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Doubt it. Navy is a massive capital expenditure service. It requires port infrastructure, fuel supply, fleet size, etc. all costing massive expense. For the next 10 years, Pak is out as they become another Somalia and becoming great at piracy operations trying to smuggle drugs into India...

With Brahmos around and hypersonic version of it soon plus the Poseidons & dedicated naval satellites, IN can take some time to make any adjustments that allows it to learn new tech as they go for additional carriers. Though, Boeing has already mentioned that the Super Hornet fits in the current...

Are there any videos of night time ops on the IAC or InS Vik including aircraft landings? That would be cool videos to post as the carrier deck is lit with various lights against a dark sea.

Frankly, I feel that here on out it is very difficult for Russians to win Indian Navy orders. Some reasons: 1. IN clearly aims for interoperability with the Quad, which means western aircraft. 2. Russia simply does not have the supply chain depth that Americans do. Boeing, LM, Raytheon...

Yes. It is logical even: - if China truly had quality weaponry, it would be competing well with the US and Russian and French in the global arms market. Try to get a rich country like the UAE with access to western tech to buy a Chinese drone. - there would be a body of formal literature...

Here’s a good article on facts based quality assessment of Chinese weapons. Some bias is there as some of the statements are from China’s competitors but the totality of information points to significant quality issues. The very fact that Chinese weapons are only purchased for cost reasons by...

Not think so. I know so. There hasn’t been a single independent assessment of PL12/PL15 anywhere. But there have been excessive CCP sponsored propaganda on it. Lethal weapon systems hardly need propaganda and are known by battle mettle and regular development tests. Another indication is your...

Please…pl12/pl15 are unproven missiles. The only thing the PLAAF will mount are cardboard cutouts of PL12/PL15 like they did in the military parades.