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INDIAS INDIGENIZATION AND MODERNIZATION OF DEFENCE AND MILITARY TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC RAMIFICATIONS FOR PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/girr.2018(I-I).02      10.31703/girr.2018(I-I).02      Published : Dec 2018

India's Indigenization and Modernization of Defence and Military Technology: Strategic Ramifications for Pakistan

    India is arming and modernizing its military with its land forces receiving equipment in an unprecedented manner while its navy is growingly becoming a blue water navy capable of projecting power way beyond its shores and is rapidly arming its air force to become a strategic force capable of playing an independent role. The international environment is favourable for India, which is further adding impetus towards indigenization and modernization of Indian defence and military capabilities while providing an opportunity for the economy to flourish even more. The paper is an endeavour to analyze, assess, predict and prescribe the potential upshots and outcomes of indigenization, local and licensed manufacturing and joint ventures initiated by India in defence and military sectors - and the likelihood of such choices and actions in becoming a vital strategic and security concern for Pakistan.

    Indigenization, Military Technology, Defence Equipment, Pakistan, India
    (1) Muhammad Ali Baig
    Writer at Daily Times, Pakistan Observer and Pakistan Today and currently a Scholar at the National Defence University in Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Hamid Iqbal
    Lecturer, Department of International Relations, National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Syed Sabir Muhammad
    M. Phil, Department of International Relations, National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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    APA : Baig, M. A., Iqbal, H., & Muhammad, S. S. (2018). India's Indigenization and Modernization of Defence and Military Technology: Strategic Ramifications for Pakistan. Global International Relations Review, I(I), 8-26. https://doi.org/10.31703/girr.2018(I-I).02
    CHICAGO : Baig, Muhammad Ali, Hamid Iqbal, and Syed Sabir Muhammad. 2018. "India's Indigenization and Modernization of Defence and Military Technology: Strategic Ramifications for Pakistan." Global International Relations Review, I (I): 8-26 doi: 10.31703/girr.2018(I-I).02
    HARVARD : BAIG, M. A., IQBAL, H. & MUHAMMAD, S. S. 2018. India's Indigenization and Modernization of Defence and Military Technology: Strategic Ramifications for Pakistan. Global International Relations Review, I, 8-26.
    MHRA : Baig, Muhammad Ali, Hamid Iqbal, and Syed Sabir Muhammad. 2018. "India's Indigenization and Modernization of Defence and Military Technology: Strategic Ramifications for Pakistan." Global International Relations Review, I: 8-26
    MLA : Baig, Muhammad Ali, Hamid Iqbal, and Syed Sabir Muhammad. "India's Indigenization and Modernization of Defence and Military Technology: Strategic Ramifications for Pakistan." Global International Relations Review, I.I (2018): 8-26 Print.
    OXFORD : Baig, Muhammad Ali, Iqbal, Hamid, and Muhammad, Syed Sabir (2018), "India's Indigenization and Modernization of Defence and Military Technology: Strategic Ramifications for Pakistan", Global International Relations Review, I (I), 8-26
    TURABIAN : Baig, Muhammad Ali, Hamid Iqbal, and Syed Sabir Muhammad. "India's Indigenization and Modernization of Defence and Military Technology: Strategic Ramifications for Pakistan." Global International Relations Review I, no. I (2018): 8-26. https://doi.org/10.31703/girr.2018(I-I).02