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I'm not gonna comment on the vs. aspects, but I do like to educate the OP a bit on comparing missiles. For one, speed is of very little concern for ballistic missiles with similar ranges. In fact, the missile follows a BALLISTIC path and its range is DETERMINED by its speed. I don't know how...

Eh, China has a long way to go, for sure, but the author of the first article is clearly manipulating statistics from different times to prove a point. For one, China's rural areas are not without growth, and secondly, about half of the population now reside in Urban areas, not 1/3. There is...

Uh...quality is determined during manufacturing. It's like the WS-10's, the design was fine, but the manufacturing had quality issues which was why the fleet of J-11B's were grounded until late last year. As for this news, it's kind of puzzling. The WS-13 is only lacking flight testing now...

AL-31 still. The thing that's obviously missing is the serial numbers, dunno why yet.

I'm not so sure this is an ethnic issue. Natives of the western provinces, Han or not, tend to have less education, less qualifications, and less mandarin-speaking abilities which generally lead to poorer job prospects. Sure some ethnic discrimination exist amongst the individuals, but I don't...

So an 051 and an 053, hardly anything threatening.

Good questions, but how the Chinese government operates is not terribly transparent, so a lot of what you asked isn't terribly clear. As for acquiring land and building tracks quickly, all it takes is a government order really. There are some bureaucratic processes, but they're mostly for...

Building infrastructure is not the same as deploying soldiers, as infrastructure can be and is mostly used by civilians(Lhasa railway, etc.). I don't really care either way though, India isn't gonna provoke a war with China any time soon. If it were to happen, there would be signs well ahead...

I agree, personally I don't think China is completely ready for it either, but spending money on infrastructure during a recession is common practice, since even if you don't need it now, you will some day. It's kind of like what Roosevelt did during the Great Depression, building up a huge...

You guys completely misunderstood the article. The whole thing is DRIPPING with sarcasm!

As soon as a ballistic missile is launched(well, close enough), its trajectory can also be calculated, and those "most countries" would know that it's aimed at the sea.

Why would they think it's a nuke if it's fired at the sea?

The other missiles are cruise missiles, this is a ballistic missile. The advantages are primarily range and speed. Take the Brahmos for example, it has about a 300km range and travels at around Mach 3. A DF-21D would have about a 2000km range and travel at Mach 10. It can also carry twice...

Sanctions are political moves, the U.S. certainly didn't hesitate to levy sanctions because India tested some nukes. There are more reasons for them to levy sanctions overtly AND covertly than egregious acts of aggression. Any number of excuses can be used, maybe the U.S. "couldn't" produce...

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If India is willing to take a subservient role, then why not just ally with China? Why ally with the U.S. to desist China when allying with China would solve all of your problems? China has no need for the disputed territories except for security concerns, and an alliance would take care of that.

Yea, but you can't even set parameters for a new acquisition program until you finalize the designs on the carrier. The carrier needs to be large enough and have a compatible catapult, both of which are unknowns ATM.

My point is that your statement hasn't proven to be valid yet.

Eh, this is pretty much a non-story at this point. India has no use for it until it gets an AC who can launch it, which won't be for a long time. Many things could be changed by then. India probably would prefer to develop its own fighters, but having a good foreign one on the table just in...

Perhaps, but it hasn't been proven yet. The previous report predicted a 5-6% year-on-year increase in real GDP for India up to now, and the current report show that India has indeed had a 5-6% yoy increase in real GDP. The previous report predicted a slow drop to ~6% increase up to now for...