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."**