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Su-57 has bolts sticking out of it and uneven fittings... Rafale is clean. The difference in build quality is clear.

It is an L-band radar used for tracking objects in space. There would be a long way to go before it would be useful for detecting objects at low altitude. Once you start tracking things in the troposphere the amount of clutter makes it difficult for a low frequency radar to discriminate...

That is how it looks close-up. The design was not done with tight tolerances. This is one of the sloppiest fighters I have ever seen produced. When the Indian delegation did a close-up inspection, that was all they needed to walk away from that project.

Just look at all the nicks and dents on that front fuselage. They couldn't care less about stealth.

I hope they add room for WVRAAMs.

The thrust at afterburner has no bearing on super cruise. You need to focus on the dry thrust of the engine.

It is 30% larger than the Rafale.

Considering China accounts for a 6th of ASML's total sales I wonder how you figure that.

That is what I am telling you. They are not making the tools in-house. They are importing them from the EU.

SMIC is in China, they are getting the EUV lithography for next gen fabs. If Wassenaar applied they wouldn't be allowed to export it to China.

If TSMC had more than 25% US IP in their lithography process then they would have to stop selling it to HiSilicon or they would lose Apple's orders. The key piece of equipment that enables the production of next gen lithography is EUV which is made by a Dutch company ASML. SMIC has ordered...

SMIC was built on the back of TSMC and is now partly owned by it and survives by using their licenses. That is how most Chinese tech companies come to fruition, by stealing IP, getting sued and then buying licenses to stay legitimate. The companies selling the licenses are only issuing dated...

SMIC got its start by stealing TSMC IP back in the mid 2000s. TSMC won a lawsuit on 61 out of 65 claims and was awarded $200 million cash and 10% shares in SMIC. So where they get their fab tech is obvious, licensing agreements with TSMC.

TSMC doesn't make 14nm, they make 16/12 for that generation and 10nm for the current crop. The R&D budget of TSMC is 8% of revenue in 2017 being put towards 7nm and next gen lithography. With revenue of $33 billion for that year, 8% is a lot of R&D funds. How they are more advanced than China...

TSMC develops its own fab process, as long as their product doesn't contain over 25% US IP or materials it is exempt from sanctions. Getting the fabs isn't the problem, using licenses for chipsets that Huawei is banned from using is.

By 2060 even 5th gen tech will be obsolete and 6th gen tech long in the tooth. We will probably have space cruisers fighting for the resources of the solar system by then. I hear mining asteroids can be a lucrative business if you can muster the startup capital.

For military applications it doesn't matter what the dye size is. The Royal Navy is still running on Windows XP.

The current production version is $43 million fly away, the Mk1A is $66 million barring any problems. Those are HAL's numbers. The development cost included would make it $86 million. http://idrw.org/tejas-mk-1a-to-cost-rs-463-crore-or-rs-599-crore-per-a-unit/ GoI never signed, there will...

If it was impossible then Safran wouldn't have offered it. For GoI to accept it was no cost to them if it failed, Safran would foot the bill for the entire programme. If IAF is willing to reduce its sanctioned squadron strength then that makes sense. It honestly looks like that is where it...

It is called world class software that allows you to design and simulate something without actually building it... Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE. Too light of a class, I still think IAF has much need for that catagory. I think the fly-away cost will determine how many are finally ordered...