India severe ammunition shortage |
India cannot fight a war beyond 15-20 days due to crippling shortages in its ammunition stocks. The home-grown Tejas light combat aircraft is still nowhere near being combat-ready despite being in the making for over 30 years. This grim reality of the critical shortfall in ammunition reserves adversely impacts the operational readiness of the 1.18-million Army as well as the problems dogging the Tejas fighter, which has led to a sharp fall in the number of IAF fighter squadrons. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has attacked the Tejas Mark-I jet for being just about 35% indigenous and falling short on as many as 53 technical requirements, greatly reducing its capabilities and survivability in combat.
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