Steeljaw Scribe

Seems like there is interest on the part of the Indian Navy in the carrier capability of the Super Hornet that is part of the multi-national competition: 

Now Navy Wants Super Hornets Too
(HINDUSTAN TIMES (INDIA)14 MAY 08) … Rahul Singh
It is now sufficiently clear that the Indian Navy wants to be able to use the air [...]

Press the edge of the technological envelope and sometimes it snaps back and bites you.  Promise the moon and fail to even deliver a scintilla (and oh yes, demand more money in the process) and the customer naturally gets a little testy. These themes are at the core of a couple of today’s news items - the first, dealing [...]

 A bit more about China and the Kitty Hawk deal, plus some more below the fold about another failure of Russia’s Bulava SLBM and some other aspects of the Russian defense industry.

 
Panda Bashing?

On the heels of the story of the Chinese turning away the Kitty Hawk comes that of the two minesweepers that were denied [...]