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No country becomes a superpower courtesy of nuclear bombs. Ask North Korea and Pakistan, both of which are feeble in terms of economy and military. India is st
by adventured 8y ago
No country becomes a superpower courtesy of nuclear bombs.
Ask North Korea and Pakistan, both of which are feeble in terms of economy and military. India is still extraordinarily poor today and in 1974 it was that much worse. They have zero global superpower reach either economically or militarily. Both economically and militarily they're still very much a regional power. The largest economies do not fear India's economic power, yet. The US is the sole superpower today and it most certainly doesn't fear India's economic power. The US is only just becoming concerned with China's economic might in the last six or seven years. China's currency has only a small amount of global reach and influence, India's currency wields almost none. Their GDP per capita is #139 in the world, below East Timor.
Given 30 years they should become a middle income country (assuming some setbacks along the way). In 50 or 60, if everything goes right, they could be a superpower.