Immanuel
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It is silly and supremely ignorant to say that the manpower increase in IA, paramil and virtually all services is unwarranted. The numbers mandated to all the 3 services now were painstakingly calculated and formulated based on the new doctrine as well as future needs, put in place during the tenure of Gen V.K, the 3 services even with their shortages are the most effective/capable they have ever been. However, all 3 services are known to shoot themselves in the foot when it comes to acquiring new platforms. Combine that with a still very inefficient MOD and meagre budgets, leads to these sad situations.
I say it again, even massive 200 + LCA mk-2, 2600 + FICV, 200 AMCA, 3-5K Nirbhay, 500-1000 Arjun mk-2, 30000+ ATGMs etc. cannot happen if the budget is not raised to atleast 3% of GDP by 2022 and a gradual increase to 5% of GDP 2030. It is not an outrageous amount to achieve and we should aim to get there else these budget crunches will bite into everything. By then we would have surpassed China in popu.
Keep in mind, local doesn't always mean cheaper, a single Arjun Mk-2's going cost is around 37-38 crore, probably would drop to around 30 crore with an order 500-1000, while T-90 is actually cheaper (reliability issues aside).
I say it again, even massive 200 + LCA mk-2, 2600 + FICV, 200 AMCA, 3-5K Nirbhay, 500-1000 Arjun mk-2, 30000+ ATGMs etc. cannot happen if the budget is not raised to atleast 3% of GDP by 2022 and a gradual increase to 5% of GDP 2030. It is not an outrageous amount to achieve and we should aim to get there else these budget crunches will bite into everything. By then we would have surpassed China in popu.
Keep in mind, local doesn't always mean cheaper, a single Arjun Mk-2's going cost is around 37-38 crore, probably would drop to around 30 crore with an order 500-1000, while T-90 is actually cheaper (reliability issues aside).