Weapons Systems
A weapon, arm or armament is any implement or device that can be used with the intent to inflict damage or harm. Weapons are used to increase the efficacy and efficiency of activities such as hunting, crime, law enforcement, self-defense, and warfare. In broader context, weapons may be construed to include anything used to gain a tactical, strategic, material or mental advantage over an adversary or enemy target. While ordinary objects – sticks, rocks, bottles, chairs, vehicles – can be used as weapons, many are expressly designed for the purpose; these range from simple implements such as clubs, axes and …
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MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 26 July 2024 English
Since the end of the Second World War, the US’s engagement in South Asia has undergone changes in response to evolving geopolitical dynamics in the region and the global landscape. …
military capabilities and acquiring advanced weapons systems. India’s neighbours, while recognizing the …
NITI Aayog: National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) · 22 July 2024 English
The economic reforms under way and the economic & institutional reforms on the agenda for the next few years, will sustain growth of per capita GDP at 7% during the …
grant of patents, or the production of major weapons systems. This must be done with due consideration of … develop strategic technology (AI) and new weapons systems and a reformed higher defence management structure …
CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 17 July 2024 English
The lack of an international governance framework for military AI poses risks to global security. The EU should spearhead an inclusive initiative to set global standards and ensure the responsible …
tools and applications, from lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) and drones to cybersecuri� and strategic … including those related to AI and autonomous weapons systems. �e UN secretary general has called for a legally …
ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 15 July 2024 English
Editor’s Note Military reforms have been a long pending requirement for post-Independence India. Under the Narendra Modi government in the past decade, crucial decisions were made in the defence reform …
theatre to enable the interoperability of weapons systems and capabilities. Combined arms structures … structures can be classified according to the weapons systems that they integrate: light Combined Arms Brigades …
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 15 July 2024 English
minerals and rare earth elements and water resources to meet data centre demands. The use of AI in weapons systems and military applications, and the development of synthetic biology, need careful review through …
meet data centre demands. The use of AI in weapons systems and military applications, and the development …
DPG: Delhi Policy Group · 15 July 2024 English
DPG is deeply committed to the growth of India’s national power and purpose, the security and prosperity of the people of India and India’s contributions to the global public good. …
technology transfers and not just on sales of weapons systems, India must remain circumspect about expectations …
Chatham House · 9 July 2024 English
More than two years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, understanding potential future Russian military capabilities is vital to predicting the Kremlin’s ability to continue to prosecute the war, or …
Felon programme and other relatively novel weapons systems in order to try to close the obvious capability …
CAPS: Centre for Air Power Studies · 2 July 2024 English
The sense sense of growing crisis is further raising awareness of of growing crisis is further strengthened by the development of current dangers, especially strengthened by the opposing camps, with …
1980s. On and bruised, Russia’s strategic weapons systems Friday, Pranay Vaddi, a senior director of … goals: getting more countries most cherished weapons systems. (Whether it to decrease their nuclear arsenals …
FPRI: Foreign Policy Research Institute · 27 June 2024 English
In April, not long after NATO marked its 75 th anniversary, during a little-noticed press conference at the Alliance’s Headquarters in Brussels, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg declared, “if Allies face …
replenish and upgrade depleted stocks and aged-out weapons systems they have donated to Ukraine. For it is a truth …
ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 26 June 2024 English
Introduction The first Indian military team has left for Russia to commence training on the S-400 air defence system, [1] deliveries of which are expected to begin in end-2021. This …
Moscow is willing to transfer certain sensitive weapons systems and technology to India, reflected most visibly …
