\"INDIA’S SOUTHERN SEA SECTORS : THE FUTURE\"
---“Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.”
---“We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbours.”
--Sun Tzu (544 BC - 496 BC), China : “THE ART OF WAR.”
India should know the designs of countries she is helping and has helped. Half of the Mauritian population is of Indian origin; Mauritius has blood links with India.
---“Tamils are dangerously intelligent.”
--J. R. Jayawardene, (1906-1996), former President of Sri Lanka
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\"INDIA’S SOUTHERN SEA SECTORS : THE FUTURE\"
1st section
What the heck !
The Chinese be damn’d right…
Where there be no island,
MAKE ONE !
CREATE ONE !
MANUFACTURE ONE !
MAKE ONE RISE FROM THE SEA !
The environment be damn’d,
Corals be damn’d !...
Of a fat lot of use will they be
When the country itself is no more !!...
2nd
Why should India lag behind ?!
India already has a base
On the Mauritian island of Agaléga,
Further south in the Indian Ocean.
There be a base at Nicobar Islands,
With missiles :
The Eastern front is taken care of.
A new base be need’d at Djibouti :
The French, the Chinese, the Americans
Be already there.
Why ?
‘Tis a strategic spot controlling
Access to the Indian Ocean from Suez Canal.
3rd
One Indian Prime Minister
Proclaim’d in Mauritius :
“You will always find India
On your side and by your side…”
We, too, should remain
On India’s side and by India’s side.
Our friendship with
And love for India
Start’d in 1835
With the arrival of Indian immigrants
And has ne’er ceas’d.
We have remain’d steadfast,
Through thick and thin.
India sav’d our population
By giving us Covid vaccines
(More than 400 000 doses) :
We owe our survival to India.
4th
With a base in Djibouti,
The Western accesses can be controll’d.
Agaléga will take care of the Southern areas.
Nicobar is already handling the Eastern fronts.
As the Maldives have turn’d their backs,
Showing ingratitude for 59 years of
Indian help and sacrifice,
‘Tis useless to squander resources there.
5th
India has plenty of islands, atolls, archipelagos.
One uninhabit’d island in Lakshadweep
Needs to be requisition’d,
Extend’d,
Augment’d,
Elongat’d,
Chinese style,
And turn’d into a combin’d base.
Radar, communications,
Communications intercept,
Satellite tracking,
Signals relays,
Missile batteries,
Airtrip,
Long distance surveillance,
Quays for warships,
Military warehouses :
These be what be need’d.
6th
These will complement
The future Djibouti facilities
To the North-west
Agaléga to the South,
Nicobar to the East
And littoral-based assets
On the mainland.
7th
Forge ahead, India !
Thou can do it !
If the Chinese can do it,
If the Americans can do it,
Thou can do it, too !
More than one can play at that game,
Dammit !!...
8th
Any potential attacker
Wilt have to think twice
Before messing up with thee !...
Get hold of everybody
By the short and curlies,
Like they say in good olde English !...
9th and last
Long live India !...
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Soman Ragavan
Mauritius (Indian Ocean)
14 January, 2024
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Reading :
(a)
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Length+of+runway+in+diego+garcia
The runway is at an elevation of 13 feet and a length of 3659 m by 61 m (12 004 ft by 200 ft)
Some 4000 US troops and other personnel are present on the atoll.
Diego Garcia is in the Mauritian territory of the Chagos Archipelago, in the Indian Ocean.
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(b)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshadweep
“Lakshadweep (Malayalam: [lɐkʂɐd̪βʷiːbɨ̆]) is a union territory of India. It is an archipelago of 36 islands serving as the maritime boundary between the Arabian Sea to the west and the Laccadive Sea to the east. It is located 200 to 440 km (120 to 270 mi) off the Malabar Coast of India.
“Of the total 36 islands, 10 are inhabited.
“One of the uninhabited islands in Bangaram Atoll, Lakshadweep.
“Lakshadweep is an archipelago of twelve atolls, three reefs and five submerged banks, with a total of about thirty-six islands and islets. The reefs are in fact also atolls, although mostly submerged, with only small unvegetated sand cays above the high-water mark.”
Full acknowledgements are made to the authors, publishers and rights-holders.
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