Monday, November 13, 2006

Defence delays

Defence spending is important in this "Kaliyuga" era where each country sees each other as threat to one another. Such a phase has passed by in the European sub-continent and everybody knows the outcome of it. But still nobody have not learned much from it.

Presently Indian sub-continent is going through such a phase where every country doesnt like each other (more or less), there is no need to mention India and Pak. În this scenario, it is imporatant to be well equipped so that we can respond almost instantaneously to others threat if any.

India spends 2.3% of its GDP on defence but this is not adequeate for the modernisation of the armed forces. It is required to spend 3% of GDP to have a decent armed force vis-a-vis to other upper developing countries. But it is sad to mention that most of our present fleet are not indigeneously developed even though we have 25% of human resources of the world.

It is not important to increase the defence spending but what is more imporatnt is to develop technologies on our own. The responsible organisation for this DRDO but the present functioning of DRDO needs an urgent change to be in match with our foes. Will DRDO wake up as it is not like other government organisation where delay can be accepted?

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