Edited and translated by People's Daily Online
India has decided to focus on building defense in this period. In the recently adopted 11th Five-Year Plan, it decided to spend 8.2 billion U.S. dollars purchasing equipment from foreign countries to improve its fighting capabilities.
The Sweden Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a recent report that India has become the world's largest arms importer, a veritable arsenal made up of imports from many different countries.
A retired Indian Air Force general said India's rising international status required it to develop a long-range attack capability that some big countries own.
In-service officers insist that India's weapons will not pose threat to any country in the region as it exercises a policy of never attacking first.
Indian officials and scientists claimed that their Agni-V missile is the "killer" for a certain country, which obviously shows the intention of seeking regional balance of power.
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