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Originally Posted by zraver
However I don't think India is looking 20-30 years down the road. Does anyone else have any idea why India is building an offensive nuclear force? Because even if that is not the intent- that is the fact.
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India still looks China as a threat and its vice versa from the other side. India doesnt need to match China piece by piece, all it needs is a second strike capability (possibly triad) which it will get in 10-20 years time.
Even if it results in an indirect arms race, which India will loose for all the obvious reasons, unlike China, India does not have any other credible security threats (other than Pakistan). For China there is US, Taiwan, India and Japan. So in the longer run China has to counter all these nations, one way or other. India might also get antsy with the US later, but at this point all seems to be well between them.
Also, regardless of whether India is starting an arms race or not, China is going to build up to counter US, so it doesn't matter, one way or other they are already in a race.