Dear Friends, Without going into what has happened behind, Please do not blame APJ and DRDO for anything and everything. It was the policy of successive Govts not to go for any foreign technology in missiles and morever, we were under sanctions after Pokhran test of 1974.
This article is totally exaggerated in telling that DRDO failed. Our indigenous, Agni, Prithvi etc have been well tested and inducted in army, navy. They have not failed. What about Brahmos that was made with Russia?
This writer speaks as if foreign powers were more than willing to help India out from 1980. Bull shit. If someone comes and points fingers at DRDO or APJ, please don't blind believe and think.
RE:Please stop blamin APJ
by aesthetic guy on Jan 16, 2008 04:41 PM Permalink
wake up man! No one is above 'criticism'. And every one has right to criticize. Don't live in the dream .. although great APJ urges u to 'dream'.
RE:RE:Please stop blamin APJ
by venkat on Jan 16, 2008 04:44 PM Permalink
I am not supporting APJ here. But please tell me which foreign powers would have helped India during 1980s after first Pokhran test with missile technology. US? China? If you are logical, it is clear that these powers did not want to transfer technology to us and so we were compelled to go indigenous. It was sheer compulsion.
RE:RE:RE:Please stop blamin APJ
by on Jan 16, 2008 06:36 PM Permalink
In the beginning The Soviet Union and Russia have supplied everything to India. India did nothing on her own. Later after BJP came into power India has started buying from Israel, UK, France, not from Russia.
RE:Please stop blamin APJ
by aesthetic guy on Jan 16, 2008 04:48 PM Permalink
One option that India had at that time was Israel .. however that was never explored due to India's Palestine policy.
RE:Please stop blamin APJ
by venkat on Jan 16, 2008 04:49 PM Permalink
Please note that that is Govt's policy and not DRDO policy. It was Congress Govt policy to support Palestine. So, who is at fault? Govt or DRDO?
