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India's new Antarctic Research Station :: Check It Out !! ( Source- defence News India)

India's Bharati Station in Antarctic ( Source- DefenceNews.In / Author) Source- The Defence News India Bharati, our newest Antarctic Research station looks almost space-agey. Designed by German architectural firm, BOF Architekten, this space station is pretty amazing but it is not the first. This is the third Indian research station in the Antarctic, the first one, Dakshin Gangotri, was set up between 1983-84 after India became a part of the Antarctic Treaty System. Since the Antarctic is not a part of any country, 52 countries have come to an agreement to be able to occupy the Antarctic land, but only for research. Unfortunately, Dakshin Gangotri was abandoned in 1989 when it got submerged. After that India established Maitri, in 1990, which is still functional. The National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), which runs these stations, then gave the go ahead to BOF Architekten for the construction of Bharati in 2009. This was ready by 2013.

11 things you didn't know about India's indigenous aircraft ( Source- The Defence News)

LCA Tejas ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / Attributes- Vishak ) Original source- The Defence News Tejas, India's first indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), which is all set to replace the MiG-21 series, is a result of several years of design and development work from the DRDO. What's special about India's own LCA? How does it rate on the global scale? We take a look at some lesser-known salient facts about the Tejas that set it apart from those in its league.  'Best in its class' :: According to Ravi Kumar Gupta, the Directorate of Public Interface at DRDO, 'Tejas is the best in its class in the world. It is a four plus generation aircraft.' Gupta said that it is 'not appropriate' to make a direct comparison of the Tejas with its global counterparts. 'It is a beautiful machine, designed for our own people,' he reiterated. The technology used to manufacture the aircraft is such, that it 'will not go obsolete&#

China's defense spending increased tenfold in 25 years but still not a Super Power ( Source- Defence News, Author- Darshil R. Patel)

Chinese soldiers ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons)  Source- The Defence News  Author- Darshil R. Patel China has witnessed double-digit economic growth for decades and has now becomes the world's second largest economy. It possesses a sophisticated military that's among the best in the world. Inspite of China bordering a number of small unstable countries, its borders are fully secure. China in the past has suffered many invasions and has been humiliated by foreign aggressors at many occasions. This is probably one of the reasons why China's defense spending has increased tenfold in the past 25 years. China has a long and extensive coastline and Beijing is leaving no stone unturned to build a powerful blue-water navy by developing stealth destroyers and frigates and a large fleet of nuclear submarines. The west especially the United States is alarmed at the pace at which China is modernising its military along with an aggressive foreign policy. A few policy m