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tygyg1111 said:

the smarter you are the earlier you realise. Americans are rightly apoplectic after they've just been told by their god emperors (both classic maga and tech maga) that they're beneath 79 average IQ imports, however this does indicate something

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Cost of LCA Mark 2 jet project may rise due to likely engine price hike: Sources​

As the government tackles the delay in the LCA Mark 1A fighter jet project, the price of the deal for the LCA Mark-2 engine is likely to go up, increasing the overall cost of the project, defence ministry sources said on Monday.

The deal is being negotiated by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and the American GE to supply GE-414 engines for the LCA Mark-2 aircraft as the price of the deal is now going to rise due to cost escalation, sources told India Today.

All indigenous fighter programmes are facing delays, mainly due to engine issues.

India has plans to buy around 200 LCA Mark 1A along with the same number of LCA Mark 2 and Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft each in the next 15 years.

The Tejas Mark-1 and Mark-1A variants are powered by the off-the-shelf GE-F404 engines purchased from the US. The Air Force, in the recent past, has repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction with the current pace of the LCA Mark-1A programme. The first aircraft from the existing order was scheduled for delivery by March 31, 2024.

GE Aerospace, manufacturer of the F404 jet engines, earlier this year, cited supply chain issues as the main reason for the delay in supplying the engines to India.

The F404 series engines are required to produce the 83 Tejas Mark-1A jets ordered by the government under a contract worth Rs 48,000 crore signed in February 2021. HAL has reportedly assured the Air Force that it will deliver 16 LCA Mark-1A jets during the financial year 2024-25 and complete the delivery of all 83 jets by 2029.

The fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft is expected to enter production in 2035, the sources added.

The LCA Mark 2 will be an improved version of the existing LCA Tejas fighter jet. The Tejas Mark 2 is expected to be a heavier, more advanced aircraft with enhanced indigenous combat capabilities.

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The revision is likely to require internal approvals from the defence ministry to adjust for the additional costs.

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iewgnem said:

Indeed, from now on "both your Presidents said you're dumber than open-defecation pajeets" is an insult Americans will never be able to free themselves from.

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Randomuser said:

"Win at what?"

This question has been making rounds in social media lately. It is a simple question that has attracted so much attention.

"We need to import more Indians or China will win!"
"Win at what?"

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siegecrossbow said:

Plenty of prison creampies in his future.

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KingBroward said:

China Shock 2.0 mostly seems to be whacking Europe over the head more than it does the United States

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KingBroward said:

- US industrial firms are at the pinnacle of the technological frontier everywhere - medical devices, instrumentation, fine chemicals, software, industrial machinery (oil refinery, materials handling, semiconductor manufacturing, power equipment, etc), electronic components/semiconductors, aerospace, etc and thus the endless US firms - such as Celanese, CF, Covestro, Corteva, Sealed Air, Corning, Westlake Chemical, Ecolab,
Honeywell, Spirit AeroSystems, Parker-Hannefin, Eaton, Illinois Tool Works, Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Intuitive Surgical,
Gilead Sciences, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Vertex, Regeneron, Pfizer, Merck, Zoetis, Agilent, ThermoFisher, Danaher, Illumina, KeySight,
Microsoft, Oracle, Adobe, Ansys, Synopsys, AWS, IQVIA, Broadcom, Nvidia, Cummins, Emerson, Trane Technologies, Carrier, Johnson Controls, Vertiv, Amphenol, Catepillar, Deere, PACCAR, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, Halliburton, Applied Materials, Lam Research, KLA, Xylem, Badger Meter, among countless others

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KingBroward said:

Vivek is (still) mad he got bullied in high school and Elon entered the US as a F-1 -> H1-B transferee and thus has a special sympathy for immigrant rights despite being right-wing (we saw from the most recent election that simply being an immigrant doesn't necessarily mean you sympathize with other immigrants - after all, Trump had the best Republican performances in a generation in Miami-Dade County (54% foreign-born), Queens County (48% foreign-born), Hudson County (42% foreign-born), Santa Clara County (41% foreign-born), and Broward County (38% foreign-born)), but the most immigrant sympathetic groups tend to be 1st and 2nd gen immigrants

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siegecrossbow said:

Plenty of prison creampies in his future.

