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NEW DELHI, NOV 27: No country can throttle our missile programme despite technology denial regimes, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, scientific adviser to the Defence Minister and Secretary, Defence Research amp; Development, said at a press conference here today.
He noted that an important aspect of the integrated guided missile development programme was 8220;identification of critical technologies and their indigenisation, as the missile technology control regime was primarily directed at India8221;.
Kalam stated, 8220;I learnt with great happiness about my being chosen for the Bharat Ratna yesterday8221;. He added, 8220;The country8217;s highest award also meant a recognition for our scientists and technologists8221;.
Kalam, while expressing his sentiments said, 8220;Whenever there is a goal, the dynamics of performance changes8221;. At this glorious hour, he first remembered his parents, co-workers especially at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvanthapuram, and a Hyderabad based defence research laboratory, besides teachers who collectively contributed in various ways towards this achievement.
Elaborating on his future plans, the senior most serving defence scientist referred to technology mission 2020 as one which proposes to change the national status from a developing one to a developed one, and involves 500 people from academia, industry and government. He also spoke about working on a 10-year self-reliance programme in defence technologies.
Kalam felt defence technologies in future would develop in the direction of reusable missile systems with an emphasis on stealth8217; technology which would return after delivering their payloads.
He explained that work on the hyper plane and remotely piloted vehicle were underway and these fitted with armaments could become reusable missiles which made the two allied technologies. Commenting on expenditure for defence research, he said only a consortium of nations can develop hyper plane technology.
