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There was no way to order more than a tranche of 40 for a Mk1 version at that time - when, as the Mk1A which is yet to arrive is itself a compromise of the GSQR - so that's not the issue here. If true, it points to a yet to be mature manufacturing process, perhaps for composites.

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Posting here to invite comment on an extraordinary claim at the 23:20 minute mark, that the 40 Tejas Mk1 were essentially bespoke "hand made" items rather than an output of an assembly line of standardized tooling and practices. I find that hard to believe m but if true, the challenges to ...

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Vsunder et al., what steps would be taken to prevent VBIED attacks in these critical tunnels? I assume the impact of such an attack would be catastrophic. Is the plan to physically inspect every civilian vehicle before it passes through? Would those delays essentially negate the benefit of reduced t...

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https://youtu.be/n7SjLBgcB1A?si=5uQj_YADJ4SsoUjw

Tom Cooper claims, based on social media video evidence from Pak and speaking to confidential sources, that IAF hit Kirana Hills.

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In the interview above, the Def Secy confirmed that not all QRs have been met on the Mk1A variant, yet. It squares with HAL's statement that major QRs have been met. It would be in the IAF's interest to start induction and wait for incremental capabilities to be added in later tranches.

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Details of the Astra Mk3. Astra Mk-3 'Gandiva' | India’s Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile India is all set to get the Astra Mk-3 ‘Gandiva’, a very long-range air-to-air missile that will significantly boost the Indian Air Force’s beyond visual range combat capability. Developed by DRDO, the Gandiva use...

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https://sinocism.com/p/chinas-policy-and-intellectual-debates?utm_source=substack&publication_id=2&post_id=186554606&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=1nptx1&triedRedirect=true Sinocism (Bill Bishop's ...

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https://youtu.be/AJc6Tzl8igosi=d7PZoABOiwDLjf3i

Not military related but the light weight frame and VSTOL features have promise for last mile logistics.

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In an interview with Sandeep Unnithan, V. Adm Thakare mentions how MDL now needs to switch to the old welding process for HY80 steel for the German submarines from the HLES 80 steel used for the Scorpenes. Apparently the two steels have different requirements related to their work-over characteristi...

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https://youtu.be/RqMM_33oBDY?si=iJed4CM-oXsfUvlH

An excellent overview of the inefficiencies in our DAP and the proposed remedies.

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Discussion on AI in air combat. An interesting option is the vertical launched and recovered unmanned vehicle, making runway denial less damaging.

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I think the CCP is unanimous in their attitude towards Ondia viz. India must be contained and relegated to a lower status vis-a-vis China. Where differences may arise is on their priorities vis-a-vis the US and Taiwan. In that respect, a US-China detente may be more harmful to India by way of less e...

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https://open.substack.com/pub/sinocism/p/forever-xi-jinping-perhaps-not?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email Forever Xi Jinping? Perhaps Not He may put saving the regime from itself above vainglory, and even recovering Taiwan - Guest post by Chris Johnson This a guest post from Chris Johnson, CEO...

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Quite an impressive assembly line with a high degree of automation and quality control for small arms ammunition at Adani's factory in Kanpur.

https://youtu.be/tGOiduX5T1g?si=UzcwFHLLTMfKkJ43

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With Imran's banned PTI candidates still getting 105 votes, with no street campaigns, no election symbol, no PM candidate, it points to how much anger there is towards the PA and disillusionment with the other parties. Their economic survival is now solely dependent on Chinese largesse, and as the C...

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It is a sign of the times that this thread doesn't even report the news of the formation of a coalition government in Pakistan. Truly Pakistan has vanished from most Indians' consciousness, to be remembered only during a cricket match or a terrorist attack.

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Anoop · Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

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https://youtu.be/Cbg11ActFBY?feature=shared

Looks like the Premier is now on the way out. Xi must be as paranoid as Mao.

Surprisingly these are his hand-picked protégés.

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https://youtu.be/fGG-qfCUO5A?feature=shared

Another sign that the liquidity crunch is hitting banks and personal deposits.

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https://youtu.be/meJItedDm2Y?feature=shared A look at the interplay between population decline and economic downturn. What I found interesting is the almost perfect storm of factors that underpinned population decline - (a) lack of accounting for already declining fertility rate in the 1970s even b...

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No Way Taiwan Will Accept Reunification with China: General Naravane

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Back To The Future: Air Chief’s SWOT Analysis Of The IAF https://bharatshakti.in/back-to-the-future-air-chiefs-swot-analysis-of-the-iaf/ 02 Sept 2023 From the above article: Apart from this, 30 IAF airfields had been upgraded under Modernisation of Airfield Infrastructure (MAFI) Installation with N...

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My main takeaways from the interview were: 1. The PLA's written doctrine explicitly states that their BRI infrastructure is dual use. With caneristerized missiles on warships, that eliminates the disadvantage of their lack of military bases and poses a great challenge to the US (and of course, India...

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I have a question for long time China watchers like SSridhar, RaviB, Ricky_v et al. Why does the CCCP eliminate all traces of existence (on line profile, photographs, meeting records, news items) of public persona who have fallen out of favor with them? Surely they can't be worried about investigati...

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d2MFfE-PR8s Interesting discussion with an Austrian Colonel covering: 1. Advantage for the Russians when they force Ukraine into positional warfare vs allowing them mobility. 2. Operational pause needed due to attrition to the committed brigades, especially since each tank battalion is understrengt...

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Lot of details on the MQ-9B procurement for the IN, especially the cost of operation, time on station vs the P-8I. Additionally the ability of the MQ-9B, P8-I and the MH-60R to hand off the ability to detect the same sonobuoys to each other.

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Discussion on the new rule abolishing regimental accoutrement on flag level officers

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https://youtu.be/_L0w3HJd3mo

Market capitalization improvement in DPSU relative to Sensex.

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https://youtu.be/RNJ7yxJgcXo

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Little known story of how the Assam Rifles ore-empted the Chinese and secured Vijayanagar bowl in Arunachal Pradesh.

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Revealing look at the mediascape and general society in Pakistan.

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Will future conflicts always be a neat two-party conflict where escalations can be carefully calibrated? If the locally superior power (India wrt Pak, or China wrt India) feels trapped in a two-front confrontation (India between China and Pak, or China between India and US+Japan), the decision-maki...

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1. In the unlikely scenario of a direct conflict, the stronger power (India wrt Pakistan, and China wrt India) will be racing against time to take out the enemy's First Strike capabilities to reduce the impact of a nuclear escalation. Deep-strike and ASAT are Day-0 missions. And China has the addit...

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Interesting take on the challenges of an amphibious invasion of Taiwan. The flow of discussion is a bit haphazard, though.

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Well, China is essentially firing across the US bow...first the proposal to trade Saudi crude in yuan (not yet realized), now the rapprochement between Iran and KSA mediated by them, increasing naval presence in the Staits of Hormuz. Positioning themselves as the net security provider in the Persian...

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