India is developing a military appetite to match its growing economic power, and defense contractors are scrambling to profit. As the country overhauls its largely Soviet-era military arsenal, it could spend as much as $40 billion over the next five years purchasing everything from artillery to submarines to tanks, analysts estimate. In particular, American defense contractors are now aggressively pursuing bids after decades of Cold War alliances and sanctions kept India off limits.
Appunti di un anonimo italiano
30/8/2007
