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  The Plan B AMCA- The Horten wing-based Intruder                 Prof. Prodyut Das 19 July 2025 This is a discussion on using the Horten Wing technology to develop a 5th generation “Malacca Straits” intruder using existing aggregates and resources. The Horten History The Horten wing is best described by its German appellation Nurflugel i.e. “only wing” aircraft. The Horten “Nurflugel” is an aircraft with only the wing and a vestigial fuselage and is different from the Lippisch “Nurflugel” which has a fuselage, a fin but no stabilizer. Two brothers, Reimar and Walther Horten, over the period 1930-37 designed and built at home a series of 7 (Horten I to VII) tailless gliders. The first one was so disappointing the brothers took it home and burnt it. Because there was no fuselage and tailplane the weight and drag were considerably reduced giving the powered versions of the Hortens tremendous range. Thi...
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  Tejas: Too little, too late?                                   Prof. Prodyut Das 15 July 2025 issue.V  I have borrowed the heading from an interview on India Today between Vishnu Som and Shiv Aroor .  The link is https://youtu.be/sJZZn8Qvd9E?si=cNrpHX8VGRvSC5Jo.  It is a long interview, damned by faint truths. Messrs. Aroor and Som are of course doyens of Indian defence journalism and privy to much “frontline” information. Had they taken the trouble to distill that information into wisdom, the effect would have been powerful. Too late? The question raised is the Tejas obsolete, given that the 5 th . Generation is here? By no means. The 5th generation is a marketing ploy. We do need a small stealth capability but it is most useful under restricted conditions. In VFR conditions combat it may be actually handicapped vs 4th gen.The Tejas equipment level is world class and if we...
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