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GE F414 was selected for Tejas Mk2 (over EJ200) many years ago. When you talk of RR and Safran, I think you are referring to the 110+kN engine needed for AMCA Mk2. As far as I know, that is intended to be developed with Safran. I imagine that negotiations over the specification and cost are...

I find the propaganda extremely trying although the more extreme claims can be viewed as amusing. as you point out, like Ukraine having lost far more materiel than it ever had. I wonder what proportion of Ukraine's F-16's Russia will have destroyed in a few months' time: 50%/100%/200%? Where...

Russia is de facto a dictatorship. The people of Russia are prevented from voting for any candidate they choose to support. They are prevented from voting for Navalny. They are prevented from voting for Yekaterina Duntsova. As for Orban, when he is in a minority of one with a couple of dozen...

That sounds like a realistic assessment to me.

I suppose that working off Su-75 - populating it with Turkish avionics, integrating Turkish weapons and later installing a Turkish engine is out of the question? Sukhoi appears not to be able to generate interest in this low cost (less than $50 million) aircraft, so could be open to an offer.

Better to say "sweden should became our NATO partner and we/Turkiye are making necessary steps" and do what you say.

Yes, Turkiye looks to be very well placed. I'm not sure how long it will have a virtual monopoly because South Korea may redesign the KF-21 to incorporate an IWB in phase 3 of its programme. Theoretically India's AMCA could also be available but nearer 2040, I think. As you say, the entire...

UN passes Gaza humanitarian resolution. Thus is a bit like offering medical help to the victims of a gun attack while supporting further gun attacks creating further victims. Not a progressive move.

Most terrorist attacks in England are committed by Muslim extremists. As a consequence of repeated attacks over many years many, many English people see Islam as a threat. Attacks in other European countries reinforce that. I don't follow what Tommy Robinson says but the attacks must be of...

Would any sane country plan and manage its grain producing sector such that it results in famine and has to import grain?

I think you view the role of the Indian military aviation industry as being principally to supply the IAD with Indian kit. I see India as one of three countries with the chance of growing their industries into important suppliers to a world market. If that is not a chance India wants to try to...

The article is about Tejas Mk2, urging the IAF to 'keep faith' with it. 10 years ago I foresaw good international sales prospects for the Mk2 but since then it has been subject to redesign and many delays (delivery will be 10+ years later than first planned) and will likely not see any...

I think it is useful to Putin to have an opposition candidate extremely unlikely to threaten his prospects of re-election. It legitimises the process. No need to imprison or to kill her (unlike Navalny).

IIRC there are provisions in the Eurofighter agreement to cover the possibility of a partner being prohibited from supplying by its government. Whether it is practical to set up an alternative supply to resolve such an eventuality is debatable. The number of aircraft involved must be relevant...

Doesn't ultra-nationalism bring out the best in human qualities - just like other ultra-isms!

I did not say Turkiye was at fault. US has made it extremely clear that it will not supply F-35 so it is pointless asking for that. You don't seem to grasp that I was suggesting avoiding reducing the slim chance of procuring F-16 still further. Does Turkiye want to optimise its chances of...

What is achieved by making demands that you know will not be met? F-35 is gone, 100% finito. That is not yet the case with F-16. It is a better idea to try to get what it may be possible to get than to waste time trying to get what it is not possible to get - and in the process prejudicing...

Apologies - I got this badly wrong if 16 Tejas Mk1 were delivered by April 2019 and 16 more have been delivered since then. Nevertheless I have the impression that HAL is a very inefficient producer and that far more productive companies have been denied the chance to compete with it.

I am aware of that. Sorry, I don't have the time to check but to my best recollection 24 months ago the timeline given for Mk2 rollout was end 2022. Near that time it was rescheduled to end 2023. I believe it was then rescheduled to end 2024. I don't put all the responsibility on HAL for...