India to station MiG-29 fighter-bombers at Tajikistan base

[Bull]

India's first overseas military facility in Tajikistan is expected to become operational by the year-end as part of New Delhi's thrust into oil-rich Central Asia to meet its growing energy needs. The Indian Air Force (IAF) is to deploy a fleet of MiG-29 fighter-bombers at the airbase at Aini, 15 km from the Tajikistan capital Dushanbe

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[melb4aust]

My question is what for?, why do they need airpower aound that area?

 

[Neo]

India is trying to engulf Pakistan by buiding bases around us.

Pakistan should do the same and try to gain military bases in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

 

[Bull]

This news shouldnt have come as a surpise to may of you right, bcoz the same was rumoured to be in existant long time back.

Well if pakistan can be a party to the Chinas plan to encirlce india,then why not reciprocate.

It wont be easy for pakistan to get bases in srilanka,i am a bit skeptical abt B'desh though.Its unlikely that b;desh would allow that.

 

[Neo]

Indeed,

This is old news.
Bangladesh won't be a problem but a naval base in Sri Lanka would be an asset.

 

[Bull]

Indeed,

This is old news.
Bangladesh won't be a problem but a naval base in Sri Lanka would be an asset.

Logistical nightmare...for PN.Pn doesnt have the resources to put in for one more base.

If i am right, there is a thin strip of afghanistan land which is there between tajikstan and pakistan.

 

[Neo]

Logistical nightmare...for PN.Pn doesnt have the resources to put in for one more base.

Not as yet, but PN is expanding rapidly and Sri Lanka is sure an option in near future.

If i am right, there is a thin strip of afghanistan land which is there between tajikstan and pakistan.

Correct, the strip seperates Pakistan NWFP from the CAR.
In real war scenario Indian bombers could block the KKH from basis in Tadjikistan.

 

[Bull]

Not as yet, but PN is expanding rapidly and Sri Lanka is sure an option in near future..

there is no reports to suggest that

Correct, the strip seperates Pakistan NWFP from the CAR.
In real war scenario Indian bombers could block the KKH from basis in Tadjikistan.

they can do that very well from the indian side right? and also its doubtfull whther tajik goct wud allow india to use its land in event of war btw india and pakistan.

thjey surely wud have worked something out,will have to see whats that?

 

[Neo]

there is no reports to suggest that

No, its been much talked about on different forums and some media but there's no official report to support the claim.
I consider this as a future option.

they can do that very well from the indian side right? and also its doubtfull whther tajik goct wud allow india to use its land in event of war btw india and pakistan.

Yes, KKH can be attacked from bases in India aswell, but opening two fronts simultaniously would give PAF a very tough task to counter.

thjey surely wud have worked something out,will have to see whats that?

Thats the big Q.
We have good relations with Tajikistan, even cultural ties in NA.
But most importantly its a muslim country.
Would they allow their bases to be exploited to attack another muslim country they don't have problems with?

 

[RAPTOR]

India to have first overseas military facility in Tajikistan
(IANS)

21 April 2006


NEW DELHI — India’s first overseas military facility in Tajikistan is expected to become operational by the year-end as part of New Delhi's thrust into oil-rich Central Asia to meet its growing energy needs.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is to deploy a fleet of MiG-29 fighter-bombers at the airbase at Aini, 15km from the Tajikistan capital Dushanbe.
India's quasi-military Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is currently constructing three hangars at Aini, two of which will accommodate the 12 aircraft the IAF will deploy for varying periods, official sources said.
The Tajikistan Air Force, whose personnel the IAF is training under an April 2002 defence cooperation agreement, will utilise the third hangar. For this purpose the IAF also plans to station trainer aircraft at Aini.
The IAF is also helping its Tajik counterpart to retrofit its Soviet-era fighters while Indian civilian and military personnel are teaching the Tajik servicemen English.
The Indian Defence Ministry declined to comment on the Tajik base. However, defence planners said the base would provide New Delhi with a ‘longer strategic reach’ in Central Asia and help it secure badly needed oil contracts.
Military sources said the BRO, supervised by a contingent of Indian Army and IAF personnel, is expected to complete work at Aini by the Tajik National Day on September 9.
The BRO took charge of the project earlier this year. This was after a New Delhi-based private builder who was allotted a $10 million contract in early 2003 to restore the airbase defaulted on completing the undertaking by end-2005. The base has been lying unused since mid-1980.
Senior military sources, preferring to remain anonymous given the sensitivity of the project, said that a contingent of around 40 Indian Army and IAF personnel, including around six officers and commanded by an army colonel, were overseeing the air base's refurbishment.
This includes restoring its runway, the aircraft taxiing track and parking apron, besides building accommodation for a "sizeable" Indian military contingent.
India's initiative at Aini follows the establishment of its first military ‘outpost’ in Tajikistan at Farkhor, adjoining the Tajik-Afghan border, that is manned by a handful of defence "advisors" from New Delhi.
The "quietly functional" Farkhor base is an extension of the field hospital India established in the late 1990s to help the Northern Alliance in its fight against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
Technicians from the IAF and India's secretive Aviation Research Centre (ARC) serviced and repaired the Alliance's Mi-17 and Mi-35 helicopters for several years, until the Taleban's ouster in 2001.
The Research and Analysis Wing, India's overseas intelligence-gathering agency, operates ARC.​

 

[RAPTOR]

Hmm, whats interesting about it is that RAW will be stationed at this airbase too. This news was first reported in 2002 when indias hindu fundamentalist government (BJP) was in power. RAW is involved in formenting trouble in gilgit and baltistan. RAW is involved in formenting trouble in Balochistan. RAW is also formenting trouble in Sind. RAW is a dangerous rogue terrorist intelligence agency only created to destabalize Pakistan.

 

[Bull]

Hmm, whats interesting about it is that RAW will be stationed at this airbase too. This news was first reported in 2002 when indias hindu fundamentalist government (BJP) was in power. RAW is involved in formenting trouble in gilgit and baltistan. RAW is involved in formenting trouble in Balochistan. RAW is also formenting trouble in Sind. RAW is a dangerous rogue terrorist intelligence agency only created to destabalize Pakistan.

U r right, and whats your govt trying to do?using gunships and artillery to kill men and women and children of your own.

 

[Bull]

Thats the big Q.
We have good relations with Tajikistan, even cultural ties in NA.
But most importantly its a muslim country.
Would they allow their bases to be exploited to attack another muslim country they don't have problems with?

Dont count too much on tajik being a muslim country,that doesnt hold anything in intl relationship.

And u canseeinspite of pak having good relatiuonship with tajik they offered India the base.

 

[RAPTOR]

My question is what for?, why do they need airpower aound that area?

Its to cause more trouble in Pakistan's Northern areas and launch an attack on Pakistan.......while the hindus talk peace and friendship and lure Pakistan into a false sense of security.

 

[Bull]

Its to cause more trouble in Pakistan's Northern areas and launch an attack on Pakistan.......while the hindus talk peace and friendship and lure Pakistan into a false sense of security.

Like what nawaz sheriff did???