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**Officer of Engineers** · 05-10-2008, 00:30 AM

My read on all this why the Indian Military is reliant on bombers instead of missiles is that the missiles are unreliable. Ok, what we've been shown thus far are the launches (both successful and unsuccessful) BUT we ARE NOT shown the prep work to get those missiles to be launch ready.

I can only surmise that the prep work was unsatisfactory in a nuke strike role.

Until anyone can show me that the Indian military is ready to rely more on missiles than on aircrafts, then any argument for SLBMs or even SLCMs is automatically null to the point of non-existence.

05-10-2008, 00:30 AM	#13 (permalink)
Officer of Engineers *Military Professional* Moderator Scotch taster Join Date: 08-06-03 Posts: 15,918 Country:	My read on all this why the Indian Military is reliant on bombers instead of missiles is that the missiles are unreliable. Ok, what we've been shown thus far are the launches (both successful and unsuccessful) BUT we ARE NOT shown the prep work to get those missiles to be launch ready. I can only surmise that the prep work was unsatisfactory in a nuke strike role. Until anyone can show me that the Indian military is ready to rely more on missiles than on aircrafts, then any argument for SLBMs or even SLCMs is automatically null to the point of non-existence. __________________ Chimo Last edited by Officer of Engineers : 05-10-2008 at 00:33 AM.