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[Stealthflanker]

What is the current viability of laser weapons?

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.

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.

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.

 

[toroman]

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?

 

[cookiez]

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?

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.

 

[Maikeru]

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.

Certainly such drill is markedly absent when the Grenadier Guards do the King's birthday parade in London!