The Ukraine Warning, Grounded Jets, Empty Stocks: The Supply-Chain Lesson Fuelling India’s Astra BVR Missile Breakout

Ukraine’s F-16 fighters are facing a severe readiness crisis, with more than half of the fleet grounded due to maintenance delays and acute shortages of air-to-air missiles, Times of India reported.The situation underscores the critical importance of sustainment and indigenous weapons production, a lesson that is directly informing India’s accelerated push for the home-grown Astra
Ukraine’s F-16 fighters are facing a severe readiness crisis, with more than half of the fleet grounded due to maintenance delays and acute shortages of air-to-air missiles, Times of India reported.The situation underscores the critical importance of sustainment and indigenous weapons production, a lesson that is directly informing India’s accelerated push for the home-grown Astra
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