India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector

[Rakesh]

https://x.com/alpha_defense/status/1775876240601387134 ---> JUST IN: 𝙃𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙇𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 soon to start the 𝙁𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙀𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 DRDO's 𝙄𝙍𝙎𝙏 𝙎𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢. The system will be tested on a 𝗛𝗮𝘄𝗸𝗲𝗿-𝟴𝟬𝟬 aircraft and then from a 𝗟-𝟯𝟵 aircraft.

[ramana]

DRDO Tech Focus on Small arms and Ammo.

https://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/sites/defa ... t_2021.pdf

[srai]

^^^
IA not interested!

Time to arm paramilitaries, CPRF and local police. That combined will be more volume than IA requirements.

[ramana]

Dissent on reforming DRDO

https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/be ... d93b8cc0cc

[tandav]

https://idrw.org/lt-touts-record-breaki ... velopment/

L&T develops light tank for Indian Army after encountering Chinese light tanks along the LAC.

While the development speed is good, I am disappointed on how reactive the Indian Armed Forces are to emerging threats.

[sanjayc]

^^ Agree. Before encountering actual Chinese light tanks, couldn't the Indian army envision on its own the need for a light tank in the mountains? They actually had to face the Chinese tanks before realizing they also need one?

[Prem Kumar]

^^ Its worse than that. We actually do have experience on the effectiveness of light tanks in Ladakh in 1962!!. Our AMX light tanks were very effective against the Chinese in Chushul

Our Generals don't learn lessons even from our own experiences! The artillery procurement disaster even after their effectiveness was brilliantly demonstrated in Kargil 20+ years ago, is another example

War is too important to be left to our Generals