Arming without Aiming: India's Military Modernization

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Copyright © 2010 Paperback edition copyright © 2013 the brookings institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036 www.brookings.edu All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the Brookings Institution Press. The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: Cohen, Stephen P., 1936– Arming without aiming : India’s military modernization / Stephen P. Cohen and Sunil Dasgupta. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: “India, a leading importer of advanced conventional weaponry, has not planned strategically for its military needs, although the haphazard approach, due to competing elements within the military and a restraint policy in place since the Nehru era, may be the right one in seeking accommodation with others in the region”—Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-0-8157-0402-7 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. India—Armed Forces—Weapons systems. 2. India—Armed Forces— Operational readiness. 3. India—Defenses. 4. India—Military policy. I. Dasgupta, Sunil. II. Title. UA840.C628 2010 355.80954—dc22 2010024055 ISBN 978-0-8157-2254-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) Digital printing Printed on acid-free paper Typeset in Minion Composition by Cynthia Stock Silver Spring, Maryland To Pabitra Kumar Dasgupta who has walked long and far from his childhood in the mica mining outpost of Koderma in pre-independence Bihar ...