Travel, Defence, Books & Photography
Defence forces owning huge tracts of lands in semi-rural and urban areas isn’t an uncommon thing. They need space for training, storage, residence, training among a hundred other things. So they end up with large amounts of land ownership almost everywhere in the world. But countries owned by their defence forces like Pakistan are a […]
This is a long story and I am being brief. Xinjiang Military Region (XMR) under Western Theatre Command (WTC) responsible for military operations in Xinjiang facing India, Pakistan and Central Asia. It has 4 army divisions (4th, 6th, 8th and 11th) which were the last to get a Combined Arms structure, the process for which […]
I am considering making detailed ORBAT graphics of various military units and trying to get the details right. The details I have shared in past need some updates too. Posting the raw text here before doing all the boring and difficult (for me) drawing work. This is the data I have for a generic PLA […]
List of faulty exported Chinese defence equipment by countries. This is not a complete list: Pakistan Sri Lanka Bangladesh NepalAlmost all passenger aircraft grounded after a short period of use. Myanmar Nigeria80% of F-7 fighters grounded. KenyaVN-4 armoured vehicles have poor armour. OthersMultiple UAVs sold in the Middle East and Africa performed so poorly that […]
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 […]