Jagdeep ( JD )Bhatia

Citizen of Mother Earth !!!

[Jagdeep ( JD )Bhatia @jdzener]

@Saumyajit2007 @Currentreport1 @indiannavy 5, 3 conventional and 2 SSBN’s

[Jagdeep ( JD )Bhatia @jdzener]

This was immigration control at @AirportSchiphol yesterday , not a very nice way to welcome tourists / business visitors into the Netherlands. The Dutch are probably the most welcoming of most European countries . Having lived here for 10 years I really believe that . However this is NOT an introduction to the place . This is not something little kids after 10-15 hours of travelling should be subjected to. No matter what the border controls are , as necessary as they are should take 80-90 mins to clear. That is never cool.

[Jagdeep ( JD )Bhatia @jdzener]

@VishnuNDTV @Juggernaut The pleasure sir is mine and has been mine for the last almost 3 decades.

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@SpencerGuard / @sneheshphilip

[Jagdeep ( JD )Bhatia @jdzener]

🇮🇳✈️ Some books don’t just tell stories. They make you feel the weight of sacrifice, the thunder of courage, and the quiet pride of belonging to a nation that stands tall.
Twenty-six years ago, I first noticed a young journalist covering the Kargil War with a composure and clarity far beyond his years. He was barely 24. His name was Vishnu Som. And from that moment, I knew — this was a voice that would matter.
I followed him through decades of ground-breaking defence reporting. Through wars, crises, and complex geopolitics, he remained something rare in today’s world: measured, credible, and fearless in pursuit of truth.
Then came April 22, 2025 — the horrific massacre of innocent Indian tourists in the meadows of Baisaran Valley, Pahalgam. Twenty-six men, gone in cold blood. Fathers, sons, brothers. India wept. And then India responded.
Operation Sindoor — May 7 to 10, 2025 — was India’s answer. Not born of rage alone, but of resolve. Of precision. Of moral clarity. Our Indian Air Force flew into the dark, deep into enemy territory, and brought justice on the wings of BrahMos missiles and unshakeable courage. They waited when civilian aircraft crossed their sights. They held fire when they could have fired. They chose restraint even in combat. That is not weakness — that is the mark of a great nation.
When Vishnu wrote “The Sky Warriors: Operation Sindoor Unveiled” — his first book, published by Juggernaut — I didn’t think twice. I ordered 250 copies. Because some stories deserve to travel the world.
As an Indian living away from home, I feel the weight of my roots deeply. I may not wear a uniform, but I carry India in my chest everywhere I go. Every time I read about a 27-year-old IAF pilot pressing the trigger of a BrahMos missile, about a Sukhoi pilot staying calm as enemy radar sought to lock onto his aircraft, resetting his systems and firing before turning home — I feel something I have no words for. Awe. Gratitude. Pride.
I have been circulating these books to my Indian friends and clients across the globe — because the world needs to know what our forces did. Not through the noise of propaganda, but through the quiet authority of a journalist who earned the trust of India’s top defence commanders over 25 years of responsible reporting.
And then came the moment that moved me beyond words: Vishnu dedicated a copy of this book to my wife. A small gesture, perhaps. But to us, it was everything. A personal thread connecting our family to this extraordinary chapter in India’s history.
If you are Indian — wherever you are in the world — read this book. Gift it. Share it. Let your children know what the men and women of the Indian Air Force did for us in those 88 hours in May 2025.
To the IAF, to every pilot who flew that night, to every officer who planned in silence and executed with brilliance — Jai Hind. You make us proud beyond measure. 🙏🇮🇳
📖 The Sky Warriors: Operation Sindoor Unveiled by Vishnu Som | Available on Amazon
#OperationSindoor #TheSkyWarriors #VishnuSom #JaiHind #IndianAirForce #IAF #ProudIndian #BharatMataKiJai #Pahalgam #NeverForget #IndianArmedForces #SKYWarriors #JuggernautBooks #IndiaStrikes #BrahMos #OperationSindoorBook @ShivAroor @ShekharGupta

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 INDIAN TANKER PANICS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ

After the IRGC FIRES on them:

"You gave me clearance to go!! My name second on your list! You gave me clearance to go, you are FIRING now. Let me turn back!"

[Jagdeep ( JD )Bhatia @jdzener]

That’s probably because people with your IQ can do nothing more than HOPE. To do things in life you will need to get off your ass and DO something. Hope is the last resource of a lazy ass person. PS most will just walk past you ignoring you . On your last day , when you look back and realise you amounted to nothing , built nothing , created nothing , other than hate. You can hate An Indian , that’s personal , when you hate an entire group / race then it’s your mind that’s fu*#}d up. A person like you will probably fail even in trying to ha@g yourself. Which is a shame.

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@Manik_M_Jolly @jdzener , will like to self nominate myself

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@Anaslqbal @Theunk5555 It’s not even a tanker , it’s a container ship

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@Theunk5555 That’s a CONTAINER SHIP not a tanker 😂😂😂

[Jagdeep ( JD )Bhatia @jdzener]

This is a strong piece of analysis, but let me work through it critically.

