We are doing plenty of stuff that the outside world doesn't know or needs to know.
I'm going by what's in the public domain. Beyond that my guess is as good as yours.
Nah. This is by far the best government we have had for enhancing our national security. There are plenty of area in which this gov. has acted slow but eventually got it right.
Acted slow is being charitable. Most of what we're witnessing unfold except the drone warfare part was something I hinted at before & after the war in Ukraine broke out.
Here I'm referring especially to the missile barrages unleashed by Russia in Ukraine as well as Iran in the ME as well as the air power brought to bear by Israel & the US .
Make the necessary replacements in the above matrix with India & China & do let me know how are we going to counter Chinese air power, their missile barrages & drone warfare.
In addition please also consider the inventories they hold as well as their production capacities in peace & war time. Compare it to ours & do let us know how do you propose we stop it .
Mind you they've a lot up their sleeves viz space based ISR, cyber capabilities, networked IADS & BMD, etc .
Now while India's no Ukraine or Iran, China's definitely China . Besides if you're actually comparing this government to the previous one, where hardly any decisions were taken it's a very low bar .
Moreover in St Antony's case he didn't know whom to trust since South Block was crawling with dalals, he took the path of least resistance & opted not to take any decision whatsoever .
The logjam over the MMRCA tender is a good case in point wherein Dassault backed away from signing the deal.
In spite of all this, corruption continued as the Agusta Westland deal & later the Pilatus deal was exposed . There were others as well which weren't quite highlighted.
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