The ongoing debate between self-reliance and imports in India’s defence sector is often riddled with misinformation and confusion, where facts become the casualty.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
It is the age of attack drones like the Predator where the pilot is far away from danger. No point in buying or developing costly piloted aircraft. Developing turboprop engines for low-flying attack drones are well within the capability of Indian industry. Both Russia and the US are trying to sell to India outdated technology as modern technology. The US will show Israel as a model. But Israel is fighting against enemies who have no effective anti-aircraft capability. In Ukraine Russia could not deploy its aircraft because of effective anti-aircraft capability against it.
The author has made huge excuses for the delays in GE engine supply by saying it is due to delays in the US industrial base !! So how is HAL to be blamed for industrial problems in the US ?
Most of the other points are just reading a lesson to us about how procurement takes place in India. India can be blamed for not focusing on engine development , but please blame the US for something it is squarely responsible for.
Good that this fake news peddler was kicked out of the think tank funded by ministry of defence, after she mocked rajnath singh as kadi ninda. Now she is a side kick for coupta
It is the age of attack drones like the Predator where the pilot is far away from danger. No point in buying or developing costly piloted aircraft. Developing turboprop engines for low-flying attack drones are well within the capability of Indian industry. Both Russia and the US are trying to sell to India outdated technology as modern technology. The US will show Israel as a model. But Israel is fighting against enemies who have no effective anti-aircraft capability. In Ukraine Russia could not deploy its aircraft because of effective anti-aircraft capability against it.
The author has made huge excuses for the delays in GE engine supply by saying it is due to delays in the US industrial base !! So how is HAL to be blamed for industrial problems in the US ?
Most of the other points are just reading a lesson to us about how procurement takes place in India. India can be blamed for not focusing on engine development , but please blame the US for something it is squarely responsible for.
Good that this fake news peddler was kicked out of the think tank funded by ministry of defence, after she mocked rajnath singh as kadi ninda. Now she is a side kick for coupta