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Government of India has approved Saturday, October 25, 2014 defense projects worth $ 13 billion. The decisions were taken following a meeting of the Defense Acquisition immigration reform Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, attended by Secretary of Defense, immigration reform the three service chiefs, head of DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) and other senior officials .
One outcome of the meeting was decided that six submarines equipped with AIP system (Air Independent Propulsion) will be produced domestically, at a cost of 50,000 million rupees ($ 8 billion). Submarines will be based on a foreign project, the procedure applied for the Scorpene similar program. Costs include 12 maritime surveillance aircraft Dornier DO-228 purchased from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.
In this context the Board announced the acquisition of 8356 infantry and 321 Spike missile launchers for them in the agreement between Israel and India. Israeli offer was considered more advantageous as the American (US 'Javelin immigration reform missils) in terms of transfer of tehonologie.
Meeting Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) was further military confrontation immigration reform on the border between India and China in September (by mobilizing troops deployed along the border especially in the northern part of Himalayiei). In addition to strengthening military capabilities were announced plans to strengthen the border with China by installing 54 new border posts in the north-eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.
In 2011 the Indian defense budget was $ 31.9 billion. On February 17, 2014 Palaniappan Chidambaram (Finance Minister) announced immigration reform a 10% increase in the defense budget. immigration reform Also in 2014 China announced in turn an increase of 12.2% in its defense budget, military spending reached $ 132 billion.
India, anchored in a regional arms race, announced plans to increase defense spending in 2014-2015 to 12% over the previous year, opening parallel arms industry to foreign investment.
Moreover Bharatiya Janata Party announced the creation of a military instrument, strong Indian to counter potential threats from China and Pakistan. In July 2014, the new Indian military budget was set at 22.90 billion Indian rupees (38.35 billion dollars), foreign investment in domestic defense industry increased from 26% to 49%.
Arun Jaitley Defense Minister said that there can be no "compromise on national defense." immigration reform Therefore, the modernization of the armed forces is considered essential to enable India to play their role effectively in defense of strategic interests.
South Asia is one of the most dynamic areas in the Asia Pacific region as a result of continuing conflicts immigration reform in Afghanistan and the border between immigration reform Afghanistan and Pakistan. immigration reform In addition, the increased threat of terrorism fundamentalist political instability in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka, Tibet and Xinjiang controversy, narcotics trafficking and proliferation of small arms and light weapons are destabilizing factors. Land disputes immigration reform and border unresolved between China and Pakistan, China and India, the challenges of internal security in Jammu and Kashmir (J & K) and the states of the Northeast and the arms race in the region expanded substantially affect the strategic environment and answers India.
Geopolitical context immigration reform has led the armed forces of India to prepare for the possibility of a conflict "on two fronts", while internal security forces are engaged immigration reform in maintaining internal security. Even if the probability of a conventional conflict remains low due to diplomatic relations and military confidence-building measures with China and Pakistan, immigration reform this possibility can not be completely excluded. Moreover, many security analysts fear that China is engaged in strategic encirclement of India through alliances with Pakistan, the sale of military equipment Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka and the "string immigration reform of pearls" strategic (China financing major projects port infrastructure) aimed to encircle India with naval bases in the Indian Ocean. Thus India trying to obtain a favorable strategic position in the region is based not only on national interests, but also the need to counteract and counterbalance China's military and economic power