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I suppose it must seem cool to borrow a piece of high tech from another nation, and wave the flag, because Amerikkaji has told you that you are the next "Superpower"...hehehe.....sort of 10 year old girlie trying out mumzies make up for fun hey.
India's five wars since 1948, 1962, 1965, 1971, and 1999 were all on land, and especially UP THE MOUNTAINS, and more than likely the next war will be UP THE MOUNTAINS, and indeed that is what presumably "Cold Start" is about.
Now there is nothing wrong in India expanding its defense technology base in all directions to meet future needs, but these things all have to be prioritized according to where the next war will be. No good having a fine blue water navy, if the army is caught with its pants down.
Poor Third World nations like India with limited resources must prioritize its equipment/logistics purchases, which means spending 70--80% on the army, 20% on the air force and about 1--2% on the navy.
In a real war if the army loses a battle or two, you lose everything. The navy loses a battle or two you can still win the war.
The explanations for such bizarre planning and purchases by the Indian MOD can be many fold:
India requires at least 5,000 155mm artillery, 10,000 120mm mortars and about 15,000 40-130mm AA, with additional helicopters 600---1000, transport planes etc. Such things may seem less glamorous but that is what is required immediately from the domestic manufacturing base, not more equipment purchased abroad. They don't have be the best in the world....even containing some faults......but they need to be manufactured immediately, and delivered to the army.
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India's five wars since 1948, 1962, 1965, 1971, and 1999 were all on land, and especially UP THE MOUNTAINS, and more than likely the next war will be UP THE MOUNTAINS, and indeed that is what presumably "Cold Start" is about.
Now there is nothing wrong in India expanding its defense technology base in all directions to meet future needs, but these things all have to be prioritized according to where the next war will be. No good having a fine blue water navy, if the army is caught with its pants down.
Poor Third World nations like India with limited resources must prioritize its equipment/logistics purchases, which means spending 70--80% on the army, 20% on the air force and about 1--2% on the navy.
In a real war if the army loses a battle or two, you lose everything. The navy loses a battle or two you can still win the war.
The explanations for such bizarre planning and purchases by the Indian MOD can be many fold:
- The decisions are made by civilians who in reality don't have a real clue about the overall strategic requirements of India. Its simple incompetence on the part of AK-47 Anthony et al, and MOD civilian bureaucracy.
- It is simple corruption because the foreign sales pitch, well connected to the Indian MOD, and arms middle men have "convinced" them that such big ticket purchases are exactly what India needs. Wink Wink, Oink Oink.
- India since 1947 never really got her independence, and has been ruled since by Macaulay like Brown Sahibs who follow the codes and orders of globalists who don't have the best interests of India generally, and specifically Indian defense.....5 wars and counting, but still spending 2.5 % of GDP on defense with 34 divisions to Pakistan's near 30, with more being built by Pakistan.(divisions are organised to fight massed regular foes, NOT insurgents.....hint hint)
India requires at least 5,000 155mm artillery, 10,000 120mm mortars and about 15,000 40-130mm AA, with additional helicopters 600---1000, transport planes etc. Such things may seem less glamorous but that is what is required immediately from the domestic manufacturing base, not more equipment purchased abroad. They don't have be the best in the world....even containing some faults......but they need to be manufactured immediately, and delivered to the army.
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Russian Akula N-sub handed over to India, homeward bound
By TOI.
With India all set to get the K-152 Nerpa submarine from Russia on a 10-year lease towards end of this year, Indian sailors have begun training on the nuclear-powered attack submarine.
Nerpa quietly left its base on Russia's Pacific coast earlier this week, with over 50 Indian sailors on board, on what will be an extensive and complex process of training, testing and acceptance trials spread over several weeks before the Akula-II class submarine is commissioned into Indian Navy as INS Chakra.
The 'Charlie-I' class nuclear submarine India had leased from Russia from 1988 to 1991 was also named INS Chakra but the expertise gained on it was steadily lost since Indian Navy did not operate any other nuclear submarine thereafter.
Nerpa's lease flows from an agreement inked between New Delhi and Moscow in January 2004, with India funding part of Nerpa's construction with an initial sum of $650 million. The final lease and training agreements were finalized during Russian PM Putin's visit.
