Hmmm.The 2012 edition of the annual India-U.S. naval exercise, ‘Malabar,' will be held in the Bay of Bengal from April 7.Frontline units from both navies will take part in the 10-day exercise, says an official release.The ‘harbour phase' will begin in Chennai, with both navies taking part in professional seminars. The ‘sea phase,' will encompass a wide spectrum of exercises, ranging from conventional war fight mission to asymmetric warfare. The focus areas will be boarding operations, air defence exercises, helicopter cross-deck operations and co-ordinated anti-submarine warfare.The U.S. Navy will be represented by ships from the Carrier Task Force (CTF) 70 of the US 7 Fleet based at Yokosuka in Japan. The CTF will include aircraft carrier USS Carl Vision, guided missile cruiser USS Bunkerhill, guided missile destroyer USS Halsey and logistics ship UNNS Bridge. Los Angeles-class submarine USS Louisville and a P3C Orion aircraft will also be involved.The Indian Navy will be represented by indigenously built guided missile frigate INS Satpur, guided missile destroyers INS Ranvijay and INS Ranvir, missile corvette INS Kulish and fleet tanker INS Shakti. Maritime patrol aircraft Tu-142M and other rotary wing aircraft will also take part in the exercise.Naval co-operation between the two countries is a long-term relationship. Over the years, the two navies have collaborated in a wide spectrum of activities and exercises to advance the maritime partnership, says the release.
India just recieved an Akula II attack sub from Russia.
India has placed orders for P-8 aircraft.
They're buying aircraft for an aircraft carrier and other Western Fighters...
And now they have a Carrier Task Force operating with them during a training exercise.
Add to all this the Singapore Defense Chief stating that closer ties between Asian countries and the US should be strengthened through the Association of South East Asian Nations (China is not a member) and you have a reason why China might feel surrounded.
I love it!
x2. F-35Bs for everybody!!!
ReplyDeleteI think India is more focused on long time enemy packistan
ReplyDeletetotally disagree.
ReplyDeleteIndia already outclasses Pakistan by a wide margin. As a matter of fact Pakistan isn't even rattling the cage with India anymore...they have too many internal problems...they have a miserable economy, second rate military equipment (even having to buy inferior Chinese jets...not the good ones they have but the JH whatever).
India only has one peer competitor on its border and thats China...they've already had a series of border incidents and thats bound to increase.
True, I just see radicals fighting for significance doing something stupid. India had a very modern mech core a lot of T90's in that force along with western armor. I believe We haven't done more training ops with India due to Pakistan but I'm hoping that's going to change,
ReplyDeleteChina has reasons to be nervous only because it has a tendency to do stupid things when it comes to its neighbors. Case in point...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17673426
Fighting over coral shoals in someone elses backyard isnt going to win you any friends in this life...
India's most important strategic problem is China vs Pakistan's main strategic problem being internal. China and India fought a war in 1962 with China gaining territory. It was recently discovered by India that China is heavily building roads, rails, and airbases in this area and it will take India years to catch up. China is a strategic threat to other nations as well.
ReplyDeleteChina has been acting aggressively towards many of it's neighbors, including Japan. All this said it's not clear China would actually try grabbing sea based resources, Taiwan, or more of India through military force. It's more likely they will negotiate from a strong position instead.
China does seem, however, to be going out of it's way toward pushing many of it's neighbors into alliances aimed toward China. The first real way to gauge their long term intentions might very well be how they react to a political collapse of North Korea.