Bibhu Prasad Routray
in Rajesh Basrur & Bharath
Gopalaswamy, eds. "India's Military Modernization", Oxford University
Press, 2015 pp. 38-66.
1st Paragraph
After six and half decades of
India's independent existence, the country's arms acquisition and technology
absorption process remains overly skewed, tilted decisively in favour of the
civilian technologists and undermining the preferences of the armed forces. A
mishmash of policies promoting autarky, distrust of the military, and the
avowed objective of building an indigenous technology base and establishing
self-reliance in military preparedness, has prevented the graduation from a
distorted acquisition process to a structured one. Largely in the name of self-reliance,
the technologists continue to reign over a regime that is known for its delays
and cost over-runs rather than for providing an efficient system of delivery. Belated
attempts have been made to restore order in the overall state of affairs. However,
the success of the technologists belonging to the Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO), India's primary military Research and
Development (R&D) agency, in one arena– that of missile technology and
missile defence – perpetuate this distortion in the system as a whole.
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