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Re:Why India's Mars mission is so cheap – and thrilling by tn13 on Wednesday September 24, 2014 @06:56PM (#8364632)
On top of that ISRO is a profit making organization [1]. ISRO regularly launches satellites for other countries and makes money in the process.

ISRO's expertise is also helpful to advance India's defense capabilities which could have otherwise remained hostage to USA's Military Industrial Complex.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antrix_Corporation

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Re:Why India's Mars mission is so cheap – and thrilling by hangonhn on Thursday September 25, 2014 @12:53PM (#8368145)
The US doesn't really supply weapons to India. India develops it domestically, collaborates with Russia, or buys it from Russia.
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