indushek
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Haha Parrikar saab was such a realist, sahi bola inke baare me.Parrikar had given a name to such requests. He called these weapon systems “superman weapons”. No one has them but our guys in uniform wanted them. They see what is the best available anywhere in the world and add 10-50% to it, to lay down what they want.
Sometimes I just wonder, who draws up these requirements.
We blame our bureaucrats but there are bigger babus in uniform. A bit detached from realities of the world.
Look at their AWACS program and J10 too. Our folks wanted the worlds best and were able to get just 3 AWACS, while PAF has more then 10. Not the best but good enough which are doing a wonderful work for them.
Our Rafales came after one of the most protracted and dramatic attempts but they got J10s in no time.
Khali babu culture hi nahi, corruption bhi bahut hai. INS Vikramaditya ka vahi hua na, got honeytrapped and we paid out of our nose. Mirage deal me bhi, French ne apna pichwada maar diya.
LCA me hum log har baar DRDO/HAL ko gali dete hai, par kitne goalpost changing hua usme. It was clear that Airforce just didn't want to get indigenous weapons. Tender daalo cut le lo, bahar se chahiye.
Truly what you said is right, AWACS/Tanker deal/Rafale deal etc etc we can just keep listing for days. Pata nahi e BJP ke isme kuch cuts chal rahe hai ya nahi, we can only know when they get down from power.