Question
A system of engines developed for this country’s space organization was called VIKAS (“vee-kahss”). For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this country, which became the first to land on the lunar south pole in 2023. Homi Bhabha kickstarted this country’s nuclear program.
ANSWER: Republic of India [accept Bhārat Gaṇarājya]
[10h] This former employee of the ISRO also helped oversee the Pokhran-II nuclear tests. This scientist was later elected President of India in 2002 with support from both the BJP and Congress parties.
ANSWER: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam [or Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam]
[10m] The ISRO developed an alternative to GPS to help soldiers during this 1999 war. During this war, the Indian Air Force launched Operation Safed Sagar to flush out Pakistani troops stationed near the Line of Control.
ANSWER: Kargil War
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