tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post4455790186262827307..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: HAL-Turbomeca sign JV in Paris for Rs 200 crore MRO facility for helicopter enginesBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-81882953924091580232015-06-27T00:08:57.580-07:002015-06-27T00:08:57.580-07:00"Our PSUs first of all were not made to be gl..."Our PSUs first of all were not made to be global brand ambassador. They were made for India to be self reliant in areas where Pvt sector is too weak or incompetent or where we won't get help from abroad."<br />And they failed miserably hence the need for private players in defense.<br />"Defense of the nation my friend is not similar to selling potato chips to masses."<br />Don't talk about defense as if you know a thing about it. You don't. Hence your jib jab on every forum. Are Boeing/Lockheed/ SAAB/Dassault/ L-3/BAE/Thyssen/Northrop private or public? They represent most successful and innovative defense companies in the world. (Hint: they all are private)<br />If you don't need any statistical research data that means you are a bigot: unwilling to learn the truth. Unlike most of us who use science for advancement <br />If you don't know then don't talk: Tata / Wipro are very very well known outside India.<br />You indeed are a pitiful personality Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202028387041358157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-53895188032795609592015-06-26T01:21:07.961-07:002015-06-26T01:21:07.961-07:00@Unknown
Our PSUs first of all were not made to be...@Unknown<br />Our PSUs first of all were not made to be global brand ambassador. They were made for India to be self reliant in areas where Pvt sector is too weak or incompetent or where we won't get help from abroad. <br />Defense of the nation my friend is not similar to selling potato chips to masses. Defense cannot be a means for individuals to mint money. No one should stop such businessmen/ entrepreneurs from investing their own money in building systems which they can compete and sell in the global market. But, is that what is happening in India? Arms exports is a huge source of funds for our politicians who come to power with the sole intention of fleecing the nation as much as they can during their five year rule. Do you think political parties exist to serve the nation? <br />This is the reason why Pvt Cos are being roped in defense as they can launder the kickbacks that flow from arms imports under the guise of "make in India". This is the very reason why "make in India" is only limited to defense, where foreign OEMs have to partner with shady companies with no expertise or competence in defense.<br />India's population in 1948 was around 350 million and 429 million by your calculation are today living below the poverty line. How many Indian families earn more than 5000 Rs per month? Reality is almost 67% of India lives below poverty line.<br />http://www.firstpost.com/business/economy/required-a-new-poverty-line-that-shows-67-of-india-is-poor-993241.html<br /><br />Unlike you, I don't need a UN or Govt report to tell me what poverty is like in India.<br /><br />Tata, Wipro, Dr.Reddy or L&T do not have any brand image or equity beyond India's borders. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-51985218502924421062015-06-24T21:10:24.236-07:002015-06-24T21:10:24.236-07:00It is sad to see someone so ignorant like you.
Rea...It is sad to see someone so ignorant like you.<br />Read this from UN<br />"...although poverty remains widespread in India, progress has been substantial. In India, the poverty rate fell from 49 per cent in 1994 to 42 per cent in 2005 and to 33 per cent in 2010. If the current pace continues, India will meet the poverty reduction target by 2015," UN Secretary-General's Millennium Development Goals report released by UN Information Centre said here.<br />I think you need to get education Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202028387041358157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-56448051427818941992015-06-24T21:07:14.405-07:002015-06-24T21:07:14.405-07:00Again you don't even know the basics of capita...Again you don't even know the basics of capitalism. Read something please.<br />"There is one and only one social responsibility of business -- to increase its profits." -Milton Friedman <br />Innovation, efficiency and growth are part of that effort. That is not cronyism dude; that is the capitalism at its core.<br />Your hatred for some corporations is absolutely unjustified in to applying it to every corporate in India. L&T/ Wipro/ Dr Reddy / Tata and many more have more respect outside India than any DPSU you keep harping about. Our PSU are laughing stock for rest of the world. None of them would survive a year in private sector.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202028387041358157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-26603710560331110172015-06-23T08:35:38.108-07:002015-06-23T08:35:38.108-07:00@Unknown
Also, you must read your own comment. Pro...@Unknown<br />Also, you must read your own comment. Profit without innovation/ donation (CSR)/ employment is the credo of crony capitalism. Entrepreneurship is all about innovation and risk taking. The firms you are talking about are not known for innovation or risk taking... their billions come from greasing the palms of corrupt politicians and babus..... the price is ultimately paid by the masses who continue to wallow in poverty due to a closed economy where few have more money than God while 100s of millions live in abject poverty for generations.<br />And last but not the least, you've failed to mention any Indian Pvt Company that excel's in innovation or enjoys brand equity beyond India's border? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-28716649680312335322015-06-23T08:19:58.892-07:002015-06-23T08:19:58.892-07:00@Unknown
