and terror. BJP backed Op Bluestar. It’s known that Deoras’s RSS silently backed Rajiv Gandhi in Dec 1984 polls ‘in the national interest.’ This dangerously undermines mainstream forces in Sikh politics

Every party that has wanted to make a mark in recent times in Punjab has followed this casual flirtation and trope, then realised it wasn’t necessary and rather irrelevant - which tells you how much they know about Punjab. But the damage is done, and the courageous choices of Punjabis who stood up against extremism and separatism that ought to be celebrated are not.

RT @SushantSin: If there is only one piece you read today, let it be this one from the absolutely brilliant @mukulkesavan. Last two paras p…

MEA needs a less clichéd and more serious script for the PM's visits abroad, one where he engages with his hosts on substantive issues, rather than his own accompanying troupe and Indians settled abroad.

An iconic picture from Spanggur Gap, Chushul, 1959. The wind sock was made of Lt MM Kumar's bedsheet and in the photograph is Sepoy Sonam Norfel of 7 J&K Militia.

Nobody follows any rules, then the most logical thing happens. And of course there are 'daring' rescues. India is great at rescuing. India is like an ambulance that runs over you but will take you to the hospital. Delhi Eatery On Fire, 3 Cooking Gas Cylinders Explode. Daring Rescue Follows ndtv.com/delhi-news/kalkaji-… via @ndtv

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There are number of officers who have children in Canada but denied Visa. They had Commanded RR Units in the Valley.

RT @NMenonRao: The Rubio-Jaishankar readout recalls a broader trend in international relations. Power increasingly speaks in the language…

In my opinion Rocket Force and Drone Force have to be tri-service with an entirely new architecture. Artillery’s existing expertise should play a key role in it.

Irony, Grok says: US Navy Combined TF 154 (HQ Bahrain) is currently headed by Indian Navy Cmde. Also, reciprocally embedded in CENTCOM Bahrain & IFC Gurgaon are IN/USN Liaison Officers. Incredible that USN should mount multiple attacks on Indian seafarers despite these links?