Arjun MBT - will the controversy end?
The issue about Arjun MBT is as old as the blogosphere itself. No defence blog is complete without the talk of the Arjun MBT (Main Battle Tank). I am also picking up the same old story but with a view to make fellow ordinary Indians stand up to the cause in any small way they can. It is not to gather any kind of support for Arjun, neither against it but to put things in their right perspective. But it sure is an effort to create more awareness and support for the indigenous development programmes. Fellow bloggers are aware of the controversy surrounding the Arjun MBT & for the newbies – Arjun MBT is portrayed as a failure by (a section of) the media, defence experts & even the Indian Army. The Pakistanis especially are very vocal about it. They leave no chance (they create one if they don’t get one) to tarnish the image of Arjun MBT. It all started in 1972 after the Indo-Pak war when the Indian govt. thought to have a tank of its own. The task was assigned to Defence Research a...