“One reason you’re going to need large stockpiles is that, as we’ve seen recently, you’re going to burn through your inventory pretty quickly. The other reason is that your adversary could also degrade your stockpiles using their own precision-strike systems.”

Aditya Ramanathan · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-26

Ramanathan explained that India needs large missile stockpiles because inventories deplete quickly in warfare and adversaries can degrade stockpiles with precision-strike systems.