The interesting approach with Yamato was the incorporation lived lessons/experience from such classes as Fuso and Nagato .
This shows in the boilerwork and funnel plumbing for it...given the severe issues that arose from the earlier classes not designing this as a priority but rather side by...
As for why the Krivaks had hull in Russia and Engine in Ukraine, its Soviet Legacy.
An Azeri friend of mine, his dad is/was in marine design profession, he studied at Odessa in Soviet days.
Maybe some members know about that kind of thing.
Basically the argument forwarded was capability acquisition w.r.t shipyard capacity.
Most of India's heavy shipyards (like MDL) are all full/commited to existing classes and future classes.
Thus because of UKR/RUS conflict that occured some years back that lead to their failling out, the...
https://www.businessinsider.com/marine-corps-rethinks-asia-troop-locations-to-take-on-china-2020-9
The Marine Corps will reexamine where it's postured in the Asia-Pacific region as the service prepares for possible conflict with China, the commandant said this week.
Tens of thousands of...
This article itself is a summary of how the strategic thought of Australia (after the grievous imminent threat to it in WW2 i.e Japan that most shaped the downstream psyche) was first geared towards Indonesia in the post WW2 scenario, and how it has now transitioned to PRC in the last couple...
Yes this about sums it up for me too.
I will wait for dust to settle, right now there is intense fog of war + psy-ops information war being played out that just depend on who's side feeds and media you follow more and trust etc.
There is apparently 100s of KIA by now on both sides and...
Beautiful, I am very used to the traditional rendering of Arirang (a beautiful song it must be said).
This modern interpretation was very good (I still prefer traditional one aesthetically, I just got too used to it I think).
The singer has an exceptional talent here.
Yes I agree, I wasn't implying anything negative about this, but something India will transition away from (just like any other country) over a larger period of time as the politics of it become more self-assured etc...and immediate remaining frontiers within easy reach slowly reduce too...
Everyone owes it to themselves (if they haven't already) knowing the basics of semiconductor solar technology, given it is going to be a huge increasing part of electricity generation profile in the years to come.
This video does a very good job in laying out the basics:
It reminds me quite...
It is the state of relations between our countries in the end, no sugar coating it, its how it is appearing in our news cycle with consequence.
A thread can be started in Pakistan section about its perspective on the matters at hand and/or how it covers its side of it.
The great importance of intelligence and preparing your forces accordingly, this is arguably the largest naval battle that ever took place and it went very one-sidedly against IJN.
It is to be noted that USS West Virginia was a survivor of pearl harbour (badly damaged) and can be thought of...
Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) today signed an agreement to acquire 50% of the equity of BlueBird Aero Systems, an Israeli UAS developer and integrator in the small tactical UAS arena. As part of the transaction, IAI is acquiring the holdings of Piramal Technologies SA from India, which...
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bsf-foils-infiltration-bid-by-5-pakistan-terrorists-along-international-border-in-j-k-s-samba-1725892-2020-09-27
Early Sunday, the BSF foiled another major infiltration bid from the Pakistan side in Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
BSF troops noticed...
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https://ca.news.yahoo.com/india-japan-begins-3-day-072109349.html
India, Japan begins 3-day naval exercise JIMEX today in Arabian sea
New Delhi, Sep 26: The Indian and Japanese navies is all set to begin their three-day-long maritime military exercise from Saturday. The naval...
What do you think @Gautam ?...Was the science arrangement rushed too much in interest of achieving something first politically?:
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https://jatan.space/missing-science-from-mangalyaan/
This September 24 marks six years since ISRO’s Mangalyaan spacecraft entered Mars orbit, making...