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It was shocking for the whole world when the Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor said that a limited nuclear war with Pakistan was possible and then on another occasion said that India was ready to fight a two front war with Pakistan and China.
It will be not hard for any person of an ordinary prudence to imagine the destruction of a nuclear conflict, no matter it might be a limited or large scale war. In fact, only Indian Army Chief can explain what the meaning of a limited nuclear war is?
The Japanese nation knows the nuclear misery very well and they have not forgotten it even after elapse of almost 54 years. The Little Boy,(the nick name given to the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945), which killed 140000 persons, whileA “Fat Man” bomb was dropped over Nagasaki, on August 9, 1945, near the end of World War II, which caused the death of near 70000 people. The intensity of those bombs was far less than the 21st century nuclear weapons. Any such limited nuclear war, as desired by Mr. Kapoor will be more horrible, not only for the 1.19 billion people of both States, but for the whole region.
It was India which had started nuclear arm race in the sub-continent. Pakistan, as a smaller state, had no other option rather to develop its nuclear program for maintenance of regional balance of power.
It is very strange and sad that besides Pakistan, no other State or any Organization had taken serious notice the statement, because Nuclear weapons are a serious concern for the whole world. Even the inventor of this technology had predicted that after any nuclear war, the world would fight next war with stones and sticks. The shinning India will lead to Stone Age, along with Pakistan, if its Army Chief was allowed for his desired act.
The second statement is also a serious one, as China has been placed with Pakistan on the option of a single war. It means Pakistan and China have the status of one enemy for India. In case of Pakistan, one can say that it was the enemy because India had fought three wars with it but when India talks about China, it does not denote mere Indian concern. Although India has an old border dispute and fought a single war with China but in reality the two front wars’ threat is for the sympathy of the Super Power.
It’s very simple. First of all, the Indian Army Chief must have remembered the lesson from war with China. Secondly, according to a report prepared by the global consultancy firm KPMG and Confederation of Indian Industry, almost half of Indian weapons and other defense equipments are out dated which need an urgent up gradation. On the other hand Indian Minister A.K. Anthony has also admitted recently that the old Soviet era weapons were out-of-date. India has lost almost 200 MiG series aircrafts since 1990 which is a single example.
India as 10th largest defense spender is purchasing most of the sophisticated and modern weapons in huge quantity. If India became successful to assure United States that China is an enemy of India and war is also an option for it with, then who will be the better arms and ammunitions provider, than the US itself.
It is very unfortunate that India was destabilizing the regional peace and security just for the support and benefits from the United States. India is looking more or less an agent of United States in the region because there are numerous examples on its part which indicate that both economic and military co-operation with US is more important for it. Besides China card, India with the cover of American interests, is there in Afghanistan and enhanced its influence there for its own interests and Pakistan enmity.
Indeed India has served nothing for the US in Afghanistan rather it has created problems for both US and Afghanistan. The world is well aware of the fact that without the help from Pakistan, the occupied forces will never succeed, while India is using Afghan soil for anti-Pakistan activities. Pakistan has shown its great concerned over the matter, but in vain. Afghanistan is also realizing the situation and that’s why the Afghan foreign minister appeared with a statement in Islamabad that Indio-Pak conflicts must not affect Afghanistan. But it is fact that the growing Indian influence has a negative impact over Afghanistan.
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