dude we have limited no. of resources plz think what u posting
we can not afford these failures .because even these failures need lot momey
but in my view LCA & kaveri r not failures .
First point is not true. India has LOT of money but most is wasted on imports.
Your second and third point contradict each other.
Now, next you will say Arjun MBT is a failure.
DRDO is not suffering from lack of talent. But problem is lack of huge funding to take up core projects in serious manner.
One of DRDO senior has said in public - "We are not making TR modules on large scale because of lack of money. Ministry prefers to import than investing on domestic manufacture".
Those AESA radars are fully within Indian capabilities. If Indians can make Intel Chip, then why not TR modules?
Duh! Problem is not talent. Problem is focus of corrupt babus and money.
Even the funding for Agni-V came very late. Agni-III was ready 2 years back.
DRDO's budget is only 20% of money India spends on imports per year.
And, second problem is, DRDO is under MoD(ministry of defense). It should be under PMO(Prime minister office) just like ISRO is.