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New Delhi cautiously watching China's military growth: IAF Chief
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‘India's area of responsibility extends from Hormus Straits to the Malacca Straits’
Tuesday, October 05
Observing that India is watching 'with caution' the military modernization of China, Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Air Chief Marshal P V Naik has said anything that impacts on the nation's growth is a matter of concern.


'Anything that upsets the growth of the nation (India) ... is a matter of concern. It is viewed as such and planned for,' the Air Chief said at his annual press conference in New Delhi on Monday.

'All neighbours -- borrowing Chanakya's quotes -- have to be watched with caution on the impact and growth of our nation. So we watch all neighbours, be it the smallest or the largest, with caution,' he said.

He was responding to a query on what he thought of the military infrastructure development of China and also by it in Tibet.

However, he said, India strongly believed in the sovereignty of every neighbour and their right to do what they wanted within their country's boundaries. 'We are neighbours and we must respect the sovereignty of each country.'

He said the IAF's modernisation plans were 'capability-based and not adversary-specific' and that it was dictated by the national aspirations.

'Even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that India's area of responsibility extends from Hormus Straits to the Malacca Straits and beyond. Yeh hoga future mein (It will happen in the future). We see what capability is required to meet this aspiration and accordingly modernisation and procurements are planned,' he added.

Naik said the procurement plans of the IAF stood on 'four pillars of see, reach, hit and protect.'

Asked if the IAF too was tweaking its doctrines to match the Army's new doctrine of preparing for a two-front simultaneous war with Pakistan and China, Naik said, 'Air Force prepares for multi-front war. It is not single-front or other front or something.

'It is in terms of allocation of forces that you distinguish. Otherwise, we are preparing for multi-dimensional, multi-faceted, multi-front war.'

http://freshinitiative.net/world/81-new ... -iaf-chief

It seems like there are preparations for war all around the world... Then? A new beginning with 500m people for the creation of the new world order?

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US issues travel warning for Europe
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Monday, October 04
The United States government has issued a warning to its citizens traveling in Europe citing friars of terror attacks in major European cities.

The warning, posted on the State Department's official travel advisory website on Sunday, did not name any specific countries but security sources have named cities in Germany, France, and the UK in recent days.

Last week, media reports suggested that an alleged plot to carry out commando-style attacks in crowded cities across Europe had been foiled.

The travel alert warned US citizens that they were being "reminded of the potential for terrorists to attack public transportation systems and other tourist infrastructure."

The United States claims that the alleged plot is planned by al-Qaeda in a bid to justify the increasingly unpopular war in Afghanistan and cross border attacks on Pakistan.

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N Korea to expand nuclear capability
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Thursday, September 30
North Korea has vowed to expand its nuclear arsenal as a "deterrent" in response to foreseeable threats by the US.

North Korean Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Pak Kil-yon vowed on Wednesday to keep what he called a 'nuclear deterrent' in place as long as US nuclear aircraft carriers sail around North Korea.

"Our nuclear weapons are not a means to attack or threaten others, but a self-defensive deterrent ... to counter aggression and attack from outside," Pak said.

Tensions have heightened in northeast Asia since North Korea was accused by South Korea of torpedoing one of its ships, which resulted in the death of more than 40 onboard sailors. An accusation vehemently rejected by Pyongyang.

Pak accused the US of being a disrupter of peace and further stressed that North Korea would have been many times turned into a war field if the North did not posses nuclear arms.

The North has been in the international spotlight recently with the news that ailing leader Kim Jong-il has requested that his youngest son Kim Jong-un should succeed him.

South Korea along with the US on Monday continued their latest series of joint anti-submarine exercises.

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'Israel to use all means in next Gaza war'
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Sunday, September 27
A senior Israeli commander has threatened that the military would not hesitate to use any of its means of engagement in the next war against the Gaza Strip.

"We have less performance constraints there than in other areas, and we will not hesitate to use the many tools in our possession," the commander of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Gaza Division, Brigadier General Eyal Eisenberg, said about possible Israeli offensives on the coastal sliver.

The next war would be a "more painful, complex, and powerful round," he was quoted as saying by Israeli website Ynetnews on Friday.

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New Delhi cautiously watching China's military growth: IAF Chief
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‘India's area of responsibility extends from Hormus Straits to the Malacca Straits’
Tuesday, October 05
Observing that India is watching 'with caution' the military modernization of China, Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Air Chief Marshal P V Naik has said anything that impacts on the nation's growth is a matter of concern.


'Anything that upsets the growth of the nation (India) ... is a matter of concern. It is viewed as such and planned for,' the Air Chief said at his annual press conference in New Delhi on Monday.

