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| China says mulling Seychelles naval hosting offer | |
| 2011-12-14 | |
BEIJING -- China said Tuesday it is considering an offer from the Seychelles to host Chinese naval ships in the Indian Ocean island nation, highlighting the increasing global reach of a navy that recently launched its first aircraft carrier.
But the reports were careful to reaffirm China's firm policy of not establishing permanent military bases overseas, a cornerstone of Beijing's claim not to be seeking regional hegemony or military alliances with other nations. "China's position is clear. China has never set up military bases in other countries," Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told reporters at a daily news briefing. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 How much money does the average Chinese sailor have in his pocket when he goes ashore on liberty? Or do Chinese sailors even get to go ashore on liberty? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-12-14 11:55 |
| #3 If the Chinese were more in a position to do such a thing it would really tend to starch the Indians' shorts. The Indians might begin to wonder if they were being surrounded. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-12-14 08:48 |
| #2 Gonna need a whole host of transportation and refueling vessels to make the port work. As the inline says, China's in no position to do anything like that at this point. It might wake them up to that fact though, if they seriously want to project a bit. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2011-12-14 08:11 |
| #1 See BHARAT RAKSHAK > SHIPS MAY DOCK, BUT NO INDIAN OCEAN MILITARY BASE [for now?]: SAYS CHINA. BR BLOGGER = noted that China has expressed its willingness to NOT develop or base PLAN assets at GWADAR, PAK iff India will do similar wid CHABAHAR. IMO China + PLA need to do something soon, as they are not having much luck getting sole base rights in the First Island Chain. Also from BHARAT RAKSHAK > SE ASIA'S UNDERWATER BAZAAR [Submarines]. ARTIC > Unlike the many MilPol options available to dedicated Surface Warfare vessels, the design + utility of Submarines is that they have nothing better to do all day than to sink enemy shipping + covertly sneak around in Diplomatically sensitive, PDeniable restricted areas. OVER TIME, CHINA WILL LIKELY BE FACING STEADILY INCREASING NUMBERS OF POTENT = DEADLY MODERN SUBS, SSK ANDOR SSN, VEE ASEAN + REGIONAL NAM NATIONS, not just as per the USN. * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS, TOPIX > JAPANESE LAWMAKER [Noburetu Ishihara, son of infamous Tokyo Governator Shintaro "Japan must have NucWeapons" Ishihara] WANTS TO BUILD MILITARY BASE ON CHINA-CLAIMED ISLANDS [Japan Senkakus = Chinese Daoyus] | JAPANESE LAWMAKER EYES BASE ON CHINA-CLAIMED ISLANDS. * SAME > [Retired USN Commander John S. Patch] CHINA HAS EFFECTIVELY DEFEATED IN DELOPMENT OF FLEETS OF SMALL WARSHIPS, + SAMS + Advanced fighters. Wonder iff He is the same USN Officer whom commanded the former USNSRF Guam back in the 1990's. Rising China's naval competition from India is also becom more acute regionally ... * INDIAN DEFENCE FORUM > INDIAN NAVY TO DEVELOP "LONG LEGS" BY 2027. "Sustained" LR Fleet Ops throughout the IOR + "Near-Abroad", albeit should not be considered "global" just yet. * DEFENCE FORUM INDIA > [US DNI Director] CHINA IS THE NEW [greatest]THREAT TO US, as per his Agency's "China", etal. threat analyses, espec vee China's Nuclear Arsenal. * SAME > PAKISTAN SOLDIERS' FAMILIES DEMAND REVENGE [tit-for-tat] AGZ US. * CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > CHINA DEPLOYS PATROL BOATS ON MEKONG [China = Lancang/Lacang], in anti-smuggling/piracy, etc. coordination wid Laos + Thailand. 300 Chin Patrol Boats in repor number. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-12-14 01:07 |