DOCSLIB.ORG

And Many More …

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
And Many More … Asian Theatre: A Key Concern Idealogical Polities: Values Of Past Pak Policies: Completely Unrealistic Cultural Symbols Threatened and many more …. Published By: Vivekananda International Foundation 3, San Martin Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi – 110021, [email protected], www.vifindia.org Contents ARTICLES - US Offer Calls For Finesse Costs Of Policy Convolution 61 3 - V. Anantha Nageswaran 103 - Kanwal Sibal Governance And The Prime Why Non-Alignment 2.0 Does Us A Minister 107 Disservice 65 8 - Dr. M.N. Buch - Satish Chandra Ideology And Political Parties Dealing With The Neighbour From 1. Lt Gen (retd) J P Singh - RNP Singh 76 Hell 14 2. Brig (retd) Rahul Bhonsle - PP Shukla Official Apathy Towards Culture ALL INFORMATION USED IN In India THIS ARTICLE IS STRICTLY India’s Myanmar Policy Gains 86 Momentum 20 FROM - AniribanOPEN SOURCES Ganguly - Brig Vinod Anand back to content What After CA Dissolution In Nepal? EVENTS - Hari Bansh Jha 26 Tibet In International AnLaw Interaction And Practice On “Indo- US Critical Appraisal Of Kashmir Relations: Global Partnership” Interlocutors- PP ReportShukla 47 94 ince Tibet is not the think, is a valid point. Whether - Sushant Sareen same as China, it theVimarsha people of : ScientificTibet are Datingstrong Of Indian “SNavy On should A High ultimately - Growth be the enough to assert their rights or Ancient Events From 7000 BC To Trajectorywishes of the people of Tibet that not is another matter. Whether we should prevail and not any legal53 or are2000 strongBC enough to 97 - Nitinconstitutional Gokhale arguments. That, I VIVEK : Issues and Options July – 2012 Issue: I No: VII 2 US Offer Calls For Finesse - Kanwal Sibal S Defence Secretary This new defence strategy, Leon Panetta’s recent Panetta acknowledged, consists of U visit to India brings to “rebalancing” toward the Asia- the fore again the question of the Pacific region, with an expansion depth India should impart to of US military partnerships and India-US defence ties. Panetta presence in the arc extending has been explicit about US from the Western Pacific and East interest in deepening them. Asia into the Indian Ocean region and South Asia.The US will shift The itinerary that took him to the the bulk of its naval fleet US Pacific Command including as many as six aircraft Headquarters in Hawaii, carriers to the Pacific Ocean by Singapore, Cam Ranh Bay and 2020. Hanoi in Vietnam, New Delhi and Kabul illustrates the new US Panetta said candidly in Delhi defence priorities in Asia, a that defence cooperation with counter “string of pearls” strategy India is a lynchpin in this US of sorts that includes India. strategy. General Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Strategy Staff, has underlined * Kanwal Sibal - Member Advisory Board, VIF VIVEK : Issues and Options July – 2012 Issue: I No: VII 3 subsequently India’s enormously defence sales and intelligence important geostrategic location on sharing. the sea lanes of communication Noting that India will soon have from the Mid-east to the Pacific. the world’s second largest fleet The Pentagon says it sees India with an expanded reach and as a net provider of security from ability to rapidly the Indian Ocean deploy, Panetta to Afghanistan and In Delhi Panetta spoke publicly of India-US defence visualizes a beyond. relationship becoming more peaceful Indian In Delhi Panetta strategic, practical and Ocean region collaborative through regular spoke publicly of supported by defence policy exchanges, India-US defence growing Indian military exercises covering all relationship functional areas of naval capabilities with becoming more warfare, prospects for America making strategic, practical advanced R&D, sharing of new military and collaborative technologies and joint deployments in the production of defence through regular region including equipment, besides defence defence policy rotating marines in sales and intelligence sharing. exchanges, military Australia and exercises covering all functional Littoral Combat Ships through areas of naval warfare, prospects Singapore. for advanced R&D, sharing of new These statements and plans make technologies and joint production clear that the US pivot towards of defence equipment, besides Asia envisages a buttressing VIVEK : Issues and Options July – 2012 Issue: I No: VII 4 Indian role in it. This pivot aims concerns about China’s at re-asserting the American role adversarial policies. It cannot in the Asia-Pacific region with a unreservedly grasp the US hand view to balancing and countering either, as it is independently the rising