Recent content by Nilgiri

Actually Hitler didn't come to power democratically. Came to power technically legally yes (the horseplay backroom deals and "reluctant" Hidenburg caving in for political stability - none of which had any meaningful input from the Gerrman electorate).... but it was not a popular mandate given...

Plasma findings published: Analysis of the Chandrayaan-3 lander data obtained from data from August 23, 2023 to September 03, 2023 has yielded significant, and first-of-its-kind of results on the plasma environment near the Moon’s surface at the Southern higher latitudes, revealing that the...

It seems it is escalating pretty badly: https://apnews.com/article/thailand-cambodia-combat-border-dispute-142145d84a217ad6c6f208769c447615 https://abcnews.go.com/International/7-civilians-killed-thousands-displaced-amid-thailand-cambodia/story?id=128233661

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-investing-17-5-billion-143333942.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Microsoft (MSFT) on Tuesday announced its biggest-ever Asia investment, amounting to $17.5 billion, in India over the next four years to advance the country’s cloud and artificial intelligence...

LM is strengthening its position too (leveraging the existing super hercs in IAF service): https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/eyeing-iafs-transport-aircraft-deal-lockheed-martin-plans-to-set-up-co-production-facility-for-c-130j-planes-in-india/articleshow/125869680.cms?from=mdr...

There is no hard and fast upper limit as the exact RFP (request for proposal) has not been released (it likely comes out next year). The "18 - 30" ton guideline pertains to the earlier RFI (request for information) and the media chatter has since focused more on the C-130 and C-390 being in...

Relief effort continues

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/indias-tata-signs-up-intel-first-major-customer-14-billion-chip-foray-2025-12-08/ https://wccftech.com/intel-has-secured-a-massive-14-billion-deal-with-india-tata/

Another flare up it looks like though: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/07/asia/thailand-cambodia-border-clashes-december-intl-hnk https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr7l0rjz05eo

India’s private space sector is scaling faster than ever, and the new battleground is Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Once the exclusive domain of ISRO, LEO is now where startups are designing satellites, building rockets, and creating data infrastructure in space. In this ground report, ThePrint’s...

He goes into it in really good detail:

@urban mine More 🇰🇷 🤝 🇮🇳 https://www.financialexpress.com/business/news/hd-hyundai-picks-tamil-nadu-for-first-india-shipyard/4068821/