US, India military brass discuss China's rising power

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NEW DELHI: Wary as they both are of China’s long-term intentions, India and US came together on Monday to discuss Beijing’s galloping modernisation of its 2.25-million strong armed forces and its strategic moves in the Asia-Pacific region.

The ‘Red Dragon’, with its spreading wings, was a prominent presence in the room during the talks visiting US chief of naval operations chief Admiral Gary Roughead held with the top Indian military brass, including Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma and Army chief General V K Singh, on Monday.

Both sides, among other things, shared their assessments of China’s transborder military capabilities and its increasing presence in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). China, of course, has also forged extensive maritime links with IOR countries like Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar. Sources said China’s ambitious aircraft carrier building programme was of particular interest since this is one arena in which it actually lags behind even India.

At present, while China may have as many as 62 submarines, with 10 of them being nuclear-powered and three armed with long-range ballistic missiles, and 75 major warships, it does not have an aircraft carrier.

US, India military brass discuss China's rising power - The Times of India

 

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The fierce bald eagle and colossal elephant are threatening our farmers from the south. It's time to get out the hunting guns and poach some ivory.

 

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I don't like this. I feel India should side with China instead of US. No matter what, India should not give them the impression that it will help if things go wrong between US and the Chinese. The only one to benefit from Indo-China war will be US because India will absorb most of the damage and both India and China will fall back in growth and development.

 

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Discussing with US is ok, but we should be careful not to become a tool in USA's plan. Look at how USA used Iraq against Iran, Taliban against USSR and are now using pakistan against the Taliban.

We should also strategic discussions with China so as to ensure peace prevails in this part of the world.

 

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it is really annoying when US media refers to China as "red dragon". we never call the US the "red white and blue scavenging bird".

i hope india would not make the wrong choice. just remember, we are neighbors, no matter how bad things get we can't lift our countries up and move away. the US can walk out if there's trouble any time it wants.