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India ranks fourth among 12 Indo-Pacific nations in self-reliant arms production capabilities, according to a study released this month by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), a widely respected independent resource on global security. China tops the list, Japan is second, South Korea is in third place, and Pakistan is at number 8. The study, which measures self-reliance until 2020, is based on three indicators of self reliance in each country: * Arms procurement — imports, licensed and domestic production as a proportion of the government’s total procurement of major conventional arms; * Arms industry — the study presents...
