China And Pakistan Beware -- This Week, India And US Sign Major War Pact

[PaklovesTurkiye]

Seriously you believe its for Pakistan too....bro if 4th biggest army cannot do the job trust me nothing will...its for china which is bigger than us and stronger than us at this time.we need friends to work together.

4th biggest army can't do job? I don't get it.

 

[hassamun]

US arms dealers are going to start making money.

This is what they are good at...

 

[vrindavan]

does that mean our ships and Vayu Sena planes can use any US military installations around the world for refuel and servicing?

 

[vrindavan]

Yes but surf excel apna laana.

surf excel se mehran saaf hota hai plane ke liye chemical chahiye

 

[Donald Trump]

BEWARE!
THE INDIAN MEDIA STRIKES AGAIN!

 

[I S I]

surf excel se mehran saaf hota hai plane ke liye chemical chahiye

I hope the said chemicle is not gae muttar.

 

[T-Rex]

Calm down !
No one is signing any warpact. This is just a logistics arrangement, ........

War is nothing but "logistics arrangement", you haven't grown up yet!

 

[Furqan Sarwar]

This is a much better Article then the one above


When Life Gives You LEMOA: Inside the Controversial US-Indian Military Agreement

As the US and India Defense Ministers prepare to sign a LEMOA treaty, which will enable the two country to use each other’s military bases, there is still a significant amount of confusion and controversy around the act. Manohar Parrikar, the Defense Minister of India, has left to the US to meet with US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. This meeting is expected to end with signing of LEMOA act, a treaty which will enable the two countries to use each other's military infrastructure.

Manohar Parrikar, the Defense Minister of India, has left to the US to meet with US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. This meeting is expected to end with signing of LEMOA act, a treaty which will enable the two countries to use each other's military infrastructure.

Interestingly, the media coverage description of the act is highly controversial. Forbes, for instance, is quick to say that LEMOA will enable "US armed forces… operate out of Indian bases."

"The US Navy plans to deploy 60 percent of its surface ships in the Indo-Pacific in the near future. Instead of having to build facilities virtually from the ground up, as in Afghanistan and Iraq, the US has the benefit of simple arrangements for the tremendous Indian facilities," Forbes's Charles Tiefer writes.

However, the Indian Defense ministry officials insist that no US troops will be deployed in India, and the bases will be used only for berthing or refueling of each other's warships.

"This pact that has been agreed in principle will only facilitate military logistics cooperation such as joint military exercises and did not entail stationing of any US troops on Indian soil," the officials said, adding that this agreement should not be viewed as a move by New Delhi to support Washington in forming any alliance against China.

Ironically, Forbes says exactly the opposite:

"For Prime Minister Modi, it is a major step for India away from its Cold War alliance with Russia, toward a new alliance with the U.S. (and Japan and Australia) to protect the Indian Ocean and the seas off Southeast Asia, especially from China."

While it seems quite obvious that both sides aim to represent the agreement, which has previously caused a significant amount of controversy within Indian Parliament and has been delayed several times, as their own diplomatic victory, the experts also share different opinions on the issue.

Defense Analyst C Uday Bhaskar believes that it is "India's interest in the long term in terms of being able to obtain fuel and logistics at short notice."

"At a time when India needs to maintain its presence in the region, this is a useful traction for India," he says, adding that the agreement is unlikely to be binding in nature and India will always have the right to refuse assistance.

Strategic Affairs expert Bharat Karnad, however, thinks different, and even says that Prime Minister Modi has "lost what little strategic sense he may have started out with."

"India is set to lose its sovereign decision-making status and strategic independence", he says, adding that LEMOA will still mark India as a secondary power and American camp follower.

Karnad notes that stationing of US troops in India will cause "social turmoil" among Indian citizens and, should India be pulled into a conflict against its allies — China or Russia — it would be a "disaster".

According to head of Cyber Initiative at the Observer Research Foundation, Arun Mohan Sukumar, the Indian government should be very careful about this agreement and seek its own interest; otherwise it will have troubles "selling it at home".

"It is one thing for India to leverage the agreements to aid its role as a "net security provider" and another to be drawn into US-China rivalry in the region," he writes.

And, apparently, there is some strategic self-interest for India in this agreement, as, according to Dr. Rupakjyoti Borah, Research Fellow with Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, India seeks to sign the agreement before the US Presidential Elections in November.

Noting that the victory of Donald Trump will likely hurt US-Indian ties, Borah says that "it makes perfect sense for New Delhi to make hay while the sun shines."

http://sputniknews.com/military/20160829/1044725072/lemoa-us-india-military-agreement.html

 

[T-Rex]

US arms dealers are going to start making money.

Of course somebody is always making money out of wars but what is going to be the Chinese response? I'm particularly interested in how Putin is going to take this kind of pact. I don't think things can be clearer than this, the Modi administration in india has dropped all pretensions.

 

[A_Poster]

This is not going to affect Pakistan. This move by India and US is to do with China.

Off course. It would hit Pakistan. It would hit them much more harder than it would hit China.

With LEMOA in place, India could use US bases in Afghanistan ,if and when needed, except during war. This obviate India of need and cost of maintaining a base in Afghanistan.

 

[艹艹艹]

Of course somebody is always making money out of wars but what is going to be the Chinese response? I'm particularly interested in how Putin is going to take this kind of pact. I don't think things can be clearer than this, the Modi administration in india has dropped all pretensions.

Putin is also an excellent arms dealer.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Effectively, U.S. armed forces can operate out of Indian bases, and vice versa, on a simple basis.

LOL, and the great irony is that many Indian members have constantly attacked Pakistan for selling out to America.

Yet it is India who is running to sell their sovereignty to America as we speak.

The only problem is what are they going to do with all their Russian equipment?

 

[PakSword]

LOL, and the great irony is that many Indian members have constantly attacked Pakistan for selling out to America.

Yet it is India who is running to sell their sovereignty to America as we speak.

The only problem is what are they going to do with all their Russian equipment?

Best comment...

 

[Pakistan First]

I, for one, really want India to sign such a pact with US. That'll be the last nail in it's coffin and take India towards it's destiny in fifth gear.

 

[vrindavan]

i don't think the question of sovereignty arises when the agreement is only on logistics, Its not like USA is setting up a military base in India.

also pakistanis should be the last to comment on national sovereignty when they've sold out their country to China.