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India-America strategic partnership is largely over.
Quad is dead!!
India needs to seriously reevaluate its dependence on America for military hardware and critical technologies; especially fighter jet engines.
In next Ind-Pak conflict don’t be surprised if US sides with Pak.
We should prepare to act decisively against Pak military even if both China and US supports them.
Give all possible weapons and help to Cyprus, Armenia, Greece, Afghanistan, UAE, Vietnam, Indonesia and all other adversaries of Turkey, Pak and China.
Even if Turkey extends a hand of friendship in future, accept it but keep arming its adversaries to the teeth, so that it learns a hard lesson. Armenia, UAE and Indonesia have shown great trust in India, we must maintain their trust.
When our wise ancestors gave the slogan of “वसुधैव कुटुंबकम”, it was meant for propaganda only. So use it to impress the world, don’t implement it in hardcore geopolitics. Use the principle of “Reward your friends and Punish your Enemies”.
- Certify Kaveri engine at its present thrust level and start producing it in numbers. Give a Flying Test Bed to GTRE (DRDO) as soon as possible for testing of Kaveri engine.
- Start one assembly line of Tejas MK1A with Kaveri Now!!
- Start a small and a medium cargo aircraft development program with Tata and HAL with present thrust levels of Kaveri engine.
- Give one Kaveri and one AL-31FP Engine to 15 IITs, IISc Bangalore and 5 NITs for learning and tinkering with these machines. We need to start Jet Engine Courses at these institutions. These institutions will inspire, attract and train young skilled engineers for Jet Engine Industry.
- Establish Jet Engine Development Labs at 5 IITs, IISc Bangalore and 2 NITs. These labs will work as bedrock of Jet Engine R&D and Entrepreneurship in the country.
Become truly self reliant in AI, semiconductors, biotech and all other critical technologies. That’s the only way to stop being a geopolitical slave of foreign countries and to gain true strategic autonomy.
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