I understand your point. This is of course a better case if it is only an upgrade program. But even still, why is Artesh doing these upgrades and not the real experts having 20 years of experience, either IRGC or defence ministry. And this is not the only case. Look at air force UCAV development. Why did they have to develop their own system which is on pair or MAYBE slightly better compared to IRGC and defence ministry systems from 10 years ago. IMO Navy is a role model for artesh. They buy the systems already available for example Simorgh (shahed 129) and tons other system from defence ministry. They then put their focus on hardware no one is producing currently, like the trimaran and destroyer ships.
Artesh and air force are on the other hand doing anything they can in order not to order from available domestic stock, karrar and s129 being two examples. I'm sorry to say but to me it looks like they are behaving this way out of spite.
Exactly! There is no need to re-invent the wheel. There are tons of new systems that need attention.
Look I understand where artesh and airforce are coming from. They used to be the jewel of our defence and now they are left behind and in bad shape. I understand that there is a lot of frustation, but they need to come in terms with their situation and adapt. The path they are headed currently will only make a bad situation worse. They need to come to grips with reality, radically change their organization, start massive cooperation with other branches and together lay out a plan for a future where they make the best use of their current know how and knowledge.