Chinese incursion caught on tape

First time in the television history, Chinese troops were caught on tape intruding in the Indian space at Indo-China border near Taiwan in Arunachal Pradesh.22 Aug 2013, 6:35PM IST

     

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videoshow/21951752.cms

In yet another face-off with Indian soldiers, Chinese troops had come more than 20 kilometres inside Indian territory in Chaglagam area of Arunachal Pradesh on August 13 and stayed there for over two days.

However, the Army Headquarters sought to play down the incursion, saying the Chinese troops have gone back to their areas and such incidents keep taking place as both sides enter areas claimed by the other side while patrolling the disputed Line of Actual Control (LAC).

People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops had come over 20 kms inside Indian-claimed territory in Chaglagam area of Arunachal Pradesh and after they were stopped by the Indian troops, the two sides showed banners to each other to leave the area, sources said here.

However, the two sides held to their positions and the Chinese soldiers left after staying put for two-three days, they said.

The area falls under the 2 Division of the Army and the deputy commander of the formation had also intervened to resolve the issue, they said.

The sources said paramilitary force Indo-Tibetan Border Police is also present in the area to guard the LAC there.

In April, Chinese troops had entered 19 kms deep inside the Indian Territory and pitched their tents in Depsang plains in Ladakh. They returned after a three-week stand-off and several rounds of hectic parleys between the top officials of the two countries.

In the last eight months, Army sources said there have been over 150 incursions by the Chinese side and that Indian troops also enter areas claimed by them during patrolling.

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First Chinese stealth drone 'ready' for test flight

The Chinese military is making preparations for the inaugural flight test of its newly designed unmanned combat vehicle, bringing the Asian powerhouse into the stealth technology race, Chinese media report.

China’s first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), known as the Lijian ('sharp sword'), is designed jointly by the Hongdu Aviation Industry Group and Shenyang Aviation Corporation. The project was launched in 2009 and the drone's first ground test was conducted on December 13 last year.

The Lijian, which makes China the third country to possess stealth drone capabilities, is now ready for flight testing, China Aviation News reported on Friday.

More:http://rt.com/news/china-military-drone-stealth-russia-142/

China's first aircraft carrier enters service

The Liaoning was named after a province in north-eastern China

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19710040

The Liaoning was formally handed over to the navy at a ceremony attended by top Chinese leaders at Dalian Port, state-run Xinhua news agency said."Having the aircraft carrier enter the ranks will be of important significance in raising the overall fighting capacity of our nation's navy to a modern level," China's Defence Ministry said in a statement.The vessel will "increase [China's] capacity to defend, develop its capacity to co-operate on the high seas in dealing with non-traditional security threats and will be effective in defending the interests of state sovereignty, security and development", it added.The official commissioning of the country's first aircraft carrier signals China's status as a rising power, says the BBC's Damian Grammaticas in Beijing.The Chinese military confirmed in June 2011 that it was being refitted to serve as the nation's first aircraft carrier.Analysts say it will take years to outfit the carrier with aircraft and make it fully operational. But Chinese officials say that the Liaoning advances the country's military modernisation."The development of aircraft carriers is an important part of China's national defense modernization, in particular its naval forces, and this aircraft carrier is an essential stepping stone toward its own more advanced aircraft carriers in the future," China's Rear Admiral Yang Yi wrote in state-run China Daily newspaper.

The carrier will be mostly used "for scientific research and training missions" so China could build "a more advanced aircraft carrier platform in the future", he added.

 
Designation: CV
Length: 992 ft
Width: 237 ft
Beam: 116 ft                                                       More:
Displacement: 65,000 tons                   http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/varyag.htm 
Propulsion: 8 boilers, 4 shafts
Speed: 32 knots
Crew: 2,500
Airwing: 
- 26 Fighter/Attack (J15)
- 4 AEW Helo
- 18 other Helo
Armament:
- 4 x 18 cell FL-3000N (72 missiles)
- 3 x 30mm Type 1030 CIWS
- 2 x 240mm ASW launchers (10 barrels ea)
- 4 x Decoy/Chaff (24 barrels ea)
Elevators: 2
Ships in class: 1

