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Re: Why America Needs India’s Rockets

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Post by Brig303 » Fri, Nov 04, 2016, 11:21 AM UTC

wbl wrote: post #95

shripadk wrote: post #83

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You really need to read up on Indian history my friend. The first and second article you link to is Indian territory that was re-acquired after India's Independence. At that time, India was not even a nuclear power. The third article (about Bangladesh liberation) was not because "India was actively arming and training insurgents inside what was at the time Pakistan". Are you seriously so naive to buy into Pakistani p…

Allies after WWII. Returning prisoners of war is required by LOAC.

Allies after WWI? How about the Treaty of Versailles? India and Pakistan signed the Simla accord as equals; not an unjust treaty.

Re: Why America Needs India’s Rockets

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Post by Brig303 » Fri, Nov 04, 2016, 11:24 AM UTC

sremani wrote: post #35

mmmBacon wrote: post #25

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The first strike policy is irrelevant in this context. What matters is capability and parity. If a country develops a nuclear capability that they didn't have before, in his case weapon delivery, this is proliferation. This puts pressure on other states to come to parity with that new capability. In this case that pressure would be likely on Pakistan.

This western view of Pakistani "parity" is mother of all nuisance. US literally funded Pakistani proliferation with billions of aid, which every one knew was being diverted, while those guys were hiding Osama in their cantonment. Yes, Pakistan would be eating grass if it were not Saudi and American aid.

And the sad part is all of this happened as Pakistanis were killing and aiding those killing American soldiers. http://nationalinterest.org/feature/americas-pakistan-policy...

Re: Why America Needs India’s Rockets

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Post by sumedh » Fri, Nov 04, 2016, 2:41 PM UTC

duckmuck wrote: post #150

pm90 wrote: post #38

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This is a very important factor, for sure. Its very fortunate that the Indian education system does produce a lot of engineers. Quality is a problem, for sure, but I would argue it is much easier to train someone who has had some exposure to Math/Science than to start from scratch. This is one of the areas where India's large population and emphasis on education (specifically engineering) seems to be paying off very…

Unfortunately the majority of grads are unemployable. India definitely produces high quality engineers but they are limited to a few good schools and occasionally an exceptional student from somewhere else. You only need walk down the street in India to see ads for private engineering colleges run in shacks.

> You only need walk down the street in India to see ads for private engineering colleges run in shacks.

What are Indians going to do when there few good colleges.

Re: Why America Needs India’s Rockets

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Post by tn13 » Fri, Nov 04, 2016, 9:54 PM UTC

LeifCarrotson wrote: post #135

tn13 wrote: post #96

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You are underestimating how much importance world politicians give to pieces of paper that mean shit for commonsense. Do you think it is hard for a country like India to send a small nuke to USA and blow it off ? They can send it via ship, commercial jets and what not. The point of MCTR is to prevent a nation from openly admitting they have such a weapon and hence it can not be used as an argument in any future negot…

The issue isn't India performing a terrorist strike agains the US. They'd love to send nuclear missiles to Pakistan, though.

And India needs ICBM for that ? If India wants to wipe out Pakistan off the map it is perhaps the easiest things to do than developing some nuke technology.

Re: Why America Needs India’s Rockets

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Post by tn13 » Fri, Nov 04, 2016, 9:58 PM UTC

LeifCarrotson wrote: post #135

tn13 wrote: post #96

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You are underestimating how much importance world politicians give to pieces of paper that mean shit for commonsense. Do you think it is hard for a country like India to send a small nuke to USA and blow it off ? They can send it via ship, commercial jets and what not. The point of MCTR is to prevent a nation from openly admitting they have such a weapon and hence it can not be used as an argument in any future negot…

The issue isn't India performing a terrorist strike agains the US. They'd love to send nuclear missiles to Pakistan, though.

US money that funded Osama, current money that ends up funding Pak Army/ISI seems to be a lot greater factors in destabilization of Pakistan than anything India has ever done.

For example I never understood USA providing F16s to Pakistan. It is nothing but USA's attempts to escalate the tensions.

Re: Why America Needs India’s Rockets

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Post by known » Sat, Nov 05, 2016, 6:41 AM UTC

fdsaaf wrote: post #72

Use IRSO and we all lose. India's government is subsidizing these rockets. SpaceX, on the other hand, is developing technology that really makes space travel cheaper. Only the latter will move us forward in the long term.

Take a cue from http://www.businessinsider.com/a-look-at-minimum-wages-aroun...

Re: Why America Needs India’s Rockets

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Post by exDM69 » Sun, Nov 06, 2016, 6:00 PM UTC

user5994461 wrote: post #86

exDM69 wrote: post #44

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As far as I know, for jobs in the ESA, you must be a citizen of an ESA member nation (not the same as EU). I'm not sure if there are similar restrictions to the US that apply to working aerospace industry jobs (say Airbus).

> I'm not sure if there are similar restrictions to the US that apply to working aerospace industry jobs (say Airbus). There are. Hence my initial message ^^

What's the limitation? Do you need to be French in order to work for Airbus aerospace? Or a EU citizen? Or a citizen from a list of approved countries?