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One of the demands made by "banned" TLP has been accepted (as part of the negotiation process after they held police officers hostage) and now proceeds: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/20/pakistan-parliament-to-debate-french-envoy-expulsion

https://theprint.in/defence/rafale-training-of-iaf-pilots-in-france-comes-to-an-end-eyes-on-lethal-16-next/643630/ New Delhi: While the training of Indian Air Force pilots and maintenance crew for the Rafale aircraft in France came to an end Wednesday, the second squadron of the fighter will be...

@Vergennes

https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/india-to-retire-first-kilo-class-submarine-this-year-1793193-2021-04-20?utm_source=twshare&utm_medium=socialicons&utm_campaign=shareurltracking India to retire first Kilo-class submarine this year But its submarine woes are unlikely to end...

I have long had soft spot and best wishes for Indonesia. This news thus pains me deeply. Let us hope and pray for the best possible at this point, for the 53 souls on board....and wish best of luck for all involved in the search efforts.

It is somewhat complicated matter w.r.t India being a partner/customer...and I will spare you the long boring details of it past what I give here. Basically India did/does the ToT (from israeli IAI/Elta/Rafael source end) through the DRDO-IAI joint venture partnership for Barak 8 and all...

Well the name of the country is "Chad", it was fitting that way. RIP, hope Chad can resolve its insurgencies.

It make sense (once IOC completed) to acquire since Barak ecosystem at large will be modular concept and India has committed to it at scale...so it has the supporting infra already engaged and experience building up etc. Specific strengths/weaknesses relative to system cost etc will be compared...

I believe @Sinan means spearhead? :D

Quality thread so far, it looks like it was merged into an earlier existing one. With this post I will get updates. Carry on everyone :)

Yes they certainly can be, if the turbojet (i.e effectively the gas turbine "core") is axial compressor type. Turbojet/core seeks to output its power fully in the form of jet exhaust. Essentially all of the variants....be it turbofan, turboprop or turboshaft look to "gear" what this core...

Yes Barak-ER is commited platform for project-15B (vizag class) destroyer already...so it would include newest version here. Backworking into existing deployed Barak platforms (all other relevant warship classes) should not be difficult either... since diameter form is consistent or smaller...

Mechanics w.r.t single use conventional detonation EMP undergoing RnD in India: https://defencehub.live/threads/indian-rnd-general-acquisition-archive.2692/page-6#post-69834 Essentially it is about creating a precise enough and intense enough magnetic flux change.

It's behind a paywall but some developments in area in India date back to 6 years ago: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6799591 There might be more tweets from OP later.

https://defencehub.live/threads/iai%E2%80%99s-barak-er-performs-successful-ballistic-missile-intercept.6549/

Thank you, and welcome to forum to you, @Anand and @Vivek

I declare Tea the winner in this poll so far.... but it was close!