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    India Space Indian Space Program

    This is as important as NGLV. Somewhere I read a Boeing Satellite weighing in 5 Ton was brought down to 2 Ton for same functionality.
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    India Trump Offers F-35 Jets to India in Push for More Defense Deals

    F-35 supply chains are well established. The program isn't that into infancy like Su-30 Or in Mid Life for Indian Companies to get into that ecosystem. IAF for all flaws extensively modified jets. It's unlikely that they would be willing to invest in 100s of F-35 given that there is zero chance...
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    India Jet Engines and Gas Turbines

    The information is gathered from other forums and credit to Original author* Some of the technologies in Jet Engine and how far DRDO has come- Single Crystal Blades: India’s DRDL developed DMS3 SC in 2003, but it wasn’t up to the high-performance standards required for advanced turbine engines...
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    India Space Indian Space Program

    This restart capability is for ADMIRE Program to demonstrate VTVL. On a broader note, it seems the Indian Space Industry unlike the MIC doesn't suffer from any penny pinching or short-term band aid solutions. The first steps were hard, but moving on and on akin to a snowball effect their...
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    India Space Indian Space Program

    I wonder would this docking be rudimentary compared to pressurised Vehicle docking like we seen in Crewed Modules? Or is it something depends entirely on Module itself?
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    India Jet Engines and Gas Turbines

    The French seem to have used Rafale prototype itself as flying test bed. Obviously the engines are closely coupled hence even if one fails the other would be enough to make it back to base. RR seems to use 747. GE also uses 747. Russia and China uses the Illyushin il-78. The problem with French...
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    India Jet Engines and Gas Turbines

    Its flying test bed. Its not something that can be built casually like a Ground based Wind tunnel facility. You need a 4-Engine plane to fly that thing. The inner circle talk is that no one is coming forward to give that. You only have 3 companies able to do that now- Boeing, Airbus and...
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    India Jet Engines and Gas Turbines

    It's a problem of larger system. You can't simply fire a Government Employee. The Indian Judiciary which often lives in Ivory Towers sides with David even if he is wrong. Cut the bureaucracy and for the poor level of Manufacturing and lack of ancillary ecosystem we have now 4 SSBNs and the next...
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    India India successfully tests first long-range hypersonic missile

    There’s been some debate about the missile recently tested by DRDO, so let me break it down. Specifically, I’m focusing on how the second stage of such missiles works. There are two main types of second-stage propulsion: Unpropelled – Where the second stage simply coasts. Propelled – Where the...
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    India India successfully tests first long-range hypersonic missile

    Nope, that's a very very depressed trajectory to reach its range at 5000-Km. Otherwise it would add few thousand Kilometers easily and hence the weird thing in the sky. Everyone knows it can reach 8000-Km and MoD would always like to downplay its range not to irk "Garden People".
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    India Radar, Sensors and Electronic Warfare Archive

    Well he corrected himself later. Its 2400 TRMs.
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    India Missiles and Guided Munitions

    He is asking about SAM system SAMAR vs AKASH and not GAURAV Glide Bomb. SAMAR is about Desi Jugaad'fying the copious amounts of Russian AAM Missiles in our inventory. SAMAR similar to NASAMs or SPYDER is about using AAMs as Short Range Mobile SAM System. Since, simply dumping them in graveyard...
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    India Navy SSK Submarines

    Are VLS Launched Cruise Missiles(Brahmos or Nirbhay) that effective and necessary for Indian Navy? What is the role of SSK in Indian Navy Doctrine? I don't think "Hunter-Killer" term makes sense since PLAN SSKs doesn't have range to operate in Indian Waters. In underwater realm, the threats...
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    India AMCA Program

    Well In short, India's quest into Aero Engines and Aircraft Industry had always taken a backseat. . Earlier before, the momentum was weak, the government didn't prioritize because we could always import them. Funds allocated to this sector are scarce along with Human Resources. It is only...
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    TR Turkish Air Forces|News & Discussion

    Can someone explain why Turkey opted not to develop a domestic replacement for the F-16? The recent deal with the USA seems disadvantageous and basically ripped off. I understand Turkey's commitment to replacing imported weapons and platforms with domestic ones, and they're making great...

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