'All neighbours -- borrowing Chanakya's quotes -- have to be watched with caution on the impact and growth of our nation. So we watch all neighbours, be it the smallest or the largest, with caution,' he said.

He was responding to a query on what he thought of the military infrastructure development of China and also by it in Tibet.

However, he said, India strongly believed in the sovereignty of every neighbour and their right to do what they wanted within their country's boundaries. 'We are neighbours and we must respect the sovereignty of each country.'

He said the IAF's modernisation plans were 'capability-based and not adversary-specific' and that it was dictated by the national aspirations.

'Even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that India's area of responsibility extends from Hormus Straits to the Malacca Straits and beyond. Yeh hoga future mein (It will happen in the future). We see what capability is required to meet this aspiration and accordingly modernisation and procurements are planned,' he added.

Naik said the procurement plans of the IAF stood on 'four pillars of see, reach, hit and protect.'

Asked if the IAF too was tweaking its doctrines to match the Army's new doctrine of preparing for a two-front simultaneous war with Pakistan and China, Naik said, 'Air Force prepares for multi-front war. It is not single-front or other front or something.

'It is in terms of allocation of forces that you distinguish. Otherwise, we are preparing for multi-dimensional, multi-faceted, multi-front war.'

http://freshinitiative.net/world/81-new ... -iaf-chief

It seems like there are preparations for war all around the world... Then? A new beginning with 500m people for the creation of the new world order?

Given this backdrop, Obama's visit could not only help clear cobwebs of misunderstandings but also help the two sides define the parameters of a more global, and thus more strategic, US-India partnership. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, Obama is attaching "immense importance" to his India visit and his administration has fleshed out an "ambitious agenda" to take bilateral relations to the next level.

"Washington now sees cooperation with India on various fronts as critical, be it addressing the challenges of an unraveling Pakistani state, containing the looming Chinese presence to maintain stability in Asia, reforming the United Nations or cooperating on the terror front," an MEA source said.

As National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon, who was in Washington last week, also told reporters, "In today's international situation, India-U.S. relations are an important factor for world peace, stability and progress. An open, balanced and inclusive security architecture in Asia and the world would be a goal that is in our common interest." Even Undersecretary of State William Burns earlier stated that the US has an "enormous stake" in "India's rise as a global power".

For instance, experts point out that China's increasing aggression on the subcontinent provides an opportunity for the two to cobble together a strategy which engages the Asian superpower while simultaneously furthering Indo-US interests. However, for a resurgent India, the question should no longer be how to "shrink" China's role in Asia, but how to expand its own footprint.

"India and the United States should try and establish a long-term framework of strategic interests. As a result of consistent efforts by successive governments and administrations in both countries, our bilateral strategic partnership is strong. The time has come to realize its international significance," Menon concluded.

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As much as China remains a rising economic power, its military power is not likely to be a match for America's military prowess and capabilities. China knows that. That is why it is spending a lot of its resources developing "anti-access/area denial" technologies and capabilities, especially involving Taiwan. The Chinese thinking seems to be that, in case of a military conflict involving Taiwan, the PRC would improve its chances of victory if it can succeed in holding off US military intervention through the use of such technologies.

Beijing is also spending a lot of its resources on developing "countermeasures" to nullify America's ever-escalating capabilities to project power in far off lands. The 2010 DoD report takes a detailed look at those capabilities.

Starting from the awe-inspiring performance of America's military in Operation Desert Storm in 1991, the PLA's top brass, as well as defense-related scientists, have been spending many of their resources studying the specifics of America's space dominance, as much as those details are available in open sources. In addition, the espionage wing of the PLA and other civilian agencies are also busy collecting data in the field on the use of space by the American military. China knows how integral a role America's mastery of space has played in that country's military capabilities to maintain full-spectrum dominance in warfare.

Second, no military belonging to any country has been more absorbed in implementing the "revolution in military affairs" and digitization of warfare in its combat capabilities. In fact, China has gone way beyond the use of information warfare in the field of defense. It has also mastered "malware" (or malicious software) espionage, which it has used to spy on Tibetan dissidents. Malware is used for espionage in defense as well as in the military and intelligence fields.

Its purpose is to collect data as well as to corrupt targeted computer systems. According to one study on the subject, "Few organizations outside the defense and intelligence sector could withstand such an attack, Given the high interest of the PRC in this field, and given that it is a closed system, its competitors (especially US government agencies) not only have to constantly remain on guard in developing electronic countermeasures, but find themselves in the dark about the latest capabilities of IT specialists on the Chinese side who are in charge of running that country's "black programs."

