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China…. Karakoram….. Pakistan

Many moons ago I made a prediction on the Karakoram China nexus. 

Here 

This was also a reason for the start of the Kargil war and the Siachen conflict. 

With the current situation in Pakistan, it is this close to become the next Afghanisthan.Floods, Terrorists, Drones,  Riots. Just watching what the nation has done to itself is a pleasure. Mhd Ali Jinnah (Quiad -e-Azam) must be rolling in his grave. 

Now everything I predicted  seems to be coming true..(don’t you just love when that happens? I must rename my self to the oracle or the soothsayer or something :D Although I cannot see my own future, but none the less) 

I don’t really understand, at times they say India steals its water, They the records prove it is the mis management on the part of the Pakistanis (well Duh!) 

Please see the video that I embedded. 

  

Pakistan does a back flip on India stealing water. 

  

Corruption is our right
  

I love this dude…he speaks his heart out!!!! 

Now Pakistan is flooded and they blame India for that. Too bad they cannot blame the jews for this 

 
 
 
 
 
 

  

India now trying to flood Lahore, alleges daily

 

 
 2010-08-28 17:30:00
India has caused the devastating floods in Pakistan by releasing excess water into the Satluj and Beas rivers and now is trying to inundate Lahore by pumping more water in the Ravi, an editorial in a Pakistani paper said Saturday.

Here 

 Anyway now coming back to the point, China and Karakoram. I was mentioning China was making a second port in gawder to take the gold copper and  mineral out of  Pakistan.  Here  

Now the chinese are smart, they do not want to keep all their eggs in one basket. They want alternatives to the ship route. they have seen in the past that the Indian navy has very effectively blocked the Pakistan ports and has brought things to a halt in the port .This can harm the Chinese manufacturing industry., So now they decided to make a road from all the way from Baluchistan to China via the Karakoram. please read my article on the karakoram highway kargil war and Siachen  here 

Now with Pakistan being in a Mess of a situation and the Army having no control over 80 % of the Pakistani land mass,  helping the Americans kill their own people, helping people in floods and killing innocent people in Baluchistan,  the Chinese decided to send their own people to protect their investment. 

While the world focuses on the flood-ravaged Indus River valley, a quiet geopolitical crisis is unfolding in the Himalayan borderlands of northern Pakistan, where Islamabad is handing over de facto control of the strategic Gilgit-Baltistan region in the northwest corner of disputed Kashmir to China. 

China wants a grip on the region to assure unfettered road and rail access to the Gulf through Pakistan. It takes 16 to 25 days for Chinese oil tankers to reach the Gulf. When high-speed rail and road links through Gilgit and Baltistan are completed, China will be able to transport cargo from Eastern China to the new Chinese-built Pakistani naval bases at Gwadar, Pasni and Ormara, just east of the Gulf, within 48 hours. 

Mystery surrounds the construction of 22 tunnels in secret locations where Pakistanis are barred. Tunnels would be necessary for a projected gas pipeline from Iran to China that would cross the Himalayas through Gilgit. But they could also be used for missile storage sites. 

  

The New York times 

To break it down for you , China has sent 11,000 of its soldiers to Baltistan and Gilgit  which are essentially marked in red, in this picture. 

The Region in red

The Region in red

 

 Now this regions is PoK 

PoK, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir

PoK, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir

 

So  what Pakistan is doing is “allowing” Chinese people to come in  PoK , which  Indians claim as theirs, And allowing the Chinese construct a High speed railway and a high way,  which will connect China to Iran and then to the Middle east. just to give you an idea how big this road will be, It will start some where in Bejing go via Tibet, to Pakistan, Iran and reach the middle east and then  probably Africa and all this bypassing India. They are restructiong the Silk route, this time by a high speed train link and now instead of trading  of silk they will be trading energy and chinese junk. 

Silk route

Silk route, Red is Land routes and the Blue is sea routes

 

Now, not only have they sent workers to do the jobs but they have also sent 11,000 army men to protect the workers from the local disturbances. 

The entire Pakistan-occupied western portion of Kashmir stretching from Gilgit in the north to Azad (Free) Kashmir in the south is closed to the world, in contrast to the media access that India permits in the eastern part, where it is combating a Pakistan-backed insurgency. But reports from a variety of foreign intelligence sources, Pakistani journalists and Pakistani human rights workers reveal two important new developments in Gilgit-Baltistan: a simmering rebellion against Pakistani rule and the influx of an estimated 7,000 to 11,000 soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army. 

