these sort of wishful ideas pop up regularly.sanman wrote:What is a "China specific naval development"? You mean lease out some territory to US, like one of the Andamans?Cain Marko wrote: Capability is the issue. Esp. Wrt China, esp. At sea. India might consider a China specific naval development às part of it's act East policy. Being China specific, mega orders to the US should work out well for both sides. Maybe a couple of CV ideally with f35 or even f18s, and b1b lease. Sea guardian in numbers. Done on friendship pricing and payment plans. After all, India's GDP growth projections should easily allow for this kind of expansion.
It is also a way to pay off foggy bottom types hell bent on "reforming"India. And reducing making into India's affairs. Buy more time until a more self reliant nation emerges.
Where does that put our ability to apply leverage on China? It also puts US in the driver's seat on our China policy.
Pratyush wrote:Cain,
Instead of buying off the shelf equipment from the US. What India needs to do going forward is to leverage the capacity of the US and Western MIC.
One way we could do so, could be to release a development contract for India specific requirements to global vendors.
The vendor should enter into a JV with an Indian entity. Build a 50-50 JV.
Devlop the system for Indian requirements and then offer it to global South as well.
That will make the path to 100% self sufficiency easy.
US arms regulations don't allow just anything to be exported. Anything of a military nature needs approval from Washington.
If it were merely a matter of signing contracts and setting up JVs, they why did we struggle to build the LCA, the "indigenous" nuke sub, the home made carriers and what not
For instance, why have the russkis, or the frenchies, in all these years, not "JV"ed anything of consequence or significance with India (not talking of the the Indo Russian Rifles Private Limited Joint Venture between Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Ltd (erstwhile OFB) and Russia's Rosoboronexport, for the moment)
If wishes were horses........