Like the name you've chosen for your...@Unknown<br /><br />Like the name you've chosen for yourself, it's you who've not bothered to read my comment before repeating the same question multiple times like a dyslexic patient. What's ISRO, BARC, BHEL, DRDO, HAL, NTPC, IOC, BPCL, GAIL etc etc??<br />More wealthy in last 20 years of congress rule?? LOL!! what are you smoking man? Did the percentage of population living below the poverty line recede or increase during the last 20 years or it's even worse than what it was during first 40 years of India since independence??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-89904668360223664052015-06-22T12:06:57.914-07:002015-06-22T12:06:57.914-07:00Yes sentinel, really. I have seen you repeating yo...Yes sentinel, really. I have seen you repeating yourself over and over again without even reading the post. You are very communist and if you don't know that then that's an identity crisis for you. <br />The only goal of a corporate is to make profit: not innovate/donate/ employ but to make money. You call that cronyism because you don't have a clue about what capitalism is. <br />India became more wealthy in last 20 years of capitalist policies than 40 years of socialism that you advocate.<br />Yes, India has been top importer of foreign arms very occasionally overthrown by others. <br />Again you didn't answer or understand any of the points I raised so I will post them again. In what category PSU have made us self reliant? ZERO. We won't need any import if they were good.<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202028387041358157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-14764561950155148442015-06-20T22:53:24.735-07:002015-06-20T22:53:24.735-07:00@DJEMBE
Really?? I'm not propagating state co...@DJEMBE<br /><br />Really?? I'm not propagating state controlled economy. Neither am I for crony capitalism which happens to be India's case. <br />Name me even one Indian Pvt Company, which excels in innovation or has brand equity beyond India's borders? <br />As far as innovation in PSUs are concerned, they've a far better track record than the Pvt sector. Our space, defense and nuclear power companies are few such examples.<br />India's poverty is purely due to crony capitalism which leads to a closed economy. Even after declaring "make in India" from the rooftops, why is the Modi sarkar dragging it's feet when it comes to unshackling the Indian economy? WHy any MNC or OEM have to invest in India through some shady grossly incompetent sethji owned company? <br />It is Saudi Arabia which is No.1 importer of arms not India. Get your facts correct. Import component is high due to extreme corruption in our military, political bureaucratic setup. WHat was the need to import highly expensive Pilatus, T90, MMRCA etc etc when better and cheaper stuff is available inhouse? Will the import bill be so high if our military favors "made in India" stuff over "make in India"? <br />And, the biggest and most successful arms companies are state owned if one goes by Chinese, Russian and even Brazilian examples. Defense manufacturing is capital and R&D intensive with high gestation periods.... something which is 180 degrees opposite to the credo of fly by night Indian baniya companies supported by baniya political parties.<br />And my mindset is not communist but nationalist. I do advocate opening up Indian economy 100% which will lead to massive investments leading to creation of high paying jobs which in turn will raise 100s of millions out of poverty. India's poverty is due to deliberate policies of crony capitalism of which both BJP and Congress guilty. Remember, today's India was created by a company called "East India Company". Things have not changed much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-32925120419858301282015-06-20T07:44:29.122-07:002015-06-20T07:44:29.122-07:00Anonymous@13:13 communist mindset of people like s...Anonymous@13:13 communist mindset of people like sentinel is the reason for most problems facing India: poverty being number 1 followed by lack of innovation.<br />If Hal and other shoddy psu were as good as you claim, India would not be the Number one importer of Foreign Weapons. In what category PSU have made us self reliant? ZERO. Even 75% of our TV transponders are leased from foreign satellites. Wake up and get out of daydreams of Marxism: it doesn't NOT workDJEMBEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-60190750497392899842015-06-20T03:17:16.334-07:002015-06-20T03:17:16.334-07:00@Parthasarathi ...Answer is simple...corruption,Ne...@Parthasarathi ...Answer is simple...corruption,Nepotism and everything else that is synonymous when we utter the word 'Government Servant' Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-16061239298502558162015-06-19T20:18:14.620-07:002015-06-19T20:18:14.620-07:00@Parthasarathi ...Your comment shows the level of ...@Parthasarathi ...Your comment shows the level of ignorance you have on HAL made Dhruvs . Please research a bit on internet then come up with comments and replies. Dhruvs helos or any other helos/ fighter a/c world wide are built in iteration i.e., the present gen Dhruv flying is mk3 and mk4 with more powerful shakti engines , Mk4 is actually the weaponized version which have been inducted to our armed force. So if mk5 version comes , don't whine it to be a TD ..!!