Disarmament in Europe led to economy in defence outlays. Has it made India a safer place to live in, can we cut down our defence costs, if not why not? India has been ranked as a top manufacturer of armaments in the Third World. Our first Ordnance Factory was set up nearly two centuries ago. We now have forty departmently run factories. In addition we have eight Public Sector units. The defence Ministry claims several breakthroughs every year. We are the top importer of conventional weapons in the whole world.
Maj. Gen. Partap Narain, after graduating in science from Govt. College, Lahore was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers, in February 1933. Sent to Cambridge University, he earned a Mechanical Science Tripos – in the class of late Sir Frank Whittle – the inventor of the Jet Engine. Appointed the first Controller General of Defence Production, by Krishna Menon, he retired at his own request.
Foreword, Introduction, From boats to missiles, Krishna Menon & General Thimayya, The sixties, Admininstrative reforms commission, Research & Development, Defence production, Imports & exports, The Kuwait war & weapons of towamorrow, Technology & defence expenditure, Epilogue, Index