if one looks back at history, India always need a slap to wake up and start running and inshallah circumstances/munna’s always do that once a decade (collapse of ussr, kargil, chinese moves…). Stuff is always late to be purchased or upged (true for almost any armed forces…see the british gripes about common stuff like rifles and shoes) … its not easy in a democratic setup to allocate huge resources on any one item…for each rupee there are 10 claimants all with valid cases.
but in the end, India always gets stuff in major quantity – 1500 T72 tanks or 400 FH77 howitzers or phalcons (entire NATO has all of 20, even 3+3 will be a good number) or Hawks 66 to start with and IN joining in. helicopters in huge quantity, UAV in huge nos, big nos of Mig27, big nos of Jaguars
conventionally India is and will remain a very dominating force in IOR and Unkil seems happy enough with that setup. with AIP submarines are made we shall finally be able to reach the long cherished (PBUH) dream of fighting a serious sea denial war in the south china sea 😀
things are lookin up, there is a spring in everyone step. sustained 8+% GDP growth last 4 yrs and decades of that to come will provide the $$ for umpteen good stuff….
PBUH. also Munna can forget about china helping out on the border. chinese
have no stomach left for a serious and damaging war that will hurt investor
sentiments badly. they will supply a few toys and keep a low profile behind
the green door as usual. IAF can safely denude everything to focus the heat on a few points.
Allah! I need to go and say my friday prayers now…peace be upon all my brothers.
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