Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
Nobody is against competition. It’s the choice of offset partner. Just like auction process in allocation of natural resources, there should have been competitive process for selection of partner. Afterall we are dealing with defence of the country. Difficult for anyone to believe that Dassault selected Reliance Defence.
A very wise analysis of the situation. The competitor need not be a private sector company compulsorily. it could be a multinational too in partnership with government.
Nobody is against competition. It’s the choice of offset partner. Just like auction process in allocation of natural resources, there should have been competitive process for selection of partner. Afterall we are dealing with defence of the country. Difficult for anyone to believe that Dassault selected Reliance Defence.
So far I have written 3 comments on Rafale. You have published none. Could you please tell the reason?
A very wise analysis of the situation. The competitor need not be a private sector company compulsorily. it could be a multinational too in partnership with government.