Recently there were news that Manmohan singh invited all party meeting in wake for Mumbai attack. And one of the politician suggested for air Strike? I am not judging the suggestion but my concern is - Why did the idea of Air strike which is always has some risk? Don't we have missiles? Do our missiles really work and ready to use?
ISRO is most admirable organization in India and which some how kept itself away from out bad and corrupt system and that bloody red tape. BUt on other hand DRDO which is responsible to develop production ready rockets is equally notorious for being completely opposite to ISRO's culture.
So the question is - are our missiles battle ready which can be used at any time. I don't think we can answer this question as 'Yes'. We have not used it anywhere outside of out test environment. And Mumbai is the right cause to try that which woul;d have served many purpose.
1) Might have destroyed few terrorist camps and infra structure - that would have damage their striking ability at least for few percentage.
2) They would have came out from the impression that they are completely in safe haven and no one can touch them in their home.
3) Event Pakistan which always lives in denial - must have got a strong signal that if it occurs again then next missile could hit to Islamabad.
4) Same (point 3) is true for Bangladesh which is not coming in news much but i think is equally responsible.
5) It would have test our missiles in real time situation without going into war. It would have provided some confidence to troops who are trained in using this technology and some confidence to scientists who are developing these.
But looking at current scenario - it seems this question will stay open. And India will cry for a while and will continue with it's life.... what misfortune it has.
What do you guys think?
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
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