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Throwback time to 1948 commissioning of HMIS Delhi later INS Delhi (Leander class light cruiser): All courtesy of @spokespersonNavy (twitter): The first avatar of #INSDelhi was handed over to Sh VK Krishna Menon, High Commissioner @HCI_London Capt HS Brown was her first Commanding...

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/features/march-to-free-dhaka-267645 Interesting read @Jackdaws @Joe Shearer

Either extreme is faulty that suddenly some platform is made "garbage" or another version of it is fully "insular". Combat master has made a good post earlier....things factor in and counter-factor in w.r.t wielder and opponent when opponent gets closer look at stuff than he otherwise would...

Thread merged with India-Pakistan relations thread archive. Posting memes and ad-hominem pictures is flamebait and not allowed in this forum in regular threads (there is a specific meme thread for memes). I did not issue warnings this time since there was a more light-hearted moment in the...

Was this measured compared to prices same time last year (i.e year on year)?

Yah this is more long term RFI for Indian providers (IP/ToT + Assembly driven till local RnD expertise develops more) to produce the longer term scale needed should threat evolve to that level. It will take longer time for sure. The Israel one here is more G2G (IAI, Elta etc are effectively...

All it really takes is commited aggressor training....i.e you need two distinct platforms (Qatar has rafale and earlier mirage 2000 itself....and could furthermore base other a/c from any allies in exercises), and you design the core BFM envelopes and then layer the tactical exercises above it...

It is unfortunate France elected for this w.r.t Qatar...but I guess the money on offer was just too big to forego. If India did go for 126 or 200 sized commitment (the numbers floated in MRCA and MRCA+ last decade), it could have had counter-bargaining power entrenched in French state on this...

As promised, a dedicated thread (on HSTDV and scramjet science+RnD) is now in Indian section for interested readers: https://defencehub.live/threads/indian-scramjet-and-hypersonic-programs.8379/ Drop a reply or hit "watch" option etc if you want alerts/sub-feed to it.

Yes, there was a hover-drone attack on Kashmiri air base recently opening up a new chapter (in unconventional realm) there. India will buy these systems for immediate requirement while it analyses what the more persistent scale of threat is.

An interesting convo and I learned quite a bit from last couple pages. A request though: Folks can we leave the text colouring to be default pls (as much as possible). Default works with both regular and dark mode automatically (i.e it is black for regular and auto changes to white for dark...

@Anmdt @Cabatli_53 @AlphaMike @Isa Khan et al.

First Pakistan ought to make the case that Altaf Hussain is a terrorist to British authorities and extradite him. It should also declare the MQM a terrorist organisation/affiliate and ban the party (if the splintering+renewal cannot be taken at face value w.r.t Altafbhai tentacles still within...

OTH Super Eyes to monitor Dragon’s movement in IOR https://alphadefense.in/oth-over-the-horizon/ In a big development, the premier radar development lab of DRDO is working on an “Over-the-Horizon” OTH radar system to keep a close eye on Chinese movement in Indian ocean region (IOR). The...

I agree overall. It was definitely primarily a test bed (with what was available at the time) to probably give a firm realised reference for the more robust+reliable systems and networks taking shape now. There are all kind of things you come across that you didn't think of when you do early...

Discover the secrets behind the legendary plane THE CANADAIR, the most efficient and reputable water bomber in the world and true shining star in the fight against forest fires for the last years. An exceptional documentary that brings you the incredible story of this hydroplane and the pilots...

https://www.iadb.in/2021/06/06/indias-quest-for-aeroengine-technology/ Aeroengine technology, genuinely not an ‘elephant in the room’ for India June 6, 2021 by Gp. Capt. Anupam Banerjee (r.) Ensuing, the recently held Virtual Summit between the Prime Ministers of India and UK, a very...