tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post1096581095702573412..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: BJP, Congress trade charges over VVIP chopper dealBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-76283942072038183322016-05-10T15:44:16.338-07:002016-05-10T15:44:16.338-07:00The key point is not that bribes were paid. That&#...The key point is not that bribes were paid. That's a given. <br /><br />The decision to reduce the ceiling height is criminal. PM's till that time had travelled to Siachen, in particular George Fernandes. That is 5500 meters. <br /><br />Even by reducing the ceiling height to 4500 and increasing the cabin height to 1.8 meters, there was still a single vendor in the bucket. This is still illegal as per defence procurement rules.<br /><br />And don't attempt to whitewash Brajesh because he's dead. He leaked secretly recorded info b/w musharraf and terrorists during kargil to the US. They plugged the ability to record such talk. <br /><br />He's actually of tainted blood. His father Dwaraka Mishra arranged for the killing of the last king of Bastar. I forget his name. Deo something. He was also an MP and fighting the mining mafia. <br /><br />In 2012, Antony got an email from Edmonds Allen (president of Ganton Ltd, one of the path smoothing companies) that internal secret defence discussions were in fact public discussions. <br /><br />As proof he had attached 8 (eight) secret military documents including:<br />- papers dealing with the procurement of surveillance aircraft for the Research and Analysis Wing <br />- a report on the procurement of next generation submarines for the Indian Navy<br />- entire acquisition plan of the Indian Air Force<br /><br />The govt. got the documents verified by the Government Examiner of Questioned Documents. It was authentic. <br /><br />An investigation was started by CBI and ED. They lost interest somehow. Perhaps an excess of Italian Pasta was fed. <br /><br /><br />The problems are being created by and for the TATA group also. Indian Rotorcraft Ltd, a joint venture between Tata Sons and AgustaWestland was established for the AW119 helicopters. Now that will go for a hit wicket.<br /><br />The rest is known to all. To me the leak of defence documents is the high priority item that we need to investigate and solve ASAP. <br /><br />Let the bribe givers and takers all enjoy. They're children will suffer. So leave it. <br /><br />Fix the MOD leakages please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-6639111797589822392016-05-03T13:29:49.458-07:002016-05-03T13:29:49.458-07:00Tyagi ji is knee deep in this one. Multiple meetin...Tyagi ji is knee deep in this one. Multiple meetings in Italy have been confirmed. Looking forward to your piece on this and implications for the IAF and armed forces in general.satanicoutputhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18001715790901216705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-8646325453866042142016-05-01T12:27:06.531-07:002016-05-01T12:27:06.531-07:00What I find absurd is that just because one govern...What I find absurd is that just because one government took a decision to lower the ceiling height what stopped the next one to review that decision? Simply carrying forward the decision obviously means UPA did not apply it's mind. Anyways all that matters is who signed the deal. it cannot be the case that UPA signed and NDA got the money. Obviously it cannot also be the case that IAF officers got bribed and the political establishment and bureaucrats were left out. pity is that anyways in our country clearing a deal takes years so we are now back to square one and it will be next decade before the actual vvip helicopters will arrive that too if someone starts the process now. to be honest best way out is make all deals government to government. this way no need for any middlemen or agents and at least bribes will be ruled out at the cost of slightly higher deal contract amount. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-9824398820837614922016-04-29T17:23:12.085-07:002016-04-29T17:23:12.085-07:00This helicopter ( or it's variants) is used b...This helicopter ( or it's variants) is used by the US & russian presidents. It is good.So we should not mix up quality of helicopters with politics. This looks another Bofors ( wish we had a few hundred of these during Kargil)<br />Punish the wrong doers, make it clear to the world professionals are allowed freedom to do their job, involving politicians does not help.<br />The system will get cleaned up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-38134578258248849632016-04-28T21:06:53.135-07:002016-04-28T21:06:53.135-07:00I think there is some mix up of dates. Air Chief M...I think there is some mix up of dates. Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi took over in 2004 not 2014colmuralihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02505907127793085628noreply@blogger.com