Does India have surplus of food?
China produces twice (500m tones) as much as India (200m tones) of food grains, and yet we are importers. How can Indian government feed the hungry Indians?
Our merchant ships passing by need protection and safety. Now we are even sending ships to Somalia to do so. China's presence is well beyond your sovereign waters. What's the big deal with India?
India is too weak to claim rights to determine on who is fishing on Indian ocean. Given the experience from the past and the present times China intends to be active on issues of sea passage safety. Believe it or not Indians can't do much about Chinese merchant ships or naval ships cruising on...
Are we vulnerable at Malacca Strait? If the US is blocking the sea lanes, yes! But I don't think Indians can make up to the topic. In the case that Indians are blocking the sea lanes China can attack and take over the eastern part of India, from Tawang all the way down to the Indian ocean. It...
Allright, some information about the Chinese aircraft carriers:
Displacement: 60000+ tones
Length: 317 meters
Beam: 71 meters
Power: conventional
Numbers to be built: 2 (2009 - 2012)
Total no. of aircraft to be hosted on board: 55-60 including:
Twin engine fighters: J-15 (Prototype revealed a...
If we are doing the right thing why do we need think alternatively? Don't worry about us! It'd be better that you Indians take care of your HIV patients, toilets and poverty at home FIRST.
The next 5-10 years the world would witness the first wave of ship building of Chinese blue water fleet. Two aircraft carriers and their accompanying combatants. I say that China won't buy Su-33 as the carrier fighters but develop J-15 (or J-11BJ) and J-10C in housevariant. The ship borne AWACS...
OK. When China was at the initial phase of economic reform our military budget was very small. India economy is at what China was in 1990s when our military budget was hardly $10b (India $30b this year). I think India has better places to use this money, especially at this moment.
I think China is trying to solve own problems and we are doing quite well. Chinese resources are being spent to counter US aggression, not India. It's not that I try to be friendly with India. Chinese don't consider India an important player nor worthy of our counting. We might be ignorant but...