It is surprising why we alwayz cry for world peace, disarmament, global nuke reduction and peaceful co-existence. Well thought out article.The author makes an excellent analysis when he talks of tacit knowledge and is a veiled attack on DRDO and other agencies which drumbeat achievements but take decades to make anything operational.I have seen DRDO scientists in Bangalore, come to the facility at 10:30 am...walk straight to the canteen, have tea till 11:30am, sign in and come back straight to lunch at 1:00 and then go back to their desks at 2:30pm only to come back at 4:00 for tea and wait at the gates at 5:00pm.Adding to our geo-politcal situation where our neighbours are increasingly belligerant and arming themselves to the teeth is our socio-political system where no mass leader actually has any leadership skills or assertive capabilities.Strength respects strength. The current state of our deterrent is unknown and probably for strategic reasons it is kept that way, but for sure we can ignore research and adaptive testing only to our peril
