A little learning is always dangerous as they say.
Again,a little learning is a dangerous affair,especially for the numb-nuts!!That's why you are comparing apples with oranges.First of all,the PAD was never meant to for operational deployments but was developed and used as a technology demonstrator for,to validate the definitive version called PDV which is now under trials!!But then again,even when PDV becomes operational,we would still need an anti aircraft SAM system simply because technically,the PDV was never designed as a SAM but a Ballistic Missile interceptor!!So how can a person worth his salt be so naive to compare a interceptor with a long range SAM is simply beyond my reckoning.And that is exactly why I always advise people to try and comprehend the whole deal,to look into each and every minute detail of the subject they are about to make judgments of, before passing their sweeping statements like this one here.A little bit of studying the materials that are available in open domains could have saved you the embarrassment.
Delayed - yes.A failure - light years farther away from it!!There are already a firm order for over 120 units!!Does that look like a failure to you,or is it that the meaning of this word is defined differently in your country or are you plain ignorant and stupid??Which one is it??
And this 'failure' outmatches your premium MBTs in almost each and every design aspect imaginable!!And that makes you the punchline of your joke - kitty!!
MkI has got a firm order-book of over 6 billion USD!!!And that's equal to your one whole year's worth of spending on your entire armed forces!!Clearly you are not acquainted with the meaning of this word you are so fond of using!!
Such as??
What a relief!!.Mujhe toh laga tha ki isbar iss joker ki watt lag hi jaegi!!Fir hummein entertain kaun karta.afterall,life mein tin chiso bari kami hai - ENTERTAINMENT,ENTERTAINMENT and ENTERTAINMENT!!