Question: which difference is bigger: india in 2017 vs india in 1962 or china in 2017 vs china in 1962 ?
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For military R&D,its around 30 times more
"...data obtained by the Lok Sabha Standing Committee on Defence 2019-2020 put the PRC’s R&D at 20 percent of the Chinese defence budget.."
"...In the current (indian) defence budget of 2022-23, R&D allocation is less than 2 percent of total defence budget. In the absence of greater budgetary support for defence R&D, the government and the MoD have sought other avenues..."
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Worst of all, as I mentioned b4, hindus have poor sense of prioritisation of objectives.