especially for @ Parashuram1
Do you know we are the best in Information Technology ??/ Our chemical industries are also at par with rest of the world. Our Space technology is also very good even countries like Israel and Italy and Russia are now using Indian services in Space technology. Our private sector was allowed too late in the defense sector.
Dude it is our problem and we know we are far behind US, China, Russia. Growing our Defense sector and increasing defense purchase only meant for our protection not for replacing China as super power.
No you are right. But your statements are still wrong
Do you know we already developed our indigenously developed nuclear submarine(only US, Russia, France, the UK and China has this technology), stealth frigates, fighter jet, Hal's Dhruv helicopter, Brahmos (worlds only supersonic missile JV between India-Russia), our indegenously developed nuclear missile arsenal and ballistic missile arsenal, Aircraft Carrier which is on the verge of completion.
I hope you are now happy.
Oh sorry i forgot India recently tested SLBM technology and only US, Russian, FRance, UK and China has this technology.
Oh my god, i totally forgot this....India is the only country after US and Russia to have its own Missile Defence shield.
I think India has proved itself in some of the most difficult field like nuke submarine, BMD shield, Aircraft Carrier, Ballistic Missile
When even world powers agree to this, then why you have the problem(I think you must have heard last years news in which all permanent members of UNSC came to India and voted for its permanent seat in UNSC)
But I agree with you that India still needs to do more work to prove itself. And i think the deals like joint development of FGFA with Russia would help us learn alot and even we have learnt alot from Su30 mki deal and hopefully we learn alot from MMRCA (because of TOT in both cases) and hope that we could develop our own 5th gen(AMCA) and UCAV AURA.
I know AMCA and UCAV AURA is way ahead and thats why i do't wanna brag about what we have not developed yet. But you have to agree we are progressing in the right direction.
Defense spending now RnD is now good in India and the condition will hopefully improve. As per the collaboration is concerned now almost every defense major has a tie with 2 or 3 indian companies.
Also...
Indian Air Force - With strength of approximately 170,000 personnel and 1,300 aircraft, the Indian Air Force is the world's fourth largest air force after the United States Air Force, Russian Air Force and China's People's Liberation Army Air Force.
It currently has approximately 56,000 personnel on active duty, including 5,000 members of the naval aviation branch, 1,200 marine commandos[1] and 1,000 Sagar Prahari Bal soldiers,[2] making it the world's fifth largest navy in terms of personnel.[1] The Indian Navy currently operates around 170 vessels, including the aircraft carrier INS Viraat, along with operational jet fighters
With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 960,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's second-largest standing army
Dude we are responsible for defeating Pak in 1971 war lasting just 13 days it is considered one of the shortest wars in history and one of the biggest surrender by any army in the modern world.
In the end just to summarize we have the right to call ourselves global power but we never called us world power instead the global power recognized us as global power.