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Too many approvals needed for anything to progress. Indian bureaucracy is a millstone around the neck of Indian fighter projects. If the Astra/Tejas Mk1A combination now works, the aircraft should be delivered, not languish in hangars waiting for bureaucrats to clear it for delivery. It might...

Sorry, if you do not believe that Russia is subject to economic attrition, I would just advise you to read / listen to what economists and analysts worldwide are reporting and saying about the Russian economy. The info is there. I read it. I suggest you give it a try, too.

Yes, it is a ridiculous hypothesis. I used it to illustrate how absurd are the claims of great progress by Russian apologists when Russian troops take 2 sq km or 3 sq km after an assault possibly lasting weeks. I don't know when Ukraine is likely to run out of military manpower. Could be 6...

Russia today occupies about 120,000 sq km of the territory it recognised officially as Ukrainian, That leaves about 480,000 sq km still under Ukrainian control. If Russia occupies a further 4,800 sq km of Ukraine each year it will take another 100 years to occupy all of Ukraine. How fast is...

Don't understand what you are saying

Today I hear that a Russian port used to load crude into tankers was attacked! Either Ukraine read my post or it is just a coincidence. I suspect a coincidence. Keep hitting those facilities used to load tankers! According to the video (Ukrainian, I think, so beware) crude shipped from this...

Russia running short of fuel here and there, it seems. I assume there has been a lot of damage to Russian refineries/fuel stocks/fuel distribution infrastructure due to Ukrainian action. Just as Ukraine cannot stop all attacks on its infrastructure, Russia cannot stop all attacks on its oil...

Sounds like production of the LCA - for which Kaveri was intended - will finish before a usable Kaveri-based engine becomes available. Perhaps it will be there in time to replace F404 engines that have reached the end of their service lives?

News regarding progress towards an engine for the trinational 6G GCAP project... https://aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/gcap-engine-team-makes-progress-demonstrator

You are very well informed about jet engines by all accounts. How long would you guess it would take for India to realise a 50kN dry and 75kN wet thrust engine for Tejas MK1A?

Where Tejas is concerned, you paint a rosy picture of a programme that has been riddled with setbacks and failures, now finally delivering a quarter of a century late. We are where we are - on the brink of the Tejas programme producing tangible results. I say that because I see the Tejas Mk1...

I thought it was the operational cost that was the killer. However. if Switzerland decides it no longer wants to buy F-35 and increased prices give it an opportunity to halt its F-35 programme, let it exercise its choice.

I can see Ukraine buying Kaan in the next decade with the TF35000 engine. I see used Gripen C from Sweden coming first. Sweden has about 100 C/D in service which I think will gradually reduce to 60 as Gripen E numbers build up. South Africa for Kaan? Last time I read about its Gripen fleet, it...

https://theprint.in/defence/ahead-of-crucial-amca-meet-private-companies-flag-heavy-tilt-in-hals-favour/2678566/ I would say that the current Tejas programmes are in the state they are in partly because of less than dynamic leadership from the government down. Excluding talent is not a good...

You say 500 KAAN sales. How do you come up with that number rather than 400 or 300? Who do you think will buy and in what numbers? Like you I think there may be Muslim states that will be attracted to buy KAAN. Very importantly, too, if a Turkish engine is used, it removes the problem of the US...

Will add years of delay.

It will no doubt be very expensive. However if the partners were to order standard aircraft (perhaps 350+) production cost might be more reasonable. If Canada ordered some, too, even better.

Sorry. This works for me: https://www.defesanet.com.br/aviacao/suspencao-da-producao-do-caca-eurofighter-typhoon-no-reino-unido/ + https://www.ft.com/content/a5646859-4818-4abc-b4c4-5c3d5a1d9f2e

I must have quoted hundreds of items of data from respected sources on this thread. You may tell me Russia is not losing, as you have told me many times before,in this case economy GDP or whatever else doesnt matter.Russia can go on for a decade. Give me data to support your assertion. From the...

I hope the war of attrition continues. >20 trillion USD GDP on one side versus <3 trillion USD GDP on the other. I think the evidence shows which side is winning, which is losing. Keep up the good work squeezing the life out of your economy and finances, Putin!