Indian defence officials are scrambling to finalise the details of a series of arms contracts worth tens of billions of pounds to be signed during presidential visits by Nicolas Sarkozy of France and Dmitry Medvedev of Russia this month.
The emerging south Asian power has embarked on a huge and ambitious modernisation of its military that will see up to £100bn spent on weapons systems, technology, planes, ships and submarines over the next five years, according to some estimates. Indian strategists, historically focused on their western frontier with Pakistan, now fear being outgunned by the Chinese military. More...
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