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Good riddance. The boat they wanted to offer (Amur) simply doesn't exist, neither does a functional Russian AIP solution. It would've been a waste of paperwork to entertain their bid. Frankly, I have very little faith in the whole P-75I program...I feel the program is addressing a requirement...

An Addendum to the India section of my above posts: Considering this policy document specifically talks about the Indo-Pacific, several other matters are left out. What would also be interesting is how the US-India relationship interfaces with the 'Mid-East Quad' that's developing with Israel &...

In the midst of his visit to Australia for a Foreign Ministerial meeting of QUAD nations, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted out the Fact Sheet of the United States Indo-Pacific Strategy, the first such region-specific policy document released by the White House/National Security...

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You're welcome - you should just ignore them. :) Mid-East Quad does not directly concern China anyway - world doesn't revolve around you.

UAE’s Ambassador to India Ahmed AlBanna says new grouping that first met in Oct 2021 is ‘an offspring of Abraham Accord’, critical to combat threats to economic growth & stability. NAYANIMA BASU 10 February, 2022 09:53 pm IST UAE Ambassador to India, Dr. Ahmed Al Banna New Delhi: Ahmed...

EOS-04/RISAT-1A C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite being prepped for launch on Feb 14th:

Pics of SFDR from 2020 DEFEXPO:

There are few other considerations as well. The carrier platform has to be very survivable so it has the best chance to get to the target location in one piece. At one point in time, among IAF fleet it was Jag & M2K, in foreseeable future it will be Rafale. Survivability simply meaning the...

(one of) the hydrodynamic testing models for S-5 class SSBN seems like, thanks to GODOFPARADOXES

New DDG will have 2 types of VLS - Mk.41 for SAM/BMD/LACM rounds (amidships) & a new larger VLS upfront for Hypersonic weapons. This is now more or less going to be a global trend as adoption of Scramjet weapons with large boosters happens. Legacy Universal VLS will not be able to accommodate...

The shape of superstructure & radar placement on 055 (and the 052C onward) itself was copied from Arleigh Burke. The US isn't copying Chinese designs, they're just proceeding along the logical development path of their own designs.

INS Dhruv range ship

3rd set of sea trials completed

Mahindra has brought back Yezdi!

The 'elected' government of Pakistan has little to no freedom in deciding foreign policy, especially with regard to India, that was & always will be decided by the Pak Army-ISI establishment, not the puppet government. So any such "policy" unveiled by the government in my eyes has no relevance.

Of course. As does not wearing earpro like Peltor COMTAC cause acute hearing loss to individuals who are witness to gunfire & explosions for extended periods. But that doesn't seem to effect the procurement decisions. Brass just doesn't care.

What people aren't talking about is what this will mean for factors such as maintenance, serviceability, annual flight hours & sortie rate - all crucial factors. In these aspects, the J-10CE with its Lyulka AL-31 is a definite downgrade compared to F-16 with GE/P&W engines. A useful metric to...

Your question was - are we going to order more LCHs now in response to Pakistan' acquisition of Z-10. And the answer is no. Pakistan already possesses nearly 50 AH-1F Cobras (unclear how many are operable) and the acquisition program for new attack helos was always meant to be a replacement...