Atmanirbharta is a
necessity. But this is just bad/criminal planning at the end of MoD and fake-promise-generator PSUs.
Bite what you can chew. It is alright to slowly scale up and increase self-reliance. Start 1-2 indigenous projects with 100% focus, and make them a success story. Rest we can keep on buying/local assembly (screwdrivergiri),
We don't have the luxury to afford delays/failures in projects, if we fail, we lose territory or even an optimistic future. Europe & other peaceful countries have the luxury to experiment around, we don't.
What should have been done -
- Ordered 126 Rafale in 2014 as a replacement for Mig-27/Mig-29. [Failed]
- Ordered 83 LCA Mk1A as replacement of Mig-21 [Success]
- Order 200+ LCA Mk2 as a replacement for Mig-29/Jaguar/Mirage-2000. [Future goal]
- Order 200+ AMCA as replacement of Su-30MKI [Future goal]
In this way, even if our indigenous projects get delayed, we still have a comfortable margin and won't loose our operational preparedness.