09-11-2008, 08:30 AM
[It is a known fact that USA has the best military hardware. In the last sixty years. Since the successive US policy makers have given Pakistan preference over India, we have so far been deprived of taking advantage of this state of art pieces of equipment. Now with the changed political scene, i.e. with the end of the Cold War we see the change in attitude.
Taking cuts in military deals is always apprehended and this is true for many of the countries. This disease has no political affiliation. We have heard of cuts in the Swedish artillery deal, cuts in the case of SU -30 deal and the most famous cuts in the aftermath of the Kargil action when BJP led coalition was in power.
Therefore, I feel that the likelihood of a possible cut should deprive the nation from obtaining the best of the military equipment that may be made available to it by any of the advanced nations. As mentioned above corruption in India has no political affiliation, so there is no point in waiting to go ahead with the deal, in which no talk of cuts will get mentioned in the media. Time and again, the guiding patrons of Pioneer, i.e. the Russian Federation has proved unreliable defence supplier. Today, since more than 70 percent of our defence equipment is of Russian origin we have no option but to continue dealing with them to get the spares. This is despite the fact that these have been serious breach of contract on the part of the Russian suppliers in the past. The most recent example is the delay in getting the aircraft carrier from Russia. In the larger national interest, despite allergic reaction suffered by Boudiji in respect of each and every action of the present Government, it will not be a wise decision to prevent the modernisation of the defence forces till such time that a Government controlled by Rajababu , Karatsahab and others come to occupy Delhi Durbar,
Taking cuts in military deals is always apprehended and this is true for many of the countries. This disease has no political affiliation. We have heard of cuts in the Swedish artillery deal, cuts in the case of SU -30 deal and the most famous cuts in the aftermath of the Kargil action when BJP led coalition was in power.
Therefore, I feel that the likelihood of a possible cut should deprive the nation from obtaining the best of the military equipment that may be made available to it by any of the advanced nations. As mentioned above corruption in India has no political affiliation, so there is no point in waiting to go ahead with the deal, in which no talk of cuts will get mentioned in the media. Time and again, the guiding patrons of Pioneer, i.e. the Russian Federation has proved unreliable defence supplier. Today, since more than 70 percent of our defence equipment is of Russian origin we have no option but to continue dealing with them to get the spares. This is despite the fact that these have been serious breach of contract on the part of the Russian suppliers in the past. The most recent example is the delay in getting the aircraft carrier from Russia. In the larger national interest, despite allergic reaction suffered by Boudiji in respect of each and every action of the present Government, it will not be a wise decision to prevent the modernisation of the defence forces till such time that a Government controlled by Rajababu , Karatsahab and others come to occupy Delhi Durbar,