Report: India cannot fight future wars with weapons that are 95% indigenous if the critical 5% is still imported, says DRDO's Director General (Electronics & Communication Systems), BK Das.
Speaking in Bengaluru ahead of the ESTIC-2026 conclave, he said that 5% is chips, software and algorithms, and a single denied component can make an entire weapon system unusable. His call: "last-mile indigenisation", with a long-term push for 2-nanometre chip technology by 2047.
"For me, it has to be 100 out of 100 per cent."
Report: India cannot fight future wars with weapons that are 95% indigenous if the critical 5% is st
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