Comments by "agon noga" (@agonnoga6100) on "Modi govt’s DRDO reform: What ails defence research u0026 India’s quest for military-industrial complex" video.

@SG You are talking absolute rubbish and peddling downright lies. INSAS has the same firing mechanism of AK47, the most successful rifle in the world and features of FNFAL and Galil two more ultra successful rifles. This rilfe if it is used in +50 degrees Celsius to -50 degrees Celsius will develop cracks which were addressed eventually. Another excuse of our army is 5.56 round doesn't have stopping power. How is it then all NATO nations are sticking to 5.56 after moving away from the heavier 7.62 mm bullets to which the Indian army has regressed to? The heavier 7.62 enters and exits the body without much internal damage whereas the smaller 5.56 mm bullet tumbles inside the body causing massive internal damage. There is nothing wrong with INSAS. Every rifle has teething problems. If INSAS was such a terrible rifle, how did it pass the army's trials? Wrt to Arjun, during trials army was trying to sabotage the Arjun which is why DRDO had to put a black box like device. The Arjun is nothing but Indianized German Leopard, the most successful tank in the world. Similarly the imported air force used to change the specs of Tejas when the prototype used to near finalization thereby putting this fighter in perpetual development hell. Problem is not with DRDO DPSUs and their products but extreme corruption in our defense procurement where nothing can be procured without paying multimillion dollars bribes to netas, generals and babus. DPSUs cannot pay bribes. This is why DRDO products are being sold to armed forces by shady private companies without any competitive bidding process at overinflated prices. Since the CAG like rest of the institutions which uphold democracy has been compromised under this government it chooses to turn a blind eye to these gross violations of norms and policies. Which is why now the Modani sarkar wants to change the laws and policies of DRDO not by scientists but by the dalals of "industry" who don't even have one product of their own.
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@SG Problem with private sector is none of them have any expertise let alone a product of their own. They are either reselling foreign arms under their brand at over inflated prices or selling DRDO developed technologies. This is profiteering with state support. No where in the world private companies sell technologies developed by state owned defense research laboratories. DARPA of USA supports entrepreneur only when they come up with cutting edge technologies. What Modi is doing is replacing OFB and eventually DPSUs with his crony capitalists. If competition was so important, why private companies need support of supposedly incompetent DRDO and DPSUs? When HAL is developing RTA what was the need to import foreign C295 through Tata a loss making manufacturer of mediocre cars and trucks?
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