Defense
US deploys cruise missile-killer at China’s doorstep after 24 years of waiting
In 2002, the US Marine Corps retired the MIM-23 Hawk missile system. The Hawk was a Cold War platform designed to shoot...
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Kapil Kajal
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Kapil Kajal is an award-winning journalist with over a decade of experience covering defense, aerospace, and technology. His work has been recognised with the South Asian Journalists Association Award 2023, two IIJNM Alumni Awards, and the DW Akademie Award for Best Displacement Story. He has been nominated for the Aerospace Media Awards, Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award, and US Defence Media Awards.
Kapil previously served as Asia Pacific Land Warfare Reporter at Janes, where he covered missiles, air defense, and ground combat modernisation across the region, conducting interviews with defense ministers, army chiefs, and senior industry officials. Before Janes, he worked as a freelance journalist with Al Jazeera, National Geographic, Nikkei Asia, Mongabay, Rest of World, and Third Pole, reporting across politics, environment, technology, and conflict. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media, Bangalore, and a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Lingayas University.
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Hi-tech
A Chinese EV app stopped Delhi’s traffic. The same code runs in Tokyo, Dubai, Singapore.
The video lasted less than thirty seconds. A man on a pavement in Delhi holds up his phone, opens an app, taps...
Defense
China’s spy ministry-linked firm says it built its own ‘cyber nuclear weapon’
Two days after leaders from the world's top intelligence agencies warned the public about risks from artificial intelligence and cyber threats, the...
Aerospace
Japan is about to visit a Mars moon nobody has ever touched
On June 12, a Japanese rocket called the H3 lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center, carrying six satellites and, more importantly,...
Energy
Under sanctions and after being bombed, Iran built something only eight countries can
On Monday, Iranian engineers lowered a 6,200-metric-ton processing platform onto a pre-installed jacket in the Persian Gulf using one of the most...
AI & Robotics
A $100,000 solar drone boat is US Army’s new kill chain near China
In mid-June, soldiers from the US Army's 125th Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Battalion deployed a swarm of autonomous boats into Casiguran Sound...