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A little-noticed battle in Ukraine's Mayak corridor may offer an early glimpse of how combined-
arms warfare is evolving worldwide. My piece in @ThePrintIndia @adgpi
theprint.in/opinion/tanks-dr…
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General Andrii Biletskyi, Commander of Ukraine's Central Operational Group of Forces:
Armored vehicles still provide the same fundamental advantage they always have: maneuver. They enable capabilities that would otherwise be difficult to achieve. 1/7
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An article high on rhetoric and low on facts. The armed forces of the country are rooted in the ethos and narrative of the country. What’s wrong with quoting in Sanskrit or from Ramayan. Which country you live in Kamerad.
Many bangers in the @ajaishukla piece about the Hindutva-isation of the military brass but this one: For no apparent reason, the IAF appears to be more Sanskrit-ised than the other two services. One wag at a recent seminar commented, “it might be because they serve closer to God”
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Please choose to adopt an Indie puppy or dog. ❤️
They are born on the streets, but that doesn't mean they deserve to spend their entire lives there. 💔
Every single day, they struggle with hunger, unbearable heat, freezing winters, road accidents, cruelty and human neglect.
Some lose their mothers. Some watch their siblings die. Some spend their entire lives waiting for a little kindness that never comes. 💔
Yet, despite all the suffering, they still wag their tails, trust humans and have so much unconditional love to offer.
They don't dream of luxurious homes. All they need is a safe corner, a full stomach and someone to call their own.❤️
Please adopt an Indie. Give a forgotten soul the family, dignity and love they have always deserved.
You may be adopting just one dog, but for that dog, you are changing their entire world.❤️🙏
#Dogs
#AdoptDontShop
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OSINT Update: Damxung Airbase (30.486°N, 91.083°E), ~350 km from Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, has rapidly transformed post-Galwan into a hardened PLA military-logistics hub.
Satellite imagery after the 2021 cutoff reveals a massive construction surge:
• 4 J-20 stealth fighters deployed on the flightline (July 2026).
• 150+ MW of new solar farms built from scratch since 2022 to power radars and base operations.
• Expanding dual-use warehouse belts where the G6 Expressway, Qinghai-Tibet Railway, and Golmud-Lhasa fuel pipeline converge.
A critical Tibetan node to watch.
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Britain’s Final Plan To Kill Argentina’s Super Étendards Attack Jets
Britain's last bid to destroy Argentina’s fleet threatening Exocet anti-ship missile-armed combat jets during the Falklands War.
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A "Pantsir-S1" ADMGS mounted on a 35-meter tower;
it is equipped with four TKB-1055 short-range missiles in addition to the two standard ones.
🎥MoD RF(2026)
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Why haven’t autonomous drones fully replaced human FPV operators on the battlefield? Luke Allen (co-founder/CTO of @allencontrol discusses a key issue.
Computer vision can recognize a vehicle or person, but battlefield targets aren’t always visually identifiable. A bunker might look like nothing more than a dark spot in the woods. Identifying it as a target requires intelligence and context that an autonomous system may not have.
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Israel is reportedly developing a multilayer protective screen designed to protect bridges, buildings and other critical infrastructure against missiles and munitions carrying warheads weighing between 300 kg (661 lb) and 1 metric ton (2,205 lb).
According to reports, the proposed design consists of three layers positioned in front of the structure. The first features a spiked grid said to be intended to trigger or disrupt an incoming warhead. The second uses angled slats reportedly designed to redirect blast gases and fragments sideways, while the third consists of composite ceramic armor plates said to absorb the remaining impact.
The system is described as requiring a gap of at least 1.5 m (4.9 ft) between the first and third layers. Its supporting frame is reportedly designed to stand independently, avoiding additional loads on the protected structure.
The system’s development status and performance under real-world conditions have not been independently verified.
Source: Scientica
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BREAKING: The FLM-136 LUCAS one-way attack drone launched by the U.S. Navy’s Task Force Falcon Strike against Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, today have been intended to draw fire from Iranian air defenses and reveal the current positions of their batteries ahead of anticipated U.S.-Israeli military strikes on Iran.
By engaging and shooting down the drone, Iranian air-defense units have exposed their current positions to the U.S. Navy.
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An amazing view of AH-64s from the 12th CAB’s “Viper Battalion” lying in ambush, hovering just a few feet above the ground during a training exercise (Circa 2020). Attack helicopter crews train hard to hug the terrain, using trees, ridgelines and folds in the ground to mask their approach from enemy radar and SHORAD. Then, at the right moment, they pop up, unleash their missiles and disappear back into cover. It may not look like much, but Western attack helicopters are deadly ambush predators, especially when hunting armour.
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Missing dog in Bangalore!
Xena is missing from Defence Colony, Indiranagar.
Please keep a lookout and share with anyone in the area! 🙏
📞 Contact Vin: 9535168362
ALT A close-up shot of a fluffy, cream-colored Chow Chow standing outdoors. The dog has a thick, lion-like mane around its head and neck, rounded ears, small dark eyes, a white muzzle, and a dark pinkish-brown nose. A black-and-red leash lies on the ground near its paws.
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🇺🇦🇷🇺‼️ Only 3 out of 100 Russian Lancet loitering munitions reportedly reached their targets during a three-month campaign against Ukrainian forces, according to Pavel Gubarev, a former pro-Russian separatist leader and veteran of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Writing on Telegram, Gubarev claimed that Russia’s Sparta drone unit launched 100 Lancet munitions on one section of the front beginning in mid-June.
According to his account, just three struck their targets, damaging a Ukrainian self-propelled artillery system, an infantry dugout and, remarkably, a shawarma stand.
The remaining 97 Lancets were reportedly intercepted by Ukrainian counter-drone systems or neutralized through electronic warfare. These figures have not been independently verified.
🔥 A reported success rate of just 3% would represent a serious setback for a weapon Russia has relied on to attack Ukrainian artillery and other valuable battlefield targets.
The account is particularly notable because it comes from a pro-Russian figure rather than a Ukrainian military source. If accurate, it suggests that Ukraine’s expanding use of interceptor drones and electronic warfare is substantially reducing the effectiveness of Russian loitering munitions in that sector.
The fact that one of the three reported hits was a shawarma stand makes the claimed results even more striking.
See the latest updates with us: @NSTRIKE1231
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Smoke streams from a Communist MiG-15 struck by .50 cal gunfire from an F-86 Sabre at relatively long range over Korea in 1953
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An extremely talented and inspiring person. Our best wishes! Kudos to everyone who supported and encouraged her and enabled her to become such an inspiration.
In 2019, 11 RR (DOGRA) @Whiteknight_IA noticed Sheetal's extraordinary spirit & adopted her. By May 2020, she became part of various Sadbhavana activities organized for youth. Her inspiring journey caught attention of Mrs Meghna Girish @megirish2001, who took the initiative to get Sheetal artificial hands.
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Photo of the month 😀
Japanese military historian Jun Shimada san with 101 yr old Azad Hind Fauj veteran, Lt R Madhavan ji
