Military Technology 05/2021

MT 5/2021 · 3 Special Feature China’s Long March to Space.................................................................... 68 Morgan Douro Technology and Imagination Driving RAF Training Concepts................. 70 Angus Batey Maturing Cyberspace Operations Highlight Reliance On Military-Industrial Collaboration.......................................................... 71 Angus Batey Developments in Russia’s Military Space Programme............................ 72 Eugene Kogan The Latin American Struggle for Space..................................................... 74 Santiago Rivas Tempered Aspirations – India’s Race to Space........................................ 76 Atul Chandra The Path to Indigenous Armoured Vehicles.............................................. 79 Santiago Rivas Homeland Securrity Forum .......................................................... 81 Industrial Focus . ................................................................................ 83 Rear Echelon What a Difference a Decade Makes............................................................88 Angus Batey Mönch Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (Mönch Publishing Group) Editor-in-Chief, Military Technology: TimMahon Editor-at-Large: Dr Ezio Bonsignore North American Bureau Chief (NewOrleans): Marty Kauchak NATO & EU Affairs Correspondent (Brussels): Caterina Tani Publishers: Uta & Volker Schwichtenberg US Office: 1326 St Andrew Street, Unit B, NewOrleans, LA 70130-5124 Correspondents: Massimo Annati (Italy); Marco Giulio Barone (France); Angus Batey (UK); Dr Theo Benien (Germany); Philip Butterworth-Hayes (UK); Atul Chandra (India); Tomás Chlebecek (Czech Republic); Dr Robert Czulda (Poland); Peter Donaldson (UK); Arie Egozi (Israel); Tim Fish (New Zealand); Kubilai Han (Turkey); Eugene Kogan (Georgia); Denys Kolesnyk (France); Edward Lundquist (USA); Georg Mader (Austria); Stephen WMiller (USA); Jörg Muth (Estonia); Trevor Nash (UK); Dr Stefan Nitschke (Germany); Santiago Rivas (Argentina); David Saw (France); AndrewWhite (UK); Dr Thomas Withington (France) Executive Associate and CEO: Volker Schwichtenberg Executive Associate, CEO and Lawyer: Uta Schwichtenberg Mönch Verlagsgesellschaft mbH: Christine-Demmer-Straße 7 Tel.: +49-2641 / 3703-0 53474 Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Fax: +49-2641 / 3703-199 Germany E-Mail: miltech@moench-group.com www.monch.com The views published are not necessarily those of the Publisher or Editor. 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