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India enters the cruise missile race;
hyperplane Avatar reaches planning stage

By R. Prasannan

Cruise missiles," observed Prahalada, director of the Defence Research and Development Laboratory two years ago, "are the present currency of power." Though in smaller denomination now, India is acquiring that currency.India is thinking of Space-based laser weapons Durga and Kali. Hyperplane Avatar will be a reusable missile launcher

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 A Tribute to Kalpana Chawla
The Rediff Special/Josy Joseph: The Chawlas' odyssey

February 02, 2003

Kalpana Chawla

Indian American Astronaut

On February 1, just 16 minutes before the Columbia Space Shuttle was to make its scheduled touchdown at the end of its 28th mission, it exploded over Texas, at a height of 200,000 feet. Lost in that explosion were seven lives, including that of Kalpana Chawla, 41 -- a horrific end to a life that had had its genesis in horror of a quite different kind. <<Full Story>>

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