"At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.".. Those are the famous words of Jawaharlal Nehru at midnight 14th August'1947.
Alas today when the world is wide awake even at midnight, India sleeps even in the harsh sunlight of midday.
Today when the whole world is awake and alert to the amassed power and ever expansionist designs of China; India, the country most vulnerable to the fire-spewing Dragon, is in a deep uncaring sleep. If one looks at their long term preparations, Arunachal Pradesh and probably whole of north-east, will be in their occupation within 5 years. This time around USA will neither have the influence nor capability to push back China from Assam, as it did last time in 1962.
Our central government in Delhi, and their brokers do-not care to see beyond kick-back money. The bureaucrats will not lift their stranglehold over defense purchases. They are not blind. They can very well see the muzzle thrust over the Himalayas at India. But they do not loose their sleep. The sane people within and outside the Indian military establishment, are in a state of utter helplessness, aware of the imminent dangers.
Whatever little steps we are taking in armouring our defense forces are too little too late. There is no sense of national urgency to build defense production capability and developing indigenous technology. While Indian companies languish, precious money flows into the coffers of foreign companies on purchases of second-hand-second grade equipment, often outdated by the time it is introduced. A pathetic show of developing a mere Battle Tank is an example of what our capabilities are. Thanks to one supportive defense minister and a free hand to Prof. Abdul Kalam, that we have at least a few missiles to show off. But their numbers are also totally inadequate, against a vastly superior Chinese invading forces.
We all know that the greatest wealth of any nation is the spin-off technologies derived from defense-research and Space-research and therefore every penny invested in research will pay back the nation ten times; besides saving it from the enemies, who rightly perceive us as a weak target.
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