CriticalThought
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You failed to read the entire article, this is a personal opinion of a serving Lt general. Besides he was refering to the "defence production related to OFB". OFB is not authorized to carry out any research, it is the job of DRDO/NAL/ISRO. Once a system has been designed it is passed onto OFB for mass production. Again, there are many OFBs factories in India and some are doing good too, Lt gen failed to mention that.
There is no doubt that OFB isnt performing optimally and infact should be disband and Lt Gen's comments are being twisted and churned based on the whims and fantasies of various people.
Here is what I can clearly see from the general's words which I quote below. India does not have any meaningful manufacturing capability, or research towards manufacturing capability. As a matter of fact, manufacturing plants imported from abroad aren't functioning properly. Given this dismal state of disarray, I am doubtful how useful would be any research that is being performed. I am saying this specifically in the context of defence manufacturing. Furthermore, if I have a setup where research is being performed by academia, I wouldn't utter the sentence "There is little or no research and development". The sentence reflects the generals thoughts, and casts doubts on the effectiveness of whatever defence research is being done.
“There is little or no research and development. They do not even have the capability of absorbing the industry through transfer of technology, and in some cases they have even failed to assemble products that have been imported from abroad,” Lt. Gen. Chand said. “It is very hard to see ordnance factories changing in the present state. Overall it has become an unsuccessful method of supporting our defence requirements,” he said.