tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post2404235302461120560..comments2024-03-29T05:44:18.835-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: IAF to order 37 more Pilatus trainers, worth Rs 1,250 croreBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-89710492913773543722013-02-04T20:11:01.694-08:002013-02-04T20:11:01.694-08:00HAL's primary responsibility should have been ...HAL's primary responsibility should have been design, and manufacture of aircraft as per Indian forces requirement. It has been reduced to something like an MRO for the aircraft. It has failed miserably to come up even with a 'basic trainer' so far. LCA is nowhere near required standards, and appears to have been a waste of time, waste of money and a pastime for a few HAL honchos.<br /><br />Today, HAL has 19 Production Units and 10 Research & Design Centres in 8 locations in India. <br /><br />If in spite of such huge infrastructure and talent pool it cannot come up with one tangible of example of even a basic trainer, it's high time to disinvest and hand over the resources to reputed Industrial houses in India like Tatas/ Birlas/ Bajaj etc. These will do spectacularly well, given a chance. <br /><br />'Sarkari Babu' mentality prevailing in HAL should be scrapped for national interests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-61539859465009756912013-02-04T08:35:58.762-08:002013-02-04T08:35:58.762-08:00HPT-32's obsolesce is known since quite many y...HPT-32's obsolesce is known since quite many years. So obvious arises, why did not IAF planned for its replacement in time? <br /><br />Is it not utter disturbing that at one side IAF is going to get fifth gen fighters from home industry but at other its most basic aircraft are coming from foreign?<br /><br />What if IAF had projected its acquirement for HPT-32 BPT in around year 2000 and asked for proposals from Indian industry (read HAL)? Rahulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-76444781196623102462013-02-04T07:53:13.359-08:002013-02-04T07:53:13.359-08:00This till the finance minister and other political...This till the finance minister and other political netas will put a stop to it, stating financial crunch, the IAS will siphon off the money as they have done for the ONE RANK ONE PENSION that the veterans have a right to and fool the Indian public that whenever beheading of Indian soldier takes place or violation of our borders, they will give a stern yap yap, lip service that neither Pakistan nor China cares of. After all INDIA is the ONLY COUNTRY WHERE HER SOLDEIRS GET KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION EVERYDAY YET states herself not at war!!!rustomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-38092628478162786092013-02-04T07:37:22.536-08:002013-02-04T07:37:22.536-08:00After long lapse of time they came to the correct ...After long lapse of time they came to the correct path. It is heartening to see these trainer aircraft getting included. Mr. RAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-23861104566244494132013-02-04T06:02:38.296-08:002013-02-04T06:02:38.296-08:00Finally... GoI - MoD is coming around... to the no...Finally... GoI - MoD is coming around... to the notion of... having a nation first... will hav own airforce... pilots... cadets... else... hav someone else's airforce... and no need for own pilots... cadets... when will... air marshals learn... the hard way... ???... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com