power of China, as engaging China and has circumstances demand. convergence of interests with it on issues of global governance where US overtures put India in a India has differences with the delicate and difficult situation. West. The US is changing its geopolitical calculus towards We have to factor in our response India. Panetta equated US our relations with Russia, our difficulties in dealing with principal defence partner, the Pakistan with those India faced, growing strategic understanding disregarding Pakistani between Russia and China, and sensitivities about western our dialogue with both countries leaders criticising it from Indian in the Russia-India-China (RIC) soil. He welcomed a more active format and that of BRICS. Any political and economic Indian role perception that just as Russia is in Afghanistan, including training moving closer to China because of of the Afghan security forces. US/NATO pressure we are moving closer to the US would be India cannot easily spurn defence politically undesirable. advances by the world’s foremost military power in a changing This calls for a very sophisticated global context. India has its own handling of the strategic VIVEK : Issues and Options July – 2012 Issue: I No: VII 5 advantage of strengthening predominates, despite periodic US defence ties with the US and the complaints about China’s trade strategic disadvantage of being and exchange rate policies; dragooned into US interventionist politically and strategically policies across the globe. The competition is dominant, even if challenge is how to separate elements in the US, recognizing Indian interests the inevitability of from those of the US-China economic China’s rise, talk of interdependence may raise US while joint US-China doubts among US allies about deepening the management of the constraints this imposes on strategic US political choices in dealing global affairs. partnership with China-provoked regional US-China economic between the two tensions, but the allies also interdependence countries. gain freedom to expand economic ties with China as may raise doubts China Japan, South Korea and among US allies Taiwan have done. All sides about the Understanding the thus see shared gains in constraints this dynamics of the expanding trade exchanges. imposes on US US-China political choices in dealing with relationship is extremely China-provoked regional tensions, important. This relationship is but the allies also gain freedom to multi-dimensional, with twin expand economic ties with China tracks of cooperation and as Japan, South Korea and competiton. Economically and Taiwan have done. All sides thus financially cooperation VIVEK : Issues and Options July – 2012 Issue: I No: VII 6 see shared gains in expanding Panetta noted in Delhi that as the trade exchanges. US and India deepen their defense partnership, both will Response also seek to strengthen their On the poliical and strategic relations with China. He front, the situation is more welcomed the rise of a strong and complex. The US has an prosperous China that “respects established military presence in and enforces the international the region, with several alliance norms that have governed this relationships. The US may region for six decades”- a phrase tolerate losing economic power to encapsulating the core aim of the China in relative terms as part of Asia pivot. win-win arrangements, but not The US-India-China trilateral political power as there are no dialogue proposed by the US State win-win arrangements there and Department is a subtle way to no shared gains for US allies in attenuate Indian concerns about the US incorporating India into security terms.The US pivot its check-China strategy more towards Asia seems therefore a than it would want. It would, by defensive move, to prevent China balancing the RIC dialogue, dilute its unique importance. from materially changing the political and strategic status quo A pragmatic Indian response to US defence overtures is required- in the region in its favour in the cautious and measured, but not way the economic one has shifted negative. to China’s advantage. Back to contents VIVEK : Issues and Options July – 2012 Issue: I No: VII 7 Why Non-alignment 2.0 Does Us A Disservice - Satish Chandra he document, prepared principles that should guide by an eminent 8-member India's foreign and domestic T group, has attracted both policy over the next decade. criticism and praise. The latter is Over a year in the making the mainly for drawing attention to document is the handiwork of an India's innumerable foreign policy eight-member group comprising challenges and for generating some well known Indian debate thereon. intellectuals like