Asian Indian Military History in the Twentieth Century

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By the end of the twentieth century, India had become one of the top ten militaries in the world. In 1998, India spent $10.7 billion on a military numbering 1,173,000 with a reserve force of 528,400. India tested a nuclear device in 1974 but only in the late 1990’s did it begin actively developing nuclear weapons. At the same time, a ballistic missile program gave India the ability to deliver those bombs regionally.

At the end of the twentieth century, the Indian army consisted of 980,000 active soldiers. It was organized into three armored divisions, four rapid response...

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