The Accountant
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Hi,
You think that is a small achievement---. You think that technology is transferred in material form only---.
Technology is transferred in utility form as well---. Actually that is the first and the most important phase of TOT---.
Can you learn to use it like its owner---can you learn to use it to compete with its owner---.
Can you learn to use it to better its owner---. Can you learn to use it and utilize it in manner that the owner did not use it or did not mean to use it in that manner---.
When you have reached that phase---a major portion of TOT is completed now---. You came---you saw---you conquered---.
How about the F16---did the americans not transfer technology---. You have operated them successfully---. You have beaten many an american pilots successfully---you have also ended up in designing the JF17 from what you learnt by operating the aircraft---.
This is the most important utility of a weapons system---. 27th feb proved that---. Our neighbor even though it assembles the SU30---had a few shortcomings in operating it---.
So---what part of TOT is the most important part---the utility---that is the primary goal of a weapons system---.
ANother aspect of ToT is ownership rights , like we have in our Agusta 90 submarines by the help of which we can upgrade them ...
Whereas in case of F16s we have very limited ToT and we can't do any alteration without approvals ...
In case of Mirages, we have ToT to the level of rebuilding them but in case of Thunders, we have to ToT to build them ...
In short ToT is a very generic term and is entirely different from contract to contract ...