'Of the 14 countries that border China (21 if maritime boundaries are included), India is the only one that holds its own militarily. That it does so with just one-third the size of China’s defense budget is impressive.' -mrubin1971
Under President Xi Jinping, China has grown more militaristic, aggressive, and hostile. It pursues the greatest industrial genocide since the Holocaust against its Uyghur population, practices Taiwan’s conquest, and uses fictional claims to encroach upon its neighbors in the East and South China Seas.
There is a shortsighted tendency in Washington, however, to devalue the importance of India. President Richard Nixon’s national security adviser Henry Kissinger gratuitously bashed democratically elected Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in order to ingratiate himself to Communist China’s Premier Zhou Enlai as he sought to cultivate China.
So, while the U.S. and the United Kingdom work to bolster Australia’s defense, a smaller investment in India could pay greater dividends in case war ever erupts. India has several technological gaps, especially with regard to gas turbines and airplane engines. If the White House is serious about countering China, it is time to include India in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, regardless of Pakistan’s whining.
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