<br /><br />About Dhruv crash with Ecuadorian AF , the first accident report that came out was because of pilot error. The rest three crash reports are not public , so you can not blame it on the airframe itself, and if you google you will see hepters from reputed manufacturers going down , no one blame the reputation of those manufacturers. <br /><br />HAWKS are assembled from CKD units supplied by BAE UK and those hawks are assembled here in HAL are under BAE guarantee , so you should blame BAE and not HAL.<br /><br />And @ annoying Annon , please stop the congress rant here.. you don't have even grasp the idea of "made and make in India".Sohom Devhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16199102443439300495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-40155464233823518712015-06-19T01:03:40.290-07:002015-06-19T01:03:40.290-07:00@Parthasarathi
It seems you've very little kn...@Parthasarathi<br /><br />It seems you've very little knowledge about the Pvt sector. WHen it comes to competence or professionalism these family owned Pvt Cos are even far worse then our PSUs. They want to enter defense production without having even a single product to their name. What they're doing is the same lego set like assembling of foreign products for a high price under their brand.<br />Forget high tech stuff. ALmost all so called Pvt Cos which ventured into such mundane areas like retail or insurance have failed very miserably. They make money only where they receive monopolistic Govt support. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-67888745503354251482015-06-18T09:42:39.686-07:002015-06-18T09:42:39.686-07:00Informative.
Side Note - for the ROH the HAL mus...Informative. <br /><br />Side Note - for the ROH the HAL must not rely on the notion that if the LUH flys well and is light it is the best candidate.The focus must be on its capabilities as well as the armed forces will be looking out for that. <br /><br />1. Surveillance Capabilities - In my opinion ROH helicopters must have better sensors, radars, cameras,features like advanced Helmet Mounted display, essentially giving the co pilot a view of all that the surveillance cameras in his helmet, such that he does not appear to be limited by the cockpit at all. The sensors in the cockpit coordinate with the helmet and link it to the movement of various cameras on board the helicopter. De-weaponize if needed. <br /><br />The advanced versions of this originally Russian technology is available in western nations and is also the core area of innovation for combat aviation helmet makers around the world. <br /><br />2. Superior Data links, an ROH may be flown by the commander or second in command in an aviation fighting unit and therefore must have large displays that are integrated with the (in the works) Battle Field Management System, to plan and communicate movements. What the ROH observes must be able to share what it sees with other friendly units in the battlefield, if possible in, near real time or real time. All this will require a lot of electric power and Data links to better handle the larger than usual information traffic to and fro. <br /><br />3. Silence - No point having a small, capable, light and highly maneuverable ROH that is loud as a howling wolf. HAL must invest in Noise reduction technologies. Thankfully, the HAL ALH is not so loud as Mi- 17 or Cheetah (from personal experience) i could only hear it when it was almost on top of us. But if there is potential why not exploit it. <br /><br />4. Crew and vital parts protection - with so much life and material invested in helicopters it only makes sense to make it survivable. <br /><br /><br />ThanksJean Luc Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07523465808756925391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-5036849280731357962015-06-18T08:36:03.353-07:002015-06-18T08:36:03.353-07:00When HAL is almost ready with it's Light Utili...When HAL is almost ready with it's Light Utility Helicopter, why did the "Make In India" sarkar issue a global tender for 197 similar choppers? Is "make in India" greater than "made in India"?<br />As Lalit Modi episode has exposed that when it comes to corruption and crony capitalism, BJP or Modi sarkar is no different than Congress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-3552013408578573422015-06-18T06:46:56.929-07:002015-06-18T06:46:56.929-07:00Sir,
Commissioning of first LCH. is still years aw...Sir,<br />Commissioning of first LCH. is still years away ! ( Still we are producing Technology Demonstrators) Dhruv ( ALH) is very accident prone ! Actually Ecuador ( only export customer) has lost 60% ( four out of seven ) of her fleet in just six years. ( IHS Jane 360 , 27th Jan 2015) Thus HAL. is getting a very bad name in south america. <br />The main problem is quality control. If HAL. built machines are not reliable then it will not be able to compete outside India and if Government opens the sector to private joint ventures then HAL. will be another BSNL. or HMT. <br />Recently many HAL. built relatively new planes ( less than two years old ) were crashed. Example : Hawk jet on 04th June and more recently Cost guard Dornier. <br />There is something really wrong with HAL. and our great pilots are paying with their life. No body seems accountable for this loss ! <br />Regards.Parthasarathihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07701421388606152443noreply@blogger.com