India: China, I see your little boat show and ...
... I raise you a deployment. Via Reuters;
The Indian navy is prepared to deploy vessels to the South China
Sea to protect India's oil interests there, the navy chief said on
Monday amid growing international fears over the potential for naval
clashes in the disputed region.
India has sparred diplomatically with China
in the past over its gas and oil exploration block off the coast of
Vietnam. China claims virtually the entire mineral-rich South China Sea
and has stepped up its military presence there. Other nations such as
Vietnam, Philippines and Malaysia have competing claims.
Indian state-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has a stake in a gas field in the Nam Con Son basin, off Vietnam's south coast.
Indian
Navy Chief Admiral D.K Joshi said while India was not a claimant in the
dispute over territorial rights in the South China Sea, it was prepared
to act, if necessary, to protect its maritime and economic interests in
the region.
"When the requirement
is there, for example, in situations where our country's interests are
involved, for example ONGC ... we will be required to go there and we
are prepared for that," Joshi told
Indians have a habit of writing checks with their mouths that their fists can't cash. Indias only active carrier is active in name only being stuck in drydock and with only 70s vintage unupgraded barriers. Their military shipyards managed to commission a grand total of 3 frigates in the last decade compared to Chinas 18 and that is not including destroyers or submarines or any other major surface combatants. The Indian navy actually enjoyed superiority over the plan as recently as of the beginning of 2000 but that's now gone to the dogs. projected into the future the disparity is only growing. India's capability of using force in China's backyard is fast approaching zero.
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