印度还面临着其两大有核地区对手 — — 中国和巴基斯坦越走越近的局面，中巴两国都对大片印度领土有主权主张，并且继续在大规模杀伤性武器方面有着合作。
India also confronts the strengthening nexus between its two nuclear-armed regional adversaries, China and Pakistan, both of which have staked claims to substantial swaths of Indian territory and continue to collaborate on weapons of mass destruction.