Shyam Saran, On the negative side, a major Sunil Khilnani, Nandan Nilekani, shortcoming in the document is and Pratap Bhanu Mehta. the failure to clearly spell out a The authors are at pains to claim vision for what India should that the document represents only aspire to be and how precisely their views and that it is, should these aspirations be therefore, an independent realised, says Satish Chandra. product. This is open to question Non-alignment 2.0 -- unveiled in because Shyam Saran, a former January -- is a 60-page document foreign secretary, heads a which purportedly outlines the government-funded think tank *Satish Chandra - Distinguished Fellow, VIF VIVEK : Issues and Options July – 2012 Issue: I No: VII 8 and another author, General enable it to pursue its Prakash Menon is military developmental goals; advisor with the rank of secretary Since its economic growth in the National Security Council requires deepened economic Secretariat.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Admiral Sunil Lanba, Pvsm Avsm (Retd)
    ADMIRAL SUNIL LANBA, PVSM AVSM (RETD) Admiral Sunil Lanba PVSM, AVSM (Retd) Former Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy Chairman, NMF An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, the College of Defence Management, Secunderabad, and, the Royal College of Defence Studies, London, Admiral Sunil Lanba assumed command of the Indian Navy, as the 23rd Chief of the Naval Staff, on 31 May 16. He was appointed Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee on 31 December 2016. Admiral Lanba is a specialist in Navigation and Aircraft Direction and has served as the navigation and operations officer aboard several ships in both the Eastern and Western Fleets of the Indian Navy. He has nearly four decades of naval experience, which includes tenures at sea and ashore, the latter in various headquarters, operational and training establishments, as also tri-Service institutions. His sea tenures include the command of INS Kakinada, a specialised Mine Countermeasures Vessel, INS Himgiri, an indigenous Leander Class Frigate, INS Ranvijay, a Kashin Class Destroyer, and, INS Mumbai, an indigenous Delhi Class Destroyer. He has also been the Executive Officer of the aircraft carrier, INS Viraat and the Fleet Operations Officer of the Western Fleet. With multiple tenures on the training staff of India’s premier training establishments, Admiral Lanba has been deeply engaged with professional training, the shaping of India’s future leadership, and, the skilling of the officers of the Indian Armed Forces. On elevation to Flag rank, Admiral Lanba tenanted several significant assignments in the Navy. As the Chief of Staff of the Southern Naval Command, he was responsible for the transformation of the training methodology for the future Indian Navy.
    [Show full text]
  • (Defence Wing) Govenjnt of India New Vice Chief Of
    PRESS INFOREATION BUREAU (DEFENCE WING) GOVENJNT OF INDIA NEW VICE CHIEF OF NAVY FLAG OFFICER COJ'INANDING—IN_CHIEF, sOVTHERN NAVAL CONMAND AND DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVY ANNOUNCED New Delhi Agrahayana 07, 19109 November 28, 1987 Vice Admiral GN Hiranandani presently Flag Officer Commanding—in—Chief, Southern Naval Command (FOC—in—C, SNC) has been appointed as Vice Chief of Naval Staff. He will take over from Vice Admiral JG Nadkarni, the CNS Designate, who will assume the ofice of Chief of the Naval Staff on November Oth in the rank of Admiral. Vice Admiral L. Ramdas presently Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff has been appointed FOC—in—C, SNC. Vice Admiral RP Sawhney, presently Controller Warship Production and Acquisition at Naval Headnuarters, has been appointed as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff. Vice Admiral GM Hiranandani -was commissioned in 1952 and received his initial training in the United Kingdom and later graduated from the Staff College, Greenwich (U.K.). In 1 971 he served as the Fleet Operations Officer, Western Fleet. His notable - commands at sea include that of the first Kashin class destroyer, INS Rajput which he commissioned in 1980. On promotion to flag rank he was appointed Chief of Staff, Western Naval Command and later Deputy Chief of Naval Staff in the rank of Vice Admiral. He is a recipient of the Param Vishst Seva Medal, Ati Vishist Seva, Medal and Nao Sena Medal. .1,2 -2-- Vice Admiral L. Ramdas was commissioned in 1953 and received his initial trai lug in the U.K.. A communication Specialist, he has held a number of importanf commands a't sea, which inolde Command of the Eastern Fleet, the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant and a modern patrol vessel squadron.
