Is India ready for war? The Comptroller and Auditor General has grave doubts.
But hey, it's not all bad news...
They'll have their weaponized indigenous light combat something-or-other aircraft ready to go by 2011:
The indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA-Tejas) project will be continued and will be inducted into the India Air Force, fully certified and weaponised, by 2011. The Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH-Dhruv) will be inducted into the armed forces for various applications in its weaponised form, according to Defence Minister A.K. Antony here on Saturday.
Oh, and their tanks might be ready by then, too:
He said he had heard from the critics that the LCA and the India’s Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun would not make it to the defence forces but he said both were now nearing certification stage. “I too had some apprehensions, but after knowing the facts I can confidently tell that both LCA and MBT can find their due place in the armed forces.
By: Brant
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