American outlook on this issue needs a more pragmatic rethink in my opinion. India will build any technology that it needs given sufficient time and money. Tim

American outlook on this issue needs a more pragmatic rethink in my opinion. India will build any technology that it needs given sufficient time and money. Time is not something that USA has anymore. It's global influence is only going go down with time. At least in my opinion it makes lot more sense for USA to see India as a potential borrowed knife/insurance against China and help her have good defense capabilities as well as build strong economic ties across all possible avenues. It appears that trade and economic exchange is a much more important factor to avoid full scale war than anything else.