Ravi Kumar Gupta 703 days ago

Isn''t this over simplification to promote (Not Parikar) IMPORTs!

The article conveniently ignores several important facts:

1. Short and medium range SAMs are Indigenous and already Under Production!

2. Did the user EVER projected any requirement for 400 km range SAM to DRDO? Why?

3. Haven''t users been suddenly changing their requirements to avoid buying Indigenous Products so that Importeomania along with associated perks may go on PERPETUALLY. Going on for 7 decades, the phenomenon has been responsible for killing of numerous excellent Indigenous Defence Products painstakingly Developed in accordance with the extreme requirements projected by users.

4. What has changed in Bharat''s threat perception or the topography of our country and its neighborhood during past 5 yrs necessitating sudden shift to SAMs with 400 km range of operational envelope?

5. Why there''s no mention of the fact that in case of module against Ballistic Missiles, the operational envelope:

(I) is lesser than the Indigenous Ballistic Missile Defence System already Developed by DRDO!

(ii) Larger envelope is in fact not even needed due to uniquely steep trajectory of such nuclear tipped Ballistic Missiles, except in case of MERVs.