India's missile plans raise eyebrows

[sraja]

When a senior security official here was asked why Pakistan was not developing long-range missiles, unlike in India, his answer revealed how these two nuclear foes' geopolitical priorities may be diverging.

"We don't have ambitions like India has, so we don't need to develop any further long-range missiles," he says. "Our missiles cover the entire India, so that's it."

That may not be the reason. China might not have agreed to supply Pakistan with longer range missiles.

China asks Pakistan "I gave you missiles to cover all of India, why do you need even longer missiles?. I will not give you missiles which can target Beijing and Shanghai"

Pakistan doesn't have technical capability to develop advanced ballistic missiles or even basic ballistic missiles from scratch. All their missiles are copies and bought off-the-shelf from China and NK and called in different names.

Obviously Islamic Army of Pakistan would want missiles to strike terror in the hearts of infidels all over the world.

 

[Dr.Evil]

we are seeing some frustrated & overeager souls to prove that - What ever they is the gospel truth and no one should question them.

 

[Ganga]

Yeah we will see who is less important and who gets who much of what you mentioned once they are entered.

Strange thing is all the elite formations & majority of the formations and equipment is right now on our border, Indians cry foul at international places about Pakistan and it getting equipment and Indians tell us we are not important.

Hard to make Indians understand and see what the real reality is.

The same thing can be told about Pakistan.Pakistan has stationed most of its troops along the border with India even when they are fighting a growing insurgency in the nort west.u wont expect India to remove its formations from Pakistan border and send them to China border when Pakistan is unwilling to do the same.

 

[notsuperstitious]

Hard to make Indians understand and see what the real reality is.

We feel exactly the same about you.

 

[shaktiman2010]

Chinese and Indian interests conflict eachother in many spheres. China wants to be the only Asian Power and India is the only country that stands in her way and she would do anything to get rid of India. Thefamous all weather Sino-Pakistan freindship is nothing but indirect Chinese threat to India. So kids remember,if there is another Indo-Pakistan war the only winner will be China.

Wrong.

China and Russia and whole of Asia will be looser if there is any war in Asia between neighbours.

Only winner will be West who planted seeds of Indo-China war and fools like Nehru,MMS do puppetry for them.

China is enemy of India, based on what? That stupid Nehru who poked his dirty nose into Chinese Tibet region?

Was Tibet ever Indian territory? What was the need for poking nose into Tibet by Nehru, as if Indian poverty was not enough to deal with during 1950's?

West is just making sure that India, China never get close because that will be death of "Dollar" hegemony and free printing money days for Westerners and their european blood-brothers who follow same free-printing policy.

 

[TaimiKhan]

The same thing can be told about Pakistan.Pakistan has stationed most of its troops along the border with India even when they are fighting a growing insurgency in the nort west.u wont expect India to remove its formations from Pakistan border and send them to China border when Pakistan is unwilling to do the same.

Why the same thing should be told by you or any Indians ???

Pakistan has very clearly said we are India centric, we never said we are some other centric, so what's the point in telling us that.

We know how to fight the insurgency and we have been doing quiet well so far compared to many others.

And i have no desire for India to take its troops to China border, my point is India is so far not China centric and nor will be in few of the coming years, by 2020 or after that the picture would be more clearer as how much India has become China centric, for now it is not. Simple.

 

[TaimiKhan]

We feel exactly the same about you.

yeah that i know, no need to tell.

Has been very much clear from some people's attitude, even though ground realities don't support their arguments.

 

[TaimiKhan]

we are seeing some frustrated & overeager souls to prove that - What ever they is the gospel truth and no one should question them.

The frustrated and overeager souls are trying to teach a few basic facts to some very very frustrated and very very overeager souls, who like not to be questioned and want others to think whatever they say is the truth and nothing else.

 

[Ganga]

Why the same thing should be told by you or any Indians ???

Pakistan has very clearly said we are India centric, we never said we are some other centric, so what's the point in telling us that.

We know how to fight the insurgency and we have been doing quiet well so far compared to many others.

And i have no desire for India to take its troops to China border, my point is India is so far not China centric and nor will be in few of the coming years, by 2020 or after that the picture would be more clearer as how much India has become China centric, for now it is not. Simple.

Yes you are right.But India will be China centric soon.The formation of new mountain brigades,Stationing sukhois in assam,constructing border roads along the chinese border are all indications that India is gearing up .Moreover India and China are bound to collide in the future.Communism and democracy have always clashed.

