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Topic: PLAAF

IAF is key to India’s ‘deterrence by punishment’ plan against China. Now to wait for winter

AVM Manmohan Bahadur (retd) -
China knows PLAAF doesn’t match IAF, and is strengthening its air defence along LAC. The government’s stance must stay focussed on punishment, not denial.

Satellite images reveal China is building surface-to-air missile site at Mansarovar Lake

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
New roads have been built and suspected red tents put up at the site, which stands near the India-Nepal-China tri-junction in the Himalayas.

This bomber, a mainstay of the Chinese air force, is now being deployed against India

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) -
After the 2017 Doklam stand-off, the Chinese army has turned the gaze of the H-6K bomber aircraft towards India by deploying it at Wugong.

China is set to get a new, supersonic unmanned aircraft that can spy on India

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) -
China has been feverishly focused on its UAV programme over the last one decade and may have overtaken the US in this area.

How China reverse-engineered, copied technology for its latest J-20 fighter jet

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) -
Replicas of American F-117A, F-22 observed; New-gen jets tested in Tibet.

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Opinion

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

MH Mody -
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

AI is officially ruining social media. It made brainrot boring

Bangladesh lost on all fronts under Yunus. A herculean task awaits the new PM

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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