Here are the areas where I’d push back or flag potential weaknesses:

On the succession argument (#1): You’re presenting a counterfactual that may be too optimistic. The assumption that Khamenei’s natural death would have opened space for pragmatists isn’t guaranteed. The Guardian Council and IRGC had been systematically purging reformist candidates for years. The succession was likely going to be managed by hardliners regardless. You may be overstating how much the war changed the trajectory versus how much it simply accelerated an outcome that was already probable.

On the oil price modeling (#2): You’re citing a seven-year-old war game. Energy markets have changed substantially since then — U.S. shale production is significantly higher, strategic petroleum reserves exist as a buffer, and renewable energy penetration has grown. The $175-200 spike scenario assumed a different supply landscape. It would strengthen your argument to acknowledge how the baseline has shifted and whether the current price dynamics actually match or diverge from those models.

On the Strait of Hormuz point (#3): You call this surprising, but you don’t fully explain the mechanism. How is Iran selectively harassing shipping while protecting its own exports? Are they using flags of convenience, pre-coordinated safe passage, or is it simply that nobody is targeting Iranian tankers because the U.S. doesn’t want to escalate further? This matters because the sustainability of that approach depends entirely on which mechanism is at work.

On the Iraq/Afghanistan analogy (#4): This is rhetorically powerful but potentially misleading. Iraq and Afghanistan involved ground occupations with counterinsurgency challenges. A naval and air campaign in the Gulf is structurally very different — there’s no hostile population to govern, no territory to hold in the same sense. The asymmetry you describe is real, but comparing it to a ground occupation may overstate the cost curve for the U.S. and understate how much damage sustained air and naval pressure can inflict on Iranian capacity over time.
On the “all options are bad” framing (#6-8): This is arguably the biggest analytical vulnerability. You’ve structured the argument so that every escalatory option is dismissed and only the diplomatic off-ramp survives. That’s a legitimate conclusion, but the way you reach it feels like the options are being presented at their worst. For instance, you dismiss destabilization efforts quickly, but Iran has genuine ethnic and regional fault lines that outside actors have historically exploited with some effect. You don’t need full regime collapse for internal pressure to meaningfully change Iranian calculations.

On the Afghanistan/Taliban deal analogy (#9): This is doing a lot of heavy lifting. The situations are quite different. The Taliban were a non-state actor with limited international recognition fighting on their own territory. Iran is a sovereign state with a functioning government, formal international relationships, and economic interests that create real leverage points. The analogy implies the U.S. position only deteriorates over time, but that’s not necessarily true in a naval/air campaign where attrition favors the technologically superior force.

On the Israel divergence (#10): You assert Netanyahu sees a weak, unstable Iran bogging down the U.S. as a “fine outcome.” That’s a strong claim that deserves more support. A prolonged Gulf war creates rocket and drone threats to Israel, disrupts normalization with Gulf states, and risks dragging Israel into a wider conflict. Netanyahu has strategic reasons to want this resolved too, even if his preferred resolution differs from Trump’s.

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@sneheshphilip @rakesharma15 The Chinese by culture and habit will never trust any non Chinese race , NONE of the Chinese dominated nations will ever treat you as equal. They can get westernised and media trained , but the core will not change. Wow betide anyone who thinks along those lines.

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@sneheshphilip @rakesharma15 Enjoy the posts and positives , just don’t make the mistake of trusting them again.

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@Chellaney @vikramchandra Another point in my opinion sir , we have a nuclear powered attack submarine a stone throw’s away from us , traversing a path our Naval ships , SSBN’s and aircraft carriers must be constantly using.

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@SWAGATAM_20 @sanahashmi1 That is the point , we need to minimise the trade with China , as hard as that is . Strategic interests of a country are paramount .

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That’s pure bollocks of an argument sir , China has no grand plans for anyone except itself . The wuhan epidemic taught everyone what dependence on China is like. India’s and every other countries interest lies in understanding , that to have as limited as. interaction with China as possible . So personally I can’t agree with Dr.Hashmi enough.

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@judeangeneral2 @amjadt25 Can’t agree more with you. When we say “they live among us “ , if it refers to a community of nations , then Qatar is the prime candidate.

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When they asked me to share my thoughts on a museum wall in the Netherlands.

@BrahMosMissile @ShivAroor @Iyervval @sanahashmi1 @ThePrintIndia @sneheshphilip @StratNewsGlobal @NorthernComd_IA @IAF_MCC @VishnuNDTV @majorgauravarya @defencealerts @Defencematrix1 @alpha_defense @TinyDhillon

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@Sajwani HE is the crown Prince , he received that honor and privilege by birth , my lasting impression though is seeing his video standing and looking at his daughter at a martial art competition. That I just loved . Welcome to India