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| India in China's nuke crosshairs |
| 2008-05-17 |
| NEW DELHI: China has more worrying news for us. Latest satellite pictures have identified a large area in central China with 58 launch pads for nuclear-capable ballistic missiles which apparently target north India and south Russia. (Watch) Coming soon after the discovery of the sheer extent of China's underground nuclear submarine base at Hainan Island in South China Sea, it's yet another reality check for the Indian defence establishment. TOI had highlighted earlier this month how Hainan had jolted the Indian establishment, with navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta expressing concern about the number of nuclear submarines and long-range missiles "in our neighbourhood". |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #4 Now serving, 1 billion fried lice. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2008-05-17 21:23 |
| #3 our shared heritage. So too with India. We share a 2nd language. |
| Posted by: George Smiley 2008-05-17 11:27 |
| #2 And India will soon have more people. And India speaks our language. And however obstreperous, India is a multicultural democracy. The U. S. was far from Britain's ally for its first 100 years. But thereafter, immersion in the larger world made evident to all the importance of our shared heritage. So too with India. Oh, China is in India's Nuke crosshairs, too. So sell them the Kitty Hawk. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-05-17 10:02 |
| #1 Since the 1980s, both the US and China have assumed that they will fight it out over the Pacific, eventually. However, India changes everything. Perhaps George W. Bush's most lasting impact will be that he recognized India as a sleeping giant when the rest of Washington didn't. A giant who can match or eventually best most anything China can menace with. If the US and India are friends, China cannot defeat both of us. And India is on China's border, not on the other side of the world. Which obviously has kept the Chinese military leadership up at night. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-05-17 09:16 |