'No pressure to match China's military might'

There was no pressure on the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to match China’s military might, Director General V K Saraswat said here tonight.

“There is no pressure. Neither in the past nor right now, there has been nothing of that kind. There is no pressure to have parity and rather the pressure is to excel in our own technologies,” Saraswat, who is also Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, told a news conference.

Saraswat, who was responding to a question, said India has never been in any “number game” with anyone.

Addressing the conference at Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory here, the top scientist said that DRDO was developing technology which would give the country a technological-edge.

“We need to have technology that will improve our capability in terms of precision, load on target, mobility, in terms of taking on surprise attack, improve our surveillance capability...,” he said.

He said DRDO had identified three major activities for 2010-11 which pertained to cyber space, space security and low intensity conflict. He added that 2010-11 had been declared as the year of collaboration with academia, industry and the countries willing to partner and collaborate with DRDO.