This has nothing to do with socialism. China is socialist and are testing 6th gen fighters. Plenty of socialist European countries have advance aircraft and Air forces.
India’s problem is bureaucracy, slow procurement of military tech, and lack of innovation. The sab chalta hai attitude is the real problem, not some imagined socialism (and btw India has never been a true socialist country, more like protectionist with a few families and industrialist monopolizing the entire economy.
This has nothing to do with socialism. China is socialist and are testing 6th gen fighters. Plenty of socialist European countries have advance aircraft and Air forces.
India’s problem is bureaucracy, slow procurement of military tech, and lack of innovation. The sab chalta hai attitude is the real problem, not some imagined socialism (and btw India has never been a true socialist country, more like protectionist with a few families and industrialist monopolizing the entire economy.
Socialism neither made India self reliant nor secure.