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    Covid-19 in India - Second Wave - World Extends Help and Support - Updates and Discussion

    Since the US can't or won't share their vaccines, then the US shouldn't have any issue with China and Russia sharing theirs.. Yet the US keep belittling their efforts by saying that it's all just some "Vaccine Diplomacy" scheme.. 😒 While the US won't even help fellow Quad-ally India with...
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    Covid-19 in India - Second Wave - World Extends Help and Support - Updates and Discussion

    Didn't the Quad made a commitment to produce and share vaccines for the rest of the world to counter China's vaccine diplomacy..? And now they can't / won't even share amongst themselves..? 😓
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    China to Launch First Module of Massive Space Station

    Good info regarding the research racks installed in Tianhe : Auto-translate by Twitter :
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    UPDATE: Syrian Surface-To-Air Missile Flew Way Off Course Triggering Alarms Before Exploding Over Israel

    Actually if we assume the attack is truly from Iran, using either BM or Drones (launched from Syria or elsewhere), it's quite possible the actual target is not the nuclear sites itself, but just an area close to the nuclear sites... this action is something more akin to a shot to the bow... a...
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    China to Launch First Module of Massive Space Station

    Possible expanded CSS configuration with all the main modules' backup installed... this would immediately double the size, mass, and habitable area of the CSS... Yang HONG / Higher Education Press
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    Indonesia Defence Forum

    Ok here an optimistic update... however I'm not sure how credible this information is.... translation : News Received : There has been contact with KRI Nanggala 402, but Sub has not yet been able to rise to the surface. REM active SONAR result: there is underwater movement with V 2.5Kts around...
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    Indonesia Defence Forum

    This is bad if true... Hopefully it's just a simple matter of comms failure and that the crew and ship are safe and sound... It's reported to be the 402 ---------------------------- Indonesian navy checking on submarine after failure to report back from exercise By Reuters Staff 1 MIN READ...
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    Comparing total tonnages of USN and PLAN main surface combatant platforms within 2021-2030 projections

    What's the breakdown of the tonnage...? ie how much of those tonnage goes to CVs/LHAs/LHDs/LPDs..? how much goes to Cruisers/Destroyers/Frigates/etc..? how much goes to SSBNs / SSNs / SSKs..? how much goes to Tankers / oilers / replenishment ships etc...
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    Russia's cooperation with China on upcoming space station looks promising despite decision to build its own: experts

    There has previously been talks of detaching the Russian part / modules at the end of the ISS life... is it really possible...? If true, those modules could form the core of their new independent space station... That being said, one of the core module of the ISS is the Zarya module... it's...
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    China’s digital yuan displaces the dollar

    Even if this Digital Yuan doesn't displace the USD in the end, it's already good enough if it can provide an alternative / additional option to the existing SWIFT banking system...
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    Indonesian forces claim self-defence in killing of Papuan separatist suspects but witness accounts differ

    Yes unfortunately it's true that there were some anti Chinese riots especially during mass riots of '98... but that happens mostly in Jakarta only and that was due to very special circumstances (financial crises, fall of the government, breakdown of law and order, etc) and the actual number of...
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    Indonesian forces claim self-defence in killing of Papuan separatist suspects but witness accounts differ

    Lol if you can easily believe this western propaganda "news" regarding us, then you should also believe those western propaganda news about what's happening in Xinjiang.. or the propaganda that Iraq has WMD.. There were no genocide ever against Papuans or east Timor or Chinese Indonesians...
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    Indonesia Defence Forum

    What rifle is that..? SS2..?
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    Bukalapak: The multibillion-dollar business behind Indonesia’s iconic street stalls | CNBC Make It

    For some reason, I still prefer to shop in Tokopedia rather than Bukalapak.. but seems like Bukalapak is actually the more succesful of the 2...? 🤔
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    Indonesian students rally against China over Uyghurs

    There were massacres and killings after the fall of the Soeharto regime (after the riots of '98), but as I mentioned before, those killings are not directed against Chinese Indonesians (nor were they the main victims).. Most of those killings happened during the bloody interethnic fighting in...
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    Iranian-backed militias held rocket attack on the Turkish military observation base near Bashika.

    Iraqi militias also attack US forces in Iraq, why wouldn't they attack Turkish forces in Iraq as well...? All are just occupation forces in Iraq..
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    The USAF publishes an approximate photo of its future sixth-generation aircraft

    Doesn't seem like a fighter jet that can maneuver / dogfight in wvr... this looks more like an advanced F117 type strike fighter.. yeah.. yeah.. I know.. I know.. dogfighting and agility are obsolete... Stealth and BVR is king...
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    KFX/IFX News and Development

    In that case we'll end up having a baby J-20 instead of a baby F-22... 😁 The C100 basic design was selected to be developed into the KF-21
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    Indonesia Defence Forum

    13 APRIL 2021 Indonesia receives first batch of Chinese-made AR-2 missiles for its CH-4 UAVs by Ridzwan Rahmat The Indonesian military has received its first batch of Chinese-made AR-2 air-to-surface, precision-guided missiles. A CH-5 UAV at Airshow China 2016, fitted with four AR-1 (blue)...
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