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I am a Shadow !!!

[Rakesh Krishnan Simha @ByRakeshSimha]

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Culture is extremely rich, almost UNESCO level. There are clubs for everything. Delhi Gymkhana Club where you wait 30 years for membership but get membership in 30 minutes if you are a former Cabinet Secretary's son-in-law. India International Centre where you wait 10 years to get a table for lunch but you can get a Nobel laureate for dinner if you are willing to clap on cue. India Habitat Centre where you can attend a panel discussion on "Why Dalits are oppressed in Indian villages" where no one on the panel has ever lived in a village after 1975.

Language is their biggest invention, bigger than ISRO's PSLV. They speak English, think in English, dream in English, fight in English, and then translate India for English readers who don't like India. Words like secularism, pluralism, composite culture, idea of India, dissent, fascism are not political principles. They are WiFi passwords at their parties. The more incomprehensible your English, the more authentic Indian you are declared by them.

Their geography is also selective. They know Lodhi Garden better than Lodhi Colony. They know the exact location of every coffee shop in Shahpur Jat, but they think Ballia is in Bihar and Bihar is somewhere near UP which is somewhere near cow belt. For them Bharat is a field trip you do once a year with a photographer to write a poverty story. For Bharat, they are a 9 pm news debate.

The most amazing talent of Lutyens is nostalgia. They miss Nehruvian socialism while living in a bungalow built for British officers who enforced colonialism. They defend poverty from air-conditioned drawing rooms. They demand free speech while ensuring no one outside their 3 km radius ever gets invited to speak. They call the Prime Minister authoritarian, but get offended if their CPWD complaint is not resolved in 24 hours and will call the Secretary directly.

They have a deep sense of public service. They serve the public by telling the public that the public does not know what is good for the public. They love the #Constitution, especially the page where it says government bungalow is a fundamental right.

And the ultimate irony that even Lutyens did not imagine - they claim to speak for India, but India has never been to their home and they have never been to India's home. They live off the state and write against the state. They live off taxpayers and call taxpayers bhakts.

For rest of India, Lutyens is not Delhi. Delhi is Dilshad Garden, Rohini, Laxmi Nagar, Rajouri Garden - where people pay rent, pay electricity bills, and stand in line. Lutyens is just a pincode that has its own country.

What a shame.

[Learner @simplybraj]

@Dig_raw21 kaun hai yeh log ...kahaan se aate hain .... that lviing being you got from the jungle along with you was 10x better than these underdeveloped cranial-cavity -dharis

[Learner @simplybraj]

@RFederor @Nehal_404 @LtGenDPPandey Marne ke baad kaun bura bolta hai

[Maj Digvijay Singh Rawat, Kirti Chakra (Retd) @Dig_raw21]

Major Manu Pillai of the Indian Army’s Corps of Engineers secured All India Rank 4 in the GATE exam. Highly motivated officer did this while deployed in field areas.

@adgpi #indianarmy

[Learner @simplybraj]

@Dig_raw21 Oh 👁️ witnessed the N0r7#3@$73rn adventure …. Have a first in my bloodline <activities credentials of my own too> … par Abhi ke liye will let it pass

[JB @akki_bauer22_]

On behalf of 6 Para, let’s salute the supreme sacrifice of Havaldar Jhantu Ali Sheikh SM(G). 🙏

[Baba Banaras™ @RealBababanaras]

Hav Jhantu Ali Sheikh, 6 Para SF has been awarded the Sena Medal (Posthumous) #RepublicDay2026

[sierra🇮🇳 @sierraoperator]

all gave some , some gave all 🕊️🇮🇳
Hav Jhantu Ali Sheikh , 6 para awarded the sena medal (posthumous)

[राष्ट्रीय समर स्मारक / NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL @salute2soldier]

Marking 20 yrs of commissioned service, officers of the 116 Reg Course visited the #NationalWarMemorial with their families. A solemn #wreathlaying ceremony honoured their fallen brothers-in-arms—rekindling memories of training, valour & lifelong camaraderie.

[Learner @simplybraj]

@_rK9__ @grok @Rashmika_Gupta_ @THEEURASIATIMES Pakistan ke pass khaane ko Roti ke liye aata tak nahin hai … Rafale toh Aukaat se bahut upar hai

[Learner @simplybraj]

@TimesNowCareers @TimesNow Could it be because it’s a holiday today across the country?

[Hukum 🇮🇳 @hukum2082]

Here you have an airforce which pummelled the adversary into a state of complete shock.A mauling so comprehensive that a whole generation of PAF officers will carry deep scars on their psyche for decades to come.

