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Stealthflanker

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Reclaimer said:
What is the current viability of laser weapons?
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Viable enough. particularly today where drones are prevalent. Attractive feature of laser is Deep magazine. You wont run ammo as fast as conventional munitions. And to some extent "cost per shot" If you measure such in how much it spent for diesel fuel used per engagement vs missiles or gun smart munitions.

gelgoog said:
It is a case of convergent evolution. Bastion was originally used as an anti-ship system. Iskander is basically supposed to be long distance artillery. Eventually they added an anti-surface mode to Bastion.
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What do you think of it as means of keeping Industry base competitive ? Bastion is developed by NPO Mashinostroyenia while Iskander's missiles have two developers the MITT and the R-500 portion was developed by Novator which also develops practically the entire line of Russian/Soviet Land/surface based tomahawk equivalent from 3K10 "Granat" down to Kalibr.
 
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toroman

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What is the Indian style of marching called?
The high-kicks, with the foot on the same level
as the head or higher, and the swinging arms
were amusing! Is this marching style of British
origin or British influenced?
 
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toroman said:
What is the Indian style of marching called?
The high-kicks, with the foot on the same level
as the head or higher, and the swinging arms
were amusing! Is this marching style of British
origin or British influenced?
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It's probably just called the Indian style march.

The marching style you see at parades is definitely of British origin, though it has slightly changed overtime. The carry method of the rifle in the right arm has the remained same but in the British style, the left arm swings approximately 90 degrees fowards and 30 degrees back whereas in the Indian style, the left warm swings approximately 90 degrees fowards and greater than 90 degrees back.

As for the high kicks, it's frequently used at the Attari–Wagah border ceremony with Pakistan and is most likely something that developed in South Asia.
 
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cookiez said:
It's probably just called the Indian style march.

The marching style you see at parades is definitely of British origin, though it has slightly changed overtime. The carry method of the rifle in the right arm has the remained same but in the British style, the left arm swings approximately 90 degrees fowards and 30 degrees back whereas in the Indian style, the left warm swings approximately 90 degrees fowards and greater than 90 degrees back.

As for the high kicks, it's frequently used at the Attari–Wagah border ceremony with Pakistan and is most likely something that developed in South Asia.
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Certainly such drill is markedly absent when the Grenadier Guards do the King's birthday parade in London!
 
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Zhejiang

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hi i just read this and wondering why this is the case, to my info Chinas weapons work pretty well most of the time so i am wondering why this is the case for other countries buying Chinese weapons and aircrafts and boats

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Zhejiang said:
hi i just read this and wondering why this is the case, to my info Chinas weapons work pretty well most of the time so i am wondering why this is the case for other countries buying Chinese weapons and aircrafts and boats

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@Blitzo and @Deino can give their take on the aircraft. As for the ground, the author failed to mention the successes of the VT-4’s and CS/VP3’s (MRAP’s) in Nigeria, the Wing Long drones, and the successful downing of Houthi drones by the Chinese anti-drone SHORAD. Yes, I heard about the issues with Chinese ground equipment in the past (before the completion of the fundamental military reforms and civilian-military fusion, so think pre-2018ish), but the fact that the author omitted those recent successes makes me question her abilities as a researcher and her intent.
 
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gelgoog

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Problems with military equipment happen all the time. Not just Chinese equipment.

The J-7 is an older generation fighter, so if pushed too hard, the lifetime of the engines will quickly run out.

IR sensors often require coolant to operate. If the coolant isn't kept topped up the sensors won't work. The Ukrainians had similar issues with US supplied Javelins.

The JF-17 with the original radar has significant range limitations. It is a smaller aircraft which can only fit a smaller radome in the first place and has limited power generation. The Block 3 should have much better BVR capability.
 
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