India’s defence spanding is a small fraction of what China spends on its gigantic military. Granted that China is building an armed force that is far more than what it would require to defend itself from foreign aggression, India should be very worried.
Is it worth for India to hike its defence spending to compete with China?
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there were like 4 to 5 responses here, what happened to them?
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yea they should match China in almost everything to be a super power.
N.B. same route USSR adopted to match US and ended up....
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If India spends even a penny more there will be nothing left to defend
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I do not think India should match China in dollar term. It should increase the % spending. Today India spends less than China and Pakistan in percentage spending.
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India should spend more on diplomatic front than on pure defence. Pakistan has India beat on the diplomatic front. Even a simple factor such as Mush wearing suits when visiting the west makes western politicians closer to hm that to manmohan who wears Indian drags. Weird. Indian diplomats don't speak as good English as Pakistanis (there are exceptions). Just as India cannot defeta Pakistan militarily (both are nuke capable), for the same reason China cannot defeat India militarily. China is however is a formidable ecnomic enemy. It is more important to focus on that abgle.
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Why my post dissapears??????
I didnt use any swearing words at all.
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irrelevant posts which resulted in more irrelevant posts are moved.
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hmmmm
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We shouldn't follow the stupid west or china or Pakistan as far as our defence spending is concerned. Rather we should follow the model set by Switzerland or Sweden. As a tax payer I would never like my money to go to our corrupt military officials. It should be spent on Health and Education and welfare activities and upliftment of our poor people. Defence spending should take a very low priority. All the current security problems have been created by our politicians and they should face the consequences.
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Matching China is aiming to low...India should match, nay over match US in defence spending...
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LOL.. any they will too like every thing else 
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USA spends 500 billion on its defense..........
does india have that kind of money?
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india doesnt need to match china, it just needs to keep the defence budget high enough to bleed the pakistani kashmir invasion dream dry, which thanks to afghan brothers help on the other side, is not too far.
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keep dreaming my little indian.
Keshmiris are not bengals-- your indian magic don't work on kashmir.
Its not to far when kashmr will 5th provice of pakistan.
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Can India match it's defence spending to that of China? Yes. Can India increase the capability of it's military with the same SPEED and EFFICIENCY as that of China? No, not even if spending was the same.
The key point that I'm referring to is of course technology. The current state of the Indian military technology is roughly 17 years behind China and 29 years behind the U.S. Even if India was spending the same amount of money, it would have to purchase advanced weapons from the Industrialized nations. Since China can largely make our own weapons, every yuan spent on local military industries purchases roughly 5X as much as India can through foriegn purchases. This concept is a simple one to understand, local suppliers can usually if not always produce cheaper than western imports given that the tech is roughly equivelent due to PPP effects.
The bigger question is would India WANT to increase it's budget to match that of China without an industrial economy that can match China's?
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i doubt it. in fact, pakistan should be worrying about keeping balochistan in the union for now.
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fighting in balochistan has ended, the balochis have surrendered