Comments by "Sankalp" (@sankalp6872) on "Surveil, hunt u0026 probably eliminate: What India’s deal for MQ-9B drones means for Navy, Army, IAF" video.

The Congres's statement on this was ridiculous. They said that DRDO could deliver such high-quality drones at 20% of the cost, and that too in a short time. The drafter of this statement must have been on some "high-quality" stuff. The other part was the price. The US Govt foots the R&D bill of companies like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and General Atomics. They also get grants & incentives. Hence, the prices quoted to the US and other countries are different. For, e.g., F35s were sold to Canada and German for $450 million and 240 million, resp, but the US airforce got them for 100 million. Customization also adds to costs.
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We are a "Jugaad" country. Many seasoned defence experts have repeatedly flagged the "some here, some there" strategy alongside our insanely high number of suppliers. Jugaad works until it doesn't. Some "Babu" might have made tall claims of how we could use the same drone for multiple purposes (which even the creators of the drones won't have imagined), leading to Govt thinking of extracting a value of 300 billion out of 3 billion spendings. Hence, the 15 to the Navy, 8 to whoever breakup.
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@libshastra Laws are not the problem. Enforcement is the issue. Our courts are already swamped with so many cases that IPR and Copyrights go for a toss. Judiciary needs a fix and expansion.
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@libshastra Rule of law and Property rights are deemed essential for development. Improvement never hurts. In either case, enforcement is an essential precondition for success.
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An uninformed statement by an uninformed person. Development takes time, and innovation is the last step of this journey. Unless you the master product, you can't produce its next iteration. All developing countries began their journey by imitating, aka reversing engineering, over time, mastered the skill and then became the beacon of innovation - Japan, South Korea, and China are examples. India's started its journey in the 90s (post-liberalization). It is the second fastest-growing economy of the last 3 decades. It's doing pretty well. It will innovate when the time is right.
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Defense deals are deliberately opaque. It is also a criminal offense to reveal defense secrets. It's common practice all over the world. If China or Pak gets a peek of the specifications they can easily develop counter measures to neutralize our capabilities.
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@mg.f.9023 Nope. Muslim radicalism was a national security problem. It had to be neutralized.
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