According to the Indian Defense News website on April 15, India issued a warning after China deployed eight warships to the Indian Ocean. Indian Navy Commander General Kalambi Singh confirmed the growing presence of Chinese warships in the Indian Ocean. The admiral said in a conversation program: "If someone is active in our area, they must notify us first." Behind the unfounded warning of
is India's vague positioning!
Chinese warships have the right to act and deploy in the high seas of the Indian Ocean, and India has no power to interfere. In addition to China, the United States has strong military strength in the Indian Ocean, but India has never spoken out! The US military's base in the Indian Ocean can be said to be a nail in India's defense strategy. Is it not clear what the US military's strategic intentions are?
In India's national defense strategic planning and in the subjective consciousness of the nation, India has always taken the Indian Ocean for its own use. In India's national security strategy guiding ideology, "Indian Oceanism" has always been the core content. The goal is to establish maritime hegemony in the Indian Ocean and never let other countries get involved, attempting to turn the Indian Ocean into India's "inner lake".
The reason why India has this idea is also very simple. In addition to the national defense issue, what is more important is the interest issue. The Indian Ocean can enter the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Malacca to the east, and bypass the Cape of Good Hope to the west to reach the Atlantic Ocean, and through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal to the northwest, enter the Mediterranean Sea. The coastal ports are not frozen all year round and are open to navigation all year round. Because the oil produced in the Middle East is continuously exported to the outside through the Indian Ocean route, the Indian Ocean route occupies an important position in the world. It is no exaggeration to say that whoever controls the Indian Ocean will control the lifeblood of European and American countries. Therefore, the US military has aircraft carrier cruises in the Indian Ocean all year round. In addition, the Indian Ocean has abundant mineral resources. Mineral resources are mainly oil and natural gas. In the current society with increasingly tight resources, seizing the ocean has become the top priority for countries around the world. India has geographical advantages and will naturally not let other countries get involved. India's current dominance target is to control the Indian Ocean and radiate to the Gulf and the Western Pacific. But to be honest, India has overestimated its strength, not to mention our country, the United States may not agree to India's current wishes!
In recent years, India has been constantly provoking my country!
In 2017, with the inauguration of our Djibouti base, our country's influence in the Indian Ocean has been continuously strengthened. In 2018, an average of 7 ships and submarines were deployed in the Indian Ocean region every month, which made India begin to nervous. On February 18, local Indian media reported that Indian security and customs agencies detained the COSCO Group self-loading and unloading freighter "Dacuiyun" docked at the Deendayal port of Candela on February 3. This is not the first time India has done nothing wrong! According to the Russian Red Star report on December 3, 2019, the Indian Navy General Karanbi Singh claimed that a Chinese warship recently entered the exclusive economic zone of India's Andaman Sea and was driven away by Indian warships. What India is talking about is our country's "Experiment 1" scientific research ship. However, it was considered a military ship by the Indian military, which could be said to be unreasonable! In recent years, our ships have increased the number of activities in the Indian Ocean region, and will normally keep 7-8 ships active in this area.
Dacuiyun Rover
Compared with 8 warships entering the Indian Ocean, India is more afraid that our country will cooperate closely with Pakistan and Bangladesh!
If it is a tactical level to deploy 8 warships in the Indian Ocean, then the continuous closeness of China-Pakistan relations and the continuous deepening of China-Bangladesh relations make India even more scared. This is a strategic plan!
In the second half of 2019, the Indian Navy Commander announced that he would invite friendly countries around the world to conduct a large-scale joint maritime exercise to enhance the image and influence of the Indian Navy in the international arena. However, due to the impact of the epidemic, the Indian military exercise has been postponed. The real purpose of India's Milan military exercise is that India wants to extend its hands from the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea and the Western Pacific. He is back to the other side. India wants to reach out from the Indian Ocean to the Western Pacific, so we will have an exercise with Pakistan at the doorstep.On January 14, 2020, the nine-day "Ocean Guard-2020" China-Pakistan joint maritime exercise concluded in Karachi Port, Pakistan. The exercise undoubtedly hurt India. After the exercise, General Zafar Mahmoud Abbas, chief of staff of the Pakistani Navy, boarded the Yinchuan ship of the Chinese Navy participating in the exercise, and praised the 052D warship. Some media have analyzed that in the face of India's high-pressure situation, after my country's 055 Drive is put into service, 052D may open its doors to Pakistan Railway.
China-Pakistan friendship needs no more words, and the relationship between my country and Bangladesh has been heating up in recent years, which has made India even more sensitive! In the early stage, after the Dacuiyunlun was detained, the 33rd escort formation of our Navy appeared in Chittagong, Bangladesh and will make a friendly visit to Bangladesh for 5 days. It can be said that the warning is very obvious. In South Asia, Pakistan and Bangladesh are next to India. In this case, India also gave the steps and released the Great Cuiyun Wheel. After eight warships were deployed in the Indian Ocean, it was rumored that our country and Bangladesh reached another agreement! According to domestic media reports recently, two 054 frigates in my country have officially retired from service, and these two 054s have only been in service for more than ten years. After these two warships are retired, it is very likely that Bangladesh will buy it!
Before this 054 ship, senior Bangladesh Navy officials received the 2018 two 053H3 frigates 521 Jiaxing and 522 Lianyungang ships purchased at the Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard on December 18, 2019. Whether it is 054 or 053H3, the service period in my country is not long, and choosing to sell it to Bangladesh is, on the one hand, because the dumplings in my country are laid too fast, and on the other hand, it also verifies the deep friendship between us and Bangladesh!
The big Cuiyun wheel was detained, and the warship docked in Bangladesh was considered a shocking tiger against India. Selling the 054 that was beaten to Bangladesh is undoubtedly even more afraid of India. With the development of the times, our navy has become deep blue. At present, what the navy lacks most is not warships, but combat experience. The world's powerful navy has rich combat experience. In this regard, our navy has obvious shortcomings. Therefore, going out, participating in exercises and more exchanges have undoubtedly become an effective way to increase experience, and going out will definitely become an important task for our navy in the next stage. Just imagine, if the Chinese Navy, the Bangladeshi Navy or the Pakistani Navy organize military exercises in the Indian Ocean, and the warships of these two countries cooperate seamlessly with our warships, what will India react? Therefore, Aerospace Lord believes that the dispute over dragons and elephants will be more intense in the future, so India's so-called warning will not interfere with our country's pace of going global, but will instead strengthen our determination to go global.