high profile bickering among the "nuts & the bolts "of the government machinery has become the order of the day!!.taking a cue ffrom the "twitter happy" shasi tharoor , its now the turn of DRDO chief saraswat to embarrass the armed forces top brass before the hordes of lens-men media.marking a departure from the hushed up boardroom jibes ,he chose to bring out the sharp differences from within the defense establishment into the open....now the pending question is will he like tharoor get the sack too?
would defence minister A.K.Anthony save the skin of his scientific advisor?all this drama remains to be seen ..if at all such an issue snowballs into epic proportions.speaking about the content of discontent between the armed force top brass , both the sides do have a valid point.the armed forces have long argued that the DRDO has not been able to churn up cutting edge defense technology at the pace required to maintain battle readiness.the armed force cite the slow pace as the sole reason why they are "forced" to secure weapons from abroad.the truth however is that , the armed forces are happy being plagued by the "dependency syndrome " akin to pasting "made in India" on cheap Chinese goods!!.
the pathetic state of affairs has not even spared the space industry where india is supposed to be a "global player". the "bottom up" approach is often negated and we always choose "tested patterns" to developing one ourselves.we preferred to be pampered by our Russian friends with all the discarded technology.a clever Russian ploy to keep our technological obsolesce intact.
will india be able to stop the chinese jauggernaut in the event of a war?...the answer to this is obvious isnt it?...the question is if india should be able to stop agressive neighbours to infringe upon its sovereignity, what is it that needs to be done?
thankfully, there is a way out this dilemma.instead of resorting to a blame game, why don't we just unshackle our defense industries & push them towards becoming world class industries.there is a need to press for an aggressive agenda on this front.if Indians do want to not let go of their "copycat"tag, let them copy the practices followed elsewhere and not the technology!!.practices such as heavily relying on the private sector expertise to develop world class technology and innovative practices would go a long way into developing our industries into the future Lockheed martins & Boeings.
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