I understand why you made this post. It was to stroke the ego of Indians and come across as non-threatening.
However we must be realistic with respect to the situation. In actual fact, even though India may be able to keep up with the GDP growth rates of China over the next decade and so will not fall even farther behind China, there is no way on earth it will catch up with China in military strength. In actual fact it will start to fall even farther behind as indigenous weapons systems like J-10B fighter, J-20 stealth fighter 100,000 tonne aircraft carriers start rolling out of Chinese factories and shipyards.
India's vast expenditure on weapons is nowhere near as value efficient as what China spends on weapons. A simple example of how India cannot hope to catch up with China in military strength is the example of their current MMCRA contest. India has now shortlisted the Rafale and Eurofighter. Both of these aircrafts will come in at 80-90million dollars each. In contrast the equivalent J-10B will at most cost 50 million US dollars. This is just one example and there are countless others where India will have to pay around twice more for equivalent technology.
China is now targeting the military superiority of the US and India is a bit concern on the side for the next few decades. Just wait till the 100,000 tonne indigenous supercarriers start rolling out of Chinese shipyards towards the end of this decade, complete with nuclear submarines and destroyers at or near the level of that of the US and then you will see that India is nowhere China.
India should focus on it's economic development and minimum deterrence and not try to match the awesome superpower military that China will build by the start of the next decade.
