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India Is Running Out of Weapons to Deter China Due to Modi Order

India faces no real danger from China and Indian top leadership knows it very well. All else is a drama to extract some privileges from US, without giving much. Indian policy, in this regard, is very effective and potent.
 
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India Is Running Out of Weapons to Deter China Due to Modi Order​

  • Military cannot replace old equipment as imports are banned
  • Accidents involving aging fighters, helicopters lead to deaths
By Sudhi Ranjan Sen
2022年9月8日 GMT+8 08:30

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push to boost domestic manufacturing of defense systems is leaving India vulnerable to persistent threats from China and Pakistan, according to officials with knowledge of the matter.

India’s air force, army, and navy can no longer import some critical weapons systems to replace aging ones, the officials said. That risks leaving India critically short of helicopters by 2026 and with a shortfall of hundreds of fighter jets by 2030, they said.

Shortly after sweeping to power in 2014, Modi unveiled his “Make in India” policy to build everything from mobile phones to fighter jets in India to generate jobs and reduce outflows of foreign exchange. But eight years later the world’s biggest importer of military hardware still doesn’t manufacture enough weapons locally to meet its needs -- and government rules are blocking imports.

Modi’s program mandates between 30% to 60% of home-made components, depending on the nature of the military purchase or where it’s purchased from. There were no such caps earlier and India used a system of plowing back a certain percentage of the cost of the purchase into domestic manufacturing.

As things stand, India’s military readiness is set to further deteriorate just as it faces greater risks from Pakistan and China, which has soldiers deployed toe-to-toe against troops from India along their Himalayan border following deadly clashes in 2020. The weaker air force in particular means India will need twice the number of soldiers on the ground to deter aggression along the Chinese border, one person said.

Bloomberg spoke to multiple officials for this story across the three services in India. They asked not to be identified to discuss sensitive issues.

India’s Ministry of Defense did not respond to an email seeking comments.

While India’s military has increased local purchases of some defense items, the country doesn’t yet produce complex platforms like diesel-electric submarines and twin-engine fighters. Plans to buy fighters from foreign manufacturers were shelved because the Modi government wants the air force to opt for indigenously made single–engine fighters, which are in short supply, as well as twin-engine fighter planes that the country doesn’t yet have in production.

The situation with the air force is particularly dire. By 2030, the Indian Air Force maybe left with less than 30 fighter squadrons, well below the 42 the military says it needs to adequately protect borders with both China and Pakistan, officials said. Between now and then, the air force will be forced to ground about half-a-dozen squadrons -- each including 16 to 18 fighter jets -- that will reach the end of their flying life, one official said.


The Bengaluru-based state-owned defense manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited can only produce eight indigenous Tejas fighters each year, officials said, or roughly half a squadron. The company plans to double manufacturing capacity by 2026, they added, but delays are possible due to supply-chain disruptions caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Tense Border​

Helicopters are another problem. The air force, army and navy still depend on light helicopters designed and developed in France more than half a century ago and inducted in the 1970s. Almost 80% of India’s fleet of choppers has already outlived their lifespan of 30 years, a defense ministry official said.

Most of the army’s fleet of single-engine choppers will have to be grounded by 2026 even though domestically made light helicopters aren’t likely to be ready before the end of 2030, one defense official said. A plan to manufacture Russian Kamov-226T helicopters hasn’t materialized yet because of disagreements over costs and the amount of indigenous components to be included.

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Indian Air Force personnel walk next to a helicopter that crashed while attempting to land in a village in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, in 2017.
Photographer: Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images

Last year the Indian Army advised the Defense Ministry to ignore Modi’s import bans and buy a few dozen much-needed utility helicopters, an official said. Both the air force and army are also making contingency plans and extending the lives of the existing aging platforms, said officials.

Flying the old helicopters is costing lives. According to records with the parliament until last December, 31 soldiers were killed and another 19 injured in accidents involving military helicopters since 2017.

The navy is also facing problems over the push to use home-grown equipment. India’s submarine fleet is dependent on a limited number of heavyweight torpedoes it had bought four decades ago.

India’s Defence and Development Research Organisation is working on a plan to make submarine launched, heavy-weight torpedoes but there is no specific time-line for when they will be ready for use.

