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India Makes A Stab At Global Arms Selling
"No country can progress by importing defence material and equipment," says Chander.
According to him, DRDO has identified areas such as ammunition for tanks and artillery guns where indigenisation would be carried out in a big way.
"We have attained total indigenisation in sonars and radars," he said at an international symposium on ocean electronics in Kochi last week, adding that DRDO-made, ship-borne sonars would be exported to Myanmar.
In August, DRDO sold the technology to manufacture an Explosive Detection Kit in the U.S. to an American company.
Also, of late, Indian defence services have moved to induct DRDO products into their systems. This, in turn, has sparked interest from "friendly nations" from Southeast Asia and Africa.
Africa in a few years is said to become a defence market almost at the same level with Southeast Asia and Latin America. Oxford Analytica, a global analysis firm, says Africa has reached "an expansionary period for most of its leading armies" due to "elevated security threat perceptions."
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