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A flight of 14 Tejas fighters conducted a flypast at Sulur AFS

Yes - though the Naval variant has additional LEVCONs (leading-edge vortex controller) on the wing roots, for more controllable approach speeds for carrier landing (I presume). Air Force version doesn't have these.

Did it just take the title from the Mahindra XUV300 as the safest car from an Indian brand?

I believe mostly fixed in the BS6 model (2020) as the production line picked up. Reflects in the sales, too. More recently, climbed to the top actually (in its segment) -

Nope. More of a casual guy.

I'll start with a piece I wrote for other forums a while back... Royal Enfield: The First True 'Global' Indian Brand? Ever since their new-generation 650cc twins released in 2018, Royal Enfield (RE)'s reputation & sales figures has taken off in the international markets. So much so that...

Let's keep the Automotive-related news out of the Economy thread and accumulate them all here. Look into any collection of Indians and you'll find auto enthusiasts very easily, so I've no doubt this thread will be populated well in its own right. @Nilgiri @Gautam @Milspec @Zapper @Lonewolf...

The 4 offerings for India's Project-75I submarine competition: Note that the French "Barracuda" offer shown is a modified version of the SMX 3.0 concept shown at last year's DEFEXPO in Delhi. Notice where the hydroplanes are (on sail as opposed to bow as on Australian Shortfin offer)...

I'm getting a 2008 housing bubble vibes here. "These mortgages are AAA-rated"

The 3rd Indian Navy MH-60R is flying... The first 2 airframes were originally intended for the US Navy, but the end-user was switched to Indian Navy when the helos were still under production, the 3rd airframe is the first that was produced from ground-up with India as the intended customer...

The choice for CODAD for PLAN FFGs was doctrine-driven. Not sure how that would apply to Pakistan Navy's use-case. A good thread on the matter: And the radar choice is also interesting, considering PLAN refuses to adopt the same for even their most recent ships:

Hmm, I was not aware of that equation.

?? Su-30MKI: 270+ produced 10 lost to crashes JF-17: 130+ produced 4 lost to crashes I'm not seeing it. And that's not even counting the flight hours logged/per year which is much higher than what a RD93-equipped jet can reasonably manage. AL-31FP TBO: ~1500 hrs RD-93 TBO: ~700 hrs And just...

There is the Gripen/Gripen E. I think Sweden remains neutral in most affairs, and most equipment are well integrated with NATO standards (despite being non-member) - if the American-origin engine is an issue, then the same is the case with Tejas as well, both use GE engines. If the US is okay...

I looked for a SSK thread but couldn't find among the pinned, so assumed there wasn't one. It's pretty confusing unless pinned :p

Use this thread to post all news, dicussions & images of all diesel-powered submarines of the Indian Navy (nuclear-powered ones have their own thread). Starting with some good informative pics from my collection... HI Sutton's rendition of the Scorpene-class, this model depicted with the...

Some AMAZING shots from IAF:

India's PSLV & GSLV Mk-III Rockets To Join The OneWeb Launch Program London, U.K., and New Delhi, India - 11 October 2021: Bharti-backed OneWeb, the low Earth orbit satellite communications company, today announced an arrangement through Letter of Intent with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL)...

Interesting stuff... The top image seems to show a 4-MIRV configuration...that would be in line with the roadmap shown in the old slides. Can't really tell if this is the A6 land-based missile or K5 SLBM though (they both will have extremely similar profiles).

Definitely one of the most impressive space programs in Asia (and the world) right now - great to see South Korea doing it step by step, the right way, covering all bases. Orbital rockets & ballistic missiles are two sides of the same coin. If someone claims to have developed one but not the...