No one will develop a new ~700hp engine just for one vehicle. If we're gonna make it, it has to be derived from existing efforts by state-run agencies and private companies who make truck engines. Maybe I'm not well informed, but I've never seen any diesel powertrain more than 360hp made by...
The number of P-17As will be increased to 9 for sure, talk has already begun. Russian Talwar-class FFGs will also eventually reach a count of 9, with the last 3 most probably built in India by a private-sector shipyard.
Add 3 existing Shivalik-class frigates. Total of 21 modern frigates.
Well, if you look at the air inlet design, you'll see a distinct similarity between Klub and Nirbhay.
...and these are only external similarities. But however, a similar design may just be a way of developing on proven concepts, so exactly what level of Nirbhay's tech is sourced from...
I don't think Army uses 47s. It's the AKM (sometimes AK-103, but I believe that's just for RR) and the INSAS variants.
^^ guy's from CoBRA, but couldn't find any other pics of INSAS w/ UBGL right now. :)
Btw, @Abingdonboy @Unknowncommando
Maybe I didn't notice this earlier, but why does...
We need the tracked versions for the FICV competition. But looking at the developments, neither Tata nor Mahindra seem to be taking their prototypes forward. Till date I only just saw the bare-bones hull of the Tata FICV tracked version rolling around.
But the development & testing of the...
@Raftaar
These are images available on Google Earth. Anyone can see them.
There are similar images of Chinese shipyards as well. You can look them up.
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Forward-Swept Wings have been around since WW2. The SR-10 is a trainer aircraft, not a fighter plane.
The writer should have been surprised when he saw the Su-47 Berkut, NATO tag "Firkin". Now that's a real "backward wing Russian fighter plane".
Unfortunately, being just a prototype, the...
Quoting one of Gessler's posts from other forums;
" Many people dismiss Barak-8's capability, citing it's low speed of Mach 2 as a disadvantage compared to contemporary SAMs in it's class like the existing MBDA Aster family, which have speeds of about Mach 4.
What these people don't realize is...