Sir, There are few things which are incorrect in your post ..
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The term Indigenous is made of two factors, Not one which you are refereeing which is same as half learned media journos ..
The Indigenous can be divided into two factors which are Made & Design, following :
1. Design in India : Design as per need in India, This can be modified by us at our own wish to any extend we want, Can apply upgrades on our own without involvement of any third party, For example any minor modification on T-90 or MIG-29 would require permission from Russian but its not same for Arjun or Tejas ..
2. Made in India : Made from Indian raw material, Which gives us freedom from imported material from outside hence no dependency ..
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Sir, As far as i can make out from your post you are not aware of your own but may be someone else like Russia or America ..
DRDO`s Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEWACS)
Read More at :
DRDO AEW&CS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are no comparable AWACS in the globe, Under this class, This is level of technology avilable ..
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I am sure you may think abt my odd support for National defense Industry, That is because ========>>
Fighting against a small depended country is one perhaps ok with imports but wont be same against a well developed nation and one with well oiled defense Industry ability to chunk out material like sausages, This is unfortunately not same for us yet..
If there is a failure within our system then its our responsibility to finding the problems and bad elements & sort it out, We cannot turn a blind eye on our own just because its an another organization or blame each-other, Such ways will only encourage and benefit our enemies,
Our Government treat us bad and even worse our scientific community, We must encourage them, Understand their problems and must not discourage them in name of free speech, They are indeed providing us with arms with third world budget and first world product and they can only provide us with solution ..
I hope you understand its not Jingoism, But pure logic ..
I will outlive you atleast by 05 years.
I am waiting for any contraption to fly, if it is completely indigenous.
Confidence flows from high self esteem with a performance to match not from sheer jingoism.
Read in between the lines(with the present level of technology available )
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This was a reply to someone else,
But part of it suits in this post ..
Prvt sector is no Magic wand, R&D is not safe under them but serial production to some extend .
Should i call you Genius ..
You seem to know you Gov well, But i am afraid not your County, 3 million IA solider cannot rely on imports nor the equipment design for some other country but tailor made for ourselves, Why we need Private R&D ? Do you understand the risks involves ? have you read or research on those country which rely on Pvt corp for there arms like Amerika ? , Our Gov is not like Amerika Gov , They cannot tame there own PSU leave alone PVT corps under ..
Do give a hard thinking abt things you are talking ..
An ex Chief of Army Staff alleges his colleague of offering him a bribe of Rs 14 crore to clear a tranche of sub standard equipment ( Tatras) & someone expects us to believe that a cosy club of inefficient babus/ politicians/ corrupt officers/ chalta hai DRDO officials does not exist, he is living in a paradise of his own making. Open up this sector to private investors, IOF has guys like CMD Rishi for years wheeling & dealing, importing machinery from abroad for the army. For God's sake take baby steps, fail, fall, re invent do what we can, indigenise period