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If it is a foreign launch, what is the advantage in that apart from coughing up 1.6 billion dollars to a foreign company? What kind of mentality is this; to give 1.6 billion dollars to Elon Musk and ask him to send a rocket to moon and smash it on it? All of this is to change the live daily...

I can’t believe that we are actually and seriously thinking of being in a position to send a rocket to the moon in about 2 and a half years from now. How fast do our current rockets travel? To be able to establish orbit you need a speed of 27000km per hour. Then you need to achieve 40000+ km per...

Can you provide credible sources to support these claims please?

I know SOMJ can engage sea targets. But is there one that has gone through qualification and integration stages? As far as I know not yet! SOM-C is the bigger brother of SOM-j and for moving sea targets. Do we have operational versions of SOM-C and SOM-J ?

Also they are very high in energy consumption. They have a limited life span as well. More you use them quicker they will need parts changed.

I have a feeling that this is the long awaited C version of the SOM missile that will be able to target moving sea targets. It is a real shame that we still do not have an operational version of this missile that can hit moving sea targets. Hopefully this will be the answer.

I have yet to see something positive coming out of what this guy says. Usually when I see a news with his name, I don’t even bother to read the details, just the headlines!

Well, if you read my post in detail, I have said apart from STOVL aircraft, carrier based aircrafts are twin engined. With the exception of f35C I guess. It is not a necessity. Otherwise there would not be some aircrafts with single engines Operating from carriers. But it is more desirable. Twin...

I had discussed this earlier about Hurjet and TCG Anadolu. In order to be carrier compatible Hurjet needs to be rebuilt to a different standard altogether. 1. It has to withstand salt sea water. Has to be navalised. 2. It has to have a structure and landing gear to withstand adverse conditions...

That last sentence is the most important statement. We ARE the same.

Ok may be detected! But shouldn’t they be very difficult to detect and hit due to low profile it gives? As our KGK and HGK systems are almost copies of JDAM & JSOW and hence have been designed to be stealthier ! Not quite the same shape as a 120mm mortar! quote: Both AGM-154 variants use its...

These bombs are amongst the best TSK has in it’s arsenal. They can not be detected by AD systems. They are a stand-off ammunition in essence. Just think ! A 1000kg dumb-bomb being delivered to it’s target with pinpoint accuracy from over 110-120 km away! And at what cost? I seem to remember...

If you have a good layered AD system in place, most enemy helicopters will be easy prey when they take an attacking posture. The trick is to locate enemy AD positions and eliminate them. Or suppress them with EW. Man-pads ranges are increasing all the time. Helicopters have no chance against a...

Sisi won’t go that easily. And until our government stops supporting “ihvan” group and MB We can not win him.

Usually what constitutes as final price of a strategic item like an air defence system is not the cost of that item. But what people are prepared to pay for it. 1. A country producing an AD system spends a lot of money developing it. They need to recover this cost as quickly as possible. So this...

I agree hypersonic missiles are very expensive. Their speed, altitude and range are the plus sides though. Due to the scramjet propulsion the rate of speed can be altered during flight (like the ramjet meteor missile). It can literally cruise at around 4 Mach towards it‘s target, then during the...

Yes. Kinzhal is derived from Iskender missile. (This missile has many derivatives with many different sizes and weights) It is supposed to travel at 9-10 Mach. But clocked at 6-7 Mach.(which is the speed of Iskender and hypersonic). It is NOT capable of hitting moving targets. It is a tactical...

Most claims when it comes to military matters are either exaggerated or kept half secret. Russians tend to exaggerate more than most. But there is a lot of hype about their hypersonic missiles like zircon and kinzhal. Although they give our 8 and 12 Mach speeds for these missiles, US has only...

There is a lot of waffle but no substance in this article. If you say something is crap. You have to prove why and how it is so. This article is far from achieving that.

There is no particular ratio at which the engine becomes a 'high' bypass, though the it is generally taken to be around 4:1 and above are now classified as high bypass. 0.68:1 bypass ratio is definitely not high bypass if you take above as the norm. Compared with other jet engines like f414 with...