Rajnath Singh in Russia, India’s armament challenge: Shekhar Gupta with Snehesh Philip, Swasti Rao

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[@prayagkumar2242]

Indian arm of Zorya-Mashproekt has been taken over Bharat Forge with 51% stake. So, there is a progress on marine turbine engine. Kalyani will start manufacturing these on Indian soil. The issue related to aircraft turbofan engine needs multi-pronged approach. - Get the GTRE, ADE and NAL out of DRDO and CSIR org structure respectively. This is urgent and important. An ADA like structure could be a starter. - Set aside additional fund for aerospace propulsion research and let the above units fight for it alongwith Indian universities. - Bring in metallurgy industry partners for prototype development and high temperature physics researchers in one platform - Enable the universities to host PhD students along with a set of research engineers to attack multiple challenging problems simultaneously. The PhD thesis committee should include person from Industry along with the professors. Example - A PhD student working on single crystal turbine blade can have advisor as chair, another professor and one person each from Bharat Force and TASL with relevant background. - Allows private players to use the test bed and other facilities at GTRE and NAL.

[@siddharthgoyal4008]

Indian arm of Zorya-Mashproekt doesn't do anything other than maintain the existing engines, their "facility" does not have any forge, or metallurgical work bed etc. Even the tooling is imported for fixing alignment etc, A marine turbine engine is more or less same as aircraft turbine engine without the strict weight requirements and hence can use sturdier structures.

[@prayagkumar2242]

@@siddharthgoyal4008 I agree that Indian unit of most of the foreign companies do not do critical manufacturing work here. In case of Zorya there is a [hope] that Bharat Forge will bring in its metallurgical and forging capabilities to do marine turbine production. Their next steps will decide whether we can convert this progress to actual achievement. The jet engine problem for India needs all hands on deck approach. We are running out of time.

[@koibatnahi4683]

Great episode as always. For the life of me I don't understand why our millions of Engineers cannot build one decent engine, turbine or any modern defence equipment from scratch.

[@pardeeptandon]

The Political parties are more comfortable taking bribes from foreigners.

[@Star-ds4sd]

Has India Become The Highest Purchaser of Weapons of 2024-25 ?

[@Terrorstar-gbp]

Because we don't have the know how

[@Naman_2309]

We are building yaar thodi research karlo

[@lordabhikingfisher8087]

for that one has to remove reservations and private colleges. Out of 2M only 100K are real engineers.

[@SatBiswas]

Dr. Sasti Rao speaks very fast and she needs to share her points with a certain poise & pause which could make the conversation much more enjoyable and that which is a remarkable repertoire of Print journalism.

[@sandeepraut8061]

Now that Dr Swasti Rao has officially joined Print, she should get her dedicated weekly segment on geopolitical developments....

[@ajaria]

Yes! Great insight. @SastiRao

[@tuntuntumtum8887]

@@ajaria no its too early !

[@AmanK-n2s]

pls save Bangladeshi Hindu ,😭😭 Make a separate country for Bangladeshi Hindu 😭

[@idk-ll6yv]

Bro grow up and stop this, we need to develop fast, stop thinking about other countries ​@AmanK-n2s

[@jerry18741]

Sasti😂 I thought you were joking. Sasti means cheap in hindi. Man we hindus have lost it, we aren’t naming our next generation right

[@prafullakhe6797]

While I love Mr. Gupta's style of narration and delivery, my personal opinion is that Dr. Rao needs to work on the content and delivery of her points in terms of clarity of message and the uber point being made. Mr. Gupta feels like the parent who just asked his kids to explain what they learned in school to guests.

[@kannankarthik2009]

Congratulations to Dr. Rao on her academic achievement 🎉

[@truthalonetriumphs6572]

Depending on Russia is a disaster. Like ISRO, India needs to develop their own technologies and manufacturing capabilities. Russia is unable to satisfy its own needs.

[@kolviczd6885]

Depending on US and western nations is even worst. The US sells weapons with strong string attach, they'll put so many conditions and restrictions even after we purchase them. Best is for India to step up and be self reliant, until then its better to rely on Russia than US. Whoever buys US weapons are dictated by US and it should be a straight NO for India as a sovereign nation.

