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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

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

Stela Dey -
The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

9.2% jump in arms transfer shows this is era of war—SIPRI reveals the temper we live in

Trump either ends Iran conflict quickly, or sky-high energy costs will force him to do so

Economy

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

Chitleen K Sethi -
At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Shekhar Gupta -
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.

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