V. Makarov
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The only thing that is not ready for war is "Time". Time flows and create "readiness" out of thin air.
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A perfect answer for those Indians online and fan boys arguing that indian military budget is way bigger than Pakistan and Pakistan is so easy to defeat.A simple example is even if you are earning 10 lakhs a month if you don't know how to manage and utilize your resources you are doomed to fail. Yes comparatively our resources are less but we are trying to get the most out of them.
The only thing that is not ready for war is "Time". Time flows and create "readiness" out of thin air.
If they are nor ready they should stop bluffing.
Indians love to brag
Sanghis not Indians
India hasnt been optimal for war for long time - honestly when was it ever? So much time was wasted from the 90s to even the last congress terms. A lot of the things that are being bought were needed back in the 90s. Things make it worse with corruption, red tape, and geopolitics getting into the procurement process. Plus you have these monoply defence entities stifling it's growth, putting out low quality, expensive, and are non innovative, lethargic in nature. Pakistan have been lucky for a long time.
Good news is, things are changing. Maybe not the geopolitic part, now the private sector are on board, and I truly believe they can change how defence and aero are handled in India.
I do not see any change.
There is no urgency being shown by this government even for critical procurement.
Kamov-226 , MMRCA, Super Sukhoi, S-400, RAFALE, Tejas MK1A etc.. all are delayed
M777, K9 Thunder, Apache, Chinook, S400, initial batch Rafale, and several emergency procurement for things needed years and years ago were bought. MMRCA 2 is a new program, will take some time as it's broken up now. MK1A and airbus/tata c295 are close to finishing out the deal. S400 deal is already signed first batch after 2020.
S-400 and Rafale are just on paper.
It will take another 5 years to operationalize S-400.
Indian enhancements for Rafale will take another 3 years.
Russia offered S-400 back in 2014 and Modi just sat on the offer for 5 years.
Same is happening with Super Sukhio and FGFA.
IGA for Kamov was signed over a year ago. Everything is ready but Modi will not close the deal.
BJP's performance with regards to defence is pathetic.
It'll take time to optimize any new platform and work out how it'll do in India's doctrine. Whatever the case it's a signed deal and they're coming on board. I dont know wtf AK Antony and congress would've done.
Most have been a good reason for it.
And I dont know what you mean on paper - cause they're already flying in IAF colors
I dont know what's going on with this deal. HAL control this deal and it's own LUH. They're trying to manage both programs. Kamov is close to finding all industrial partners. That's the latest news. It's not a ready program to close on.
You may blame Congress/AKA for the MMRCA debacle but the blame for delay of S-400s squarely lies with the BJP.
Heck BJP did not even have a proper MoD for good part of their first term. That speaks volumes about their seriousness and priorities.
Same was the case with Rafales. India could have closed the deal before Egypt and Qatar to receive them earlier.
You mean in France? The first fighter would not land in India until next year and Indian enhancements would not ready for another 3 years and add another could of years to operationalize.
Rafales would not be ready for war until 2023-24.
How and in what sense, in your opinion, has Pakistan been lucky?India hasnt been optimal for war for long time - honestly when was it ever? So much time was wasted from the 90s to even the last congress terms. A lot of the things that are being bought were needed back in the 90s. Things make it worse with corruption, red tape, and geopolitics getting into the procurement process. Plus you have these monoply defence entities stifling it's growth, putting out low quality, expensive, and are non innovative, lethargic in nature. Pakistan have been lucky for a long time.
Good news is, things are changing. Maybe not the geopolitic part, now the private sector are on board, and I truly believe they can change how defence and aero are handled in India.
Purchasing something like the S400 take balls to begin with. Especially if you're trying buy high grade equipment from the USA as well. This is a strategic purchase and again India doesnt want to end up like Turkey and lose up on investment like they did with the F35 module production. There are several US aero and defence offsets in India.
Can you even compare these two? The French have to find ways to infuse offsets into India again