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Fatty said:

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It is much more shameless than a feudal theocracy

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South Korean court issues arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol​

A court in South Korea has approved an arrest warrant for the country’s suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached over his ill-fated decision to impose martial law early this month, investigators said.

Yoon’s decision to declare martial law late on 3 December plunged Asia’s fourth-biggest economy into its worst political crisis for decades and caused concern in Washington.

Yoon was forced to lift the order just six hours later after MPs forced their way into parliament to vote it down.

The corruption investigation office confirmed that a court in Seoul had approved the warrant, but it is not clear if police will be able to execute it.

“The arrest warrant and search warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol … were issued this morning,” the Joint Investigation Headquarters said in a statement.

Yoon Kab-keun, a lawyer for Yoon, condemned the move. “The arrest warrant and search and seizure warrant issued at the request of an agency without investigative authority are illegal and invalid,” he said in a statement.

Yoon has so far refused to cooperate with the investigation into his martial law order. He has failed to report to investigators for questioning over allegations of abuse of authority and orchestrating a rebellion, and his presidential security service has prevented court-ordered searches of his office and residence.

Yoon also faces charges of insurrection – a crime that can carry life imprisonment or the death penalty and one of the few charges from which a South Korean president does not have immunity.

An official from the corruption investigation office said Yoon’s refusal to be questioned had prompted the warrant request.

“The reason for the warrant is that there is a concern that the individual may refuse to comply with summons without justifiable reasons, and there is sufficient probable cause to suspect the commission of a crime,” the official said.

The warrant is valid until 6 January, he said, adding that Yoon could be held at a police station or the Seoul detention centre.

Media reports said an imminent arrest or search of the presidential residence was unlikely, as investigators would seek to coordinate with the presidential security service. Technically, anyone obstructing the execution of an arrest warrant could be arrested.

But under South Korean law, locations potentially linked to military secrets cannot be seized or searched without the consent of the person in charge, and it is unlikely that Yoon will voluntarily leave his residence if he faces arrest.

It is the first time an arrest warrant has been issued for an incumbent president in South Korea, according to local media.

Police were deployed early on Tuesday outside Yoon’s residence in central Seoul in an attempt to prevent unrest. Yoon’s supporters and protesters calling for his removal have staked out his residence, with local media showing images of altercations between the two camps overnight.

“Unless Yoon voluntarily lets them detain him, there is no way to detain him,” said Choi Jin, director of the Seoul-based Institute of Presidential Leadership. “Should investigators have hand-to-hand fights with the security service?”

Choi said that investigators were still likely to visit Yoon’s residence to show they were doing their work diligently and fairly.

Park Sung-min, president of the Seoul-based political consulting firm MIN Consulting, said the push for an arrest warrant was probably an attempt to pressure Yoon to cooperate with the investigation.

The acting leader of South Korea’s ruling People Power party, Kweon Seong-dong, said on Tuesday that attempting to detain a sitting president was inappropriate, according to Yonhap news agency.

Yoon’s presidential powers were suspended after the national assembly voted to impeach him on 14 December over his imposition of martial law.

The constitutional court has 180 days from that date to decide whether to confirm the impeachment or reinstate Yoon, whose two-and-a-half years in office have been marred by scandal and policy deadlock.

The martial law order triggered weeks of political and market turmoil. Yoon’s replacement, Han Duck-soo, was also impeached last week for refusing to approve bills to facilitate the investigation into his predecessor.

Han’s successor as interim president, Choi Sang-mok, had been in office for just two days when he was confronted with the fatal plane crash at Muan international airport, the worst aviation disaster on South Korean soil.

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