Sanjeev Relia states that 1400 passengers were grounded on 21 June 2015 at the Warsaw Chopin airport after the Polish Airways announced that hackers had breached its ground computers, which are used to issue flight plans
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WE WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN VULNERABLE TO SUPPLY CHAIN ATTACKS
Sanjeev Relia says: Setting up our own manufacturing plants for fabricating critical ICs is the best way of ensuring that only clean hardware enters the markets in India
Mystery Over Mistral! Why did the French Warship Dock in China?
MH Rajesh Writes: The timed visit of Mistral to Shanghai is a clear overture to China! One shouldn’t miss it. France wouldn’t send a specific ship half way across globe without a reason.
Making Waves: Indo-US Naval Cooperation
Commodore Lalit Kapur (Retd.) writes: Ashley Tellis has written a much discussed article titled “Making Waves: Aiding India’s Next Generation Aircraft Carrier” for his think tank. In essence, the article argues for a leap in cooperation between India and USA to jointly design and equip India’s next generation aircraft carrier. The article is eminently readable for its irrefutable logic, compelling argument and exhaustive research. It remains for India to evaluate it and if interested, to pursue cooperation with USA at the appropriate level
India’s Post-Earthquake Response to Nepal: One of its Quickest and Most Extensive Relief Operations
In one of its quickest and most extensive responses to an international emergency, India flew in rescue teams, medical supplies and relief material to Nepal where the death toll in the weekend’s earthquake has already crossed 3,000.
THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT: GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS
Col Pamidi writes: While Iran has accepted limits on its enrichment levels and centrifuge numbers to prevent the accumulation of weapons-grade material for a decade or more, its right to enrich uranium would be enshrined as a result of the agreement.