China's emerging navy, the next wave of WORRY for India!

Already we can see the evidence and effect of China's projection of 'hard power' abroad. A major plank for this has been the expansion of the People's Liberation Army navy, and upgrading of its missile and nuclear forces. Specifically from India's standpoint, the presence of the 1.6 million land-based PLA is a major factor be considered.

The Chinese navy is in the process of becoming transformed into a Blue Water Navy. China is now seeking to gain access to strategically placed advanced naval bases, specially along crucial choke points in the Indian Ocean. The recent attempt to set up a base in the Seychelles is a case in point. This not only enhances its strategic presence, but also serves its economic interests.

The Chinese refrain that the Indian Ocean is not India's Ocean is a wake-up call for India -- even as China deploys its Jin-Class submarines at a base facility in the southern tip of Hainan Island in the South China Sea (which also has an underground facility for housing submarines) propelling China into active involvement in the Indian Ocean region.

With the possible addition of an aircraft carrier in the near future, and armed with attack submarines ? both nuclear and diesel electric -- as also a capacity to adopt asymmetric naval tactics, China's emergence as a naval entity cannot any longer be disregarded.

Excerpts from the keynote address of West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan at a seminar on 'Rise of China: Indian Perspective' at National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bengaluru on December 20, 2011.

Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy's guided missile frigate FFG Zhoushan docks at the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam

Source: http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-chinas-emerging-navy-the-next-wave-of-worry-for-india/20120110.htm

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