tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post6874628969021308558..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: DRDO wants say in procurements: Says indigenous weapon programmes should not be scuttled by substandard productionBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-67088806645227991072012-07-25T10:43:38.558-07:002012-07-25T10:43:38.558-07:00GG, your bias against the Arjun is by now well kno...GG, your bias against the Arjun is by now well known and many of your claims and argumenst have been rubbished substantially. The Arjun will sink or swim on its own merits, you please continue to sit in Gandhi class seats and make a ruckus..makes no difference to the program. As they say, elephants walk, jackals howl...but the elephant continues to walk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-89165556299307547822012-04-03T12:33:14.987-07:002012-04-03T12:33:14.987-07:00See my comments, particularly bearing time-stamp 3...See my comments, particularly bearing time-stamp 31 March 2010 20:17, under the pseudonym Ghorcharrah Gabbar at http://ajaishukla.blogspot.in/2010/03/arjun-tank-outruns-outguns-russian-t-90.html <br /><br />Arjun is headed the Vijayanta way - poor systems engineering from the outset with abysmal quality control and quality assurance during manufacture.Ghorcharrah Gabbarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-76559934188060070282012-03-26T22:31:34.160-07:002012-03-26T22:31:34.160-07:00Anonymous at 26 March 2012 16:10 said:
"how ...Anonymous at 26 March 2012 16:10 said:<br /><br />"how many Prithhvi missiles failed to take off during the so called user trials."<br /><br />That's why it's called a trial, dumb ass.kulari94noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-30900746619407710612012-03-26T03:40:51.549-07:002012-03-26T03:40:51.549-07:00^^^ dudd!!! how many Prithhvi missiles failed to t...^^^ dudd!!! how many Prithhvi missiles failed to take off during the so called user trials. Hve a big name for a programmme!!! make few phoren trips!!! Develop a rickety prototype and dump on either BEL,HAL ,ECIL or another bakara in the name of transfer of technology!!!!! while the PSU goats will be getting the blame, some dude in DRDO gets young scientwist award and a gold medal from PM or RM !!!!There ends the project for DRDO,claiming that india has become the nth country in the world to have this technology...Poor public sector goats!!!! There are many learned intellectuals in DRDO ,but their intellect is not culminating in the design and development of product which is useful to the user and becomes a vital import substitute..With due respects Kalam sahab has been made a mythological character... Does he have any say in any of the ongoing defence product design and selection?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-56749133863718540162012-03-25T18:26:05.466-07:002012-03-25T18:26:05.466-07:00Anon 16:18
Dude you mean K-series missile named a...Anon 16:18<br /><br />Dude you mean K-series missile named after our beloved ex-President 'Kalam' is a mythological character. Just wait until this missile fries you...probably than you will be in better position to interpret our mythology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-81789639793441028132012-03-25T10:35:59.438-07:002012-03-25T10:35:59.438-07:00Choice is between the devil & deep blue sea! G...Choice is between the devil & deep blue sea! Give defence production to private companies and they decide when and where the country goes to war. For the production to continue and profit to be generated the product is to be expended. The situation that prevails in the USA. Leave it to the PSUs and you have low quality product that ensures our soldiers are disadvantaged even before the battle is joined.<br /><br />What to do? I do not have an answer. Our DRDO which is a Research oriented organisation has no more than 5% of its employees who are PhDs! Tatas do not produce tea. Batas do not produce shoes, likewise BEL does not produce any thing. Our soldiers will continue wearing the "woolen jersey" without a single strand of wool in it and fight with INSAS rifles prone to stoppages.<br />NRPNayannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-85759099415374564602012-03-24T00:35:17.646-07:002012-03-24T00:35:17.646-07:00Thank you for this insightful article. I hope and...Thank you for this insightful article. I hope and pray the situation will be rectified as soon as possible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-33328075155599112512012-03-23T13:33:04.585-07:002012-03-23T13:33:04.585-07:00Why do the trucks look like straight out of the 19...Why do the trucks look like straight out of the 1970's? Can someone answer?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-18694326846414845552012-03-23T11:48:34.096-07:002012-03-23T11:48:34.096-07:00Do not give control to DRDO. This causes more inef...Do not give control to DRDO. This causes more inefficiency and corruption. Let the end users (Eg. army) select the final vendor with DRDO with certain entry and exit protocols in place with a minimum gaurantee clause. Make sure there are penalties involved for every non-conformance issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-36271121201112976772012-03-23T09:57:11.476-07:002012-03-23T09:57:11.476-07:00Sir
