EPISODE · Sep 23, 2024 · 29 MIN
Aiming Better for India's Guns
from All Things Policy · host Takshashila Institution
India has had an uneven history with military firearms. Satya Sahu walks us through how the country has variously designed, reverse-engineered, and imported firearms in the nearly eight decades since independence, with mixed results. In a conversation with Aditya Ramanathan, he provides concrete recommendations on how the country must consolidate and improve its arsenal of these most essential weapons. Also, check out Aditya Ramanathan's opinion piece on the problems that ail the Indian Army's small arms: https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/opinion/indian-army-needs-to-abandon-its-ad-hoc-approach-to-arming-the-infantry-12813226.html All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru. Find out more on our research and other work here: https://takshashila.org.in/ Check out our public policy courses here: https://school.takshashila.org.in
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India has had an uneven history with military firearms. Satya Sahu walks us through how the country has variously designed, reverse-engineered, and imported firearms in the nearly eight decades since independence, with mixed results. In a conversation with Aditya Ramanathan, he provides concrete recommendations on how the country must consolidate and improve its arsenal of these most essential weapons. Also, check out Aditya Ramanathan's opinion piece on the problems that ail the Indian Army's small arms: https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/opinion/indian-army-needs-to-abandon-its-ad-hoc-approach-to-arming-the-infantry-12813226.html All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru. Find out more on our research and other work here: https://takshashila.org.in/ Check out our public policy courses here: https://school.takshashila.org.in
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