Seems like another ploy of DRDO to blunt criticism and buy time. And dont think i am saying this because i am anti-national commie. There should be no shame and hesitation in calling a spade a spade. DRDO has been a colossal waste of public money. My friends work there and all they do is sit at their desks form 10 to 5. They havent been assigned any work at all for the past six months. Worse, when one of them tried to leave after getting frustated for higher studies, they refused to give him NOC and virtually destroyed his career. They choose the best candidates and them condemn their creative minds to a life of boredom. ISRO stands in stark contrast to DRDO. A lot of blame for this has to go to APJ Kalam, so called father of missile program, who ruled DRDO as a czar for a decade and dragged down each project into the hellhole. Lets be objective and consider what he achieved in his decade long "rule" over DRDO? The only option is to take away these projects from DRDO and give them to trusted private sector companies. They will deliver far better weapons within cost and schedule.
