India and other nations wishing to have a permament seat need to meet what ever arbitrary standards the current members set. Life is arbitrary and unfair, deal with it. Until India can match the P5 across a broad spectrum of areas that point directlry to power and prestige shes not going to get a seat.
It can be argued tha tthe world letting India gettign away with its nuclear program le ddirectly to the current 3rd world arms race. It damn sure backfired and isolated India from the west and the billions spent on the weapons wer enot spent on the economy.
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That has to be either the height of ignorance, or wilful neglect on your part. Pakistan and NK build tanks through licence, something that India has been doing since the 1960s.
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It assembles Kits for final production, which is why the Arjun had to start from scratch. Ther eis a world of differance between licence build and kit build. India can't even make tracks for the Arjun after 20+ years of development.
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The CIA factbook's figures are outdated. It's almost 2007 now, not 2005. On another page, it lists the biggest economies by PPP, and India is 6th, which is clearly wrong. India is the world's 4th largest economy in PPP terms, after the US, Japan and China. Just google it if you don't believe me. These are the real figures for 2005:
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And PPP is a joke, it totally breaks down once you move from subsistnace based economies into true consumer based societies.
How much does a core-duo with 1 gig of ram computer cost you, airfare, a new car built to Amrican or European standards?
I bet if I go to the poorer nations like ohh Luxemburg, Holland, Canada, Austrailia etc I will find higher levels of cellphones, cars, computers, stocks, insurance etc. Guess what it's not the 12th century anymore and you need more than 2 water buffaloe and a few acres under cultivation to be considered wealthy. Technology is the new yard stick, and in this India is sadly lacking compared to developed nations.