OrionHunter
ELITE MEMBER
- Joined
- May 28, 2011
- Messages
- 13,818
- Reaction score
- -5
- Country
- Location
China would finally convert Gwadar port into a Chinese Naval base. They need it for their long term strategic interests. From Gwadar they would be able to dominate the shipping lanes in the Straits of Hormuz and the Arabian Sea.you guys must be happy giving your lands away to china and USA khud bhi kar lia Karo kuch
The rapid expansion of Chinas naval capabilities and broader military profile is a classic manifestation of its aim of attaining great power status. Chinas new naval strategy of far sea defense is aimed at giving Beijing the ability to project its power in key oceanic areas, including and most significantly the Indian Ocean.
China has been acquiring naval facilities along the crucial choke-points in the Indian Ocean not only to serve its economic interests but also to enhance its strategic presence in the region.
It is possible to explain the construction of these ports and facilities by China on purely economic and commercial grounds, but regional and global powers like the US, Japan and India inevitably view the sum total of Chinas diplomatic and military efforts in the Indian Ocean as projecting power vis-à-vis competing rivals. Moreover, most of Chinese naval facilities in the Indian Ocean are dual use in nature and no serious strategy can discount their future military use.
In addition, China has 11,000 PLA troops stationed in Pakistan Administered Kashmir. The way Pakistan is welcoming China with open arms to establish bases (Under the guise of construction and development of infrastructure), it seems it is on the way to becoming a protectorate of China or perhaps an autonomous region of China like TAR, in the not too distant future.