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World Israel's War on Gaza
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[🇧🇩-Airforce] Bangladesh Air Force's Cooperation With Other Nations
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[🇧🇩] Bangladesh Tourism
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[🇧🇩] Grameen Bank
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[🇧🇩] July Charter
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[🇧🇩-Land] Bangladesh Army Infantry Regiment
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[🇧🇩] July uprising
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[🇧🇩-Land] Bangladesh Army: Artillery & Armored
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[🇨🇳] China Army
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[🇧🇩-Land] Bangladesh Army VS Kuki Chin
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[🇮🇳] India VS China
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[🇵🇰-✈JF-17] JF-17 fully loaded
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[🇧🇩-Navy] Basic Diving Course
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[🇷🇺] Ukraine Withdraws From Embattled Avdiivka Under Russian Pressure
- By Old School
- Russian Defense Forum
- 0 Replies
The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian troops, Oleksandr Syrskyi, announced the decision to withdraw units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Avdiivka, located near Donetsk, and the transition to the defensive.
"Based on the operational situation around Avdiivka... I have decided to withdraw our units from the city and go on the defensive," he wrote on Facebook* (owned by Meta, whose activities are banned in Russia as extremist).
Ukrainian agency UNIAN, regarding the commander of the Tavria group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Tarnavskogo, claims that Ukrainian troops have already withdrawn from Avdiivka.
[🇦🇫] Afghan women’s grassroots voices absent in UN-led talks, say women’s Rights Advocates
- By ghazi
- Afghanistan Defense Forum
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Afghan women’s grassroots voices absent in UN-led talks, say women’s Rights Advocates
The Frontier Post
KABUL (Khaama Press): Afghan women’s rights advocates have voiced their apprehensions regarding the selection process of civil society representatives and activists to participate in the UN-led meeting in Doha concerning Afghanistan.
Husna Jalil, Afghan women’s rights advocate expressed her concerns on her social media platform X, on Friday, February 16th saying, “ It is concerning to note the absence of genuine representation of grassroots Afghan women in UN-led discussions regarding Afghanistan. “ Husna Jalil added that “despite the necessity of amplifying their voices, the platform primarily features a select group of elite Afghan women.”
She criticized the top-down approach adopted in these meetings, which undermines their legitimacy. “Over the past two and a half years, the top-bottom approach has inadvertently marginalized the voices of grassroots women, thereby undermining the legitimacy of these crucial discussions,” she said. She urged the UN to prioritize the interests of the people by selecting representatives who reflect grassroots perspectives.
“The UN, as a symbol of justice and human rights, holds the responsibility to prioritize the interests of the Afghan people. This can be achieved by ensuring the inclusion of diverse voices from Afghanistan, particularly those representing grassroots perspectives, she added.
She urged the UN, “UN must reevaluate its strategy. They must work towards bringing new voices to the forefront while excluding individuals who have previously betrayed public trust from participating in the negotiations.” Inclusivity and representation are fundamental principles that must guide UN-led discussions on Afghanistan. Ignoring the voices of grassroots women not only perpetuates marginalization but also hampers the prospects for sustainable peace and development in the region.
The current approach risks perpetuating the existing power dynamics and fails to address the diverse needs and aspirations of Afghan women at the grassroots level. It is time for the UN and relevant stakeholders to prioritize inclusivity and genuine representation in their efforts to facilitate peace and stability in Afghanistan. This necessitates amplifying the voices of grassroots women and ensuring their meaningful participation in all stages of the negotiation process.
[🇵🇰-Navy] How are Pakistan’s naval modernization plans coming along?
- By ghazi
- Pakistan Navy
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How are Pakistan’s naval modernization plans coming along?
ISLAMABAD — Even as Pakistan’s currency plunges and the country pursues a bailout package to avoid default, the country’s naval officials say its maritime modernization programs remain on track.
Delivery of a complete fleet renewal is expected by the end of the decade. Pakistan is set to receive this year two remaining Type 054 A/P frigates, which will be the service’s most capable surface ships. The vessels’ HHQ-16 surface-to-air missile systems and P-282/CM-401 supersonic anti-ship weapons are intended to counter the threat from India’s BrahMos supersonic anti-ship missiles and growing carrier capabilities.
