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text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgoSf_CdEpb9nr41AQTwkJx3FFZjz3HWKv9fSjpavHSXnbljGW_bIfL_Hvotui6ES841Ssj5ZLs747m16ARIkWqF2p06hfSgf9R-m7fFJdf93K8V0Ofrxkno0NjrMYNfO-6iOnfLGlWeWMUh6Uijit6DuBdUyEzw-EUlGSXKVCe3zGgZ5A_JDI6l3Pj\/s1174\/AA%20NDC.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"850\" data-original-width=\"1174\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgoSf_CdEpb9nr41AQTwkJx3FFZjz3HWKv9fSjpavHSXnbljGW_bIfL_Hvotui6ES841Ssj5ZLs747m16ARIkWqF2p06hfSgf9R-m7fFJdf93K8V0Ofrxkno0NjrMYNfO-6iOnfLGlWeWMUh6Uijit6DuBdUyEzw-EUlGSXKVCe3zGgZ5A_JDI6l3Pj\/s16000\/AA%20NDC.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"color: #999999;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003EAlthough India has active borders with China and Pakistan and insurgencies in Jammu, Kashmir and Manipur, Rajnath focused on non-traditional threats rather than hard military ones\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBy Ajai Shukla\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBusiness Standard, 11th Nov 22\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn a security environment where the government seldom puts defence policy in the public domain and successive governments have failed to create a National Security Strategy, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh delivered a convocation address on Thursday to the graduating National Defence College (NDC) course in Delhi.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ESuch institutional speeches, especially those delivered at military training institutions such as the NDC, are carefully parsed by defence analysts the world over, for indications of strategic policy. Today’s NDC speech was no exception.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe most striking observation that defence analysts arrived at is: Although India has active borders with two hostile neighbours – China and Pakistan – and combats long-running insurgencies in Jammu, Kashmir and Manipur, the defence minister chose to focus almost entirely on non-traditional threats rather than hard military ones.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ERajnath Singh called for concerted efforts of the international community to counter “grave” emerging threats such as cyber-attacks and information warfare.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EHighlighting the narrowing gap between internal and external security, Rajnath said that new dimensions of threats that keep evolving make them difficult to classify. He asserted that terrorism, which generally falls into the category of internal security, is now increasingly regarded as an external security threat, since the training, funding and arming of such organisations is being carried out from outside the country.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Defence Minister described the vulnerability of critical infrastructure to cyber-attacks as “a big concern”, with energy, transport, telecommunications, critical manufacturing industries and interconnected financial systems being vulnerable to such threats.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EUnderscoring another non-traditional threat, he stated that “information war” has the potential to threaten a country’s political stability. This was now being done by shaping the opinion and perspective of the masses through the organised use of social media and online content generation platforms.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E“The deployment of information war was most evident in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Throughout the conflict, social media has served as a battleground for both sides to spread competing narratives about the war and portray the conflict on their own terms,” stated Rajnath, identifying social media as the primary distribution channel.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe defence minister said the Ukrainian conflict illustrated how ripple effects could adversely impact the whole world. Together, Russia and Ukraine export nearly a third of the world's wheat and barley, but this conflict had prevented grain from leaving the ‘breadbasket of the world’, leading to food crises in Africa and Asia.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ERajnath said that India also faced an energy crisis, with the Russia-Ukraine war leading to a disruption in international energy supply, raising the cost of energy import.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ERajnath Singh reaffirmed India’s belief in a “multi-aligned policy”, which envisioned diverse engagements with multiple stakeholders, so that everyone’s concerns could be addressed. He termed it as the only way towards shared responsibility and prosperity.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Strong and prosperous India would not be built at the cost of others… India does not believe in a world order where a few are considered superior to others. 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font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E“The total value of the order is USD 155.5 million,” stated a company media release. That amounts to approximately Rs 1,265 crore – more than one-tenth the value of India’s annual defence exports in each of the last two years.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EBharat Forge has neither announced the name of the buyer country, nor the type of gun being exported. However, Ministry of Defence (MoD) sources have confirmed that the buyer country is Armenia and the order consists of 155 mm, 39 calibre howitzers that are mounted on trucks for mobility.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ESources in the MoD say that the order has been made public only to conform to Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) regulations that demand the publication of information that is likely to affect stock prices.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EBharat Forge had its board meeting on Wednesday.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EAt the price that Bharat Forge has divulged, the Armenian order will involve the purchase of four-to-five regiments of 155 mm mounted gun systems (MGS). Each regiment consists of 18-20 guns.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E“This order, to a non-conflict zone, is a great testament to the Government of India’s Aatmanirbhar Bharat agenda and its sustained push to promote exports of indigenously designed, developed and manufactured (IDDM) advanced defence platforms from India,” stated the Bharat Forge press release.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EBharat Forge is becoming a big player in artillery gun systems, along with Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL). Both companies are working with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in developing the indigenous Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS), a 155 mm, 52 calibre howitzer that is significantly heavier, more powerful and has a longer range that the MGS.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThis order will have a significant impact on the growth of overall defence exports.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003EThe Government has stated in the Rajya Sabha (the upper House of Parliament) on February 10, 2020 that India’s\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003Edefence exports have grown seven-fold in the last two years from Rs.1,522 crore in 2016-17 to Rs.10,746 crore in 2018-19.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EAccording to an analysis by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EBusiness Standard\u003C\/i\u003E, the value of authorization\/ licences issued by the Department of Defence Production to private companies, and actual export by defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs) and the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), the value of defence exports during preceding years has grown as shown in the graphic.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EAccording to a target set by the MoD in the Defence Production Policy of 2018, annual defence exports are to grow to $5 billion by 2023.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EDefence exports: steady growth\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"MsoTableGrid\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border: none; width: 679px;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 65.65pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"66\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 81.5pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"82\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E2016-17\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 3cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"85\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E2017-18\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 3cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"85\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E2018-19\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 99.25pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"99\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E2019-20\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 92.15pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"92\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E2020-21\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 3cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"85\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E2021-22\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 3cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"85\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E2022-23\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 65.65pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"66\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ETotal Export (in Crores)\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 81.5pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"82\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E1,521\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 3cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"85\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E4,682\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 3cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"85\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E10,745\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 99.25pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"99\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E9,115\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 92.15pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"92\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E8,000\u003Cb\u003E^\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 3cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"85\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E12,815\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 3cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"85\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E1,387*\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #a64d79; 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text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgvi--dUwWCnlP9MwuUDd3wRTX481iSWsdKwRxTlkA2AUf-aaYPAnwNx4rjES-6l72YidpZmr45vZdjcHdYR2xfnkpBRfZJ73eTS9K_lP209RKvXLepc44Y0-LbGfI429EcuOPIQMQcfi-TSoC2gM3_WNfkyJ31E_YxfbQHPgH8xS2DpiosAoMbqx_k\/s1276\/AA%20Australia.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"956\" data-original-width=\"1276\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgvi--dUwWCnlP9MwuUDd3wRTX481iSWsdKwRxTlkA2AUf-aaYPAnwNx4rjES-6l72YidpZmr45vZdjcHdYR2xfnkpBRfZJ73eTS9K_lP209RKvXLepc44Y0-LbGfI429EcuOPIQMQcfi-TSoC2gM3_WNfkyJ31E_YxfbQHPgH8xS2DpiosAoMbqx_k\/s16000\/AA%20Australia.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EA Royal Australian Navy helicopter conducts a cross-deck landing on an Indian warship as part of inter-operability trainin\u003C\/i\u003Eg\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; 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font-size: large;\"\u003EUnderlining the importance that New Delhi is according to its growing defence engagement with Tokyo, Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) arrived in Japan for a visit from November 5-9.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn Japan, Kumar will attend the\u003Cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003Einauguration of the 2022 edition of Exercise MALABAR, being held off Yokosuka.Four countries – Australia, Japan, the US and India – will participate in\u0026nbsp;the\u003Cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E30\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003Eanniversaryof Exercise MALABAR.\u003Cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EAhead of Exercise MALABAR, India’s CNS met his counterparts in the Royal Australian Navy, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"\u003EJapan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) and the US Navy on Saturday.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EExercise MALABAR includes sophisticated naval drills, in which the four navies practice engaging a hostile power (a euphemism for China) that acted aggressively to block freedom of navigation and disrupt the shipping lanes in the Western Pacific.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EExercise MALABAR, which was first held in 1992 as a bilateral naval exercise between the US and Indian navies, has steadily grown in size and sophistication. Along the way it co-opted the Australian and Japanese navies and incorporated actual warfighting drills – such as anti-submarine patrolling – that would come in use against China in an actual conflict.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"\u003E“The leaders exchanged views on further enhancing inter-operability in future editions of MALABAR,” said the\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003EIndian ministry of defence (MoD)\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"\u003E.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn 2011, after China’s navy, called the People’s Liberation Army (Navy), or PLA(N), began patrolling the South China Sea aggressively and began occupying islands that were contested between China and other littoral states, President Barack Obama signalled his concern by announcing a “pivot to Asia.” This involved redeploying up to 60 per cent of the US Navy to the Western Pacific.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EStrategist Bruce Jones stated, “The Western Pacific is becoming to today what East Germany was to the Cold War; the front line of tensions between the world’s leading military powers. Its deep waters have replaced the European heartland as the fault line of geopolitical tensions.”\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe PLA(N) wants to\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003Edominate a maritime defence perimeter encompassing the South China Sea, the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Gulf. These waters extend up to what is called the First Island Chain, running from Sakhalin in the north to Borneo in the south, along the Kuril Islands, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, the northern Philippines and Borneo. The PLA(N) believes this maritime space must be dominated for the physical security of China’s coastal economic powerhouses, for asserting its maritime claims, and for deterring Taiwan.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EBy the early 2000s a more ambitious Beijing embraced the “Far Seas” concept, looking several hundred kilometres further afield. This involves dominating the approaches to the Second Island Chain, which runs north-to-south from the eastern edge of the Japanese archipelago, along the line joining the Bonin and Marshal islands, the Marianas, Guam and the Palau archipelago.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EChina has partnered Russia and Iran in building naval capabilities. These three countries have stepped up joint naval exercises, including in the Mediterranean in 2015, the South China Sea in 2016, the Yellow Sea in 2018, and the East China Sea in 2019. Joint drills in 2019 and 2022 included Iran.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn January 2022, China and Russia announced a partnership with “no limits” at a summit meeting in Beijing. As the two countries edge closer, Russia seems likely to agree to allow China access to its global network of overseas naval bases, providing it the global reach that it does not yet have.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn Japan, Kumar\u003Cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"\u003Ewill also witness an\u003Cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003EInternational Fleet Review (IFR)at Yokosuka on Nov 6, conducted by the JMSDFto commemorate the 70\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003Eanniversary of its formation\u003C\/span\u003E.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ETo participate in the IFR and Exercise MALABAR – 2022, two Indian warships – Indian Naval Ship\u003Cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;(INS)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003EShivalik and Kamorta\u003Cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;– have already\u003C\/span\u003Earrived in Yokosuka. This is a significantly smaller participation than during previous years.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EEven so, the Indian MoD says that the presence of\u0026nbsp;indigenously built Indian warshipsat these multi-national events will be an opportunity to\u003Cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003Eshowcase the country’s warship-building capabilities.\u003Cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E“As one of the observer navies in the\u003Cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003EWestern Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS), the CNS will attend the 18\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003EWPNS on November 7-8 at Yokohama, being hosted by Japan, as the current chair of WPNS,” announced the MoD.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIndia’s CNS would also be\u003Cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;“\u003C\/span\u003Einteracting with his counterparts and other Heads of Delegations from close to 30 countries\u003Cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003Eparticipating in the IFR, WPNS and MALABAR,” said the MoD.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEilAXVtTNbH2ZCsM9gU0W1PPk7YMJY4gLApFAzjftQ0rCZXv7LLRnDnWFNeuvHrnfhUrMcyhpliZmCkC-BCC2kMUBThnbB5mHsX0kOurEWDXhc2P2wFucooyUyyvnpeiJS7K2SKVtW2Y90-n-p1miOYmKSVZw7RMj4dGdbadyiYIl49rWZZIe7wNIce\/s956\/Aa%20Aus-Ind.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"956\" data-original-width=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEilAXVtTNbH2ZCsM9gU0W1PPk7YMJY4gLApFAzjftQ0rCZXv7LLRnDnWFNeuvHrnfhUrMcyhpliZmCkC-BCC2kMUBThnbB5mHsX0kOurEWDXhc2P2wFucooyUyyvnpeiJS7K2SKVtW2Y90-n-p1miOYmKSVZw7RMj4dGdbadyiYIl49rWZZIe7wNIce\/s16000\/Aa%20Aus-Ind.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"color: #999999;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003EAustralian and Indian warships exercise together\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EEven as preparations continued for Exercise MALABAR, the Indian and Australian Navies conducted a Maritime Partnership Exercise in the Bay of Bengal from November 2-3. Australian Navy ships HMAS Adelaide and HMAS Anzac participated, along with Indian Navy ships INS Jalashwa and Kavaratti. According to an MoD release from New Delhi, “The exercises included tactical maneouvres, helicopter landings and amphibious operations.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/8405829310101192680\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/11\/navy-chief-in-japan-for-quadrilateral.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/8405829310101192680"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/8405829310101192680"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/11\/navy-chief-in-japan-for-quadrilateral.html","title":"Navy chief in Japan for quadrilateral Exercise Malabar, International Fleet Review"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ajai Shukla"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16488839157370084666"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgvi--dUwWCnlP9MwuUDd3wRTX481iSWsdKwRxTlkA2AUf-aaYPAnwNx4rjES-6l72YidpZmr45vZdjcHdYR2xfnkpBRfZJ73eTS9K_lP209RKvXLepc44Y0-LbGfI429EcuOPIQMQcfi-TSoC2gM3_WNfkyJ31E_YxfbQHPgH8xS2DpiosAoMbqx_k\/s72-c\/AA%20Australia.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-704259700414868440"},"published":{"$t":"2022-11-03T17:19:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-11-03T17:19:16.059-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"defence planning"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Air Force"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Army"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Navy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"strategy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"US military"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The challenge:  Handling a high-tech Chinese military"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgDC7ZPQFfEldB8_BD3v7NyXaeZVWwpFY1ys2u91b3_NwiNmC_IEr7Sm6jAh2A6fgJdlq0Aoq5_j0pJ5UI55SExAQP-7F9gxoFNqn_992zLhrOlzcb5QF2wJHLXAyjBvrZg-uze8zqhhLTzwwj94XFfDWSeMA3rDIRDi9Z37r1JYpQxWb0vvaZtBg0y\/s640\/1667502669-1507.jpg.webp\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"158\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgDC7ZPQFfEldB8_BD3v7NyXaeZVWwpFY1ys2u91b3_NwiNmC_IEr7Sm6jAh2A6fgJdlq0Aoq5_j0pJ5UI55SExAQP-7F9gxoFNqn_992zLhrOlzcb5QF2wJHLXAyjBvrZg-uze8zqhhLTzwwj94XFfDWSeMA3rDIRDi9Z37r1JYpQxWb0vvaZtBg0y\/s16000\/1667502669-1507.jpg.webp\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EUnanswered questions remain over India's readiness for such a contingency\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAjai Shukla\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBusiness Standard, 4th Nov 22\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EInaugurating a new production line last Sunday in Vadodara, Gujarat, where Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) will build C-295 transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) in technology partnership with Airbus Defence and Space, Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked up his vision of “\u003Ci\u003Eatmanirbharta\u003C\/i\u003E.” India, he declared, would soon be a huge manufacturer of transport aircraft, having shed the “makeshift approach” of the previous government where the manufacturing sector barely survived through subsidies.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EYet there remain serious questions over the Indian military’s capabilities, and whether it could prevail in the two-front war that analysts anticipate,\u0026nbsp;with China fighting its version of an “informatised war”, in which killer robots, driven and enhanced by artificial intelligence, machine learning and quantum computing quickly put paid to an Indian Army that is driven in a more conventional manner. Many believe that such a war is unlikely, as China would not want to be seen as needing Pakistani help in slapping down a smaller and weaker India. Even so, an opportunistic Pakistani military might not spurn the opportunity to jump into the fray.\u0026nbsp;Unanswered questions remain, therefore, over whether India has equipped and readied itself for such a contingency, or whether our military would go into battle in 2022-23 using tactics and equipment very similar to those it used in the 1999 Kargil conflict.\u0026nbsp;What exactly has changed; and what badly needs to?\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EFirst, a key development that has transformed the modern battlefield — as observed in glimpses in\u0026nbsp;Azerbaijan-Armenia and also in Ukraine — is the new threat to ground forces posed by remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs), or weaponised drones, that are driven by ultra-modern technologies.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003EThese constitute a potent threat to Indian forces, including those in depth.\u0026nbsp;Armed drones, freed to operate by the early destruction of the enemy’s air defence weapon systems, can vault over the enemy’s forward defences to\u0026nbsp;strike its\u0026nbsp;reserve echelons, tactical infrastructure such as headquarters and communication nodes, logistics units such as ammunition dumps and geographical bottlenecks that force troops to concentrate, presenting lucrative targets.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003EWhile Pakistan enjoys\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;rough parity with India in legacy weapon systems, it is beginning to enjoy superiority in drone warfare, thanks to the RPVs supplied by China, including the Wing Loong and RPVs obtained from Iran and Turkey.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003EIndia does not yet have a doctrine to counter these new threats, or a strategy to underpin a response framework. Even as China perfects its strategy and implements for fifth-generation warfare, our acquisition of drones and counter-drone systems continues to founder on slipshod procurement policies. A key reason for not having a tactical, and operational doctrine for drones is the lamentable absence of a National Security Strategy (NSS), which is essential for formulating strategic, operational and tactical concepts that, in turn, would shape\u0026nbsp;the development of the force. Without a technically proficient national security advisor (NSA), who can direct the making of apex-level policy, the military will not even know what war to prepare for.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003EIt is evident that the current NSA does not accord a high priority to formulating a NSS, having pushed the responsibility on to the chief of defence staff (CDS), the department of military affairs (DMA) and various scientific establishments such as the Defence R\u0026amp;D Organisation. This is undesirable, since the CDS, from the time this post was conceived in 1999, was pointed towards tri-service force structuring, procurement, integration, and re-organisation of the existing single-service theatres into integrated tri-service commands.