IAF diluted at least 12 benchmarks for trainer aircraft.
I happened to watch a debate on NDTV last night on the topic 'Air Force Diluting Benchmarks to Favour Pilatus' published in Business Standard.
To my utter dismay, during the entire discussion Col. Shukla was not able to justify even a single of his large list of alleged
claims established through the article. As per my understanding, the article was a classic
example of a selective reading between the lines and a biased approach to
malign a highly technical organisation for which Col. Shukla (to my
understanding) neither would have received a basic training nor would have a practical
experience. The idea and reason behind 'creating' such an article would be best
known to him, now being with 'Business Standard'. This type of a novice
justification would not be 'presented' by even a Gentleman Cadet in any of the
Academy, just by having access to a 'comparative analysis' of technical
requirements submitted by/to the IHQ Mod/AFHQ. Any layman can do the type of
analysis that Col. Shukla has done to 'data' that he had access to. As a
Cardiologist would never claim expertise on an Orthopedic case, I would request
Col. Shukla to utilise his expertise and experience of the Army to 'expose' the
nexus in Army first, since, I am sure as an officer in the Army, he would have
faced the brunt more 'practically' and personally. As veterans and enjoying a second career thoroughly, it is pertinent on us, that instead of instilling fear and suspect in the hearts and minds
of our 'young brave hearts', we should tread cautiously while reaching to any
conclusions, without taking an advice of qualified domain experts,
as it is not 'democratic' enough to put every act under a scanner just because
we have a platform to say anything. The DRDO/HAL or for that matter any other defense PSU should confirm the number of INSAS Weapon System or Personal Kitting
material etc. exported to any EU nation or China/Pakistan/Nepal/Bangladesh (being the adversaries) or the milestones achieved in Project Tejas
as per the initial 'Project Report'. I remember, certain quarters of veterans
having a role in 'lobbying', were up and against Gen. V.K. Singh, when he exposed
the nexus down to its skeleton during his active service itself, while people who enjoyed
the entire service 'gracefully' now have suddenly found enough courage to come
out and beat around the bush and settle down as an 'expert'.
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