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Indian government did not want to invest in test infrastructure - wind tunnels, high altitude test chambers, flying test bed etc. 10 years ago many Airbus A340 were available for peanuts (i heard $25 million each) because airlines retired them prematurely but Indian government did not take the...

Sure, move onto a 100kN engine post developing a ~80kN afterburning K9-based engine. I suggest focus on getting a result on an engine for Tejas Mk1A ASAP is what is important. Mk1A needs an alternative to F404 for reliability of supply reasons, doesn't it?

According to Hindustan Times, other systems are not fully integrated and certified and need to be so before delivery to the IAF: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/hal-to-start-trial-of-new-tejas-fighter-jet-in-january-next-year-101735068257239.html

How many left the country last year in the week before the major Christian religious festival of Christmas? How many returned after the festival? Several million Ukrainians have left Ukraine for adjoining countries since the invasion. It is not surprising that some Ukrainians want to re-unite...

Russia's newest assault idea appears to be to cross the Dnipro. Having had a member of my extended family in Kherson 'liberated' by the Russian army (and soon after to be dead), I have to hope that an attempt by the Russians to cross the Dnipro to 'liberate' (kill) the civilians on the other...

In my opinion things are not going too well for Russia at the moment. A brief insight into some of its economic problems: How things are going on the battlefield: Russia has been advancing much more quickly recently. At this increased pace, Russia will still take over 50 more years to...

Things are not really going Putin's way in Ukraine. https://en.thebell.io/tough-choices-for ... tral-bank/ Consumer spending has been partially maintained through the government indirectly transferring money from the national wealth fund into consumers' pockets via high wages in the MIC...

About RR (in conjunction with others) not having developed an engine for Tempest yet - GCAP has yet to be given the go ahead. It was in project evaluation and definition phase for the its first few years of existence. With the project on course to be launched in 2025, the nature of the engine...

The essence of security for Ukraine now (after Russia betrayed its recognition of Ukraine as a sovereign state) has to be a common defence security treaty with powerful states or alternatively membership of NATO. Without an agreement whereby another Russian attack on Ukraine will be crushed...

Are the figures published by official Russian sources regarding Russian finances and the Russian economy accurate? This article suggests they are not. https://www.ft.com/content/b4bc5668-69bc-4842-af2d-bf49756be3c9 Since the west has not been prepared to fully support Ukraine militarily...

I think that the only way to get Putin to accept the ongoing existence of Ukraine will be to force Russia into such a state of economic turmoil that continuing the war becomes economically impractical. Hitherto the west has not applied sanctions as strictly or severely as it could have done...

In the Budapest Memorandum Russia and the US recognised Ukraine as an independent state. Putin subsequently attacked Ukraine. Should hostilities cease, what could Ukraine possibly do to secure a peaceful future existence? Ask Russia and the US to recognise it as an independent state? On past...

Welcome on board. Regarding military equipment losses, there is the source Oryx that publishes numbers of Russian and Ukrainian losses with photographic verification. https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html...

Good question. I do not know what the rationale was.

I am sure that Ukraine would have held elections if there were not an existential war going on. Something else: how do people vote in a Ukrainian election if they live in an area under Russian occupation?

Ironically Dassault sounds like it would be the ideal supplier - no US political complications with Congress, no multi-nation supplier complications as with Eurofighter.

'Usurpers of power in Ukraine'? In a free election Zelensky was selected by the people of Ukraine. That may not suit Putin (who incidentally was not elected in a free election) but if anyone usurped power in Ukraine, it was the people of Ukraine.

I see that the US upgrade kits for F-16 are no longer wanted. https://bulgarianmilitary .com/2024/11/27/turkey-shocks-the-u-s-drops-f-16-fighters-deal-goes-local/ I presume that using local upgrades will save a lot of money. If (if, I don't know) the KAAN PROJECT would be accelerated by...

If a program like Gripen E (100 ordered so far) doubled to 200 orders, I could see that reducing unit costs materially. Would 100 more F-35 have much effect on unit costs? I don't see it. But I'm no expert.

1,000 days into the conflict, the US takes off the handcuffs that have prevented Ukraine from striking 'the archer' firing arrows at it from Russian soil... https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/11/20/ukrainian-bombers-fire-10-bunker-busting-storm-shadow-cruise-missiles-at-russian-commanders/