This was in the plan all along, they are now just allotting money and calling it an "emergency" purchase. BJP is committing a grave mistake of focusing too much on media management, they are unable to differentiate between matters of National Security and domestic politics.
There is nothing emergency about it. The contract for 21 Migs and 12 Su-30 MKIs were supposed to be signed this year.
No, soldiers respected the accord reached & implemented by civilians and understood its importance even when they knew, their lives were going to be sacrificed. Sometimes spilling of blood not only gives period of peace but also a progressive revolution. Is it that what happened recently? Will there be further action and blood spilling happening for our aim? Only future will tell. I believe, most of the time, we wish to be a power who is well recognised and can protect its borders and subjects. Here in India, one soldier killed in action, everybody cowers for dialogue & bla bla bla. We haven't got what it takes to spill the blood and reach our aim. We abandon the struggle midway at the hat of troubles, I ask why? Same happened in 1947, 62, 65, 71, 99, 2019. Will it happen again this time now as well in 2020? Everytime when our blood boils at some incident, we redirect our anger on breaking objects, burning effigies, denouncing the attackers but we never declare those attacking countries as enemy of state by law permanently. We redirect our anger on our internal political parties, army, police forces but never on ourselves. That has never worked in past nor it will work in foreseeable future. Most of people don't really know what are we exactly fighting for and for whom, what are the costs which will be exacted once we enter the war, hence as soon as the first bad news hits "breaking news", it's rinse and repeat action once again.
If the MoD finally managed to scrape some finances please sign the MK1A contract first. Then if still some bucks are left, then some more Su30MKI.
