India's Javelin Missiles Deal: Aatmanirbhar Push Or Just American Screwdriver Work?

India may soon assemble American Javelin anti-tank missiles on its own soil under a proposed Tata-Raytheon-Lockheed Martin partnership. But while final assembly could happen in India, critical guidance electronics and key technologies would remain under U.S. control. Is this a major Aatmanirbhar Bharat breakthrough—or dependence disguised as domestic manufacturing? With cheap FPV drones reshaping modern warfare and India's indigenous MPATGM still developing, the Javelin deal raises tough questions about cost, technology transfer, strategic autonomy and India's future battlefield needs.