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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, photocopying, recording, electronic, or otherwise without prior written permission of the Publishers. : Indian Air Force PHOTOGRAPHS www.spguidepublications.com 2 SP’S MAI Issue 7 • 2013 www.spsmai.com From the EDITOr’S DesK Need to tread cautiously with China or long, India and China have been known in the world for Indian Ocean is going to rise in the light of China having its ‘head in the vastness of their territories, massive population and their both the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea’. In February 2013, Paki- political ideologies. Of late, these two Asian behemoths have stan handed over the strategic deep-water Gwadar seaport to China Fsurged ahead, in terms of economic growth, and while doing so they and the latter asserts that the port is not only in the best of interest of are reshaping the geopolitics of the region. Pakistan and China but also in the interest of the region’s develop- There are efforts on the part of both the Asian giants to gain one- ment. How, one wonders. upmanship, considering how volatile the region is getting. This game Another highlight in this issue is the report by the President and of one-upmanship has been going on for quite some time and the CEO of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Y. Yaari on the long-stand- two were engaged in limited war in 1962. Despite this background, ing relationship between Israel and India, particularly in the devel- there are overtures on the part of both the governments to ‘deepen opment of the Indian defence industry. Talking about the indigenous security and military trust’. It is a difficult process. defence industry, we have good news that the third anti-submarine The latest effort came during the meeting of Prime Minister, Dr warfare corvette for the Indian Navy was launched by India’s leading Manmohan Singh with China’s new President, Xi Jinping in Durban, shipbuilders, the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. The South Africa, and the latter is said to have opined that there was ‘stra- need to expand on India’s defence capabilities, with and without out- tegic opportunity now to upgrade military cooperation’. side support is urgent in the background of the emerging geopolitics In this issue, we have Air Marshal (Retd) Anil Chopra analysing of the region. the induction of Chinese leadership and their impact on India. The Happy reading! Chinese President has acknowledged that the boundary issue is a dif- ficult one to resolve, but has come up with a five-point Sino-Indian relationship. While it is welcome, one just cannot brush aside the ‘String of Pearls’ which China has been systematically weaving to encircle India. Air Marshal (Retd) Anil Chopra is of the view that notwithstand- ing the statesman-like remarks of the Chinese leadership, the rela- tionship is much more complex than meets the eye. Citing boundary disputes; frequent Chinese incursions across the border; massive build up of ‘military support’ infrastructure in Tibet; dumping of Chinese goods; foreign policy initiatives, etc are factors which need to be looked into with a scanner. Particularly, China cozying up with Pakistan is a worrisome factor as India will have to up its antennae on both the fronts in the northern region. Building a credible military deterrence against China, along with re-visiting our foreign policy seemingly has become urgent. Continuing on Chinese expansion, in his forthright column, Lt Jayant Baranwal General (Retd) P.C. Katoch warns that the temperature levels in the Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Issue 7 • 2013 SP’S MAI 3 MILITARY Viewpoint Serpentine manoeuvres LT GENERAL (RETD) P.C. KATOCH t is many years since the dragon first appeared some 6,000 square kilometers of Indian territory of in Burma (now Myanmar) – mainly investment, Shaksgam Valley to China in 1963. A jubilant China, trade and development – reminds you of the East showered Pakistan with weapon platforms, military IIndia Company? The aims were clear. The fire burn- equipment, nuclear technology and a firm backing ing in the belly of the dragon caused it to aim for the for Pakistan to carry on exporting terror as long as waters of the Bay of Bengal. Xinjiang remained safe. Thereafter came China’s The head of the dragon first entered quietly the strategic footprints in PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan cash- Irrawaddy River from the North. Myanmar was happy ing upon an imploding Pakistan crippled with sec- that China would dredge the Irrawaddy basin and tarian strife, the military riding the tiger of terror and make it navigable to large vessels. Today there are over the sham democracy wagging its tail to command of three million Chinese in Myanmar. Plans are afoot for the military-ISI and the military-mullah combine. a major rail line connecting Kunming in China with a By getting China into Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan new deep sea port at Kyaukpyu, developed by China hopes to divert attention of the Shia rebellion in the in Myanmar, latter is mushrooming into a special area, where the hapless Shias are being systematically economic zone. Of course, all this came with strategic killed through institutionalised attacks. Similarly, by forethought, with China supply- handing over Gwadar to China, ing massive military equipment Pakistan hopes to deflect from the to Myanmar over the years that Baluchistan independence move- included fighter jets, naval ships/ ment, second phase of the Baluch vessels and armoured vehicles. Independence war having com- Military cooperation included menced in 2005. Agha Amin, a joint exercises and Myanmar mili- defence analyst and former Paki- tary personnel trained by the Peo- stan Army officer, forecasts post- ple’s Liberation Army (PLA). The 2014 happenings by saying, “An ultimate aim is to exert strategic extremist dominated Afghanistan; influence in the Bay of Bengal and a Baluchistan fully fragmented consequently the Indian Ocean. and crushed…a greater Chinese By getting Ironically, on the Coco Island that vassal with far greater Chinese India gifted to Myanmar, China interests in Pakistan….There is no China into built an airstrip, naval facilities doubt that Pakistan will be a semi with an 85-metre-long jetty plus autonomous Chinese province by Gilgit-Baltistan, electronic eavesdropping and sur- 2030 or so…. Pakistani Baluchistan Pakistan veillance facilities to monitor Indian missile launches by 2030 would be a completely Chinese run show.” off the Odisha coast, added advantage being to moni- What is little known is that administration of hopes to divert tor all shipping in the Bay of Bengal.