Three weeks after leading India's most significant aerial offensive since 1971-partially flattening 12 Pakistani air bases in a matter of hours-the Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh has delivered something even more explosive: a blunt, no-frills indictment of India's state-run defence production ecosystem. And make no mistake-this wasn't polite bureaucratic suggestion. It was a warning. A riot act. A wartime chief speaking not in crisis, but in clarity, after battle.