A passage is given below followed by several conclusions which can be drawn from the facts stated in the passages. You have to examine each inference separately in the context of the passage, decide upon its truth or falsity, and choose the conclusion that best supports the passage. 

India is a country wedded to peace and non-violence and her great sons like Lord Buddha, Ashoka and Gandhiji had been living examples to prove this gospel. But India as a self-respecting nation would not propagate the peace of the graveyard or the non-violence of the weak. It is a pity that our non-violence has been mistaken by many as our weakness and many assume that India is a nation of weak-willed people. Time and again, our leaders have reminded the world community that India has been inalienable right to defend its freedom, sovereignty and its ancient heritage and that it would take appropriate measures at the appropriate time to make its defensive preparedness as strong as it could. No nation need be apologetic, if it tries its best to defend its freedom. A nation like India that has suffered centuries of foreign subjection has every right-more than any other nation to strengthen its defense. Moreover, India cannot take any chances when it lives in a hostile nuclear environment among the neighboring countries.In times of crises, India has to fall back upon resources to defend itself, its hard won freedom, its economic gains and its own ancient cultural legacy.

The passage, if true, is best supported by which of the following conclusions?