Hi dear
@araz
I am a researcher hence i tend to be a wee bit more critical of how research takes place and where we stand. I am sure a researcher worth his salt would go strictly by reasoning and not by petty blind nationalism. The trends we see in pakistan particularly in reference to research and industrial/academic research is typical of india in late 80s- yes i am being fairly honest,in fact in some sectors it is even back.But what is important is constant flow of funds along with "
adequately trained manpower"- this is very important - when i say "man power",i mean nothing less than PhDs that have published at least one serious paper in top notch journals like AIAA,transaction of non linear control etc etc.
Yes i fully agree with your point that you'll run into hardships once you start taking giant steps- because you'll run into issues that are less understood or worse countries who understand that particular issue wont part away with their knowledge of mitigating that.A very relevant case is kaveri engine- you wont believe but india painstakingly mastered the first gen of single crystal blades even blisk and thermal barrier coating however thanks to AI(acoustic instability) ruined the project. THe phenomenon of acoustic instability was lesser known among indian research community and very very few folks here had done some serious studies back in 90s when this project was going on full steam. You see,every project tells a story,and the $500mn invested in kaveri havent gone wasted,a new generation of engines have been taken up for development by GTRE/HAL and they are in fact going in for 3d printing of a smaller 25kN engine that is being designed by HAL for trainer jets