1.
CHINA’S WAY OF THINKING
Communist Chinese politics are a lugubrious merry-go-round … and in order to appreciate fully the déjà-vu quality of its latest convolutions, you would need to have watched it revolve for half a century. The main problem with many of our politicians and pundits is that their memories are too short, thus forever preventing them from putting events and personalities in a true historical perspective.
— Simon Leys quoted in Watching China Watching
China Heritage, 2018
Comments:
China thinks and plans long-term.
One needs to decipher her grand design.
The response should be appropriate, keeping the big picture in mind, and not a knee-jerk reaction.
2.
INDIA DEPLOYS PLATOON OF WOMEN PEACEKEEPERS IN UN MISSION IN ABYEI
This will be so far, India’s largest single unit of women Peacekeepers in a UN Mission. The Indian contingent, comprising two officers and 25 other ranks, will form part of an engagement platoon and specialise in community outreach and will be performing extensive security-related tasks as well
Comments:
In 2007, India became the first country to deploy an all-women contingent to a UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia.
India is one of the largest troop-contributing countries to UN peacekeeping.
As of October 31, 2022, India is the second largest contributor to UN peacekeeping missions with 5887 troops and personnel deployed across 12 missions, after Bangladesh (7,017).
3.
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS (USA Vis-à-vis China)
USA. There are only 47 active aircraft carriers in the world and the US Navy has 11 of them, with displacement tonnage nearly as many as all other countries combined. The US Navy’s large nuclear-powered fleet carriers carry around 80 fighters each and are the largest carriers in the world. The total combined deck space is more than double of all other nations combined.
China. As of 2022, the PLAN has two combat-ready aircraft carriers, the Liaoning and Shandong, with the third, Fujian, China’s third and most advanced aircraft carrier, being fitted out. The Fujian is equipped with advanced electromagnetic catapults, similar to those on the US supercarrier USS Gerald R Ford, while China’s first two carriers featured ski-jump designs. China’s only ship-borne fighter jet, the twin-engine single-seat J-15 Flying Shark, is the world’s heaviest carrier-borne fighter.
Comments:
Numerically, the Chinese navy has overtaken the US navy.
China is building its expeditionary capability.
On achieving expeditionary capability, China will redefine its theatres.
4.
US TO SEND UKRAINE NEARLY $3 BILLION IN MILITARY AID
(Including dozens of Bradley vehicles)
A new U.S. weapons package for Ukraine will include about 50 Bradley Fighting Vehicles.
The armoured vehicle manufactured by BAE Systems has a powerful gun. The vehicle has been used by the U.S. Army to carry troops around battlefields since the mid-1980s.
Comments:
The United States has sent about $21.3 billion in assistance to Ukraine.
The US Army is to retire its Bradley fleet and is working with industry to build a replacement as it seeks to modernize.
The USA is dumping military equipment, it doesn’t need anymore.
USA continues to add fuel to the fire.
5.
SANCTIONS ARE NOT MISSILES
The misapprehension of what sanctions against Russia would accomplish can be explained in part by unrealistic expectations of what economic measures can do. Simply put, they are not the equivalent of a missile strike.
Comments:
Sanctions do not deter aggression.
The effect of sanctions take longer to work their way through the economy.
In the long run, sanctions can weaken the economy and lower GDP.
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