“A viable way forward for us has been to follow a cost-effective developmental strategy through a mix of indigenization as well as diverse sources of supply to mitigate specific external dependencies and fulfill our high-tech needs,” the naval chief’s office recently told Defense News. “This is affording us enough flexibility to navigate through these challenging economic times.”
Additionally, three of four Turkish-designed Babur-class corvettes on order were launched and are at various stages that will see the ships fitted with several systems. The fourth corvette is undergoing construction and is expected to launch this year.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Navy’s ship design team, in partnership with its Turkish counterparts, is finalizing development of the related Jinnah-class frigate. Construction of the six planned frigates will begin after the Babur-class corvettes are completed at the state-owned Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works in Pakistan. Initial deliveries of the Jinnah frigates are expected within the next five years.
Despite being Pakistan’s largest-ever indigenous warship program, local industry participation is limited to some onboard systems, and steel production will not take place locally.
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Pakistan Navy commandos take part in the multinational exercise Aman on Feb. 9, 2019. (Rizwan Tabassum/AFP via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, an ongoing midlife upgrade for the F-22P frigate type is expected to improve the Navy’s surveillance, air defense, anti-submarine and offensive anti-ship capabilities. New sensor and weaponry details are unconfirmed, but the ships will feature an indigenous naval combat management system.
However, questions remain over the effectiveness of the air defense technology and sub-hunting capabilities. The current air defense kit features an eight-round FM-90N surface-to-air missile launcher with a limited firing arc.
Rick Fisher, a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, said it’s possible Pakistan could retrofit its frigate, which currently features the FM-90N anti-aircraft missile system, with Chinese weaponry.
“China’s recent replacement of the FM-90 on one of its early Type 054 frigates with the HHQ-10 [surface-to-air missile launcher] indicates this may be one option under consideration,” he said.
Naval systems expert Tom Waldwyn of the International Institute for Strategic Studies said an HHQ-10 variant would be a “substantial upgrade over the FM-90N.”
However, “the FL-3000N is an export version of the HHQ-10 and may not be quite the same level of capability,” he added.
As for sub-hunting capabilities, the likely loud acoustic signature of the diesel-powered F-22P frigate may hinder that mission. But Fisher said a potential upgrade could include a towed array sonar as well as the replacement of “some anti-ship missiles with a version of the ET-80 rocket-propelled, small anti-submarine torpedo.”
The Navy has also stepped up efforts to buy and develop unmanned technologies. Pakistan recently acquired the Chinese CH-4, a medium-altitude, long-endurance combat drone, and domestic efforts are underway to develop remotely operated and autonomous surface and underwater vehicles.
China's CH-4 drone is seen on display at an aviation expo in Beijing on Sept. 26, 2013. (Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images)
With Pakistan’s notable drone sector, the head of UAV specialist Integrated Dynamics in Karachi, Raja Khan, said the domestic industry can rise to the challenge of developing unmanned surface and autonomous underwater drones.
“The capability for [unmanned marine vehicle] and [remotely operated vehicle] development exists, but requires focused support from the government,” he told Defense News. “Integrated Dynamics developed an [unmanned marine vehicle] for channel surface echo sounding and data logging some years ago with internal funding and resources.”
On air power, the Navy would not confirm whether the South African company Paramount Group is working on its future maritime patrol aircraft. However, two Embraer Lineage 1000 business jets are undergoing conversion work as part of the first phase of a long-range MPA upgrade project.
In 2021, Pakistan chose Paramount Group to integrate systems into the Embraer Lineage 1000 aircraft for the program. In June 2022, one of the planes was pictured in South Africa and spotted flying over the Wonderboom area in the capital Pretoria. An aerospace division of Paramount Group is based at Wonderboom National Airport, where the firm also hosts a technical training academy.
Delivery of the first plane is expected within two years, which will determine whether further conversions can take place domestically, the Navy told Defense News.
