Defense
All branches; of the armed services India that is only of volunteers. However, the service is regarded as a national duty, and competition for access to the armed forces remains high. Although the defense is considered important in India , the percentage of GDP spent on defense has fallen. It was 2.9 percent in 2001. Salaries and pensions for a large proportion of defense spending. In 2001, the strength of the army was 1.1 million euros, the navy consisted of 53,000 members, and the Air Force had 145,000 people. Of the 636,000 people in the paramilitary forces, 432,000 units must monitor the borders and cooperate with the police in suppressing insurgencies. Women have long served in the medical fields of forces, but have only recently been allowed in a limited number of songs to write as an officer noncombatant in other parts of the armed services.
Military units, all branches are well equipped. India has received extensive military support, notably from the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Many of the weapons, including some of the most advanced, such as rockets are manufactured in India . The country exploded its first nuclear weapon in 1974, leading to an arms race with neighboring Pakistan . Exactly 24 years later, India set off five nuclear devices and declared itself a nuclear weapons state. "Pakistan responded within a few weeks with its own nuclear tests.
