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Vikas Manhas

@37VManhas

“ The enemy is just 40 meters away from us, we are out numbered and running out of the ammunition; we need fire upon our own coordinate”,

CAPTAIN B M CARIAPPA
Vir Chakra
5 PARA SF #IndianArmy

#FreedomisnotFree few pay #CostofWar.

“Bofors is a medium artillery gun with a killing range of 300 meters. The splinters will go flying on all direction. Chances are that you guys will not survive either.”

MAJOR GURPREET MADHOK

#FreedomisnotFree few pay #CostofWar.
#IndianArmy
#UntoldKargilStories
#KargilWar

“We will not survive in any case sir. We have run out of ammunition and I need the bloody fire here right now.” CAPTAIN CARIAPPA

“Roger! Fire shall be upon you in minutes. Take cover if you can. God bless you”.
MAJOR GURPREET

#Bofors #KargilWar
#UntoldKargilStories #IndianArmy

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Vikas Manhas

@37VManhas

Havan being performed by LIEUTENANT COLONEL Y K JOSHI then CO 13 JAKRIF #IndianArmy before launching assault on Pt 5140 during #KargilWar in 1999.

#FreedomisnotFree few pay #CostofWar.

The assault on Pt 5140 was launched by the young Company Commanders of 13 JAKRIF

CAPTAIN SANJEEV JAMWAL
CAPTAIN VIKRAM BATRA

What happened in next 24 hours is a history now.

#FreedomisnotFree few pay #CostofWar.

June 20, 1999

at 0335 hrs
CAPTAIN JAMWAL shouts on radio
" Sir, Oh! Yeah Yeah Yeah ...No Casualties...

at 0435hrs
CAPTAIN BATRA shouts
"Yeh Dil Maange More, .... No Casualties...

13 JAKRIF Commanding Officer with his jubilant Company Commanders on Pt 5140.

#FreedomisnotFree

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Artificial Historical Society

@artificialhist

🎖️ Today marks the 20th anniversary of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, a significant event in modern history with lasting consequences on global politics, regional stability, and countless lives. #IraqWar20

📰 The invasion was launched on March 20, 2003, under the banner of "Operation Iraqi Freedom," with the stated goal of disarming Iraq of weapons of mass destruction and removing the regime of Saddam Hussein. #ShockAndAwe

🇺🇸🇬🇧 The US, UK, and other coalition forces led the invasion, facing minimal resistance initially as they rapidly advanced towards the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. #CoalitionOfTheWilling

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Aaron Brantly

@AfterWestphalia

I have been meaning to do a thread on the one small attribute of the costs and benefits associated with the U.S. provision of money and material to the Ukraine in its defense against Russia. #Ukraine #ElectronicWarfare #intelligence #CostofWar 1/23

War and the preparations for war are extremely expensive. The development of weapon systems is extremely costly and often involves many steps that are not often considered. Let's start by stating that the U.S. Defense Budget is ~$734.34B (2019) 2/23

The U.S. has pledged to Ukraine to date ~$51.08B according ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-aga… of which ~$26.99B is for military related spending. 3/23

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GAVNet

@GAValueNetwork

"#Ritual. #Narrative. #Context. #TemporalStability. In short, everything missing from the connected isolation of #DigitalDisconnectivity is the antidote to its corrosion of community." -- Nathan Gardels greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2022/04/25/dai…

What pricing the value of a combat death reveals about war - The Blind Spot
the-blindspot.com/what-pricing-t…
#CombatDeath, #CostOfWar, #CombatantValue

Pathogens and the Origins of Racism
thevisualmonkey.substack.com/p/pathogens-an…
#RacismOrigins, #pathogens, #immunity, #anthropology, #TribalSociety, #demonization, #GroupIdentity

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David Evans

@DaveEvansPhD

Children & adolescents who experienced the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970) were shorter in adulthood, which predicts "longevity, education, earnings, & the health of the next generation."

Published aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Open access preprint econstor.eu/bitstream/1041…

#CostofWar

"Individuals...exposed to WWII destruction during the prenatal & early postnatal periods...are more likely to be obese as adults...[with] an elevated incidence of...stroke, hypertension..."

Published sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Open access econstor.eu/bitstream/1041…

#CostofWar

Children in parts of Vietnam with one percent higher bombing intensity between 1965 and 1975 had a 50 percent higher likelihood of severe mental distress in adulthood. #CostOfWar

Open access published article sciencedirect.com/science/articl… by @singhalecon

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Jacqueline Anne Thompson

@ThatsJacqueline

#CostofWar Ok I’m going to take a breath and tell a story. It’s not pretty. Many will judge me for it but it’s my story and I think it needs to be told.

In 1999 I married a professional pilot who had joined the marines to be an F18 pilot as a way to get the flight hours 👇🏻

To get his commercial hours. We believe there was no chance he’d ever see combat, ever drop a live bomb, ever be in the position to have to kill anybody. We were wrong. I was told he’d serve 3 years and be out with what he needed to go commercial. I was lied to. By him. 👇🏻

He knew that I was against war and while I respected those that served I in no way supported the military complex. My brother had already enlisted as a Navy Medical Corpsman and it pressed hard on my heart. Day one I told him I wasn’t going to date a Marine. He told me it was 👇🏻

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