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It is a question, it is not an article to call it disinformation..did you understand the question? Anyway you answer is not clear, maybe you should clarify it and learn when and how to use words..
"Poor winter weather conditions frequently force closures of the Bosphorus, which bisects Istanbul and is the only outlet to the world's oceans from the Black Sea."Now apparently even Turkey is busted with "Istanbul" and "frozen". Despite 22,000 ships sailing through.. Leave alone Germany, Canada etc. I surrender ...
Give me on primary source that confirms this besides Gen. Zia's propaganda?
For geography, history, economics and common sense see post # 19, you might understand some realities perceived as a joke by your own still sleepy mind
OK, what? your post doesn't make any sense.. out of context and just shows your rant for the sake of it..
Bad weather was it? Too bad. That must have severely restricted traffic.
No it is not. Bosphorus handles only Black Sea traffic primarily for Russia, Bulgaria, Romania. Suez handles all of Europe, half of Africa and all of Asian traffic.
I would advise you not to quote the BS article again and again. The said author is nothing but a content writer. Check her articles, writes more about Pakistan than Russia itself http://www.valuewalk.com/author/polina-tikhonova/
But Why should we compare the Bosphorus strait that handles maritime traffic for 4 or 5 landlocked countries plus Russia and Turkey (parts of it), with Karachi that handles only one country's maritime trade?No it is not. Bosphorus handles only Black Sea traffic primarily for Russia, Bulgaria, Romania. Suez handles all of Europe, half of Africa and all of Asian traffic.
The amount of traffic sailing through Bosphorus is huge. Certainly way above anything Karachi handles. Incidentally the 26,663 ships is only for 9 months and by end of a full year the figure could be as high as 30,000. What this shows that inclemental conditions notwithstanding Istanbul sees far, far greater volume of traffic then Karachi does. Bad weather does not prevent trade. Most of the worlds largest economies are in the cold temperate zone. Some of the biggest ports like Rotterdam or Hamburg or St. Petersburg are in cold zone. Snow is very common yet Rotterdam alone handles more shipping volume than many countries. One of the busiest airports on earth is Heathrow London which often recieves snow and bad weather. These developed economies have contingencies in place and bad weather did not stop them becoming great powers.
Only the ice cap in North Pole restricts traffic - although even there Russian Navy operates the Northern Fleet, the largest arm of the Russian Navy. Ice breakers break pathways through the solid ice. However this does restrict commercial shipping. However Black Sea or even the Baltic Sea remains operational and handle most of the Russian trade.
And if you look at the original map I posted you will see even if redunancy was sought by Russia Makchakala in Russian Dagestan (marked with red star 2 on mao below) provides ideal alternative to Iran and the Arabian Sea. That is shorter, more secure and nearer the major Russian population centres then Gwadar is. I am big fan of CPEC but can we stay realistic please. Yes, Russia being onboard is a good thing but we must keep things in perspective.
Russia's tilt towards Pakistan will be a body blow for India's security
