Rideon Ingalls

Thinking Geopolitics, Philosophy, Human Nature.
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[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

Brahmos is Russian, I dont think Russia will allow India to sell it to anyone without their permission

[Nguyen Thi hong @NguyenThih36]

India & Japan signed a landmark security pact for real-time info-sharing & joint naval development.

While Beijing resorts to ruthless military coercion in the South China Sea, India’s BrahMos gives littoral nations the lethal firepower to fight back & smash expansionism!

[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

@AngelicaOung Unlike the US, China is 100 miles from Taiwan, they can bring a lot more of their capabilities without the 7000 mile logostic train. They can use army artillery to attack taiwan for example

[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

China most certainly can, in the first island chain. They utterly destroy US in that arena

[KASKAIDE-1 @kaskaide1]

@Alpha01Mad no one in the world can beat IAF+USAF+USN yet.

[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

Looks like Malaysia will be forced to ally with China even more to counter threat from the Philippines

[Kimberley MSanchez @KimMS004]

HINDING HINDI! Taiwan being part of China is NOT ACCEPTED BY ALL, China lang ang nagsasabi niyan. Eh kung sabihin nating mga Pinoy na Sabah is part of the Sultanate of Sulu which is part of the Philippines???

[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

The Taiwan isolates itself, the more happy China will be. Good luck

[YANG Kuang-shun 楊光舜 @KuangshunYang]

Before Anwar's remarks on Taiwan, Malaysia has a record of deporting Taiwanese to China. His words reaffirm that Malaysia may not be a safe place for Taiwanese investors & visitors. Ppl should be more concerned of transnational suppression after Beijing enacted Ethnic Unity Law.

[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

Pakistan shouldn't waste money on the navy. Its useless and can never win against India anyway.

Their defense against Indian navy is the air force and rocket force.

They need to use the Iran/Chin A2/AD strategy

[Zarvan Ali @Ibnesajid1]

Right now, India's satellite system is not working otherwise; if they integrate an 800 KM range missile with real-time surveillance and other active guidance, it would be deadly for us. We need Destroyers and YJ 20 missiles with active guidance for both Anti Ship as well as land attack roles.

[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

Pakistan doesn't even need a navy to take out the Indian navy from a defensive posture. They can lob anti-ship hypersonic missiles using their air force to take out navy ships

[KASKAIDE-1 @kaskaide1]

🇵🇰🇮🇳 Inadian Navy let's build Project-15B/C, P-18A (120000+ton 110+VLS) destroyers.

Pakistan Navy wow cool here are some ships for targeting practice proceeds to make 16 VLS Corvette. (i ain't calling this a frigate)

Pakistan Navy is so generous.

[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

If Iran was so worried about losing access to Dubai, why would they attack it so much?

People really live in fantasies if they think Iran was counting on Dubai to survive during a war where they consider UAE to be a primary enemy.

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

President Trump’s effort to squeeze Iran into submission will depend heavily on curbing one of the country’s biggest economic lifelines: Dubai. https://t.co/5KvVM8Wami

[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

But they will continue to get discounted oil from Russia?

If their oil prices increase due to not getting it from Venezuela? Will it cause price inflation? Cause China is currently suffering from deflation. A little bit inflation might be what they are looking for

[Zineb Riboua @zriboua]

The other important story here is that China will no longer get discounted oil from Venezuela AND Iran

[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

Does that mean Palestine is justified to take back Israel using force? Since they were one place/region controlled by the British?

[Ricky Law @rickylaw]

Cognitive dissonance on display. By PMX standard, Israel is justified to use force to take back Palestine. 🤡

[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

@jojjeols Moreover, Chip industry is very cyclical, today's shortage will quickly become tomorrows oversupply which will crush prices. What happens then? Economic collapse in Taiwan?

[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

First time I am seeing someone use Taiwan current bubble economy based entirely on Chip shortage as a sign of strength, when anyone with basic economics knowledge will know that this is a temporary bump.

US is building its own fabs, China is doing it, EU and Japan is doing it.

[Jojje Olsson @jojjeols]

Democracy, welfare, political and civil rights aside, Taiwan's economy is growing faster than China's and its GDP per capita is more than 3x as large.

Still Beijing is making inroads with its propaganda, including that Taiwan's development depends on closer ties with China.

[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

@jojjeols As I said, no one with actual knowledge about the chip industry thinks Taiwan's one industry economy is any shape or form sustainable when the challenges r paramount. US shifting fabs home, every advanced economy shifting fabs home, China investing massively.

[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

Will bowing work when the other side does not trust you and wants to depose you anyway?

Can US ever trust IRGC and Islamic revolution in Iran?

Nope.

So, will bowing work?

Nope.

[Persian Girl @Persianserene1]

Iran could simply bow and align itself with the US and Israel, as many other Muslim countries have done

But we chose not to, and we are paying the heaviest price for it

[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

Hahaha!

Can these rich, cushy Arab countries with Lambo owning elites last even a week under Iranian missile fire?

Its easy to say X can do it too, but then not think what it takes to have toughness. Iran got here through blood and sweat for decades of sanctions

[Rosemary Kelanic @RKelanic]

If Iran can hold Hormuz hostage and create "no man's sea" with cheap missiles and drones, the Gulf states can do it, too.

They don't have the same geographic advantage as Iran, but they can threaten Iranian shipping in retaliation for Iran threatening theirs.

Regional deterrence of Iran in the absence of U.S. military power is possible.

[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

Is it so hard to imagine when Anwar was completely unequivocal in the interview?

[Lawrence Teo ❔🎗️✊🏼💙 @ifactoreal]

PM Anwar just reposted my post. Does this mean that PM Anwar wishes to emphasize that Malaysia will no longer invoke ambiguity and has transitioned to fully adopt Beijing's stance?

[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

You mean Iran is merciful enough not to destroy that pipeline, Which they can, at any time.

[Aris Chronos @gbgreecearis]

@clashreport To use an Aussie phrase, he's dreaming. The UAE built a pipeline to Fujairah years ago. Bypasses Hormuz entirely.

[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

All it takes is a few missiles into those fabs, all of a sudden all the leverage is gone.

Taiwan has a chip industry because China is benevolent and allows it. If China went Israel mode, they could have destroyed all the fabs without starting an invasion just to make a point

[Joe ن 🗽🌴🚡🏙️ @americakaran]

Imagine making yourself so GOATed and so impossible to replace for the world economy, right when two superpowers are looking to start a fight over you.

[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

Maybe Japan should reflect on why its two biggest neighbours are bringing up use of force all of a sudden just cause a new PM came to power.

Maybe that PM got too overconfident? Maybe too aggressive? Maybe its time to step back for that PM?

[Julian Ku 古舉倫 @julianku]

Bringing up Art. 107 is an implicit threat by Russia/China to use force against Japan, since Art 107 (at least in theory) is an exemption from the general Article 2 prohibition on the use of force. The US, UK and others need to push back on this dumb/dangerous legal argument.

[Rideon Ingalls @RideonIngalls]

Did you actually check the numbers?

Taiwan has a bigger surplus to Malaysia than China. Moreover, what Taiwan exports is just chips, which Malaysia simply used for its assembly of electronics, which it then exports. Malaysia get very little value out of this.

[Lawrence Teo ❔🎗️✊🏼💙 @ifactoreal]

Confusing gross volume with trade value is a rookie mistake. Malaysia runs a massive trade deficit with China, but exports tens of billions in high-tech E&E goods to Taiwan. Risking critical semiconductor inputs that power thousands of local jobs isn't smart governance.