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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...

Applies to all helmets (and even BPJs) when talking about rifle calibre rounds. That said, Patka is made of steel. ACH is made of Kevlar i.e. the stuff Soft Armor Panels (SAPs) on vests are made from. Kevlar invariably cannot stop rifle rounds. The most that ACH is advertised as being able to...

It doesn't quite work like that. Attack helos are designed to counter Heavy Armour i.e. main battle tanks & armoured formations. Not other attack helos. If anything is to prompt IAF/IA into expanding orders, it would be a surge in numbers & quality of PA MBTs.

While the Patkas do not offer very good trauma protection, they do stop 7.62x39 Ball better than the ACH can. And that's the primary reason why several operators, on an individual level, prefer to keep using the Patkas. The Patka's level of ballistic protection can only possibly be afforded by...

India's MKU seems to be the supplier for the new high-cut combat helmets of the Singapore Army, replacing their old PASGT-pattern ones. Same company supplies ACH-pattern helmets for the Indian Army, among other recent customers (3rd pic). It's unclear if Singapore army's Load-Bearing System...

India & France to co-develop new turboshaft engine, possibly for IMRH. Have to wonder if this won't be a version of the new Aneto-1K (2,500shp, 1,860kW) engine, like Shakti was a version of Ardiden...

Thanks to Aditya_G

INS Dhruv

Broadly speaking, Mk-2 will have these improvements over Mk-1/Mk-1A: Higher thrust class engine Overall a bigger, heavier aircraft Canards Significantly higher fuel & payload capacity & MTOW, plus more hardpoints Internal IRST GaN AESA radar Panoramic cockpit with single wide-angle MFD Flight...

As this is a developing story of significant importance, I've started a new thread to compile the various reports & images. After a while this thread will be merged into the existing Nuclear submarine thread. For a long while, there were reports & speculations that the last 2 of the 4 x...

"Arihant Stretch" class is indeed real. That means either 8 x long-range SLBMs (K4/K5) or up to 24 x medium-range ones (K15). :love:

Brilliant thread by Indranil Roy: Reproducing here: LCA Mk2’s nose cone is smaller in length (~10%) and diameter (~10%) than Mk1s even though it will house a more powerful radar and internal IRST. In this thread, I want to show you how this is ONLY possible by build, learn, repeat. Instead...

Agnikul is teasing big time...