Guardian: Indian defense officials expect to finalize arms contracts worth tens of billions of dollars with France and Russia later this month. Over the next five years, India plans to upgrade its military, including weapons systems, technology, planes, ships, and submarines in order to keep pace with its neighbor China. A number of Western nations have sought to cut such lucrative deals with India because of the current depressed economy.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.