India's forte is in its services like software and medicine
We have nothing in terms of manufacturing,and ur laughing isn't gonna change that
Come to me when india designs atleast nano's engine
As far as other things are there regarding su-35.............i told u we should integrate n050 aesa in it and israeli ew suite.
Where am i dreaming in this?
We will save 40 million per plane and the money may be spent on engine tech etc
Its all strategy dude,u have to cut corners somewhere and right now we are not spending in research which is bad
I mean are u happy with only wankel engine.good for u.
And can u list indigenous components for ins vikrant?
Ok. Let me try and really dumb it down for you.
Step 1 : There is a requirement laid down
Step 2 : There is a check done. Can we make this. If yes, proceed. If no, how can we ensure that we fill the gap and in the future make it ourselves.
Step 3: Based on Step 2 fulfill requirement. NOT ok we dont have this, we will go in for second best and spend the next 30 years re-inventing the wheel, instead of going in for ToT.
The AESA radar will not be fully ready till the PakFa rolls out. The Rafale AESA is already entering squadron service.
Hope this clarifies the process for you. Now, for the examples provided. There are facilities available. Can our facilities fulfill all requirements? Or shall we use external facilities. Your example of the Vikrant. Where do you think they got designed? Do you understand that for every element/component there is R&D involved? Now, you have copy pasted. DO you see BEL? That's an Indian company making stuff after ToT. Now, they are experimenting with next gen. Do you see development happening with the Israelis and Russians? It happens by sending people there and they come back trained. And they are now making the next generation technology by indigenousing the equipments.
If you want to manufcture everything you need a navy the size of the USN. You know why? What happens after a particular requirement is fulfilled? You shut it down? Its called economics of scale.
Your complete premise that R&D will lead to total indigenousing is not correct. It will lead to building expertise in areas which may cause a problem if denied. That is where R&D is important. Strategy of cutting corners is not what we are doing currently. We are simply going for the best available along with building the R&D base. We are getting the best of both worlds. Your complete reasoning of saying R&D happens by pumping in money in defence is already happening. And happening at real fast pace over the past 5 years. How? Take a look at the systems being churned out by the Indian companies past 5 yrs and what they were doing before that.
Now, getting back to the thread question. About Rafale. Its an operational plane with AESA being operationalisedin the squadrons. No plane except the Typhoon besides the Rafale were able to clear the technical requirements. Now, where does the question of the Sukhoi or Mig arise? It simply failed the first level of requirements? Read the sections.
AND befor u become too happy on even steel read this
"And so the Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO) took up a project in 1999 to develop and mass-produce warship grade steel. Russia provided the chemical formula of warship steel called ABA, but the challenge in steelmaking is to translate science into manufacture."
Dude DRDO is not the end all in everything. There are areas where they have excelled and areas where they have fallen. We seem to beat them all the time. All the missiles post the Prithvi series are their babies. They things they have deployed on Siachen are their babies. The armour you see on tanks is their baby. So, what is wrong if we bought it off the shelf from the Russians?
