The change on arms imports between China and India, either absolute value, or as a percentage of total defense budget, tells us who is making steady progress, who is becoming more and more reliant on imported technology.
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source: SIPRI (STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE)
BTW, when I was a very small child and heard the name of Arjun MBT for the first time, the tank game I played looks like this.
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But now, the tank game my nephew plays looks like this.
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But almost
40 years passed, has the Arjun MBT program been completed? Maybe DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) of India thinks yes, but the Indian Army, the actual user of Arjun, thinks NO.
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