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UK MOD update on the conflict. I note that the MOD analysis reports that Russia is succeeding in recruiting but I have read that the premium paid to get men to sign up can be extremely high (up to $40,000 in a country with average salary <$15,000). It seems to me that a much cheaper...

I have to disagree with your judgement that climate change is a nonsensical issue. Yes, there is a big, hot war in the middle of Europe (conveniently sized by the US to persist and exhaust Russia at the cost of the Ukrainians). However, the existence of war in Europe does not make additional...

With no apparent regard for what this is costing the Ukrainians - the lives lost, the lives ruined, the architectural treasures obliterated, the homes lost and so on. In my view the purpose of US aid to Ukraine is not to aid Ukraine. It is to harm Russia.

The people who hold power in the nominally democratic republic of Russia have no interest in the wishes of the people of the country. So yes, I think that Russia will continue trying to subjugate Ukraine and its people until forced to stop. I don't think that will be due to western military aid...

You are wrong to speak with such simplicity and certainty. It may be the case that the US sees the Russian attack on Ukraine as an opportunity to weaken Russia. To ascribe this motive to all western countries supporting Ukraine while presenting nothing to support that view is deeply unconvincing.

As someone with extended family in Ukraine (one dead after Russia 'liberated' the area in which they lived), I think that most Ukrainians see their country being 'liberated' by Russia as the worst form of loss they can imagine. Russia has killed, kidnapped, destroyed, so Ukraine cannot now do...

Being a member of a militarily strong defence pact can stop Russia attacking you. NATO has shown that.

The problem for stopping this conflict is that the current Russian regime is likely to attack again in the future. Without a defence pact guarantee by major powers (if Ukraine is attacked, the powers will respond as if they were attacked), any cessation of hostilities in Ukraine is likely to be...

I have read in Indian online media that Eurofighter says it could produce 24 fighters a year in India. If supply chain issues are a problem to Rafale, why not to Eurofighter as well? All the same, Rafale has a large backlog to be produced. UK has zero Eurofighters to assemble, so could perhaps...

Great to hear that something is happening in Indian military production rather than hearing of what will happen -but doesn't. If C-295 production is happening quickly and smoothly, this new approach is more successful than feeding everything through state-owned enterprises.

What's the annual interest on $300 billion? Not enough to pay for the aid being sent to Ukraine unless most of the arms sent are on the books as having zero value (retired tanks, fighters, artillery, cluster munitions etc)

I also think that the US has little or no interest in the welfare of Ukraine or its people. If state-owned institutions in Ukraine or state assets are sold at market value, that is acceptable to me. Unreasonable sales commissions, no. If BlackRock owns a large number of American defence...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/10/10/rfk-jr-launches-independent-2024-run-here-are-all-the-conspiracies-he-promotes-from-vaccines-to-mass-shootings/ https://www.npr.org/2023/07/13/1187272781/rfk-jr-kennedy-conspiracy-theories-social-media-presidential-campaign...

I saw no evidence to support what he says. Never mind - evidence ceased being used to support arguments years ago. I should just believe what any speakers say, shouldn't I? I'm not saying Kennedy is talking rubbish or he is talking sense. I would not know - without doing a great deal of...

If it is smaller than its counterparts, why? I imagine that more T/R modules would increase performance. I guess, though, that a smaller nose improves the aerodynamics and a 'sweet spot' exists between radar performance and aerodynamic performance.

Got to make and deliver Mk1A before cracking the champagne open. I read in the Indian online press that GE is hoping to start delivering the delayed engines soon and to accelerate deliveries over the scheduled level to help HAL to deliver Mk1A faster in the future. There should already be quite...

EJ200 is a 20,000 lb thrust engine. No good to replace F110. If F110 use is denied in KAAN, the only option is to wait, I think. Unless a TF35000 v1.0 with limited thrust could be used as a temporary, emergency measure? Even if 20% down on thrust it would give thrust around F110 level.

Sounds like you think it is the Ukrainian armed forces that have been exterminating people in Ukraine. Wake up. Reality is vey different to your dreams.

I watched the video above. I am inclined to believe the report of a 13 year old boy in Israeli detention being raped and of Palestinian children being raped by IDF soldiers. Sorry, never subscribed to 'woke', whatever it actually is. Shylock? I have read and seen the Shakespeare play a few...

Any source? Any evidence of what you say? Or is it just something you write to create or reinforce hatred?