Mature? Opportunist? Listen up, when you wake up from your fantasy to reality, you will see the world is not as picturesque as you may believe. Defence and offence go hand in hand. I cant believe you just stated "not to provoke some one to go for a preemptive strike on us." Are you kidding? So by building up our military, we have to take into consideration the feelings of other countries? Wrong. Our priority is India, for India, by India! Any past or future war scenario involves the use of preemptive strike to gain the upper hand. What do you think the CHinese did in 1963? They attacked us becaue we provoked them? Your thinking is the reason why India stagnates and takes longer to catch up.