The New York Times 

 This is essentially a problem and there is nothing Indians can do about it but to keep a ever more watchful eye on the Siachen glacier. 

Just wanted to pass a casual warning to you guys 

The Importance of Siachen glacier In context of the Karakorum glacier here

On the Chinese govt side, their economy is growing at  double figure, If i remember the agriculture industry in the soviet union grew in triple figures in the mid 60′s but in the end it eventually broke  like a wine glass with thousands of pieces every where, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine etc. Anyway, what i am trying to say it, The bigger they are the harder they fall. 

What is India doing? 

Well, With the incompetent Manmohan Singh and his foreign policy over China I cannot anything more  from him. Apart from building a few dams here and there in the Kashmir region, Nothing much. 

Please read ” Sleeping tiger, Crouching Dragon” by me.

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Brahmos Missile explained

What kind of name is Brahmos?

BrahMos was named after the rivers of the two countries taking part in developing of the cruise missile.

The initial name being taken from the river Brahmaputra  in India and the later part being taken from the River Moskov in Russia

And hence the name BrahMos.

What is Bhramos ?

BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. It is a joint venture between India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroeyenia who have together formed the BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited.

What is a Supersonic cruise missile?

A cruise missile is a guided missile that carries an explosive payload and uses a lifting wing and a propulsion system, usually a jet engine, to allow sustained flight; it is essentially a flying bomb. Cruise missiles are generally designed to carry a large conventional or nuclear warhead many hundreds of kilometers with high accuracy. Modern cruise missiles can travel at supersonic or high subsonic speeds, are self-navigating, and fly on a non-ballistic very low altitude trajectory to avoid radar detection.

Your wikipedia copy paste answer did not satisfy my query..answer it properly !

Think of this missile as a low flying Kamakazi jet plane…filled with bombs.These missiles travel very close to the surface of the earth and there fore avoid radar detection.These are guided by GPS on how to reach the destined path and hit the target

A video will help explain

In the later part of the video you will see that the missile just cruises along the terrain and is very close to the surface of the earth.

This is what a cruise missile is.

So what is a super sonic cruise missile?

These missiles travel faster than the speed of sound, usually using ramjet engines. The range is typically 100-500 km, but can be greater. Guidance systems vary.

What does  “Guidance systems vary” mean?

Because these missile travel so close to the ground and they turn to avoid obstacles like trees and buildings they need a eye in the sky.They also need to have pin point description of their location so that they can accelerate or decelerate their speeds.

A global positioning system is used to provide this to the Cruise missile.

Here the problem is that the GPS is owned by the US and they can turn it off at their time and will and hence forth we cannot rely on them.

We are developing our own version of the GPS called Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS)

It should be done by 2011.And yes it will guide the Brahmos in event of a war.


Anything  else I need to know?

Well you might be interested in the fact that Bhramos 2 has been developed and tested and is curently being inducted in the Indian Army

here is a test video of it.

Hope you like it

BrahMos II is a hypersonic cruise missile that has been lab tested with a speed of 5.26 Mach making it the fastest cruise missile in the world. BrahMos II is expected to be ready by 2013-14 and will arm the Project 15B destroyers of the Indian Navy.


Bhramos 2 to be inducted by 2011

I want to see it in action !

Okay here is a video of it in action.

Please skip to 0:53 seconds for the actual test.

You can see how accurate the missile is.
It hits the triangly thing in the wall.

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ATV…. Almost done

ATV

Okay as far as my last posts on ATV

Post 1

Post 2

And now this… the ATV is about to near its completion

You know what this mean….India can build any amount of nuclear Submarines at its will any time it wants.

If it want it will throw down a array of nuclear armed  nuclear submarines  on the ocean floor of china.

Just patiently waiting like a sniper for his prey to emerge…

I am too enthusiastic i guess

But they three are already on their way

And i think i have mentioned about Shaurya which is a silo based missile they can be used as a  SLBM (Submarine launched ballistic missiles).

Well the good news does not end here.It gets better.Here is the catch.

The main  hitch ( i read it some where ) in making the ATV  was the integration of  PWR (Pressurized water reactor) in other words the nuclear reactor, small enough to fit into the submarine. Now with that done we can use the same technology to power  a aircraft carrier .

We currently have a aircraft carrier being made in India here is a link

So what i mean is once this project is finished we can integrate the PWR inside a aircraft carrier and whola …. a nuclear powered Aircraft carrier.

