tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post3292120952940285182..comments2024-03-29T05:44:18.835-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Indigenisation blues: An unrealistic Defence Production PolicyBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-73368657711808087032018-04-07T11:11:11.960-07:002018-04-07T11:11:11.960-07:00A very well written article.
In India, nobody ma...A very well written article. <br /><br />In India, nobody makes money if DRDO's products are bought, simply because its a Government entity. People will make money only if expensive foreign weapons are imported. This includes the private Indian partners like Adani and Ambani, who're clamouring to make Gripens and F-16s. This also includes their friends in political circles.<br /><br />I'm astounded that the mainstream media doesn't bring the absurdity of the MMRCA contest to the general public. As it is, the public is not well informed of matters of defence. Even lesser are aware of the Tejas' coming of age (the Mk1 and Mk1A), the Arjuns pounding the T-90s in comparative trials a decade ago, the efficacy of the Akash, and the lethality of the PAD/AAD missiles.<br /><br />And yet the armed forces, defying all logic, want 110 foreign fighters, foreign FMBTs, foreign medium SAMs, and Russian S-400s.<br /><br />It's high time that the media fearlessly questions these procurement decisions. The armed forces cannot be put to such a high pedestal, that they can't ever be questioned. Tough questions must be posed to the armed forces and to the defence ministry.<br /><br />As someone famously quipped, "The nation wants to know!"Abhimannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-31309758685096115282018-04-07T06:51:22.708-07:002018-04-07T06:51:22.708-07:00All this GoI and MoD can do is to announce on a gr...All this GoI and MoD can do is to announce on a grand scale and set over ambitious targets!! they will beat the whole world hands down on this front!!<br />It is like polishing a building exteriors to a prospective seller and when you enter inside you see nothing around....<br />enough time has been spent and lost sitting in delhi and writing new policies..new ministers and babus want to put their stamp and have over sized ego. <br />This is one ministry where this govt has failed miserably!!<br />Unless you demonstrate by giving a large new contract nobody will ever be interestedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-84841501320959082352018-04-05T05:30:48.975-07:002018-04-05T05:30:48.975-07:00The need for Indian army and Air Force to accept r...The need for Indian army and Air Force to accept reasonably good weapon system and then guide their development incrementally, rather than insist on cutting edge technology only, has been brought out well. The reason is simply immaturity and selfish attitude of generals and air marshals. But how the navy has managed to keep out of this national malady is something that surprises me. Needs to be explored.Alok Asthanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362507906160748320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-3534010767648935782018-04-04T22:48:12.351-07:002018-04-04T22:48:12.351-07:00So it’s all settled then...The Lady will wave her ...So it’s all settled then...The Lady will wave her magic wand, and everything will fall into place. This announcement I note, has resulted in several rounds of self congratulatory mutual back slapping amongst the Babus in the department.<br />Its now expected the Armed Forces should curb imports and rely on Indian manufactured alternatives.<br />Our ‘Braves’ with no ammunition to go over the top into enemy trenches, with bare hands scratch the Pakistan eyes out.<br />Bahut Zabardast larhai Hogi!<br />Sirif Bayonet say larhai hoyegi!<br />Our Tejas instead of coming off the production line to be loaded onto trucks and driven straight to a Museum to be placed alongside the Dakota, are now to be delivered to the IAF in their hundreds..???<br />But I agree with broadsword <br />Excellent and much needed is creating a “fiscal and legal environment, and essential testing and validating facilities” for firms supplying defence.<br />“establishing a defence production eco-system”<br />“provide skill-building opportunities for small defence firms”<br />“midwife a defence industrial eco-system – from the micro, small and medium enterprises”<br />But<br />“accept platforms into service when they are just about operational, and then improve them through successive iterations, like the navy has done with its destroyers and frigates.” ???<br />The Hindustan motors Ambassador car too, went through successive iterations. <br />Surely we must have confidence in India’s private enterprise ingenuity to go it alone, to compete with the rest of the world, similar handouts/favouritism elsewhere to small and big firms (however well intentioned) have failed or created inefficiency. In Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, leave let alone has resulted in rapid industrialisation.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com