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Friday, August 23, 2013
No foreign power be allowed to set up military base on Indian soil
What created a flutter in South Block was that Gen Carlisle identified Thiruvananthapuram, in the home state of defence minister A K Antony, as the proposed base for American fighters like F-22s and F-35s.
Holding that India "will not allow any foreign country to establish a military base on Indian soil", the defence ministry on Thursday rubbished reports that New Delhi and Washington had ever discussed such a proposal.
This comes after a top American Air Force officer, General Herbert 'Hawk' Carlisle, was quoted as saying that the US would station its fighter jets in India and other countries in the future, as part of its larger pivot or re-balancing of forces towards the crucial Asia-Pacific region.
The Indian MoD, however, said no such proposal had ever been on the Indo-US bilateral agenda. "India has carefully nurtured strategic relations with many countries. There is a great deal of clarity in our policy. We are not part of any military bloc, nor will ever be," said an official.
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While I understand this a bit (India has been invaded by lots of foreign powers in the past, and isn't exactly ready to welcome them with open arms), there is more here. India isn't exactly loving China right now, or Pakistan, or even Russia. We'd be best off asking them what they want and giving it to them, because they ARE part of a China containment strategy.
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