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China’s Defense Minister said recently that his country is preparing for conflict “in every direction”. As per him, “our military will push forward preparations for military conflict in every strategic direction.”
Why because: “We may be living in peaceful times, but we can never forget war, never send the horses south or put the bayonets and guns away,”
There are many fronts on which China could have a fight on its hands. Japan and Taiwan to the East (along with US) and India on the South, and US globally. The fight can have economic and military manifestation.
From the global scale warfare China’s preparation includes:(sources: Telegraph)
War Games between US and China are always planned by various people, like this attempt by Popular Mechanics.
Against India, it is making extensive preparations. From airbases, to road network to railway lines, work is underway on every front. For most part of the past 3 decades, China has used Pakistan as its vassal state, which has been doing its biding at the expense of its own existence. Most of the weapons – Nuclear and otherwise – with Pakistan are now from China. Having said that, there is a clear danger of Pakistan unravelling and collapsing on itself. Also since US is in Afghanistan and Pakistan, if a war situation occurs where the forces align, then it is more than likely that India will align with the US this time, and Pakistan aligns with China. In such a scenario, it will be important for China to hurt India. Therefore, it has already started planning its strategic assets around India as well. Some of these are:
India, though lethargic, slow and inefficient in its reply, has made some preparations on its Eastern Border with China. A look at some of the preparations is the list below.
Irrespective of what the Governments and the politicians of the two countries keep harping on, the truth is that India and China have competing interests and there is a real possibility of a military stand off. If the time is not right – of global showdown – the chances are that US may not fully align with India due to its own commercial interests in China. The regional and global equations will play a large role, but India will need to stand on its own feet at that time.
What do you think, would we see a real war between India and China? If yes, then how will the alignments work?
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