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Country-specific military development will to lead to arms race: IAF chief

Defence minister AK Antony had recently said that India's neighbours were building their military capabilities at a "feverish pace" and the country has to be vigilant and prepared at all times to meet the challenge.

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India's military development has to be capability-specific and not country-specific as such an approach would draw it into an arms race, IAF chief PV Naik said today amid concerns over military build-up by Pakistan and China.

"We have to be capability specific... We have realised that being country-specific or threat-specific will lead us into an arms race," the air chief marshal said at a CII event in New Delhi.

Defence minister AK Antony had recently said that India's neighbours were building their military capabilities at a "feverish pace" and the country has to be vigilant and prepared at all times to meet the challenge.

When asked to comment on army chief's statement terming Pakistan and China as irritants for India's security, Naik said the military of any country looks at the entire security environment and all the factors affecting its growth and it can't have country-specific plans.

"The plans have to be capability-specific and you have to decide that in 2022, we should have a particular capability because the country would need it and you continue developing your forces on those lines," he added.

Earlier in the day, Army Chief General VK Singh had described Pakistan and China as "two major irritants" for India's security and said the armed forces should ensure the country has a "substantial" conventional war capability to fight in a nuclear scenario.

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