Modi’s import substitution plans don’t take into account the fact that developing world-class weapon systems requires billions of dollars in investment and years of research, said Rahul Bedi, a New Delhi-based independent defense analyst. Moreover, even Indian defense platforms such as the light combat aircraft or tanks have roughly 50% imported components, he added.

“Make in India for defense isn’t thought through properly,” Bedi said. “It is a good slogan, beyond that there isn’t much to show as yet.”



I take really positive way...

No one was selling high quality steel for indian aircraft carrier.... It force india to make it...... Now we are successful.

Fly by wire - no one was transferring the technology but I forced now we have it from own...

There are many examples.... It is only God for India as for longer period.
 
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India faces no real danger from China and Indian top leadership knows it very well. All else is a drama to extract some privileges from US, without giving much. Indian policy, in this regard, is very effective and potent.
American F-16's Squadrons and Chinese Shan Qui 35 Squadrons !!!

Yes, You are right there is no Real Danger from China to Indian Top Leadership !!!

Indian National Army - Chapa Maar Dastai are just sitting and eatting Chai Samosa !!!

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China always return cheap Indian shitty weapons back to India after beating them black and blue.

Doesn't Chinese Soldiers keep Military Trophies ??? What about R&D ???

How many were there ??? 348 !!!

Indians have a joker PM and a joker Army.

Come on, Bolly Wood Tadka;

Filmistan Chatni is different, always Vedas and Quran Teachings !!!
 
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I think some people especially Pakistanis need to wake the hell up with a strong economy and a focus being put on the indigenousation of western and local technologies India will certainly be on a similar or even greater height than the recent Turkish Military Boom these things take time to manifest so if I were the Pakistani higher command I would certainly be putting more focus on TOT with friendly countries and establishing a local footprint for future defence corporations.
 
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LOl. lies are always lies, but this lie even you yourself don't believe it, too pathetic.
Selective blindness is not good, you liked the Bloomberg article about India and Modi.

Here are few other Bloomberg articles, enjoy.

 
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Sounds like some people in the military wants kickbacks from foreign arms deals again.

This article is hitjob on our Indigenization of military purchases by either Western or Israeli Defense contractors who are slowly starting to loose out on Indian defense contracts to local firms
 
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This article is hitjob on our Indigenization of military purchases by either Western or Israeli Defense contractors who are slowly starting to loose out on Indian defense contracts to local firms
Do you have proof the article is a hitjob? because we all know Indian military has the most powerful weapons in the world. Any negative news about Indian military must be FAKE NEWS.
 
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This article is hitjob on our Indigenization of military purchases by either Western or Israeli Defense contractors who are slowly starting to loose out on Indian defense contracts to local firms

Defense & Security Accords meaning are very different and even are Special because the Joint Collaboration Projects will be keep on expanding with the Upgrades not only of the Equipment but even of the Deployed Military Formations.

ALM Udiyyah and ALM Isriyyah : Defense Contractors have made the way for the Secure Region along with Indians.

Submarine Joint Projects have achieved milestones; just some understand this.

Do you have proof the article is a hitjob? because we all know Indian military has the most powerful weapons in the world. Any negative news about Indian military must be FAKE NEWS.

Indeed Atomic Bomb; Hydrogen Bomb; Enriched Uranium Upgraded Bomb, don't You all think these are Achievements of Joint Collaboration with Badawi Shiekh EL Sayyid !!!
 

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India neither has money to buy nor technology to make locally.

Hence Indians are stuck in the mode of boasting as their real capability goes down year after year.

India only has around 12 squadrons of fighters available to fight a war.
 
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That is not working anymore !!!

Critical Technology will not shared by Indians !!!




That will even not work out, Colonizers are senses trouble everywhere !!!

Hindustan Zindabad !!! Sarkar e Khalsa Zindabad !!!
What critical technology do you have? You are begging the world to put semiconductor plants in that will be the equivalent of call centers. There is no technology coming out of India the begging of colonials continues.
 
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India neither has money to buy nor technology to make locally.

Technology innovations come up daily in thousands in Union of India - Establishment Authority Territorial Regions.

Hence Indians are stuck in the mode of boasting as their real capability goes down year after year.

Television Channels - Licensed Holders are always under Security Forces - Scanner.


India only has around 12 squadrons of fighters available to fight a war.

48+ Operational Squadrons ; 38+ Reserve Squadrons !!!
 
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