PKL. Thursday, 8th June ,2006. Mr Kondapillai's is quite well justified , in noticing the various issues as reflected in countries like Japan , Korea, China or Singapore and Thailand ,who wish to be assured that their life and trade are not threatened by major militaries likes of China or Japan ( potentially),Naturally, India as one who is a big centre of population and Defence Weapon Importer largely fron old Russian War-Machines .and lately from US and Japan as well.. in last decade must show itself as no paper Giant but a reasonable Ballast to gyrations of the Military Dragon -Chinese ambitions of dominating the High -Seas by scaling exponentially its missiles and submarine-launched Nukes ove the last Decade..Unfortunately, Indians have to augment by Defence research and indigenous initiatives the Blue -Waters Navy and missile launchers with Nuclear Weapons , if we are not be confirmed as mere windbags than as statesmen of substance by our expectant neighbours! D. Goel
dear sir, this has reference to the article appearing here. Till India starts to be known as a quality exporter of defence equipment it will forever remain a attractive buyer and thus will never be able to collect what it is spending to acquire from abroad. In India we always read about the arms bazar and the amount of money there is to be made, but till we continue to be recognised as facilitators for others to make money and not for ourselves this so called defence diplomacy may not yield effective results. In our region there are many underdeveloped countries where arms can be sold by India (conventional weapons systems) at rates more competitive than anywhere from the west but we still continue to pat our backs as good buyers so that everyone else but our country make money out of defence, we are better known worldwide as makers of personal fortunes from defence. we should start it as a business proposition in our region atleast and we can achieve this not by reservations in education sector as that will ensure that we remain buyers forever and never make anything out of it monetarily or qualitatively atleast for a minimum of 100 years.
