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I will try to answer this from the perspective of a propulsion system, rather than from a chemistry point of view. For a rocket/propulsion system, specific impulse (Isp) depends primarily on the exhaust velocity of the engine which in turn depends on the pressure difference between the interior...

If I remember correctly from the book 'Sea Phoenix', the admiral received his first command as only a Lieutenant, in 1994-95 and played an important role in the task force which rescued the survivors of the PN X-Craft which met an accident and sank with all hands on a training mission. All crew...

Makes you wonder about all the Shaheens and the Baburs being indigenous, doesn't it? Plus, the crappy 'research articles' being pumped out by individuals working in these organizations also makes you think about the quality of the human resource you have in the strategic organizations. I have...

So they're essentially saying that this flimsy contraption, installed on a rooftop in the open air, is supposed to be something like a tech demonstrator for a Scramjet? To start and maintain supersonic combustion, either the scramjet itself has to be moving through the air at hypersonic speeds...

Very interesting perspective. Sadly, foresight and critical thinking (key prerequisites for the above) have never been our areas of strength. Just as we look for shortcuts in everything, so too is the case in plunder.

Grad school happened. Is happening, in fact. But yes. This is very depressing to say the least. The lack of accountability is appalling. Plunder is the name of the game, both at the institutional and individual level. From the way things are going, I would say that the worst case you...

Let's see how this collection of impressive buildings ends up. True to our traditions, can't expect much of any substance to be done here. So far it seems that a bunch of graphics/logo designers and model makers have had a field day. They're probably burning through cash in creating these...

Pakistan is as good as denuclearized at this very moment. We must realize that the entire national leadership (across all national institutions) is completely compromised and is serving at the pleasure of foreign powers. However, they think that they can shape public opinion away from this fact...

I am highly interested. Have searched for these books for atleast a year, either they've been too expensive or just unavailable. Please let me know.

You don't dance with the devil because you get burned. But apparently our national leadership have sold their souls to the highest bidder, to an incarnation of the devil. They don't care for their Jawans and young officers. It is a genius strategy: let all the brave, selfless young officers...

Please don't embarrass me. I specifically said 'indigenization of spares' for AIP - basically meaning that PN is working to indigenize routine ('consumable') spares. We do not have the capability to indigenously design such a system, even if we do I am not privy to anything of this sort and...

I can confirm the above. NRDI is actively working on maintenance/troubleshooting/indigenization of spares for the PN Agostas (specially AIP). Have seen cases of the above. That's all I can say.

Visited the SUPARCO stall at IDEAS 2018. The pictures from PRSS and PakTES included those of Mumbai Harbor and some other Indian 'special' locations. Quality was surprisingly very good. I may have a video of the picture slideshow somewhere.

Unaware of the latest update, but as of last year it was as good as frozen due to lack of interest/mismanagement/frequent coming and going of the concerned human resource.

Can't wait. Its about time that Pakistani scholars take up the job of putting out our history, in our own words, before the world. I've read two out of the handful of Pakistani-authored books on the nuclear program, each successively better in quality than the previous one. I hope that Mansoor...