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It takes two to tango...

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Compare the following:

The Indian Defence minister's thoughts: "Our (India) defence budget is just 1.99 per cent of the GDP, which is one of the lowest in the world. The ideal situation would be 3 per cent of GDP, which is the global average"

And from the other side of the Indus: "Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani told the National Assembly on Monday his government would freeze — and practically reduce — defence spendings in the next budget as a show of its desire for peace with neighbours, and voiced a belated hope of reciprocity from nuclear rival India, which hiked is defence budget three months ago".

Can't say I fancy Pakistan's chances, frankly.

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Erm, deterring what, exactly?

Tuesday, June 26, 2007
This beauty is the USS Nimitz.



Not enormously newsworthy in itself, but sundry Indian lefties and the like are all a-flutter over the possibility that it might be carrying nuclear weapons when it moors off Chennai, better known as Madras . Given that it is nuclear powered, such concern seems a little silly, and the left parties might wish to occupy themselves with the Teeth of Shiva.

Over at the Nimitz's home page, its mission is defined thus: "USS Nimitz provides a global reach to deter aggression by would-be foes; preserve freedom of the seas; promote peace and stability; and when called upon, to deliver precise and persistent combat power directly to our enemies". However, an Indian MoD bod said it "is not known to be carrying weapons with nuclear warheads".

IF NOT, WHY NOT?

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