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At least the IAF is consistent. According to them, Varthamanam went in enemy territory and shot down a superior fighter, risking his life. Gets Veera Chakram.

And also award the pilot a higher title than the pilot who shot Bison.

Of course. Being the vice president of India with effectively no powers is everyone's dream. As opposed to being the leader of a country.

It's the lack of biriyani, clearly.

October 03, 2019 Our Sun emits a continuous outflowing stream of electrons and protons into the solar system, called the solar wind. The solar wind plasma which has charged particles embedded in the extended magnetic field of the Sun, moves at speeds of a few hundred km per second. It...

She has reportedly been arrested on blasphemy charges.

Old news, old article. India is running multiple scramjet projects under different agencies.

Pink salt looks cool and all, but calling it a national treasure is a joke. The thing got no non-insignificant value other than looks and westerners will run after it. How long the fad will last, is something investors should consider. Controlling the supply and thus manipulating the price like...

Video of spin test:

Video from 2017: The project moved a bit too fast by our standards. What happens when the team is full of youth. Now it's upto the IAF if they want to stall it by asking for too many aircrafts in a go.

NLCA:

Update: Renault Kwid facelift starts at 2.83 lakhs.

Integrate India, Pak and China. Cheap everything.

You should generally ignore the lowest variant since it exists only in name. No features. The best small car imo currently is the Tata Tiago, which starts above 4lakhs.

First full cycle indigenous demonstration of technologies required for aircraft carrier operation of fighter aircraft was achieved last afternoon. LCA Naval Prototype NP2 launched from the ramp at 16:21 and trapped at 16:31 at INS Hansa.

Canards because Mk2 is longer and heavier. Mk1 was wind tunnel tested with canards and then dropped. Mk1 had to be pushed down the throat because of changing goal posts and IAF's desire for Mk1A specs, especially AESA.

Don't you think BAF buying Tejas would gift us some of the most memorable times in PDF history? I can see many having that fear and I love it. The lines for Mk1 will be 12/year soon and immediately the production for IAF will stop, then there'll be a lull before Mk1A production. Perfect timing...

30 years is a short time to develop a modern aeronautical R&D from scratch, through sanctions. It's not like any other country has done it during that ~time, sans India and earlier China. It's a sad story that LCA was denied the opportunity to replace MiG21. But now the program is mature enough...

18-19 years ago, Tejas was a MiG21 replacement. Today, it's a multirole fighter. That takes time. Standard procedure.

More of an Android person, but the comparison to an iPhone is accurate. Note that it's always the pilots who say this. Thanks to the aircraft's ease of use, supreme safety and modern airframe.