[@varun2250]

Not just Russia there shouldn't be dependency on anyone

[@surojeetchatterjee]

​@@kolviczd6885 That's why we r talking about making own weapons, like Tejas, Kaveri, Pinaka, Akash, Vshorod, Nag ATGM, ATAGs Ugram etc.

[@surojeetchatterjee]

​@@varun2250 That is hard to do on critical technologies in short span. These things r planned for 20 years ahead.

[@Random-pk7sl]

This episode should be eye opener for all of us who are bombarded with the indigenous slogan ... i was thought we were making MIGSs and Sukois...we were just assembling it!!!

[@t5ruxlee210]

The aviation industry is like an iceberg, 95% of what is really going on is invisible to outsiders. The complexity of the the decision making and the financial risks involved at every management and technical level are both immense and terrifying. Thousands of companies, big and small, must somehow keep busy finding new work year in and out because the alternative is no company.

[@jerry18741]

I thought we hindus invented nuclear bombs trishuls flying machines back in the days. Now I think we were being fooled. Internet has exposed a lot.

[@Random-pk7sl]

@@t5ruxlee210 I had thought that we are making MIGs & Sukhois under licence for so long, we did not copy like China because we are " good" nation, we don't steal tech, but we knew how to make these. Now I understand it was just assembly..that should explain our problems with " making" Tejas

[@rka-truthalwayswins5127]

Thanks to loud mouths like you, India is assembling & not manufacturing airplanes!! Had people like you been more intelligent instead of being just loud mouths or liberandus, we would do much better!!

[@rabisahoo7681]

Dr Rao is adding different perspectives & clarity. Best Wishes The Print 😊

[@NarendraKv]

Nice experiment. Congratulations I hope these attempts will hopefully take Shekhar Gupta beyond Delhi, Punjab and Pakistan

[@VijeDerm]

Sg it was amazing to listen to this episode, both Rao and Alex were fantastic and to the point and still elaborative. Realistic picture, great job

[@dreamtree-q8u]

I watch The Print only because of Swasti 🥰 and I am on cloud nine cuz I will get to see more of her. Thanks Shekhar bhai. tussi great ho.

[@rohanrocks1826]

Great show today and welcome Dr. Rao. Great addition to the print team.

[@shobhitkaul8076]

Very good episode. A stretegic level view. Can we follow this up with detailed level ones on each of military arm and also paramilitary

[@irsharma]

Perhaps Indian government must encourage companies like L&T, Kayani, Tata and Mahindra Defence units to go whole hog…

[@YTBeyondBorders]

All the work Swasti Rao has put out till now is of top quality. She is undoubtedly very smart and eloquent. She, in my humble opinion represents the true spirit of feminism (as it was originally intended to be). Also, in every video she brings a subtle celebration of indian culture either through the background or through her clothing etc. I have been living in the US for 10 years, I truly understood the importance of indian culture when i left home. I take some sense of pride in celebrating it myself. Looking forward for more of her geo political works and wishing her all the best in her career.

[@AnuragSinha7]

Come back now that you have earned money and have experienced life and learned things in your career.

[@YTBeyondBorders]

@@AnuragSinha7 That's the plan, yes.

[@harisundar8698]

Excellent episode again SG, Snehesh and Swasti.

[@thomashunter5645]

Basically, India bought two rusty Russian ships built in 2010? Can't they build better ships in India?

[@ajayrawat-bf9pc]

All our shipyards busy with indigenous ship building. Hence capability saturated. This is the last ships ordered on foreign shipyard.

[@sandeepraut8061]

@thomashunter5645 these are not rusty, these are brand new, which we got at bargain price. Talwar class has already proved its mental in its last more than a decade service and considered best in class.

[@NS-ll9ur]

It should have been delivered by 2022. But COVID and then the war delayed it by 3-4 years. We have moved forward with the better and indigenous nilgiri class in India itself with the first ship to be commissioned in a few weeks.

[@jerry18741]

Our Hindu DNA doesn’t allow it. Accept it. We haven’t even developed a single handgun since 1947. Arjun tanks we made were a failure due to weight considerations.

[@tradeclown]

@@jerry18741 so you built the remaining weapons. Go and cry in the corner..

[@srg213488]

Citizens are prime asset. So every citizens health and education is foundation for each and every problems solution.

