We are in a mess, I can't spell it out: Manohar Parrikar

[sancho]

For Not Providing the needed support for maintaining the batteries needed for Submarines on which the Navy Chief Resigned....

Who said he could? Again, the problem was that the system doesn't allow that, since the contracts demands the procurement of certain spares from the OEM country. And resigning of the Chief was his personal choice and based on several accidents, but did it changed anything? Of course not, he jumped the gun that's all, but it didn't India or the navy any good.

IN's investment in indigenous equipment has been mammoth, form ttorpedoes to electronics, radars, platforms like frigates destroyers, Carriers, corvettes, FAC's, support ships, missile systems etc.
My comment was not limited to lpd's.

In the past and I didn't denied that, but I am talking about the recent procurements and actual tenders, where it's evident that they are procuring more and more foreign stuff, while investing less in own developments.

You were the one promoting license productions and JV's refuting my stand on indegenious development a couple of years ago, i was just checking if you've had a change in heart there....

JV's and co-developments and I still do, but I don't limit that to HAL and a foreign partner, I would even love to see HAL working with an Indian privat partner too, just as I take the TATA / DRDO cooperation in FICV as very promissing. The problem comes only if we limit ourselfs to state owned only and giving them monopoly, or as the new government does it, lean only ot privat industry and licence production of foreign products. We need the mid way and not only one of the extreems, only then we will see the Indian defence industry improving.

That is because there are not many organisations that can make in India, this is going to get muddier and we will still be here to comment on that

I am still waiting to see which mega Indian Private firm will touch the AVRO replacement.

So you agree now that it was Antony that implemented the policy change, that the NDA now is using with a different PR agenda?

Well TATA has already teamed up with Airbus, do you think they won't be able to licence produce the C295?