 

[TaimiKhan]

Yes you are right.But India will be China centric soon.The formation of new mountain brigades,Stationing sukhois in assam,constructing border roads along the chinese border are all indications that India is gearing up .Moreover India and China are bound to collide in the future.Communism and democracy have always clashed.

Thank God atleast one of you understood my point.

From day one i have been saying, China will become China centric one day, or to be exact Pak-China centric (if Pakistan did not vanish as per peoples dreams), but till that happens, India for now is Pakistan centric.

Yes with the planned inductions it is going on that path and will reach by hopefully 2020, may be before which i don't see as huge investment is required to counter China, as both countries would be giants.

And Democracy and Communism don't clash if both don't want, but once people start the hegemonic ambitions, then both will clash, but its not a clash of democracy and communism, rather clash of countries and nations for their own stakes.

USSR & US clashed for other reasons but it was made into Democracy and Communism fight.

India and China both will fight for resources and ability to stay on the top, rather then China wanting communism in India or India wanting Democracy in China.

 

[Prometheus]

Pakistan need to learn that India is of different class...............No match.

I wonder why Pakistan sees India as a bigger threat than taliban which kills more of its citizens than India did.

Pakistan cannot match bullet by bullet with India..................
well article had some funny things

"Pakistan sees its ability to be noticed globally as related to its tensions with India."

and thats got the gold

 

[Prometheus]

Thank God atleast one of you understood my point.

From day one i have been saying, China will become China centric one day, or to be exact Pak-China centric (if Pakistan did not vanish as per peoples dreams), but till that happens, India for now is Pakistan centric.

Yes with the planned inductions it is going on that path and will reach by hopefully 2020, may be before which i don't see as huge investment is required to counter China, as both countries would be giants.

And Democracy and Communism don't clash if both don't want, but once people start the hegemonic ambitions, then both will clash, but its not a clash of democracy and communism, rather clash of countries and nations for their own stakes.

USSR & US clashed for other reasons but it was made into Democracy and Communism fight.

India and China both will fight for resources and ability to stay on the top, rather then China wanting communism in India or India wanting Democracy in China.

something wrong in bolder part

 

[Kinetic]

India never seen Pakistan as a major threat to national security nor does China but both of them look to India as adversaries like capturing their lands. India only needed deterrence against both of them because it was attacked by both in past.

Note that India's economy is expected to grow on average nearly 10% every year during next decade with great industrial, academic and scientific capabilities and I guess for same reasons India and China understand each other better than India's other neighbors, so there is very less chance of each other fighting a war (just like US and USSR never fought). Our real threats come from economically weak neighbors. Never the less we should be prepared against China as well.


Pakistan: As Pakistan has First Use Policy we needed BMD against all kinds of missiles Pakistan poses and we are going have it by 2012/13 along with robust air defence systems. Its deterrence against Pakistan.

China: They got good capabilities, so we needed SLBM, ICBM and BMD combined to have deterrence against China. We are also going for various types of ASAT and other advanced systems just because they are needed.

 

[rohailmalhi]

something wrong in bolder part

isnt it obvious that it is India not china. just a typo

 

[!!craft!!]

India never seen Pakistan as a major threat to national security nor does China but both of them look to India as adversaries like capturing their lands. India only needed deterrence against both of them because it was attacked by both in past.

Note that India's economy is expected to grow on average nearly 10% every year during next decade with great industrial, academic and scientific capabilities and I guess for same reasons India and China understand each other better than India's other neighbors, so there is very less chance of each other fighting a war (just like US and USSR never fought). Our real threats come from economically weak neighbors. Never the less we should be prepared against China as well.


Pakistan: As Pakistan has First Use Policy we needed BMD against all kinds of missiles Pakistan poses and we are going have it by 2012/13 along with robust air defence systems. Its deterrence against Pakistan.

China: They got good capabilities, so we needed SLBM, ICBM and BMD combined to have deterrence against China. We are also going for various types of ASAT and other advanced systems just because they are needed.

i seriously dont understant what kind of threat we have from china???
if at present if we are comparing our selfs with china,they are miles ahead of us ..we will get there not not so fast its gonna take time..but till then we will alwas be pakistan centric... and to add one more thing never underestimate your opponent .. its the first rule of war or competition respect your opponent!!!!!!