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Well when you have a metropolis (in western world back then and today), you will find the official side of law and order (and the official politics the citizenry can elect to reward or try change the more faceless bureaucracy governing all of this). But depending on the actual size and depth of...

Yeah these are not major divergences/trade-offs like there once was in (esp large) warships. The smaller corvette style ships benefit from their smaller size. Compactness adds more toughness overall (naturally) per tonnage in their realm compared to frigate and destroyer realm when there is no...

Its all about designing to profile of likeliest enemy/enemies you could face. Tonnage prioritization boils down to endurance/propulsion vs armor/survivability vs weapons/sensoring So a corvette (defined relative to frigate, destroyer etc in the end on endurance role specific to each navy...

Yep its crazy I know. It has worn me out too much already discussing these things a while now....I just get angry and wait for the reset to finally happen. I just want to talk and participate in things that actually MATTER to human species, rather than have its mental and gaslighting issues...

Its activism for activism sake and progressivism for progressivism sake. We are seeing the late stage version of it that really kicked off post WW2 in West. The liberal psyche unfortunately is extremely susceptible to being bullied, coerced or stockholm syndromed by cultural marxists in general...

Chandrayaan 3.....One month away.... https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/chandrayaan-3-scheduled-for-launch-in-july-isro-chairman/article66961351.ece...

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/india-becomes-destination-for-auto-oems-to-secure-their-digital-content-needs/articleshow/100903440.cms As the software content in vehicles is growing, with systems like smart cockpits becoming an integral part of the auto ecosystem...

It makes me wonder if India and Vietnam should develop a new FAC in the 500 - 1500 ton class range based around brahmos (once Vietnam becomes comfortable with its reliability after current acquisition is completed). Vietnamese navy has good experience (just like India) with Osa and Tarantul FAC...

https://www.business-standard.com/finance/news/india-tops-world-ranking-in-digital-payments-with-89-5-mn-transactions-123061000203_1.html

I mean in the end you were getting an SSK for SSN price essentially....you can change things only so much, plenty things are baked in for SSN. So the Aussies decided might as well get an SSN for SSN price. Left a real sour taste in French mouth though, given this approach could have been done...

Vikrant exhaust ports have now clearly seen some use.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-hands-over-12-high-speed-guard-boats-to-vietnam-101654761522776.html The boats were given by Singh at a ceremony in the Hong Ha shipyard amid increasing maritime security cooperation between the two sides. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on...

https://www.zeebiz.com/india/news-exclusive-india-likely-to-sell-brahmos-missiles-to-vietnam-in-deal-ranging-up-to-625-million-239380 Apart from Vietnam, it is also reported that Indonesia has shown interest in acquiring the BrahMos missiles, further underlining the growing demand and appeal of...

It's an MOU signing. i.e intent and potentials if selected. No specific details given to public from what I can see. i.e The firm selection has yet to be done. DCN is very much in the running with scorpene esp given the AIP integration that India progressed with French earlier...

A peek into the CV90 side of things @UkroTurk et al https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/en/news/2023/06/ready-for-the-front/

I would expect the West to also increasingly start applying pressure against acquiring Chinese platforms as well. I guess lets see how it goes. In any case, the MRTT here gives a much larger return on investment over its full lifecycle compared to Russian fueller. You pay more upfront, but...