Worried India Shifts Defense Focus To China -- Walter Russell Mead, American Interest
India is turning away from its long preoccupation with declining Pakistan as rising Chinese power sets alarm bells ringing in Delhi. That at least is the message of this important Reuters review of India’s changing defense posture.
In Reuters’ words:
Defence chiefs are hurrying to modernise ageing weaponry as China reinforces a 3,500-km (2,200-mile) shared but disputed border through the Himalayas.
It took 11 years to select France’s Rafale as the favoured candidate for a $15 billion splurge on 126 new combat jets to replace a Soviet-era fleet of MiGs dubbed “flying coffins” for their high crash rate.
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My Comment: China is probably saying the same thing about India.
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