https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/resurgent-tiger-fights-for-survival-in-australian-arh-competition/140432.article
It may have taken years for the Airbus Helicopters Tiger to finally hit its stride in Australia, but the capability improvement now achieved may have come too late to save...
I'm just giving idea of the lobby as it works here in the west (whatever the truth is behind the L3 sensor tech...Canada apparently has some kind of embargo on Turkey from last year due to Syria intervention or something, L3 itself has not commented)
How it percolates and establishes in media...
https://theaviationist.com/2020/10/02/following-f-35b-kc-130j-collision-former-usmc-f-4-pilot-tells-us-about-the-risks-of-midair-refueling/
“I’m not sure I’d characterize Air-to-Air refueling (AAR) itself as risky. Rather, I always thought of it as requiring strict attention to the slight but...
It was only superficial damage thankfully hehe...
https://www.businessinsider.com/a-curious-polar-bear-damaged-a-canadian-rescue-helicopter-2020-10
A curious polar bear caused "superficial damage" to a Canadian air force helicopter that had to make an unexpected stay at a remote airfield in...
https://globalnews.ca/news/7368235/canada-china-taiwan/
Nobody is laughing much about China these days in Taiwan. Beijing regards the democratic island state as a renegade province and has vowed to use force, if necessary, to bring it under Beijing’s despotic rule.
So, it was a welcome change...
http://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020/10/india-tests-brahmos-cruise-missile-to.html
By Ajai Shukla
Business Standard, 1st Sept 2020
Indo-Russian joint venture (JV) firm, Brahmos Aerospace on Wednesday successfully tested an extended range version of the BrahMos cruise missile. While the...
Welcome to @Waz ! (You were looking for intro thread)....fancy seeing you here old friend (if its Waz I and many know).... (y)
Welcome to all new members!
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/indonesias-new-intelligence-hub-wields-data-in-the-war-on-illegal-fishing/
The Indonesian Maritime Information Center (IMIC), launched in July, aims to tackle illegal fishing and other maritime violations in the country’s waters by drawing on data and...
https://swarajyamag.com/insta/air-india-one-indias-state-of-the-art-aircraft-to-ferry-the-prime-minister-to-land-in-delhi-today
India's brand new modified Boeing 777 Aircraft - Air Force One which will be used to ferry the President, Prime Minster and the Vice-President, will arrive at New...
Yup I have little to add...you are bang on the button here given India's actual security scenario and its lopsided approach in addressing it.
There was a significant lapse in SIGINT handling as well for the Mumbai Terror Attack, it still makes my blood curdle when I read various accounts of all...
Yes there is always balance on what must simply be done top down enlightenment wise versus what can be done bottom up "organically" from society.
I mean the very idea of democratic republic or a constitutional govt broadly (and govt more broadly) is recognition that there are things (of high...
ISRO scramjet program update
https://defencehub.live/threads/india%E2%80%99s-drdo-tests-hypersonic-technology-demonstration-vehicle.666/page-2#post-10908
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/isro-to-launch-its-venus-mission-in-2025-france-to-take-part-french-space-agency/articleshow/78410437.cms
NEW DELHI: ISRO is scheduled to launch its Venus mission in 2025 and France will participate in it, French space agency CNES said on...