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Yes it would afford Indonesia a great economy of scale...and very scaleable, diverse and reliable weapons package. Offset quality also makes most sense when you get in number from one supplier. This is why all the recent announcements have sorely confused me. Indonesia ideally would just...

https://www.policyforum.net/indonesias-impulsive-arms-trade/ Indonesia’s impulsive arms trade Window shopping for weapons is not military modernisation MUHAMAD ARIF, TANGGUH CHAIRIL There are many reasons behind the push for a modernisation of Indonesia’s defence, but an impulsive approach...

China Belt and Road plans for Australia face veto under new law https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/08/27/asia-pacific/china-belt-road-australia-veto/ Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is seeking new powers to veto or scrap agreements that state governments reach with foreign powers...

Mid 30s here in age....though I have been following/participating in defence forums since I was about 12-13 years old...around 1998/1999. Actually I keep in touch with some old timers from that era (I hope to convince some to drop by here later)....couple are actually from Holland interestingly...

Uh oh @Deliorman is here ....:D <--his favourite emoji

Yes 240 degree system on say 10 emb platforms (or even full strength squadron) could have been done by now....honestly 240 is perfectly fine along with the range of NETRA for the role IAF needed just underneath phalcon (given indigenous and can punch out in numbers)....you can evolve operational...

Netra program continues. It is tier 2 (240 degree coverage max range 250 - 300km) compared to tier 1 phalcon (360 degree coverage ,max range 400 km) I believe DRDO wants to standardize on a C-295 platform for both NETRA and the under-development 360 coverage AWACS.

We can get back to metallica appreciation now like we were doing earlier hehe (y)

China was frankly really dumb to engage like this. So much is now spoiled irreparably for very long time...and India will ramp up its guard intensely with more steely determination compared to before. That too in an area far from PLA's peak or average warfighting potential (using more lower...

Haven't heard from Shuja Nawaz in a while, you might find it interesting @Saiyan0321 @t90tankguy @Joe Shearer

Post what you are listening to or just something you would like to share music related! Last few months ...in the mornings lately as I wake up + coffee/tea + eat breakfast + read the paper etc (or check in on this forum lol), I generally have some gentle bluegrass or appalachian folk music...

In the end though AFG has to officially recognise the border as it currently stands otherwise its backburner issue they will surface whenever it feels advantageous to them to do so.

Was the claim at 3nm originally starting out?

Indeed alibaba owns it, they bought it around 2015. A whole bunch of editors and columnists were fired...it caused huge amount of controversy at the time, and results at SCMP overall is there to see for everyone.

Pretty ridiculous how long this was delayed. @500 I was wondering if Israel has released any future plans for itself regarding AWACS, it operates the one 707 (ELM 2075) and 2 gulfstreams (ELW-2085) currently I believe.

I like to understate things....safer than overstating hehe. You can always build on top of an understatement...compared to subtract-fix an overstatement.

Well they never went that far to get that kind of tag (and doubt they were headed that way even with the CCP brazen takeover of HK recently), but definitely heavily CCP influenced/edited compared to before lets say. I remember reading SCMP from the 90s growing up in HK, it was very different...

Excellent set of vids to watch in your free time (I give them chronologically here): Recommended to sub to the channel because he will be uploading more in this series with time. @KAL-EL @Vergennes @Dante80 @Joe Shearer

They are now assigned name columbia class: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia-class_submarine Construction start is planned next year and 10 years later, entry into service.

I remember when these were brand new (and they cancelled the rest of project coz too expensive etc and eventually went for virginia class for SSN)...they sure have seen some wear and tear now in these pictures, understandably so!