Indian Defense Industry General News and Updates

[Shan]

let me give you a piece of advice, any retired general or officer who goes about speaking to the media is doing it for the money and for the money and views you need sensationalist headlines. Im 99.9% sure he doesnt believe a word of what hes saying but is saying whatever he likes for the money, the actual normal retired generals shut their mouths and mind their own buisness while maintaining contacts just to know whats going on. They are sometimes the source of the Insider reports.

Sure, that can be the case. However, it might very well be that he did not do the basic homework that the F5 will not roll out by 2027 and happens to believe that IN weapons will be integrated with the Rafale soon. There are no Indian weapons mated to the Rafale till date and I have not seen any reports of forthcoming trials for them. So, it is either what you are saying or he sincerely believes that the French would never overcharge/overpromise us and would offer us their best development know how. There is a section of retired officials that drink the RU Kool-aid and regularly promote their weapons for India to buy for XYZ reasons. I agree that finances can a major part of the promotional aspect. It can also be that they genuinely believe that weapons from foreign OEMs perform better.