DRDO and PSUs

[Gandaberunda]

Directly increasing budget won't help unless we revamp the entire defence procurement process itself.
Porkies have budget of 7 billion but still maintains all the equipmentss

We won’t beg for weapons we buy from our forex

 

[shade2]

We won’t beg for weapons we buy from our forex

IAF : "We must Buy from 5 places, develop niche technologies ourselves"

PAF : "We must BEG from 5 places, BEG harder for niche technologies from China"

 

[Zoid Raptor]

Dr. Samir Saran (Head of ORF) advocates India to spend 4-5% of GDP on defence.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB1iojdQLhc

Simply increasing budget wouldn't fix things. Maybe bump and cap it at $100B for the next decade but the need of the hour is efficient utilization of the current budget. While a good chunk goes in salaries, pensions, OPEX etc...the % allocation for procurements and R&D is low atm

Every year, the forces return a good amount of their funds back to the treasury. FY 24-25 for instance has seen MoD returning ~$3B which is a combination of unspent capital and revenue expenditure

 

[ArjunMK1A]

Isn’t Putin offered manufacturing of Su 57 in India Using HAL Nashik Su 30 production line?

Sukhoi 30 MKI - 1st gen Tata safari based on ladder frame.

SU-57 - 5th gen safari which is an D8 platform (monocoque).

You need complete retooling. These are planted news based on IAF success with S400 and stealth plane.

Kusha is ready for test. The radar is already ready. Missile fabrication is going on.

AMCA- Various subsystems under development. Fund them instead of wasting on foreign jets.

 

[Gandaberunda]

Sukhoi 30 MKI - 1st gen Tata safari based on ladder frame.

SU-57 - 5th gen safari which is an D8 platform (monocoque).

You need complete retooling. These are planted news based on IAF success with S400 and stealth plane.

Kusha is ready for test. The radar is already ready. Missile fabrication is going on.

AMCA- Various subsystems under development. Fund them instead of wasting on foreign jets.

Putin offer isn’t planted news it’s legit offer which made orange man trump loose his shit and offer F35 unilaterally in media without US congress consent. Putin has offered S-500 joint development as well in 2021 itself and now again after Operation sindoor success of S-400 the reports of joint development have re surfaced.

Kusha is desi S-400 which is at-least 1-2 years far (to go into mass production) I hope they hasten it ASAP.
AMCA no matter how optimistic timeline it’s not coming before 2035(mass production)

If need arises for a stop gap 5th gen fighter we have only 2 options F35 ( become American bitch for next 40 years ) or Su 57E - autonomy(orange man will lose his shit and may put sanctions on us)

Meanwhile IAF will keep dreaming of 114 MMRCA which may go for another 40-56 Rafales.

 

[shuturmurg]

Directly increasing budget won't help unless we revamp the entire defence procurement process itself.
Porkies have budget of 7 billion but still maintains all the equipmentss

You cannot directly compare porky budget with ours. Their military, like Turkish and Egyptian militaries control lots of businesses. Profits from those get channeled back to pensions, welfare of veterans, etc. Also, their veterans get jobs in these companies.

Plus, the army owns the state in Pakistan's case, so I wont be surprised if their budget is not transparent and other developmental money is also routed to army somehow.