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003EAnother critical Indian weakness lies in what has been dubbed “Grey Zone warfare”:\u0026nbsp;Which involves information, disinformation, cyber-attacks, gathering electronic, signals and satellite intelligence and altering historical records, as it did in Tawang, Doklam and Ladakh to find a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EJus ad Bellum\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(rationale for a war). Chinese special forces could also\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003Esnap undersea internet cables, leaving India isolated and unable to communicate securely with its allies.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003EChina’s (and to a growing extent, Pakistan’s) domination of India's military in wartime is not just in high-tech fields such as Artificial Intelligence. It is also evident in conventional fields, such as long-range fires to support ground operations. In this, Indian forces that need fire to support ground operations have few choices besides Pinaka rockets and BrahMos cruise missiles. Meanwhile, Pakistan has acquired, or developed the Hatf series of missiles, and a cruise missile that can deliver a nuclear payload.\u0026nbsp;India’s ballistic missiles would constitute a form of deterrence,\u0026nbsp;if only China were\u0026nbsp;to leave the command and control systems functional.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003EThe government, instead of making up these deficiencies, dismisses the military’s concerns. In the combined commanders’\u0026nbsp;conference, held in 2015 on INS Vikramaditya, Mr Modi collectively asked the commanders present what they considered India’s premier military threat. When the generals, air marshals and admirals said they considered China to be India’s most likely threat, Mr Modi would have done well to introduce the generals, admirals and air marshals to some of the tenets of informatised warfare. Instead, he sagely stated: “You may believe that but, from my perspective, I believe that China is not a military threat at all to India.”\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003ELess than two years later, Indian troops were in eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation with Chinese troops in Doklam, Sikkim. Five years later, the PM found himself dealing with large-scale Chinese troop incursions in Eastern Ladakh, the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers and the loss of significant Indian territory in the Depsang sector at the northern tip of Ladakh.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003EAlongside these disadvantages, one significant, and oft-overlooked military advantage that India has against China is the resilience and fighting quality of our combat forces.\u0026nbsp;The difficulties that soldiers face in high mountain terrain severely test\u0026nbsp;even the most rugged of them.\u0026nbsp;In contrast, the average Chinese soldier is a lone male child, pampered by an adoring family and ill-prepared for the hazards and discomforts of the Line of Actual Control (LAC)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003EIn the confrontation in Doklam, Sikkim, where Indian and Chinese soldiers were lined up eyeball-to-eyeball, senior Indian commanders recount that they could sense the uncertainty in the Chinese line. While Indian soldiers had to be restrained — verbally as well as physically — from pushing the Chinese troops back, our chief interpreter heard the Chinese officers to the rear of their line threatening to open fire on any of their soldiers who wavered or withdrew from the line.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003EThis man-to-man advantage that Indian jawans on the LAC enjoy over the relatively comfort-loving Chinese soldiers would be eroded once the ranks of hardened jawans, enrolled on long-service tenures, are diluted by significant numbers of so-called Agniveers — soldiers enrolled on short-service tenures of four years. Of these, only 20 per cent (25,000 soldiers from each year’s batch of 125,000) will be retained in service for long-service tenures. There is apprehension amongst the generals that, as the percentage of Agniveers rises, the hard edge of the army will soften.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe only redeeming factor is that, in any war with China, India would not be alone. With its growing relations with Indo-Pacific democracies such as Japan, Australia, the UK and the US, New Delhi would react to the inevitable reverses by quickly aligning and combining forces with the AUKUS and Quadrilateral groupings. China would find its forces being split in two directions — the land border with India and the South China Sea maritime theatre. Handling the diplomatic and strategic levers in this conundrum would be a major challenge for New Delhi.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/704259700414868440\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/11\/the-challenge-handling-high-tech.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/704259700414868440"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/704259700414868440"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/11\/the-challenge-handling-high-tech.html","title":"The challenge:  Handling a high-tech Chinese military"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Broadsword"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13076780076240598482"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgDC7ZPQFfEldB8_BD3v7NyXaeZVWwpFY1ys2u91b3_NwiNmC_IEr7Sm6jAh2A6fgJdlq0Aoq5_j0pJ5UI55SExAQP-7F9gxoFNqn_992zLhrOlzcb5QF2wJHLXAyjBvrZg-uze8zqhhLTzwwj94XFfDWSeMA3rDIRDi9Z37r1JYpQxWb0vvaZtBg0y\/s72-c\/1667502669-1507.jpg.webp","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-7962544899966709805"},"published":{"$t":"2022-10-31T06:28:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-31T06:28:06.718-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Defence Production"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Air Force"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Private Sector"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"PM at inauguration of C-295 line: \"Time for made-in-India passenger aircraft\""},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhbIUGuiCgLCQL1aM4svKXsIMsVLBAiwLJmr-Md0r8VK7LeEAPJrzRUsUwjRU1q-lpKPBXdAOJDKBn0-E9EicdixR62ckDaIuDW5em9HnDGGjinAebCSq3cDqU63Fj9f81032FDXO4xBtjCYn_aViJZM8ZKQ9foj9xhpj_Ze5TWVKOzJNwWvUabzXuA\/s640\/1667152903-1405.jpg.webp\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"479\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhbIUGuiCgLCQL1aM4svKXsIMsVLBAiwLJmr-Md0r8VK7LeEAPJrzRUsUwjRU1q-lpKPBXdAOJDKBn0-E9EicdixR62ckDaIuDW5em9HnDGGjinAebCSq3cDqU63Fj9f81032FDXO4xBtjCYn_aViJZM8ZKQ9foj9xhpj_Ze5TWVKOzJNwWvUabzXuA\/s16000\/1667152903-1405.jpg.webp\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: xx-large; font-style: italic;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999;\"\u003EPM Narendra Modi with Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran (left) and Airbus Chief Commercial Officer Christian Scherer (right) during foundation stone laying ceremony of C-295 transport aircraft manufacturing plant in Vadodara\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAjai Shukla\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBusiness\u0026nbsp;Standard\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999;\"\u003ENew Delhi, 30 October\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he could foresee that India would soon be manufacturing big passenger aircraft that would proudly bear the words ‘Made in India’. He was speaking at the foundation stone ceremony of the Tata-Airbus C295 aircraft manufacturing facility in Vadodara, Gujarat. The Rs 22,000-crore project is being seen as a win for Gujarat ahead of assembly elections in the state.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EAddressing the gathering, the PM said, “India is moving forward with the mantra of ‘Make in India, Make for the World’….. The C-295 aircraft would bolster the logistical capability of the Indian Air Force (IAF).’’ While pointing out that India is making fighter jets, tanks, submarines, medicines, vaccines, electronic gadgets, mobile phones and cars that are popular in many countries, the PM said India would now become a huge manufacturer of transport aircraft.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EPutting stress on the increased demand for passenger and cargo aircraft, the PM said India would need more than 2,000 aircraft in the next 15 years. ‘’Today is a crucial step in this direction.’’\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ESpeaking at the event, Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran said, ‘’This is a historic moment not only for the Tata Group but for the country, as it embraces the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of being truly ‘Atmanirbhar’”.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EAirbus chief executive officer Guillaume Faury said, ‘’Our teams are committed to supporting the modernisation of the Indian Air Force with the C295 programme, which will also contribute to the development of the private defence manufacturing sector in the country.’’\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ECongratulating the two groups, the PM said more than 100 medium, small and micro enterprises (MSMEs) were associated with the project.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;Highlighting that India is creating an unprecedented environment for manufacturing in the country, Modi cited the creation of a simplified, globally competitive, corporate tax structure, permitting 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) across sectors, opening up defence and space sectors for \u0026nbsp;private companies, reforming 29 central labour laws into four codes, abolishing 33,000 compliances, and creating the Goods and Service Tax that put an end to a complex web of dozens of taxes.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EHe recalled a time when the dominant thought was to focus on the service sector as manufacturing was considered to be beyond reach. “Today, we are improving both services and manufacturing sectors… India is preparing to stay ahead of everyone in manufacturing,” he said.\u0026nbsp;While reiterating the investment-friendly policies, the PM urged India Inc to move aggressively on manufacturing without losing the current opportunity. “Growth momentum of India has been maintained despite COVID-19 pandemic, war and supply-chain disruptions.”\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EModi said that over $3 billion has been invested in the aerospace sector alone. Post 2014, investment in this sector grew five times larger then what had been invested during 2000 to 2014. “We aim to scale our defence manufacturing beyond $25 billion by 2025. Our defence exports will also exceed $5 billion,” he added.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Today our policies are stable, predictable and futuristic,” he said. “A new saga of economic reforms is being written in India and the manufacturing sector is reaping the most benefits from this, apart from the states.”\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe PM lamented the “makeshift approach” of the previous government where the manufacturing sector was kept barely functional through subsidy.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EUnder the C295 project, a consortium of two Tata Group companies – Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) and Tata Consultancy Services, led by TASL – will assemble 40 Airbus transport aircraft with manufacturing technology supplied by Airbus Defence and Space. This is the first time a private firm has been entrusted with manufacturing an entire military aircraft.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe project will also involve Airbus supplying the first 16 transport aircraft ready-built in Seville, Spain. The aircraft can be used for both military and civilian purposes.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe first 16 “fly-away-condition” aircraft are scheduled to be received by the IAF between September 2023 and August 2025. The first C-295s assembled in Vadodra are expected to be delivered from September 2026.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/7962544899966709805\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/pm-at-inauguration-of-c-295-line-time.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/7962544899966709805"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/7962544899966709805"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/pm-at-inauguration-of-c-295-line-time.html","title":"PM at inauguration of C-295 line: \"Time for made-in-India passenger aircraft\""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Broadsword"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13076780076240598482"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhbIUGuiCgLCQL1aM4svKXsIMsVLBAiwLJmr-Md0r8VK7LeEAPJrzRUsUwjRU1q-lpKPBXdAOJDKBn0-E9EicdixR62ckDaIuDW5em9HnDGGjinAebCSq3cDqU63Fj9f81032FDXO4xBtjCYn_aViJZM8ZKQ9foj9xhpj_Ze5TWVKOzJNwWvUabzXuA\/s72-c\/1667152903-1405.jpg.webp","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-6352089339941819258"},"published":{"$t":"2022-10-28T02:23:00.005-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-28T02:23:40.555-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"HAL"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Air Force"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ordnance factories"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Private Sector"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"strategy"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Gujarat bags ~22,000-cr project to build C-295 light transporter with Tatas, Airbus"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhzgHqyDvIdNnJel49nRgfxitS8m2ecGURQ2qHJpdquywAhhljUwqqRzEbpBXFm6imy3ZT9WFLr_0RyvlU-cTW3KQ2_eDH-_S28MnQEMT7bipE-lYYE5nruZ2y1UcvSFmEHLkvyWdRcxElanEWxEY7jr5BM71UGrU9ZIyWlssctyq3U0zKFba6Mu4uN\/s970\/AA%20C-295.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"638\" data-original-width=\"970\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhzgHqyDvIdNnJel49nRgfxitS8m2ecGURQ2qHJpdquywAhhljUwqqRzEbpBXFm6imy3ZT9WFLr_0RyvlU-cTW3KQ2_eDH-_S28MnQEMT7bipE-lYYE5nruZ2y1UcvSFmEHLkvyWdRcxElanEWxEY7jr5BM71UGrU9ZIyWlssctyq3U0zKFba6Mu4uN\/s16000\/AA%20C-295.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EBuilding the C-295 transport aircraft for the IAF by a Tata-Airbus consortium is being billed as a major boost for the domestic aerospace sector\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBy Ajai Shukla\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003ENew Delhi, 27 October\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EPrime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone on Sunday for a plant in Vadodara that will manufacture the C-295 transport aircraft. This\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003Econtract is expected to support the development of India’s aerospace ecosystem, bringing investment and 15,000 skilled direct jobs and 10,000 indirect positions over the coming decade, according to Airbus officials.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Thursday announced it had, for the first time, entrusted a private firm — Tata Advanced Systems (TASL) — to manufacture an entire aircraft for the military.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EOn September 24, 2021, MoD had signed a ~21,935 crore contract with Airbus for 56 C-295 aircraft. Since they were to replace the Indian Air Force’s (IAF’s) legacy fleet of Avro HS-748 aircraft, this deal earned the sobriquet of ‘Avro replacement programme’.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe ‘Avro replacement programme’ will require TASL to develop an entire industrial ecosystem: from manufacture, assembly, testing and qualification, to delivery and maintenance over the aircraft’s lifecycle.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe IAF will be the 35th\u0026nbsp;operator of the C-295 worldwide. Airbus already has orders for 278 of these aircraft, of which more than 200 are already in operation.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EAddressing a press conference in New Delhi on Thursday, Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar said, under the terms of the contract, Airbus would build the first 16 aircraft on its final assembly line in Seville (Spain) and deliver them to the IAF in ‘fly-away condition’.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe subsequent 40 aircraft are to be manufactured in India by the Indian Aircraft Contractor — a Tata consortium consisting of TASL and Tata Consultancy Services, led by TASL.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe first 16 fly-away aircraft are scheduled to be received by the IAF between September 2023 and August 2025. The first Made-in-India aircraft is expected from September 2026.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn March, MoD signed an offset contract with Airbus Defence and Space through which Airbus will discharge its offset obligations through direct purchase of eligible products and services from Indian Offset Partners, stated the MoD in a press release.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe MoD announced on Thursday that 96 per cent of the total man hour work per aircraft that Airbus employs at its manufacturing facility at Spain would be undertaken in India by the Tata consortium. This will involve manufacturing in India of over 13,400 detailed parts, 4,600 sub-assemblies and all seven major component assemblies, along with tools, jigs, and testers.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ESystems such as engines, landing gear, and avionics will be provided by Airbus Defence and Space and integrated on the aircraft by the Tata consortium. The aircraft will be tested as an integrated system by the consortium.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe defence secretary stated on Thursday that he was very confident in the ability of the Tata Airbus consortium to build even larger transport aircraft in the future.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EAfter completion of delivery of 56 aircraft to IAF, Airbus Defence and Space will be allowed to sell the aircraft manufactured in India to civil operators and export to countries which are cleared by the Government of India.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe IAF Vice Chief, Air Marshal Sandeep Singh stated that the C-295 surpasses the performance of the two medium transport aircraft that the IAF currently operates: the Avro and the Antonov-32. A decision on replacing the ageing AN-32 would be taken after five years, he said.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe C-295 is powered by two Pratt \u0026amp; Whitney PW-127 turboprop engines and can carry up to 71 troops, or 50 paratroopers with battle loads. It can ferry supplies to locations that are not accessible to the IAF’s heavier transport aircraft, such as the C-17 Globemaster III, C-130J Super Hercules or Ilyushin 76.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe C-295 can also be used for medical evacuation (medevac), using either basic litters or mobile intensive care units with life support equipment. It can also perform special missions, disaster response and maritime patrol duties.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe MoD has earlier said that the C-295 would boost the tactical airlift capability of the IAF, especially in the North and Northeastern borders and the Andaman \u0026amp; Nicobar Islands.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe C-295 is the first major win in India for Airbus Defence. There could be more ahead, including the naval utility helicopter tender, in which it is offering the H135M and AS565 Panther.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EAirbus is also participating in the IAF’s acquisition of airborne refuelling tankers, for which it has fielded the A330 MRTT.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/6352089339941819258\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/gujarat-bags-22000-cr-project-to-build.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/6352089339941819258"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/6352089339941819258"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/gujarat-bags-22000-cr-project-to-build.html","title":"Gujarat bags ~22,000-cr project to build C-295 light transporter with Tatas, Airbus"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Broadsword"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13076780076240598482"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhzgHqyDvIdNnJel49nRgfxitS8m2ecGURQ2qHJpdquywAhhljUwqqRzEbpBXFm6imy3ZT9WFLr_0RyvlU-cTW3KQ2_eDH-_S28MnQEMT7bipE-lYYE5nruZ2y1UcvSFmEHLkvyWdRcxElanEWxEY7jr5BM71UGrU9ZIyWlssctyq3U0zKFba6Mu4uN\/s72-c\/AA%20C-295.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-6933535875642588713"},"published":{"$t":"2022-10-27T01:19:00.003-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-27T01:27:38.535-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Broadsword"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CAG"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"defence planning"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Defence Production"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Morale"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"region"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"strategy"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The cost of Antony's halo"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cblockquote style=\"border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_zUe7sq7m3h0\/S4Mt-CoI5uI\/AAAAAAAAA7U\/8dOAxRwI7P8\/s1600-h\/defence_minister_india.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441243318674056930\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_zUe7sq7m3h0\/S4Mt-CoI5uI\/AAAAAAAAA7U\/8dOAxRwI7P8\/s16000\/defence_minister_india.jpg\" style=\"cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 136px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #999999;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #999999; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #999999; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #999999; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #999999; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #999999; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EDefence Minister AK Antony rides one of the T-72s that remains night-blind because of MoD procurement failures. Is the Congress Party beginning to realise that Antony needs to go?\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #999999; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #999999; font-size: large;\"\u003Eby Ajai Shukla \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #999999; font-size: large;\"\u003EBusiness Standard, 23rd Feb 2010\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #999999; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ESarojini Naidu famously observed that it cost India millions to keep Gandhi in poverty. It is harder to determine what this country pays to perpetuate Defence Minister AK Antony’s reputation for honesty, but the monetary penalty alone is thousands of crores per year. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EHere’s how it adds up. Antony’s obsessive quest for unblemished weapons procurement has delayed the acquisition of artillery and anti-aircraft guns, fighters, submarines, night fighting gear and a host of equipment upgrades. With arms inflation at 15 per cent per annum, a five-year delay means that India pays twice what it should have. And when that equipment is obtained through government-to-government purchases and other single-vendor contracts, the cost is about 25 per cent more than it would have been in competitive bidding. Conservatively estimating that delays afflict just half of the defence ministry’s Rs 50,000 crore procurement budget, India buys Rs 25,000 crore worth of weaponry for 125 per cent more than what it should have paid. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EOver and above that figure is the cost to national prestige and the devaluation of India’s military deterrent when — as in the wake of the 26\/11 terror strikes in Mumbai — India’s armed forces are unprepared for immediate strikes. That happened on Antony’s watch. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ETo inconvenient questions about procurement delays, Antony declares that “India is a democracy” and “we have to ensure full transparency”. Point out to him that many democracies manage timely procurement in a transparent manner, and you will get a patronising, “Don’t worry, we are doing all that is necessary to safeguard the security of the country.” \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAfter five years of insensibility to Antony’s disastrous custodianship of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the Congress party seems to be realising that in India’s deteriorating security environment, Antony’s functioning might leave the party with having to account for a military embarrassment. Last week, Congress party spokesperson Manish Tewari wrote an opinion piece in a national daily, arguing for all the changes that Antony has assiduously blocked during his five disastrous years in office. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ETewari called for “reforms that are visionary”; treating Indian private industry on a par with the public sector; and “drastically retooling” the Department of Defence Production. Though qualified as his personal views, the article represented growing opinion within the Congress party. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIs it fair, Antony’s defenders will ask, to pin the blame entirely on him? After all, George Fernandes had publicly declared that fear of the three C’s — the CAG, the CVC and the CBI — held back MoD bureaucrats from making decisions. But Antony, like no other defence minister before him, endangers national security by his otherwise laudable fetish for probity. The message that flows out of Antony’s office and seeps through the procurement department is: cancel an ongoing procurement at the first hint of irregularity. It does not matter whether the suspicion has been planted by a rival arms dealer; a paid-for Parliamentary question; or a letter from an MP which has clearly been dictated by someone who possesses every detail of the tender in question. Just put the process on indefinite hold. