siddhu wrote:
We should not use an anti missile costing 100x to shoot down x.
Why? Where did you pull out that cost calculation without considering the cost of a devastated airfield and associated assets?
I find this constant unasked-for costly-cheap calculation completely absurd. This argument is as ridiculous as an earlier one I read on BRF "Why do we send 100 men to cordon off and kill 2 terrorists".
The logic I am seeing seems to be "Cheap threat needs cheap response." It is difficult for me to comprehend more thoughtless illogic than that. As if cheap weapons wont kill or destroy. How the hell will a person manning the defence line know whether he is being shot at by a cheap or costly weapon so that he can quickly throw down a costly countermeasure and use a cheap one if he knows a cheap one is coming at him? Is nobody bothering to think? Do people seriously think we can keep cheap weapons for cheap threats and costly weapons for expensive threats? What's up people? First answer what CAN do the job. If you know. Not how costly it is, which everyone seems to know damn well even without knowing the answer to the question that was asked.
If we have a threat it must be fought whether it is cheap or costly. The first question is what can fight that threat? I asked "
Can the Akash shoot Chinese MBRL rockets down?" Akash is indigenous and supports local industry. Can it do the job or not? If you know, please reply. If you don't please don't say "too costly"
In Darra Adamkhel an AK 47 can be bought for less than US $ 100 to arm a terrorist. Why should Indian army soldiers get bulletproof vests that cost the equivalent of US $ 500 or more? Can't we do with something cheap? Let them hide behind rocks. Nice and cheap to protect against cheap threats.
The question was not "Is it worth it. Is it cost effective? Will CAG approve? What else can we use? Is imported better?Do we need cheap for cheap?" Is it possible that our defence does not get what it needs because we are always talking cheap cheap cheap cheap cheap. That is cheaper We are cheaper. wtf?