LONDON: Western officials have played down reports that companies in India may be bypassing embargos and covertly supplying to Russia components for military equipment made in the West. Moscow is said to be using these in its invasion of Ukraine. The officials said it is unlikely Indian companies have breached international law because these hardware…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS): Russian friendly countries, including India, could be helping Western manufactured components to make their way into Russian weapons used in Ukraine, British defence and security think tank –Royal United Services Institute –claimed in a report. The report, titled “Operation Z: The Death Throes of an Imperial Delusion”, published two…
At the end of April, Russia launched a secret military spacecraft, Kremlin officials have now confirmed. The spacecraft was launched using Russia’s new Angara 1.2 rocket. Russia hasn’t said what the payload of the rocket was, but many believe it could have to do with the war in Ukraine. Russia launched a secret military spacecraft…
Los Angeles-based scientist Yi-Chi Shih, 66, has been sentenced to more than five years (63 months) in prison for transferring sensitive technology to the Chinese government. The sentence comes after Shih was convicted in 2019 of illegally obtaining  monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) and selling them to a state-owned entity in China. Shih was also…
