Feelings have ZERO bearing on reality.
The slow, meandering acquisition process is exactly what the import lobby wants. It actually works in their favour. They want piecemeal ordering of local maal (40 Tejas Mk1 first, then 83 Tejas Mk1A later...then another 97 Tejas Mk1A down the road, at some point in the future). This sets the foundation for production hiccups, delays, etc for local maal. And then like a knight in shining armour comes the import platform to save the day. This is how the system is set up. No one wants to change that process.
And the same is happening for the Tejas Mk2 (100 first and will then do a "dekho" about the balance). Even the contract for the F414 assembly line in India is for 100 odd F414 turbofans. The follow on contract (aircraft + engine) will come when the Babu/MoD/Air HQ decides it is prudent to follow up on. But MMRCA and MRFA is at 126 and 114 respectively. There is no Plan B after all
Import maal is not ordered in piecemeal mode.
Stryker will result in funds being diverted for an IDDM product (i.e. WHaP). Always remember that the money pot is finite, as money does not grow on trees. When you invest in one program, another program has to suffer. You cannot have both in optimal numbers. Even the time spent in discussing on how to acquire Stryker, shifts attention and focus (i.e. program planning/acquisition) for WHaP.
And this is exactly what the import lobby wants. If you starve the IDDM product via time and energy, you then open the door for the foreign platform.
This is the same story with H-125 (LUH), P-75I (Project 76), ATHOS (buffet of IDDM artillery guns) and K9 Vajra. That last one, even Baba Kalyani mentioned it in this video --->
https://x.com/AryamanBharat/status/1895173495920959997
The overall direction is not towards Atmanirbharta, but it is towards import via the following MoD abbreviations;
(a) Buy (Indian - IDDM)
(b) Buy (Indian)
(c) Buy and Make (Indian)
(d) Buy and Make
(e) Buy (Global - Manufacture in India)
(f) Buy (Global)
The overall direction is towards the above (via smoke & mirrors) and lip service* towards Atmanirbharta by all the stakeholders. And you saar (and many others) are falling for this tomfoolery...hook, line & sinker.
*The lip service is present in every speech from the PM, PMO, RM, MoD, Service Chiefs and Service HQs. The eloquent waxing of Atmanirbharta is a sight to behold! No point in blaming the services alone for being import pasand, when their bosses (the elected politicians) do not care either.
You think General Sahab visited France on his own? --->
viewtopic.php?p=2640281#p2640281After spending nearly a $1 billion on six AH-64 Apaches, now the Army wants to lease Light Utility Helicopters.
Serves these Generals right! Aur Pado Brochure and Kharedo Apache!
