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My takeaway is that India can use this as a means to get greater internal investment - every $Xm dollars a copter costa is not sent to US firms but becomes gris

My takeaway is that India can use this as a means to get greater internal investment - every $Xm dollars a copter costa is not sent to US firms but becomes grist to the mill for Indian metalworkers, Indian engine manufacturers etc etc. Just keep the corruption out of the process and let the multiplier do its work.

sitkack 4y ago
India buys a lot of its arms from former Soviet countries.
scriptproof 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Indian_Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_India... Look at origin. Very few equipment come from the USA.
- lifeisstillgood 4y ago
  My point was more that spending government dollars on internally sourced services is always a better multiplier (for that governments economy). TIL there is move in California to have UoC source it's cafeteria meals direct from California farmers (shortening the supply chain, increasing profits and consistent income for farmers) I know that has a lot of issues but I think it is a very appealing move. Maybe farmers co-ops next?
boruto 4y ago
But should it be seen like that? I guess they just think about uninterrupted supplies during war time and cost of imported labour.
- lifeisstillgood 4y ago
  Yes I think it should be seen that way 1. Governments spending tax dollars should make efforts to keep the multiplier in their economy. For something like a hi-tech helicopter there will be a supply chain hundreds of firms long, many small and looking to grow and provide jobs. 2. India has an advantage (certainly compared to US purchases, maybe less to Soviet via China) in labour costs - building a helicopter to the "same" spec in India just costs less than in Ohio, and that means more copter for your rupee 3. Pretty much every government in wartime finds out its supply chains are borked - there is always a shell crisis. It's one reason the US armed forces are so effective - they have been in live wars for thirty years. No chance for a torpedo to be developed that simply does not explode.
  - jopython 4y ago
    Those engines and the critical avionics are not Indian at all.

sitkack 4y ago

India buys a lot of its arms from former Soviet countries.

scriptproof 4y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Indian_Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_India... Look at origin. Very few equipment come from the USA.

lifeisstillgood 4y ago
My point was more that spending government dollars on internally sourced services is always a better multiplier (for that governments economy). TIL there is move in California to have UoC source it's cafeteria meals direct from California farmers (shortening the supply chain, increasing profits and consistent income for farmers) I know that has a lot of issues but I think it is a very appealing move. Maybe farmers co-ops next?

boruto 4y ago

But should it be seen like that? I guess they just think about uninterrupted supplies during war time and cost of imported labour.

lifeisstillgood 4y ago
Yes I think it should be seen that way 1. Governments spending tax dollars should make efforts to keep the multiplier in their economy. For something like a hi-tech helicopter there will be a supply chain hundreds of firms long, many small and looking to grow and provide jobs. 2. India has an advantage (certainly compared to US purchases, maybe less to Soviet via China) in labour costs - building a helicopter to the "same" spec in India just costs less than in Ohio, and that means more copter for your rupee 3. Pretty much every government in wartime finds out its supply chains are borked - there is always a shell crisis. It's one reason the US armed forces are so effective - they have been in live wars for thirty years. No chance for a torpedo to be developed that simply does not explode.
- jopython 4y ago
  Those engines and the critical avionics are not Indian at all.