U.S. Creating 400,000 Strong Military Force for Asia-Pacific War on China - Russian Intelligence Chief
As the Joe Biden administration makes countering China its primary foreign policy priority, it has drastically increased military activities in the East and South China Seas and escalated efforts to create a power bloc to maintain American hegemony in the region.
Russian Intelligence Chief reported that United
States has created a 400,000 strong force for the Asia Pacific to target China.
The Pentagon plans to create a task force in the Pacific
specifically aimed at containing China in south and east Asia by 2024, and will
set up two brigades for cyber operations by 2028. Hypersonic missiles will also
be deployed to the region by that time.
China became the world’s largest economy in 2017, and has
been the primary focus of American military attentions since 2010. China has
notably outspent the US in new military acquisitions from 2020 due to its far
larger industrial base.
China’s J20 stealth fighter, for example, has a research
of development cost before entering service of just $4.5 billion - while its
lighter American rival the F35 cost approximately $55.
This discrepancy has forced the US to rely on building
coalitions to try to maintain a balance of power in the region that favours
American and Western interests.
DRDO set to back in action with ‘Agni Prime’ test
scheduled next week
DRDO will be carrying out a trial of the brand New
missile that will be called ”Agni Prime” that is an improved variant of the
Agni-1. The short range ballistic missile will have a range of 1000 to 1500 kilometers.
Agni Prime will be a Canister based surface to a surface “short
range ballistic missile” that is capable of carrying a conventional payload of
1,000 kilogram or a nuclear warhead. Unlike the single stage Agni-1, Agni Prime
is a double stage missile that can evade any ballistic missile system, Agni
Prime with usage of composite materials will make missile not only lighter but
also much sleeker.
Agni Prime will be supplementing Agni-1 and eventually
replace Agni-1 in the Strategic Forces Command, which is responsible for the
management and administration of the country’s tactical and strategic nuclear
weapons stockpile.
Chinese S-400 systems across LAC, forces India to rethink
air defence
The ongoing standoff with the People’s Liberation Army on
China in East Ladakh with the presence of two S-400 squadrons of anti aircraft
systems at Hotan air base in Xinjiang and Nyingchi air base in Tibet, just
across Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh respectively, has forced the national
security planners into a rethink about air defence and counter measures.
To add to this increasingly complex scenario are armed
UAVs, swarm drones, missiles and rockets, which are now part of “stand alone
weapon systems” of the PLA. While India is expected to get five squadrons of S-400
systems from Russia starting December 2021.
Perhaps, this is the reason why the Indian Air Force is
relying on Hammer “air to ground missile” on Rafale fighter as a future weapon
as the missile does not need to be fired from a height; it just hugs the
mountain features, zooms to a height when approaching the target and then
destroys it top down.
With the air defence system under challenge, the
fundamental question that is being asked is should India invest in more
aircraft and helicopters or stand alone systems that will dictate future wars.
India-US kick off mega wargame in Indian Ocean with eye
on China
Continuing its engagement with partners in the Indian
Ocean Region, India is all set to kick start a two-day air combat exercise with
the US. The US Navy’s Ronald Regan Carrier Strike Group, which is currently in
the Indian Ocean, will participate in the exercise, which will start on 23rd
June.
Jaguar and Sukhoi 30 MKI fighters of the Indian Air Force
will take part in the exercise with Phalcon and Netra early warning aircraft
and IL-78 air to air refueller aircraft.
The US Navy will be fielding its F-18 fighters and E2C
Hawkeye carrier based “airborne early warning and command and control aircraft”.
The exercise will focus on multiple areas, including
enhancing aspects of interoperability and exchange of best practices in the
maritime airpower domain.
Earlier this year, Sukhoi 30 MKI of the IAF, armed with
BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, took part in the ongoing naval exercise
with the US.
China’s fourth aircraft carrier on cards, this time it’s
likely be nuclear-powered
China’s naval buildup already worrying still continues,
and on the cards is a fourth aircraft carrier, this time nuclear powered
Aircraft Carrier. The PLA Navy already has two carriers– the Laoling and the
Shandong– with a third under construction. None of the earlier carriers are
nuclear powered.
To train its carrier pilots, the PLA Navy is readying a
mock landing strip at Lingshui, on Hainan Island. This will be a “mock landing
strip” so that carrier pilots are trained in taking off, and landing, a more
difficult exercise.
Meanwhile, an advanced Type 055 guided missile destroyer
has joined the Chinese naval fleet. This is the Lhasa, with new air defence and
missile defence capabilities and also, anti-ship missiles. The Lhasa, about
12,000 tons, is the second of its class, after the Nanchang, which joined the
fleet last year.
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