This why China needs a strong navy :

[TorontoNoctis]

The simple truth is, a country will never gain any trust from its neighbors by not building a strong military. They will assume you're peaceful not because you don't want to use force but rather it's because you don't have force to use.

Only by building a strong military while showing restrains in employing it one can gain neighbors trust. So I'll be a contrarian here and calling the recent Chinese naval modernization efforts a long-term trust-building measure.

Of course there's still the task of showing restrain, which is far more difficult than building a navy, especially when one lives in a neighborhood as rough as China's.

If your country is small enough or poor enough it isn't worth the effort to build a powerful military. Instead the best safety is to be like the Swiss and declare total neutrality, then build national redoubts in mountains/forest/jungle. Very determined light infantry armed with effective MANPADS and anti-tank weapons is all you really need, first in case they ignore your neutrality and invade so you can cede the cities and go into the redoubts, second to police the huge numbers of refugees from both sides like the Swiss did.

 

[SBD-3]

The process of blocking is display of capabilities to block while completely blocking is smart strategy and deploying naval vessels all around the "blocked" state is an act of belligerence.

So far the Chinese have smartly planned a good strategy to develop good ties and strategic relations with most of our estranged neighbours. This shows their capability and smartness which is admirable in Indian circles.

Hence, we learn from China.

just a question....which one is not one of your estranged neighbors???

 

[prototype]

You are right. No country in the world has the right to block any Sea Routes in International waters. So I guess India is just BLUFFing as usual to make herself look tough. But trying to scare China is a BAD move because China might take things seriously and that won't be good for India.

take ur threat somewhere else,it is not only China who is modernizing it's army, the PLAN is going to face a big problem in the near future with a consortium of nation's with strong navies in the south east supported by U.S,and add to it if they want to mess up with Indian navy that to in Indian ocean,its the thing PLAN wants the least

so String of Pearls is not for military use,then good for China,because if ti is,then just like u said trying to scaring India inside the IOR will b too much horrible for China

my 2 cents for that

 

[prototype]

just a question....which one is not one of your estranged neighbors???

he said most not all

and ur answer is Maldives,Nepal and Bhutan

India is also building up relations with Myanmar if u have noticed

Bangladesh and Sri lanka r also not going to aid China in the wake of a confrontation against India since China is not the only nation with investment and aid's there

 

[RAHUL INDIAN]

Sri Lankans are fed up with the Indians (Tamils) trying to split their Island into two pieces and will allow China to use their land to counter Indian aggression.

 

[Hafizzz]

I know China is a strong force, but I doubt they will actually ever be compared with even EU. An army of Germany can contain China...

An Army of Ants can contain India. LOL

 

[Malik Usman]

Why is Pakistan more concerned abt Chinese navy instead of their own?

Why you are more concerned about this topic he just wrote his opinion if you don't like remain silent or post some arguments.....don't be always just in jelous mood.

 

[gurjot]

An Army of Ants can contain India. LOL

 

[applesauce]

funny how its british isnt it?

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

in your previous post u said exactly the opposite but then u corrected it back so

Um... no I didn't?

There is a difference between using something as a viable military strategy, and something to be used in a time of desperation like a nuclear weapon.

Blocking off the sea routes, and therefore blocking supply routes to innocent countries like Japan, Korea, Taiwan etc. could ONLY be done as a matter of last resort. The UN and the International community would severely sanction India for cutting off supply routes to innocent nations and starving people who have nothing to do with the conflict.

So like I said, it would be a weapon of last resort. It would act as just another deterrent in the event of another Sino-Indian war.

 

[prototype]

funny how its british isnt it?

consider British as highly advanced in technology,do ants have a similar technology?

 

[applesauce]

consider British as highly advanced in technology,do ants have a similar technology?

all the British technology can never hope to exterminate all ants, by some account ants are more successful than humans.

 

[sunny001]

Um... no I didn't?

There is a difference between using something as a viable military strategy, and something to be used in a time of desperation like a nuclear weapon.

Blocking off the sea routes, and therefore blocking supply routes to innocent countries like Japan, Korea, Taiwan etc. could ONLY be done as a matter of last resort. The UN and the International community would severely sanction India for cutting off supply routes to innocent nations and starving people who have nothing to do with the conflict.

So like I said, it would be a weapon of last resort. It would act as just another deterrent in the event of another Sino-Indian war.

If it ever were a war between India and China, all other countries would take side, it just won't be a bilateral war. Possibly a world war III.

Also we can always use technology to determine which ships need to blocked, what to be let go. We can always mark ships once captured accordingly. It shouldn't be a big deal.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

If it ever were a war between India and China, all other countries would take side, it just won't be a bilateral war. Possibly a world war III.

Also we can always use technology to determine which ships need to blocked, what to be let go. We can always mark ships once captured accordingly. It shouldn't be a big deal.

That's why we need a strong navy. We need to secure our shipping lanes.

Also we produce at least half of our own oil.... and we can make up the rest with ships from Malaysia/Indonesia, and our pipelines to Central Asia and Russia.

We have a port in Pakistan as well, so we can bypass the Indian navy if it becomes necessary. This will suffice in the short-term... until our navy engages the Indian navy.

So blocking shipping lanes will not hurt us that much in the short-run. Any future war will be short and quick... long before there is any serious economic damage.

Despite what you say in your post, I still think peace is the best option.

 

[sunny001]

That's why we need a strong navy. We need to secure our shipping lanes.

Also we produce at least half of our own oil.... and we can make up the rest with ships from Malaysia/Indonesia, and our pipelines to Central Asia and Russia.

We have a port in Pakistan as well, so we can bypass the Indian navy if it becomes necessary. This will suffice in the short-term... until our navy engages the Indian navy.

So blocking shipping lanes will not hurt us that much in the short-run. Any future war will be short and quick... long before there is any serious economic damage.

Despite what you say in your post, I still think peace is the best option.

Pakistan might allow you to use their port in case of war but I don't think any other country in the list would allow you use their ports to be used militarily against India for the fear both India and the West.

So we come back square one, in which I said, China could expect support from Pakistan but from no other country, being that close in proximity to India.

But who said, India and China will go to war. All this is discussed hypothetically. If our governments have an ounce of intellect, they would never go to a war.