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Muslims had a keen eye for strategic lands because of their inherent ideological sense.... which is why they mostly settled in places of most strategic importance.... most of the world's most important strategic choke-points (except South Africa, Panama, Strait of Magellan and some others) are...

some good points Bilal Bhai... the one that I most liked is the suggestion towards standardization.... this effort has just begun with some areas only.... platforms are still being experimented with, which the concepts are getting solidified... the Navy is acquiring vessels that are...

do you come here to induce hatred for the flags you show?

https://defenceupdate.in/collapse-of-259-ton-goliath-crane-at-grse-to-impact-indias-most-advanced-warships-program/

India has to realize that being big is not enough to be powerful.....

hmm, right.... but there are certain things that are well left to speculation only.... I believe you understand what I mean.... just take a look at the severe response this post attracted.... :)

okay, just forget about what others are throwing at us..... and take the conversation on training.... how many types of fighter aircraft can our pilots fly?..... you would need several years to make a good pilot on a specific type of aircraft, right?.... but it doesn't take that long to deliver...

well, its about geopolitical objectives when you're thinking of exporting military equipment.... you can earn that money by selling lingerie or bedroom toys.... the point is, when you select an export item, you have to be certain what you want to do with it.... for military items you have to be...

Africa can be a good place where such boats can be marketed.... Africans are mostly going to South Africa or Europe and paying some price for equipment.... on the other hand, you can forget Latin America, where there is Colombia.... they are some crazy river warfare craft developers....

good point these.... mobile cranes are being used here in good numbers... but most of them are smaller cranes... some of them are mobile crawler or truck-mounted cranes ... some are fixed tower cranes.... this is Western Marine.... Mobile Crane: 100 ton (P & H) 75 ton (Detroit Diesel) 50...

this may be a good example of crane problem..... this is the result of an accident at Kolkata's GRSE.... "A new Goliath crane has a time-period of 30 months from issue of tender to installation and commissioning."...

I struggle to understand how Turkey, South Korea and Indonesia are compared..... a simple understanding of geopolitics would tell anyone that Turkey was part of an empire that led the Muslim world for 500 years, with land possessions and influence in three continents.... five century legacies do...

BNS Somudra Joy and BNS Somudra Avijan are being used as training platforms.... because the ships have a lot of space for accommodation.... but this also means that BN is two fighting frigates short.... ভারত এবং শ্রীলংকায় শুভেচ্ছা সফরের উদ্দেশ্যে বিএনএস সমুদ্র জয় ও সমুদ্র অভিযান এর চট্টগ্রাম...

Ship getting its crew "officially" after 3 years..... Probably two sets of crew here.... the ship always goes abroad with a lot more.... around 50-60 cadets are normal.... BNS Somudra Avijan to get 367 men 5 July, 2018 Three years after being commissioned, the Bangladesh Navy's frigate, BNS...

those two "frigates" are currently being used only as training ships.... in case of any emergency, this might create a shortage of two frontline frigates.... the force level of BN has to be brought up quickly in order to plug the gap created by US blackmailing... we can't wait for another...

well, an insurgency is best handled with intelligence, not the military.... this is fully possible, as such movements can't go ahead without outside interference.... investing your money behind a probable insurgency will only divert resources from powerful platforms that might have scared the...

sorry brother.... couldn't understand which insurgency we're talking about here...

obviously a patrol boat doesn't enter a river to find a sea at the other end.... the further up river you go, the shallower it becomes... and when a river carries this much silt, its supposed to be shallow in places.... a river vessel's draft is set according to the shallowest water it has to...

when you build sea-going vessels, you put some extra standards on it to make it seaworthy..... river vessels are totally the opposite, as whatever the depth mid-river, a vessel has to be able to reach shallow waters in order to be worthy.... you can follow Colombian Navy riverine force...

actually it depends on who requires help..... WMS to build ship for India Inland Waterways Authority Western Marine Shipyard Limited (WMS) on Wednesday signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Shalimar Works Limited (SWL), Kolkata to build ships for Inland Waterways Authority of India...