Third, the PRC is also using its defense experts to study all the military exercises in China's neighborhood involving the American military – Japan, South Korea, Australia and India. Electronic eavesdropping also works well for China in studying American maneuvers. In that regard, China's "String of Pearls" strategy, an attempt to build client-state relationships to surround India, has not even begun to bear fruit, in terms of providing a treasure trove of intelligence on the activities of the navies of the aforementioned countries.

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Sept. 26 (China Military News cited from AFP) -- For years, US policymakers have watched uneasily as China grew more assertive, fearing that the emerging power would cut into Washington's clout in one of the world's most dynamic regions.

But in recent weeks, China's rise has instead offered a golden opportunity for the United States, which has swiftly rallied behind the growing number of Asian nations that have butted heads with Beijing.

After China piled pressure on Japan to free a captain captured near disputed islands, the United States said it considered the chain -- known as the Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese -- to be under Tokyo's administration, meaning that US forces would be obliged by treaty to defend Japan in an attack.

Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie shaking hand with Russian Soldier at the end of "Peace Mission 2010" SCO drill, which held in Central Asia

With Southeast Asian nations voicing alarm over Chinese attempts to exert sovereignty in disputed waters, President Barack Obama and regional leaders in a summit Friday called for freedom of navigation in the South China Sea.

The United States also defied Chinese warnings and carried out joint war games with South Korea after accusing Beijing's ally North Korea of sinking a South Korean vessel.

"It's always bad when an American lectures someone on arrogance, but the Chinese should beware of premature arrogance," said Ralph Cossa, president of the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Pacific Forum.

"The more they flex their muscle in the South China Sea, the more people dial 911 and hope the (US Navy's) Seventh Fleet will answer. And the same thing with the Japanese," Cossa said.

http://www.china-defense-mashup.com/?p=6990

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US-Saudi arms deal will bring Turkey and Iran closer together
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In an attempt to maintain its hegemony over the Muslim world the US is arming its most loyal vassals not only against Iran but also against Turkey.

Even though the mainstream media has been marketing the recent arms sales to Saudi Arabia by the US within the context of the cold war between the US and Iran, other factors of the $60 billion dollar contract announced last month are equally important. The US based neo-con think-tank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), states: “the United States needs all the friends it can find in the Gulf. It faces serious uncertainties in reshaping its security posture in the region as its forces depart from Iraq.


These include Iraq’s uncertain future political stance and government, the inability to predict Iranian actions and alignments, the uncertain outcome of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and uncertainties surrounding the success or failure of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Pakistan.” Viewed against this backdrop, for US policy makers the Saudi arms deal is part of a much broader regional policy that extends beyond the Gulf region.

The emergence of Turkey as an independent regional power will affect US hegemony in the region by eclipsing the last vestiges of “Arab power” that the US spent decades cultivating. The US and its authoritarian Arab clients realize that Turkey’s independent minded policies will bring it into conflict with the US-designed order in the Muslim world. Taking into considerations the historical animosity of the Saudi ruling family towards Istanbul of the Ottoman days and the strong national pride of the Turkish people, independent Turkey will at some point come head to head with the US installed puppets in Arabia.

Since Turkey’s military will no longer be available to serve US hegemonic interests in the region, Washington is trying to compensate for this weakness by arming its loyal vassals. This will bring Iran and Turkey even closer in their military partnership which will speed up US removal from the Middle East. It seems the Arab regimes are becoming a huge liability for US imperialism, but the US is too enmeshed with it to simply abandon its decades-long scheme called the “Arab power bloc.” The other factor, of course, is to protect zionist Israel, hence the frantic efforts to create a zionist-Arab front against Islamic Iran and in the not too distance future against Turkey as well.

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It seems time is approaching very fast... who will stay alive? Who will be among the 500 m to establish the new world order?

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It is erroneous to conclude that Russia’s troubles in the region will now decline. Most armed groups in the region operate autonomously and central leadership is looked upon as a formality rather than an operational necessity. In fact, if the movement did actually split into various armed factions, it will only complicate the work of Russian security forces. Decentralized armed groups are harder to combat and control even if they are easily manipulated politically.

The August 29 attack in Tsentoroi, headquarters of the Russian appointed administrator of Chechnya, demonstrates that resistance against Russian presence in the region is still very much alive. It is not yet clear if the attack led by 60 fighters was ordered by Umarov or by the three renegade commanders. No matter who ordered the attack, the message it sent out is definitely a powerful one. Russia is still at war and has problems securing its borders. It showed that Putin’s policies in the North Caucasus are not sustainable and the region is still Russia’s weak spot. The US and Israel will definitely make use of this factor to advance their own agenda in the region through their friends, the palace clergy of the Sheikhs with connections to the renegades.

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