India's southern sea sectors : the future ; 14 Jan 2024

"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"

1^st 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 !!...

 

 2^nd

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.

 

 3^rd

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.

 

4^th

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.

 

5^th

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.

 

6^th

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.

 

7^th

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 !!...

 

8^th

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 !...

 

9^th 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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