Today the electronics media reported that chin...Sir<br />Today the electronics media reported that chinese aircrafts intruded seven KM inside Indian territory. Did the radars fail to trace the foreign aircrafts violating Indian airspace. Why did IAF not scramble the sukhois located in NE India. What for these costly equipments are being bought if IAF is not ready to use them at the time of its need.<br /><br />The army must remember that India can fight a war with China only with weapons totally manufactured in India.<br /><br />The army and airforce must move more men and materials to the front to counter chinese intrusions.P.K.Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10243425778396514693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-67011410435849078442012-03-23T05:22:54.993-07:002012-03-23T05:22:54.993-07:00Sir, can you please post the answers to the J-20 q...Sir, can you please post the answers to the J-20 question you asked a few weeks ago?आदित्यhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08492621250450242580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-52317143713681712622012-03-23T03:48:01.529-07:002012-03-23T03:48:01.529-07:00are DRDO designs are world standards first of al...are DRDO designs are world standards first of all?They name their projects big after legendary mythological characters....like that character exists or not in the epics,<br />the product performance also same!!!<br />i dont know about chicken developed by DRDO for soldiers fighting up in siachen and mosquito repellents and bio digesters!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-72313749634122498122012-03-23T00:57:08.729-07:002012-03-23T00:57:08.729-07:00DRDO has to ensure the designs are productionised....DRDO has to ensure the designs are productionised. From INSAS to MBT story is endless. Take a case of simple Hand Grenade DRDO design can only be produced at Laboratory scale. They controlled the Quality of PINAKA Rockets what happened. Now they want to have a say in productin. DRDO is in every committee and what is their contribution?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-85995632292023043152012-03-22T13:16:20.407-07:002012-03-22T13:16:20.407-07:00The quality operates from the point of product con...The quality operates from the point of product conceptualization to the point of full customer satisfaction. So there is substance in what DRDO says. Other PSUs should be given preference only if they maintain the strictest quality controls to the surprise of many others. If so, the role of DRDO may be discontinued after say completion of two or three rounds of production.<br /><br />Ultimately the free competition and privatization are the remedies for the maladies of the industrialization.Mr. Ranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-33861179504963883062012-03-22T06:50:51.722-07:002012-03-22T06:50:51.722-07:00Its all bull shit!!! There is accountability for H...Its all bull shit!!! There is accountability for HAL and BEL..but not for scientists of DRDO!!! Every order goes to Astra micro wave pvt ltd in Hyd? why? The difference in quotes are few thousands only...that means some body from DRDO leaks info to these pvt sectors, who have vested interests!!!! Is this type of manipulation DRDO wants?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-8440956264743002602012-03-22T04:40:11.233-07:002012-03-22T04:40:11.233-07:00DRDO wants to ensure seamless transfer of technolo...DRDO wants to ensure seamless transfer of technology, productionisation and product support. That is very nice. <br /><br />The concern expressed by DRDO is legitimate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-14847650078807658722012-03-22T04:30:04.481-07:002012-03-22T04:30:04.481-07:00Good production practices cannot come at the push ...Good production practices cannot come at the push of a button.<br /><br />They come with work -discipline,expertise,good managers,motivation,leadership,sense of direction,morale,autonomy in decision making and a host of such factors.<br />Most unfortunately are not found in our PSUs which have a monopoly on Defense production.<br />A private partner does not automatically mean perfection,still is is a proven fact that a private party whose job and existence is on the line(unlike a PSU)if they fail,do perform better given the right playing field.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-41960685082042945372012-03-22T01:22:11.991-07:002012-03-22T01:22:11.991-07:00The point here is the kickbacks in procurement and...The point here is the kickbacks in procurement and contracts dont flow upwards till the centre in case of private companiesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-59832687304190420362012-03-21T21:54:27.057-07:002012-03-21T21:54:27.057-07:00That's one bold and much awaited move. DRDO ha...That's one bold and much awaited move. DRDO had enough and one burning example is INSAS. In words of one Gorkha NCo who is small arms instructor at one training school" During tests, they even demonstrated military bike run-over on magazine with magazine getting absolutely no damage but one that comes from standard lot breaks even after fall from 4-5ft.....may be it's because of corruption at production level".Rahulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-643637652977023382012-03-21T19:49:23.335-07:002012-03-21T19:49:23.335-07:00The Armed Forces should support DRDO in this.The Armed Forces should support DRDO in this.Yogihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10813642555904398272noreply@blogger.com