This looks like another secular corruption much like Augusta Westland & Pilatus deals?The bribe givers will be found out and brought to prompt justice in foreign lands while ultimate bribe takers will continue to remain in perpetual denial ? Tragically corruptions of mammoth proportion happened under acknwledeged most honest MMS and AK Anthony. Embraer 145 costs some $20-28 million each as per the list price.Did we pay much more including mods? DRDO must now start looking for another platform for the much needed early warning system which has great export potential in our friendly neighbourhood too, Now we have DRDO Chief who is the main architect of the indigenous AEW & C.It must not get bogged down in the enquiries about the payments to the middlemen or to others and keep focus on technology only
The plain fact is that world wide in defence area there are always agents and payoffs. If India is incapable of making stuff that we need , we have to live with this fact. Hopefully, Mr Parrikar will not be very prudish and stifle the Embraer deal which is the heart of the Indian AWACS. We don't want a repeat of the A K Antony saga where he blacklisted every good artillery gun maker in the world. As long as we are beggars let's grow up and learn to live in the real world.
Re: Re: Get real, guys
by Sudarshan Nityananda on Sep 11, 2016 07:39 AM
Yes, I would say "equally" important , but let it not end up in cutting off a supplier; let's just fine them and get on with the job.Confident that Parrikar will find a via media, since every supplier will behave this way.