Indian Navy is tweaking operational plans to take into account Pakistan's naval expansion, which is being supported by China, says Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi.
Islamabad and Rawalpindi do not want to create an impression of subservience to Chinese power, especially when the administration in the United States is about to change hands.
BRI has been a major sticking point for India given that parts of Xi’s connectivity project built in Pakistan traverses through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Some Chinese commentators suggest that India is uncomfortable with China’s dominant role in the SCO and has subtly scaled back its participation as a form of dissent.
If people in Islamabad are having sleepless nights before SCO meet, it’s because of the China delegation, which must be extremely unhappy with Pakistan’s failure to protect Chinese workers.
The US State Department has taken action against one Pakistani & three Chinese entities, in addition to one Chinese individual, under the missile sanctions laws.
Once Pakistan acquires J-31, also known as Shenyang FC-31, these stealth fighters could replace early versions of the F-16 part of PAF fleet, it is learnt.
Two navies are currently jointly conducting the third edition of Sea Guardian-3. This comes soon after India, US held the fifth edition of annual 2+2 ministerial dialogues on 10 November.
JF-17 is a fourth-generation light-weight, multi-role fighter co-developed by Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and China’s Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation (CAC).
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
Not sure why this is surprising considering that India hatred was always prioritised over the welfare of the people of Pakistan. Looks like India’s security planners have learnt nothing from Pakistan’s behaviour of the past 70 years. A country whose premier was willing to feed its citizens grass to build and maintain a nuclear device, clearly indicate the priorities of the Pakistan elite.
Not sure why this is surprising considering that India hatred was always prioritised over the welfare of the people of Pakistan. Looks like India’s security planners have learnt nothing from Pakistan’s behaviour of the past 70 years. A country whose premier was willing to feed its citizens grass to build and maintain a nuclear device, clearly indicate the priorities of the Pakistan elite.