Anti-ballistic missile & Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme-Prelims Special

An anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (see missile defense). Ballistic missiles are used to deliver nuclear, chemical, biological or conventional warheads in a…

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Anthropocene, International Commission on Stratigraphy, Holocene

Anthropocene: The Anthropocene is a proposed epoch dating from the commencement of significant human impact on the Earth's geology and ecosystems.  The Anthropocence thus includes, but also transcends, the duration…

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First indigenous built Airborne Early Warning and Control System-“NETRA”

The Indian Air force (IAF) has formally inducted the first indigenously built Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) dubbed as NETRA. The AEW&C NETRA has been indigenously developed by…

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