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The problem for stopping this conflict is that the current Russian regime is likely to attack again in the future. Without a defence pact guarantee by major powers (if Ukraine is attacked, the powers will respond as if they were attacked), any cessation of hostilities in Ukraine is likely to be...

I have read in Indian online media that Eurofighter says it could produce 24 fighters a year in India. If supply chain issues are a problem to Rafale, why not to Eurofighter as well? All the same, Rafale has a large backlog to be produced. UK has zero Eurofighters to assemble, so could perhaps...

Great to hear that something is happening in Indian military production rather than hearing of what will happen -but doesn't. If C-295 production is happening quickly and smoothly, this new approach is more successful than feeding everything through state-owned enterprises.

What's the annual interest on $300 billion? Not enough to pay for the aid being sent to Ukraine unless most of the arms sent are on the books as having zero value (retired tanks, fighters, artillery, cluster munitions etc)

I also think that the US has little or no interest in the welfare of Ukraine or its people. If state-owned institutions in Ukraine or state assets are sold at market value, that is acceptable to me. Unreasonable sales commissions, no. If BlackRock owns a large number of American defence...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/10/10/rfk-jr-launches-independent-2024-run-here-are-all-the-conspiracies-he-promotes-from-vaccines-to-mass-shootings/ https://www.npr.org/2023/07/13/1187272781/rfk-jr-kennedy-conspiracy-theories-social-media-presidential-campaign...

I saw no evidence to support what he says. Never mind - evidence ceased being used to support arguments years ago. I should just believe what any speakers say, shouldn't I? I'm not saying Kennedy is talking rubbish or he is talking sense. I would not know - without doing a great deal of...

If it is smaller than its counterparts, why? I imagine that more T/R modules would increase performance. I guess, though, that a smaller nose improves the aerodynamics and a 'sweet spot' exists between radar performance and aerodynamic performance.

Got to make and deliver Mk1A before cracking the champagne open. I read in the Indian online press that GE is hoping to start delivering the delayed engines soon and to accelerate deliveries over the scheduled level to help HAL to deliver Mk1A faster in the future. There should already be quite...

EJ200 is a 20,000 lb thrust engine. No good to replace F110. If F110 use is denied in KAAN, the only option is to wait, I think. Unless a TF35000 v1.0 with limited thrust could be used as a temporary, emergency measure? Even if 20% down on thrust it would give thrust around F110 level.

Sounds like you think it is the Ukrainian armed forces that have been exterminating people in Ukraine. Wake up. Reality is vey different to your dreams.

I watched the video above. I am inclined to believe the report of a 13 year old boy in Israeli detention being raped and of Palestinian children being raped by IDF soldiers. Sorry, never subscribed to 'woke', whatever it actually is. Shylock? I have read and seen the Shakespeare play a few...

Any source? Any evidence of what you say? Or is it just something you write to create or reinforce hatred?

Are there any plans to fly it again? If not, could it be used for fatigue testing?

Who knows what is developing in Kursk- well known Ukrainian commentator Denys Davidov reports that reinforcements are being sent to Kursk by Ukraine and the Russian salient risks being cut off.

Now I understand why Ukraine launched a full scale invasion of Russia in 2022! Thanks for putting me in the picture.

An auction with only one bidder! Sounds really irresponsible to me unless .an independent valuation was obtained. Without that (and that may have been done) this sale looks very suspicious.

Agreed, pilots should spend a long time training on F-16. Ukraine cannot do that, I think. It does not have the time. That is why I suggest using F-16 in lower risk areas to do lower risk jobs. Chasing cruise missiles well away from the front line seems a task they could do. When engaged by...

Training is a problem. To be useful to Ukraine, however, do pilots need to be trained fully in every aspect of NATO-style use of the F-16? Keeping pilots chasing cruise missiles and glide bombs well away from Russian air defence threats, for example, would be very useful. Again, low risk stand...

With LCA, Tejas Mk2, MRFA, AMCA programmes years behind original schedules, will India at some point acknowledge that the way it procures and develops does not work? It baffles me that India persists with a system that results in failure after failure after failure. For a start, I would suggest...