Monday, April 13, 2009

JDS - Promise #1 - Comprehensive defence policy

Promise #1:
JDS manifesto - People want
1) The Janata Dal (Secular) party will give top priority to modernize and strengthen our defence preparedness. As a first step, our party will build a minimum nuclear deterrent force as a safeguard against any unexpected eventualities. Corresponding to the development of minimum nuclear deterrence force, the Janata Dal (Secular) party will encourage the development of weapons delivery system like nuclear weapon carrier missiles. The Janata Dal (Secular) party will encourage the building of ICBMs. - What about Internal security? is the police force going to be modernised or not?
2)India has come to be surrounded by countries with space weapons capability. Therefore, the Janata Dal (Secular) party will create a new division within ISRO to develop space weapons system for use as quickly as possible. - Are you aware of the Outer Space Treaty and the SALT II treaty? How will the pressure from the international community be handled
3)The Janata Dal (Secular) party will create Airborne Brigade, Assault Landing Brigade and a Helicopter Gunship Brigade by acquiring more fighter aircrafts, helicopters and aircraft carriers. It will create four units of Rapid-Assault Force to be stationed in four corners of the country for dealing with any terrorist attack. -Just the four corners? why not all state capitals?
4)The Janata Dal (Secular) party will create a new section of defence procurement within each of the embassies in major countries with the responsibility of collecting information about new defence hardware and software ready for use and sale and acquiring them after the approval by the appropriate authority. Though there is a military attaché in each of our embassies, they simply do defence surveillance work. Hence, we will assign them clearly defined specific tasks to help the country to modernize its defence equipments by constantly watching the developments in defence related science and technology and feeding the information to the defence ministry which will help in their decision making.- Why are we still dependent on other countries? why not have indigenous development?

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