Partial war looming between China, India?, Military suggests border dispute is 'threat' to Beijing Options

[Swordmaker]

Partial war looming between China, India?

A border dispute could become the spark that launches China and India into a military conflict, with Chinese strategists resurrecting the concept of a "partial war" to recover what they call "Southern Tibet," the region India calls "Arunachal Pradesh," according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

The area in northeast India has a 650-mile unfenced border with China, which lays claim to the region and refers to it as Southern Tibet.

Some of the threats are emanating from Chinese publications that reflect the opinion of the Chinese leadership without making official comments.

For example, the China Institute of International Strategic Studies, or IISS, has said it visualizes "two crises" for the People's Liberation Army in the immediate future. One was the succession in the North Korean leadership should Kim Jong-Il die.

The other was India's continued presence in territory China claims as its own.

Keep in touch with the most important breaking news stories about critical developments around the globe with Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, the premium, online intelligence news source edited and published by the founder of WND.

India regards Arunachal Pradesh as the 24th state in the Indian Union. Yet China still claims much of it as part of the Tibet Autonomous Region and may be prepared to launch an action to regain it.

Ironically, the veiled threat comes at a time when China looks upon its relationship with India as being in the "best period" of their joint history.

Called the "land of the rising sun," Arunachal Pradesh means "land of the dawn lit mountains," since it is in the Himalayas.

The Burma Road, known to have helped supply China during World War II, passes through the region. Burma, or Myanmar, borders on the East.

The 650-mile Chinese-Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh is separated by the so-called McMahon Line, also known as the Line of Actual Control.

The dispute dates back to the time India was ruled by Britain, whose officials in 1914 held a conference over the boundary. In 1962, China and India fought a serious border war, with Chinese troops advancing well into Arunachal Pradesh but later withdrawing. The region flared up again in 1986.

Now, the region is becoming a focal point again.

A Chinese military website that reflects official positions observed that the border issue may be symbolic of how India looks upon China as the "greatest obstacle" to its rise.

The website suggested that the border dispute over Southern Tibet constitutes a security threat to China and that Beijing may need to adopt a strategy to weaken control of the Indian central government.

(WorldNetDaily: Partial war looming between China, India?)

[yhellothar]

Is it really worth fighting over that piece of land?

[mkfk1]

The PLA have their own shares of warhawks. But TW is still more important then this "southern tibet".

[Chinese DesertFo...]

Another alarmist.

China won't take unilateral action.

[YoMama]

India vs China on Military Strength - Conventional and Nuclearhttp://www.abythelibal.com/international...ntional-nuclear

wtf ??? 0.5 megatons ?????????

that is by far the weirdest thing i have ever read

the article was most probably written in the 16th century. in this modern day and age nobody has that small yield.
if you have nuclear weapons and have successfully tested a nuclear weapon it is childs play to change the yield from 1
megaton to 4 or 5 megatons. all you gotta do is change the yield, make it more.

the part about the delivery systems is completely wrong as well, their missile the agni 3 which was successfully test
fired several times has a range of 3500 km or more and is capable of targeting every major chinese city.
but frankly speaking if you wanted to fire a missile anywhere from the north of india to reach beijing or shangai you wouldn't
even need a missile of that range. you would probably only need a range of 1500 or less. even their missile shaurya
that has a range of 600 km when fired from the north has the capability of hitting targets deep within china.
the article also fails to mention that the indians have enriched enough uranium for another 1000 nuclear weapons.

another important point that the article fails to mention is the nuclear deal between india and america, everybody knows that
americans just acted as if they were strict but in reality they have given high yield nuclear missiles to india.
i think the point of this article is to push china and india into a suicide mission

This post has been edited by YoMama: Feb 21 2009, 01:59 AM

[Swordmaker]

‘US and India must check China’s arsenal build-up’

US expert claims China planning to use moon as military base

NEW DELHI: A United States strategist on Saturday called for a greater Indo-US collaboration in defence and satellite technology to check China, which has gone overboard to sharpen its military arsenal.

Rick Fisher, senior fellow on Asian Military Affairs at the Washington-based International Assessment and Strategy Centre, raised concerns by giving a detailed presentation on China’s threat to the world and countries around it. Describing the Taliban and China as the greatest threats to world stability, he called on India and other world powers not to ignore evidences.

Speaking to a selected gathering of academics and strategists at the Observer Research Foundation, he claimed the Chinese International Department had remained in touch with the Taliban so much so that just ahead of the 9/11 attacks, Beijing was close to recognising the Taliban-rule in Afghanistan. He said the world had no choice but to plan countervailing capabilities and respond to the Chinese military build-up.

Plans: Fisher alleged that China was planning to use the moon as a military base to take over space, which was a direct threat to India’s 2015 lunar mission.

Suggesting that India should focus on launching micro and mini satellites, the American scholar offered his government’s cooperation to help India’s adventures into space, including the lunar mission.

Giving his presentation he said China’s military budget for 2008 was increased by 17.6 percent to 417.8 billion yuan or about $58.8 billion.

He said though China’s main objective was to develop firepower to overwhelm Taiwan in the event of a conflict, the larger aim was to seek a global role. Fisher added that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) possessed a growing fleet of nuclear and diesel submarines, had 650-730 mobile ballistic missiles, and was working on aerial refuelling for a significant percentage of its 2,600 combat aircraft.

Daily Times: ‘US and India must check China’s arsenal build-up’

[Suijen]

China's gonna use the moon as a base? Really, that's good $hit.