From Nur Khan to Bholari , the message was loud and clear ; you can run but you cannot hide ! It was not a question of why but when ?

The pièce de résistance of the entire campaign emerged when Chad boys disabled Sargodha’s main runway and then mockingly flew above the airbase as PAF looked on bewildered.

And then to just rub it in , dropped a bunker buster on Kinara Hills to rub PAF’s nose into the ground.The nuclear bluff was called out so loudly that the reverberations were felt from Islamabad to DC. Halwa Atomi Bum !

The @IAF_MCC boys at Vayu Bhawan have a very twisted sense of humour which is colloquially called “Haramipan”.When Kinara was bombed one of the older faces in the Ops room gleamed knowingly.He could now hang his boots in peace knowing that ,

“An adversary that proudly calls itself the sole possessor of the Islamic Bomb and guardian of the Caliphate’s nuclear mecca was left devastated by the utter humiliation piled on it”.

This half burnt portrait of Asif Ali Zardari from the smouldering debris of Rahimyar Khan airbase is symbolic. It has in many ways given us a legacy which complements Pakistan’s surrender at Dhaka in equal measure.

Jai Hind ! Jai Hind Ke Sena !

#IndiaPakistanWar2025

[Anshuman Narang @anshu217]

#OperationSindoor (@AtmaSoch) Aerial Battle Analysis-1
Pakistan Air Force (#PAF) Tall Order Claims
(Link- https://t.co/sz2KD19vDW)
· Electronic identification & Electromagnetic Operations (EMO) – ELINT Capabilities
· Advanced pick up of IAF build-up & planned PAF response
· Conduct of Multi-Domain Operations (MDO)
· Functional ADGE (Air Defence Ground Environment)
· Re-routing of civil aircraft
· Rules of engagement (Deter to Assured Kill & Deny Own Loss)
· First ever Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile Targeting (BVRAAM) PL-15E (Figure 1) engagement to be used as a case study
· Targeting IAF Centre of Gravity Rafaele aircrafts
· Shooting down of five aircrafts (3 Rafaele, 1 MIG 29, Su30 Mk 1, UAV) inside Indian territory

#Chinese bloggers claims & perspective
• Pakistan will forever be grateful to #China for providing PL-15 & J10 & must have tested J10s capability against F-16s
• China has plausible deniability option when guiding a PL-15 fired from a Pakistani J-10C toward an Indian target at max range of the J-10C
• Chinese assisted Pakistan in intelligence sharing via satellite imagery & technical intelligence both technical and signals & was ready to restock weapons used in ongoing conflict
• KJ-500 Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft present nearby may have used its data-link to help with PL-15 targeting
• Pakistani SAMs activated and successfully intercepted warheads. PAF didn’t have enough to cover civilian areas.
• PAF pilots have played around with Qatari Rafales in joint exercises (https://t.co/5qMjWem0BP); PAF Pilots on secondment have flown the Qatari Rafal’s extensively, with the Indian govt complaining to the French about it
• One of the Rafales was claimed to have been shot by LR-SAM HQ9; Mig 21 & SU30MKI were claimed to be shot by PL-15 from J10C (https://t.co/GVxbySZ4Og, https://t.co/3mdvKRp5Qf)
• AESA seeker wreckage found this time may mean that Pakistan has obtained a "recharged“ PL15E version, at least the J-10CE can carry a higher-level missile version.

