Prime Minister should have a ex-military strategist who will guide PM to make decisions especially indigenizing our military equipment. When military returns the funds, it should be directly used to buy weapons made in the country. For 10,000 crore we can jack up the production of ATAGS, LCH,
, Astra MK1 and what not. This will provide economies of scale and also this money is also like investing back in our military industrial complex.
Our military budget should also have a provision from now on, simply increasing the defense budget is of no use since most of it is consumed by salaries, pensions, operational expenses, and maintaining the present equipment. The provision should be something like each branch should be located $7-8 billion or if our economy permits $10 billion just to acquire new weapon systems which are made in the country. Some compromises can be made if a certain technology is beyond the reach at the point in time. But without investing in new modern weapon systems, our biradars in our military will always go for emergency purchases at the last moment or fully neglect it like air force.
