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Aero India 2025 150 companies land in Bengaluru looking for billion dollar opportunities
12 Feb 2025
Aero India 2025 kicked off at Bengaluru’s Yelahanka Air Force Station on Monday with an impressive list of participants
India to explore Venus for better understanding of planetary geology
20 Sep 2024
A meeting of the union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved a mission to explote planet Venus and the development of a spacecraft for the mission
HAL gets Rs50,000-cr defence ministry order for 156 Light Combat Helicopters
19 Jun 2024
Ministry of defence has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) for the purchase of 156 Light Combat Helicopters (LCH), estimated to cost around Rs50,000 crore.
China forcing change in India's nuclear strategy: report
13 Jul 2017
The strike force needed to credibly threaten assured retaliation against China may require India to pursue more aggressive strategies - such as escalation dominance or a 'splendid first strike' - against Pakistan, the report notes
China forcing change in India's nuclear strategy: report
13 Jul 2017
The strike force needed to credibly threaten assured retaliation against China may require India to pursue more aggressive strategies - such as escalation dominance or a 'splendid first strike' - against Pakistan, the report notes
Committee urges UK government to take space nuclear threat more seriously
23 Feb 2012
UK MPs have warned that the government needed to take the threat of a nuclear weapon being exploded in space by a rogue state more seriously
IAF gets network centric with AFNET
14 Sep 2010
The fully secure state-of-the-art AFNET will seamlessly link IAF's command and control centre with response systems like fighter jets and missile squadrons.
Russo-Indian 5-Gen stealth fighter to take to the skies in four months
31 Aug 2009
Indian defence planners are upbeat about the fact that the Indo-Russian 5-Gen stealth fighter co-development, the Sukhoi PAK-FA, may take to the skies by December.
US missile intercepts falling satellite
21 Feb 2008
The US Navy has successfully intercepted a spy satellite plumetting to earth, to prevent release of frozen, toxic propellant gas.
India’s Space programme 2007 - Year-end Review
02 Jan 2008
DRDO achieves critical missile technology breakthrough with composite rocket motor casings
22 Dec 2007
Israel tests improved Patriot missile
20 Dec 2007
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The New Oil: How the 2026 Rare Earth Shock Is Reshaping the Global Economy
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