Indian power projection ambition, arms and influence

India is growing into one of Asia's most important military powers. Its defence budget has more than doubled in the past decade, and it imports more arms than anyone else in the world. But India is still seen as a land power focused on long, disputed and militarised borders with Pakistan and Ch...

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Main Author: Joshi, Shashank (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, UK Published on behalf of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies by Routledge Journals 2015
Series:Whitehall paper 85
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