Those massive efficient conglomerates like Hyundai, Mitsubishi and Boeing are all civ/mil private/government supported entities. The civilian products and private ownership impart efficiency and discipline while the military contracts and government support supply stability and funding.Singha wrote:
we need a couple of private shipyards tasked and funded with orders to take up the large numbers of fleet support vessels we will need even to secure the area between NZ and SA. oilers, supply ships, survey ships, submarine tenders, missile tracking ships (HSL made 1).... hyundai shipyards pohang churns out 90 ships annually and so do some of the japanese and chinese yards. their scale and pipeline is way beyond our SME efforts.
designed to shock and awe
We can't seem to find the right balance in our private sector -- mainly, I think, because we are obligated to fund the PSUs first and foremost. Modi's MII focusing in the pvt sector is an attempt to break the mode. We need a desi Hyundai.