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That means any future collaboration with Iranians will have to be done on a barter-based system using shell banking companies in third-party countries. Iran also needs to mend its approach towards dealing with the world honestly. The problem is that it is picking up fights with everyone...

Learning how to build something from scratch takes time, but it has its own benefits. The learning curve that comes along helps in building a strong foundation even if it takes time or the team faces lots of challenges. China's aerospace industry also took a lot of time to make its J-20; its...

Egypt's military concerns are right now with Sudan and Ethiopia more than Israel. I don't understand what threat assessment is Israel doing here. Also, isn't Israel having official ties with Egypt? The chances of an Egyptian military strike to ensure water availability is more likely than to...

That's one huge-*** testbed platform for such a small nose-mounted radar. Koreans really have good money to spend. Usually, these testbeds are done on smaller corporate jet-type aircraft.

Thank you, but the water problem is a serious issue. There has to be a way to ensure that desalination and water cleaning technologies have to be affordable for all countries, regardless of nationality or religion, or politics. Most of the time, it is due to the corruption and ineffective...

Impressive! How is Ukraine able to afford this with such a weak economy? For a defence budget that is smaller than several countries half their size, Ukraine is doing some really fast inductions.

For all the virtue-signalling that the US has been doing under Biden-Harris administration, this is something all countries need to point at them for in the same manner. These guys want to point out everyone's flaws (that they already know and are trying to improve) but present themselves as...

The Caucasus is turning out to be a real geopolitical clusterfck.. Turkey and Russia are improving ties compared on camera but behind the scenes, there is a proxy conflict going on between the two countries. Russia remains neutral between Azerbaijan and Armenia while Turkey takes Azeri side for...

Buddy, I am talking about defence cooperation and attempting to secure a geopolitical niche that many big players haven't been paying attention to. It is something smart. Let's keep foreign policy blunders for another thread. Those are also there and can be discussed separately. :-)

Indonesia can actually follow the Singapore model of economic management and emerge as a successful neutral player in the region. It is in Asia's interest to have a strong ASEAN leadership that is pragmatic in the region. Focusing on latent shifts in manufacturing will help a long way for...

Turkey has done admirably well in terms of expanding its defence footprint world over. In less than a decade, it has become a strong arms exporter and has secured regional interests and expanded influence in so many areas of the world. Kudos to the foreign policy planners and the technocrats who...

Sanctioning Bangladesh would be a huge geopolitical blunder from the US. That would mean that the only other friendly country will also take a neutral stance when it comes to the great game between US and China. Biden-Harris are surely doing a number on the American foreign policy these days...

Those light gunboats look pretty good! Nice development. But tell me something; isn't operating Su-30 series a tad strain on the defence budget that you guys have? Wouldn't light fighters like the Aero L-159 or L-15 or Yak-130 make more sense to replace your older jets?

Thanks. That makes sense. Going for single-engine fighters to augment your fighter fleet makes a lot of sense. IMO it would make sense if you could ask Lockheed Martin to sell you guys the F-21 variant that they are trying to sell us. Since you already have good experience with the F-16s, it...

Bulgaria and Hungary are among the only 3 EU countries (third being Greece) that has strong and cordial relations with the Russians due to shared culture and historical incidents. Given the trajectory these countries are going in, what are the chances that they get politically punished by Brussels?

Doesn't Switzerland refuse extradition? These guys have been refusing extradition for so many wanted fugitives of Asian countries. So much for their famed neutrality!:what:

@Indos, there are reports that Indonesia is going for the F-15EX or Rafales instead of the Su-35 to avoid the CAATSA. Is this confirmed? Egypt's Rafales apparently outperformed the 5 Su-35BMs due to the SPECTRA warfare suite and they are considering ordering more to take the fleet up to 100...

Looks beautiful! Congratulations bud! Indonesia has been underspending for its defense for a long, long time. It is time that you guys increase your defence budget to modernize your forces. Fast assault gunboats make sense for you since Indonesia has several oil platforms and marine based...

Interesting perspective. Here is a theory though: BAF currently operates the Mi-17 transport helicopter with armaments attached. That helicopter is completely different from Mi-28NE or even the older Mi-35 Hind. By that logic, your Air Force also operates the AW-139 tactical helicopter which...

There was only one Arab country that was going to buy the F-35s, UAE. But due to the idiotic American end-user controls, they suspended the deal day before yesterday. This could be someone else.