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Originally Posted by HansTWN
I know what happpened in the 1960s, but they signed a border treaty in 2005 and relations have been quite good since. Far from me to underestimate China's intentions for further expansion --- but the nuclear bomb is not a suitable weapon to stop them. Anyway, these days China likes to pick on its small and weak neighbors, they won't mess with India.
We are straying from the subject of the thread, let us just agree to disagree.
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India's nuclear arsenal was developed much before 2005, which in itself is a moot point because the treaty is not worth the paper it was signed on. Relations between the two countries are in a state of simmer, with only the outwardly appearance of calm. Border skirmishes are frequent, and China still claims the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh as it's own, not to mention the tacit support it provides to Pakistan in kashmir. Neither country wants a full blown conflict, and as far as China is concerned, this is a direct result of India developing the capabilites that neutralize China's military advantage. I do not want to be confrontational, but I have to say that you are downplaying the huge role India's nuclear arsenal has played in keeping China on a leash, so to speak, in its immediate neighbourhood. It is nowhere near being a simplistic case of "shouldn't have spent your money on nukes if you needed the meds".