tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post2030859479736221202..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Arms acquisitions languish without funds or coordinationBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-47702298742464844312014-02-04T06:11:21.579-08:002014-02-04T06:11:21.579-08:00Best suggestion- put the Rafale deal on hold for 2...Best suggestion- put the Rafale deal on hold for 2 years. Once elections are over and a stable government is formed, Rupee value will again rise, then we can sign it.<br /><br />Also why we need 13 lakhs and 25 thousand military soldiers? Even USA has only 14 lakhs soldiers. We shall have a highly mobilized and smart army personnel with just 7 lakhs soldiers. We could save a lot of money. What is the use of having 1 lakh horse warriors against a nuclear missile? <br /><br />We could use our Police and Reserve force by giving them better training at war scenarios. <br /><br />As you mentioned, a Tri-service chief is necessary to co-ordinate <br />things.<br /><br />This UPA government is the worst thing that has happened to India. They never think of bringing money to the Government instead of giving everything to Private companies.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290750760324457012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-35591360058725816272014-02-04T03:07:53.273-08:002014-02-04T03:07:53.273-08:00if a new govt is elected this year then it is like...if a new govt is elected this year then it is likely that defence deals like 126 mmrca would be delayed further.sooner or later lca mk2 would be a reality. iaf should have bought some mirage 2000s a decade ago.besides heavy investments in FGFA project whichis being complained aboutby the iaf the cost of MMRCA deal has already soared. the iaf would be wanting several more fighter aircraft.why not simply buy more sukhoi 30s. several countries have rejected the rafale becuase it is too expensive and preferred other affordable light weight aircraft.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-71895420297933339412014-02-03T15:30:49.847-08:002014-02-03T15:30:49.847-08:00CANCEL THE MMRCA...BUY TEJAS...SIMPLE..... 1 billi...CANCEL THE MMRCA...BUY TEJAS...SIMPLE..... 1 billion buys 40 tejas versus < 10 rafales ... put in 10 billion and the numbers debacle is over...sometimes it seems ludicrous that we spend tens of billions buying foreign when our own platforms are available at much lower prices....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-57670764799791887232014-02-03T08:14:45.226-08:002014-02-03T08:14:45.226-08:00The CIDS was supposed to plan jointly,. LTPP were ...The CIDS was supposed to plan jointly,. LTPP were to be joint and prioritized.Senior leadership in service HQ has a vision extending to their date of retirement with very little perspective planning. It became obvious on CNN-IBN, where you were the lone voice in asking for a re-look on the manpower strength of the armed forces and need for rationalization. Others do not look at these figures and will like to silence anyone who raises such issues. need is rationalization, may be go for an overhaul and national guard type system. Why cant we embody all BSF and CRPF battalions in times of war. Give them some training and they can be used!! Out of box thinking is the need of hour. KKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10236697445375444196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-75109683101251901662014-02-03T04:54:49.720-08:002014-02-03T04:54:49.720-08:00UPA looting and plunder has cost this nation more ...UPA looting and plunder has cost this nation more than anything else. Most of the valuable resources are squandered leaving the armed forces with old retiring junk like MIG21, HDW, Sindhugosh, submarines. We don't require enemies if we have congis. They will ensure the nation is finished before enemies think of attacking. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-88291991291909016102014-02-03T03:29:24.127-08:002014-02-03T03:29:24.127-08:00Dear Sir,
Could you please shed some light on the...Dear Sir,<br /><br />Could you please shed some light on the figures quoted here ? I'm unable to reconcile the figures between the 2 data tables. Taking 2011-12 as an example:<br /><br />Figure 1: Combined Capex details (consolidated)<br />2011-12 DETAILS AMOUNT (INR.CR) <br />Capital budget (combined): 52998<br />Capital budget (allocated): 42462<br /><br />Figure 2:Military capex (extract)<br />2011-12 DETAILS AMOUNT (INR.CR)<br />Military asked for: 88680<br />Government allocated: 64150<br />Military spent(59% of ask): 52321<br /><br /><br />Does this mean that as per table 1, the tri-services were allocated a capex of INR 42,462 crores but as per table 2, the military spent INR 52321 crores on capex in the same year? That's a gap of INR 9859 crores between allocation and (military only) spend! Even if I should be looking at the combined figure of INR 52998 crores, that reconciles the military spend but means that the navy and airforce had only the remaining INR 677 crores to work with, which is an absurd conclusion. In summary, the numbers don't tally.<br /><br />How is this possible, unless a capex "trail" from previous years also included here ? Or is it being "front-loaded"? I'm assuming my reading of the tables is jumbled up somewhere and am happy to be corrected. If not, your assertion that planning and expenditure have no correlation bears serious consideration!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-89696926157112520052014-02-02T23:03:41.056-08:002014-02-02T23:03:41.056-08:00Wouldn't it be more prudent if we frankly just...Wouldn't it be more prudent if we frankly just scrap the MMRCA contract and pour more money into the development of the tejas mk2, 3 and so on ???<br /><br />Even if we get the aircraft 2-3 yrs later we'll have a fighter more suited to our requirements and also the maintainence cost will be less.<br /><br />Even now they dont expect the 1st rafale built by Dassault to arrive before 2016 and the one manufactured by HAL will take god only knows how long...<br /><br />And frankly a rafale for 120 million dollars is not worth itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-17180043073213527692014-02-02T22:16:43.681-08:002014-02-02T22:16:43.681-08:00Basically we are SHORT of 10 Billion Dollars
MOD...Basically we are SHORT of 10 Billion Dollars <br /><br />MOD can get the remaining 20 billion that is required from the <br />Finance Min /RBI as it does every year <br /><br />We need to take the following steps <br /><br />1 Get 10 BILLION Dollars worth of GOLD from OUR CITIZENS ;<br />Our Domestic Gold reserves are around ONE Trillion ie 1000 Billion Dollars <br /><br />2 Pay them in Rupees ( Tax free Fixed Deposits for five Years ) and <br /><br />3 SELL the GOLD Abroad and <br /> Buy Rafale and everything elseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-66012877536091644922014-02-02T20:33:05.223-08:002014-02-02T20:33:05.223-08:00The problem is political, The UPA wants to keep th...The problem is political, The UPA wants to keep the bills in place, please petty scheme stakeholders, so who gets the axe? The forces! they starve the forces of funds, sit on deals without signing them because they want to keep the deficit in control while pleasing everyone and compromising the national security. How about an article exposing their blunder ajaiji?bhaihttp://www.techmw.comnoreply@blogger.com