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I doubt that. How many years will it take before the first TF10000 production engine is produced? Even with lessons learned from TF10000 development helping to shorten the time needed to develop TF35000, when will those lessons learned be available to feed into TF35000 development? Just my...

What is the current estimate/guesstimate for KAAN with TF35000 to enter production?

I agree. It's the sensible thing to do politically. But if US won't supply F-35, why would they allow KAAN to be supplied with a US engine?

Normally to raise funds a government can go to the IMF or World Bank for a loan. Not possible for Russia. Normally to raise funds a government can sell bonds. Not possible/practical for Russia. I think. What effective interest rate would be required for buyers to be found? Agreed, printing...

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2777 This could really present problems for Russia. November 2024 wealth fund held about $128 billion December 2024 wealth fund held about $116 billion ($12 billion less in a month) At that rate of reduction, the fund would be empty before end...

The cost of the invasion of Ukraine to the world must have amounted to trillions of dollars, given the widespread inflation in food and energy it precipitated and the physical damage caused to both Russia and Ukraine. Apart from supplying weapons Europe, North America and other countries have...

How many people in the West love Russia and want it to 'win' in Ukraine?

It is difficult to ascertain what is going on in Russia (data are withheld by the state, data falsified by the state etc) but it looks like there is currently an acute shortage of labour, depressing the viability of Russian industry. If the economy does not enter severe recession, due to many...

Indian government did not want to invest in test infrastructure - wind tunnels, high altitude test chambers, flying test bed etc. 10 years ago many Airbus A340 were available for peanuts (i heard $25 million each) because airlines retired them prematurely but Indian government did not take the...

Sure, move onto a 100kN engine post developing a ~80kN afterburning K9-based engine. I suggest focus on getting a result on an engine for Tejas Mk1A ASAP is what is important. Mk1A needs an alternative to F404 for reliability of supply reasons, doesn't it?

According to Hindustan Times, other systems are not fully integrated and certified and need to be so before delivery to the IAF: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/hal-to-start-trial-of-new-tejas-fighter-jet-in-january-next-year-101735068257239.html

How many left the country last year in the week before the major Christian religious festival of Christmas? How many returned after the festival? Several million Ukrainians have left Ukraine for adjoining countries since the invasion. It is not surprising that some Ukrainians want to re-unite...

Russia's newest assault idea appears to be to cross the Dnipro. Having had a member of my extended family in Kherson 'liberated' by the Russian army (and soon after to be dead), I have to hope that an attempt by the Russians to cross the Dnipro to 'liberate' (kill) the civilians on the other...

In my opinion things are not going too well for Russia at the moment. A brief insight into some of its economic problems: How things are going on the battlefield: Russia has been advancing much more quickly recently. At this increased pace, Russia will still take over 50 more years to...

Things are not really going Putin's way in Ukraine. https://en.thebell.io/tough-choices-for ... tral-bank/ Consumer spending has been partially maintained through the government indirectly transferring money from the national wealth fund into consumers' pockets via high wages in the MIC...

About RR (in conjunction with others) not having developed an engine for Tempest yet - GCAP has yet to be given the go ahead. It was in project evaluation and definition phase for the its first few years of existence. With the project on course to be launched in 2025, the nature of the engine...

The essence of security for Ukraine now (after Russia betrayed its recognition of Ukraine as a sovereign state) has to be a common defence security treaty with powerful states or alternatively membership of NATO. Without an agreement whereby another Russian attack on Ukraine will be crushed...

Are the figures published by official Russian sources regarding Russian finances and the Russian economy accurate? This article suggests they are not. https://www.ft.com/content/b4bc5668-69bc-4842-af2d-bf49756be3c9 Since the west has not been prepared to fully support Ukraine militarily...

I think that the only way to get Putin to accept the ongoing existence of Ukraine will be to force Russia into such a state of economic turmoil that continuing the war becomes economically impractical. Hitherto the west has not applied sanctions as strictly or severely as it could have done...

In the Budapest Memorandum Russia and the US recognised Ukraine as an independent state. Putin subsequently attacked Ukraine. Should hostilities cease, what could Ukraine possibly do to secure a peaceful future existence? Ask Russia and the US to recognise it as an independent state? On past...