[@vinsin328]

Both is against Brahmavad

[@prakashanvsg5784]

A well rehearsed episode. Though Snehesh tried to superimpose himself clearly Swathi maintained her metle. Guptaji shown his maturity 👏. Vande Mataram 👍.

[@deepakjain3591]

Instead of trying to master major items India should aim to build capability in building complex components of major items and slowly move up the ladder

[@vivekgenetics]

Great discussion on a very important topic. Best wishes

[@ÄandüPandüGandü]

23:21 two factors not mentioned here 1) the Chinese have stolen very important western tech IP’s overtly and covertly and have dual use purpose which have propelled their military industry advancements. We honour international rules and regulations when it comes to IP rights. 2) we don’t spend enough on our defense industry.

[@darthvader098]

Every country engages in reverse engineering in its early days. US developed rockets by reverse engineering N@zi-developed ballistic missiles with the help of N@zi scientists.

[@dreamtree-q8u]

Dr. SwasRao is officially Consulting for The Print ! What a freaking GREAT DAY. Congratulations to her and to The Print. She is one of India's best. And I am in awe of her intellect and beauty. A devoted fanboy always.

[@Tinjinladakh]

But the whole indian security CCTV is chinese made tech 😂

[@irsharma]

India requires five DRDOs, all the population will not remain only bottommost workmen…

[@navneet8269]

Phillips ek Reporter hai jo anti India filling rakhte hain. Mrs Rao Mane Hui Scholer hai jo Bharaty hone ke karan bahut Balanced conversation kerti hai.

[@Drganguli]

India should be very careful

[@v1jays]

Thanks for such insightful episodes.

[@YogeshGhatte2011]

Thanks for this discussion

[@danydany3974]

Communication, precision, and surveillance are the key.fire power every body got that.

[@traveldiaries2529]

wonderful show. Thanks👍🏻

[@stevencolaco4931]

This situation is really pathetic...on one hand we want to be a world power and we can't even build our own steam turbine or a Jet engine...Shame on all so called Engineers and scientists

[@sajithakalathil5098]

🤦‍♀️

[@Packiam07]

Reverse engineering means that India has decided not to respect intellectual property rights of their suppliers. That’s not good for India. While China may do it, but no country in the world is prepared to sell their latest technologies to China other that Chinese stealing it through unsavory means. India should build the knowledge and capacity to build its own indigenous technology and equipment albeit with strategic cooperation with partners. That’s is more sustainable than the Chinese model.

[@darthvader098]

Every country engages in reverse engineering in its early days. US developed rockets by reverse engineering Nazi-developed ballistic missiles with the help of Nazi scientists. Read history first.

[@darthvader098]

Every country engages in reverse engineering in its early days. US developed rockets by reverse engineering N@zi-developed ballistic missiles with the help of N@zi scientists.

[@kolviczd6885]

Corporate espionage, IP thief, hacking into other important secrets etc are done by every country. Its just that China does it better than anyone else. Many US defense and industrial secretes were also stolen from Europe and Russia but they won't say it. We only hear of China doing the IP thief and not the western countries because the world media is control by the west and they won't admit their own stealing of other industrial and defense secrete. We live in a skewed western manipulated world, don't forget that.

[@nikhilthampi123]

Great episode and one small request to Snehesh is to explain the abbreviations to layman terms 🙂 Others are prompting him in this episode but just a small thing to do during his solo episodes. Great job folks!

[@rajhsalgam2083]

Welcome Dr Swasti Ji to The Print Team. It’s clear that India should make friends with neighbors and avoid war. Otherwise, Services will run out of supplies in a month during a conflict !

[@sandeepraut8061]

Dr Swasti Rao is a fabulous addition. It's always a pleasure listing her, and her knowledge in geopolitics is unmatched.

[@navneet8269]

SG Aap Isro chief ke viral statement " Jab hum Rocket Engine bana sakte hai to Jet Engine v bana sakte hai, Ager DRDO ISRO ke sath aay to " Yeh sawal panelists se puchna bhul gaye...

