No question of scaling down defence expenditure:
``There is no question of scaling down our defence expenditure, which is 2.5 percent of our GDP or compromise with our acquisition programmes despite the economic recession,'' Antony said at the seventh edition of Aero India 2009 international air show here.
Sri Lanka announced Tuesday it would raise defence spending by six percent in 2011 -- broadly in line with annual hikes announced during the government's war with Tamil rebels.