nitesh, if you look at the whole saga of Arjun it is clear - periodic GSQR'S were issued to delay, scuttle and finally kill the Arjun while using the same delays to augment additional T-90 numbers and upgrades there on.
Sir are you suggesting that army's denial to induct Arjuns is a planned strategy that started way back in 1982 (2nd GSQR)? 27 years!! With something so big it would be good to see some proof(all the way from 1982 at least). Otherwise whats stopping someone from arguing that this plan (to delay, scuttle, kill DRDO's 1st MBT) was started the day IA was formed.
Lot of people are eager to support DRDO saying "it never had any experience in building tanks" when delays in Arjun project are pointed out. You could also pause and think about IA in 1972, 1982 etc when the GSQRs were issued. It was not the most mature army in the world (still isn't I guess) and probably had never issued a GSQR for a tank before so was not far sighted enough to ask for what it required way in to the future. But if you are happy to think of this as a conspiracy then I don't know what else to say.
the army has never been interested to that aspect. since MOD has a final say, they should just shut the scuttlers in the army and introduce the tank. it has been proven in summer, winter and AUCR trials. how many times does it have to prove itself?? it is a joke being played by a section of the army on all indians. the joke needs to be put to rest.
This is also a joke -> Army demands a tank around 50 tonnes, DRDO makes one thats 58.5 tonnes and then says the extra weight is for protection. If the DRDO was not planning to give army what it wanted(or if weight is not an issue at all as many feel) then why not build a tank thats around 100 tones with so much armor on it that it could take a whole battalion of Abrams head on and then force the army to buy it, not worrying about maintenance costs, fuel etc. I know this is rubbish but the point is that an end user should get what he/she wants to use not what the manufacturer wants to produce. What has DRDO done to bring down the weight of Arjun during all this time? I don't know, just curious to know if something has been done.
About supporting Indian industries:When you(people among us) buy a car how many of us go for one best suited to our needs and how many go for lets say the TATA Indica (not becuase its bested suited to our needs but because its indigenous)? Now why apply different rules to the Army. I think in case of the army such rules should not at all be applied because the enemy is not going to go easier on Arjun tanks because they are indigenous. I don't mean to say that Arjun is inferior, but that arguments like supporting Indian industries should not be used here. Only the best should find their way into the army irrespective of origin (provided we can afford it).
I would like to see the Arjun inducted, at least till the minimum number required by DRDO (500). But that does not mean supporting the DRDO blindly and critsizing the IA again blindly.