hhunaeh Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Andaman and Nicobar Islands: India’s Strategic Outpost Flight MH370 has put the spotlight on little known but strategically important territory. The most remarkable feature of the islands is their location: stretching over 500 miles north to south at the western entrance of the Strait of Malacca, they straddle one of the most critical naval and trade chokepoints in the world 200 times the size of Diego Garcia, and enjoy a more solid foundation of volcanic soil than the British-owned coral atol Covered in thick tropical vegetation and host to India’s only active volcano. The ANI constitute just 0.2 percent of India’s landmass but provide for 30 percent (600,000 sq kms) of the country’s 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The ANC is India’s first and only joint tri-service command, with rotating three-star commanders-in-chief from the Army, Navy and Air Force reporting directly to the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee. The ANC’s jurisdiction is limited to the islands’ exclusive economic zone, with no formal responsibility for the South China Sea. Its tasks include maritime surveillance, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, as well as suppressing gun running, narcotics smuggling, piracy, and poaching in India’s EEZ. However, Sainik Samachar, a magazine published by the Indian Ministry of Defense, notes the ANC’s mandate also includes “ensuring that the eastern approaches to the Indian Ocean comprising the three straits – Malacca, Lombok and Sunda – remain free from threats for shipping” as well as “monitor[ing] ships passing through the Six Degree and Ten Degree Channels.” This last responsibility is critical, as the ANI enjoy domain over two channels west of the Strait of Malacca that play host to the world’s most important shipping lanes. The vast majority of international trade transiting the Strait of Malacca passes through the 200-kilometer-wide Six Degree Channel between the Indonesian island of Aceh and Great Nicobar, home to the Indian Navy’s newest air base. This means the bulk of container traffic through the Strait of Malacca also passes through India’s EEZ. To the north the 150-kilometer-wide Ten Degree Channel separates the Nicobar Islands from the Andaman Islands and is used by a much smaller volume of ships bound for the Bay of Bengal. Others in the military establishment see the ANC as a “trump card” against China, ideally positioned to interdict Chinese oil supplies from the Gulf and Africa in any potential Sino-Indian confrontation. Some 80 percent of China’s oil imports currently pass through the Strait of Malacca. Retired Rear Admiral Raja Menon argues: “Today they are merely SLOCS [sea Lines of Communication]; tomorrow they will be the Chinese Jugular…. [$10 billion] spent on strengthening the Indian Navy’s SLOC interdiction capability would have given us a stranglehold on the Chinese routes into the Indian Ocean.”
hhunaeh Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 CNN asks whether maybe God stole Flight 370 CNN anchor Don Lemon and Decoded host Brad Meltzer bandied about the idea Sunday afternoon that something “beyond our understanding†happened to Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370, that “something†being perhaps supernatural maybe? “Especially today, on a day when we deal with the supernatural,†Lemon said. “We go to church, the supernatural power of God…people are saying to me, why aren’t you talking about the possibility — and I’m just putting it out there — that something odd happened to this plane, something beyond our understanding?†74SbI6AEjNg :hysterical:
hhunaeh Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 CNN should do the next piece with history channel covering all plane accidents till date. Don lemon should host it, with the alien guy as the TV expert.
Raghav_12 Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 I suppose, the plane was on its way back to Malaysia, and flying over Chennai But spotting a plane from 35k feet, she must be :girl_harrypotter: :--D Yeah.. got that after reading complete article. Initially it seemed like if she was travelling to Chennai from mecca.
Roshanrocks Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Where is the plane? :hitler: ANyone on ICF own a ship? Lets all ICF'ers go out for a search.. these experts are useless
Roshanrocks Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 wait wait wait... i just saw the video, a mech engr. gives his watch n ring to his wife and says "keep this incase if comething happens to me" is this true?
zen Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 wait wait wait... i just saw the video' date=' a mech engr. gives his watch n ring to his wife and says "keep this incase if comething happens to me" is this true?[/quote'] Yeah. His name is Paul Weeks, a Kiwi. That plane had many suspicious people - employees of a high tech company, the Iranians on fake passport, and who knows who else. I am not sure how thoroughly the backgrounds of these people were or are being investigated.
zen Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Where is the plane? :hitler: ANyone on ICF own a ship? Lets all ICF'ers go out for a search.. these experts are useless What if the plane is in Pak? :P
FischerTal Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 cnn behaving like rabid dogs looking for a piece of meat. appam chewtiyas :facepalm:
Roshanrocks Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Yeah. His name is Paul Weeks' date=' a Kiwi. That plane had many suspicious people - employees of a high tech company, the Iranians on fake passport, and who knows who else.[b'] I am not sure how thoroughly the backgrounds of these people were or are being investigated. Ya... we cannot believe everything that is served up as news...
zen Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Ya... we cannot believe everything that is served up as news... And where on occasions the media is trying to make up our minds
Roshanrocks Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 just saw a tomnod map and i can see so many 'small white stuff'... like small pieces scattered... now if i tag each and every thing and each user does that... just imagine the number of tags people have to go through... check this image i uploaded... http://imgur.com/mha0NV4 Now the plane was about 60m long...u can see how small 20m is on the map... what are the chances of u finding actual debris? :hmmm: Now should I tage those white thingies? what are they? stray specs of cloud most likely....
Raghav_12 Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Chinese satellites also reposted spotting debris in the area where Aus had reported 2-3 days ago. Size of objects consistent with what was reported earlier. But that doesn't mean detected objects are necessarily from MH370 even if they are same. They might be same objects fallen off some travelling ship. http://www.seattlepi.com/news/world/article/China-satellite-finds-object-near-jet-search-area-5339870.php
Haarkarjeetgaye Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 The hope fades everyday. Although may be a bit unfair but you have to hold the airlines responsible for this debacle even if they have done no crime which can be proven. 1) No subscription to RR and Boeing data. its cheap and every aircraft should subscribe. 2) Strict passport checking 3) Pilot behavior in cockpit MAS have been exposed on this. Don't know how they managed to get a 5 star rating. Should be downgraded to 3 stars...
Stuge Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152014940376305 :hysterical:
zen Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 trvoGYQBEXw Mclinerney acts like he knows everything. May be he is delusional about his own ability to analyze (Old age?). It is scary to imagine how many such Gen U.S. has or had (not to mention ppl such as Bush as the president)
CSK Fan Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 The hope fades everyday. Although may be a bit unfair but you have to hold the airlines responsible for this debacle even if they have done no crime which can be proven. 1) No subscription to RR and Boeing data. its cheap and every aircraft should subscribe. 2) Strict passport checking 3) Pilot behavior in cockpit MAS have been exposed on this. Don't know how they managed to get a 5 star rating. Should be downgraded to 3 stars... I heard the compensation for the families will be in millions
Raghav_12 Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 trvoGYQBEXw Mclinerney acts like he knows everything. May be he is delusional about his own ability to analyze (Old age?). It is scary to imagine how many such Gen U.S. has or had (not to mention ppl such as Bush as the president) Lol.. He was coming across as super confident. He remained unfazed even after being informed from news anchor that people are doubting his sanity with these wild speculations.
Raghav_12 Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 More or less it is confirmed that plane sunk in South Indian Ocean. It should be confirmed by tomorrow. No miracle for the families waiting for the news on the passengers on the plane :((. It going to be tragic but all of them would be prepared for that by now. But, finding this plane around 10,000 km away from last known position is herculean effort and commendable.
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