Rafale row confirms India needs its own defence industry if it has to be a global power

SOURCE: THE PRINT The Rafale deal controversy reaffirmed a crucial fact: A regional power with global ambitions but without an indigenous military industry would be crippled even during small crises.If India wants to be a power worth reckoning, it must stand on its own two feet.Besides a homegrown military industry, it must possess power projection capability. And […]

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