Javelin missiles: Thank DARPA for Ukraine’s success against Russian tanks Javelin missiles have been an effective force multiplier, the latter-day equivalent of the slingshot that David used against Goliath. .......... Javelin missiles have helped Ukraine repel the numerically superior Russian military. These missiles are the result of a competition between DARPA and the U.S. Army. They are capable of penetrating tanks and circumventing various countermeasures, such as reactive armor. ......... It is a relatively large, shoulder-fired guided missile with a range of about two miles, and it has transformed the war in Ukraine. Its explosive warhead is capable of penetrating heavy armor (like tanks) and is highly lethal against other targets, like low-flying helicopters. ......... it is a fire-and-forget guided missile, which means that the operator locks the missile on to a target before it is launched and then the missile guides itself to the target ....... the ability to follow either a straight trajectory like most missiles, or a lofted (arch-like) trajectory that enables the Javelin to hit the larger, less protected top of a target such as a tank. ....... The weapon is so critical that Ukraine has requested deliveries of 500 of them — daily. .......... Army personnel were skeptical about a “fire-and-forget” missile, which they dismissed as, “You fire, and the missile forgets.” ........ The Army later renamed the weapon Javelin, and it entered full-scale production in 1997 — the world’s first medium-range, one-man-portable, fire-and-forget, anti-tank weapon. ......... hundreds of tanks and other vehicles (as well as some helicopters) reportedly have been destroyed in Ukraine by Javelins. Used against the overwhelming numbers of Russian forces, the Javelin has been an effective force multiplier, the latter-day equivalent of the slingshot that David used against Goliath. .
Inside Sanjay Mehta's ambition to build India's Y Combinator at 100X.VC Entrepreneur-turned-investor Mehta is making life easier for early-stage startups, helping them to focus on their ideas, while handholding them to raise money ....... “Many times, startups can build something that no one wants, which are recipes for failures,” he says. ....... When Kumar met 100X.VC she had finished three pilots to test her idea but had not opened for business, “so a lot of what we were talking about was still only on paper”. But the VC firm took the time and made the effort to validate what she was telling them. ........ While 100X’s first cheque of Rs 2.5 million is a small one, it’s really the downstream impact of the firm’s backing that founders value. “To be honest, the capital infusion per se is the least helpful thing they did for us, compared to many other areas where they added value,” says Omkar Pandharkame, co-founder and CEO of BHyve. “I’m not sure if it’s fair or right to call them this, but they are pretty much the Indian version of Y Combinator.” ........
“There were two meetings, one negotiation, one term sheet, and money in the bank in less than a week.”
.......... Today, a growing share of the startup founders in India comprises those under 25 ...... We are on the cusp of a significant change in India’s startup ecosystem and the 100 unicorns dream by 2025 will be realised before that ........ unicorns are being created the world over at least in a significant part because of cheap money from the US. What will really change India’s startup landscape is if more local investors and domestic capital gets involved. ........ Even today, the valuations and outcomes are being driven by companies like SoftBank and Tiger Global, he says. “What we need is more of Tata acquiring BigBasket rather than Walmart acquiring Flipkart. That’s the truth of it. Walmart really gave a jolt to a lot of Indian corporates when Flipkart got acquired. It was like a jewel going away.” .......... If the top 200 established corporate businesses in India allocate Rs 500 million a year to startups at the seed stage, they will change the landscape ....... “And they have enough cash on their balance sheets to easily do this,” and they will see the benefits to their own businesses too. .......while there are many Indian unicorns today, none comes even remotely close to dominating its particular market segment even locally, let alone becoming a global story.
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