After analysing images of 'Thunder' Block II from rehearsals for 2023 Pakistan Day Parade, Federation of American Scientists says fighter has been equipped with Ra’ad-I missile.
The government has to change its view of nuclear weapons as mere symbols of power and see them as affording India a dynamic military means against China.
Since Cold War, stability has been preserved through reality of mutual assured destruction. But US' new tech cuts link between offense & defense that underlies all calculations.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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