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You raise a good point. But national security has its place, especially when two nuclear-armed neighbors have invaded you in the past. We can build-up national
by sbmthakur 7y ago
You raise a good point. But national security has its place, especially when two nuclear-armed neighbors have invaded you in the past.
We can build-up national security and enhance focus on internal problems at the same time.
For example, there have been talks of cooperation with Israel on the water-shortage issue:
https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/israel-comes-forward-to-help-india-overcome-water-shortage-focus-on-tackling-drought-and-desertification/437815 https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/israel-comes-forw...
- jogjayr 7y agoPakistan is nowhere near strong enough to defeat India in a conventional war. India would almost certainly lose a conventional war with China. All 3 nations have nukes. Doing anything more than maintaining that equilibrium is a waste of resources.
- sbmthakur 7y agoIt's difficult to predict considering that Pak has vowed to use tactical nukes on any invading Indian force. But yes, that's the agreed upon conclusion[1]. Maintaing the equilibrium is obviously good for peace. But there are reports of India and Pakistan beefing up nukes. 1. https://wap.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/fewer-but-newer-nuclear-arms-in-the-world-report-119061700521_1.html https://wap.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/fewer-...
- jogjayr 7y ago> Pak has vowed to use tactical nukes on any invading Indian force. True. But in a nuclear conflict there are no winners.