[CarrotAndStick]

INDIA

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

2.5% of total GDP (2006)

Source: CIA, The World Factbook.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html

2.5% isn’t really that bad a price to pay, for minimal security, in a region still in conflict.

[GBA]

I hope 126 new fighters is enough! India is a more natural ally than many of the other countries in the region and want them to be very strong militarily and a very good friend of the US.

Here's a nightmare scenario for you. If for some reason the islamic radicals inside Pakistan are able to take control of that country's government, they will have access to nukes and a nuclear capable taliban or al queda is not what the world needs. India no doubt would be one of the first targets; we soon after.