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EOne MoD official asked me: Point out one official who has been punished for delaying the procurement of even the most vitally needed equipment. But if I am seen to move a file quickly, the defence minister’s office will ask, “What is the hurry. It seems almost as if you have a stake in that deal.” \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThen there is Antony’s obvious bewilderment about the technical issues of the military, a crashing ignorance that cannot be condoned in India’s top military decision-maker. Antony’s apologists cite his preoccupation with party matters; but that is hardly convincing. His predecessor, Pranab Mukherjee, who had an immeasurably larger role in the party and national affairs, handled the MoD with skill and knowledge. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAt a lunch, three years ago, I asked the Australian defence minister why his air force was buying F\/A-18F Super Hornet fighters when Australia was already in line for the futuristic F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which was nearing completion. His answer: Australia’s ageing F-111 fighters would be retiring in 2010; since the F-35 project was running a couple of years late, 24 new Super Hornets would be inducted to retain Australian capability. (The Super Hornets are reaching Australia next month.) \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EContrast that urgency with Antony’s “we-will-consider” approach, even though India faces a greater chance of military confrontation with Pakistan or China than Australia does with New Zealand or Papua and New Guinea. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAntony’s personal image and goals are damaging national security and the image of his party. If electoral seat adjustment and managing state-level dissidence is his particular skill, let him move out of that crucial corner office in South Block and give him a place in the Congress party office.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EMr Antony? \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/6933535875642588713\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2010\/02\/cost-of-antonys-halo.html#comment-form","title":"53 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/6933535875642588713"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/6933535875642588713"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2010\/02\/cost-of-antonys-halo.html","title":"The cost of Antony's halo"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Broadsword"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13076780076240598482"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_zUe7sq7m3h0\/S4Mt-CoI5uI\/AAAAAAAAA7U\/8dOAxRwI7P8\/s72-c\/defence_minister_india.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"53"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-2530646082900540465"},"published":{"$t":"2022-10-24T06:58:00.005-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-24T07:01:21.278-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"defence planning"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Defence Production"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"DRDO"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"HAL"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Air Force"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Army"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Navy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ordnance factories"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Private Sector"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Unsigned editorial in Business Standard: The Rs 40,000 crore challenge"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi9CGcJDUbCvotEhT7s1RR5DluMPMvOf_3YLm_JT-onCJV6XtlowQHMHsMJWr4Gj833stpZ3SKAqG5Mibl77FC5CCd3SRf6Dlaq0baqMk-mYXAASSKcyRW6hGEZFxhDtMoHpdqprO1m2MmrQkEIXpHT3oDyXr8n25mgFrPWw1PTloLUb--0rjPhm67-\/s2020\/AA%20Modi.jpg\" style=\"font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2020\" data-original-width=\"1705\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi9CGcJDUbCvotEhT7s1RR5DluMPMvOf_3YLm_JT-onCJV6XtlowQHMHsMJWr4Gj833stpZ3SKAqG5Mibl77FC5CCd3SRf6Dlaq0baqMk-mYXAASSKcyRW6hGEZFxhDtMoHpdqprO1m2MmrQkEIXpHT3oDyXr8n25mgFrPWw1PTloLUb--0rjPhm67-\/s16000\/AA%20Modi.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #999999; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003EIndia must multiply defence exports for Modi's aim of taking India into the league of the world’s top five defence producers, with an annual turnover of US $26 billion\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EBy\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EAjai Shukla\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUnsigned editorial,\u0026nbsp;Business Standard\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOctober 20th, 2022\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003EPrime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on Wednesday threw a challenge before the Indian aerospace and defence industry with his call to achieve an annual exports target of Rs 40,000 crore. Neither is this resolve is new, nor the figure. The\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;aim of increasing defence exports ten-fold, from the existing level of 2,000-3,000 crore annually to over $5 billion (then Rs 35,000 crore), was first enunciated in the Defence Production Policy of 2018 (DPrP-2018). Mr Modi again made that call while addressing Defexpo 2020 in Lucknow. Helped by adding civil aerospace products export to that of defence kit, exports reached a high of Rs 13,000 crore this year. Even so, a three-fold increase is required for meeting the DPrP-2018 export target, which is a substantial challenge.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003EYet, it is not inconceivable. As the PM pointed out, defence exports have grown eight-fold in the last five years, with defence materials and equipment flowing to more than 75 countries. And the government has put its shoulder to the wheel, having apparently understood that\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003Emultiplying defence exports is essential for meeting the DPrP-2018 target of taking India into the league of the world’s top five defence producers, with an annual turnover of US $26 billion (Rs 180,000 crore) – a two-fold increase over the current annual defence production of Rs 90,000 crore\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003EApparently aware of the magnitude of the challenge, the government has created a policy framework for boosting aerospace and defence exports. Defence attaches posted to Indian embassies abroad have been charged with seeking out opportunities to supply their host countries with Indian military equipment. New Delhi has created a liberalised trade environment for Indian defence exports by eliminating structural obstacles to trade in arms. India has already obtained entry into three of the four global export control regimes: the Missile Technology Control Regime, the Wassenaar Arrangement and the Australia Group. New Delhi has mustered all its diplomatic heft into obtaining entry into the fourth – the Nuclear Suppliers Group. New Delhi\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003Ehas offered friendly foreign countries such as Myanmar, Maldives and Sri Lanka credit lines to purchase Indian defence equipment. Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) are now required to have 25 per cent of their turnover in exports. A\u0026nbsp;nodal agency, the Indigenous Defence Equipment Exporters Association, was set up in October for processing defence export inquiries from prospective customers across the globe.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003EEven with these reinforcements to the structural framework, boosting defence exports exponentially requires a major change in emphasis. Instead of focusing on the export of low-value consumables such as ammunition, spare parts and aerospace components, India needs to concentrate on\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003Ehigh-value, complex combat platforms. As the Indian military abandons its reluctance to take into its inventory indigenous platforms such as the Tejas Mark 1 and Mark 1A fighters, the light combat helicopters (LCH), Dhruv and Rudra helicopters, the Arjun tank, Akash air defence systems, Pinaka rocket launchers and a range of indigenous warships including corvettes, frigates and destroyers, potential customers legitimately ask why India’s military shrinks from buying these platforms. India’s military must lead the way by ensuring that the army, navy and air force induct indigenous weaponry into operational service and co-opt industry to incrementally develop and improve the products. The export of this weaponry creates economy of scale, brings down equipment prices for India as well as for buyer countries, and also generates strategic heft for India.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/2530646082900540465\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/unsigned-editorial-in-business-standard.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/2530646082900540465"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/2530646082900540465"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/unsigned-editorial-in-business-standard.html","title":"Unsigned editorial in Business Standard: The Rs 40,000 crore challenge"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Broadsword"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13076780076240598482"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi9CGcJDUbCvotEhT7s1RR5DluMPMvOf_3YLm_JT-onCJV6XtlowQHMHsMJWr4Gj833stpZ3SKAqG5Mibl77FC5CCd3SRf6Dlaq0baqMk-mYXAASSKcyRW6hGEZFxhDtMoHpdqprO1m2MmrQkEIXpHT3oDyXr8n25mgFrPWw1PTloLUb--0rjPhm67-\/s72-c\/AA%20Modi.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-6905130018489546836"},"published":{"$t":"2022-10-22T20:30:00.002-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-22T20:31:37.672-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Inside Tales"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Private Sector"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"russia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"strategy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"US military"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A detailed interview with Boeing Defense chief: Ted Colbert"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgYW8_EyPEbrD3XxePUSq0i3fX6IJq9uQ8SbS1BCa1bL1cosrRN4qqwydp2Ext2EENzENs026sO7FGTHfSDUh4DPYzSoSsChQZTDS5eg_MW4vfp2FEIyBvZno1_OJE9jZ-WX5vrYlDTmlR0w15GXeMSN7TPG64JCyrJSHG0BLkrWTWs5_HSbesWwMxK\/s3047\/Theodore%20Colbert.jpg\" style=\"font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3047\" data-original-width=\"2177\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgYW8_EyPEbrD3XxePUSq0i3fX6IJq9uQ8SbS1BCa1bL1cosrRN4qqwydp2Ext2EENzENs026sO7FGTHfSDUh4DPYzSoSsChQZTDS5eg_MW4vfp2FEIyBvZno1_OJE9jZ-WX5vrYlDTmlR0w15GXeMSN7TPG64JCyrJSHG0BLkrWTWs5_HSbesWwMxK\/s16000\/Theodore%20Colbert.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"color: #999999;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003ETed Colbert, executive vice-president, The Boeing Company\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\"\u003EIndia was an important country for The Boeing Company,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\"\u003Eeven before the ongoing Ukraine war.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\"\u003ETed Colbert, in an interview with Ajai Shukla, agrees that localisation would be one of the key drivers of Boeing’s global defence business. Edited excerpts:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #e06666;\"\u003EQ. With\u0026nbsp;the Russia-Ukraine war going on, is NATO realising that they haven’t been paying what they should have for their defence. With European companies on a buying spree, are you now focused on equipping NATO?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EObviously, the conflict is a high priority for everyone. And they are all investing more heavily into defence. So it will all depend on what they want to do, how they want to do it and how fast they want to move, and on our ability to support those needs.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #e06666;\"\u003EQ.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Given the pre-occupation with Russia, is that diverting you from looking at countries like India?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EI wouldn’t call it a diversion. I’d say that India was an important country as many others before the conflict. We’ve been investing in India for over 75 years. We’ve had partnerships in the MRO (maintenance, repair, and operations) world. We have really strong performing platforms like the Apache, Chinook helicopters and the P-8I aircraft. And I wouldn't say I've taken one ounce of focus off of any of those things.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #e06666;\"\u003EQ.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Would you say that India is no longer a buyer’s market?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EI always have to see it as a buyer’s market. We have to compete with every single deal on the table. And we compete on the basis of our ability to sell through the United States government and meet the requirements that come from the customer. This will always be a competitive run for us. And so even with the more intense focus on defence capability around the world, it’s still serious competition. Very, very serious.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #e06666;\"\u003EQ.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;So what\u0026nbsp;will\u0026nbsp;be the drivers of Boeing’s global defence business now? Are you seeing any specific themes emerge, such as localisation?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EI think that one of the biggest themes that you just mentioned is localisation. Many parts of the world desire indigenous capability. It is our local defence industry and we play a part in that by, one, making sure they have the products and capabilities they need today, but also making sure that we’re building capacity and capability to go forward. And we're doing exactly that here with our partnerships, with our MRO. We have partnerships with the Tata (Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited) joint venture, where we are co-producing Apache, fuselages and commercial parts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EThis is why for me it's a very interesting moment because the things that we have been doing are the things that we're being asked just to do more of. And I think we are very, very well situated to be able to grow indigenous capability for India to support. I think relative to our peers, big global industrial defence companies, I think we are in a very, very good position. The strongest, with more than 300 suppliers here, 4,000 employees and if the F\/A-18 is selected, it'll create $3.6 billion worth of economic value for the country. I’m not sure you can say that's not a great place to be in.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EAnd the other part I'd say, if I bring it back up the value from the product itself, building capability on the engineering side to develop products and capabilities for the next-generation platforms is part of what we intend to do and have been having early discussions with partners about in the country for next-generation helicopters, fighters that are indigenously engineered and produced here. So the theme is, you know, while the world has consumed platforms on an import basis for a very long time, the future will be about partnering and building up the defence industrial base within countries and partnering with companies like ours. And we want to be part of that and we want to be prepared for it. And that's where we are.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #e06666;\"\u003EQ.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;So is there any prospect or likelihood of a change in Boeing’s pattern of sourcing from India? Are you going to be sort of biased more in favour of smaller companies or are larger companies going to offer you, in your opinion, more benefits? Is there going to be any change?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EI think we have partnerships with larger companies, obviously, as I had mentioned earlier Tata. We are talking to other companies. We have a handful of smaller relationships with emerging tech companies. We all have to accelerate partnerships with small, medium and large companies around the country because that is the way that will help build that indigenous capability and be a part of the future platforms. So I think it is not one or the other, it’s an end and it’s all in, it's faster, you know. And I think that's super important to us.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #e06666;\"\u003EQ.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Salil Gupte (CEO,\u0026nbsp;Boeing India):\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;So and just to add, you know, Ted mentioned we have more than 300 partners, that are suppliers here in India, over 25 per cent of them are MSMEs. And the way we do that is that over the time that I've been here in the last three-and-a-half years, we have ramped up our supply chain capability that's based out of Bengaluru actually, and built up a team of people who predominantly go out and engage MSMEs perhaps in different spaces. So they might be in the automotive space or in the agri space, other industries, and they pull them into the aerospace field.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EThey do any upskilling that might be required, materials, quality standards, you know, all of those things to become an aerospace grade supplier. And then they work with us. One of them (Rossell Techsys) actually won our Supplier of the Year award twice in five years, which is quite unprecedented.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #e06666;\"\u003EQ. So is India going to remain a sort of billion-dollar market? What are your revenue projections,\u0026nbsp;five years\u0026nbsp;or 10\u0026nbsp;years down the line?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EI don’t have specific figures. If you think about the base that we have today, we have very significant Apache, Chinook, P-8I fleets in the country, we have an MRO capability in the services business that supports all three of those and the C-17. I don't see those levelling off. I'm hoping that over time we continue to grow the fleets and in particular the P8I fleet.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EThe F\/A-18 Super Hornet is right in front of us from a go-forward perspective. And we're waiting to hear on the Navy's decision there. So that would be another opportunity to grow. And then the future is about autonomy and tanking. I'm hoping that over time we are able to, you know, partner with the country to provide more capabilities on both those fronts as well. So I wouldn't quote a specific number or a percentage as much as my intention is for this to be a growth part of the world for us. And hopefully that stays in line with the investments that the country is making into the defence industry. So if we can move at that pace, that would be good.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #e06666;\"\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003EAjai Shukla\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe relationship that has evolved between the United States and India has the Navy playing a very important role, almost leading the relationship at a strategic level. But there is now the inevitable feedback what about the land border, where India is almost alone in facing China. Is there scope for Boeing to help India by providing platforms for the land border or do you don't do land borders?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003ETed Colbert\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI wouldn't say we don't do land borders. I think that our vertical lift capability is suitable to support land operations. I think our P8I, from a maritime surveillance perspective, has other capabilities in, in the unmanned space as well with drones and others, that I think fit into in to those challenges. But we are [providing] capabilities to support those efforts. And we have a good relationship with the Army. So I think we're\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;suited to support all our branches of the military here in our own unique ways, for sure.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003ESalil Gupte\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Indian Navy uses the Indian P8s in a far more flexible manner than really any other force in the world. They are known to use it over operations beyond just maritime. And that speaks to two things. One, it speaks to the flexibility of the asset and how it can be exploited. And it also speaks to the fact that the Indians are moving toward joint collaborative operations that allow you to increase the value of those assets.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003ETed Colbert\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThere's a lot of discussion about the importance of the Chinook, the flexibility of Chinook and the types of really unique missions that it flies for the military here. So I think we're suited to support land operations.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #e06666;\"\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003EAjai Shukla\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ESo you're satisfied with what you're doing on land and you believe that that the Indian side is happy with that?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003ETed Colbert\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI believe that, both the products and in the sustainment space, we've gotten positive feedback [from the Indian military]. There's always more to do. We have some opportunities on one of our platforms to improve some of the capability to support some specific types of missions.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIn general, especially Apaches and Chinooks, they are workhorses, P8Is are workhorses, and have a utilization that is very high.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #e06666;\"\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003EAjai Shukla\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThere's sort of a lot of talk from the US side, that choosing the FA-18 for the for the Indian Navy would enhance interoperability and would give a much greater degree of combat togetherness, The same is true for the P81 as well. You think this is something that will be used to sell the aircraft? Or is there really a prospect of operations together.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003ETed Colbert\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;I think that it's a real differentiator and a strong proof point of the platform. The ability to interoperate with our capabilities, with the American warfighter and the other products that we fielded here in the country and with our other allies, as I mentioned before, the multilateral relationships around the world. And I think it is a consideration, along with the ability of the platform to be carrier based, ready, and also the capable of having one or two seats on the carrier. So the Super Hornet can be a fighter and it can be a trainer all at the same time. If you have 26 F\/A-18s, all 26 can be on the carrier and you don't have to leave some of them [the twin-seat version] behind like some of our competitors have to.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #666666; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EI\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003Ef I was an operator, the twin-seat capability would be a formidable one that I would want to have in my hands. But we all know that that decision is more complex than that. And one of the reasons why I'm here is to make it simpler on the capability side to make that decision. Also make it simpler in the broader perspective, meaning re-emphasize and amplify the importance of our contributions to make in India that is, we have demonstrated that we support the company, the countries, you know, desires to build capability going forward.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWe have proof points on how we've done that in the past. We have ideas that we've shared with our customers about what we want to do going forward. And I believe that there is no other industrial aerospace company that can deliver to that commitment. You can listen to countries making promises all day long, but one should also listen to a company that's delivers on promises for a very long time.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #e06666;\"\u003EAjai Shukla\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #e06666;\"\u003EYou've spoken extensively about digital engineering. How do you see that play out in India, given that you've set up a design centre here in India.\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003ETed Colbert\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI think we are just scratching the surface on the opportunity with regard to digital. I believe that across the entire value stream of the engineering side, we have the ability to have a digital foundation for all of our products through model-based engineering. We've demonstrated here and we're going to continue to demonstrate capability around for size determinant assembly. Our team here will potentially lead the company in building up capability, and the capacity to support many of our future products by building indigenous capability from a design and engineering perspective on the sustainment side.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI could go on and on about the use of data, the rich data coming off our customers platforms to support mission capability and readiness and operational efficiency and predictive maintenance. Predicting when a part will need to be replaced and getting ahead of that and making sure the right parts are on the plane during the mission. Getting ahead of things like doing the right flight planning that saves fuel, saves money, and leads to better mission efficiency. We have developed a suite of tools that we call Mission Accelerator. Mission Accelerator takes advantage of all this data, and it delivers predictive capability to the warfighter every single day.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWe've demonstrated on the C-17, which is an enduring platform that we're building the capability for our future platforms. It is going to be part of the way that our products are sustained going forward. I believe that if you pull the thread all the way back to building talent capability, this engineering centre is partially the home of that, but could be an even stronger home to develop software and analytics and artificial intelligence innovation at a rapid pace in support of the maintenance. It's a statement of all the products that we have here in India. I think we're just at the beginning of the innings, to use a cricket analogy.