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2003-04-06 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Steve White 2003-04-06 02:02 am|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Here is a pretty good site about India's missile program, which seems to be the only indigenous military development program of India's that has progressed very well, in contrast to it's plans to develop a battle tank, attack helicopter and nuclear submarine that all have experinced problems and delays over many years.

Posted by Paul Moloney 2003-04-06 04:23:18|| 2003-04-06 04:23:18|| Front Page Top

#2 The US doesn't have a Brahmos, but we do have this thing called a Tomahawk. It's not supersonic, but it doesn't need to be. Ya might want to remember that.
TRUE. But Tomahawk is a Land Attack Missile, Brahmos is mainly an anti-ship missile. Being supersonic gives a much higher kill rate because ship counter-measures have less time to react to it.

Posted by rg117 2003-04-06 06:23:01|| 2003-04-06 06:23:01|| Front Page Top

#3 If India stopped developing and weapons would not mean that pakistan would too. Pakistan is being armed by N.Korea and China (and US) and this would continue happen regardless of what India did. During the India-Pak border war at Kargil 1998, China provided Pakland with a large number of weapons and spare parts. China likes to fight a proxy war with India through Pakland.
To make things worse, defense equipment that has been sold to China usually gets reverse engineered and sold on to Pakland [China supplying Israeli UAVs to Pak: Israeli expert]
We all know that sooner or later Pakland is going to tip over and the Jihadis will get control, including its nuclear arsenal. It may happen in decades rather than days or years, but India has to be prepared for that moment.

Posted by rg117 2003-04-06 17:05:30|| 2003-04-06 17:05:30|| Front Page Top

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