India ramps up “China killer” nuclear missiles, As Australia’s Labor government ready to sell uranium to India
India’s muscle flexing comes at a sensitive juncture for Australia, too.
At the Australian Labor Party’s national conference this weekend, one of the pre-eminent agenda items is a motion to end the ban on selling uranium to India.
a new market offering high-grade uranium ore for India’s civilian reactors frees up the country’s limited indigenous supplies for boosting its military program.
India to test new missile dubbed ‘the China killer’, The Age 3 Dec 11, Given the incendiary moniker ”the China killer” by the more sensationalist press, India’s newest nuclear-capable missile will be its most powerful yet, and an unmistakable signal to its neighbours.
Agni V – formally named after the Hindu god of fire and acceptor of sacrifices – is set to be tested within three months. It will be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead 5000 kilometres, meaning it can reach not only Beijing and Shanghai, but all of northern China. India’s existing arsenal can already reach every corner of Pakistan….
Foreign Policy magazine identified India’s military build-up as one of the major overlooked stories of 2011.
India was recently declared by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute as the biggest arms importer in the world – ahead of China – with 70 per cent of a $32.5 billion defence budget spent on buying hardware and weapons from overseas…..
India’s muscle flexing comes at a sensitive juncture for Australia, too.
At the Australian Labor Party’s national conference this weekend, one of the pre-eminent agenda items is a motion to end the ban on selling uranium to India.
The move, publicly unveiled by the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, a fortnight ago, is expected to win sufficient support to be adopted as Labor policy…..
a new market offering high-grade uranium ore for India’s civilian reactors frees up the country’s limited indigenous supplies for boosting its military program.
India has been developing its Agni-category ballistic missiles for nearly a decade, with each edition capable of greater range, and carrying a larger warhead, than its predecessor…..
This new haste of missile development is of particular concern to China, which feels that the latter Agni iterations are being built specifically with it in mind.
The People’s Daily, official organ of the Chinese Communist Party, wrote scathingly of India’s build-up: ”India is expanding its military strength, but it is still uncertain whether India will realise its dream of being a leading power, because India’s weak economy is severely unmatched with the image of a leading military power.
”In addition, international communities and India’s surrounding countries are all suspecting and even being on guard against this kind of unbalanced development mode … international communities do not want to see a severe military imbalance in South Asia.”…… Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/world/india-to-test-new-missile-dubbed-the-china-killer-20111202-1obc8.html#ixzz1fW9J5I8G
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