India's Defense Reforms Will Not Come Easy, but New Delhi Presses On

India's ongoing push to reform its defense sector will likely be partially successful, which will help New Delhi address national security threats. The Indian government has taken several steps to reform its armed forces in recent years, and these reforms can be broadly divided into two types: structural and industrial. Structural reforms deal with issues like the interoperability of the three branches of India's armed forces (the army, navy and air force) and funding, while industrial reforms deal with the diversification of arms imports and the indigenization of defense production (whereby defense tools and equipment are produced domestically)....