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India to Buy US Missile System to Shield Delhi

s per the proposed overall air defence plan for Delhi, the innermost layer of protection will be through the NASAMS. It will be a combination of different weapons like Stinger surface-to-air missiles, gun systems and AIM-120C-7 AMRAAMs (advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles), backed by three-dimensional Sentinel radars, fire-distribution centres and command-and-control units.

N-zone: Fuelling Change at Kudankulam Nuclear Plant

If things pan out as planned, the units will be operating on the advanced fuel variant from 2021, reliable sources in Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) told Express. The new nuclear fuel is called TVS-2M, developed by Russia’s TVEL Fuel Company, a subsidiary of Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation, which happens to be the technical consultant and main equipment supplier for the KKNPP.