glad i wasn’t the only one who saw that

find it curious why the US versions lack MAD yet the Indian jets have it. I mean i get tailoring to a customers needs but when they overlap surely it’s worth putting on your own jets too

yeah. you’ll find vested interests and red tape are a recurring problem with most things in India.

yeah, Indian media reported the dissatisfaction stemmed from the unequal work share given how much money India was investing.

hi Tyler, slight typo in para 6
“Then there’s the fact that there are tensions between the two nations when it comes tomaintaining Inida’s existing Su-30MKI fleet.”

what puzzles me given the widely documented problems that have faced 5th generation fighter programs, so many countries are out to develop one of their own. i mean given the sheer mountains of money that these jets require to fine tune in the testing stage alone should be enough to deter countries where such money…

i think india was pursuing it’s own indigenous 5th generation fighter program separate to the collaboration with russia on the t50

pardon me for interrupting but i thought the primary sticking point with the indian rafale mmrca deal was the localised production. India wanted the domestic HAL to manufacture the jet under license but Dassault to still be liable in case of failure and that was something that made no sense naturally unless there was…

aw come on, surely daytime running lights are completely unnecessary on military vehicles.

my first thought seeing the thing was, man they should enter it in the dakar rally for fun! would work as an extended test session in the world’s hardest race. but seeing that an off road racing firm was involved in the design it’ll be interesting to know if and what dakar tech they applied here. bit of a far cry from…

this modular arm-a-flatbed-with-something approach seems to remind me of something. it’s almost like defence firms are learning from the ‘technicals’ they’ve been facing for the past decade or so in urban combat.

man, a universal camo pattern? it sounds like the f35 of military uniforms. bet Tyler Rogoway would have a few choice words about that

always wondered what such large jets armed with missiles would look like. must be interesting when a military spec 737 has loaded hard points under the wing. bet there’s a joke to be made about luggage allowance on the civilian version somewhere

looks like a baby antonov from down here. sure in reality it’s quite large though

conan sure is pale enough to play doof

nice to see how clear the predominant colour of the uniform varies with the theatre of conflict.

to add to this discussion i was recently told by some economics students that the thought of greece getting all it’s debt absolved was one thing, but if spain and italy were to demand as much, ministers would break into cold sweats instantly. spain and italy have debt an order of magnitude larger than greece’s that…

funny how the swat kats had internally mounted weapons down all those years ago.

wow, it’s incredible how romantic you get when it comes to saying bye to a cherished platform.

pretty sure i remember reading india had lost one of its brand new hercules late last year. possibly pilot error.