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You have a valid point. We have to see the trade-off. Is it wiser to build everything in India, is it wiser to have a join venture, or is it wiser to buy off the shelf? Everything is subjective. Now coming to those surface effect craft, building domestic capability will not only help the Navy...

Here is why (please see highlighted text below): Additionally, buying vessels or buying tech (of which we will never get 100%) for vessels will not be cheap. Most things from the west are overpriced.

@roma, F-22 cannot be called a failure. It has not been inducted in large numbers, not because it is a failure, but because it is exorbitantly expensive. Still, a little less than 200 is not a bad number. F-35 on the other hand is more of a money sink and less of a success.

Why? The Skjold-class corvette is a surface effect craft, much like the Soviet Ekranoplan. This is something India needs to explore, and they should be made in India, and India can make them in India.

^^ You are right. Wheeled vehicles have higher mobility and higher speeds, such as, in cities and roads. When it comes to armour, look at some of the posts by Kunal where there are some really nice domestically made vehicles if carrying troops is the requirement. However, from the looks of it...

^^ BRDMs (above) and BTR are not known for good armour. Moreover, they have an inherent weakness in cross country performance. That is why, with BTR-T, they moved onto tracked locomotion. I prefer the BMP-2 platform for Nag (NAMICA) better.

Here is what I propose: Keep the INSAS platform, but do not linger with the first generation INSAS but keep introducing newer versions, such as Kalantak or Excalibur while gradually phasing out or surplussing the old ones. Kick the 20 round magazine out the window and make the 30 round...

I would like to see these with IA, IAF and IN I would like to see these with IA, IAF and IN Kamov-50-2 'Erdogan' Tupolev-160 'BlackJack' FN FS2000 Kel-Tec RFB OC-14-4A 'Groza' OC-14-4A 'Groza' Variants Fire Retardant Uniform used by the US Army Borei Class Submarine