Travel, Defence, Books & Photography
Normally, I don’t really write about products, but I’m making an exception here for a phone I bought recently. It’s not a paid review; I don’t know anyone at the company, and I have no incentive to write this except to share my experience with people who may find it useful. I had to buy […]
NOTE: I had posted satellite pictures of all the bases twice, but they don’t seem to be visible for some reason. Seems like some bug and don’t have enough energy to do it again. There has been some noise about new Chinese military bases overseas. As with most thing China related, reliable information is hard […]
Even a lot of experienced China watchers are mostly unaware of Bingtuan, the Chinese Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC). This article is a short introduction to this enigmatic organisation which rules over the only muslim majority region in China with an iron fist. I am still working on the detailed unit structure and geographic locations […]
Following is an excerpt from a war scenario story I wrote on Bharat Rakshak Forums back in 2011. Later, I posted it my blog here and as an Amazon e-book. I was reminded of this chapter after coming across news about Indian military operation to rescue hostages and neutralise Somalian pirates aboard MV Ruen. The […]
This project started as a vague idea to play music on better speakers and ended up becoming a bit more. There are a few things here which a lot of audiophiles wouldn’t like and it’s more like a curiosity project for learning than a setup for the best possible audio quality. It is indeed possible to […]
Whole of Pakistan is in turmoil after arrest of former PM Imran Khan. Pakistani Army has shown restraint against the protestors even as houses of senior officers and cantonments are being burnt and looted. But they fired on protesters only at Rahwali cantt. It is interesting because this is one of bigger sites for storage […]
This is a list of Chinese assets related to their oil infrastructure. The table below contains locations of military and some civilian oil & storage sites, refineries and a few more. As with other posts in this series, this is a work in progress and more details will be added in time. Raw data is […]