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Absolute Monarchies are always tenuous and ticking time bombs as they do not having basic law, rights and dignity cohesively and default applied at the citizen level (i.e its all serfs and subjects to be essentially playthings). So the quality of the sovereign waxes and wanes, and mostly wanes...

For longer range, PH is going for the new Typhon system from the US....at shorter ranges the Brahmos will augment deterrence. Vietnam is now seemingly looking to finalise a Brahmos acquisition too.

Military Aerospace seminar presentations recently uploaded @Gessler et al. https://www.youtube.com/@centreforairpowerstudiesca7118/videos

The docking may be attempted a few more times, but it may be delayed till March: https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/why-isro-might-have-to-wait-till-march-to-dock-spadex-satellites-2664626-2025-01-14

https://news.abplive.com/news/india/nag-mk-2-india-s-indigenously-developed-anti-tank-missile-test-successful-1743889

It says "considering" "530" for 10 battalions. Even if that all goes tic tac toe, the number of BMP-2 in IA is ~ 2400. So I am pretty sure the WhAP/ Kestrel program will get big orders as well.

4 engine platform is best because you are impacting way less by switching one engine out....and tends to fit within existing regulations no problem. 2 engine could potentially be used, but it would put the pilots under higher stress given the differential thrust problem combined with...

Not enough investment in the program to convert say an IAF Il-76 into a testbed. It is well within Indian capacity to have its own flying test bed The program (and its predecessors that led to this one) has been criminally underfunded over long time compared to what has been expected out of...

Certainly puts things into perspective. Well done on your effort here. The platform taking shape here seems to be range + payload focused rather than compromise with tactical maneuver that comes with fighter role.

Such a typical ryder thing to find too lol.

January 7th will be the docking and its broadcast Onboard footage of launch:

340 mil USD for the AIP and 100 mil USD for the (Varunastra) torpedo integration

Happy new year to everyone!