Reaction Engines of the UK could be part of a winning group of bidders for open-ended hypersonic weapons development. They have proven an innovative pre-cooling system which does not require the development of new materials to handle the heat of hypersonic flight speeds. The US Air Force Research Labs are already working with them. They …
The US military is looking at open-ended hypersonic weapons development. There are already contracts for several air-launched hypersonic weapons, ground launched hypersonic weapons, submarine-launched hypersonic weapons and reusable hypersonic planes and drones. Hypersonic weapons and vehicles can go faster than 5 times the speed of sound. Russia and China have been able to deploy hypersonic …
Below is chart of world CO2 emissions needed to maintain various temperatures. The RCP2.6 is the world CO2 diet for definitely staying below 2 degrees celsius of warming and having a shot at 1 degree warming. It mostly requires getting to net zero CO2 emissions by 2050 and then going about 20 billion tons per …
India imported 4.8 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil in June, an increase of 10 percent from a year earlier, according to data from shipping and industry sources, with the top three suppliers Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Iran making up nearly half of imports. India is the third largest oil importer after China and …
Venezuela was producing oil at about 2.6 million barrels per day in 2015. OPEC estimates Venezuela produced 1.278 million barrels per day in July. This is down from 2.15 million barrels per day in 2016 and 1.91 million barrels per day in 2017. Analysts expect Venezuela’s oil production to fall to below 1 million bpd …
India internet is dominated by American technology giants. Facebook’s WhatsApp is the most popular app on phones. Virtually every smartphone runs on Google’s Android system. YouTube is the favorite video platform and Amazon is the No. 2 online retailer. India’s government will be imposing tough new rules on the technology industry. China has been able …
The Lowy Institute looks at economic, cultural, military and other factors of power in Asia. They also projected the GDP in purchasing power parity and military spending and workforce levels. Those are all measures which favor emerging large population economies like China and India. Thus they project that China will surpass the US in terms …
Ian Bremmer, President of the Eurasian Group presents his theory that there has been a global backlash against the establishment, immigration and globalization as a global trend. He also indicates four drivers of the movement. Bremmer does not mention the muslim aspect and does not compare each of the drivers to historical levels and does …
China became number two in military spending in 2006 and India will become the number three military spender in 2019. In total from 2006 to 2018, China has spend about three times as much as Russia and the UK but it has taken 13 years for China to modernize and have competitive or superior systems …
The US defence budget is about three times as large as China’s. China’s military spending was three times more than India in 2017. China percentage of GDP spent on defence was less than India’s. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) database, estimated that China’s military expenditure was USD 228 billion in 2017 while India …
Russia has stopped development of the Proton M rocket. Russia had indicated a month ago that they were giving up on commercial space launch. Russia cannot compete with SpaceX or China in launch costs. Angara rocket still going forward Above is a picture of the Russian Angara rocket The Russian Angara rocket will be able …