[@vijaynair6161]

The conclusion from this discussion are - 1. The past governments from 70’s to the turn of the century did a very poor job of developing capabilities. 2. The current government needs to do both, develop capabilities AND continue with legacy equipment. Poor, poor governance. Current generation have to bear the brunt of the failures

[@DannyLucas-tb7lr]

Smart lady with wise talk & clearly speaking on military geopolitics india dependency on western Christian world US,EU 🇺🇸🇪🇺& Isarel🇮🇱 Abharamic block even Russia 🇷🇺 Orthodox Christian USA🇺🇸- Appache , chinnok , M777 howtizer, MQ-9 drones France 🇫🇷- Jaguars , Rafael Russia - 68% of sukhios , migs, S-400 Etc Russian Soviets made

[@SubhasChandrawan]

This is now making Pak cry and Bangladesh also! Jai Hind! But it is not making China cry. We India must increase our supporting of sir Putin sahib in his war crimings and by each day send crores rupees proving we are his better supporter and servant than China. Jai shree Putin!!!

[@bharatkaushik3447]

Excellent information and analysis however please avoid using jargons and acronyms excessively for us the people with average IQ and understanding. Dr Bharat Kaushik

[@raovempaty2474]

No alignment ,multi alignment Same policy with different names

[@markvelber8664]

Can you believe it, Modi Hindutva wanted to have Akand Bharat until last month but KARMA has taken away Bangladesh from them.

[@surendrabarsode8959]

1. It was India's mistake ( UPA era and before) that we did not go for joint production with Russia- with the kind of focus we now put on Atma Nirbhar program. This has resulted in the crippling dependence on Russia that we notice today. But it is not a totally hopeless situation and we can manage it in next few years. 2. SSN Chakra - not sure if we really need it now. As regards S 400, we have paid for it and it will be delivered. We have to accept the delays as we are doing with GE for F404 engines. 3. But the fact and ground realities are simple - we cannot ignore Russia, even if we are with USA. Russia gives us many things which USA does not. And it is not a problem as such if we rely on Russia- it is a dependable ally, after all!!! And Russia needs us too, unlike USA!!

[@ajayrawat-bf9pc]

Chakra is the reference platform reqd till Indian SSN will come in life. We need a pool of trained people and honing the SSN tactics. Hence Chakra II is very vital to both present security and future.

[@raosaheb5637]

india should focus on engines, missile, aircraft, marine, tanks everything runs on engines and can be designed around them. should be independent in the next 10-15 years in them

[@karteekraju]

I see the print partiality towards UPA, for American deals they have pointed that contracts were signed by UPA but when it comes to why our internal R&D are under investment then they never point to UPA or Congress. Great Journalism

[@atulkhera763]

Jai Bharat

[@Star-ds4sd]

Has India Become The Highest Weapons Purchaser of 2024-25 ?

[@irsharma]

India and its technocrat must develop technologies that will force the present suppliers respect their delivery in time.

[@ashugurtoo4835]

Sir apne madam ji ki itni tareef Kardi ki snehesh bhaiya .. awkward ho Gaye

[@RediffLallantop]

Why not hire Expat NRI scientists from all over the world?❤

[@sajithakalathil5098]

🤦‍♀️

[@jayaprakashkg7473]

Wonderful episode as always and it seems all the three were on the dot. But irrespective of our governments we have a soft corner towards Russian equipments hope they will listen this and they will stop this over dependence of Russian equipments and learn never ever trust communist china

[@KailashSingh-fm3vu]

If we have the will and the finance to develop our own defence technologies India can do it! Encourage Adani, Mahindra, Tata, Kirloskar, Ambani to invest in modern state of the art defense technology.

[@rogerIndianKing]

Dear Print, Please prep your journalists for video presence. Snehesh is looking into Void and looks lost most of the time. For the lady, folded hands shows a "closed" body language when trying to be obedient. Watch shows like Meet the Press to learn how to make a powerful impact on Audience. Use the office table behind you and set it up like a conference. And sit with a straight back.

[@irsharma]

If ISRO as we believe have become pretty independent for their projects, if I am right, we will have to do it in a time frame otherwise we will always remain vulnerable….

[@lensviewbykaushik]

Sir why use the term “raksha Mantri” and not defence Minister while talking in English ?

[@jtchunga7699]

Many new hindi names are unintelligible to many Indians. They must be for the consumption of hindi speaking people only.

[@irsharma]

Unless India becomes an independent battle equipment fully building country, we will have to depend on other country….and slaves of those country’s rulers…USA is not making Tejas project stuck with no GE engines and u r telling story about navy supplies….