    [Show full text]
  • United States Naval Academy 2009 Naval History Symposium 10-11 September 2009 Program of Events
    United States Naval Academy 2009 Naval History Symposium 10-11 September 2009 Program of Events Wednesday, 09 September 5:00 – 8:00 PM: Early registration – Doubletree Hotel Thursday, 10 September 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM: Registration – Main lobby, Alumni Hall 7:15 – 8:30 AM: Continental breakfast – Main lobby, Alumni Hall 8:30 – 9:00 AM: Plenary Session – Alumni Hall 9:15 – 11:15 AM: Session I – Sampson Hall ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF U.S. NAVY AIR POWER Hill Goodspeed, U.S. Naval Aviation Museum, “Advancements in Navy Aircraft Design, 1922-1945” Tim Jackson, U.S. Naval War College, “The Two-Ocean Navy Act of 1940: The Impact on American Preparedness for World War II” Douglas V. Smith, U.S. Naval War College, “Adm. Joseph Mason “Bull” Reeves (USNA Class of 1884), The Father of Navy Carrier Aviation” Barney Rubel, U.S. Naval War College, “From Propeller to Jet” Kevin Delamer, U.S. Naval War College, “History of Navy Helicopter Aviation” Chair: Thomas Cutler, U.S. Naval Institute Moderator: Stanley D.M. Carpenter, U.S. Naval War College ROUNDTABLE ON U.S. NAVY DOCUMENTARY EDITIONS Michael Crawford, Naval History and Heritage Command Rear Admiral Joseph Callo, USNR (Ret.), New York, New York. George C. Daughan, Portland, Maine James L. Nelson, Harpswell, Maine Chair: Rear Admiral Jay DeLoach, USN (Ret.), Naval History and Heritage Command CHANGES AND CONTINUITY IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS IN THE 20TH CENTURY Heather Pace Marshall, Duke University, “ ‘There’s Nothing that a Marine Can’t Do:’ Publicizing the Marine Corps from Above and Below” Colin M.
    [Show full text]
  • Cadet's Hand Book (Navy)
    1 CADET’S HAND BOOK (NAVY) SPECIALISED SUBJECT 2 Preface 1. National Cadet Corps (NCC), came into existence, on 15 July 1948 under an Act of Parliament. Over the years, NCC has spread its activities and values, across the length and breadth of the country; in schools and colleges, in almost all the districts of India. It has attracted millions of young boys and girls, to the very ethos espoused by its motto, “unity and discipline” and molded them into disciplined and responsible citizens of the country. NCC has attained an enviable brand value for itself, in the Young India’s mind space. 2. National Cadet Corps (NCC), aims at character building and leadership, in all walks of life and promotes the spirit of patriotism and National Integration amongst the youth of the country. Towards this end, it runs a multifaceted training; varied in content, style and processes, with added emphasis on practical training, outdoor training and training as a community. 3. With the dawn of Third Millennia, there have been rapid strides in technology, information, social and economic fields, bringing in a paradigm shift in learning field too; NCC being no exception. A need was felt to change with times. NCC has introduced its New Training Philosophy, catering to all the new changes and developments, taking place in the Indian Society. It has streamlined and completely overhauled its training philosophy, objectives, syllabus, methodology etc, thus making it in sync with times. Subjects like National Integration, Personality Development and Life Skills, Social Service and Community Development activities etc, have been given prominent thrust.
