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The issue being discussed here is piecemeal orders which started when DRDO developed the flawed Arjun Mk1. Clear now?

Dude, you are simply betraying your lack of knowledge by writing such posts. Please look at the changes requested by army in Arjun Mk1. Weight was not one of them.

This is the problem with you people. When DRDO can't develop products meeting requirements in time, you start blaming the requirements themselves. How can you or DRDO decide what do the armed forces need to fight the war? If you really so confident about 39 calibers of Dhanush, why don't you...

Are you going to back this up with some examples or this is only your theoretical opinion?

Dhanush is already being used as a stopgap. Army's requirements are only to induct 155*52 caliber guns. Since such a doesn't exist as of now, they are making do with a combination of ATHOS and Dhanush. Once ATAGS enters production, no more Dhanush and ATHOS will be ordered.

No force will commit billions of dollars for products which are in development, considering the spotted history of DRDO in delivering. Anyways, the point I am trying to make is Indian MIC is not suffering due to piecemeal orders. There is not a single instance where piecemeal orders have hurt...

There is nothing wrong with the guns. ATHOS requirement is old. In fact, the first tender for 155mm towed artillery was floated back in 2001. ATHOS is meant to be a stopgap till ATAGS gets matured. It was always the plan to induct about 400 imported guns and get over 1100 ATAGS. Obviously orders...

This is how orders are placed all over the world. IAF was gracious to order 40 LCA before even IOC. US used to order F35 only for one year of production. They would order one batch every year. Only now, they have ordered enough to sustain production for 3-4 years. LCA always had a requirement of...