[@siwalikbanerjee]

Mr Gupta, I always enjoy your sessions as you make things so easy to understand. But too many acronyms, jargons are not attractive for the normal audience. An advice for your colleagues ---Please make it easier to understand understand.

[@rabindrasutradhar5343]

If ISRO can do it why not HAL? Why India is still depending on US or russian get engines? HAL should follow n learn from ISRO. Kaynes technology 💥 is a genuine value addition product company to assist HAL in electronics, semiconductor n AI aspects

[@orunabho]

Just involve our private industries, like L&T, Tata, Mahindra etc. They will be able to do it. They can hire foreign partners and engineers, to get things done. Making everything with govt factories has no future. Just hire Russian German engineers. It is a free and Capitalist world

[@spotoncam3640]

Soros gang will never let that happen due to one reason that they get votes and seats all over country

[@shyamuttam4407]

Tot costs money to absorb, government has to help to absorb this learning cost. China finances the losses incurred in learning the new technology. Indian government has to share this cost with private parties if we really want to develop new technology.

[@rachappabiradar636]

Swasti Rao should stop using mobile in this kind of conversations.... distracting everyone

[@superninja8806]

Russian equipments don't talk to American French systems and some Israeli systems. We need indenization asap. having inventory full of hoch poch systems do not work in a war scenario.

[@jahithsolanki6121]

Where is pia krishnakutti?

[@Rvj.12]

Thand aa gyi gupta ji!

[@neerajdba]

Brilliant Report, as always. Thanks to Mr. Shekhar Gupta and the team

[@kallachi729]

I am aware that this TOT “officer” exists in all such deals. Wonder what Swasti is suggesting. Please clarify. I feel this is an incorrect information transmitted to the public. Secondly what may be required for India is more and better Research ecosystem involving universities and the private sector Stay well

[@rajeshthepilot69]

Snehesh Alex Phillip feeling threatened..😂

[@BobbyVaid-n1f]

Regrettably, your reporters are nor adequately informed on this subject

[@navneet8269]

Desi Ghee ke Gulab Jaman 100% pure nahi milta. To Defence main 100 %TOT kaise ?

[@anupnanda]

GOI/PMO should infuse the $3B that they are paying to lease the Akula class SSN aka Chakra-III into indigenous SPV (SSN) program. Who knows Navy will induct one early 2030’s! Is it really worth paying that amount and more importantly waiting until 2030 to get that???

[@bazlur]

Many people don't know that Ukraine is a highly industrialist country, many of them were destroyed in Russian-occupied territories and some in Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Zaparozhya are highly industrialized cities including the capital Kyiv. all seaside towns are also highly industrialized. Dnepro supplies rockets and rocket engines to Russia and the USA.

[@adityabanerjee7145]

Have to blame the Nehru Gandhi family for making India a defense importer for 7 decades

[@An1Kum]

And modi for one decade

[@idk-ll6yv]

Yes in this you can blame nehru and congress

[@paulm.k.8740]

Nehru and others were thinking how to give at least two square meals a day to the people of India those days rather than trying to build a technology driven defence force. China also was in a similar way till the mid 80s.

[@dhananjaysingh1912]

😂😂 comrades ..... Gupta ji you cannot hide the comrade syndrome for long 😂😂😂😂

[@jtchunga7699]

Russia might be an willing supplier of weapons, but are they really dependable? We might have easier technology transfer, but most of Russia's technologies are outdated in comparison with the west. Besides, political condition of Russia is such that depending on them could prove to be like depending on a postdated cheque on a falling bank.

[@sunilghaju1864]

get well soon 🤕

[@RajuSingh-wt1my]

Snehesh and swasti looks like siblings..

[@venkatrammohangovind4092]

Please insert the word did not

[@andle123]

Wonder what is going on behind all the attention grabber efforts around INS Tushil. Does the Print have roster of any industry delegates or armed forces branch functionaries visiting along with the rakshamantri ?

[@sameershah6871]

Please ask the lady to stop being on the phone , am sure it it is for updates related to the broadcast, but it it feels, mechanical and indifferent … if you get what I mean ..

