India Is Falling Behind China in an Asian Arms Race
High defense-spending totals mask the weakness of its weapons systems, and the threat is growing.
Indian army troops in Srinagar, Jan. 26.
Photo: Idrees Abbas/Zuma PressWhen it comes to military spunk, no Indian politician shows it off like Narendra Modi. The prime minister sometimes dons camouflage to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, with troops on the borders with China and Pakistan.
While inaugurating a film museum last month, Mr. Modi greeted the audience with a catch phrase from “Uri: The Surgical Strike,” a recent Bollywood hit about a 2016 military operation in which Indian soldiers entered Pakistani-controlled territory to take out purported terrorist training camps....
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