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The Indians on PDF talk as if India is already a superpower! Yet when we look at the facts and figures we see that India's economy is still smaller than Italy and that Indian GDP per capita is lower than some of the poorest countries in Africa. Today, China, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, the...

You need to get your facts right, the Europeans still had their Empires in WW2. That's not 2 centuries ago by my calculations. Do the math! It was only 80 years ago when the British Empire was the worlds largest empire and foremost superpower! However, those days are gone, and now China is on...

So what if Britain ruled Asia? They still dominated the Indian Ocean you fool! Even against countless wars against the French and the Dutch in the far east. Today, the USA is the dominant naval power in the Indian Ocean. In the future it will be China. India is nothing... India's navy is...

The British dominated the Indian Ocean for over 200 years, the Americans have dominated it since WW2. In the future, China will dominate the Indian Ocean. India will dominate nothing... except their dreams

The USA will never give up its basing rights on Diego Garcia, it is instrumental to their "Asia-Pacific Pivot" and to project naval power in the region. Furthermore Britain will not give basing rights to India. As Britain needs the American funding to keep Diego Garcia operational... otherwise...

Diego Garcia is British.

Diego Garcia is British.

That made me laugh. But seriously, none cares about Russia anymore.

Just because Turkey has high GDP growth, it does not mean the EU needs Turkey! Turkey has a large population, the vast majority of which is poor. If Turkey joined the EU then a significant proportion of its population would emigrate en masse across Western Europe in search of a better life. But...

It is more political support they are looking for. Japan doesn't need India's help militarily... as lets face it, India's military is weak.

Exactly, here in Hong Kong/China, we care more about whats going on in the USA and Europe (Britain, Germany etc) as opposed to whats going on in Russia. To be honest, I don't think anyone cares about Russia these days. The Europeans will never let Turkey enter the EU. The EU doesn't care about...

Well big European powers like Germany, Britain and France have large economies, technologically advanced militaries, high standards of living and are very influential in the world. So it would be wrong to say they have limited influence. India is a LONG way behind achieving the power and...

I want a source that states the Turkish Navy plans on buying 16 F-15Bs. So far you haven't showed me anything. Until you show me a source then everything you say is nothing more than wishful thinking and wild conjecture.

Show me a source that states the Turkish Navy plans to order 16 F-35Bs. American LHDs are over 40,000 tonnes with a 260 meter tempered flight deck. American LHDs also feature heavy aircraft lifts to lift the aircraft from the hangar deck to the flight deck. The future Turkish LHD will only be...

No, Turkey is not purchasing F-35B... the Turkish government is only placing orders for F-35A. Also the LPD will only be 19,000 tonnes and wont have a ski-jump. Therefore it wont be capable of operating a fixed-wing fighter like the F-35B.

It is amazing reading many of the ill informed and pure conjecture based posts in this thread. Twenty four pages, much of it pure bull-shit. So many people here who think that Britain could not defend/retake the Falklands if they were attacked! It is truly humorous to make such statements...

The LPD will displace 19,000 tonnes, be around 200 meters long and will not have a ski-jump. This means it is smaller than the Spanish and Australian variants and will not be able to operate fixed-wing aircraft, only helicopters. Turkey is not purchasing F-35B.

Its a pleasure reading through your posts. Very informative and a reflection of your knowledge and experience on the subject matter. I particularly like your references to real life operations and applications of the tactics you are trying to explain (like the one above regarding Vietnam)...

On the contrary, the UK appears to have considerable experience with both 4.5 and 5th generation engines: - The EJ200 used in the Eurofighter Typhoon is based on a Rolls Royce prototype and Rolls Royce has the largest production share of the EJ200. - General Electric and Rolls Royce developed...

I don't think its a case of a lack of technology, but rather that their current defense budgets are far too small to realistically fund a project to design and build a 5th generation fighter. The UK has proved with Taranis that it has advanced stealth technology, Typhoon is evidence of...