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BG http://www.grandestrategy.com/2011/05/4403220120202-pakistan-port-gwadar-to. html?utm_source=feedburner <http://www.grandestrategy.com/2011/05/4403220120202-pakistan-port-gwadar-to .html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GrandeStra tegy+%28Grande+Strategy%29> &utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GrandeStrategy+%28Grande+Strategy%29 Pakistan Port Gwadar To Become Chinese Naval Base <http://www.grandestrategy.com/2011/05/4403220120202-pakistan-port-gwadar-to .html> 22/05/2011 Meinhaj Hussain, [email protected] Pakistan and China have finalized a strategic partnership that will allow the Pakistani strategic port of Gwadar to be utilized by China as China's first military base overseas. China has significant oil, gold, copper and other raw material interests in Pakistan. The Gwadar port will allow China to safeguard her interests in the Persian Gulf and will simultaneously allow China to supply its South-Eastern regions with vitally needed supplies. The port will host major oil refineries and Chinese naval assets. Pakistan will receive a counter-weight to closer ties with the United States. The recent supposed Ossama Bin Laden raid that has opened the door for US, NATO and Indian military adventurism will be effectively closed. Simultaneously, Pakistan is believed to be receiving a major boost in military hardware including rushed deliveries of J-10B (known as FC-20s in Pakistani colors) and JF-17 fighters. Rumors have it that J-11Bs, a Chinese version of the famed Sukohoi Su-27 FLANKER fighter aircraft are also potentially part of the deal to bolster the Pakistan Navy (PN). The PN is also said to receive a significant number of Chinese naval assets including Type 054A based frigates and Air-Independent Propulsion (AIP) capable submarines. The deal has reportedly been "in the works" for the past 2 years but was not considered a priority until the recent Abbottabad raid. The deal will allow Pakistan to close US and NATO supply lines at its will and could possibly put the latter's stay in Afghanistan strategically untenable. Sources state that the deal will become public in the next few days. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