    [Show full text]
  • The US Asiatic Fleet's Gray-Zone Deterrence Campaign Against Japan, 1937–40
    Naval War College Review Volume 72 Article 9 Number 3 Summer 2019 2019 “They Were Playing Chicken”—The .SU . Asiatic Fleet’s Gray-Zone Deterrence Campaign against Japan, 1937–40 Hunter Stires Follow this and additional works at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review Recommended Citation Stires, Hunter (2019) "“They eW re Playing Chicken”—The .SU . Asiatic Fleet’s Gray-Zone Deterrence Campaign against Japan, 1937–40," Naval War College Review: Vol. 72 : No. 3 , Article 9. Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol72/iss3/9 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Naval War College Review by an authorized editor of U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Stires: “They Were Playing Chicken”—The U.S. Asiatic Fleet’s Gray-Zone De “THEY WERE PLAYING CHICKEN” The U.S. Asiatic Fleet’s Gray-Zone Deterrence Campaign against Japan, 1937–40 Hunter Stires he United States is facing a significant strategic challenge to its interests, al- lies, and leadership of the liberal world order from an increasingly wealthy, Twell-armed, and assertively nationalistic China� Whether through the seizure of maritime features and the construction of artificial island fortifications in the South China Sea, the aggressive use of maritime law enforcement to articulate and impose its nationalistic territorial claims on its neighbors, or attempts to re- strict military and civilian freedom of navigation in international waters, Chinese forces are working to undermine and revise the political and geopolitical status quo in East Asia�1 These subtly assertive steps, which stop short of open warfare, constitute a category of activity known to contemporary military thinkers as gray-zone aggression�2 Current U�S� policy makers and the forces at their com- mand struggle to find effective countermeasures Hunter Stires is a fellow at the John B.
    [Show full text]
  • Sea Control by the Indian Navy: a Pragmatic Assessment
    SEA CONTROL BY THE INDIAN NAVY: A PRAGMATIC ASSESSMENT Captain Sanjay Sachdeva Whosoever can hold the sea has command of everything.1 — Themistocles (524–460 B.C.) Introduction Throughout history, control of the sea has been a precursor to victory in war.2 According to Alfred Thayer Mahan, “Control of the sea by maritime commerce and naval supremacy means predominant influence in the world... (and) is the chief among the merely material elements in the power and prosperity of nations”.3 Admiral Reason echoes similar views in his statement that ‘Sea control is absolutely necessary, the thing without which all other naval missions, and most national missions, precariously risk catastrophic failure.’4 Sea control, as a concept, has many diverse interpretations. Corbett had opined that command of the sea is one of those ringing phrases that dominates the imagination but confuses the intellect.5 Milan Vego, a renowned expert, observes that the US Navy has difficulty in properly understanding the true meaning of sea control and of its counterpart, sea denial.6 The Indian Maritime Doctrine defines sea control as a condition where one is able to use a defined sea area, for a defined period of time, for one’s own purposes and at the same time deny its use to the adversary.7 1Naval Doctrine Publication NDP 1: Naval Warfare (Washington DC: Department of the Navy, March 2010), 1. Referred as NDP 1. 2Ibid., 27, 3Geoffrey Till, Seapower A Guide to the Twenty- First Century (New York: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2013), 1. 4Ibid.,155. 5Ibid.,144.
    [Show full text]
  • India's Lakshadweep Islands to Grow in Strategic Importance
    12 30 August 2018 India’s Lakshadweep Islands to Grow in Strategic Importance Balaji Chandramohan FDI Visiting Fellow Key Points The islands of the Lakshadweep archipelago will receive increased strategic attention as India expands its maritime horizons, in both the western and eastern theatres of the Indian Ocean. The islands offer the same advantages for India’s naval diplomacy as do the Andaman Islands, to the east. Along with the new naval base at Karwar on India’s west coast, they will be used to project India’s command of the sea in the western Indian Ocean. The island group will receive increased attention because of its proximity to the energy-rich western Indian Ocean, despite the fact that it could require a re-allocation of relatively scarce resources. It is possible that Lakshadweep, along with the Southern Naval Command in Kochi, could be converted into a Tri -Command facility. Summary As India expands its maritime outlook in both the western and eastern theatres of the Indian Ocean, the islands of Lakshadweep will receive increased strategic attention. Located approximately 300 kilometres from the Indian west coast state of Kerala, the archipelago comprises 36 islands, with a total land area of only 32 square kilometres. The geographical spread of the islands, however, gives India around 20,000 km2 of territorial waters and an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of approximately 400,000 km2. To start with, as a part of its maritime strategy, India plans to convert the present naval outpost in Lakshadweep into a fully-fledged operational base, able to project power and provide sea denial and command of the sea capabilities, especially in relation to Pakistan.
