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From a crazy dream to a world first: Thomas van Tonder’s Bloukrans Bridge triumph

With 600 bars between him and the finish and a 216-metre drop beneath him, Thomas van Tonder pushed himself to the limit in a world-first Bloukrans Bridge crossing. The obstacle-course racing champion reveals how he turned a seemingly crazy dream into reality.

From a crazy dream to a world first: Thomas van Tonder’s Bloukrans Bridge triumph

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Armour vs altitude: India’s light tank dilemma along China border

India’s new high-altitude combat tank was designed to go where its heavier armoured fighting vehicles cannot: the thin mountain air, narrow roads and small bridges along its disputed border with China. In its base configuration, the Zorawar weighs some 25 tonnes – light enough to be flown all the way to the Line of Actual Control – but a…

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