tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post6328269167173336921..comments2024-03-14T06:10:14.591-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Khemkas key to deciding between HAL & Reliance in chopper contractBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-73419462862718907072015-09-11T21:35:27.339-07:002015-09-11T21:35:27.339-07:00Our private industry is useless.Just take the case...Our private industry is useless.Just take the case of IT which India is known for.Which product is famous that is made by us? Where is our Microsoft,Google etc?We just do the IT back office work,coding some small stuff.Giving these useless companies any assured contracts will be suicidal and will only give rise to more oligarchs as already prevalent in the country who will continue milking the country under desi pretext while subverting the democratic institutions our country has.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-6280521800337392412015-09-02T09:45:49.340-07:002015-09-02T09:45:49.340-07:00@Anonymous
PSUs have delivered dams, nuke reactor...@Anonymous<br /><br />PSUs have delivered dams, nuke reactors, nuke subs, sent probes to Mars and Moon, built IRBMs and ICBMs, tanks, fighter jets, destroyers, aircraft carriers, super computers,satellite launch vehicles, space shuttle etc etc and you say PSUs cannot produce world class products?? Sukhoi is a state owned institution whereas Boeing is a 100% commercial enterprise. They, whether Sukhoi or Boeing have to come up with their own product and compete before they can get a contract. To develop their product of course they are partly funded by the state for R&D but they've to invest a substantial sum of their own product to develop a prototype with no assured contracts. WHat you are suggesting is what mafia contractors demand in India's badlands ... assured contracts without competiton... these mafia contractors later on become our netas.<br />You need to first ask whether our Pvt Companies been successful in building world class products?? These companies cannot even make decent soaps, toothpaste, detergents, jams, noodles etc let alone complex weapon systems. To know this you only need to look at the shelves of your local kirana store.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-6088780741286508212015-09-01T00:47:08.755-07:002015-09-01T00:47:08.755-07:00This is the only way forward as there has to be a ...This is the only way forward as there has to be a beginning. Mahindra is incidently making small airplanes. L&T also can do some justice. It seems like a freak idea but trust me, PSU's cannot produce world class products. What has HAL done in the last 50 years. Even with sukhoi, it just assembles. We all know what quality of 'indegenius' stuff it produces. It's not their fault as it is a policy flaw. When these PSUs were conceived in 50-60's, that was the only way forward. But now they aren't the best way forward. We have to privatise research and throw in loads of money as incentive with assured contracts. Boeing and Sukhoi couldn't have reached where they have had their respective countries not supported them. <br />What India needs in self sufficiency in defence....its not an option , its the only way forward.<br />anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445873950328661806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-38015669251980434332015-08-31T03:33:20.175-07:002015-08-31T03:33:20.175-07:00@Anonymous
Can you equate a Boeing or Lockheed wi...@Anonymous<br /><br />Can you equate a Boeing or Lockheed with Tata or Mahendra? Can truck and jeep manufacturers be tasked with developing aviation technology?<br />Mig, Sukhoi or Boeing are pure aviation companies, they are not "we also make steel, dal, namak and literally everything under the Sun" companies. Today's Tata is no different than Reliance.<br />The DPSUs have a better track record in delivering than these few companies who in collusion with corrupt netas have complete monopoly over India's economy, the root cause for India's moribund economy and low jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-60174313567454734852015-08-30T21:34:00.533-07:002015-08-30T21:34:00.533-07:00Col Shukla, what amazes me is that how everyone in...Col Shukla, what amazes me is that how everyone in this country allows such a drain of our money to support reliance or khemka...... When we speak about self reliance.... Why not just spend a fraction of the money to improve the ALH and the LUH or the Rudra. HAL will get a boost by making a quality product which can actually be sold and not gifted to other countries. HAL is never going to produce anything spectacular when it comes to fighters or transport aircraft..its a govt run organisation.... You need incentive or a pink slip to produce 'Results'. This can only be in organisations driven by profit.<br /><br />Why are we not investing in R&D? Why are we not identifying a few Indian companies like Tata and Mahindra. US did it with Boeing and Lockheed, USSR did with MiG and Sukhoi. Give them a contract, give them a couple of billion dollars to make an aero engine and you will get it.<br />And please never give defence contracts to Reliance or Adanis.... They're thieves... And everyone knows it.anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445873950328661806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-88592928223298973042015-08-30T00:58:07.607-07:002015-08-30T00:58:07.607-07:00Tata, Mahindra, L&T or Bharat Forge more respe...Tata, Mahindra, L&T or Bharat Forge more respectable name in defense sector. Reliance is very good to create lots of company and shut down the shutter when need diminished.diminished rule it seems few are getting favor like Adani who now jumped in defense fray.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-53849784916755455022015-08-29T06:48:23.354-07:002015-08-29T06:48:23.354-07:00Bravo! A Khemkaji of "Sun Group" will no...Bravo! A Khemkaji of "Sun Group" will now decide who will manufacture imported choppers for our Imported Air Force. No prizes for guessing who will get the contract under the rule of Bharatiya Baniya Party.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-53669381096995897932015-08-29T06:45:51.777-07:002015-08-29T06:45:51.777-07:00Isn't it surprising that in a country with mor...Isn't it surprising that in a country with more than 700 million facing starvation, the country spends billions on 100s of unwanted over expensive imported "light" helicopters particularly when the country is building it's own Light Utility Helicopter. This only shows that India, whether under MaMo or NaMo is run pretty much like a despotic African country with scant regard for appalling poverty prevailing in the country for centuries.<br />How is it that in terms of balance of payment with Russia or China, India is on the losing side? What does Russia purchase from India? With China, Russia purchases more than it sells to that country. In case of India, it is just the reverse.<br />How can a country with the world's largest number of people living below poverty line come to economic aid of a country floating on oil and diamonds which happens to be Russia?<br />When we already have LUH, why are we purchasing Kamov light choppers from Russia? Why our "presstitute" media do not raise any questions about this blatant theft by the political party in power in the name of "dephens"??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-35645051158181897462015-08-29T04:44:25.411-07:002015-08-29T04:44:25.411-07:00Would prefer any other private entity other than A...Would prefer any other private entity other than Anil Ambani. The guy has made a mess of all the Reliance companies that came his way, fumbled with the Delhi Metro project (Airport line) so really should not count on him. Tata's, Mahindra, Kalyani, L&T should be a safer bet. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com