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First Indian-made F414 rolls off the production line in 2031? 2032? I guess either is OK since I don't think Tejas Mk2 will be tested, certfied and go into production before 2031 or 2032.

In Hungary Orban has lost the election. Orban was an impediment to the EU supporting Ukraine's struggle against the Russian invasion.

I do not forget that Iran had ballistic missiles and may still have a lot left. Those are dangerous and possibly a threat to European countries. Ukraine and the Ukrainian people have resisted and survived long term attack on infrastructure. Will Iran and the Iranians prove to be different?

It is not possible to stop a country with a coastline with the strait from menacing ships using the strait if it has suitable weapons. The US cannot destroy all Iran's drones. Iran needs to choose not to menace the strait. Before Israel and the US attacked Iran there was no problem. Now the...

I guess that it is Cuba next. Having clearly failed to defeat Iran and possibly being incapable of coming to some agreement with Iran where Iran chooses to allow free passage through the Gulf, I suspect that Trump will move on to attacking a country that is easier to defeat. Then he can stop...

Quite right, NATO is a defensive military alliance intended to militarily support members under attack. The US is not under attack. Along with Israel it attacked Iran. Iran did not respond by attacking the US. It is entitled to attack US bases. Iran is not entitled to close non-Iranian waters...

The war has not gone well for Russia since the autumn of 2022 when Russia was forced to retreat from much of the territory it occupied earlier in the year. Over the ensuing years Russia has made little progress in occupying territory. Putin's refusal to recognise that he cannot defeat Ukraine...

Yes. Unless all concerned agree there is a ceasefire, there isn't a ceasefire.

So, after 5 weeks of widespread destruction and many deaths due to the US+Israel attacks on Iran, few, if any, of the US objectives have been met. I understand that Iran wishes henceforth to charge a fee to ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Does passage of large vessels require passage...

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/trump-claims-he-took-out-osama-bin-laden-again-despite-established-account-of-us-special-forces-operation/ar-AA20kmvN?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=69d4fac4c91f4656b54b17eb197a5f6b&ei=17 I would say there is increasing evidence that President Trump is suffering...

Destroying a country's infrastructure does not destroy its culture or identity. Iran's civilisation will be the same tomorrow as it is today, albeit materially poorer for the damage to its civilian infrastructure if Trump proceeds to commit the war crimes he threatens to commit. PS IMO Trump...

Trump's misguided rampage continues. Crude currently 116 USD per barrel.

I don't think the Europeans support Trump in his Iran attack. It may be very destructive but it is not leading towards any useful end result. The competence required to direct a country's civil and military foreign affairs is absent in Trump. I would say partly for psychological reasons -...

That photo makes me wonder How much is RCS with no weapons How much is RCS with 4 Meteor semi-recessed How much is RCS with 4 Meteor on wing pylons

This suggests that a C-130 was destroyed with engines running and forward velocity The photo does not seem to tie in with the US account that US forces destroyed the aircraft deliberately.

Looks like things may be changing in the ground war. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/4/3/ukraine-slows-enemy-advances-liberates-land-drains-russias-war-chest I believe Russia was storing 100 million or more barrels of unsold crude on tankers when the Iran war started, which should be...

Report that the downed WSO has been recovered https://thekenyatimes.com/geo-politics/pilot-missing-in-iran/

I read that most modern 2 seat fighters have an automated ejection sequence of rear seat ejection/sub 0.5 sec delay/ front seat ejection. Surely the two F-15 crewmen landed close to each other so no big aerial area search would be required to find the WSO?

How is the afterburning version of TF6000 progressing? As I understand things, a lot of the knowledge gained from TF10000 development was supposed to feed into TF35000 development.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/iran-names-5-friendly-nations-free-to-use-strait-of-hormuz-russia-and-china-included/ar-AA206HxG?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=69d100706ac34ef7827259698ca3d11d&ei=14 According to that Iran sees all the countries in the world except just five as their enemy.