Japan, Qatar, And Iraq Became Admirers Of Indian Weapons

Japan, Qatar, and Iraq became admirers of Indian weapons. The picture of India is changing in the defense sector.

The Defense Research and Development Institute (DRDO) has handed over a 500 kg bomb to the Indian Air Force.

It has been named General Purpose Bomb. It has been prepared in the Ordnance Factory of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. India has been in favor of peace but remains cautious and aggressive about its borders.

When your neighbors are vicious nations like China and Pakistan, then strengthening your strategic power and policy becomes a responsibility as well as a duty.

In the last eight years, India has not only strengthened itself in the defense sector but is also starting to sell arms to the countries of southeast Asia.

Let us understand how the world’s second number arms importer has now stepped up the export of arms with the mantra of Swadeshi.

Features of General Purpose Bomb.

This bomb is filled with 21 thousand steel balls 15 mm long. As soon as the explosion occurs, these shells spread over an area of ​​100 meters.

The power of the bomb is such that it can blow up not only the bridge and bunker but also the runway of the airport.

The steel balls present in the bomb can penetrate a 12 mm thick steel plate.

This 1.9-meter long bomb can be dropped from Jaguar and Sukhoi Su-30MKI warplanes.

Japan, Qatar, and Iraq became admirers of Indian weapons: The picture of India is changing in the defense sector.

The government aims to increase defense exports to Rs 36,500 crore by 2024-25. The focus of the government is more on indigenous weapon manufacturing.

To achieve this goal, the Center has merged the Ordnance Factory Board and 41 Ordnance Factory Factories to form seven Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) in the defense sector.

Its objective is to bring transparency and speed in working with administrative agility.

India’s defense exports have grown nearly six times in the last eight years. The Rs 2,770 crore defense deal with the Philippines is a milestone.

India Threat in Southeast Asia.

India’s threat in Southeast Asia is also increasing. Arms exports will not only bring income to the country but will also increase our threat in strategically important southeast Asia.

After the Philippines, countries like Vietnam and Indonesia have also shown interest in buying weapons from us.

Our neighbor China operates under an expansionist policy from the South China Sea to Southeast Asia.

Our ties with old comrades in this area require innovation and intensification that can come from arms deals.

Apart from the BrahMos missile, the Akash air defense system is also very popular. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates want to buy this weapon from us.

About 42 countries import defense from us, these include Qatar, Lebanon, Iraq, Ecuador, Japan, etc. These mainly include body protection equipment to protect the body in combat situations.

Some countries have also expressed interest in coastal surveillance systems, radars, and air platforms.

Target to increase defense budget and reduce imports.

The Modi government is continuously increasing the defense budget and reducing defense imports. In the just-concluded financial year, India exported defense worth Rs 11,607 crore.

If you want to understand the importance of this figure, then look at the figures for the year 2014-15 when arms exports worth Rs 1,941 crore were made.

The defense budget of the country has almost doubled since 2013-14. It is around Rs 5.25 lakh crore.

In the year 2020, the import of 101 defense equipment was banned and more than 460 licenses have been issued.

Defense imports started decreasing.

The report of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) says that defense imports decreased by 21 percent in 2012-16 and 2017-21.

The reduction in defense imports will save about Rs 3,000 crore per annum.

Japan, Qatar, and Iraq became admirers of Indian weapons: Embassies abroad are also on a mission.

The government has also given the responsibility to the Indian embassies present in different countries to publicize the growing power of the country’s weapons manufacturing.

The officials have also been asked to help with the export of defense equipment. According to SIPRI, India has increased the defense budget by 76 percent between 2011 and 2020.

In the last nine years in the world, the defense budget of different countries has increased by an average of 9 percent.