Where is design sequence, scaled testing, MRP systems, ELC's, testing and validation.
Apart form the design part of the current Brahmos version, isn't all this done in India? We tested and validatied the naval version, the land version, we implemented further upgrades and tested them, even the recent tests for a sub launched version is getting us all this capabilities. So what are you complaining about?
For the hypersonic version we already have scientiests working with the Russians as parts of the R&D stages and we will be fully involved in all parts, with main prodiction and test facilities being in India again too!
I pose a simple question to you, would Indian military like a 800km supersonic cruise missile?
IAF and IN definitely not, because they have no platforms to use a P700 like missile, but they wouldn't mind more range of the current missile of course and that is what the air launched version will offer, without making changes on the propulsion. The next step as I said, will be developing a completelly new missile with newly developed propulsion systems as well, according to our requirements.
No, I did not compare Brahmos with pinaka, I gave you an example of indigenous development.
You compare an advanced missile development that we would never have developed on our own, with a basic low end rocket launcher! Both are very different developments based on the technologies behind it and that's why we can develop a low end Pinaka system (and we should do it!), but why we can't develop cruise missiles in the same time. Just as we can develop LCA (if we wouldn't have done it in such a silly way), while we can't develop a 5th gen fighter today! So you can't blame Brahmos development, when there is no alternative to it. That's why I said, we not both, low end indigenous developments and high tech JV/co-developments, only then we will get independent, while being able to defend the country.
Only "hope" on DRDO, or HAL is not making India safer!!!
Lets not blame the industry for misgivings of the military planners. Apart from that you did see the brilliance of Pinaka systems in kargil, fruit of indigenous development. If proper planning was put in the 80's you could have had your own targetting pods and LGB's in kargil, but instead we kept buying and buying....
The military was not the issue, since they had planned the induction of US LGBs, but they were supplied with the wrong parts. The more important point though is, that Indian industry was not able to offer something comparable back then and that's why you need alternatives for your forces. That's the reality that you try to avoid, but you can take Sudarshan LGB, that will be available only roughly 15 years after Kargil war, or Astra missile, that still is not ready for induction, NAG... and if you look even deeper, you will find out that our weapons are technically not on par with the foreign counterparts either (Sudarshan has lower range and higher CEP compared to comparable western LGBs). So who's fault is that? Again military, again lack of money?
The simple truth is, we are still at a very basic level when it comes to defence developments and we have to accept that and plan developments and procurement according to that and not to dreams or pride reasons! As long as the Indian industry can't provide the same, we have to procure foreign stuff for the sake of national defence and that's where it's logically better for India to be a JV or even co-development partner, than just an arms importer. That's why I would love to see HAL developing a naval Dhruv, instead of just buying foreign helicopters in a similar class. Why I would love to see HAL jointly developing heavy lift helicopters with the Europeans or Russians, rather than simply buying some from the US..., because the Dhruv is successful today and we could get Mi 26 versions as stop gaps in the meantime.
