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Where is a media account of an upcoming Mach 1.6 test?

So why is he blabbing about his work all over social media? When I was in the service I was not even allowed to post to social media accounts.

Rafael doesn't list it as 100km+... it is just 100km. https://www.rafael.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/I-Derby-ER-brochure.pdf When something is classified to be exceedingly more capable they will use the plus. If they just list it then what you see is what you get. I am not one to make...

If he is truly privy to privileged information he wouldn't be spreading it around social media like a honeypot traitor.

Rafael says Derby ER is twice the range which makes the original Derby 50km.

The test parameters are classified until after the results are authorised for release, not before.

The highest reported speed that it was tested at was Mach 1.4 as of the end of 2019. What the aircraft is capable of and what it has been tested at are two different things until it has passed certification to do that speed. Rafale can blow past Mach 2 but it is not certified to sustain that speed.

That is the fastest it has been tested at, there is nothing to argue.

The top speed it has been tested at is Mach 1.4 but that is with underpowered F404 engines.

Safran doesn't set what is accepted as offsets, that is GoI which rejected their offer. On top of that, Safran is not allowed to sell M88 core. It is a strategic technology that no company of any country is allowed to sell.

Safran already offered the best deal for ToT but the deal was turned down. They were never serious about developing an indigenous engine which is why they put a stop to Kaveri. They always intended to use F414 which is undermining India's sovereignty.

It is the best OTS solution but it is not developing India's indigenous engine development. It is making them reliant on the US which is the worst one to be dependent on.

Modi is trying to reform it just like Macron is trying in France. It is not so easy with such strong opposition. People enjoy being lazy and are not so ready to actually work.

Modi is going to reform labour by allowing employers to set workers on fixed term contracts. Once it expires they are free to fire them.

They are in a union, they don't fear for their jobs.

The Tejas LCA Mk1 FOC fighter version is already under production, and HAL has said it plans to deliver the rest of the FOC fighters progressively, giving March 2021 as a tentative timeline. https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aerospace/2019-11-17/hal-struggling-labor-costs-and-disputes

F-22 does have a gun.

Is the knife obsolete in hand to hand combat? If both your BVR and WVR missiles miss and you get to the merge, the gun is the best thing you can have. With the advancements in ECM and LO it is more likely now than before that a gun would be of use. When two fighters are closing in on each...

The weight balance was designed to have a gun. Without that forward weight the aircraft is unbalanced and have to waste weight using a ballast in its place.

There are many fighters without A2A refueling but all of them have a gun.