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July 09, 2025 ISRO successfully conducted two hot tests of the Gaganyaan Service Module Propulsion System (SMPS) on July 03, 2025 at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC)...

Again, not my fault if one cannot tell the difference between total debt and total govt debt ( a constituent of the former). :rolleyes:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/navy-successfully-tests-made-in-india-anti-submarine-rocket-erasr-from-ins-kavaratti-101751984903599.html

Folks that assert "they know better"....should try look at adding: Govt + Corporate + Household The very reason I said total and not just govt. Corporate (given SOE debt shift there to keep govt one down) is significant factor in PRC case. Just keep quiet! ;)

These things its always best to wait for actual concrete things to materialise. There's too much blah blah in the speculation mix that then media/social media runs with.

will check out later.... members should keep updating this thread!

China is constrained by a heavy financial problem internally (if you look at its debt structuring, CCP tight grip on new sectors, low consumption, over-heavy investment into non-liquid real estate rather than liquid market cap/bonds etc). That is part of reason PRC continues to maintain heavy...

Nice find. Yeah I guess the trade-off was worth it here, the B-2 does have a lot more capacity in avionics. i.e The avionics cost being left more open ended (since only a squadron of B-2 planned or ended up being made I forget which) for B-2 compared to F-22 probably a factor here. To get that...

Some progress on the issue:

Flush air data sensors generally have more to do with hypersonic regimes (given induced drag forces, heating and so on): https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19990105883/downloads/19990105883.pdf Pitot tube RCS is not significant design driver in say <Mach 2 regimes I believe (especially...

Issue with rare earths is the capital costs in processing + pollution associated (these are what China has been lax on to corner an effective monopoly on it right now). You up the pollution control and disposal of waste* etc, it increases the costs in the end...though to diversify world supply...

The 3rd movement is such a thing of beauty that elevates it past his already high standards. It is almost eerie how this music floated into Beethoven's head, especially given his progressing deafness. Rick Beato does a pretty good job explaining (mostly using the 9th's ode to joy) the magic...

Yes I much love Goethe poem (erlkonig) set to this music in "Figlio perduto" than Schubert's lieder (which is also very good mind you).

A great bass line all through the song....and then the final guitar outro (one of my favourites of all time):

~ 12 billion USD if AoN materialise into procurements: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/surface-to-air-missiles-armoured-recovery-vehicles-mod-10104812/

Well I will likely put HAL back in the thread title once this gets confirmed (predictable though, shifting around the capital and "trust" is just going to be too much for govt in end): https://theprint.in/defence/ahead-of-crucial-amca-meet-private-companies-flag-heavy-tilt-in-hals-favour/2678566/

Well a Hormuz closure affects lot more than just Iran exports. Chinese economy is not actually dependent on cheap oil from Iran if you look at their total imports from middle east and rest of world, even accounting for the sanctioned "separate" book-keeping...