I wonder if Kidwai line has trumpted JDAM.
Jidwai is transparent, TSP centric and can be incorporated into a policy.
JDAM is opaque, more west centric (at this point in time - although granted that India is a testing ground) and not easily talked about in public.
I think we can push - if the politicians have the guts - the Kidwai Line to the A'stan border. What we did not do in 47 we can do it now - take K'mir.
Need to get those 6 or so tests completed ASAP.
Strategic Implications of India's ABM Test
Don't worry, soon there'll be another ISRO/DRDO sex-for-secrets scandal, whereby Green Pine blueprints were sold to Pakis for a roll in the hay. Then Dr Kalam & Co will quickly appear in newsmedia interviews, stating that nobody should worry since it takes a lot more than blueprints to build an ABM system.
Our famous "so what" school, to borrow a phrase from Nixon.
Hey, if we could allow Pakis to catch upto us from a point of total nuclear inferiority, why can't we be complacent enough to let them catch up in ABM tech too?
Btw, looking forward to hearing Mushy or even Benazir say:
"We will have Green Pine even if we have to eat bark!"
Our famous "so what" school, to borrow a phrase from Nixon.
Hey, if we could allow Pakis to catch upto us from a point of total nuclear inferiority, why can't we be complacent enough to let them catch up in ABM tech too?
Btw, looking forward to hearing Mushy or even Benazir say:
"We will have Green Pine even if we have to eat bark!"