some shady going on out there sometimes in the NUMBER_TOKENs and NUMBER_TOKENs many prominent indian and swedish government officials were accused of accepting kickbacks from saab befores for military upgrade programs since then india has wanted to keep the involvement of private military defense companies to a minimum they want to keep it all in state and they want to keep it inside their borders so the indian companies like tata advanced materials and tata subsiries like nelco are working on their night vision and body armor but this favoritism for public organizations like the drdo is holding back their ability to be efficient defense analyst mark phillips said quote government policies towards private sector participation in defense industry prevent the emergence of vibrant alternatives to state-run enterprises as a result the indian military is beholden to the government-run drdo whose performance is a matter of debate and controversy which is a really nice polite way of saying public government-run institutions in india aren't very good at producing military equipment so these corruption investigations in india are part of the reason why it's taken from NUMBER_TOKEN to NUMBER_TOKEN for them to be able to really start moving on the fins program with the procurement of the sig NUMBER_TOKENs that's the real first tangible sign of progress so in conclusion the indian army remains the world's most formidable mountain fighting force they rely on their massive size as their main deterrence in war they've historically taken a defensive position but with the rise of the communist party in china right at their neighborhood in their backyard they're having to seriously rethink some of their old doctrine like having military branches separated to avoid coups it remains an open question whether they're going to be able to acquire the ak-NUMBER_TOKEN and body armor in large numbers but the next two or three years will really be make it or break it for the indian army and i have faith in them based on their historical track record i'm your average infantryman chris cappy thank you for watching check out another episode while you're here
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