closer relations with India of paramount import.
Posted on 11/26/2005 5:57:28 PM PST by Dyaus Pitar
India has decided on a synergised land and air-based missile defence system, and the US, Russia, France and Israel would be invited as technology partners, should they agree, and on the Indian side, DRDO, ISRO and BARC will participate.
Following a US presentation weeks ago, the government mulled the offer of outright purchase of a missile defence system, and rejected it, given the peculiar nature of the threat to India, with in-flight missile time from Pakistan being merely 3.50 minutes and from China seven minutes.
After considerable brainstorming, the government has decided to split the missile defence system with a land- and air-based component, while the naval element has been left out because of its obviously offensive characteristic.
Under the new thinking, India will not export whole systems from the US or another country, but would invite them for technological participation, and informally, the US, France, Israel and Russia have been intimated, although officials expressed doubts if the US would participate, whose export offer expires at the month-end.
The other countries see this as an opportunity to build stakes with the Indian military establishment, and India has internally rejected an argument of lowered threat levels from Pakistan because of the dialogue process, and because of peaceful relations with China, on the grounds that these needn’t sustain out.
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Thanks for posting this. DI is a good site.
It's hard to believe just how important India's recent actions are for both freedom in the world and for the US in particular.
This is another sign that India understands how the world works and what can be done to make it a better place.
For decades the US has endured ridicule from many sides for an attempt to build a missle shield, first at the tactical level, and then at the theater and strategic levels.
India's actions to build a shield of their own - and invite the other powerful nations of the world to join - will only improve and speed the creation of workable counter-weapons.
As a reward, I think we should give to India the oil under the Arabian peninsula and send the camel herders of the house of Saud back to the oasis they came from.
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