Both India and China are in a quiet competition to protect their "trade routes" to Africa where, post AIDS, they undoubtedly intend to take advantage of all opportunities ~ trade, basic extractive industries, resettlement of surplus populations, etc.
To do that both countries are into acquiring or buidling aircraft carriers!
Their next step will be into "carrier groups" and at that point folks in China and India will be paying American level taxes for defense (and offense). Then there's the anti-missile defense, fighter aircraft that are space-capable, missiles, etc.
Just one thing after the other and next thing you know these guys will be in the same boat we are. Hope they fix that nasty water problem before then.
Our so-called "Defense Deparment" wants to move production of key guidance equipment for our "smart bombs" to factories in China.
That, coupled with the countless transfers of technology (missile guidance systems) made by the evil Clinton administration to Communist China made it very easy for them to launch the test missiles over Japan in recent times.
Here we have the Bush administration eagar to do the same damned thing and our weasels in congress will stand by while that happens.