Asked about the platform’s utility, IISS aerospace expert Douglas Barrie noted the Lineage 1000 “is based on a regional jet design, which obviously isn’t optimized for the demands of the MPA role, but this hasn’t hampered the success of the P-8, which Boeing based on the 737-800.”
There’s no reason the aircraft couldn’t take on the role, he said, adding that the main challenges would be “integration of the mission systems and ensuring any airframe changes don’t adversely affect handling characteristics.”
World Ancient tomb really does hold Alexander the Great's father, controversial study claims
- By Old School
- World Affairs
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Researchers used X-ray analyses to determine the occupants inside a trio of royal tombs in Greece.
Archaeologists may have finally identified the remains of Alexander the Great's father, half-brother, and son in a trio of tombs at a necropolis in Greece.
Researchers have long debated which members of the Macedonian royal family were buried in each tomb. Now, a controversial new review suggests that researchers previously got the tombs mixed up and claimed they had identified the actual occupants of each tomb.
Known as the "Great Tumulus," the burial site in Aegae, the original Macedonian capital (modern-day Vergina, a town in northern Greece), contains three tombs that were built during the fourth century B.C., according to a review published in the December 2023 issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.
Researchers initially discovered the tomb complex in the 1970s and proposed that the crypts, known as Tombs I, II, and III, contained the remains of several royals who were closely related to Alexander the Great, the Macedonian leader who reigned from 336 B.C. until he died in 323 B.C. Those individuals included Alexander the Great's father, King Philip II; his son, Alexander IV, whom he had with his wife Roxana; and his older half-brother, King Philip III Arrhidaeus.
However, there's been an ongoing debate about which royal is interred in each tomb.
MiddleEast/Africa Senegal court rules govt's postponement of Feb. 25 presidential poll was illegal
- By Old School
- Middle East & Africa
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Americas' 100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born
- By Old School
- North & South America
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The renaming of C-T-R signified the company’s high-tech global ambitions
Happy birthday, IBM! You’re 100 years old! Or are you?
The businesses that formed IBM indeed began in the late 1800s. But it’s also true that a birth occurred in February 1924, with the renaming of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. as the International Business Machines Corp. And a hundred years after that event, it serves as an important reminder that the world of computing and IT that IBM played a pivotal role in building has a more extended history than we are likely to think. “Data processing” was coined over a century ago, while “office appliance” was used in the 1880s. From the 19th century through the 20th and the 21st, IBM made HP, Microsoft, and Apple appear more like children or grandchildren of the IT world; Facebook, Google, and Twitter/X more like great-grandchildren. So, let’s take a moment to contemplate the origins of an iconic corporation.
Americas' Why Americans Suddenly Stopped Hanging Out ?
- By Old School
- North & South America
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Too much aloneness is creating a crisis of social fitness.
The United States was celebrated for its citizens’ extroversion in its earliest decades. Americans weren’t just setting out to build new churches and new cities. Alexis de Tocqueville wrote that their associations were “of a thousand different types … religious, moral, serious, futile, very general and very limited, immensely large and very minute.” Americans seemed adept at forming social groups: political associations, labor unions, and local memberships. It was as if the continent itself had imbued its residents with a vibrant social metabolism—a verve for getting out and hanging out. “Nothing, in my view,” de Tocqueville wrote, “deserves more attention than the intellectual and moral associations in America.”
Something’s changed in the past few decades. After the 1970s, American dynamism declined. Americans moved less from place to place. They stopped showing up at their churches and temples. In the 1990s, the sociologist Robert Putnam recognized that America’s social metabolism was slowing down. In the book Bowling Alone, he gathered statistical evidence to prove that America’s penchant for starting and joining associations appeared to be in free fall. Book clubs and bowling leagues were going bust.
If Putnam felt the first raindrops of an antisocial revolution in America, the downpour is fully here, and we’re all getting washed away in the flood. From 2003 to 2022, American men reduced their average hours of face-to-face socializing by about 30 percent. The decline was even more significant for unmarried Americans—more than 35 percent. For teenagers, it was more than 45 percent. Boys and girls ages 15 to 19 reduced their weekly social hangouts by more than three hours weekly. In short, there is no statistical record of any other period in U.S. history when people have spent more time on their own.