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[Gloire_bb]

The trade agreement between India and Europe is a win-win for both sides, though it remains to be seen how much manufacturing investment it will bring to India. Europe is currently wary of China, so it may well be placing excessive bets on India. In today's geopolitical landscape, India truly resembles China during the era of U.S.-Soviet rivalry.

It's contradictory.
India is one hell of a market, but the great irony is opposite basic driving forces.
For all Indian anti-China talk, they're the only big economy strictly benefiting from China - China's manufacturing goods are basic enabler of India's one.
EU, on the other hand, for all their talk of how they're going to embrace China to stick it to Trump - are losing family silver to China, and India changes exactly nothing in this regard...

 

[AlexYe]

EU, on the other hand, for all their talk of how they're going to embrace China to stick it to Trump

I have said it before, Eu leaders are still under the hope that current US is just a small phase and things will back to norm after him, thats why they arent taking a bigger step (or tried but wanted more concessions from China) towards China, India is a 'safe' choice from their pov,
There was a recent piece from Politico about the how the internal Nato meetings were going with the greenland situation and it was basically 'NO one can even utter the possibility of having to oppose the US militarily'. Relation being 'sacrosanct'

 

[Nevermore]

China's low-cost goods benefit many countries, and anti-China rhetoric is often merely lip service. For nations like South Korea, Vietnam, and Canada, altering political slogans is hardly a challenge.



I have re-examined the India-EU Free Trade Agreement, and this agreement is undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for India.

From China's perspective, it certainly does not want India to develop a strong manufacturing sector. However, this free trade agreement will undoubtedly bring India enormous market opportunities and investment. India is currently in the growth phase of its low-to-mid-tier labor-intensive industries. It is highly likely that India will seize this opportunity to leap into a new global manufacturing hub within the next decade. Although its initial scale may be modest and its exports primarily low-end goods, India possesses immense potential and a powerful drive for self-upgrading.

This clearly poses a major threat to China. Given the finite global manufacturing capacity and the highly competitive nature of this seesaw game, China must accelerate its overseas expansion while continuously upgrading and opening up to capture as much market share as possible. It must also suppress India through efficiency and technological superiority—this is a long-term industrial cold war.

 

[siegecrossbow]

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Almost forty years after its initial inception, the J-10 finally accomplished what it was designed to do — kill flankers and fulcrums.

Real question is whether they still pleasure themselves to this piece of.. ahem .. artwork.

 

[sheogorath]

Even the cope cages are half assed. Plus the drone on the Arjun looks fake as shit.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Even the cope cages are half assed. Plus the drone on the Arjun looks fake as shit.
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It’s probably used to primarily defend against dropped grenades. But even then coverage of the rear is not optimal.

 

[sheogorath]

It’s probably used to primarily defend against dropped grenades. But even then coverage of the rear is not optimal.

In that case, the chains don't make much sense. And they also look like the cheapest brand you can find in any DIY store

 

[_killuminati_]

In that case, the chains don't make much sense. And they also look like the cheapest brand you can find in any DIY store

That's the only reason I can think of of putting chains on top of the turret. Usually they are placed on the side skirts or rear,

 

[ougoah]

Chains intended to trigger first fuse in tandem charge warheads but those chains look a little too flimsy to do that. Reminds me of those Chinese emperor hats

 

[ougoah]

Indian Wunderwaffe LR-AShMView attachment 168718

They've been talking about this one for a week and I'm surprised it's taken this long for it to be brought up on this thread.

Looks like India managed to develop a DF-15/16 or LRHW analogue. Double conical, finned style hypersonic glide missile - maneuverable and controllable unlike ballistic missiles so a proper "hypersonic weapon" that isn't a ballistic missile. Booster appears to be SRBM to MRBM sized.

India actually lacks the space based active guidance but they're suggesting space based targeting in the loop. Inertial guidance must therefore be up to scratch which is no surprise since India has fairly decent technical capability with ISRO to develop some decent enough modern gyroscopes.

But Iran reached this level of "common hypersonic glide body" style HGV before India. Even North Korea has managed to put at least three distinct types of wedge HGVs into service (possibly from China). None of these nations have two way space based communication.

This is the only ground based weapon in the Indian arsenal that would present as a tricky intercept for PLA if it's even doable and interceptors are correctly positioned to perform intercept. Brahmos, is not

But hey the the legit "hypersonic weapon" ie HGV and/or HCM club just got a new member - India. I count, China first to reach operational HGV, USA, North Korea, Russia (so they claim with Avangard but never revealed or confirmed by third party), Iran and now India.

Watch them all try high lift, wedge shaped HGVs like China and USA. Iran claims Fattah II is a wedge glider but methinks Iran is pulling a Qaher 313 with that.