    [Show full text]
  • Inside This Brief Editorial Team  Maritime Editorial………….P.4 Captain Gurpreet Khurana
    Volume 20, Number 10.1 15 October, 2014 The Fortnightly e-News Brief of the National Maritime Foundation Inside this Brief Editorial Team Maritime Editorial………….p.4 Captain Gurpreet Khurana Cdr Kapil Narula Maritime Security…...........p.20 Ms. Sohinee Basak Shipping News…………….p.41 Address Maritime Environment……p.50 National Maritime Foundation Varuna Complex, NH-8, Airport Road New Delhi-110 010, India Email:[email protected] Acknowledgment : ‘Making Waves’ is a compilation of maritime news published in various national and international newspapers, journals, and with minor editorial change, are for research and study only and not for commercial purposes websites. NMF expresses its gratitude to all sources of information. These articles are taken from source directly. Page 1 of 56 Chinese Submarines Taste Indian Ocean Maritime Terrorism: Karachi as a Staging Point NATO's Maritime Future From 'Looking' East to 'Acting' East: India’s Own Pivot to Asia South China Sea Dispute Could Lead to China-Indonesia Conflict Coast Guard in the Arctic - Trouble Ahead? Terrorist Threats From the Maritime Domain: Singapore’s Response It's Time for a Little Heterodoxy in Naval Strategy Obama, Modi Pledge to Intensify Maritime Security Indian, Indonesian Navies Conclude Joint Patrol Navy Projects Blue Water Muscle with Long Range Deployment in Indian Ocean Region ‘Chinese Aegis’ Leads A2/AD Drill in South China Sea Singapore, Australian Navies End Joint Exercise in South China Sea China Considers a Naval Stealth Fighter Based On
    [Show full text]
  • Navy) Specialised Subject
    JD/JW CADET’S HAND BOOK (NAVY) SPECIALISED SUBJECT Preface 1. National Cadet Corps (NCC), came into existence, on 15 July 1948 under an Act of Parliament. Over the years, NCC has spread its activities and values, across the length and breadth of the country; in schools and colleges, in almost all the districts of India. It has attracted millions of young boys and girls, to the very ethos espoused by its motto, “unity and discipline” and molded them into disciplined and responsible citizens of the country. NCC has attained an enviable brand value for itself, in the Young India’s mind space. 2. National Cadet Corps (NCC), aims at character building and leadership, in all walks of life and promotes the spirit of patriotism and National Integration amongst the youth of the country. Towards this end, it runs a multifaceted training; varied in content, style and processes, with added emphasis on practical training, outdoor training and training as a community. 3. With the dawn of Third Millennia, there have been rapid strides in technology, information, social and economic fields, bringing in a paradigm shift in learning field too; NCC being no exception. A need was felt to change with times. NCC has introduced its New Training Philosophy, catering to all the new changes and developments, taking place in the Indian Society. It has streamlined and completely overhauled its training philosophy, objectives, syllabus, methodology etc, thus making it in sync with times. Subjects like National Integration, Personality Development and Life Skills, Social Service and Community Development activities etc, have been given prominent thrust.
    [Show full text]
  • New Security Threats
    June-July 2013 Volume 8 No. 3 `100.00 (India-Based Buyer Only) www.spsnavalforces.net ROUNDUP THE ONLY NAVAL MAGAZINE FOR NAVIES ACROSS ASIA-PACIFIC PAGE 4 ASIA-PACIFIC: CHINA’s Defence White PAPER Hovering Danger - Guided Weapons of Naval Helicopters Countering MARTE MK2S on NH-90 New Security Threats The transition from the naval helicopter to PHOTOGRAPH: US Navy the smaller and lighter unmanned naval helicopter appears to be certainty (at least partially), which would ensure availability of these unmanned craft on much larger number of smaller ships. Rear Admiral (Retd) Dr S. Kulshrestha PAGE 6 Oil & Petrodollars Arming the Middle East Oil is sold in the US dollars; surplus dollars are recycled into these countries or paid for purchasing of military hardware. In return the absolute monarchies are protected by the Western countries. The Arab Spring has had no effect on the arms sale. Lt General (Retd) Naresh Chand PAGE 10 Indian Naval Aviation Turns 60 Over the years, the naval air arm has grown from a modest force to a small air force and has in its inventory approximately 220 aircraft, 1,300 officers and 9,000 men. Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil Ramsay Sailors aboard the Chinese Navy destroyer PAGE 11 Qingdao (DDG 113) man the rails as they depart Pearl Harbor Nuclear-powered HMS Ambush Submarine Commissioned Built by BAE Systems at Barrow-in-Furness, China is a major maritime country. The seas and oceans provide immense space the Astute class vessels represent a highly and abundant resources for China’s sustainable development, and thus are of vital complex feat of naval engineering importance to the people’s well-being and China’s future.