First flight of Chengdu J-XX [J-20] prototype, 11th January, 2011

PLA-AF- J 20

The Chengdu J-20 (Jian-20; simplified Chinese: 歼-二零; traditional Chinese: 殲-二零; pinyin: Jiān èr líng) is a purported^[5]fifth-generation, stealth, twin-engine fighter aircraft prototype developed by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group for the ChinesePeople's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).^[6][7] In late 2010, the J-20 underwent high speed taxiing tests. The J-20 made its first flight on 11 January 2011.^[8][9] General He Weirong, Deputy Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force said in November 2009 that he expected the J-20 to be operational in 2017–2019

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengdu_J-20

http://www.ausairpower.net/pla-air-pwr.html

China thus became the third nation in the world to "develop and test-fly a full-size stealth combat aircraft demonstrator", after the United States and Russia.^[23] The Guardianreported that experts, on the one hand, expressed "surprise" at the speed with which the aircraft was developed, but on the other hand "said the country's military prowess was still relatively backward and way behind that of the US" and that its military interests were limited to its region.

US 7th fleet base in Bangladesh?- Times now.

A secret meeting was held in Bangladesh between the US and Bangladesh authorities to discuss US Marine Corps assistance to Bangladesh in surveying and managing its borders with India. The goal is being shown as identifying routes of movement of terrorists and religious extremists. But in fact there is a deeper context. According to The Bangladesh Today:
Source: http://rezwanul.blogspot.in/2008/07/us-military-base-in-bangladesh.html
A likely place to allow camping of the US Soldiers is the Korean EPZ in Chittagong. The KEPZ has not gone into operation and acres of land are barren in the protected areas, where construction work is going for an airport runaway. It is learnt the former US Ambassador Buetenis who is now deputy head of the US Embassy in Iraq made several trips to Bangladesh recently, only to evaluate progress of works for this camp.The question is will Bangladesh be turned into a launching pad for the US for its military forays in the neighborhood?

Indian Navy inducts n-powered attack submarine -INS Chakra-II

The Indian Navy Wednesday inducted a Russian-origin nuclear submarine, INS Chakra, into its fleet Apr 4, giving its underwater combat capabilities much-needed muscle and becoming the sixth navy in the world to operate such a vessel.

The Akula-II class submarine "K-152 Nerpa" renamed INS Chakra-II is on a 10-year lease from Russia at a cost of nearly $1 billion. .Induction of the nuclear submarine is to strengthen our national security and maritime security. It will strengthen the Indian Navy to meet any challenge in the maritime security."

More:http://www.indiastrategic.in/topstories1440_Indian_Navy_inducts_n-powered_submarine.htm
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US,RUSSIA,French,China top leader visiting INDIA

Source: Global Times [08:10 November 02 201.

By Hao Zhou.

Presidents of the US, France and Russia, and possibly China, are planning to visit India and bring the country huge commercial contracts in the next two months, the Times of India reported Monday.

US President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit India this weekend, with commercial deals worth $15 billion between the US and India.

Beleaguered at home, French President Nicholas Sarkozy will visit India from December 6 and sign a billion-dollar deal to upgrade Mirage fighter planes owned by India's air force

Following Sarkozy, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is also expected to sign a slew of defense deals and reaffirm an old friendship with India

At a meeting in Hanoi on Friday, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao also said he was considering a visit to India at the end of this year on an invitation by his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh.

"Leaders of world powers just happened to visit India one after another in a short period, but it doesn't mean India's international influence has virtually improved," Fu Xiaoqiang, a researcher of South Asian Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, told the Global Times.

"India has developed rapidly in past years, and it has already been recognized as a nuclear power. Then the desire of a few nationalists in India to let the country be a pole in the multilateral world starts to inflate," Fu said. "However, compared with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, India is only bigger than Russia in terms of economy."

‘Art of War’ and ‘Principles of War’

China continues to be driven by Sun Tzu’s philosophy. Sun Tzu had said:-

• For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence.
• Those skilled in war subdue the enemy’s army without battle.
• The height of strategic wisdom is to avoid all conflicts and entanglements from which there are no realistic exits.
• Ideal winning is winning without bloodshed. By playing with psychological weaknesses of the opponent, by manoeuvering enemy to precarious position, by inducing feeling of frustration and confusion, a strategist can get the other side to break down mentally before surrendering physically or psychologically.
• Wisdom lies in defeating the strategy rather than the military.

China is doing nothing new but following the ‘Art of War’ and ‘Principles of War’ laid down by Sun Tzu. It is waging war on India without field armies. The intent is clear — to subdue India without fighting a war.

More:http://www.indiandefencereview.com/2010/06/unpredictable-china-are-we-prepared.html

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