Eye on China: India and Singapore ink naval pact

[manlion]

NEW DELHI: India and Singapore on Wednesday inked a naval pact to majorly crank up their maritime security cooperation with access to each other's bases, while reiterating the need for all to respect freedom of navigation and trade in international waters in the backdrop of China's aggressive and expansionist behavior in the Asia Pacific region.

The naval cooperation agreement to bolster maritime security, joint exercises, "temporary deployments from each other's naval facilities" and mutual logistics support was inked after the delegation-level talks between defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her Singapore counterpart Dr Ng Eng Hen here in the morning.

Easy access to the Singapore port, with refueling and berthing facilities, will serve to enhance the operational reach of Indian warships and aircraft east of the Malacca Strait, which is a critical choke point for China's ever-expanding energy supplies. It fits into India's overall "Act East" policy to deepen military ties with ASEAN countries like Singapore, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia and Indonesia as a counter to China.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...apore-ink-naval-pact/articleshow/61852056.cms

 

[manlion]

Singapore for more cooperation with India in Strait of Malacca, Andaman Sea
http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...d&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

 

[seven7seven]

India can park their junk boats anywhere they like. It won't stop them being junk boats.

 

[manlion]

Easy access to the Singapore port, with refueling and berthing facilities, will serve to enhance the operational reach of Indian warships and aircraft east of the Malacca Strait, which is a critical choke point for China's ever-expanding energy supplies. It fits into India's overall "Act East" policy to deepen military ties with ASEAN countries like Singapore, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia and Indonesia as a counter to China.

before accessing Singapore port, India has to pass through Malaysian/ Indonesian waters, China can intercept Indian navy before reaching Singapore. As both Indonesia and Malaysia are unlikely to support Singapore's counter to China

 

[Papa Dragon]

India can park their junk boats anywhere they like. It won't stop them being junk boats.

We atleast have boats (destroyers, frigates, corvettes, ASW's, subs, OPV's etc) unlike you guys who try to fight naval wars with fishing trawlers

 

[Shinigami]

We atleast have boats (destroyers, frigates, corvettes, ASW's, subs, OPV's etc) unlike you guys who try to fight naval wars with fishing trawlers

Indian Navy has a history of fighting frigates, destroyers and submarines more advanced than itself
Chinese Navy also has a history of fighting fishing boats more advanced than itself

 

[kankan326]

China should talk with Thailand about the Kra canal issues now.

 

[seven7seven]

Indian Navy has a history of fighting frigates, destroyers and submarines more advanced than itself
Chinese Navy also has a history of fighting fishing boats more advanced than itself

Indian shipbuilding is shoddy and full of downgraded western and russian tech. It's only dangerous to indian sailors.

We atleast have boats (destroyers, frigates, corvettes, ASW's, subs, OPV's etc) unlike you guys who try to fight naval wars with fishing trawlers

Even Chinese trawlers would rout Indian navy

 

[AndrewJin]

Indian shipbuilding is shoddy and full of downgraded western and russian tech. It's only dangerous to indian sailors.



Even Chinese trawlers would rout Indian navy

they can't even build proper cranes....
They have to import second-handed cranes from UK.
Guess where were they made originally......

What you can expect from an agrarian country?

 

[Hellraiser007]

Every day I see, some but* hurt Chinese trolling in India related threads. It creates a burning sensation in them if they read any India related positive news.

 

[$@rJen]

Indian shipbuilding is shoddy and full of downgraded western and russian tech. It's only dangerous to indian sailors.



Even Chinese trawlers would rout Indian navy

Dear... can enlighten us with the downgraded Western Tech please.

 

[$@rJen]

@seven7seven
Come on kid, I'm waiting for your reply.. its been almost an hour

 

[manlion]

China should talk with Thailand about the Kra canal issues now.

Kra Canal Project Revisited As Part Of China’s Maritime Silk Road
https://www.aseanbriefing.com/news/...revisited-part-chinas-maritime-silk-road.html

 

[Tom M]

India can park their junk boats anywhere they like. It won't stop them being junk boats.

Well our junk boats are more than enough to take care of few junk adversaries around our neighborhood.

 

[Nabil365]

Dear... can enlighten us with the downgraded Western Tech please.

Anyway even if you had high-tech destroyers and frigates,how many of them do you have?