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe future warfighter is going to be more digitally savvy, they would have all grown up with phones and apps and they want to see data at their fingertips. And I think we believe that India is a place to go build that capability and support it.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #e06666;\"\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003EAjai Shukla\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;My last question should perhaps have been my first. You're the new head of Boeing Defense. What are your priorities?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003ETed Colbert\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;We have a lot of priorities. I'd say first, driving stability into everything that we do from a development and operations perspective. We have several concurrent firm, fixed price, development programs going on right now that are all very, very challenging. They're next generation capabilities, and it's important that we get through the development process with those programs and get into full production.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI'd say the second thing is focusing on the supply chain and the challenges that have emerged through the COVID period. We have suppliers who have had changes in workforce just like we have and other issues that emerge because of COVID, such as cycles of working and not working, And we've got to stabilize our suppliers. We have to make sure that suppliers are consuming requirements in the right way and helping to improve first time quality and throughput in all their operations.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ESo the supply chain is second top priority and then, it is vital to develop and acquire the next generation of talent. And then, it is vital to support some pretty significant campaigns and big wins that that are important to our business. So in India, as clear from the fact that I'm here, is one of those priorities: We totally believe that the F\/A-18 is what India needs. We're waiting to hear officially about the Letter of Acceptance for the P8i.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003ESalil Gupte\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;I would argue that you can see India in every single one of those priorities as you think about achieving stability on those production programs. You'll see our India engineering and some of our manufacturing capability to support those very programs. Right. You know, as you think about, you know, the supply chain challenges that not just our industry but all industries are facing around the world. India is one of the foremost sites to find supply chain resiliency, given the performance of our supply chain here. We're certainly trending in that direction as well. So, you know, you see India in, you know, in in all of these priorities as a potential solution to help us achieve.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003ETed Colbert\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAnd I'll tell you early in the job, one of the first calls I made was to our teammates in India to authorize more hiring to support some big engineering challenges that we have. So India is where we are sending whole work packages and really becoming very reliant on the workforce here, from on a go forward basis with regard to both engineering and manufacturing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #e06666;\"\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003EAjai Shukla\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI have no more questions. Anything you want to put forward.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003ETed Colbert\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWe just want to make sure it's clear where our head is with regard to supporting, make in India and a self-reliant India. And in the sort of long play, and in the medium play, we want to make sure that we are ready to deliver some more F\/A-18s and P8s to India. We also want to emphasize the importance of the talent base that we've been developing and recruiting for a very long time. And we look forward to being a part of the future.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #e06666;\"\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003EAjai Shukla\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThank you very much.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/6905130018489546836\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/a-detailed-interview-with-boeing.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/6905130018489546836"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/6905130018489546836"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/a-detailed-interview-with-boeing.html","title":"A detailed interview with Boeing Defense chief: Ted Colbert"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Broadsword"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13076780076240598482"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgYW8_EyPEbrD3XxePUSq0i3fX6IJq9uQ8SbS1BCa1bL1cosrRN4qqwydp2Ext2EENzENs026sO7FGTHfSDUh4DPYzSoSsChQZTDS5eg_MW4vfp2FEIyBvZno1_OJE9jZ-WX5vrYlDTmlR0w15GXeMSN7TPG64JCyrJSHG0BLkrWTWs5_HSbesWwMxK\/s72-c\/Theodore%20Colbert.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-6671950639280581793"},"published":{"$t":"2022-10-19T18:50:00.005-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-19T18:52:33.968-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Broadsword"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"defence planning"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Defence Production"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"DRDO"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"france"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"HAL"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Air Force"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Army"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Navy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Infotech"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Inside Tales"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Internal security"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Land systems"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"LCA"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Missiles"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"MMRCA"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":" DRDO displays three “Make in India” successes in DefExpo 22"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEguEPdmgtfWe9fRE0QgumoBmx2Yy5DMu7lDgZ5pa5MxkFYC3CqpFWmpYeYUzj6a4q0oDKYOX0j7GVAHaNJhPwN6sKybpV8rGtpiR7RHouWXwLsodFuh5VzdUtlCa91ptgrOMISQ9kYSK3enMPOmipTMI_YZ6JuF7z7u5yz9NszC71UmnyHNqXM6CNPB\/s2448\/AA%20M777.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1576\" data-original-width=\"2448\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEguEPdmgtfWe9fRE0QgumoBmx2Yy5DMu7lDgZ5pa5MxkFYC3CqpFWmpYeYUzj6a4q0oDKYOX0j7GVAHaNJhPwN6sKybpV8rGtpiR7RHouWXwLsodFuh5VzdUtlCa91ptgrOMISQ9kYSK3enMPOmipTMI_YZ6JuF7z7u5yz9NszC71UmnyHNqXM6CNPB\/s16000\/AA%20M777.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EThree \"desi\" systems that are on display at DefExpo 22 are headed for success (Pic above is of the M777 ultralight howitzer)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBy Ajai Shukla\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBusiness Standard, 20th Oct 22\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EWith the theme of “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” (self-reliant India) underpinning India’s premier defence exposition – DefExpo 22 – attention is focused on the India Pavilion and a sprawling presentation by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EProminent in the DRDO’s display are several artillery guns, armoured vehicles and tanks that underline a measure of success in developing these key weapons platforms for the army. Here are three systems that are headed for success.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EMounted gun system (MGS)\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThere has long been attention on the 155 millimetre (mm), 52 calibre (cal) Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS), which the DRDO is developing in partnership with the Tata and the Kalyani Groups. Now, without fanfare, the DRDO has produced an offshoot of the ATAGS – called the 155 mm\/52 cal Mounted Gun (MGS) – which could become a battle-winner that is central to the army’s firepower menu.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe ATAGS is a conventional towed howitzer, which requires a wheeled tractor to tow it between firing positions. In the MGS, however, the entire gun is mounted onto a wheeled tractor, from where it can be fired without any dismounting or lengthy preparation. Bringing the MGS into action takes just 80 seconds, while bringing it out of action takes 85 seconds.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe MGS weighs 15 tonnes and the Kolos Tatra tractor on which it is mounted weighs another 15 tonnes. The total weight of 30 tonnes can comfortably negotiate the 40 tonne bridges on most highways.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003EThe MGS has a ready customer since the Indian Army’s artillery plan stipulates the purchase of 814 MGS to beef up artillery firepower. The DRDO wants the army to acquire MGS under the high priority Chapter IV of the Defence Acquisition Procedure of 2020. This chapter gives the highest priority to: “\u003C\/span\u003EProcedure for Acquisition of systems designed and developed by DRDO\/DPSU\/OFB”.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe DRDO’s MGS faces competition from firms such as Bharat Forge and Tata Aerospace and Defence (A\u0026amp;D), which have also developed their own MGS. Only if the MoD categorises this acquisition in the Chapter IV category, would the field be clear for the DRDO’s MGS.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EHowever the DRDO is confident about the superiority of its MGS. It has successfully cleared testing in deserts and high altitude areas (HAA), displaying high accuracy and consistency. To protect the crew when the enemy brings down counter fire, there is an armoured cabin (currently armour steel, to be developed into composite material) in which they can take shelter.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Light Tank\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Chinese encroachment across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) into Indian-claimed territory in April 2020 galvanized the DRDO into resuming work on a much debated project: Development of a 25-tonne light tank that would be mobile enough for India’s high mountain border areas, for jungle terrain and for areas with narrow roads and bridges.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EWhile the DRDO completed its design work, the Directorate General of the Armoured Corps (DGAC) finalised its Preliminary Staff Qualitative Requirements (PSQR), which detailed the precise specifications of the tank.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe DRDO was given the project in November 2021, with a deadline of three years. By November 2024, it is to finish trials and immediately begin delivery to the army.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe tank’s key component – the engine and transmission – are to be bought off-the-shelf. Under evaluation are engines from MTU of Germany, Caterpillar of the US and Cummins. Transmissions will be chosen from Renk of Germany and British firm Allison.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EProtection is modular, with bolt-on, retrofittable armour providing protection of level STANAG 4 in the tank’s frontal 60 degree arc and STANAG 2 elsewhere. It will have a high pressure tank gun, either 105 mm or 120 mm.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EAccording to DRDO sources, this effort is named Project Zorawar, after the legendary Sikh general who took his armies deep into Tibet.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EWheeled Armour Platform (WhaP)\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe DRDO has developed the WhaP as a basic platform for a family of mobile, protected, multi-purpose vehicles, including a command post vehicle, a reconnaissance vehicle for a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) battlefield, for amphibious reconnaissance, or even use as a light, armoured ambulance.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIt is to be 8x8 wheeled, not tracked, and weigh 19-27 tonnes. Up to a weight of 24.5 tonnes, it will be amphibious, i.e. capable of floating. With a hydrogas suspension, and a 600 HP Cummins engine coupled to an Allison transmission, the WhaP is to be highly mobile.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EProtection is to be modular, with bolt-on, retrofittable panels that provide protection up to a level of STANAG 4. The floor can be reinforced to resist an improvised explosive device (IED). Wish lists prepared for various United Nations missions have been recycled into the WhaP.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe primary armament is to be a 30 mm cannon, mounted on a gun turret with an upgraded sighting system, which is being developed by the DRDO in partnership with Bharat Electronics Ltd.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe DRDO has chosen Larsen \u0026amp; Toubro as a “design cum production partner” (DCPP). 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text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiTa0WKRJ1Y25inQK3PfhJD1-W5uOmU5t1r2QfSUrpFDuSfRbaL1miSx3p3hDfl-1YanMSyC_R2533knBjCwU39zqYJ4Mxx29dNoVAZi-xbb8mpmQC_V8FdFa_io1W53xNvezfC2yndKuqBbhx1d-zXlR7sS1zLXkG9lj9nHsh47etoiX8QZoqEujWL\/s2570\/AA%20Modi.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1450\" data-original-width=\"2570\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiTa0WKRJ1Y25inQK3PfhJD1-W5uOmU5t1r2QfSUrpFDuSfRbaL1miSx3p3hDfl-1YanMSyC_R2533knBjCwU39zqYJ4Mxx29dNoVAZi-xbb8mpmQC_V8FdFa_io1W53xNvezfC2yndKuqBbhx1d-zXlR7sS1zLXkG9lj9nHsh47etoiX8QZoqEujWL\/s16000\/AA%20Modi.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EPM releases fresh import embargo list, unveils indigenous trainer aircraft designed by HAL and lays foundation stone of Deesa airfield in Gujarat\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EBy Ajai Shukla\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EBusiness Standard, 20th Oct 22\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EPrime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated India’s premier defence exposition, DefExpo 2022, in Gandhinagar, and called for an annual exports target of Rs 40,000 crore.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E“This is the first defence expo where only Indian companies are participating and it features only Made-in-India equipment”, he declared.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E“From the land of Iron Man, Sardar Patel, we are setting an example of the capabilities of India before the world,” said the PM.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Expo has more than 1,300 exhibitors from the Indian defence industry, some joint ventures (JVs) with foreign original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), medium, small and micro enterprises (MSMEs) and over 100 start-ups.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EModi said this provided a glimpse of India’s capability and possibility. He said that more than 400 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) were being signed for the first time ever.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EAt the India Pavilion, which showcased “Make in India” success stories, the PM unveiled the HTT-40 – an indigenous basic trainer aircraft designed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). According to the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the HTT-40 has state-of-the-art contemporary systems and has been designed with pilot-friendly features.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe HTT-40 is an indigenous triumph, having completed all its systems checks and flight tests. With over 60 per cent in-house parts and collaboration of private industry, the MoD regards the HTT-40 as a shining example of the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003EModi also launched “Mission DefSpace” to develop innovative solutions for the in the space domain through industry and start-ups.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003EThe MoD’s thrust on Africa has brought in the participation of several countries from that continent. The PM expressed happiness that “when India is giving shape to its dreams, 53 friendly countries from Africa are walking with us.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003EAlso drawing in more countries\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;is the 2\u003Csup\u003End\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;Indian Ocean Region plus (IOR+) conclave that is being held during the Expo, in line with the PM’s vision for Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003EThe PM also laid the foundation stone of the new Deesa airfield in Gujarat, stating that the forward air force base will enhance the country’s security.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003ETalking up India’s success in growing defence exports, the PM said: “Our defence exports have grown eight times in the last five years. We are exporting defence materials and equipment to more than 75 countries in 2021-22 India’s defence exports reached $1.59 billion\u0026nbsp;(Rs 13,000 crore). And the target is to reach $5 billion\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003Ei.e.\u003C\/i\u003E, Rs 40,000 crore.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003EUnderscoring the MoD’s “Positive Indigenisation Lists,” which designates equipment that would be procured only from within the country, Modi released another list of 101 such items, taking to 411 items the overall number of items mandated for indigenisation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe MoD had earlier promulgated three “Positive Indigenisation Lists”, comprising 310 items on August 21, 2020, May 31, 2021 and April 07, 2022 respectively. The “Fourth Positive Indigenisation List” of 101 items was announced by Modi today.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003EThe Prime Minister called upon all the companies present at the DefExpo and urged them to give shape to these opportunities keeping the India of the future at the centre. “You innovate, take a pledge to be the best in the world, and give shape to the dream of a strong developed India. You will always find me there supporting you”, he concluded.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003ESpeaking before Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh termed the massive participation in DefExpo 2022 of over 1,300 Indian exhibitors, besides high officials from more than 80 countries; as a thumbs-up to India’s growing capability.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ERajnath Singh emphasised that national security has always been accorded top priority by the Government. “Land, water and sky are already witness to the valour of our military, but now we are expanding our defence capabilities by reaching the depths of the ocean… and heights of space,” he said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/7409806670691775666\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/modi-targets-rs-40000-crore-defence.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/7409806670691775666"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/7409806670691775666"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/modi-targets-rs-40000-crore-defence.html","title":"Modi targets Rs 40,000 crore defence exports"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Broadsword"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13076780076240598482"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiTa0WKRJ1Y25inQK3PfhJD1-W5uOmU5t1r2QfSUrpFDuSfRbaL1miSx3p3hDfl-1YanMSyC_R2533knBjCwU39zqYJ4Mxx29dNoVAZi-xbb8mpmQC_V8FdFa_io1W53xNvezfC2yndKuqBbhx1d-zXlR7sS1zLXkG9lj9nHsh47etoiX8QZoqEujWL\/s72-c\/AA%20Modi.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-8298959702620091931"},"published":{"$t":"2022-10-18T18:08:00.010-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-19T17:28:34.350-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"DRDO"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"HAL"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Air Force"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Army"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Navy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Private Sector"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Rolls-Royce pursues “Atmanirbhar Bharat” in all three dimensions"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh1t66KFBbP7CSY3TF-VCnM8P5deeq_VbAnkDFcCg-KFVIC4UIchUS2GhV7Eio5pwMlSP8V7YSJ_YV_6-tMxwBfMw5uVbT7BTaSvtar-BGjZSpkZ5KtHJF2EBtB2UYRMgnji_I_hmpgt_-smnBGxFrE727DqPw89aAeyjBvUmyL_fOTu7UKAzErE1lx\/s2448\/AA%20WR-21.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1586\" data-original-width=\"2448\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh1t66KFBbP7CSY3TF-VCnM8P5deeq_VbAnkDFcCg-KFVIC4UIchUS2GhV7Eio5pwMlSP8V7YSJ_YV_6-tMxwBfMw5uVbT7BTaSvtar-BGjZSpkZ5KtHJF2EBtB2UYRMgnji_I_hmpgt_-smnBGxFrE727DqPw89aAeyjBvUmyL_fOTu7UKAzErE1lx\/s16000\/AA%20WR-21.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003EBritish firm looking to engage with India’s military to explore engine design in air, sea and land systems (Photo: Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyer, courtesy Wikipedia)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBy Ajai Shukla\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBusiness Standard, 19th Oct 21\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EAs China’s rising aggression in the Asia-Pacific drives strategic convergence between India, the US and the UK; British high-technology firm Rolls-Royce sees strategy, politics and technology converging to create a compelling rationale for major investments in India.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ERolls-Royce executives at the DefExpo 22 defence exhibition point out that they are the only global original equipment manufacturer (OEM) looking to engage with India’s military in the “highest-technology” realm of engine design in three dimensions – air, sea and land.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ENavy gas turbines\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn the realm of aircraft carrier propulsion, Rolls-Royce is pitching its\u0026nbsp;MT30\u0026nbsp;turbines, which provide all-electric drive to both the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EWith New Delhi ruling out nuclear propulsion for India’s second indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC-2), which is still in the design phase, Rolls-Royce executives point out that the MT30 has already proven its capability in driving the 65,000-tonne HMS Queen Elizabeth. The IAC-2 is also being conceived as a 65,000 tonne carrier.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ERolls-Royce says the MT30 is “designed with approximately 50 per cent fewer parts than other aero-derived gas turbines in its class… and can be configured in either mechanical, electrical or hybrid drive configurations.”\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ERolls-Royce is also offering India the\u0026nbsp;MT30\u0026nbsp;turbine. The Indian Navy has so far built its destroyers and frigates with Russian or Ukrainian turbines, or with the General Electric (GE) LM-2500 gas turbine.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #4472c4;\"\u003E\"\u003C\/span\u003EBringing the MT30 to India, in collaboration with HAL, has been a key focus for us. The engine has been designed to meet the requirements of naval platforms and India can leverage the MT30 marine gas turbine for all-electric and hybrid propulsion arrangements for its future fleet,\" says Alex Zino, Executive Vice-President at Rolls-Royce.\u003Cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #4472c4;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EAero engines\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ERolls-Royce has a long history of partnering India in manufacturing and operating aero engines. Currently, some 750 Rolls-Royce engines power aircraft in service with the IAF, the Indian Navy and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThese include: Adour engines, which power the Hawk advanced jet trainer and the Jaguar deep penetration strike aircraft; the Gnome engine that powers the navy’s Sea King helicopters; the Dart, which powers the air force’s HS-748 Avro aircraft; and the AE2100 and AE3007 engines that power the C-130J Super Hercules and the Embraer 145 airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft respectively.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EMany of these aero engines were built under licence in HAL’s Engine Division in Bengaluru. While Rolls-Royce’s marine engines are fewer in number, they are “aero-derivative” engines, which means they were originally aero engines that had been re-engineered into marine engines.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EFor Rolls-Royce, the big prize in India’s aero engines field is the opportunity to design and develop a power pack for the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), which will form the backbone of the IAF’s fifth-generation fighter fleet starting a decade from now.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E“This is about co-creating the Intellectual Property (IP) that goes into a brand new fighter engine. From our perspective, this will be a greenfield design and will take a decade to create,” said Zino.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ELight tank engine\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe DRDO is designing and developing a new light tank, to prevent any further instances of Indian troops being outgunned in places such as Eastern Ladakh, where the Indian Army found itself confronting Chinese armour.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EWhile the Indian side did a creditable job in moving up its T-72 tanks to the Chushul area, that required long road moves that wore down Indian tanks, as well as Indian roads. Army planners gave the go-ahead for the DRDO to develop a 35-40 tonne light tank, and the DRDO opted for a MTU MB 838 engine that generates 1,400 Horse Power.