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IGMDP missile success contrasts with jet engine struggles
  • Invested heavily in test ranges and facilities
  • Allows complete indigenous missile capability today
  • Jet engine program lacked equivalent infrastructure investment
  • Demonstrates importance of long-term test capability building
SundepanIndia Today00:24:44

Supporting quotes

“Today I think that is strategically speaking after the nuclear sub program it's one of our biggest achievements right... I can make any missile from a shoulder fired missile to an intercontinental ballistic missile.” — Sundepan
“Can you imagine... we decide to launch our build our own missiles IGMDP and we say that yeah let's not build the test range.” — Sundepan

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