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Following up with bits from multiple sources that were released AFTER the September summit, first is a piece from The Diplomat: The Quad Commits to Regulating Space Growing space security threats are proving to be a challenge for existing global governance measures, but consensus on new rules...

(this is an op-ed published by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), written by Senior Analyst Malcolm Davis) NOTE: This article was published in the aftermath of the first 'Virtual' summit held earlier this year in March, not the in-person summit last month. What the author laments...

Aircraft of the Indian Navy past & present - in the background are diagrams of the 4 aircraft carriers operated by the Navy since the 60s - INS Vikrant (R11), INS Viraat (R22), INS Vikramaditya (R33) and the new INS Vikrant (purportedly R44). The lengths & sizes are obviously not to scale. The...

Use this thread to post news, updates & discussions about all Aviation assets (manned & unmanned) of the Indian Navy.

Number of NGD destroyers confirmed as 6. There was some confusion regarding 5 or 6, but the most likely seems to be 6. First ship will be inducted most probably in mid-2030s. RFP expected at around ~2024-2025, firm order by 2027 or thereabouts. Construction will start toward end of decade...

The first P-17A (INS Nilgiri) hull was laid down at MDL Mumbai in Dec 2017 & launched in Sep 2019, and now the radar mast has been installed, so seems like the superstructure construction is mostly complete: Thanks to Dharani for finding! Beside the P17A FFG you can also see the mast of one...

@Nilgiri - I'm wondering, should we split the civilian & military-related space developments into separate threads? Or too early?

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.