All the three sectors of IND Defence establishment – Research, Production and User – seem to have adopted the policy of follow-the-leader, the ‘leaders’ being ‘foreign’. In the bargain, we have birthed a fourth sector to Defence establishment – Procurement.
In this booming 4th sector, we don’t follow the west. In Western military the requirements are never decided willy-nilly, but are put out after a measured, questioned analysis, with an eye on the future and how the present requirements would help smoothen the future goals and targets. And God help if they suspect any hanky-panky, as the US SecDef is finding to his consternation.
In India, we seem to be going around in circles. We create a hype and scamper for the weapons after scaremongering and panic, as I had posted in DARPA versus Indian thinking. We are made to believe that without these weapons, they won’t be able to protect us (no word about serving us).
Barely a week later, the US Army Vice Chief calls for better procurement system (in the US), saying that 8 to 10 year old weapons are irrelevant.
What are we looking to shop for? – 7 to 10 year old weapons, to be used for next 10 – 20 years.
While we are breaking our backs, torturing our brains and throwing good money down the drain to develop our own ‘Light Combat Aircraft’, the US is mulling whether such expensive aircraft are really needed for more mundane day-to-day operations.
They are experimenting with slapping modern technology on old planes to keep operational costs down, creating ‘Light Attack Aircraft’.
So in 10 years, when we have no more ‘Kirans’ in operation, would we try to import a ‘new’ American innovation – the Light Attack Aircraft? (which looks more like a supercharged Kiran Mk-II to me)
:-P
Come back to monkeyshines in 10 years.
In this booming 4th sector, we don’t follow the west. In Western military the requirements are never decided willy-nilly, but are put out after a measured, questioned analysis, with an eye on the future and how the present requirements would help smoothen the future goals and targets. And God help if they suspect any hanky-panky, as the US SecDef is finding to his consternation.
In India, we seem to be going around in circles. We create a hype and scamper for the weapons after scaremongering and panic, as I had posted in DARPA versus Indian thinking. We are made to believe that without these weapons, they won’t be able to protect us (no word about serving us).
Barely a week later, the US Army Vice Chief calls for better procurement system (in the US), saying that 8 to 10 year old weapons are irrelevant.
What are we looking to shop for? – 7 to 10 year old weapons, to be used for next 10 – 20 years.
While we are breaking our backs, torturing our brains and throwing good money down the drain to develop our own ‘Light Combat Aircraft’, the US is mulling whether such expensive aircraft are really needed for more mundane day-to-day operations.
They are experimenting with slapping modern technology on old planes to keep operational costs down, creating ‘Light Attack Aircraft’.
So in 10 years, when we have no more ‘Kirans’ in operation, would we try to import a ‘new’ American innovation – the Light Attack Aircraft? (which looks more like a supercharged Kiran Mk-II to me)
:-P
Come back to monkeyshines in 10 years.
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