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  • India to open first military base on non-Indian territory

    Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/a...how/869687.cms


    NEW DELHI: India's first-ever military outpost on foreign soil, located at Farkhor, about 10 km outside Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe, is ready to become operational by this year-end, without any fanfare.

    Reliable sources in the government say the Indian Air Force (IAF) is pressing for an early decision on a suitable aircraft to be stationed at this military base. Operational requirements stipulate at least two squadrons to be stationed there.

    Logically, experts say, IAF could opt for MiG-29s that are already in its inventory and can be flown in and out of the region.

    Although Indian officials are not willing to discuss the importance of the Farkhor military base, foreign analysts have noted that the acquisition of the military base in Tajikistan would certainly give the Indian armed forces a longer strategic reach.

    Defence sources describe it as a "modern" military base where 95 per cent of the infrastructure is in place. The runway, the blast pans and the control tower are ready.

    The Army is also into this exercise, having operated a military hospital there, basically to nurse the Northern Alliance soldiers who fought the Taliban regime in neighbouring Afghanistan between 1997 and 2001.

    It was to this hospital that Ahmed Shah Massoud, the last of the anti-Taliban resistance leader, was brought dead after Al-Qaida's emissaries, posing as TV journalists, killed him in an explosion three years ago.

    The base is the outcome of considerable behind-the-scene work by the MEA, clinched after the US, which marked a big military presence in Central Asia in the wake of 9/11, preferred not to establish a base.

    Work by then defence minister George Fernandes led to a bilateral agreement being signed in 2002 during then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit to Tajikistan.

    Even before 9/11, Tajik President Emamoli Rakhmanov has been visiting India. The two countries share common security threat perceptions.

    Although Russia's 82nd Motorised Division guards the Tajik border with Afghanistan, the bilateral agreement stipulates the presence of both Indian Army and IAF personnel who will also assist in warding off any threat to Tajikistan.
    What of it ?

    Some analysts say that this is part of a larger Indian initiative to encircle Pakistan , and isolate it in case of war . This will also extend Indian influence to a much larger extent into the Middle East .

  • #2
    Maybe India also wants to limit China's influence in central Asia?
    The enemy cannot push a button if you disable his hand.

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    • #3
      Well , we want to limit everyone's influence everywhere , just that China is the most urgent .

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      • #4
        I think Pakistan is the obvious target- India is better off trying to make nice with China and lessen Chinese support for Pakistan.
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        • #5
          This will be the first of many.

          Indian power will grow as it's economic strength improves - when you adjust for the discrepancies in the statistics India's economy is probably growing as fast as china's (6% a year), it's share of US GDP is already 29% putting it close to Japan's 34%.
          By 2030 India will likely be in the same economic position, vis-a-vis the USA, as China is today (i.e. with 60% of the US's GDP, although by then China's economy is likely to be the same size as America's)
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          • #6
            Europeans and Americans have got about 20 years left to shape the direction of world politics. After that, we'll have to share power and influence with others.

            End of an era

            Can't remember where I read that, but its an interesting thought

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            • #7
              Europeans affect world politics?
              John Brown did nothing wrong.

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              • #8
                They annoy Americans.
                I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
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                • #9
                  I hope India is the next superpower. Curry beats McDonalds anyday.
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                  Do It Ourselves

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                  • #10
                    Yes, but Hollywood trumps Bollywood.
                    I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
                    For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Zulu Elephant
                      Europeans and Americans have got about 20 years left to shape the direction of world politics. After that, we'll have to share power and influence with others.

                      End of an era

                      Can't remember where I read that, but its an interesting thought
                      I expect one if not several ( civil )wars to happen in that region. They haven't caught us yet.
                      Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
                      Then why call him God? - Epicurus

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by DinoDoc
                        Yes, but Hollywood trumps Bollywood.
                        Only just though..
                        Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
                        Then why call him God? - Epicurus

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                        • #13
                          Give us a bit of time . . . .

                          The latest crop of movies is better than the last , though . Just you wait .





















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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by DinoDoc
                            They annoy Americans.
                            And soon it will be you Americans who are annoying to the coming world's superpowers: China and India
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                            Anti-bush and anti-Bush.
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                            • #15
                              It's not "annoying" when you still have the ability to turn their entire country into a parking lot.

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