About FGFA: I don't think it will be available any time before 2022 for India that is also the first production version not the IOC(note that I am talking of Indian version not the single seat pakfa which is the Russian version). Then don't let your hopes up regarding ToT in FGFA. Have anyone...
If the MMRCA deal is signed before election it should be pursued(though I think its possibillity is becoming gleamer day by day) but after election the next govt. whoever wins is sure to rethink it allover again thereby resulting in more delay. MMRCA was envisioned to sore up the squadron number...
Though US is as of 2012 third largest producer of oil after Russia & soudi but US is set to become the largest producer of oil by 2017. It was already the largest natural gas producer in 2009 & is now giving Russia a run for its money for the 1st place in natural gas production. But the problem...
Good for the US. They got an antimissile interceptor in the form of AMRAAM though it is the AIM 120C7 or the AIM 120D which did the interception work is not specified in the article.
This is because of shell gas revolution in US. I was reading in some article that there were plans by Gazprom of Russia to export gas to US; but that plan went into cold storage because of cheap gas prices in US as it became uneconomical.
China will be a future superpower but the question is when? China is now growing at 8%, but can it maintain this growth rate? All future predictions point to a lower growth rate though it will be faster than USA because of high investment, increasing export, large low cost labour force...