The US State Department has approved the sale of MQ-9B drones to India, but the Modi govt must give it timely attention to push it to the finish line. It’s a political opportunity.
Deal is for purchase of 30 drones. With endurance of over 27 hours, Reaper comes with nine hard-points, capable of carrying sensors & laser-guided bombs besides air-to-ground missiles.
The State Department summoned Russia's ambassador to the United States to express concerns over the incident, the first since the war in Ukraine began more than a year ago.
From ordering ‘blows on the Indian Army’ to holding forth on the college hijab row, Ayman al-Zawahiri was never short of gratuitous advice for the country.
NYT raises doubts about US military's version of events — specifically whether explosives were present in targeted car, if driver was connected to IS, & if a second explosion took place.
The question really is not if, but when and where drone swarms, which is the next evolution of robotic warfare, will be utilised in real-time operations.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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