Defense Quality-Control Issues Keep Mounting

Domestic military equipment in India continues to have problems with quality, say defense officials cited by the Times of India.

The military has sent back 429 types of defense equipment worth US$71 million due to quality problems over the last three years, according to internal documents.

This has included 162 types of weapons, from rifles to rocket launchers; 16 categories of combat vehicles; and 52 types of ammunition, according to the documents acquired by the newspaper. ...