This shows a certain disconnect with reality.
A coherent state is always capable of posing a far greater threat to another country than an incoherent state riddled with civil war. I would argue its in India's interest to devolve Pakistan to a state of civil war, as that would totally eradicate...
Human-rated version of S200 solid rocket booster, called HS200 has been tested:
The S200 is the 3rd largest SRB in the world after the Space Shuttle's boosters & that of Ariane 5, and is the largest in Asia.
Fusion power is seen as an important part of India’s long-term energy supply. The government hopes to build domestic demonstrators by mid-century. Saurav Jha reports
In January 2020 India’s first Tokamak, the Aditya, completed 30 years of safe operation. Those thirty years saw India making...
This Europe tour has 2 main points:
> There is evidence of diplomatic rapprochement with Germany now that Merkel is gone. Relations with Schmidt & Kohl were warm, strategic even. Things went cold since Merkel came to power (~2005) for reasons that aren't completely clear to me (Chinese...
I copied this over to a doc file, don't even remember where from...take with pinch of salt:
BEL is making it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Electronics
OneWeb, the satellite company part-owned by the UK government, has done a deal to use Indian rockets.
The arrangement will supplement the contract the London-headquartered firm has with American rival and rocket operator SpaceX of California. The new deal was announced as UK Prime Minister...
What 'phase' of the universe after the Big Bang each megaproject studies/seeks to recreate.
Note: the graphic only shows those programs that the Indian govt. is directly invested in as a partner, there are several other, smaller scale programs across the world that study each of the 'phases' so...
On paper its not much, but it will be significant in the real world - especially due to the effects being compounded by every ton of useful payload/fuel you add.
There is a major difference though - US no longer desperately needs Pakistan in Afg, and there are going to be major differences in their attitude toward Pakistan's relationship with China going forward.
There has long been a saying:
Pakistan is run by three As
Army
Allah
America
It has been proven true yet again. In some ways the developments have been pretty positive for both US & India - they get to consolidate a military leadership they're willing to work with vis-a-vis Afghanistan or...