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A quicker induction of the PAK-FA is also unlikely. As it is designed at the moment, the deal is going to be a REAL headache (a BIGGER headache than the Rafale deal). The joint development plan is all but lying still-born, refusing to get off the tarmac. Not a single Indian pilot has taken the...

Not particularly, 60 Rafales operating alongside 50+ upgraded Mirages will still constitute a potent force in the medium weight segment. But, it will also mean that the AMCA will have to be pursued with renewed vigor and actual focus (as opposed to our lackluster performance in the past and...

Add the Su-35 to the list and even the 34 (for the more crazy fanboys).

It would be a step in the right direction. The aforementioned depleting force levels require a quick and simple solution (a direct off the shelf purchase instead of first going through the lead time of setting up in country manufacturing facilities). A second flight of fighters can then be...

Been very busy brother, hence my long leave of absence from pdf. How's the family, any little Hype's running about? On topic. Seems like GOI has finally found its head. Now to top it off they should find the appropriate in country partners for providing a complete MRO solution, properly...

I was going to comment, and then I saw the children had beat me to it, with inane notions of what this means. Was a time when you and I taught the Lungians how to build the bomb, and now, the quality's gone down the drain.

Or we could tap Buttsy's lard to run a bio-fuel plant. :p:

I would be able to cross the border and barbecue @Armstrong. That's what would happen. And, no, a lasting peace would ruin our plans for establishing the South-Asian Empire. @Hyperion and @Oscar, you had best ensure nothing of this sort gains traction at your end.

Bhaiyon ke beech kya salam, sup Buttsy? @Armstrong I forgot to mention, met Nandita Das, was reminded of you.

I am pulling Aby's leg. Of course there's nothing wrong with calling him sir. :p: More on your question, consider the fact that the Akula-2's appearance created enough ruckus to get the US Congress to officially sit down on the topic, they found that the Nerpa and its brethren were quieter than...

@Joe Shearer Long time sir. I see you've run into our younger and hardheaded crowd, give them some time. How goes life?

@Abingdonboy "Sir"! :p: You have come a long way since I was last here. :-) As to our submarines being quite, as quite as soviet submarines like the Nerpa. They could be, it is after all predicated by the design and the engineering finesse.

Oh no no, I am lot lumping him anywhere. I subscribe to "his version" of islamophobia.8-)

In the US its all about soft discrimination or hurled abuses, throw a spot of madman shooting at you at the mosque. Their socio-political movements (the white pride kind) have not reached a point where they have become as a militant as what is sweeping Europe.

There is islamophobia (Bill Maher style, lord save the man for I truly admire him) and then there is Islamophobia (THEY'RE COMING FOR US, WE MUST KILL THEM FIRST!). Unfortunately the latter kind is now fast spreading across the world. I was in Europe for a while (during my leave of absence from...

If Aakar is dealing in terms of quantum of attacks and terrorist organisations, well in that case he is quite right to state that India has to deal with a larger number of "non-Muslim" terrorists. What he fails to comprehend, or perhaps deliberately refuses to state, is that in terms of...

We shall have to see, the 2nd sub has been under construction for some time, the decision to increase the payload may have come at a time when the construction had progressed along to quite some extent. Yes, we cannot jump to a 150-180 MW reactor so quickly, it shall take time.

@Abingdonboy Such excitement among the children. Makes me nostalgic. BARC has yet to to even put a new PWR through its paces on land; do not underestimate the complexity involved and the resultant time taken to accomplish the design and deployment of a new reactor. There is indeed a chance...

Treating me rather poorly. So much to do, so much loaded on my shoulder.

So sayeth the man who just wants a kebab between his buns. @Secur, might as well gear up, you're going to protect the holy land my boy!