After Kashmir Spat, Indian Defense Budget Lags Security Needs

Saurabh Joshi December 19, 2019
Long-range aircraft
India had planned to buy 10 P-8 Long-Range Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft but has cut back to six.
Credit: Boeing
India faced major security challenges in 2019, after a terrorist attack on a police convoy in Jammu and Kashmir in February killed 40 personnel, leading to Indian airstrikes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and an air defense battle in which an Indian MiG-21 crashed ( AW&ST March 11-24, p. 9). In August...

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