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EGerman engine-maker MTU has been acquired by Rolls-Royce Power Systems.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/8298959702620091931\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/rolls-royce-pursues-atmanirbhar-bharat.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/8298959702620091931"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/8298959702620091931"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/rolls-royce-pursues-atmanirbhar-bharat.html","title":"Rolls-Royce pursues “Atmanirbhar Bharat” in all three dimensions"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Broadsword"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13076780076240598482"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh1t66KFBbP7CSY3TF-VCnM8P5deeq_VbAnkDFcCg-KFVIC4UIchUS2GhV7Eio5pwMlSP8V7YSJ_YV_6-tMxwBfMw5uVbT7BTaSvtar-BGjZSpkZ5KtHJF2EBtB2UYRMgnji_I_hmpgt_-smnBGxFrE727DqPw89aAeyjBvUmyL_fOTu7UKAzErE1lx\/s72-c\/AA%20WR-21.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-4652233988160357050"},"published":{"$t":"2022-10-17T17:50:00.004-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-17T18:22:47.625-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Defence Production"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"DRDO"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"HAL"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Air Force"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Army"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Navy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"MMRCA"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ordnance factories"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Private Sector"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"US military"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"DefExpo 2022: First DefExpo solely for Indian firms starts in Gandhinagar today"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgD5YuHE3K3HrLirvK8o3c2heXfOiXXzFJL-sFXP1GViLm5uEz17csBjhhpda6_n2b-3_R5y-9GNSDJbr-YQ03QcqHYMPjjMppvlcX4agGbByGWcwcszOMmn2pGjydncTXBCsfHA84GOyfuVk62ia9Q_BV_46BJXEh5U1yb5tqowHP88WEvkZwfycV5\/s8256\/AA%20Marcos.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"5504\" data-original-width=\"8256\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgD5YuHE3K3HrLirvK8o3c2heXfOiXXzFJL-sFXP1GViLm5uEz17csBjhhpda6_n2b-3_R5y-9GNSDJbr-YQ03QcqHYMPjjMppvlcX4agGbByGWcwcszOMmn2pGjydncTXBCsfHA84GOyfuVk62ia9Q_BV_46BJXEh5U1yb5tqowHP88WEvkZwfycV5\/s16000\/AA%20Marcos.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; text-align: left;\"\u003EIn a first, the DefExpo display will include the simulator of India’s futuristic 5\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Csup style=\"font-family: verdana; text-align: left;\"\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; text-align: left;\"\u003E-generation Advanced Combat Aircraft (AMCA)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBy Ajai Shukla\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBusiness Standard, 18th Oct 22\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Helipad Exhibition Centre in Gandhinagar is abuzz in the controlled chaos that characterises air and defence show venues on the eve of their inauguration. India’s premier defence exhibition, Defence Exposition 2022 (called DefExpo 22), begins on Tuesday, but exhibitors are still touching up their displays, small groups of policemen are searching for their piquets and security personnel are erecting their metal detectors and X-ray machines.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EPrime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate DefExpo 22 on Thursday.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003EDefexpo 22 was to be held in February this year but, with foreign exhibitors reluctant to come to India in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, the defence ministry postponed it indefinitely. It is now being held from October 18-22, with the\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;event being the first-ever DefExpo being held exclusively for Indian companies.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe ministry of defence (MoD) pointed out that “companies, Indian subsidiaries of foreign original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), division of companies registered in India and exhibitors having joint ventures with Indian companies will be considered as Indian participants.”\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EOrganised in the largest-ever area of over one lakh square metres (the previous edition was 76,000 square metres) and with a record registration of 1,340 companies, DefExpo 2022 is set to be the biggest defence exhibition till date, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe defence minister said that seventy five countries will participate in DefExpo 2022. The minister will host the second India-Africa Defence Dialogue (IADD) on October 18, while the Indian Ocean Region plus (IOR+) conclave will take place on October 19. More than 53 African countries have been invited for IADD and 44 for the IOR+ conclave.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EFor years, successive defence expositions were organised by the MoD’s Defence Exhibitions Organisation (DEO) in alternate years in New Delhi, interspersed by Aero India shows in Bengaluru, in the odd years in between.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThis tradition was broken by the first National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, when Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held DefExpo 2018 in Chennai and Rajnath Singhwho held DefExpo 2020 in Lucknow. Now Rajnath is holding his second DefExpo in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EDefExpo 22 intends to highlight the strong linkages between the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) on the one hand; and industry and academia on the other. The MoD has announced that the DRDO will display \u0026nbsp;a wide range of 430 products encompassing strategic and tactical weapon systems, defence equipment and technologies.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E“The 12\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;edition of Asia’s largest defence event will be highlighting the theme ‘Path to Pride’, aligned with ‘India at 75’, and ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India), encouraging the industry as well as the citizens to join in and contribute towards nation building. It aims to further the narrative of ‘Make in India, Make for the World’”, stated the MoD in a press release.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EAlso on show will be several DRDO initiatives such as the Technology Development Fund (TDF), Dare to Dream and other similar schemes to support academia, start-ups, micro, small and medium enterprises and large industries.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EDefExpo 22 will feature static displays, live demonstrations, seminars and immersive experience zones. These will be spread across three separate locations: Including the Mahatma Mandir Convention \u0026amp; Exhibition Centre, Helipad Exhibition Centre, and Sabarmati River Front.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn a first, the display will include the simulator of India’s futuristic 5\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E-generation Advanced Combat Aircraft (AMCA), along with other augmented and virtual reality naval, land and air product simulators.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThere will also be a sprawling 1200 square metre outdoor display, featuring 18 static exhibits. These will include the Border Surveillance System (BOSS), Laser Fence System (LFS), the air-launched BrahMos cruise missile, the Infantry Combat Vehicle with composite Hull (CICV), 155mm x 52 calibre Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS), the Prahar missile, Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) and the Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM).\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EDuring the exhibition, there will be a string of major seminars, and discussions. Among these is one event –\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EBandhan\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;– in which the DRDO will handover licenses of technologies it developed to Indian industries for manufacture.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/4652233988160357050\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/defexpo-2022-first-defexpo-solely-for.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/4652233988160357050"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/4652233988160357050"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/defexpo-2022-first-defexpo-solely-for.html","title":"DefExpo 2022: First DefExpo solely for Indian firms starts in Gandhinagar today"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Broadsword"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13076780076240598482"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgD5YuHE3K3HrLirvK8o3c2heXfOiXXzFJL-sFXP1GViLm5uEz17csBjhhpda6_n2b-3_R5y-9GNSDJbr-YQ03QcqHYMPjjMppvlcX4agGbByGWcwcszOMmn2pGjydncTXBCsfHA84GOyfuVk62ia9Q_BV_46BJXEh5U1yb5tqowHP88WEvkZwfycV5\/s72-c\/AA%20Marcos.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-3239060346960155672"},"published":{"$t":"2022-10-16T18:38:00.003-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-17T18:25:52.203-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Defence Production"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Air Force"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Army"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Navy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"MMRCA"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Private Sector"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Tata looks to register presence in DefExpo"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjxgcp0z07CbXvlA-U8DHkJbIs8MZLxhhibpeDndOF0NIne5Qbn9s-SCZeXh_CHRwiqOJ7XeqJj3F7ZeYVOMKMgQxxczAPUcpz7UTA8NZMa-yO5meeUt68va0crysghvQO6J8TnZi4L285Uhxf-SMhOeDuT-ohHGCsINYRqylDhUC8KljdprYuKkyYp\/s1520\/AA%20Tata.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"875\" data-original-width=\"1520\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjxgcp0z07CbXvlA-U8DHkJbIs8MZLxhhibpeDndOF0NIne5Qbn9s-SCZeXh_CHRwiqOJ7XeqJj3F7ZeYVOMKMgQxxczAPUcpz7UTA8NZMa-yO5meeUt68va0crysghvQO6J8TnZi4L285Uhxf-SMhOeDuT-ohHGCsINYRqylDhUC8KljdprYuKkyYp\/s16000\/AA%20Tata.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"color: #999999;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003ETASL is looking for a share in the world’s biggest fighter acquisition, New Delhi’s multi-billion dollar tender for 114 multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA\u003C\/span\u003E)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBy Ajai Shukla\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHyderabad\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBusiness Standard, 17th Oct 22\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EOne of the big splashes at the forthcoming Defence Exposition 2022 (DefExpo 22 for short) could be registered by one of India’s fastest-growing aerospace and defence (A\u0026amp;D) manufacturers, Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL), also known as Tata A\u0026amp;D.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EEarlier this year, The Boeing Company chose TASL as its “Supplier of the Year, 2022”, in the teeth of fierce competition from 11,000 supplier companies. Meanwhile, the defence ministry entrusted TASL to be India’s first private firm to build and deliver an aircraft in flyaway condition to the military – the C-295 tactical airlifter, which TASL is to build in partnership with Airbus Defence \u0026amp; Space.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EMeanwhile, TASL is looking for a share in the world’s biggest fighter acquisition, New Delhi’s multi-billion dollar tender for 114 multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA). Lockheed Martin, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the iconic F-16 fighter aircraft, hopes to win the Indian Air Force (IAF) tender. That would trigger a shift in the F-16 production line to India, where a JV between TASL and Lockheed Martin would build the F-21 -- an advanced version of the F-16 fighter.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThat would enormously boost TASL’s aggregate revenue, which is currently approximately Rs 4,500 crore in the current financial year 2022-23, including from three joint ventures (JV). Only one global defence major – The Boeing Company – betters this output in India, with revenues in the region of $1 billion.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ETASL’s ambition to be India’s biggest A\u0026amp;D manufacturer, as well as its ambition to build the F-21 in India, are both reflected in its display booth at the DefExpo 22 site in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, where an entire, life-sized F-16 fighter aircraft wing symbolically connects it with its neighbouring booth – that of its production partner, Lockheed Martin.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Tata Group has identified A\u0026amp;D as an area of strategic growth and has structured TASL as the lead entity to pursue growth in this sector. TASL is currently composed of six entities, which were earlier the defence verticals of six Tata Group companies. In addition, TASL has three JVs formed by partnering three global defence OEMs – Lockheed Martin, Sikorsky Helicopters and Boeing.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ETASL’s infrastructure is spread across three locations in India – Hyderabad, Nagpur and Bangalore – with complimentary capabilities and certifications. This helps in mitigation of risk, say company executives.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn barely a decade, TASL has industrialised more than a million square feet, setting up facilities for in-house engineering, product re-engineering, process engineering, tooling, machining, fabrication, special processes and major assemblies.\u003Cb\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThis includes ~200,000 square feet of detailed part fabrication capability;\u2028~ 450,000 square feet of composites manufacturing capability; ~450,000 square feet of major assembly capability; and ~106,000 square feet of aero engines capability. \u2028\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThese production lines supply to many of the world’s top A\u0026amp;D companies, including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Airbus, Sikorsky, General Electric and Rolls-Royce. According to company executives, TASL is a single-source supplier on 20 A\u0026amp;D manufacturing programmes around the world.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ETASL’s executives explain the company’s expertise lies in setting up production facilities in quick time, with mature processes for transferring work packages from global customers.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ECompany executives claim it moves from greenfield to production in an average of just 12 months. TASL Hyderabad\u2028 took just nine months – from July 2009 to March 2010 – to commence production. Tata Sikorsky Aerospace Ltd, Hyderabad took 14 months from February 2011 to open its production lines. And Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures, Hyderabad took just 14 months, from February 2011 to March 2012.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ETASL’s chief executive officer, Sukaran Singh, stresses that the bulk of his production has little or no connection with offset contracts. In some, like the manufacturing line for the Pilatus PC-12 single-engine turboprop, the order was initially a part of offsets related to the IAF’s purchase of Pilatus PC-7 Mark II basic trainers. But then the competitiveness of TASL’s production induced Pilatus to shut down other sources and to obtain fuselages from India instead.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/3239060346960155672\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/tata-looks-to-register-presence-in.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/3239060346960155672"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/3239060346960155672"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/tata-looks-to-register-presence-in.html","title":"Tata looks to register presence in DefExpo"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ajai Shukla"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16488839157370084666"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjxgcp0z07CbXvlA-U8DHkJbIs8MZLxhhibpeDndOF0NIne5Qbn9s-SCZeXh_CHRwiqOJ7XeqJj3F7ZeYVOMKMgQxxczAPUcpz7UTA8NZMa-yO5meeUt68va0crysghvQO6J8TnZi4L285Uhxf-SMhOeDuT-ohHGCsINYRqylDhUC8KljdprYuKkyYp\/s72-c\/AA%20Tata.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-6752409561850033193"},"published":{"$t":"2022-10-11T03:20:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-11T03:20:14.650-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Defence Production"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Army"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Land systems"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"For protected move in UN missions, Bharat Forge rolls out Kalyani M4 armoured personnel carriers (APCs)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh63eqbq9OyDIvmlyzxoNWRASC8oKLojVNFVeV4xxF2GFCBhWfOgTnX8H3LvtRAAOPxDDdR7OH63YCBl8d9vwRXLT3r52kjwqrhYR51oeuvvXZhwz1fExoiNwKGnbaDs5b4GBwyMem0nfR3HA7niLx4KlSlzTgUzhgcgNelSqztgpsCTT-ztq1khsdq\/s1432\/AA%20Kalyani%20M4.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"957\" data-original-width=\"1432\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh63eqbq9OyDIvmlyzxoNWRASC8oKLojVNFVeV4xxF2GFCBhWfOgTnX8H3LvtRAAOPxDDdR7OH63YCBl8d9vwRXLT3r52kjwqrhYR51oeuvvXZhwz1fExoiNwKGnbaDs5b4GBwyMem0nfR3HA7niLx4KlSlzTgUzhgcgNelSqztgpsCTT-ztq1khsdq\/s16000\/AA%20Kalyani%20M4.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EKalyani Group chief, Babasaheb Kalyani (waving flag, right) flags off a M4 APC in white livery for UN operations\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003EBy Ajai Shukla\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBusiness Standard, 11th Oct 22\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIndia’s military has a proud record of being one of the leading contributors to United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKO) all over the world. They have displayed exceptional bravery with one officer – Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria – winning the highest gallantry award, the Param Vir Chakra, after laying down his life in a pitched battle with Congolese rebels in 1961.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EYet, until recently, Indian contingents used to go into international peacekeeping missions equipped with shoddy, second-hand equipment that contrasted with the gleaming weaponry carried by other militaries.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EAll that is changing as Indian vehicle and equipment suppliers have begun producing state-of-the-art military kit.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EOn Monday, Bharat Forge Limited handed over 16 world-class, made-in-India Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), called the Kalyani M4, to the Indian Army for UNPKOs.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhUDP_2qlGLnTs7WptnUjclONRyzK_ooLfrNS91ZwFPq2J_HuvzU0unFNR_Wt5_zTWYazPqZEDLkNM1iG0UO1_iFtSJE-FUe25YiTzzbmUUgxoE9nVDWbm78L0w_GefzkRj7bqMO6Cij2DBoGV4tqB5bQxfDslwp7wHV7fvo2lozNVR_hgp_8hNcmzY\/s1437\/AA%20Kalyani%20M4%20a.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"955\" data-original-width=\"1437\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhUDP_2qlGLnTs7WptnUjclONRyzK_ooLfrNS91ZwFPq2J_HuvzU0unFNR_Wt5_zTWYazPqZEDLkNM1iG0UO1_iFtSJE-FUe25YiTzzbmUUgxoE9nVDWbm78L0w_GefzkRj7bqMO6Cij2DBoGV4tqB5bQxfDslwp7wHV7fvo2lozNVR_hgp_8hNcmzY\/s16000\/AA%20Kalyani%20M4%20a.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003EAccording to the defence ministry the Kalyani M4 is a “Quick Reaction Fighting Vehicle (Heavy), indigenously manufactured by Bharat Forge Ltd. It is capable of carrying an infantry section (10 soldiers) in full combat gear. The Kalyani M4 successfully completed a series of extreme vehicle trials in some of the toughest environments in India. Trials were conducted in the freezing terrains of Leh and Ladakh, and the unforgiving deserts of Rann of Kutch.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E“The Kalyani M4s are state-of-the-art APCs that provide unprecedented levels of protection to the occupants against high kinetic energy threats including severe mine blasts and grenades,” said a Kalyani Group press release.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EInstead of exposing infantry troops to fire from jungles, built up areas, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) buried in mud roads, up to 10 soldiers can travel protected from blasts. “The [Kalyani M4] vehicle can withstand three tri-nitro-toluene (TNT) charges under the wheels and one 50 kg IED blast at one side,” stated the media release.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThat amounts to a STANAG-3 rated protection for the crew and the infantry soldiers inside, said Colonel Rajinder Bhatia (Retired), the defence business chief of the Kalyani Group.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EWith a combat radius of approximately 800 kms, the Kalyani M4 brings to bear its combat power, in minimum time, in all types of terrain. It is equipped with modern optics and sighting equipment that provide the crew inside with full-time situational awareness. The APC is powered by a 460 Horse Power engine from Cummins.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E“The Kalyani M4 today is the best mobility platform available in the world and variants such as the ambulance and command post vehicles have been delivered to the Indian Army in the past,” said Bharat Forge in its media release.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003EThe army has placed an order for 45 Kalyani M4 APCs, while another 23 APCs are being handed over to Indian army units that are going into UNPKOs.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Keeping crew safety and vehicle performance as paramount factors, the Kalyani M4 has been ergonomically and aesthetically designed to allow the crew to perform their duties in an optimum manner,” stated\u0026nbsp;Amit Kalyani, Deputy Managing Director of Bharat Forge.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/6752409561850033193\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/for-protected-move-in-un-missions.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/6752409561850033193"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/6752409561850033193"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/for-protected-move-in-un-missions.html","title":"For protected move in UN missions, Bharat Forge rolls out Kalyani M4 armoured personnel carriers (APCs)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ajai Shukla"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16488839157370084666"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh63eqbq9OyDIvmlyzxoNWRASC8oKLojVNFVeV4xxF2GFCBhWfOgTnX8H3LvtRAAOPxDDdR7OH63YCBl8d9vwRXLT3r52kjwqrhYR51oeuvvXZhwz1fExoiNwKGnbaDs5b4GBwyMem0nfR3HA7niLx4KlSlzTgUzhgcgNelSqztgpsCTT-ztq1khsdq\/s72-c\/AA%20Kalyani%20M4.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-5348051981228893942"},"published":{"$t":"2022-10-06T21:58:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-06T21:58:12.884-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Broadsword"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"HAL"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Air Force"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Army"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Navy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Internal security"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Reorganising the military into integrated theatre commands: It’s too late to turn around now"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhn6vvi_C3gcZ-RfB6le2s9-4Un0LbC_QEMupXpHI9CSiNorNm2W36sxH2xkpUNyLClmDWOBOOSSEZkjqLiAev9meshRfISxc49UiVbIEvoIqSO2mKlYj8r9MJlvuPr1eaEzsezymaxn8Gmj__ZfuUXJJWG0FJQlRxQrOhIBlf0m2dPbZC1_5SMOOAu\/s1325\/AA%20P-8I.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"882\" data-original-width=\"1325\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhn6vvi_C3gcZ-RfB6le2s9-4Un0LbC_QEMupXpHI9CSiNorNm2W36sxH2xkpUNyLClmDWOBOOSSEZkjqLiAev9meshRfISxc49UiVbIEvoIqSO2mKlYj8r9MJlvuPr1eaEzsezymaxn8Gmj__ZfuUXJJWG0FJQlRxQrOhIBlf0m2dPbZC1_5SMOOAu\/s16000\/AA%20P-8I.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999;\"\u003EThe air force opposes the division of 30-35 fighter squadrons between 5-6 integrated theatre commands, leaving all of them with a little but none with enough\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBy Ajai Shukla\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBusiness Standard, 7th October 22\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EWith the appointment last fortnight of Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan (Retired) as Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), the attention of the defence ministry and the military should focus once again on the much-delayed task of setting up joint theatre commands, in which elements of all three services – the army, navy and air force – work in an integrated manner to maximise the military’s combat power. This would involve restructuring India’s single-service commands, merging 17 army, navy and air force commands into five-to-six tri-service commands. While a CDS has been appointed to oversee this process, the creation of tri-service theatre commands, crucial for enhancing battlefield performance, is still to get off the blocks. The Andaman \u0026amp; Nicobar Command and the Strategic Forces Command are India’s only tri-service commands.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EOne of the military’s worst-kept secrets is that the army is in favour of joint theatre commands, the navy is equivocal, and the air force opposes it internally, but pays lip service to the concept. In this context, it is significant that the air force chief, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, publicly stated this week that the air force is not opposing the broad process. What the air force does have reservations about is the setting up of joint command structures without having thought through the process, and its consequences, adequately.