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The ASRAAM was selected for IAF Jaguars. So was the Sidewinder claim an error?

RD-93s are modified from the baseline RD-33, not the RD-33MK. The RD-33MK is more fuel efficient, contains a larger grade of composites, has a new FADEC unit, and a longer life, like you pointed out. It is also more expensive than the baseline RD-33 or the RD-93: Not to the same level as the...

Yeah, but he was cleverer, more tactical, and at least as a good warrior, if not better, than the Pandavas. His siding with the Kauravas had more to do with familial politics driving him there. Your archetypal good guy gone bad story... But yeah, it won't work, because the Tank-EX experiment...

They've already helped in constructing the Arihant. Recently, Larsen & Toubro linked up with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems to promote the MDH-200 for the Navy's LPH requirements. L&T need to invest in R&D a little more, expand their operations. Maybe aim for overseas military sales in the...

Goldberg retired long ago. Now he owns a gym and guest starts on shows on the Discovery channel. And Lesnar would find it safer to compete in scripted fights that avoids too much strain on his abdomen in general. But since its scripted, basically anyone in the WWE is a potential opponent to...

I believe I did already list what Israel can offer in terms of technology, and you've conveniently ignored half of what I wrote. As for me being "bias": do tell me how you've arrived at that conclusion. I've merely pointed out that even your government, the CPC, apparently do not agree with...

Well, Israel have an AEW&C system of contemporary technology: we've discussed this in another thread, that it is unlikely the KJ-200/2000 can match its performance. They have a missile defence system with higher kill probability on targets of all speed+size profiles. They have integrated and...

17K posts? Yeesh. Explains why you're "Sorcerer" on IDF... A title that would be pretty apt here to, come to think of it. Congratulations :)

Good post, Somnath jee. Just use that as a template in the future to respond to people who suggest Rafale isn't up to the mark :tup:

You're not too familiar with Indian culture and its proclaimed similarity with that of Pakistan, are you? Go anywhere to the South or the East and it becomes immediately clear that even the similarity of language is a moot point. This isn't the type of animosity regularly fabricated by the...

Which is what the ACIG article addresses: the range of the Derby has been portrayed as longer than it actually is. Look at it this way: considering it uses an Python rocket engine adapted for slower burn, it simply isn't heavy enough to contain enough propellant to take it as far as a newer...

As far as media statements go, people are pretty satisfied with the Metro. That it has a high rate of punctuality and frequency in peak hours. And I remember only one problem with the Metro during the 4 months I spent in Delhi last year, travelling back and forth between the City and Gurgaon...

Look, the modernisation of the Indian Railways has to be done under the budget allocated to them. The Delhi Metro is independent of the Indian Railways. What you're suggesting is that development be withheld from one for the benefit of the other, which won't happen. Modernisation if the...

Sounds more like the media is deliberately misinterpreting his words. Mr. Pillai is hardly an economist to have made such a suggestion, nor an idiot to overestimate the impact of the BrahMos on technological dynamics on a subcontinental level, let alone global level. What he probably said was...

Let's see.... You might also find this interesting: From here. Get a source that says it can.

So is the velocity of the launch vehicle. When launched at supersonic speeds, the range of the missile is significantly extended. Depends on the launch vehicle, once again. If its radar is powerful enough to guide the missile to a target 80+ KM away, it will. If the rocket motor can sustain a...

Let me clarify: Its BVR to the extent that it engages enemies outside of the distance a human eye can perceive, but apart from that, its range is more in MICA/R-73 territory than active BVRs like AMRAAM/RVV-AEs. 40km+ as range is fairly low for your average BVRAAM.

The MiG-35 prototype was more or less a MiG-29OVT. And that was not a derivative of the MiG-29K, but a tech demonstrator illustrating the advantages of a larger Fulcrum and TVNs. Its all fine for MiG if they believe they can achieve everything needed to turn the MiG-35 into a proper...

Su-30MKIs have technically only been in service with the IAF since 2002-2003. While the development and production contract was signed in 1997, the first aircraft delivered from Russia were only Su-30Ks and Su-30MKs. Some of those were returned, while others (few in number) were upgraded to MKI...

This. Plus he's got Vince McMahon's backing, so he's gonna stick around for as a heel for at least a little while longer. People who McMahon likes tend to do well in the WWE. Look at how they've been humiliating J.R. everytime he's on Raw. Its because he isn't the boss' favourite employee...