Category Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries

Meta materials based Radar cloaks to hide warships, drones and fighter planes from radars

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Stealth technology has proven to be one of the effective approaches to enhance the survivability of Aircrafts. Aircraft/helicopter designers are making them stealthier by reducing their signatures; viz. visual, aural, infrared (IR), and RADAR cross section. Advancements in stealth technologies,…...

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Laser directed energy weapons technology breakthroughs enable them to be deployed on Trucks, Warships and Airplanes

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The Laser Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs) offer a transformational ‘game changer’ to counter asymmetric and disruptive threats, while facing increasingly sophisticated traditional challenges. Laser technology provides major advantages for military applications over kinetic weapons due to High precision and rapid…...

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Militaries giving thrust to Biofuels as part of renewable drive and for cheap super-fuel for missiles and hypersonic planes

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Biofuels are regarded as promising alternative to satisfy growing energy demands. Biomass derived biodiesel and bioethanol can be successfully utilized in modem vehicle engines with little or no modifications and thus contribute to lower combustion emissions in comparison to the…...

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With Cyber becoming operational domain of warfare, Militaries establish Cyber commands and develop offensive cyberwarfare capabilites

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Cyber warfare has developed into a more sophisticated type of combat between countries, where you can destroy communications and other digital infrastructure of adversaries. Cyberwarfare involves digital attacks on the networks, systems and data of another state, with the aim of…...

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Countries accelerating the transfer of military technology to commercial sector through accelerators and military-civilian integration

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Many commercial technologies we use today can be traced to military from aircrafts to nuclear power, from semiconductors to computers. Duct tape was invented to protect ammunition cases from water during World War II. The internet grew out of a military…...

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Countries developing persistant ballistic missile warning Infrared satellites to counter ICBM and Hypersonic Missiles threats

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The warning bells has ringed in US, as  Kim has finally succeeded in developing an ICBM operational capability through which it can deliver a nuclear weapon anywhere in the United States, according to analysis based on Images released by North…...

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Silicon Carbide (SiC) ideal material for Armor, military systems and telescopes for space situational awareness

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Silicon carbide, also known as carborundum, is a unique compound of carbon and silicon and is one of the hardest available materials.  Characteristics such as relatively low thermal expansion, high force-to-weight radius, high thermal conductivity, hardness, resistance to abrasion and…...

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US DOD developing anti-jam technologies for WGS Satellites to counter advanced Russian Electronic Warfare

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Military has become highly dependent on satellites for high data rate beyond line of sight communications as well as network centric operations. Satellite communications are also required to support military operations that are becoming more complex as conflict areas grow…...

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Chinese Military now deploys all classes of drones and they have become part of its military strategy

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China’s People’s Liberation Army is deploying increasingly sophisticated unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned combat aerial vehicles. PLA is seeking to close the technological and capability gap with other leading military powers such as the United States, as well as to…...

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Race to develop Deepsea manned Submersibles for mineral exploration and Naval Surveillance

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The mineral scarcity and rising prices of gold, copper and rare earth minerals is creating great interest among many nations for deep ocean mineral mining. The oceans, which cover seventy percent of our earth’s surface are believed to be able…...

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