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080695
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164128
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The Ninth Century Chinese alchemists discovered black powder while searching for the elixir of life. this accidental discovery led to experiments for weapons such as bombs, cannon, incendiary arrows and rocket-propelled fire arrows.1 The Chinese were the first to develop a rocket around 1212 AD and used them in a war with Mongols. During the battle of Kai-Keng, they used “arrows of flying fire”. This arrow was a simple form of a solid-propellant rocket.2 From development of simple rockets to anti-satellite weapons, China has progressed rapidly in its aerospace offensive capabilities and the anti-satellite test carried out by China in Jan 2007 demonstrated that the development of anti-satellite (ASAT) technologies created an environment in which civil and military satellites increasingly came under the risk of attack. In response, Dr. Saraswat stated that India had “all the building blocks necessary” for an anti-satellite weapon. The propulsion module and kill vehicle existed in principle; the weapon could be developed in totality soon.3 Yet, the moot question is whether India is ready to face the rapid Chinese modernization onslaught?
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110122
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140016
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The India-US strategic partnership is unequal. The US is a global power and India is, at best, a regional one. The USA would want to fit India into the jigsaw puzzle of its global interests, whereas India can only hope that the USA would increasingly align itself with its regional interests. Even achieving this would be difficult as the USA has historically pursued policies in our neighbourhood that have been detrimental to our interests; even now it is unable to overcome the legacy of the past, or go beyond the traditional ties it has developed with particular countries in our region, and the geopolitical need to maintain a certain regional balance so that its primacy is maintained. Nevertheless, the transformation in ties is real. If a realistic, and not an idealised, view of the relationship is taken, the overall assessment of the strategic partnership and its future seems to be positive in all objectivity.
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