Summary
Scientists are trying to build things at home so we don’t need to buy from other countries.
Kids who love building things can help by sharing their cool inventions.
The country wants to keep its people safe with smart new tools.
Key Points
4 points1
The defence minister asked for more home‑made technology.
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Over 4,000 ideas were sent to help the navy.
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New projects include smart robots and special sensors.
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The goal is to make everything safe and affordable.
New Words to Learn
8 wordsself‑reliance
making things ourselves instead of buying them
indigenisation
creating things inside our own country
innovation
new and clever ideas
research and development
studying and testing to make better things
supply chain
the steps needed to get parts and materials
quantum
a tiny kind of science that can make very fast computers
autonomous
able to work by itself without a driver
hypersonic
moving faster than five times the speed of sound
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