Surprised india cant produce a rocket like smerch by itself. India is a big country aspiring to be a regional and even world power, its not a small country. I still dont understand why it even have to beg Russia for tech transfer for Smerch rocket launchers. It indeed should be a wake up call for india leadership/defence establishment. Even small countries produce such weapons indigenously. There are sophisticated weapons sytems a big country like india can import which is understandable, but basic weapon system like this one should be made locally.
So I find it inappropriate for india to be laughing at china who is way more advance than india in almost every field, same like pakistanis laughing at india achievements or russians laughing at the U.S/west.
I have said it before, you shouldnt laugh at a country who is still way more advance than you are, try and strive to surpass them before making fun of them, else it will be seen as sour grape/jealousy (which I think it is).
Each and every country spies/steal to further their interests/improve their standing relative to others. It doesnt matter what others say, countries will keeep spying, stealing, carrying out cyber and economic espionage for their country. If you think our governments in the west and especially the U.S dont carry out such activities then I must say you people are even more naive than I thought.
The U.S is still the mosr advance/leader in cyber spying/economic espionage. No other country even come close. Not like I blame the U.S or any country for that matter for doing such things, in geo politics everything goes/is allowed as long as it serves your interests. So I dont see why many countries keep bitching/crying about the NSA revelations. I think they are just jealous of the fact that the U.S is so ahead of them technologically and they cant reciprocate enough U.S spy capabilities. They should blame themselves for lagging so much behind, its not the U.S fault for being so advance in spying/technology IMO.
So my indian friends should buckle up and strive more to advance their country which they have done quite commendably this past decade (though not enough to their true potential). I know how smart indiams are especially those I know abroad, so I expect much more from India this coming decade. laughing at China wont solve indias problem, in fact with this mentality it will widen the gap between the 2 countries even more.
Im sure the current india government will be more open/competent than the previous one, from what I have heard/read in papers/news. Wishing India all the best.