I know it not so simple but then ,,, I am so happy.

I wonder what they will name the new nuclear powered submarines.

All the names have been taken up i guess.Lets see

NEW DELHI, Feb 12 (Reuters) – India’s project to construct three nuclear-powered submarines at a southern India naval base is near completion, officials said on Thursday. “Things are in the final stage now,” A.K. Antony, India’s defence minister, told reporters in the southern city of Bangalore.

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NDA wish list 1

Now call this wishful thinking or what ever you may ..these are the things i want the BJP led NDA to do when ever it comes to power in the  center,Hopefully very soon

This post is very long and hence forth i decide to divide it into parts

1.Uss Kitty Hawk

India currently has only one aircraft carrier namely INS Virat….. one more is being built and named as Ins vikramaditya…well i was hoping india could get the USS kitty hawk which is soon to be decommissioned . Then india will be having three aircraft carriers

Well i hear there were strings attached to the Uss Kitty hawk carrier

US will refurbish and give the aircraft carrier to India for free provided india purchase 60 F 18 Hornet.@ US $57 million each

How ever this will not be feasible because i think any sale of more than a billion dollars will have to come under transfer of technology and i don’t think that US will give trillions of dollars of R&D for billions

Lets wait and see if the BJP can do anything about it

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Reports: Russian accident sub intended for India

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081110/ap_on_…6HhzjPN83wQr7sF

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press Writer

MOSCOW – India’s navy was supposed to lease the brand-new Russian nuclear submarine that suffered an accident over the weekend which killed 20 people, news reports said Monday.

An Indian naval spokesman would not comment Monday on leasing this or any submarine from Russia — but his boss has said previously that India was interested.

The Akula-class sub was undergoing trials in the Sea of Japan when its fire-extinguishing system activated in error, spewing Freon gas that suffocated the victims and injured 21 others.

Russia’s navy said the submarine itself was not damaged in Saturday’s accident and returned to its Pacific coast port Sunday under its own power.

Russia’s top business dailies Kommersant and Vedomosti reported Monday that the Nerpa was to be handed over to India’s navy next year under a 10-year, $650-million lease.

India previously leased a nuclear-powered submarine from the Soviet Union in 1988-1991, and India’s navy chief, Adm. Sureesh Mehta, was quoted as saying that India was negotiating with Moscow to lease two Russian nuclear submarines, the first of which could arrive next year.

Armed with cruise missiles capable of hitting targets 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles) away, Akula-class subs are considered the quietest and deadliest of Russian attack submarines. A sub of that class could unsettle the military balance of power in Asia, dramatically bolstering India’s navy capability as it jockeys with China for influence over energy supply routes in the Indian Ocean.

Phone calls to China’s defense and foreign ministries seeking comment rang unanswered Monday night.

Vedomosti quoted an unidentified shipping industries official as saying the sub was intended for India’s navy, which has already named it the Chakra.

Indian naval spokesman Cmdr. Nirad Sinha would not confirm whether the Nerpa was to be leased and said no Indians were on board the submarine when the accident occurred.

“It’s a Russian submarine, and any concerns are Russian concerns,” Sinha told The Associated Press.

Indian news reports said Monday the submarine was to join the southern Asian country’s navy in August. The Indian Express newspaper also reported that Indian sailors had been scheduled to head to Russia later this month for on-board training.

Kommersant, meanwhile, quoted an unnamed shipyard official as saying the delivery of the submarine to India, originally set for August 2007, had been postponed twice already.

As investigators tried to determine what activated the firefighting system, Russian naval experts said overcrowding and human errors may have contributed to the accident.

The Nerpa had 208 people aboard when the accident occurred, including 81 seamen, according to the navy. Akula-class subs normally carry a crew of 73.

Retired submarine Capt. Alexander Pokrovsky said in a commentary that sea trials often pose increased safety risks.

Pokrovsky also criticized Freon-based fire-extinguishing systems, saying they are dangerous for the crew and need to be replaced with safer equipment.

Individual breathing kits should have saved the crew, but some former submariners said civilian shipyard workers usually have little experience in using them. Seventeen of those killed in the accident were civilians, the Russian navy said.

“Civilians were supposed to undergo training, but it usually is pretty informal,” said Igor Kurdin, who heads an association of former submariners. He speculated the fire system could have been triggered by something as simple as someone smoking a cigarette near a safety gauge.

Some commentators also speculated there might not have been enough individual breathing kits for all those aboard during the test.

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