India’s air defences ‘largely obsolete’

India has been to war three times with nuclear rival Pakistan since partition
in 1947, and the two countries continue to view the other with suspicion
over Kashmir.

At the same time, New Delhi is concerned at China’s military build-up along
another disputed border.

Those tensions mean India now accounts for 10 per cent of the global arms
market, according to figures published this month by the Stockholm
International Peace Research Institute.

The government has also announced a 17 per cent increase in its defence budget
taking it to £25bn for the year ahead.

It is finalising a deal with France’s Dassault Aviation to buy 126 Rafale
fighter jets in a £12bn contract – an agreement that caused anger in the UK
government, which was lobbying for the Eurofighter Typhoon.

But in the letter to Mr Singh, General Singh reportedly blames the slow
procurement process and lack of urgency among bureaucrats for what he
describes as the “hollowness” of the fourth largest army in the
world.

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