Kunal Singh

Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Research Fellow @BelferCenter @Kennedy_School

[Kunal Singh @d_extrovert]

I write about India's ballistic missile submarines for @WarOnTheRocks. I argue that India now has the hardware for continuous at-sea deterrence, but it must adopt flexible operational practices to fully utilize its boomers. https://t.co/JihrxUiVrL

[Kunal Singh @d_extrovert]

Sinner and his team made very greedy decisions to play in Madrid and definitely in Rome. The signs were visible. They could have even pulled out of Rome when he was clearly struggling. The greed has cost Sinner the elusive Roland Garros title.

[Kunal Singh @d_extrovert]

@samirsaran @viveksans @IndianExpress Welcome aboard :)

[Kunal Singh @d_extrovert]

@VatsRishap One of the biggest myths in India is that if only the US were shown what a deceptive actor Pakistan is, Washington could finally be drawn away from its Pak-entanglement. This approach has failed 792 times, but somehow we continue to believe in it.

[Saurabh Todi @saurabhtodi]

Excellent and informative piece. Need to prepare well in advance to avoid being surprised at sea during a conflict.

[Kunal Singh @d_extrovert]

I write about India's ballistic missile submarines for @WarOnTheRocks. I argue that India now has the hardware for continuous at-sea deterrence, but it must adopt flexible operational practices to fully utilize its boomers. https://t.co/JihrxUiVrL

[Kunal Singh @d_extrovert]

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[Kunal Singh @d_extrovert]

@khansahar1 Thank you 🙏

[Kunal Singh @d_extrovert]

@GauravT71548031 Thank you for the kind words 🙏. And yes, the idea is to spur greater discussion.

[Kunal Singh @d_extrovert]

Accurate. I'd say India did not lose the place because it did not have one to begin with. It never had, never wanted, never tried to get, and will probably never have one. India just wants to hold summits and talks, with others praising Indian talent in Insta-reel-sized clips.

[Abhinav Kukreja @kukreja_abhinav]

Nothing shocking about the fact that the country that does not design or manufacture chips or semicap, has no ability or compute to train models, and is allergic to investing a rupee in R&D has lost their place in AI.

[Kunal Singh @d_extrovert]

@somnath1978 Now you are introducing new variables. A state may make bad calls with or without backfilling. I said they don't need any backfilling, given how awesome the military machine they have built is.

[Kunal Singh @d_extrovert]

@somnath1978 I have no idea what you mean that the US is backfilling with size. It has built possibly the most superlative military force in human history. It does not need backfilling.

[Kunal Singh @d_extrovert]

@somnath1978 My point is still the same.

[Kunal Singh @d_extrovert]

@somnath1978 Yeah, that's just a bad way to think about foreign policy, I'm afraid. Qatar is immensely rich, has leverage over the US, still got bombed by both Israel and Iran and couldn't do much in response.

[Kunal Singh @d_extrovert]

@somnath1978 I don't see a make-whole. Without a defence industry, foreign policy becomes a shopping list + a gossip club. The armed forces treat it as a shopping list, the commentariat treats it as a gossip club. That's where we are.

[Kunal Singh @d_extrovert]

@Satvik_Pen Whatever helps them fool the Internet-active supporters until the next election, in which votes come from cash transfer schemes.

[Kunal Singh @d_extrovert]

A defense-industrial base can buy you friends that even a dozen diplomatic summits and a hundred multialignment speeches never could.

[Kelly Grieco @ka_grieco]

A few thoughts on the last 24 hours. Negotiations reflect perceived balances of power and political will--and that gap remains wide. Trump’s blockade threat suggests the US is still treating punishment as leverage, in a war where Iran’s strategy is designed to absorb costs. A 🧵

[Kunal Singh @d_extrovert]

Just on facts, India is not a US ally. Pakistan is. It is a major non-NATO ally of the United States.

[Mark Dubowitz @mdubowitz]

Pakistan, India and Israel got their independence in 1947, 1947 and 1948.

India and Israel are success stories — and close American allies.

Pakistan is a failed state: knowingly sheltered Bin Laden and proliferated nuclear weapons technology to Iran and North Korea.