NEW DELHI, April 28 -- India was the fifth-biggest military spender in the world in 2025-after the United States, China, Russia and Germany-accounting for 3.2% of the global military expenditure last year, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) said in a report published on Monday. India's military spending stood at $92.1 billion last year, an 8.9% increase over the previous year, according to the report. When India launched Operation Sindoor against Pakistan last year, the armed forces made a raft of emergency procurements to stay battle-ready. Sipri data shows India's neighbours also increased their military spending: China, the world's second-largest military spender, increased its spending by 7.4% to $336 billion; ...