India can’t even match up against Pakistan in defense: IAF VCAM P K Barbora

[amjad_vantage]

Talking to the Indian press, about the sad state of affairs of Indian defense, the Indian IAF Vice Chief Air Marshal P K Barbora made the following statement

"We do not even match up Pakistan as far defence goes: IAF Vice Chief"

NEW DELHI, Nov. 19 (APP) Indian Air Force Vice Chief Air Marshal P K Barbora while complaining against Indian political class for playing politics on military requirements said “as far as defence goes, we don’t even match up with Pakistan.”Playing politics over defence purchases impinged “very badly” on the country’s military requirements,” he told a CII seminar on energising aviation sector in India.

P K Barbora while expressing dissatisfaction also about India’s Defence exports said, “as far as defence goes, we don’t even match up with Pakistan.”“The internal politics over the years is such that whatever defence requirements are cleared by the government, they are opposed by the opposition parties and the same happens when roles change and opposition sits in government, “ he said.

Barbora’s observations on Tuesday about recruitment of women pilots in IAF also generated heated debate in the media.

He had said “they may be recruited as fighter pilots provided they do not become mother till a certain age.” He also suggested that having woman pilots in IAF may be a bad investment for the government.

Today, he said he did not mean that what had been debated in the media over his remarks saying those were his personal views and not the policy of the Ministry of Defence. APP

 

[BlackSonic]

Please Provide Source......

 

[Iggy]

another thread is there with the same news..Mods please merge both

 

[beckham]

Talking to the Indian press, about the sad state of affairs of Indian defense, the Indian IAF Vice Chief Air Marshal P K Barbora made the following statement

"We do not even match up Pakistan as far defence goes: IAF Vice Chief"

An another twisted Article by pak media.

P K Barbora made the above statement while talking about ''defence exports of India.''

Here is the real one,

New Delhi; Suggesting that politicking was hampering defence requirements, IAF Vice Chief Air Marshal P K Barbora said on Thursday that private industry's participation be increased in the defence sector and India should be "bold enough" to allow more FDI in the area.
"We have to take steps...we need to be bold enough to invite Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), more so into defence use," he told a CII seminar on energising aviation sector in India.

At present, foreign companies are allowed to invest only 26 per cent in Indian companies. Some of the global defence giants such as BAE Systems had proposed to start a joint venture with Mahindra Defence Systems with 49 per cent stakes but it did not get government's approval.

Commenting on the politics over military purchases, Barbora said whatever defence requirements are cleared by the government, they are opposed by the opposition parties and the same happens when roles change and opposition sits in government.

"That impinges very badly on our defence requirements," he said.

Stressing on the need for giving more freedom to private industry, Barbora said, "Private industry has to be evolved and given a market of their choosing and not our choosing, of course with certain guidelines."

He said bringing in private players was very important for the aviation sector as India was not even contributing one per cent to the world market in the aerospace industry.

Asking the private companies to learn reverse engineering processes the way China did to develop most of its defence technologies, he said, "Forget about ethics. China has done all the reverse engineering. Has anyone ever had the courage to ask China why are you doing it. No one cares a hoot. If you can't do it yourself, you should know how to reverse engineering. We have not been able to move forward for some reason or the other," Barbora added.

On the present status of the country's capabilities in the aerospace sector, the IAF Vice Chief said India was very happy producing small parts of aircraft and exporting them to Airbus in Europe but China has already started building whole aircraft for the same company.

Commenting on the defence exports of India, he said, "as far as defence goes, we don't even match up with Pakistan."

Talking about the transfer of technology (ToT) agreements in the defence deals, Barbora said they were not very beneficial as "what actually has come after so many deals (in ToT) with foreign company or whatever it is, I am sorry, it was tools and kits, which came in bags and containers and we assembled the aircraft here."

Citing example of the success of the European aviation consortium Airbus, Barbora said Indian industry should also look at building partnerships on those lines and must join hands with other countries to grow.

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-...n=Feed:%20expressindia/iKgY (Expressindia)

 

[beckham]

Please Provide Source......

here you go,

Associated Press Of Pakistan ( Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency )

 

[amjad_vantage]

IAF Vice Chief’s latest: Politics stalls defence purchases

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indian express has the news you can watch it your self

 

[beckham]

IAF Vice Chief’s latest: Politics stalls defence purchases

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indian express has the news you can watch it your self

Barbora is just annoyed about politics involved over military purchases ! Do you seriously think India can’t even match up against Pakistan in defense ?

 

[amjad_vantage]

True infact no one can win "Arms Race" in south asia from arms hungry India keeping aside their hungry people.

 

[Iggy]

True infact no one can win "Arms Race" in south asia from arms hungry India keeping aside their hungry people.

I didn't know that Pakistan has no hungry people..mate when you talk about defense no need to go off topic..and also its not only to counter Pakistan we need most modern weapons ...

 

[FlyingEagle]

Well I think if some country has some weeknesses in defence then it will not open it to the media. For secuity and prestige reasons. I guess there is some mixing with real one. Difficult to belief.......................

 

[amjad_vantage]

and also its not only to counter Pakistan we need most modern weapons ...

To counter China

 

[Iggy]

To counter China

Whats funny about it?? did you need the help of google to find who i am mentioning??

 

[beckham]

To counter China

Whats so funny ??

If you can have a military to counter us, with entire military budget equal to our paramilitary budget ! We sure can..

 

[amjad_vantage]

Perhaps u ppl r also made fool by USA by showing u the dreams of becoming power of this region by making u stand against China just as they did to us i.e. providing us support to fight against Russia and then leaving us alone.As "in elephants fight the damage done it to the grass only".

 

[IBRIS]

This news is to give the new kids on the block some giggles. No country in this world will ever openly disclose it's shortcomings. By reading this report if our enemy is smart enough they would take advantage of our defenceless situation and If they don't want to repeat history they would just take this article with a pinch of salt. I'd prefer few shots of whisky and 2 kilo of bakra to give me good night sleep without the fear of being massacred. "This is how we knock some sense in our leaders to get funds for defence."