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Topic: ASAT

India to strengthen outer space capabilities but responsibly: Modi at DefExpo inauguration

Snehesh Alex Philip -
At the biennial event in Lucknow, PM Modi said India’s focus is on increasing defence exports to Rs 35,000 crore from Rs 17,000 crore.

Chandrayaan-2 launch proves India is a major player in the race for space dominance

Kanchan Gupta -
India missed out on staking a claim in Antarctica; it can’t afford to let other powers colonise moon.

China is now testing laser ASAT weapons from its naval ships

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) -
China has already tested missile & EMP anti-satellite weapons from the ground. Now it’s using icebreaker ships in the Yellow Sea/Bohai Sea area.

NASA says cooperation with ISRO intact days after calling India’s A-SAT test ‘terrible’

PTI -
In a letter to ISRO, NASA said based on guidance received from the White House, it was looking forward to continuing to work with the agency.

NASA is not the final word on space debris from A-SAT, says former DRDO chief Saraswat

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
NASA said it disapproved of India’s 27 March test of an anti-satellite (A-SAT) missile on account of the space debris it created.

NASA says India’s A-SAT satellite test a ‘terrible thing’, has put ISS at risk

Lalit K Jha -
The A-SAT test by India last week resulted in about 400 pieces of orbital debris that could damage the International Space Station, a NASA official said.

India’s China policy is adrift, but Tibet & Dalai Lama can change that

Brahma Chellaney -
The more India has aligned its Tibet stance with China’s position, the more Beijing has upped the ante, including claiming Arunachal as 'South Tibet'.

US denies allegations of spying on India’s A-SAT test, but says was aware of it

Lalit K Jha -
US Air Force Space official says they knew the A-SAT test was coming because of flight bans that India had announced and information published previously.

Thank god, India’s leaders didn’t fight over nuclear weapons like they are over A-SAT

Shekhar Gupta -
The story of how India got its nuclear weapons must be retold now as it underlines the incredible bipartisanship demonstrated by 7 governments and prime ministers.

A-SAT success revs up India’s ballistic missile defence programme

Snehesh Alex Philip -
With the A-SAT, India has developed a missile that can take out targets in extended ranges of the exo-atmosphere.
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India’s military revival hinges on overestimating Pakistan Army

Sidharth Raimedhi -
We're used to framing the issue as one of deterrence, 'if you do X, then we will do Y and Z'. We should be moving toward compellence— 'if you do not abandon X, then we will do Y and Z'.

Even Imran Khan is praising Pakistan Army now. Military nationalism is back in the country

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The next wars will be silent—fought with semiconductors, software, invisible lines of code

Economy

No competition, have to deliver faster & reliably, says Amazon India V-P of operations

ThePrint Team -
Diving into workings of Gurugram fulfilment centre, Abhinav Singh, V-P (Ops) at Amazon India, offers insights into how company manages logistics, in conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.

Defence

Op Sindoor: Inside story of what led Pakistan DGMO to make frantic calls for ‘ceasefire’

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India used multiple types of aircraft, air to surface missiles & air defence systems to inflict damage to PAF. Almost all strikes were covered by high-res recon UAVs & satellites.

National Interest

Pakistan has a 7-year terror itch. Here’s a two-minus-one-front idea to cure it

Shekhar Gupta -
Pakistani establishments and their proxies are prone to severe, predictable 7-year-itch. Each step up the escalation ladder buys India about this many years of deterrence on average.

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