In the world of ever-increasing pressures and escalating security threat against the backdrop of the rising terrorist activities across the globe and mounting infiltration bids from the neighboring country reinforces Charles Darwin “the survival of fittest theory” and “prevention before cure ’’statement.
Despite knowing the round a clock threat of the sword hanging and enemies back stabbing tendencies raises the question that how far our defence forces are well equipped to counter enemies’ evil plans and to triumph it?
No doubts that thinking tanks and government policies converge at the betterment of nation security but the time consumed in formulating the plans on paper into ground reality does raises a serious doubts in the minds of citizens. A delay regime that had severely hampered the growth of India’s armoured might since quite long despite knowing the indispensable need.
Earlier the 57th report of the Public Accounts Committee (2003-2004) on the design and development of MBT, presented to the Lok Sabha on 15th December 2003, highlighting its fifth report in which it had “observed that there were considerable delays at various stages of development and production of the tank as against the envisaged targets”.
And recently Defence Minister A K Antony’s admission that the government has noted that there has been some delay in Arjun Tank reinforces these doubts. Accepting the snail pace making of the main battle tank, the Defence Minister A K Antony has held recurrent design amendments and the time required to obtain some major assemblies responsible for the delay.
