The first of five Rafale fighter jets, travelling from France, touches down at Ambala air base in Haryana | PTI During the process of manufacturing in Over the last one month, a number of contracts India, it is expected that all the suppliers of Tata under the fast track procurement route have been Consortium who will be involved in special inked by the defence ministry as part of the much- proces. [...] the COMSPOC Corporation, which specializes in commercial space situational awareness (SSA), What is needed is the will to think out of the looked at the various approaches satellite operators box and the will to take decisions on a regular used to determine if they need to make a collision basis. [...] Russian opposed to the weaponisation of outer space and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, called for talks India has not and will not, resort to arms race in on a legally binding treaty to prohibit weapons outer space.” India too favours a treaty within the in space in a statement on April 12, 2021, a day multilateral framework of the UN which includes the world marks the International Day of Human. [...] The that China and Russia jointly submitted to the Conference of Disarmament under UN General Conference of Disarmament (CD) a draft treaty Assembly has been deliberating the issue to on the Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in prevent weaponisation of space since many years. [...] ageing fleet of the fourth-generation fighters and Until the Narendra Modi government took the also secure parts for its two existing squadrons of decision of acquiring the 4.5 the aircraft, people familiar with IAF’s 35-year old Mirage fleet, which generation Rafale fighters (also the matter said on condition of performed exceptionally during the from Dassault), the Mirage anonymity.
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