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2007-05-13 India-Pakistan

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Posted by ryuge 2007-05-13 07:30|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Joint Pak/Chinese Naval base?

I can well imagine the number of nuclear warheads the Indians have assigned to this juicy target.

The road link to China via the Kakoram pass in Kashmir.. the tunnels and bridges will be the aim points for the new land attack version of the BrahMos cruise missile.

Posted by John Frum 2007-05-13 10:01|| 2007-05-13 10:01|| Front Page Top

#2 This resulted in a fast one by George W. Bush.

The Chinese shelled out the big bucks for this modern deep water port, along with its construction, as critical to the Chinese economy.

But because the US has been cozying up to Pakistan, they have made the port available for the use of the US navy--which means that any Chinese ships using it will be under our close scrutiny. Chinese OPSEC isn't that great outside of China, so who knows what intelligence goodies we might get out of the deal.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-05-13 10:14|| 2007-05-13 10:14|| Front Page Top

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