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You did not answer my question. Never mind.

I'm curious about describing Ukrainians as 'natives'. Do you describe the people of Indonesia as 'natives', Gary, or are undertones of racism restricted to describing people different to you?

Any chance of the ejection seat being in production in 2028? How far has its development advanced? The engine in 2028... if today a prototype were built and ready to fire up, I would be inclined to give Mr Kotil's statement some credence.

While it is good to be positive, I would be very surprised if the TF35000 were built, ground-tested and tested in a flying testbed KAAN in 2028. Correct me if I'm wrong but I seem to remember that it took a long time for TF6000 to have its first run after assembly was reported to be complete...

I did not say the TF6000 would fail. I asked how it was certain it would be successful in the near future. If jet engines were so easy to design, they would be designed, be built and work satisfactorily with only tests for confirmation of performance and reliability being required before being...

How do you know the TF6000 will perform successfully in the near future? Ditto TF10000. Ditto a much more powerful indigenous design. PS I think that TF6000 will be successful. When? No idea.

IIRC a very few years ago a serviceable ex-airline A340 could be bought for less than $30 million. Would have suited well as a platform for conversion. My guess is that two could have been purchased for little more than the cost of one Tejas Mk1A. Conversion cost airliner>flying testbed unknown...

Hold up with T-7 could help F404 supply to other customers in the next year or two.

They did that before, I think.

@UkroTurk You paint a black picture of Russia - but I think your choice of colour is the right one..

Point 1 No need for US troops in Ukraine. All that was needed was to supply the Ukrainian forces with the weapons they requested in order to win (the ones US forces would have if they were sent to Ukraine). The West would not do that. As a consequence, instead of winning, Ukraine was losing...

The only party ready to start a world war is Putin. Whatever, the Europeans are determined to defend a democracy on their doorstop from vanishing, to be replaced by an aggressive totalitarian regime. The EU+UK economy dwarfs the Russian economy. Russia will run out of resources long before the...

I wonder how long it will take to switch from Mk1A assembly to Su assembly at Nashik, build 12 x Su then switch back to Mk1A assembly. I also wonder how many unused GE 404 there are in India and the current delivery rate from GE. I know that GE is raising the delivery rate to 20 per year but...

I think that Ukraine is also lowering conscription age from 27 to 25. I wonder how many 25/26 year old men there are in Ukraine.

No, in this asymmetric conflict Russia has the intention of capturing Ukraine's capital while Ukraine has no desire to capture Russia's capital. When US weapons arrive i think the course of the war will be different (until/unless the US cuts munitions supplies again). F-16's and possibly more...

Starved of US weapons for months, Ukraine has been losing. What would any rational person expect to happen? What would any rational person expect to happen as US weapons supply is resumed?

How is the first frame to fly progressing with flight testing> Is it flying>

Replying to myself, Janes reported 2 days before the first Mk1A was due for delivery that HAL announced the delivery schedule would not be met. Q2 2024 now? Q3 for first delivery to IAF? It will be interesting to see if HAL can catch up on the delivery schedule by the end of the 2024/2025...

I think there is a bit of creative PR where military aid is concerned. Suppose country A is replacing a defence system that originally cost a billion dollars to buy. Instead of scrapping the old system, country A sends it to Ukraine. Country A will announce it is giving Ukraine a billion...

I do not think that normal investors bought Truth Social stock in the hope of financial gain. Trump enthusiasts bought much of the stock for non-commercial reasons. Similar to Aston Martin in England - a large number of Aston Martin enthusiasts bought the stock when the company was floated on...