Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has set a target to raise India's defence exports to USD 2 billion in the next two years from the current over USD 330 million."I know it is not easy. Weapons and export of defence goods have double problems. One is whom you are exporting to and the second is one has to go on checking all international requirements," he said. He added the government is pushing for defence exports and plan to export Tejas fighter aircraft as well.
Explaining that push for exports has started showing results, he said, "From a meagre 140-150 million dollars this year, I think we have crossed 330 odd million dollars. We have doubled the export. I have set a target for myself. In the next two years, why not touch USD 2 billion. It is not an impossible target.
Parrikar, however, took a dig at defence players who were objecting to proposed strategic partnerships, saying it seems they have realised that they will not be able to "go through the window".
"After the windows have been well defined, (some) people, who have realised they would be not be able to go through the window, have started canvassing that the defence ministry is facing problems over strategic partnerships," he said at a seminar here.