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EOne of the concerns of the air force is said to be the idea of dividing their 30-35 fighter squadrons between five-to-six integrated theatre commands, leaving all of them with a little but none with enough. In its perception, planning should be centralised and execution decentralised. For example, in the Balakote strikes of February 2019, in which the Mirage 2000 fighters that bombed the terrorist seminary took off from Gwalior, in one air force command, the Sukhoi-30MKIs that provided them air defence cover operated from another command and the MiG-21s that were fielded against the Pakistan Air Force’s retaliatory strikes the next day got airborne from yet another command. The air force argues that only centralised planning could have got together all these fighters from widely separated bases.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EDriving home the point further, the air force says that it would be perfectly conceivable in wartime for a sortie of Sukhoi-30MKIs to take off from Pune, in Southern Air Command, bomb a target located in the South Western Air Command theatre, deliver the rest of their bomb payload in support of Western Air Command, and then top up from air-to-air refuellers from Central Air Command before landing in Kolkata, in the Eastern Air Command, in preparation for a mission in the Sikkim sector the next day. Centralised planning is essential for such multiple tasking, with aircraft viewed as flexible assets that can be switched around between theatres.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ENevertheless, the air chief voiced his support for integrated theatre commands, subject to certain provisos. He said the new structures needed to be “future ready”, or prepared for new forms of warfare such as cyber and space warfare. With multiple tasking in mind, he stipulated that the decision-making levels must reduce. It is essential that the air force’s concerns be addressed so that there is buy-in from that service. At the same time, the air force must realise that the military as a whole has walked a long way down the road to integrated commands. It is too late to stop or turn around now.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/5348051981228893942\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/reorganising-military-into-integrated.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/5348051981228893942"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/5348051981228893942"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/reorganising-military-into-integrated.html","title":"Reorganising the military into integrated theatre commands: It’s too late to turn around now"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ajai Shukla"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16488839157370084666"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhn6vvi_C3gcZ-RfB6le2s9-4Un0LbC_QEMupXpHI9CSiNorNm2W36sxH2xkpUNyLClmDWOBOOSSEZkjqLiAev9meshRfISxc49UiVbIEvoIqSO2mKlYj8r9MJlvuPr1eaEzsezymaxn8Gmj__ZfuUXJJWG0FJQlRxQrOhIBlf0m2dPbZC1_5SMOOAu\/s72-c\/AA%20P-8I.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-6021388227310649960"},"published":{"$t":"2022-10-06T21:05:00.014-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-07T06:31:35.230-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Broadsword"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Army"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Inside Tales"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Internal security"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Morale"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"region"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"strategy"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"My column, Broadsword: Chinese chequers on the China border"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEikUh7YrzRFpe5LGcKLseATSTJwz1DgF6Ds7dAL9TiIMrg49w5sPp9d3Xsm-kj7vW3XtEjuY_xCbqXwhAGTKujtY9tYzm0bUDM8jz5tyAn3btU2HEZvNzSdBisWvFptiG8UpQSwVCpgiWaRS8-EsYe-jnClSfPdUXae52MF5xiWl3daUiQNZt_gWfAd\/s1521\/AA%20Nomad.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1014\" data-original-width=\"1521\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEikUh7YrzRFpe5LGcKLseATSTJwz1DgF6Ds7dAL9TiIMrg49w5sPp9d3Xsm-kj7vW3XtEjuY_xCbqXwhAGTKujtY9tYzm0bUDM8jz5tyAn3btU2HEZvNzSdBisWvFptiG8UpQSwVCpgiWaRS8-EsYe-jnClSfPdUXae52MF5xiWl3daUiQNZt_gWfAd\/s16000\/AA%20Nomad.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EChina is re-settling Tibetan graziers in villages along the border to claim ownership.\u0026nbsp;India cannot afford to\u0026nbsp;leave its border residents (Photo: Nomads near Tawang) to their fate\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBy Ajai Shukla\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBusiness Standard, 7th Oct 2022\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIt is said that one can fool some of the people all the time; and all the people some of the time; but not all the people all the time. This adage has been proven correct on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) – the de facto boundary between India and China – where New Delhi has refused to acknowledge China’s military land-grab in April 2020 in at least seven spots in Eastern Ladakh. Notwithstanding the government’s insistence that all is well on the LAC, a highly credible section of local Ladakhis – the nomadic yak graziers who live along the borders – have publicly lamented that Chinese troops and border guards are denying them access to their traditional borderland pastures. Even worse, they are without support from the Indian government: The army and the Indo-Tibet Border Police (ITBP), which polices the border, are doing nothing to safeguard Ladakhi graziers while they take their animals to their traditional pasturelands.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn the circumstances, a local elected official from Ladakh has publicly refuted New Delhi’s fiction that Chinese and Indian military commanders have negotiated a mutual and equal troop disengagement and have created buffer zones on either side of the LAC to separate the two armies. Konchok Stanzin, who appeared on a well-respected TV news channel, is a two-term councillor who represents the area between Hot Springs and Chushul on the Leh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC). Speaking on TV, Stanzin highlighted the plight of the unarmed Ladakhi graziers who faced the ire of aggressive Chinese border guards.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgzfl9fn0SfX_MTI7tMs7aEDVdXSjpGmycuki_JZ7sbUltJqSbvBJylKatdX-8c7wwsxLsQRJDBHQX5F_XsatY5cdX2_fb_CdHKeoeKMXmG6MMXDyDFq5C-twuH6I_qhOVOJAoSgr6FJmR320jIHJ_MPJiMMe66QM4Gcf11k3ADiIbBiWd1uKNhkC7M\/s640\/AA%20graziers.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"148\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgzfl9fn0SfX_MTI7tMs7aEDVdXSjpGmycuki_JZ7sbUltJqSbvBJylKatdX-8c7wwsxLsQRJDBHQX5F_XsatY5cdX2_fb_CdHKeoeKMXmG6MMXDyDFq5C-twuH6I_qhOVOJAoSgr6FJmR320jIHJ_MPJiMMe66QM4Gcf11k3ADiIbBiWd1uKNhkC7M\/s16000\/AA%20graziers.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: xx-large; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EMr Stanzin did not appear out of the blue last week; he is a widely respected legislator. He recounts writing in 2019 to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) complaining about aggressive Chinese behaviour that made the Ladakhi nomads fearful of the consequences of taking their herds to their grazing grounds. He pointed out that this was not just the graziers’ problem, but India’s. That is because territorial claims along the LAC rest on village records of grazing grounds, which must be reasserted each year by the physical presence of nomads with their herds.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ETo Mr Stanzin’s surprise the PMO, after three years of silence, replied to his letter some weeks ago. The letter, which was classified “Secret”, was signed by Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan (Retired), and it requested for a meeting with Mr Stanzin in Leh. Mr Stanzin claims that when General Chauhan (who was last week appointed Chief of Defence Staff, or CDS) came to Leh last month, he told him unequivocally that areas such as Chabzi village, from which the Chinese were blocking the visit of Ladakhi graziers, was Chinese territory, not ours. Mr Stanzin says he pointed out that areas that are now buffer zones (neutral zones that separate the two militaries), were visited each summer by Ladakhi graziers and their herds. That was also true for areas south of Pangong Tso, where pasturelands around Black Top, Gurung Hill and Helmet Top – which Indian Special Forces had occupied in August 2001 – were now out of bounds.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EAlso being denied to the Ladakhi graziers were large areas north of Pangong Tso; and the north side of the Kugrang Valley, Dhan Singh Post and the Marsamik and Hot Spring areas. The bitterest pill that the Ladakhi graziers had to swallow was that it was not Chinese soldiers or border guards that were turning them back. Instead it was Indian Army soldiers and ITBP troopers who were turning back their own graziers, on the grounds that this was Chinese territory.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003EThe Ladakhi grazier community also laments the way\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003Ethat territories claimed by both New Delhi and Beijing are being shorn of their local identities. Before the PLA incursions of 2020, the local people used Ladakhi place names. But now, with the heavy deployment of PLA and Indian troops along the boundary, traditional names were being arbitrarily replaced by military terminology – such as “PP-1, PP-2”\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003Eet passim\u003C\/i\u003E, “Adm Base”, “Dhyan Singh Post” and the various “fingers” along the shores of Pangong Lake. The replacement of traditional names by military nomenclature, say respected Ladakhi scholars such as Siddiq Wahid, is having the unintended consequence of “invisible-izing” the local people and diluting their longstanding claims on the territory.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ENew Delhi’s cavalier treatment of border territories and people stands in alarming contrast to the strategic treatment that Beijing is according to areas along the Sino-Indian border.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);\"\u003EIn 2017, a new border village policy, which involved setting up Tibetan villages in disputed border areas, was announced with fanfare at the 19th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress\u003C\/span\u003E. In a major investigative article in May 2021 in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EForeign Policy\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Emagazine, Tibetologist Robert Barnett recounted how this works.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EProfessor Barnett’s article details the case of four Tibetan nomads from the remote Beyul Khenpajong region, disputed between Bhutan and China. Until 1995, like other yak graziers, the four grazed their herds in the Beyul, returning to their village in Tibet when the winter snows closed in. But in 1995, the local China Communist Party (CCP) officials told them that the Beyul was Chinese territory and that it was their duty to guard it through physically remaining there through winter. For the next 20 years, the four graziers wintered in alone in the Beyul, in the most primitive conditions and with no contact with the outside world.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EEach summer, the CCP officials would organise the herders to carry out small tasks to reassert China’s claims. Professor Barnett writes: “These included driving yak herds over land grazed by Bhutanese herders in the Beyul, demanding tax payments from the Bhutanese herders, planting Chinese flags on peaks and painting the word ‘China’ on rocks throughout the area.” In the face of this sustained pressure and without any support from their own army or government, the Bhutanese herders moved away, abandoning their traditional grazing grounds.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn April 2020, the Communist Party secretary of Tibet, Wu Yingjie, trekked all the way to visit the new village and to hail the graziers as heroes of China. In July 2021, China’s President Xi Jinping visited Tibet for three days, with his focus on the Tibetan town of Nyingtri (Nyingchi or Linzhi in Chinese). Nyingtri is of strategic interest to India, since Beijing regards Arunachal Pradesh as a southward extension of Nyingtri Prefecture.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EOver the years an estimated 250,000 Tibetans have been resettled thus in vulnerable pockets along the border. China is applying similar pressure across multiple disputed sections of the border, says Professor Barnett. He says CCP officials in Tibet are “transforming complicated local Tibetan histories of cross-border grazing, monastic claims, and family tradition into state-level claims by China.”\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ESimilar initiatives, intended to consolidate China’s hold over border areas, are being pursued at the top-most level.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EPlaying Chinese Chequers on the LAC is not for the faint-hearted. The Indian Army has shown it is a match for the PLA, but is too often held back by a timid political leadership. We must ensure that the custodians of our frontiers, whether soldiers or civilians, never have to face the Chinese from a position of disadvantage.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/6021388227310649960\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/my-column-broadsword-chinese-chequers.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/6021388227310649960"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/6021388227310649960"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/my-column-broadsword-chinese-chequers.html","title":"My column, Broadsword: Chinese chequers on the China border"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ajai Shukla"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16488839157370084666"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEikUh7YrzRFpe5LGcKLseATSTJwz1DgF6Ds7dAL9TiIMrg49w5sPp9d3Xsm-kj7vW3XtEjuY_xCbqXwhAGTKujtY9tYzm0bUDM8jz5tyAn3btU2HEZvNzSdBisWvFptiG8UpQSwVCpgiWaRS8-EsYe-jnClSfPdUXae52MF5xiWl3daUiQNZt_gWfAd\/s72-c\/AA%20Nomad.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-1112101840656994920"},"published":{"$t":"2022-10-05T05:12:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-05T05:12:06.257-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"france"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"HAL"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Air Force"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Army"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ordnance factories"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"russia"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"HAL spins a success story with light helicopters"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgjmqFSjoL8stJ5bFPP0CV3Ex7B9u63O_fKgglJECYbMq_dX3f0JVgZVlvg6_MrO7aofZltkjc-I_Eu-pJ4RfFEj-EHFXU2Dl2xPS82KahsQZAIYvdTbU7UanQSenRFUJvTx7z0xERsDtwwsjEwSijnmdLlJpd7_cSZQqyTIp5sa-IbWT6zkPCb6qE0\/s1264\/AA%20Apache.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1016\" data-original-width=\"1264\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgjmqFSjoL8stJ5bFPP0CV3Ex7B9u63O_fKgglJECYbMq_dX3f0JVgZVlvg6_MrO7aofZltkjc-I_Eu-pJ4RfFEj-EHFXU2Dl2xPS82KahsQZAIYvdTbU7UanQSenRFUJvTx7z0xERsDtwwsjEwSijnmdLlJpd7_cSZQqyTIp5sa-IbWT6zkPCb6qE0\/s16000\/AA%20Apache.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"color: #999999;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003ECapital expenditure funds designated for foreign attack helicopters, such as the Apache (shown above) could be diverted towards Prachanda Light Combat Helicopters\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBy Ajai Shukla\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUnsigned editorial in Business Standard\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E5th October 22\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003EThe Indian Air Force (IAF) raised its first squadron of the light combat helicopter (LCH) on Monday, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh christening the new chopper “Prachanda”. With that, India’s aerospace monopoly, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), is on its way to mass manufacturing its second light helicopter for the army and the IAF. Last March, the government sanctioned the manufacture of 15 Prachanda LCHs for Rs 3,887 crore, or about Rs 260 crore each, while approving the expenditure of Rs 377 crore more on a production line. This, however, is only the tip of the iceberg: HAL has been told to expect orders for 65 Prachanda helicopters for the IAF and 97 for the army. And if these specialist, high-altitude, attack helicopters prove their worth on India’s Himalayan borders, there could be many more on order.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003ELCH is making waves as the world’s only attack helicopter that can land and take-off at altitudes of 5,000 metres (16,400 feet) with considerable weapons and fuel loads that meet the requirements of troops deployed in sectors such as Siachen and Kargil.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe government’s focus on “Atmanirbhar Bharat” (self-reliant India) and its earmarking of 68 per cent of the defence capital budget for domestic purchases would require funds designated for foreign attack helicopters, such as the Apache, to be diverted for creating a fleet of Prachanda LCHs.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EHAL’s success in designing and eventually manufacturing the Prachanda replicates a successful production path that it first adopted with the Dhruv advanced light helicopter (ALH). The Dhruv was initially powered by the TM333 2B2 engine, obtained from French firm Turbomeca (now Safran Helicopter Engines). But HAL quickly realised that India’s rugged borders required more powerful engines and so, worked with Safran to develop the so-called Shakti engine.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThis one-of-a-kind, high-altitude power pack transformed the Dhruv into exactly the helicopter the Indian military needed. The initial order for 159 Dhruvs was quickly increased by 54 more helicopters and, as the obsolescent, single-engine Cheetah and Chetak helicopters are phased out of service, could increase to 400 choppers.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EWhen the LCH entered development, its designers wasted no time in adopted the same power pack as the Dhruv ALH – twin Shakti engines – in order to achieve the same performance at high altitudes. Going by how pleased the army is with the LCH as a fire-support platform, it is estimated that HAL will eventually build at least 180 of these attack helicopters. Meanwhile, HAL turned yet again to the Indo-French Shakti engine to power what is emerging as a third successful indigenous helicopter – the eponymous Light Utility Helicopter (LUH). Since the Shakti engine is used in this helicopter in a single-engine configuration, it has required additional certification from civil aviation authorities abroad. With that completed, the LUH is well along in high-altitude flight-testing. For manufacturing multiple LUH variants, HAL has acquired 615 acres of land in Tumkur and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone for a new plant.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EHAL is looking to translate its success in developing three types of light helicopters into producing a medium lift helicopter – designated the Indian Multi-Role Helicopter (IMRH). This is a far more challenging task, which will require identifying a foreign partner and working with an existing design. HAL has sent out Requests for Information and has evaluated the responses. The military will now study the data and hammer out joint tri-service requirements.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/1112101840656994920\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/hal-spins-success-story-with-light.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/1112101840656994920"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/1112101840656994920"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/hal-spins-success-story-with-light.html","title":"HAL spins a success story with light helicopters"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ajai Shukla"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16488839157370084666"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgjmqFSjoL8stJ5bFPP0CV3Ex7B9u63O_fKgglJECYbMq_dX3f0JVgZVlvg6_MrO7aofZltkjc-I_Eu-pJ4RfFEj-EHFXU2Dl2xPS82KahsQZAIYvdTbU7UanQSenRFUJvTx7z0xERsDtwwsjEwSijnmdLlJpd7_cSZQqyTIp5sa-IbWT6zkPCb6qE0\/s72-c\/AA%20Apache.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-5350895176832960538"},"published":{"$t":"2022-10-04T23:38:00.010-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-04T23:41:17.547-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"defence planning"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"DRDO"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"france"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"HAL"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Air Force"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Navy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"russia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"strategy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"US military"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":" At least 42 fighter squadrons essential, says Indian Air Force chief"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh5CZvGLmBSlQ8SLR5meGNbiWDttRDV21nt8LEAIrM8akrCY47cg4of4X7WdcNz32KMPBpxrx3k40p4Qx_THzpBPYjzksvcCQN53FeLft8DvXLQJLL3rW6nq1xmr8QWe0EQolsHvaDYpsfFXy8eheZ4J_5k8O7A_JVzHWzfnOOsFdJ9RN2pCeCw6LYe\/s1274\/AA%20Rafale.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"849\" data-original-width=\"1274\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh5CZvGLmBSlQ8SLR5meGNbiWDttRDV21nt8LEAIrM8akrCY47cg4of4X7WdcNz32KMPBpxrx3k40p4Qx_THzpBPYjzksvcCQN53FeLft8DvXLQJLL3rW6nq1xmr8QWe0EQolsHvaDYpsfFXy8eheZ4J_5k8O7A_JVzHWzfnOOsFdJ9RN2pCeCw6LYe\/s16000\/AA%20Rafale.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EProviding air defence to India's huge geographical space requires a large number of combat aircraft (Photo: An IAF Rafale fighter)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBy Ajai Shukla\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBusiness Standard, 5th Oct 22\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Indian Air Force (IAF) chief, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhary, stated on Tuesday that the IAF needed to have its squadron numbers up, even if achieving the goal of 42 squadrons appeared difficult at the moment.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EGiven the number-plating (retirement) of about 15 existing squadrons of fighters between now and the middle of the 2030s, even a best case scenario of induction of new aircraft would raise fighter squadron numbers by seven, to 39 squadrons.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EListing out the incoming aircraft, Chaudhary said two squadrons of Tejas Mark 1 had already been inducted and four squadrons of Tejas Mark 1A were on order. In addition to those four, and to another six squadrons of Tejas Mark 2, “the IAF was committed to” six squadrons of the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) and six of the multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA), making up 22 squadrons due for induction.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EChaudhary said the 4.5-generation MRCA had been tendered for and the IAF was evaluating vendors’ responses. He said the global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that had responded had given their commitments for ensuring indigenous content and Made-in-India solutions.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EMeanwhile, 15 fighter squadrons would retire over this decade, said Chaudhary. Three MiG-21 BISON squadrons had already retired and the remaining three squadrons would be phased out in another three years.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Those would be followed by retirement of the Jaguar fleet [which has six squadrons]. From 2025-26, the first lot of Jaguars would be phased out and the depletion would continue till 2032-33. That is the time when the three upgraded Mirage 2000 squadrons and the three upgraded MiG-29 squadrons would start depleting on having completed their total technical life. So by that time, three squadrons of BISONs, six squadrons of Jaguars and three each of Mirage 2000s and MiG-29 would have been number-plated (retired),” said Chaudhary.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThat would create a net gain of seven squadrons by the mid-2030s. Given the IAF’s current holding of 32 squadrons, that would mean the air force would be operating a fleet of 39 combat aircraft in 2035-36.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe IAF chief ruled out making do with less than 42 squadrons, even though the induction of multi-role aircraft and force multipliers such as mid-air-refuellers and airborne warning and control aircraft, would make the IAF a far more powerful force.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Quantity matters when it comes to conflict with the adversary across the large geographical space we have to contend with. It is important for the air force to have persistence and strong air defence capability around the clock. We have to maintain a 24x7 air defence capability all across India’s airspace, so numbers are important. Given the current state of the air force, it is essential to build up the numbers,” said the air chief.