[@truthalonetriumphs6572]

She has a name

[@Opinion9581]

Public sector sucks (in TOT and Reverse engineering), eg HAL. Private sector may be far better😢😢😢😢

[@4650darwin]

Dear Shekar sir and Team Print, I took ur membership since am ur great fan,but I am deeply disappointed by u and ur team , as no one is speaking about MR VIJAY political entry against all major ruling parties at all levels.pl tell its against ethos tat rulomg party in TN is controlling almost all industry from cinema to media ,how one big ruling party is nearing it's end because of dynasty. FAMOUS QUOTE IF AMBEKAR HAS TOLD ALL ARE EQUAL BY BIRTH ..IT ALSO MEANS NO ONE CAN BECOME CM BY BIRTH

[@Thinker-l4e7h]

Why Muslims don’tlike secularism and socialism where they’re in majority? Let’s hear from Hindu leftists. I’m not holding my breath.

[@rajanachiket3172]

When SG forget clean chit given to NDTV by CBI , This speak lot about free and u hyphenated journalist

[@sandmen77]

Crossed 4% under Rajiv Gandhi but money went to Italians. Not the military 😂… spending doesn’t matter if it doesn’t produce legitimate results

[@madhav97]

the infamous scam of bofors won us the kargil war but 😂 as sg said many platforms bought then are still in use now. Be corrupt if u have to but upgrade. Pak airforce has superiority rn because we cant decide of which plane to buy for 20’years

[@4650darwin]

Why reply to my messages...i have been requesting to speak in most of videos...if ur team is not speaking it all right but atleast ...respond...

[@ukrainemylove6184]

Importing 🇷🇺scrape so call weapons to 🇮🇳, not a good prospective for 🇮🇳 🇺🇦defence industrial transmissions to NATO standard making unique defence items 👍👍👍

[@monotoshchakraborty4627]

Poor make in India 😂😂😂😂

[@Star-ds4sd]

Buying Outdated Weapons

[@ShrekCunther]

Soo rude and distracting why is she on mobile ? 😠

[@Munky_D_Luffy]

Nervous h

[@KartikYadav11]

Might have her notes on the phone

[@lordabhikingfisher8087]

i was texting her.. I requested her to move away from that old guy's hands range.

[@kitnanaai]

Answer lies in reservation, not having dedicated technical schools for research, babus getting free trip to Europe and getting kickbacks. If we build a meritocracy and pay our engineers and designers well, we can save Billions more

[@sb9060]

India respects intellectual propriety. China doesn't. That's why India doesn't make Su-30 MKI completely domestically.. And China does this violation in J-11, J-16 randomly without Russian legal consent...

[@MJ-revered]

India imports by far most peoducts from China..

[@hkaayaakuu]

Th thumbnail is not doing justice to her make up Makes very gothy for no reason

[@आलोचना]

अरफा के बगैर सब खराब

[@rajasecarane]

Dear SG, I've a request. Please refer to Defence Minister as Defence Minister, not as Raksha Mantri, it's not an English term. It's not that we don't understand, it's what the BJP started pushing, just like India and Bharat. It (Raksha Mantri) sounds so ridiculous when used in an English sentence. You refer to Snehesh as Defence Editor, why not do the same with the Minister please? Are we going to call all ministers with their department names in Hindi going forward?

[@ashugurtoo4835]

No it does not sound bad

[@rajasecarane]

@ashugurtoo4835 As a subscriber, my request and feedback was directed at Shekhar Gupta and The Print team who produce CTC as an English language telecast. Non-Hindi speakers across the world who listen to him would also find it hard to understand what the phrase/ term means. It does not matter to me if it sounds good or bad to you.

[@offred6013]

Raksha Mantri sounds sexy 😂😂​@@rajasecarane

[@niraj2020]

Most of defence PSU even private sector outdated technology and machinery instead of latest precision CNC and automated robots and AI controlled machinery, latest 3D and 4D technology, test bed and basic testing facilities which govt not yet focussed. Testing Kaveri Engine have to take to Russia. Our babus still negotiating over many decades. How pathetic in making goid agreement, terms and conditions, better quick negotiation etc. Indian deep state comprising commission lobbies in power corridor responsible for the mess. For this Yogi Adityanath as PM seems onky solution. Modi onky bashan. Yogi means for action without U turn.

[@rudrashukla5163]

Dr Rao is a biased towards West.

[@An1Kum]

Obviously , this channel want more western weapons 😂 Expensive and unreliable suppliers ..