Indian defence exports

India still imports about 70% of its defence equipments. Till date we don't produce our own fighter jets and many other essential equipments. As mentioned by our Defence Minister Mr Antony, this is not only shameful but dangerous. We hardly export defence equipments. So much about the dark side of our defence story. Let us now look at the brighter side. We have a large population and there is no shortage of young people ready to join the defence services. Many European nations and Americans are having difficulty in recruiting people for defence services. This is where we can join hands with friendly countries. Our young people should be allowed to join the armed forces of the countries with whom we have deeper defence relations. This will lead to a two way cooperation and the dependence will be mutual. Chances of one blackmailing another will be much less. Government of India should think over seriously about this and work at diplomatic level to ensure that our young people can join American and some european and possibly even Japanese armed forces.