Yes india is still backward in case of defence. We and pakistan are not able to control inner attacks done by maoists and terroist. I know it is not the responsibilty of army to contol inner problem but if any wound not healed internally how can you expect it to be heal completely...
When coming to army and airforce we are not having any powerful weapons to destroy enemies and due to this many army persons were killed.Similarly is the case of airforce, lot of mechical failures caused in death of pilots due to use of cheap missionary(as shown in film Rang de Basanthi). Coming to NAvy it is the most weakest of all as sudden attacks at any naval hubs can not be handled and it is very easy to enter from sea route.
So we still need to invest and plan well though political invovlement will always be there. Quality should be given preferance than quantity..
India has been trying to modernize and updrade her defence facilities but here again corruption is an issue.In the past we have seen how defence contracts bred a selfish clan of brokers who compromised with quality and made India buy sub-standard defence equipments.
