For any nation with a large defence force, relying on imported fighting equipment was always going to be an expensive and impractical proposition. Yet in India, which has the fourth largest standing army in the world, developing and manufacturing of indigenous weapon systems remained an area of neglect for more than seven decades. The premature end to the development of the HF-24 fighter aircraft and the case of the lost-and-found blueprints of the Bofors gun are just two instances that highlight this chronic failure.
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