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"MsoTableGrid\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border: none; color: black;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 104.65pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"105\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; 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text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E13\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 70.45pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E13\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 186.5pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"187\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E13\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003Esquadron being built in Nashik\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 104.65pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"105\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EMirage 2000\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.2pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"64\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E3\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 70.45pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ENil\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 186.5pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"187\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EUpgraded Mirages to exit by 2032\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 104.65pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"105\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EMiG-29UPG\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.2pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"64\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E3\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 70.45pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ENil\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 186.5pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"187\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EUpgraded MiG-29 to exit by 2032\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 104.65pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"105\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EJaguar IS\/IM\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.2pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"64\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E6\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 70.45pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ENil\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 186.5pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"187\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EExit starts 2025, finished by 2032\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 104.65pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"105\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EMiG-21BISON\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.2pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"64\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E3\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 70.45pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ENil\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 186.5pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"187\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EExit to be completed by 2025\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 104.65pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"105\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ETejas Mark 1\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.2pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"64\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E2\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 70.45pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E2\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 186.5pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"187\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EEntered IAF service\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 104.65pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"105\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ETejas Mark 1A\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.2pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"64\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ENil\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 70.45pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E4\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 186.5pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"187\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; 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font-size: large;\"\u003ETo be built by 2032\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 104.65pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"105\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EAMCA\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.2pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"64\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ENil\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 70.45pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E6\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 186.5pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"187\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ETo be built by 2035-36\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 104.65pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"105\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EMRCA\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.2pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"64\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ENil\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 70.45pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E6\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 186.5pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"187\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ETo be built by 2035\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 104.65pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"105\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ETOTAL\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.2pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"64\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E32\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 70.45pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70\"\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E39\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; 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text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEieY_sjXh-FPhQgIQYrCNpkrA4LWHsi5j2jIe0LAf6rVVwg9vfIFmSFv5ZRb_8dEjBE9SAXcaZcS6s-dOJ7MFKkaLorvnhT4lMfNGESnZhqqplkiBMj-eOABXwdw0eQFgWnVJJDY7WG4rJk-JYq3_cAyBnd-KGul_yOklsaXtCAo4TVALFKRgkNwLki\/s1504\/AA%20LCH2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"848\" data-original-width=\"1504\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEieY_sjXh-FPhQgIQYrCNpkrA4LWHsi5j2jIe0LAf6rVVwg9vfIFmSFv5ZRb_8dEjBE9SAXcaZcS6s-dOJ7MFKkaLorvnhT4lMfNGESnZhqqplkiBMj-eOABXwdw0eQFgWnVJJDY7WG4rJk-JYq3_cAyBnd-KGul_yOklsaXtCAo4TVALFKRgkNwLki\/s16000\/AA%20LCH2.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EIn March, the Cabinet approved procurement of 15 Light Combat Helicopters for Rs 3,887 crore, or about Rs 260 crore each\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBy Ajai Shukla\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBusiness Standard, 3rd October 22\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EMarking a major stepping-stone towards increasing the Indian military’s combat power, especially on the high-altitude Himalayan battlefield, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh formally inducted a new, powerfully armed, high-altitude-capable helicopter into Indian Air Force (IAF) service on Monday.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EDesigned and developed ground-up by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the defence minister gave the new chopper – so far eponymously referred to as the Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) – the name of Prachanda.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EInducted into the IAF’s newly raised 143 Helicopter Unit, a statement issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) called it a “testimony to India’s growing prowess in indigenous design, development and manufacturing and a significant milestone towards ‘Atmanirbharta’ (self-reliance) in defence.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn March, the Union Cabinet approved the procurement of 15 Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) for Rs 3,887 crore, or about Rs 260 crore each. The Cabinet Committee also approved the creation of infrastructure worth Rs 377 crore.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Light Combat Helicopter Limited Series Production (LSP) is an indigenously designed, developed and manufactured, state-of-the-art modern combat helicopter\u0026nbsp;containing approximately 45 per cent indigenous content by value, which will progressively increase to more than 55 per cent for the SP (series production) version,” the MoD had announced.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIAF chief, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, said the induction of the LCH adds greatly to the IAF’s combat potential, with its “versatility and offensive potential at par or better than most attack helicopters operating globally.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EPrachanda, which follows HAL’s Dhruv advanced light helicopter (ALH) into service is the defence public sector undertaking’s indigenous Multi-Role Combat Helicopter designed and built for high altitude operations.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThat makes the LCH an ideal platform for providing infantry soldiers fire support in 15,000-16,000 feet high contested areas such as Depsang, Galwan and the heights north and south of Pangong Tso where Indian soldiers were facing off against Chinese intruders.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EInfantrymen at those oxygen-deprived altitudes cannot carry heavy weaponry for long distances, but a high-altitude attack helicopter would provide them with fire support, using its on-board, 20-millimetre turret gun, 70-millimetre rockets and air-to-air missiles. It can also carry an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) and the IAF is close to choosing one.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EFor delivering firepower accurately onto the enemy, the LCH is integrated with cutting-edge target-sighting systems, including an electro-optic pod and a helmet mounted display that allows a pilot to aim at a target just by looking at it.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe LCH’s pilots are protected by armoured panels, self-sealing fuel tanks, a bulletproof windshield, damage-tolerant rotor blades and a main gearbox that can run for 30 minutes even after a bullet hits it and drains out the oil. The LCH also has an electronic warfare system that detects incoming missiles and confuses them by scattering flares and chaff.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ELight Combat Helicopters are already in the MoD’s list of defence products that are embargoed for import. “With its versatile features built in for combat missions, LCH has export capability,” said the MoD.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe military has already projected to HAL an eventual requirement of 65 Prachandas for the IAF and 97 for the army.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EFor such a small helicopter, the LCH is a formidable fighting machine. Its two pilots, who are seated one behind the other in a slim tandem cockpit, can choose between a menu of weapons that they fire using a helmet pointing systems that lets a pilot aim at a target just by looking at it.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EHAL’s former chief, R Madhavan, told\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EBusiness Standard\u003C\/i\u003Ethat the LCH is the lightest attack helicopter in the world, designed specifically to meet the Indian Army’s requirements. The 5.8-tonne, twin-pilot helicopter can fly at altitudes of 20,000 feet, higher than any other attack helicopter in the world.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EHaving demonstrated its ability to operate from 15,000-feet high helipads above the Siachen Glacier, the LCH is an ideal weapons platform for supporting the army in areas like Galwan and Daulat Beg Oldi in Eastern Ladakh, where our soldiers are confronting Chinese intruders.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E[ENDS]\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #943634;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EGraphic: Aiming high\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #548dd4;\"\u003E·\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;The Light Compact Helicopter (LCH) was inducted into the IAF’s newly raised 143 Helicopter Unit on Monday\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #548dd4;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E·\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #76923c;\"\u003EPrachanda is HAL’s indigenous Multi-Role Combat Helicopter designed and built for high-altitude operations.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E·\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"color: #e36c0a;\"\u003EIt is integrated with target-sighting systems, including an electro-optic pod and helmet mounted display that allows a pilot to aim at a target just by looking at it\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #e36c0a;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #5f497a;\"\u003E·\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;The LCH’s pilots are protected by armoured panels, self-sealing fuel tanks, a bulletproof windshield, damage-tolerant rotor blades, and a main gearbox that can run for 30 minutes even after a bullet hits it\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #5f497a;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #d99594;\"\u003E·\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;It also has an electronic warfare system that detects incoming missiles and confuses them by scattering flares and chaff\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #d99594;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E·\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"color: #76923c;\"\u003EThe military has already projected to HAL an eventual requirement of 65 Prachandas for the IAF and 97 for the army\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/7586485706829983870\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/read-about-home-grown-prachanda-iafs.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/7586485706829983870"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/7586485706829983870"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/10\/read-about-home-grown-prachanda-iafs.html","title":" Read about the home-grown “Prachanda”, the IAF's new, light combat helicopter (LCH)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ajai Shukla"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16488839157370084666"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEieY_sjXh-FPhQgIQYrCNpkrA4LWHsi5j2jIe0LAf6rVVwg9vfIFmSFv5ZRb_8dEjBE9SAXcaZcS6s-dOJ7MFKkaLorvnhT4lMfNGESnZhqqplkiBMj-eOABXwdw0eQFgWnVJJDY7WG4rJk-JYq3_cAyBnd-KGul_yOklsaXtCAo4TVALFKRgkNwLki\/s72-c\/AA%20LCH2.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-2600194752201328053"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-30T22:05:00.002-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-09-30T22:05:44.990-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Air Force"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Army"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Navy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Internal security"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Morale"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Quiet authority: Meet General Anil Chauhan, India's new Chief of Defence Staff "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiujd0iJPhp-OP7uV8z611URRKf3LumX0lxufrIYTX7O-hAhjkoE7jmoRr3OELYuUWbZjPvDihz8OIDCQbx03CQAKlmjV6zGoHXfXRprcvKjydFoggIENgAb9oQBxgg6mxOBKWS0jnZSbprAVTK1mElxkAWuZKBFCv8U4i_hnMd6CDwxzBopuWo53oF\/s1358\/AA%20Chauhan1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"959\" data-original-width=\"1358\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiujd0iJPhp-OP7uV8z611URRKf3LumX0lxufrIYTX7O-hAhjkoE7jmoRr3OELYuUWbZjPvDihz8OIDCQbx03CQAKlmjV6zGoHXfXRprcvKjydFoggIENgAb9oQBxgg6mxOBKWS0jnZSbprAVTK1mElxkAWuZKBFCv8U4i_hnMd6CDwxzBopuWo53oF\/s16000\/AA%20Chauhan1.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EGeneral Anil Chauhan is known to express his views frankly, not necessarily adopting the conventional approach\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBy Ajai Shukla\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBusiness Standard, 1st October 22\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndia’s military has a new top man. Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Anil Chauhan, who\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003Eassumed office on Friday as India’s second Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) will wear two additional hats: He will head the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) as Secretary; and he will also be the Permanent Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC). The other three members of the COSC will be the chiefs of the army, navy and the air force.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn what might be his most weighty responsibility, Chauhan will also be the Principal Military Advisor to the defence minister on all tri-service matters\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EChauhan, whose appointment as the CDS the government announced on Wednesday, could hardly present a greater contrast than his predecessor, Gen Bipin Rawat, who was tragically killed in a helicopter crash last December, along with 12 others, near Coonoor, in Tamil Nadu. Rawat was a gregarious, outspoken commander who interacted with people, including journalists, with very little restraint. Chauhan, in contrast, is described by one of his contemporaries as a “soft-spoken, restrained personality who radiates a quiet but firm authority.”\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EChauhan was one of four second lieutenants that found themselves commissioned into a single regiment – 11 Gorkha Rifles – in the years that started from December 1978. Two of them, Rawat and Chauhan, have gone on to become full generals and appointed CDSs. The other two, coincidentally named Shokin Chauhan and AL Chavan, also became generals. In the tight army brotherhoods that are born from shared units and regiments, the latter two share the pride that arises from ascending together the pinnacles of rank and appointment.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Anil Chauhan knows his job like nobody else. He seldom wastes his time attempting parties and picnics. And he has the courage and integrity to disagree professionally, with his seniors, and to tolerate dissent and disagreement from his subordinates,” says Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan (Retired).\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EGen Anil Chauhan is known to express his views frankly, not necessarily adopting the conventional approach. For example, while discussing the proposals for Agnipath and Agniveers – the new scheme to widen and increase the intake of short-service recruits into the military – Anil Chauhan is learned to have suggested changes that made the scheme more practical and workable than the version the defence ministry had suggested.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EChauhan has had the time to develop a bond with National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, under whom he has worked as a military advisor in the National Security Council Secretariat since he retired nine months ago and who, like him, hails from Garhwal. In June, the government changed the promotion policy permitting retired three-star generals under the age of 62 to return to service and take up the job of CDS. This policy permits such officers to serve as CDS until they reach the age of 65. That will permit Anil Chauhan to remain the tri-service chief for a little over three years.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn an army that favours officers who have spent the bulk of their service years doing counter-insurgency operations in Jammu \u0026amp; Kashmir, Chauhan is that rarity: a China specialist who has logged plenty of service years along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and the McMahon Line with China. After commanding the crucial Baramulla Division as a major general, Chauhan was promoted to lieutenant general and given command of the sensitive Tezpur corps that defends most of Arunachal Pradesh. He then served a tenure as Director General Military Operations, during which the air force carried out the Balakote air strikes in retaliation for a suicide car bomb attack in Pulwama that killed 40 Indian securitymen.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EElevated to army commander, just a step below army chief, Chauhan was posted to Fort William, Kolkata, and given charge of the Eastern Command. When he reached the age of 60 in May 2021, he retired from service. But that was only to be brought to the NSC under Doval and to eventually become India’s first lieutenant general to be brought out of retirement, promoted to full general and appointed CDS.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjKLHaaRuFTGKfLqlvoYo0OsP0jXB2D8DeoVes0dhuJVpW12aQzltRmQ8hiPRfHKwBdNbPkKoRepFq4iYmDMz8XjnJm3h1KL5xyq2dmOpKWGFsCHaHsQWnqcsvWXMiqz5aab5bgo_r83RE19Dw-HnR0zjA4etA4PCmS-BU3lhGBtsU5S0FikhwjzWoi\/s1773\/AA%20Chauhan2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"958\" data-original-width=\"1773\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjKLHaaRuFTGKfLqlvoYo0OsP0jXB2D8DeoVes0dhuJVpW12aQzltRmQ8hiPRfHKwBdNbPkKoRepFq4iYmDMz8XjnJm3h1KL5xyq2dmOpKWGFsCHaHsQWnqcsvWXMiqz5aab5bgo_r83RE19Dw-HnR0zjA4etA4PCmS-BU3lhGBtsU5S0FikhwjzWoi\/s16000\/AA%20Chauhan2.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003EOutside of working hours, the new CDS values his privacy. A good golfer, Chauhan is described by all his contemporaries as a “family man”. He has a single child, a daughter, who is studying architecture in Norway.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EOver his busy career, Chauhan has had the time to write two books, including one on nuclear warfare. For the next three years, however, his job description will centre on the creation of joint theatre commands, cutting down on wasteful expenditure and the indigenisation of weapons and systems in India’s military.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/2600194752201328053\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/09\/quiet-authority-meet-general-anil.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/2600194752201328053"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/2600194752201328053"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/09\/quiet-authority-meet-general-anil.html","title":"Quiet authority: Meet General Anil Chauhan, India's new Chief of Defence Staff "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ajai Shukla"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16488839157370084666"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiujd0iJPhp-OP7uV8z611URRKf3LumX0lxufrIYTX7O-hAhjkoE7jmoRr3OELYuUWbZjPvDihz8OIDCQbx03CQAKlmjV6zGoHXfXRprcvKjydFoggIENgAb9oQBxgg6mxOBKWS0jnZSbprAVTK1mElxkAWuZKBFCv8U4i_hnMd6CDwxzBopuWo53oF\/s72-c\/AA%20Chauhan1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-3593750551076557957"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-29T19:52:00.025-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-09-29T20:01:58.562-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"defence planning"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Defence Production"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"DRDO"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Air Force"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Army"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Navy"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":" Crunching the numbers: \"Make in India\" fortifies defence spending "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEinNJOlz9rrt6PVVZIKdxfWE9BX7Y_wo7Z8NHjnrb1avIuCMO0m1PEnbpLJV5YkNi_px_7NnybOxbHmXrDo6xvMZKr-DvL3d1rLVPAgioLnu_wG3U7h_qBcpG8MX9Otf8iNKgcmvbO1dml35bdbmCI-g_O4ZI2nN_NKYbovGxweFA15ZC1wqd12f1kv\/s808\/1664469671-9992.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"808\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEinNJOlz9rrt6PVVZIKdxfWE9BX7Y_wo7Z8NHjnrb1avIuCMO0m1PEnbpLJV5YkNi_px_7NnybOxbHmXrDo6xvMZKr-DvL3d1rLVPAgioLnu_wG3U7h_qBcpG8MX9Otf8iNKgcmvbO1dml35bdbmCI-g_O4ZI2nN_NKYbovGxweFA15ZC1wqd12f1kv\/s16000\/1664469671-9992.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EIn 2011-12, India imported $5.7 billion worth of defence equipment. In 2022-23, it intends to import $.6.5 billion, which is a CAGR of just 1.2 per cent\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBy Ajai Shukla \u0026amp; Devangshu Datta\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBusiness Standard, 30th Sept 22\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EAn analysis of defence capital expenditure (capex) indicates increased spending during the last four or five years, along with a discernable shift towards indigenisation. Adjusted for inflation, capital allocations to the defence sector have grown at a compounded rate of around 7 per cent between the base year 2011-12 and the present (2022-23).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EWhile rupee-denominated spending has grown at a little better than 8 per cent, imports have grown at just 1.2 per cent during this 11-fiscal year period. The allocation patterns have been quite uneven.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003ELet’s explain how we’ve examined the data. We looked for Defence Capital Allocations, including capex scattered across several different Budget heads and Demands for Grants, to arrive at the annual expenditure.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003EFor example, in the 2019-20 budget, the capital allocations for border road construction is not in the capital budget (Demand No 21), but buried as Demand No 19 under the Ministry of Defence head.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe allocations to the Coast Guard are similarly included in Demand No 19, even though it operates under the Navy, which is allocated funds under Demand No. 20.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EUntil 2016-17, capital allocations for the Defence R\u0026amp;D Organisation and Ordnance Factory Board were also part of the Ministry of Defence budget head. These scattered capital allocations have been compiled and included in capex.