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Have you not heard that single company being given a contract is a taboo in the Defence Procurement Policy. That is why for the Rafael deal which sunk and there was just this one company it became a Govt to Govt issue so that there was no circumventing of the Rafael deal through the tender...

You must understand that pvt industries are not given orders without a tender listing out the requirement and further requirement. The pvt industry bids for the contract with eyes and ears open. Unless it is lucrative, they will not bid. Tank parts/ assemblies/ sub-assemblies are not run of...

You must understand procurement policy to understand that low numbers are not material. It has nothing to do with low or high numbers. It is based on the life cycle calculations and the life of each part/ assembly. How do you think first line, second line, WWR is determined and stocked? How...

What has low numbers got to do with imported parts not being available? Whatever be the number, if the parts, assemblies, sub assemblies are not available, what can be done?

I believe there are import problems since quite a few assemblies and sub assemblies are imported.

Re: Will Tejas MK2 be equivalant to Rafale? I am not against indigenisation. I am all for it, All I root for is that we should have a totally indigenised equipment so that no country can bully us with sanctions when we are forced to embark on a war.

You raise interesting points. When indigenous designing and prototypes are on the board, it is not for mere 124 numbers. It is for a genre of such equipment for all those who in the IA will use it. All prototypes naturally will be expensive, be it in Indai If I may answer them seriatim to...

I wonder if there is a fascination for imported weaponry and platforms. Take the INSAS. There is lot of grouse amongst those who consider themselves as experts, but the one who use it have no issues. And INSAS is a DRDO design and Indian produced. Take the equipment BEL produces. No...

@Blood+ You have a point. Some inputs though: Initially it was on 50% imported sub assembly. DRDO developed a Laser Warning Control System (LWCS) in cooperation with Elbit Limited of Israel

If it were so, then there should have been no controversy. What are the points of the controversy and why? I was in the Trials with Brig Pawan Langar.

Have you seen it and used it or is it what is reported? I have spoken to quite a few Armoured officers, and some say what you are saying and some say otherwise. And that chap Ajai Shukla was all for T90 and then backflipped to promote Arjun. I personally feel that unless we have a totally...

Re: Will Tejas MK2 be equivalant to Rafale? Let us not quote Shukla. He is as fickle as the wind. Once he is for T 90 and then for Arjun. Must be good reasons for such fickleness.

Re: Will Tejas MK2 be equivalant to Rafale? They are hamhanded and constrained by bureaucratic red tape. Do you deny this? Any experience with the DRDO? Any ground based missile on the table or successful?

Re: Will Tejas MK2 be equivalant to Rafale? Less said about the CVRDE, the better

Re: Will Tejas MK2 be equivalant to Rafale? I have worked with the DRDO in a way and I know the mindset. Some of their organisations are incapable of even reverse engineering of some basic stuff! They are bureaucratic and are CYA types. And like most Indians, love power, steady ironclad...

Re: Will Tejas MK2 be equivalant to Rafale? DRDO imports all the main components and then assemble. That way it is indigenous.

Re: Will Tejas MK2 be equivalant to Rafale? Saw that. Thanks. Wars and armour movement especially envelopment are undertaken in underdeveloped areas and rarely along State and National Highways.

Re: Will Tejas MK2 be equivalant to Rafale? I would only say seeing is believing. Media hype is not the litmus test.

Re: Will Tejas MK2 be equivalant to Rafale? Post 988 where? The Gross Vehicle Weight Rating represents the empty vehicle's axle weight plus the maximum added load. On vehicles with more than one axle, the weight is divided between each axle and each has its own Gross Vehicle Weight Rating...

Re: Will Tejas MK2 be equivalant to Rafale? What is this white elephant?