NaMo & Parrikar a Deadly Combination for India’s Enemies !! China think tank warns of Indias new arms potential under PM Narendra Modi BEIJING: With India pitching for self- reliance in defence sector, Chinese strategic analysts have cautioned the government about Indias new arms potential especially its growing military cooperation with Vietnam and the Philippines in Chinas backyard. (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi has ambitions to strengthen his country. Keen to ramp up Indias economy, Modi launched the Make in India campaign in a bid to attract international businesses to invest and manufacture in his country. But his vision of forging a strong India goes beyond that, an article by a think tank in state-run Global Times said today. Modi made a strong pitch for a comprehensive self-reliance in national defence production while dedicating Indias second aircraft carrier INS Virkamaditya in June last year. Whats more, even given the fact that India is the world largest arms importer accounting for 14 per cent of the global arms imports, Modi thinks big and is trying to reverse the trajectory and turn India into an arms exporter, the article titled Stay alert to Indias new arms potential said. Toning up Indias muscle for self-defence is one thing, but perhaps Modi has other motives by selling made-in-India weaponry, it said, referring to the sale of Indias first indigenously made warship to Mauritius which it said has evoked interest to Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam and the Philippines. Both Hanoi and Manila are currently pitted against China over the South China Sea dispute. READ MORE at: economictimes.indiatimes/articleshow/45792459.cms?imageid=45757532#slide4&utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 04:54:53 +0000
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