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThen we split the expenditure into two separate categories: First, domestic rupee-denominated spending and, second, imports which are USD-denominated.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EFor six of these 12 fiscal periods (including the base year, 2011-12) defence ministry statements in Parliament gave out the ratio between domestic capex and imports. These range from 50:50 in 2018-19 to a targeted 68 per cent of domestic spending in the current fiscal with most years seeing a trend of 60 per cent of expenditure incurred domestically. Where there is no clear attribution, we’ve assumed 60 per cent of the spending was local.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe domestic capex component was adjusted for inflation, and the import component was converted into USD since all defence expenditure, even imports from France or Russia, are USD-denominated. The inflation adjustment was done using the deflator, compiled from Finance Ministry, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, and World Bank data. Overall, the GDP deflator indicates that inflation ran at an annualised 5.2 per cent. However, it has been over 9 per cent in 2021-22 and in the current fiscal (until August).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003EA deflator\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003Eis a\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003Eratio of the value at current prices of all goods and services in the economy in a given year compared to the value during the base year, which is 2011-12 in this case.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EFor converting the rupee to dollar, the median USD-INR exchange rate prevailing during the concerned fiscal periods was used. A median is a mid-point value – in a year this would be the USD-INR value which has 182 values above and 182 values below it. The USD strengthened from Rs 48-49 in 2011-12 to over Rs 81 in September 2022 with a median value of Rs 78.84\/ USD in the current fiscal.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThese approximations yield a clear picture of trends. Although the nominal allocation has grown every year, from Rs 69,476 crore (2011-12) to Rs 160,071 crore (2022-23 Budget Estimate), allocations have been uneven if we adjust them for inflation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn 2012-13, and in 2021-22, the allocation was actually lower post-inflation, than in the prior fiscal. There was a whopping 20 per cent year-on-year jump in capex in 2020-21, and there has been 10 per cent increase in 2022-23. It would appear that the creation of infrastructure and the filling of gaps in the military’s arsenal after China’s incursions into Eastern Ladakh in April 2020 are at least partly responsible for this capex hike.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EHowever over this entire period, defence spending has grown at a CAGR of 7 per cent. It is noteworthy that defence spending has grown strongly by 9 per cent CAGR after 2016-17 even though the GDP growth has fallen since then.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe value of imports has fluctuated significantly, probably because this is “lumpy”. Defence imports are paid for in the year in which they are delivered, apart from a signing advance of 10-15 per cent of the contract value.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThere could be a capex spike in a year where a large contract is signed (through payment of the advance) or when a larger-than-normal delivery takes place (e.g. a full squadron of aircraft, or a brigade of tanks). There have been years such as 2018-19 and 2019-20 when Imports climbed 26.5 per cent YoY to $7.7 billion in 2018-19 and then dropped by 16 per cent to $6.5 billion in 2019-20. In each such case, there is a larger-than-normal delivery – for example, the Rafale (imports) or Tejas fighters (domestic), or the Russian S400 air defence system (imports) – to explain the bounce.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn the base year, 2011-12, India imported $5.7 billion worth of defence equipment. In 2022-23, it intends to import $.6.5 billion, which is a CAGR of just 1.2 per cent. But imports hit $7.8 billion in 2021-22, and $7.6 bn in 2020-21. It does appear that the efforts to indigenise are slowly making an impact.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThis could also be due to accelerated construction of communication infrastructure along the northern, Himalayan borders during the past few years. This means that part of the domestic capex has been allocated towards roads, barracks, etc., which necessitate the use of locally sourced cement and steel and other construction materials, rather than expensive imported weapons and sensor equipment.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/3593750551076557957\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/09\/crunching-numbers-make-in-india.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/3593750551076557957"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/3593750551076557957"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/09\/crunching-numbers-make-in-india.html","title":" Crunching the numbers: \"Make in India\" fortifies defence spending "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ajai Shukla"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16488839157370084666"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEinNJOlz9rrt6PVVZIKdxfWE9BX7Y_wo7Z8NHjnrb1avIuCMO0m1PEnbpLJV5YkNi_px_7NnybOxbHmXrDo6xvMZKr-DvL3d1rLVPAgioLnu_wG3U7h_qBcpG8MX9Otf8iNKgcmvbO1dml35bdbmCI-g_O4ZI2nN_NKYbovGxweFA15ZC1wqd12f1kv\/s72-c\/1664469671-9992.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-1978853051671989306"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-28T18:22:00.002-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-09-28T18:22:25.171-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Broadsword"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"france"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Navy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"region"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"russia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"shipbuilding"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"US military"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"France's Naval Group and IIT Goa to work on underwater sensors data  "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhvRqSoFK7INj8kuk1cV4Zg7eFM2zRiPWgDAg8f4pXCu-LidB6trp5QPIg7YNK5A2pFDOROUFktZ9Xxr3KmJ0QSWCk2F4lPDjyBIebmy2sYGHx4NF888LAn62z8mRuYRWwCu82AKH_GVRSxzqzOyOV2jqSGGXA5HnxssKE5O5u_iZFuILoX3W-q0EbL\/s921\/AA%20Barracuda.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"576\" data-original-width=\"921\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhvRqSoFK7INj8kuk1cV4Zg7eFM2zRiPWgDAg8f4pXCu-LidB6trp5QPIg7YNK5A2pFDOROUFktZ9Xxr3KmJ0QSWCk2F4lPDjyBIebmy2sYGHx4NF888LAn62z8mRuYRWwCu82AKH_GVRSxzqzOyOV2jqSGGXA5HnxssKE5O5u_iZFuILoX3W-q0EbL\/s16000\/AA%20Barracuda.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EDuring Sea Tech Week 2022, the two entities signed an agreement to collaborate in improving the analysis of data collected by underwater sensors, using neural systems and AI (Above: the Barracuda SSN)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBy Ajai Shukla\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBusiness Standard, 29th Sept 22\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EUnderscoring the growing Indo-French naval cooperation, French shipbuilders Naval Group and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Goa on Tuesday agreed to extend their already close cooperation in the field of underwater signal resolution improvement.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn Brest, during the Sea Tech Week 2022, the two entities signed an agreement to collaborate in joint research aimed at improving the analysis of data collected by underwater sensors, using neural systems and Artificial Intelligence.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIndo-French naval cooperation is entering the strategic realm. While only two of the 40 warships being constructed for the Indian Navy\u0026nbsp;are being built in foreign shipyards, several warships that ostensibly bear a “Make in India” imprimatur — such as six Scorpene submarines built by Mazagon Dock Ltd (MDL), Mumbai — carry the fingerprints of French shipbuilders, such as Naval Group.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn partnership with Naval Group, French defence electronics giant, Thales, is also competing to sell India marine and underwater systems such as sonars and the heavyweight F-21 torpedo, which will form the main armament of the Scorpene-class submarines.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ENaval Group won the contest for supplying the Indian Navy\u0026nbsp;with 98 heavyweight torpedoes, having quoted the lowest price for its F-21 torpedo when the bids were opened in late-2020. However, the contract has not been signed yet.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIndia was the “featured country” in the Sea Tech Week 2022 exhibition in Brest. This is being seen as an opportunity to broaden the research and development cooperation between Naval Group and the\u0026nbsp;IIT Goa.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe two entities signed an agreement as part of the GOAT (Goa Atlantic cooperation in Marine Science and Engineering) programme, initiated during the Indo-French Knowledge summit in 2019, for exchange in education, research and innovation in the field of marine science and technology.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EWithin the framework of this cooperation, specific study by Indian researchers with French technical experts will be conducted to extend the understanding of the technologies, in order to improve future industrial applications, including underwater surveillance, submarine imaging and drones.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EAt a broader level, France sees India as its biggest potential customer for submarines — both conventional and nuclear. In September 2021, Naval Group lost a $90 billion Australian contract, signed in 2016 for building 12 Shortfin Barracuda submarines.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EInstead, the US and UK undertook to provide Australia with nuclear propulsion technology as incentive for joining the new AUKUS grouping, featuring the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003ENow it appears that France senses an opportunity in India in the submarine space. It manufactures both nuclear and conventional submarines, and that meets India’s immediate requirement for six of each. America does not build conventional submarines and, therefore, does not meet India’s dual requirement.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/1978853051671989306\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/09\/frances-naval-group-and-iit-goa-to-work.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/1978853051671989306"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/1978853051671989306"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/09\/frances-naval-group-and-iit-goa-to-work.html","title":"France's Naval Group and IIT Goa to work on underwater sensors data  "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ajai Shukla"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16488839157370084666"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhvRqSoFK7INj8kuk1cV4Zg7eFM2zRiPWgDAg8f4pXCu-LidB6trp5QPIg7YNK5A2pFDOROUFktZ9Xxr3KmJ0QSWCk2F4lPDjyBIebmy2sYGHx4NF888LAn62z8mRuYRWwCu82AKH_GVRSxzqzOyOV2jqSGGXA5HnxssKE5O5u_iZFuILoX3W-q0EbL\/s72-c\/AA%20Barracuda.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-4237247212416265963"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-27T19:57:00.012-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-09-27T19:59:07.615-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Broadsword"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"defence planning"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Defence Production"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Army"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Internal security"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Missiles"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ordnance factories"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Private Sector"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Sweden to build new Carl-Gustaf M4 rocket launcher in India  "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi6yiaahVsT1tEAfjU8fQMPLvlHNuMYrugeGzyyg_2cT2kTGNDB8EJ8eOeT60epy4LlLdbb7Osm6zGFgRyU04AKIc8v8hiEEOCBZilRupdk6ha3KkY37L9D6zZ2Ynv4tfPNBV61_yFfHgUmprjqscmNeARQst5QhICcC1QbfWFXABi91CJuDmQckDiI\/s640\/AA%20Carl%20Gustaf.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"479\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi6yiaahVsT1tEAfjU8fQMPLvlHNuMYrugeGzyyg_2cT2kTGNDB8EJ8eOeT60epy4LlLdbb7Osm6zGFgRyU04AKIc8v8hiEEOCBZilRupdk6ha3KkY37L9D6zZ2Ynv4tfPNBV61_yFfHgUmprjqscmNeARQst5QhICcC1QbfWFXABi91CJuDmQckDiI\/s16000\/AA%20Carl%20Gustaf.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-size: x-large;\"\u003ESaab says the legacy supply chain that has built the M3 rocket launcher in India can conveniently switch to building the new M4 version\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBy Ajai Shukla\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBusiness Standard, 28th Sept 22\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ESince 1976, Indian infantry platoons have been equipped with the 84 millimetre (mm) Carl-Gustaf M3 rocket launcher, developed by Swedish weapons giant, Saab, and manufactured by India’s Ordnance Factory Board (OFB).\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThis versatile weapon has proved to be a lethal infantry weapon against enemy tanks. It has also proved deadly in Jammu \u0026amp; Kashmir, blowing up enemy bunkers, or outhouses where militants have taken shelter.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EBut now Saab believes the obsolescent Carl-Gustaf M3, which is still in service with numerous militaries worldwide, is ready to be replaced by a new-generation M4 version of the rocket launcher. With the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) promoting the “Make in India” policy, Saab has applied to set up a manufacturing facility in India to build the new Carl-Gustaf M4 rocket launcher.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003EThe new M4 version, which is carried and fired by a two-man crew, has a longer range of 1,500 metres, a sophisticated new sighting system that makes it difficult to miss the target and weighs just 7.5 kg – against the 11 kg of the M3 version. Production in the new\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003Efacility is planned to start in 2024.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ENeither the MoD, nor the army, have shown interest yet in buying the new rocket launcher. But Saab clearly believes that they will some day. Until then, India would be the manufacturing and supply hub from which Saab can supply the M4 Carl-Gustaf to militaries around the world.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAddressing the World Economic Forum at Davos last January, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had raised the slogan: “Make in India; Make for the world.”\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“The new company Saab FFV India, currently under registration, will make\u0026nbsp;the latest generation of the state-of-the-art [rocket launcher] in India.\u0026nbsp;Saab will also\u0026nbsp;be partnering with Indian sub-suppliers and the systems manufactured in\u0026nbsp;the facility will fully meet the requirements of ‘Make in India’, Saab stated in a press release on Tuesday.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ESaab has applied for a manufacturing licence for a 100 per cent Saab subsidiary. There is a 74 per cent cap on foreign ownership of defence firms, and 100 per cent foreign ownership is permitted only when there is going to be an inflow of high technology. Saab says it will cross that bar, with the latest technologies going into the 84 mm Carl-Gustaf M4.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“Saab FFV\u0026nbsp;India will deploy complex technologies including the latest sighting\u0026nbsp;technology and apply advanced manufacturing techniques like carbon fibre\u0026nbsp;winding\u0026nbsp;for\u0026nbsp;the Carl-Gustaf\u0026nbsp;system\u0026nbsp;including\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;latest M4\u0026nbsp;weapon,” stated Saab.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003EGiven that the Indian Army is one of the world’s biggest users of the M3 version of the Carl-Gustaf rocket launcher, and the M3 is manufactured in India, it is only natural for the Indian army to graduate to the “Made in India” Carl-Gustaf M4\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003Esaid Görgen Johansson, a senior Saab executive.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ESaab believes that its partnership with the OFB, and with the OFB’s new, corporatized versions – Munitions India Limited (MIL) and Advanced Weapons and\u0026nbsp;Equipment India Limited (AWEIL) – which manufactured the Carl-Gustaf M3\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;its\u0026nbsp;ammunition, positions it nicely to switch to manufacturing the M4 version of the rocket launcher.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIndian companies have already been incorporated into a full-fledged supply chain for manufacturing the M3 version of the Carl-Gustaf in the OFB.\u0026nbsp;Saab believes this supply chain can be transformed into one that will support the M4.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/4237247212416265963\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/09\/sweden-to-build-new-carl-gustaf-m4.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/4237247212416265963"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/4237247212416265963"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/09\/sweden-to-build-new-carl-gustaf-m4.html","title":"Sweden to build new Carl-Gustaf M4 rocket launcher in India  "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ajai Shukla"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16488839157370084666"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi6yiaahVsT1tEAfjU8fQMPLvlHNuMYrugeGzyyg_2cT2kTGNDB8EJ8eOeT60epy4LlLdbb7Osm6zGFgRyU04AKIc8v8hiEEOCBZilRupdk6ha3KkY37L9D6zZ2Ynv4tfPNBV61_yFfHgUmprjqscmNeARQst5QhICcC1QbfWFXABi91CJuDmQckDiI\/s72-c\/AA%20Carl%20Gustaf.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-3523809087644738915"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-25T20:19:00.005-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-09-25T20:19:18.285-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"HAL"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Air Force"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Army"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian Navy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Missiles"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"MMRCA"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"region"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"russia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"shipbuilding"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Cost of the extended-range BrahMos cruise missile remains under $5 million each"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEijzWpVNZEwZcLz2s-C60VfwMWO265cJKoTwq3xzTzg8Z3ea1BbNHiI44IGB3-JrzA-wJBhmlNmcxZOx-KL4Ea6_A_znMWFJ_qSryftMWzk7-0TYGbSlCFZhtErTIXgbQ4dchNRmhf6j8M3UBqe_uTdDebko6tDCJhsxRYpQPQbO1CkUZSAcemtxw7V\/s1639\/BrahMos%20contract.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"956\" data-original-width=\"1639\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEijzWpVNZEwZcLz2s-C60VfwMWO265cJKoTwq3xzTzg8Z3ea1BbNHiI44IGB3-JrzA-wJBhmlNmcxZOx-KL4Ea6_A_znMWFJ_qSryftMWzk7-0TYGbSlCFZhtErTIXgbQ4dchNRmhf6j8M3UBqe_uTdDebko6tDCJhsxRYpQPQbO1CkUZSAcemtxw7V\/s16000\/BrahMos%20contract.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-size: x-large;\"\u003ENavy buys most advanced, longest-range version of BrahMos for the first two Project 15B destroyers\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EBy Ajai Shukla\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EBusiness\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EStandard, 26th Sept 22\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003EFor the first time, evidence from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) reveals that the latest and most advanced variant of one of India’s most closely-guarded weapon systems – the indigenous, dual-role, extended-range BrahMos cruise missile – works out to\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003Eabout Rs 34 crore ($4.85 million) each\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003EOn Thursday, the MoD announced that the navy\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003Ehad ordered the ship-borne version of the supersonic BrahMos “at an overall approximate cost of\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;₹1,700 crore under the Buy-Indian category.”\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe announcement revealed that the BrahMos missile systems being acquired were “dual role capable,” meaning that they could destroy targets on land, while also having the ability to strike enemy warships.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe MoD did not reveal the number of missiles procured through the latest contract. However, this information was inadvertently revealed through an official MoD photograph that accompanied the announcement.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe photograph of the contract document stated that it was an “Agreement between [Brahmos Aerospace and the MoD] for supply of 35 combat and 03 practice Brahmos missiles for two Project-15B ships.”\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe two Project-15B warships that will receive these BrahMos systems are currently being built in Mazagon Dock Ltd, Mumbai (MDL). They are the destroyers, INS Visakhapatnam and INS Mormugao.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EApproximately Rs 200 crore would be spent on each destroyer’s missile launchers, command centre and radar, reveal sources in BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) – the Indo-Russian joint venture (JV) that builds the BrahMos missile.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThat leaves about Rs 1,300 crore for 38 BrahMos missiles, putting the cost of each missile at about Rs 34 crore ($4.85 million).\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThis is significantly higher than earlier estimations\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;that the army and navy paid about $ 3.2 – 3.5 million for each of their BrahMos missiles. However, those earlier missile variants had ranges of just 295 kilometres, while INS Visakhapatnam and INS Mormugao will be armed with longer-range missiles that can strike targets out to 400 kilometres.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe range of earlier versions of the BrahMos was kept below 300 kilometres, since the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) places this range restriction on sales involving a non-MTCR country. India was admitted into the MTCR only in 2016, after which Brahmos could legitimately build and sell missiles with ranges above 300 km.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EA costlier BrahMos variant is the air-launched cruise missile (ALCM), which is carried in an under-belly pod by the Sukhoi-30MKI fighter. Developed by the IAF, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and the Defence R\u0026amp;D Organisation (DRDO), t\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003Ehis is half a tonne lighter than the regular BrahMos and shorter by about 50 centimetres.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EWhile the BrahMos ALCM is the lightest and the shortest, it is not the cheapest.\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003EIn October 2012, the Indian cabinet allocated $ 1.1 billion to the IAF for acquiring 200 BrahMos ALCMs. That puts the unit cost of the BrahMos ALCM at $5.5 million.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EOne reason for the higher cost is that each BrahMos ALCM functions autonomously in its launch and command and control functions, since it would be launched several hundred kilometres from base, out of range of the regular BrahMos command and control centre. Each ALCM launcher has its own command centre, a “peripheral control device”, which checks the health of the missile before it leaves the launcher.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EParadoxically, the BrahMos ALCM effectively has the longest range of all the variants: Over 1,000 kilometres. It is carried for several hundred kilometres by the Sukhoi-30MKI. After it is released from the fighter, it can travel another 300-400 kilometres, under the missile’s own propulsion system.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EIndia has been promoting the sale of the BrahMos missile system to partner countries in the Indo-Pacific, such as Vietnam. However only the Philippines has actually inked a contract for the BrahMos: A $375 million deal for the anti-ship variant of the BrahMos.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: large;\"\u003EWith the Pentagon’s expenditure figures placing the cost of the latest variant of the US Tomahawk missile at below $2 million, the cost of the BrahMos might just be too much.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/feeds\/3523809087644738915\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/09\/cost-of-extended-range-brahmos-cruise.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/3523809087644738915"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8726844009873922462\/posts\/default\/3523809087644738915"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.ajaishukla.com\/2022\/09\/cost-of-extended-range-brahmos-cruise.html","title":"Cost of the extended-range BrahMos cruise missile remains under $5 million each"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ajai Shukla"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16488839157370084666"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEijzWpVNZEwZcLz2s-C60VfwMWO265cJKoTwq3xzTzg8Z3ea1BbNHiI44IGB3-JrzA-wJBhmlNmcxZOx-KL4Ea6_A_znMWFJ_qSryftMWzk7-0TYGbSlCFZhtErTIXgbQ4dchNRmhf6j8M3UBqe_uTdDebko6tDCJhsxRYpQPQbO1CkUZSAcemtxw7V\/s72-c\/BrahMos%20contract.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}}]}});