tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post739247285693662697..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: India, US to set agenda for “major defence partnership”Broadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-19229879804626115212017-06-26T23:59:23.296-07:002017-06-26T23:59:23.296-07:00When I hear of Indian leaders today that they have...When I hear of Indian leaders today that they have entered into an agreement with so and so to buy some equipment, I immediately get the image of the ghosts of Bofors Westland DWD, VIP Choppers, Submarines and so on and so forth. also get jitters of the Arms dealers spending millions to buy media to write about BJP or anti BJP articles and comments. Or why should someone mention Arundhati to add some meat to his illogical arguments as if she is the best expert on arms deals. Being blind men of Hindostan describing an elephant as Modi has no purpose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-23545580256384354702017-06-26T09:38:23.625-07:002017-06-26T09:38:23.625-07:00This is what happens when we do not develop indege...This is what happens when we do not develop indegenious capability. This is one thing we need to learn from china. Every country places itself first. <br />Our Air Force officer corps needs to hang its head in shame for such blatant disregard for local technology while demanding the bestest and most expensive toys from aboard.<br />We have ignored aviation for too long after Kiran and Marut. Now we are paying the price. <br />The price will keep going up unless we accelerate our own armed drone programs Tapas and Ghatak. <br />Then ensure IAF buys a 100 Tejas mk1A , then develop Mk2 and AMCA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-561283610765317212017-06-26T08:13:50.380-07:002017-06-26T08:13:50.380-07:00Read this - 'This offer represents an outstret... Read this - 'This offer represents an outstretched arm to India by its friends in Washington. If New Delhi were to reject this, it would severely weaken pro-India voices within the US government and do real damage to the defence relationship.”<br />Can sales pressure be any more brazen than this? Buy our stuff, else ----! At the end of it, it is all about American business interests. Like a money lender in village 'Take loan from me for your daughter's wedding, else you know what all I can do'.<br /> <br /> <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09121677855050308582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-74171824054201661472017-06-26T05:57:22.174-07:002017-06-26T05:57:22.174-07:00When India requests some assets, the US proposes s...When India requests some assets, the US proposes something else. This happened with javelin. It happened with m777. Clearly, the American way of rejecting a proposal is to offer another proposal which it knows will be striked down as well.<br /><br />I think India has understood this well. The sole aim of these visits seem to be to pander to the intrusive role of the media.SachinWRTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-85281201538431300572017-06-26T01:12:28.808-07:002017-06-26T01:12:28.808-07:00When I hear Indian leaders telling our people that...When I hear Indian leaders telling our people that so and so foreign power has been persuaded by us to sell us their best technology, I am reminded of Jack Welch, then CEO of General Electric telling Indian PM to improve infrastructure,’ he said, and added touchingly, ‘Don’t do it for GE’s sake, do it for yourselves.’ He went on to say that privatizing the power sector was the only way to bring India’s one billion people into the digital network. ‘You can talk about information and intellectual capital, but without the power to drive it, you will miss the next revolution.’ ----------------What he meant, of course, was: ‘You are a market of one billion customers. If you don’t buy our equipment, we will miss the next revolution.’. ----- Oh yes, I've been reading Arundhati Roy these days.--- Let's at least negotiate properly from a position of strength. All these suited-booted guys who we grovel before, will be eating grass in 20 years if we don't buy their glitzy toys.<br /><br /> Alok Asthanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362507906160748320noreply@blogger.com