@AtmaSoch –Facts & assessment from inputs available till now only
• Pakistan could have generated Electronic id but with Chinese SIGINT network (Figure 2). Pakistani fleet of nine Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C aircraft, also would have strengthened the ELINT grid.
• Pakistan is being provided real time intelligence by PLA through PLA’s kill-web architecture (Figure 3- ELINT & comprehensive space-based network)
• Pakistani armed forces were critically short of costly HQ16 & HQ9 SAMs, they chose to target only high threat aircrafts on Indian territory & allowed loitering munitions to penetrate. Off course, Chinese HQ9 & HQ16 failed to stop Indian standoff cruise missiles. Successful strike on Bahawalpur is an ideal example. The precise targeting of Pakistani airfields on 10 May 2025 is another example (Figure 4). Indian cruise missiles can penetrate Chinese AD export versions & most probably even original Chinese AD.
• Principle of AD is not to shoot down all aerial enemies, but to protect high-value friendly units. PAF could not protect the 9 terrorist camps stuck (even if DG ISPR claims 6 struck). Hence despite tall ADGE effectiveness claims, Pak AD was not effective.
• MDO-From Pakistanis blogs itself, vast differences exist between PAF & Pak Army. Only MDO achieved was EM domain (ELINT from China) could be integrated with Air domain within PAF only.
• PAF had adequate knowledge of weak points of Rafale through Qatari exercises.
• PAF cowardly rerouted its civil aircrafts to shield its military aircraft movements.
• Chinese collusive support clearly established & facilitated PAF to fight aerial battle. PAF used PL15 BVRAAM from J10CE both procured from China. While the normal PL15E is not so good, Chinese provided "combat enhanced version”, post 22 April 2025 in last week April. While photos revealed possible use by both JF17 & J10CE, most Chinese Weibo accounts claim of use of J-10CE on 07 May 2025. Post 07 May aerial battle, Chinese immediately advertised their PL15E with surge in AVIC stocks. There is no plausible deniability by China. China assisted Pakistan Armed Forces openly in all possible manners to withstand Indian aerial strikes but Pakistan still failed.
• Cis-frontier operations- Both sides flew aircrafts on own side of LAC & used long range standoff weapons. Trans-border aerial operations are going to be extremely difficult with good AD as seen in Russo-Ukraine war also. Superior stealth aircrafts can infiltrate only if adversary AD is weak or caught sleeping.
• At best, the Chinese claims are that it was J10CE with PL15 which struck a Su30Mk1 or a Mig21. These claims need further collaboration. So, clearly no Rafaele has not been shot down by PL15 AAM.
• Claims of HQ9 shooting Rafaele are a different discussion at separate time with more valid inputs.

#Lessons

· AD & C-UAS, across arms, services, departments & security agencies, needs to integrated & progressed to Integrated Rockets-Artillery-Air-Missiles-Drones defence
· Low-cost solutions need to be found for engaging low-cost enemy drones. Every possible sensor- acoustic, optical, seismic, passive & active radar needs to be integrated to detect drones. Every possible soft & hard kill option needs to be integrated to handle wide array of aerial threats.
· Cyber-over-EM & AI enablement are absolutely essential.
· Even civil agencies, including private firms, need to cater for at least C-UAS defence both from rogue drones’ threat & during standoffs / crisis like this.
· EW cannot be forgotten particularly when fixed frequency EW is dead. Software driven EW needs to be AI enabled.
· Surge capacities must cater for large production of indigenous long-range stand-off missiles.
· Missile storage points must be underground & cannot be sitting duck targets.
· Solutions to differentiate between decoys, civil aircraft shields & military aircraft must be identified.
· Most importantly, Chinese support to Pakistan needs to be highlighted at appropriate diplomatic level.
· Basic indigenous space capabilities are extremely limited & need urgent attention.
· Drones are best used in larger quantities & with lowest possible cost both to protect & penetrate enemy in a dense AD, contested EM, AI-enabled cyber-OFC-drones infested, GNSS-denied & congested air domain.

[Learner @simplybraj]

@Goreunit @IMFNews Shame on you to fund these terrorists

[Tajinder Bagga @TajinderBagga]

I condemn Pakistan for insulting @realDonaldTrump. Donald Trump is a world leader and does not deserve this public humiliation. RT if you condemn too.

[Learner @simplybraj]

@realDonaldTrump Total crap … Pakistan violated the ceasefire within hours of India having shown mercy! Were you also an accomplice in this deceit or were you fooled by Pakistan ? A terrorist country will remain so .. stop feeding milk to snake

[JASMIN KUMAR @jasmin_kumar_]

Where are the celebrities now?

Why the silence when Turkey stands against India?

Why is no one talking about boycotting Turkey?

It’s time to take a stand.

@BeingSalmanKhan @KareenaK_FC @KatrinaKaifFB

#BoycottTurkey #Turkeybackstabbedindia

[Trendulkar @Trendulkar]

DGISPR Ahmed Shareef Chaudhry is the son of a UN and US designated global terrorist Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood. His father provided Osama Bin Laden information about chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.

[Satyam Kushwaha, Veteran, Entrepreneur @KRANTII01]

A glimpse into #Terror_embedded #DNA of #PakistanArmy Generals. Wondering, how can they fight terror after having being bred & groomed in a #terror_environment. Will you trust them as partner to fight #globalterror. #PakistanArmy owns Terror & these #Generals plot events. We need to "Nip them in the bud" now before their ambition inspires them to do a Jehadi #takeover of #USA #EuropeanUnion . Democracies need to unite & strengthen hands of Hon'ble @narendramodi Hon'ble @DrSJaishankar to clean terror from #PAk. Submitted for consideration @realDonaldTrump @FBIDirectorKash @DNIGabbard @PIBHomeAffairs @IMFNews @FATFNews @EmmanuelMacron @adgpi @UNHQ @TheSatishDua @VGK_India @TimesNow @ARanganathan72 @republic