A call to Arms

If the early 1990s had marked a big break from the closed economy model of the socialist era, the mid 1990s defined a paradigm shift away from the Nehruvian foreign policy model. It is not far fetched to state that the 21st century ushers in a new era in privatisation of Indian defence, endeavouring to transform the mighty Indian armed forces from a ‘holy cow’ to a roaring tiger Imagine, the hostilities have broken out between India and its primary adversary. The Indian naval warships & airforce combatants deployed in the war zone are all set to launch their missiles onto the enemy vessels & territory. And suddenly, they find their navigation equipment – dependent on feed from the US-based global positioning system (GPS) – giving erroneous output. The war machines go blind because they don’t know where they are and in which direction to turn. The missiles with faulty navigation technology are flying helter-skelter. All plans go haywire. This is a possible scenario, which the defence strategists oft en discuss to bring out the dangers of over-dependence on foreign defence technology & the importance of indigenisation.

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2006

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