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  1. Nilgiri

    Morocco Morocco Foreign Policy & Geopolitics

    Does the area shown on the map (currently controlled by Algeria) actually represent the extent of the Moroccan official claim there? I was under the impression the dispute overlaps at some border towns/ regions and that is about it (like how Caspian Report presented it in one of his videos iirc).
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    TR Air Forces|News & Discussion

    It could have, I haven't really looked it up (F-15 EX generator). It is from my intuition regarding the impact certification has in the arena....but there are always exceptions too sometimes if the advantage is pressing enough. They generally update line replaceable units, modular peripherals...
  3. Nilgiri

    Chinese Scientists Are Leaving the United States

    I can tell you right now, govt/bureaucracy will be the absolute last place AI is allowed to permeate in any meaningful way (if it is allowed at all)...whatever the political system set up and operating. The whole enterprise of politics (push come to shove at the resolutions that matter) is run...
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    TR Air Forces|News & Discussion

    For those that would like to read more on the matter: https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/f15_3.html https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/notes/2007/N3618.pdf Article from 1979...
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    India Navy Indian Navy

    Fair enough. But its just at MOU stage now. Lot of things have been brought up for India before in MOU stage and nothing materialised downroad from it. I guess lets see if the investment actually sizeably happens, I will be happy for my skepticism to be proven wrong.
  6. Nilgiri

    Chinese Scientists Are Leaving the United States

    I'm talking about the specific critical strategic areas.....some of which I can speak firsthand. Could care less what happens to bloated debt economy US has ballooned for itself last 20 years, including its leftie globalist universities and leftie corporatist - big govt cabals. Sooner those...
  7. Nilgiri

    Chinese Scientists Are Leaving the United States

    Impact will be minimal for the US and West. The previous arrangement benefited PRC far more than the US/Canada (and West). It was fairly ridiculous what I saw when I was in Chengdu facility of Pratt JV, the utter obstinacy of what the CCP bureaucrats imposed on the ecosystem there (on actual...
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    India Coast Guard

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    India HAL Tejas Program

    Yes. More or less a 1:1 replacement of Bison with the new order (still to be confirmed, but should be this year I think). During the 80s/90s, the total squadrons in the IAF was around 40 (the peak it ever had), around half of these would be interceptor role that Mig 21 filled (i.e around 300 -...
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    India Jet Engines and Gas Turbines

    Its definitely unprecedented in this being the first country of this size (several times US population) that the US is electing to progress things substantially with. More so given the backdrop of the relations previously (cold war, inertia of that into the 90s and 2000s added to by US...
  11. Nilgiri

    TR Air Forces|News & Discussion

    There are differences but not dimensional w.r.t physical interface and attachment points etc. One engine can 100% substitute another, but in practice this is rarely done as there are optimisations done on the production + qualification side (w.r.t the inlet, FADEC tuning, trim etc) given their...
  12. Nilgiri

    India Space Indian Space Program

    It looks like Skyroot has found its first international customer: https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/indias-skyroot-signs-agreement-with-french-firm-to-launch-satellite-constellation-2406648-2023-07-14
  13. Nilgiri

    India Space Indian Space Program

    Launch was a great success. Wonderful start to the mission so far. Let us hope everything goes to plan en route and at the moon. They have really improved the landing procedure this time as you know. Highlights: Full launch release:
  14. Nilgiri

    TR Air Forces|News & Discussion

    Both engines have the same potential when it comes to electric generation onboard....as Radoninsider illustrated (its a small % in the end to run the generator and distribution etc even with more powerful radar etc). The F110 has lately benefitted from its selection for the F-15 EX and the...
  15. Nilgiri

    Microelectronics and Rare Earth Elements Sectors

    They prefer to go separate ways, which is fair enough as the issue was always what the 3rd party IP transfer was going to involve (say from STM) since neither had that and there was really not much point for both to be involved together in unwieldy way....as Vedanta isnt even electronics company...
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    India Navy SSK Submarines

    I agree overall. Overall the expedience of bird in the hand worth 2 in the bush is hopefully kept in mind by IN (given the SSK numbers dropping well behind the original plan 20+ years ago)....given I dont see cost benefit and the time involved being good w.r.t say S-80 w.r.t larger tonnage it...

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