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Gents, I came across this video today that mentioned Turkish Police using gunships. Any ideas on how would operating military gunships help civilian police?

Everyone is after money these days. There is nothing wrong if we are getting a good tech. I am with you on the shorter development timeframe but we should also factor in the access to tech that we get. And that's good with the French. They had to learn it the hard way after the Brits and...

Very much possible. Singapore is a darling for the US and chances are that RSAF may acquire a couple of dozen more F-35s over the years as their oldest F-16s retire.

It is a nice cushion but need to make sure that our economy is ready for further diversification. Many industries are still under public sector/state monopolistic controls; these companies need not be privatized but competition needs to be introduced in them. We cannot have a situation in the...

Saudis seem to be modeling their country along the lines of UAE; commercial, modern, and focused on transitioning from oil wealth. They have already had a massive concert show and are inviting more media companies to invest in their media and convention center activities. It might take some...

Commercially speaking, does this not impede the air transport market? I mean on a revenue per KM basis, this would literally eat into the aviation sector's pie. It is phenomenal to have made such an immense HSR infrastructure, but quite amazed how the airline CEOs of China's big carriers do...

I was referring to the number of jets ordered and not questioning the authenticity of the deal per se, since it means that the PAF is ordering one squadron i.e. of single-seater jets and the remaining 7 units would be dual-seater/trainer/conversion/strike versions. Like these: 18 of these...

Oman has a kickass foreign policy; they are chilled out and have no gripe against anyone. Makes so much more sense than the needless ego the other countries had until now. While the other GCC states like Saudi and the UAE want to play on the big players' tables, Oman is happy being Switzerland...

It did. Multiple news reports confirm it and this indicates that Egypt will most likely increase the Rafale orders to 54 after these deliveries. SPECTRA is a beast of an EW that the French developed. Putin better get that AESA radar by Phazotron bumped up in specifications if he has to compete...

My only concern at this point is that it should not become a tendering cluster-fvck the way our bureaucrats usually do. Sometimes it gets me thinking to hope for more pressure in the sea from PLAN so that the MoD gets all the green lights required to speed up the damn process. Despite the...

I was wondering that as well, then I thought maybe PAF classification for a squadron is 10 jets (10+10 regular and 5 dual-seat trainer/strike attack variants). Thanks for raising the same question. Also, isn't 3 months too aggressive a timeline? That would mean assembling the jets at lightning...

6 in Arihant class followed by 6 other in the new class that would be negotiated now with France (most likely). France and Russia both are competing for the new SSBN tech program but chances are that Paris might win this one. Arihant's base tech is already with Russian collaboration. Since we...

This is quite the pickle Pakistan finds itself in - allies who no longer see the value of maintaining diplomatic peace on the border. Has your foreign ministry evaluated and come out with what's causing them to behave like this? Perhaps they have secured financing from some other country and...

Happy New Year buddy! Let this new year bring happiness and fulfillment to everyone here.:yahoo::-)🥳🎉

Not really. India's design mostly revolves around delta-wing design concepts. The planned TEDBF/TERF aircraft is also going to be that. Whether it is Rafale M or this, it remains to be seen though the Navy is keen to go for a new design and utilize the learnings from other technology...

The smartest strategy that Morocco has adopted is the diversification of suppliers. Logistically it seems a little difficult and expensive but it pays off in balancing relations around the world. Morocco is developing its forces well and this will go a long way in ensuring security in a crucial...

Looks good. It should fill a long-standing gap of conventional sub-sonic cruise missiles that were missing in our arsenal. Sea-skimmers are a good, cheaper option where we don't want to use supersonic and hypersonic CMs.

It is not fast enough. We should have done this over a decade ago, but sadly, we had a useless regime back then. Well, better late than never. What you are speaking of is way into the future, when there are more efficient technologies. For now and the next 2-3 decades, we need a force of at...

This is a good development indeed. The nuclear submarine program is on track; though we seriously need to accelerate the conventional submarine program that is stuck between files and egos of admirals.

Yes, we do. Please ignore the flame-baiter here who responded to you earlier. It is called Pradyumna Missile Defense System (PMDS). The reason why S-400 was ordered was because of the immediate requirement till our trials were complete and productions begin. Long story, short, the PMDS...