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India unveils Naval blueprint for Indian Ocean dominance
Saturday, 3 December 2005 - 5:30 AM SL Time
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INDIA announced yesterday ambitious acquisition plans for its Navy and said the new military hardware would give it greater clout in the strategic energy corridors of the Indian Ocean.
It also said the Indian Navy, besides constructing or buying ships, submarines and aircraft, was also building ties with countries in the region to expand its bluewater reach in the Indian Ocean.
`The Indian Ocean is now the highway along which over a quarter of the world`s trade and energy requirements move,` Indian Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash told a news conference in New Delhi.
`The Asia-Pacific region holds immense promise for political, economic and military cooperation and the vital role maritime forces play in this regard makes the Indian Navy a key component of the nation`s foreign policy.`
The 137-ship navy played an international role during last December`s tsunami last December when New Delhi deployed its warships to help Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
Analysts saw the move as a bid by India, which rejected Western bilateral offers of help during the tsunami, to project itself as a regional power with off-shore military strength.
`It became our defining moment as people could perceive the speed with we could react (to the tsumani),` Prakash said of the operation to help victims in two foreign countries as well as in India`s far-flung Andamans archipelago.
`The exercises we undertook with various navies in the past year underline the theme that we have reached out far into the Indian Ocean region,` he added.
The Navy has already handed out contracts for construction of 27 vessels to state-owned ship-builders and has embarked on its grandest mission to indigenously build an aircraft carrier, Prakash said.
`We`re reducing dependence on foreign suppliers to cut down revenue drain and uncertainties in supplies,` he said, adding that a recent 2.1 billion-dollar deal to acquire six French Scorpene submarines would enhance naval strength.
`There are 36 more ships on the cards and I don`t think there is any navy in the world which currently has such a large project in hand,` he said.
`India aspires to a certain position in the world and so we must have a navy commensurate to our needs,` he said, adding New Delhi has asked Russia, its largest military supplier, to provide three latest destroyer-class warships.
Senior military officials said the Navy was also shopping for 30 long-range helicopters to replace its British-built Sea King rotorcraft and was awaiting a US offer to lease to India two anti-submarine warfare P-3 Orion aircraft.
`We have not yet received the offer for the Orions and we think it could turn out to be a very costly project,` the admiral said.
The Navy was also awaiting delivery of a refurbished Soviet-era aircraft carrier from the Russians as well a wide-bodied Illushyn-76 aircraft - re-configured for maritime surveillance.
Admiral Prakash said the Navy, which has bases in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, was also working on a complex project to link up its warships and submarines via satellite.
`We`ve taken small steps in this major direction as this is a very complex and expensive project,` he said, adding the navy would fund construction of an exclusive satellite for the project if necessary.
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AnuD
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3 Dec 2005 05:15:40 GMT Report for Abuse
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| I am sure LTTEers would say that India is scared of LTTE high speed catamarans. |
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3 Dec 2005 12:21:10 GMT Report for Abuse
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India knows that there will be a ferry service from Eelam to India . They are being proactive and cornering this market early.
The current economic policy in India will encourage private companies to provide such a service. However, most shares will also be bought by citizens of Eelam. I can also see a large demand to Hotels near the ferry port in Eelam too. |
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3 Dec 2005 12:59:44 GMT Report for Abuse
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Tamils and Sinhalese must unite together when its come to India.India can swallow lanka easily with its massive mouth.
India's advantage of it will be , srilanka refusing to recognize eelam,it has always been the case of India from the beginning.divide and rule.Sinhalese only have to look for clues within them self to combat India.
(very recent example is the p-tom,why Tamils cannot live with Sinhalese and the racism do really exist even now,when its come to humanitarian ,you don't categorize.after all ltte is citizens of lanka at the moment)
India is moving closer towards its goal,where lanka moved to the edge of India's massive mouth.Sinhalese for their convenient, dragging us towards India is the pain.
India is comforting the sinhala leaders that they will be an an umbrella and safe guard the sovereignty of lanka.sinhala leaders will only realize when they hand over lanka to India willingly.mean while India will play and create the best situation for sinhala leaders to do so.
the situation they create will always be a pain full one and lanka unable to stand on its own feet.
easy to rescue. |
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3 Dec 2005 13:25:36 GMT Report for Abuse
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Tigeress19
You are absolutely correct, Countries compete against each other to provide the best for their citizens. In that process they play so many political games. Its the politicians responsibility recognise these traps and guide the nation.
However, Shri Lankan politics have been about personal gains to the politicians and they do not act in the interest of the citizens.
There are even rumors that MR jointly owns properties in Bangalore. I am not sure how true that is.
Even if Shri Lanka cannot stand on its own MR will be able live happily ever after. |
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3 Dec 2005 13:54:42 GMT Report for Abuse
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Vagabond:
Do not use the word EELAM. You are misinformed. Sri lanka is ILANKAI, I suppose in tamil.
You are talking about a fortified criminal camp located in north mostly for targeted killings, drug and weapon smuggling and international criminal activities.
If India wants to swallow countries around it, India would not create bangladesh.
Some how with the new world order and the economic reality no one can stop creating a huge economic block with India at the center which is good for Asia.
It will be a different Indian empire.
Edited By - AnuD - 3 Dec 2005 13:57:37 GMT |
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3 Dec 2005 14:05:26 GMT Report for Abuse
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Vagabond,
you are correct too,the sinhala politicians are there to make money for them self.recently CBK went on a £10ml spending spree.
Indians are fooling sinhala leaders and the western world with the signed 'indo-lanka' accord just to keep the west out of lanka.
we Tamils are wondering with our hand on our hip,how these spineless Sinhalese not only betrayed us but also their own kins and kiths. |
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3 Dec 2005 14:17:33 GMT Report for Abuse
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AnuD,
Leaving the issue of separate state a side,
'Eelam' is also another name used in Tamil for Ceylon or Sri Lanka, like Ilankai.
What LTTE wants, is 'Tamil Eelam'.
No offence meant,
Kula
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3 Dec 2005 14:28:23 GMT Report for Abuse
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AnuD
I respect you and I will not use the word 'Eelam' oops!! I did it again. If you are happy I will use ANEL short for 'Autonomous North and East of Lanka'.
Bangladesh was created by Indra Gandhi to solve a problem. Now its time to create a ANEL to solve this problem. |
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3 Dec 2005 14:48:08 GMT Report for Abuse
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Hahahahahha
heheheheehe
hohohohohoh
nadaraja the real tamil .wellcome to this forum.
nearly fell down from my chair laughing.
Edited By - tigeress19 - 3 Dec 2005 14:49:22 GMT |
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3 Dec 2005 16:45:17 GMT Report for Abuse
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I dont know about you guys, but India's policies towards the military dominance etc is something SL should be very aware of. I am not suggesting we should be declaring war and that is a primitive thinking. But the Indian interference in SL politics, policies etc is something all communities should view with suspicion.
I have had very constructive discussions with Tamil members here about the Sethu project. That is an enormous environmental threat to the north east and every Sri lankan should look at that project in that sense. It is also an economic threat as Colombo harbor will lose all transshipment business.
I have not heard any SL politician raising concerns about this project. Of course it will make the life difficult to the LTTE. Just because it is bad for the LTTE, we can not ignore the massive environmntal and economic damage it causes to the country as a whole. |
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