    [Show full text]
  • The Future of U.S.-India Naval Relations Nilanthi Samaranayake, Michael Connell, and Satu Limaye
    The Future of U.S.-India Naval Relations Nilanthi Samaranayake, Michael Connell, and Satu Limaye February 2017 Cleared for Public Release DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release: distribution unlimited. U.S. Navy photo caption: PACIFIC OCEAN (April 10, 2011) The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and ships from the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group and the Indian navy transit the Pacific Ocean during exercise Malabar 2011, a bilateral training operation with the Indian navy. Ronald Reagan is operating in the western Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo caption: CHENNAI, India (Oct. 13, 2015) Officers from Indian navy, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force, and U.S. Navy meet for an executive officer's call in the wardroom of the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) as part of Exercise Malabar. Currently on a 16-month rotational deployment in support of the Indo-Asia- Pacific Rebalance, Fort Worth is a fast and agile warship tailor-made to patrol the region's littorals and work hull-to-hull with partner navies, providing the U.S. 7th Fleet with the flexible capabilities it needs now and in the future. U.S. Pacific Command photo caption: CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii (Dec. 7, 2015) Commander of U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., right, and India Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar, render honors during a welcome ceremony. During this first-ever visit by an India Defense Minister to the PACOM headquarters, Parrikar met with Harris to discuss partnerships and the maritime security cooperation in the Indo- Asia-Pacific.
    [Show full text]
  • CPC Outreach Journal #1010
    Issue No. 1010, 26 June 2012 Articles & Other Documents: Featured Article: Israel Says Clock Ticking After Iran Talks Fail 1. N. Korea Vows To Bolster Up Nuke Deterrence 2. S. Korean, Russian Envoys To Discuss N. Korea's Nuclear Programs 3. Chinese Shipper May Have Ties To N. Korean Arms Dealer 4. Iran Attacks World Powers’ ‘Dishonesty’ 5. Iran Gloats Stuxnet 'Failed' To Stop Nuclear Work, As Virus Reportedly Stops Operating 6. Israel Says Clock Ticking After Iran Talks Fail 7. Putin: Israel, Russia Strive For Peaceful Resolution To Iran Nuclear Issue 8. Egypt’s Mursi Keen To Renew Long-Severed Iran Ties 9. Russian Arms Ship To Make Second Attempt To Deliver Helicopters To Syria 10. Living With Nuclear Outliers 11. How Indian Navy is Expanding and Modernising 12. List of Unexploded Arms in Libya Is Seen as Limited 13. Rift Between U.S., Pakistan Only Widens 14. Turkey Threatens Syria With Retaliation Over Jet 15. Syria To Get More Arms From Russia Soon: Think-Tank Welcome to the CPC Outreach Journal. As part of USAF Counterproliferation Center’s mission to counter weapons of mass destruction through education and research, we’re providing our government and civilian community a source for timely counterproliferation information. This information includes articles, papers and other documents addressing issues pertinent to US military response options for dealing with chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats and countermeasures. It’s our hope this information resource will help enhance your counterproliferation issue awareness. Established in 1998, the USAF/CPC provides education and research to present and future leaders of the Air Force, as well as to members of other branches of the armed services and Department of Defense.
    [Show full text]