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2007-09-04 China-Japan-Koreas

New 'strategic partnership' against China

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-09-04 10:58|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 The Eastern dwarfs are back?

Posted by gromgoru 2007-09-04 12:34|| 2007-09-04 12:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Just 10 years ago the Australian Navy dropped sonar-buoys in front of the newly built destroyer INS Delhi. There were complaints over the Indian Navy's Tu-142 Bear-F patrol aircraft off the Aussie coast.

Thanks to George Bush and Condi Rice, things are much different... an alliance is being born. Delhi class warships are exercising with Australian ships. Australia is set to become a major supplier of Uranium ore to India.

On Wednesday joint Australian and Indian army mountain warfare teams will climb Himalayan peaks in Uttarakhand.

Looking for George Bush's legacy? Wait a few years..

Posted by john frum 2007-09-04 12:34|| 2007-09-04 12:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Quad members reassured China that their "strategic partnership" was only aimed at maintaining regional security, and was not targeting any particular power.

It was only merest coincidence that China didn't get invited to the party.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-04 14:21|| 2007-09-04 14:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Naval war machines from five nations nearing Bay of Bengal

New Delhi, Sept. 2 (PTI): Notwithstanding protests by the Left parties, powerful warships from five nations today started nearing a rendezvous point in the Bay of Bengal for the start of the biggest naval wargame hosted by India.

The four-day wargame set to begin early on Tuesday will see a flotilla of 26 warships, including aircraft carriers, missile frigates and destroyers, in intense action.

Nine of the 13 US warships taking part in the exercises, including nuclear-powered carrier USS Nimitz, conventional carrier USS Kitty Hawk and nuclear submarine USN Chicago, have reached the exercise point located 180 nautical miles from Vishakhapatnam, almost mid-way to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

A missile frigate from the Singapore Navy and eight Indian warships led by the country's sole aircraft carrier INS Viraat have also reached the spot.

Two warships each from Australia and Japan are also close to the spot, naval officials said.

The wargame is being held just 30 to 40 nautical miles from Myanmar's Coco Islands, where the Chinese Navy is reportedly building a naval base.

Posted by john frum 2007-09-04 17:52|| 2007-09-04 17:52|| Front Page Top

#5 IIRC the Coco Islands were given to Burma by the Indian PM Nehru, one of his many blunders.

The Chinese built a listening post there, to spy on India. The Asian tsunami reportedly damaged it severely and Germany is not willing to replace the equipment it originally sold China.

Posted by john frum 2007-09-04 17:54|| 2007-09-04 17:54|| Front Page Top

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