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AFFF and Its Controversial Legacy in Firefighting
Firefighters rely on an aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) widely utilized in aviation for combating fires involving flammable liquids.
Why does everyone shut-up once the big artillery guns start talking?
Artillery is a potent and effective battle winning factor. Artillery provides firepower to demolish far away enemy camps, vehicles, and personnel
50 innovations from India that changed the world # 1
India has been in the forefront of knowledge and wisdom. Many groundbreaking discoveries in India have made the world a better place to live
Hamida Banu- India’s ‘first’ woman wrestler
Despite the prevailing social norms against participation of women in something as physically demanding as wrestling, Hamida Banu refused to give up and trained diligently, honing her skills and defying stereotypes.
Fujian China’s third aircraft carrier – a new threat to India
China recently completed the 8-day maiden sea trial of 80,000 ton Fujian - its most advanced domestically built third aircraft carrier.
Cost effective, combat-proven vs. fancy, unreliable weapons
Except for USA, Russia, UK, France, Germany, China, Israel and Sweden most other nations spend billions of dollars for importing weapons because they can’t make their own. Question is how do these nations decide which weapon system to buy?
Combat proven weapon systems
While ruggedness and reliability are intrinsically important for weapon systems, there are two more hallmarks of greatness. One is, of course, combat performance, and the other is numbers produced. A weapon system is produced in large numbers only when it has proved itself.
Ariane 6 – Europe’s long-awaited odyssey in space
The Ariane 6 is 56-62 m high – taller than the Leaning Tower of Pisa and weighs around 900 000 kg (900 tonnes), roughly equivalent to two fully loaded Boeing 747-8 airplanes.
Narendra Modi 3.0 – way ahead, challenges and priorities
Narendra Modi is back in the saddle as PM but perhaps not as firmly as during the previous two tenures. This could be a blessing in disguise for him as well as the country.
Busiest railway stations in the world
Whenever we think of the busiest railway stations in the world, we are reminded of Japan which has the most advanced rail transport system in the world with over 8,567 railway stations. Interestingly Japan has 7 out of the 10 busiest stations in world and hundreds of trains operating daily.
Will the killing of Ismail Haniyeh lead to World War III
With the killing of Ismail Haniyeh, the political chief of the Islamic terrorist organization Hamas, Israel’s external intelligence agency Mossad has salvaged its professional...
Migrants – a threat to European Society and Culture?
Over the last 10 years, 41 million people migrated to the European Union, including about 3.8 million who entered illegally. In 2022 alone, 5.1 million migrants moved in.
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