BTW Chinese did nothing on their own. All their technology is Russian based. Go and check out the details if you don't know. For research, you need time, resources and money. Neither India nor China had either of that three decades back. In fact, India did much more original development than China. Now, it is a race. Nobody can sit and wait while the godown is looted. So why not American help? It is a democratic nation and a natural ally of India.
